Do They Know It’s Covid?
An old friend of mine issued me several quick-writing challenges during the first year of covid. This time it was to do a covid parody of the Band Aid classic, “Do They Know It’s Christmas”…
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Does Their Duty
Act Two, Song Three from
Home-a-Ton: a Quarantine Musical
Let me tell you what I wish we’d learn…
The Zoom Where It Happens
Act Two, Song Two from
Home-a-Ton: a Quarantine Musical
Ten coworkers and their management log into a Zoom…
Re-Opening Salvo
Act Two, Song One from
Home-a-Ton: a Quarantine Musical
Ladies and gentlemen, you coulda been anywhere virtually tonight, but you're here with us in a pandemic. Are you ready for a no-win conundrum?!…
You’ll Be Fine
Act One, Song Four from
Home-a-Ton: a Quarantine Musical
[KING DON]
You say
The virus multiplies like the lies that I tell every day
You cry
‘Cuz you see that our curve climbs bigly and that thousands will die
I say “Sad.”
I’d like to avoid an arraignment for all of my crimes
So I’ll say it’s not bad
Instead of working on containment, feed you lines …
Cover Your Face, Ace
Act One, Song Two from
Home-a-Ton: a Quarantine Musical
[COMPANY]
The year two thousand twenty. Hot Spot, U.S
[HAMILTON]
Pardon me. Y’mind coverin’ your face, ace? …
I’mma Stay At Home a Ton
Act One, Song One from
Home-a-Ton: a Quarantine Musical
[BURR]
How does a plastered, clownin’, man about town and a
Socialite, local tight with many of the
Bartenders, spenders, and others who go out all the time
The paradigm to be seen
End up just disappearin’ from the whole scene? …
We Didn’t Stop the Virus
An old friend of mine issued me several quick-writing challenges during the first year of covid. This time it was to do a parody of the Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” about the first half of 2020…
How the ‘vid Stole Christmas
Every Who down in Whoville intermingled a lot
But the Virus now meant all in Whoville could NOT.
Ode on a Grecian Formula
A poet friend of mine said that she’d been "commissioned" to write an ode to David Hasselhoff. She asked if she could just outsource this one to me instead. The next 20 minutes produced the following…