Doug's Bougs, episode 7 (Maggots) sung in the key of D.

Maggots (Twice Flies)

A ukulele cover of "Take Me Back," from Vic Berger's album, "Late Enough to See the Moon".

3/4 time, which I I do sometimes to songs I really like.

Take Me Back- Vic Berger IV cover

This piece is meant to be played as a continuous loop, from behind a closed door. It was inspired by Carl Sagan's book, "The Dragons of Eden". 

Morse Code Oscillator Attempting to Establish Communication with Bewick's Wren, 1997

A song written from Dick Higgins' "Danger Music Number Nine (for Nam June Paik)"

Danger Music No. 9

A cover of Dick Higgins' "B.B. Finally Dreams About Life", 1962, recorded for Art's Birthday, 2011.

B.B. Finally Dreams About Life

From a work that has been in progress for a very long time; I don't quite know where this is going.  It is a combination of a method of learning lip-reading with a particular model of perception.
Two altered versions of a list of rhythmic couplets (from "Teach Yourself Lip-Reading", by Olive M. Wyatt, 1961)are recited simultaneously, reproducing the original word pairs.  In order to perceive the words and gather their meaning, Ms. Wyatt advocates practicing the rhythmic couplets with a partner as well as using a mirror- embodying that which one is attempting to learn. According to French philosopher Henri Bergson, writing in the late 1890s, perception is "virtual action"; the world as perceived by the brain is the reflection of a number of possibilities according to the body's ability to act upon them. 

Rhythmic Couplets: Embodied Perception in the Holographic Universe; iteration 2

This song  is based on the true story of what happened during summer, 1965 at the Emma Lake artist workshop, Saskatchewan.  Of course, John Cage was found the next day, but having him disappear just makes for a better story. 

John Cage- Lost At Emma Lake

Long long ago, back when the world was young-- that is, sometime around the year 2006, two individuals of musi-artistic temperament were summoned to the mountainous regions of the north.  It was here, while enduring not only the harsh climes, but also bear, elk, and T-rex attacks on a regular basis, a voice of a sub-sub-genre of musical art was forged.

“Self described ‘art-ernative-folk rock band’ The Cedar Tavern Singers (AKA Les Phonoréalistes) […] combines unambiguous reflection on art and artists in a unpretentious, irony-laden manner with gentle melody.” (Art Metropole, Toronto, ON)

The Cedar Tavern Singers AKA les Phonoréalistes were active from 2006 to 2017. They may yet emerge from retirement.

Art's Birthday/ Happy Birthday Art (ca. 2008)

Long long ago, back when the world was young-- that is, sometime around the year 2006, two individuals of musi-artistic temperament were summoned to the mountainous regions of the north.  It was here, while enduring not only the harsh climes, but also bear, elk, and T-rex attacks on a regular basis, a voice of a sub-sub-genre of musical art was forged.

“Self described ‘art-ernative-folk rock band’ The Cedar Tavern Singers (AKA Les Phonoréalistes) […] combines unambiguous reflection on art and artists in a unpretentious, irony-laden manner with gentle melody.” (Art Metropole, Toronto, ON)

The Cedar Tavern Singers AKA les Phonoréalistes were active from 2006 to 2017. They may yet return from retirement.

A Work of Art That Uses the Idea of Halifax

I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

Dammit, Matilda, is it too much to ask for you to just get up and look at the camera?

Wake Up Matilda

Visual artist. Conceptual textiles. Performance. Bigfoot. Ukuleleism. The vegetable lamb. Globsters.


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