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…