Album Notes

I'd say the lyrics for the songs on this album are reasonably well-crafted, but the topics I sing about tend to be a bit quirky: "Sometimes I Wish I Was a Paramecium" is a 1971 fantasy about a female lab partner from my high school biology class. "The Hill" celebrates a 1966 panty raid. "Pink Velvet" is a 1995 account of an imaginary adventure in a strip club. "The Armadillo Sleeps Tonight" is based on some feelings of bitter loneliness I felt in Austin, Texas in the Spring of 1969. "Snow Prince" is another reflection on feelings of loneliness and failure. I've revised the original text I wrote in 1965 so many times I've been tempted to call it "Palimpsest." "Inflatable Woman" is just what you think it is -- a satire on academic feminism. "cross bronx acid trip" is a surrealistic fantasy -- I don't really drive while intoxicated.

Production-wise, the "Twisted Pear" CD for sale on this page is pretty bad. I give much thanks and appreciation to my fans who have been able to see past its technical inadequacies and find in it something of value.