I just finished the last song for the gig — a twofer, no less — and now we’re ready to start rehearsing in a few weeks. The song captures Alice’s final confrontation with the Queen and subsequent awakening, followed by her sister’s revelation that she, too, can dream…

This song captures the Mock Turtle telling his story of going to school and being real (it’s called We Went To School In The Sea):

This song recaps Alice’s understanding of unlimited power, as evidenced by the Red Queen’s dictate of “cut of their heads” for any and every issue (the song is entitled “Three Gardeners”):

I just finished a demo trying to capture Alice’s interaction with the Caterpillar (without resorting to drug theme, which kinda misses the point anyway):

What better way to spend the early morning hours of the first day of 2026 finishing a song demo! Here’s Bill:

I just finished the third song — A Sad Tail — which recounts Alice interpreting the Mouse’s story as gibberish and then looking at his tail and wondering how it could be sad:

Here’s song #2 for Wonderland Revisited: It’s called Poor Alice:

I just finished the first demo for Wonderland Revisited; it’s called Down, Down, Down:

I started composing work over the weekend on the next Mortal Fools gig: Wonderland Revisited. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was Lewis Carroll’s first novel, published in 1865 though begun two years earlier as a real-time invention as Carroll was boating with friend and his three kids. It stands among firsts in children’s literature as well […]

I just received a very gracious but still “no go” response on using 1984 for our next Mortal Fools gig. There was no compelling reason offered beyond an oblique reference to other projects in development with the Orwell Estate. Perhaps they’re negotiating with a better-known band? Anyway, I’m disappointed but not overly surprised. And there […]