During my sabbatical I am taking a creative writing class. Oh yes, I’ve been moving the brain in new and mysterious ways, highly recommended. I may one day need to write a play about philosophical zombies and sock puppet identities, for example. Perhaps it will be a musical, featuring bands of ukeleles. I am stockpiling skills.

Friend and gallery owner Michael Rosenthal recently sent me a story by Donald Barthelme (1981) titled Zombies. It brings to mind the lesser but greatly hyped Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

And speaking of that marketing success, Dawn of The Dreadfuls, the prequel to Pride and… is coming hot on its heels next month, following the “post-script prequel” trend haunting all manner of horror lately. The cover for Dawn… is above.

I am learning Tip Toe Through the Tulips, on the ukelele.

With any luck I will one day be as good as the late great Tiny Tim, my ukelele hero. For anyone else desiring some ukelele skillz, here are load of free Ukelele scores. And an online tuner.
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Update: my friend Adie pointed me to chordie.com, for even more Uke-playing fun!
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And now, some inspiration…

Tiny Tim’s Tip Toe Through the Tulips:

Nick Lucas’s Tip Toe Through the Tulips:

In other Ukelele awesomeness, virtuoso Jake’s Ukelele Gently Weeps:

And the also late and great IZ plays Somewhere Over the Rainbow: