The Good Face

Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle
Everything I do is stitched with its color

-WS Merwin

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The Dream of the Ridiculous Man

All are tending to one and the same goal, at least all aspire to the same goal, from the wise man to the lowest murderer, but only by different ways. It is an old truth, but there is this new in it: I cannot go far astray. I saw the truth. I saw and know that men could be beautiful and happy, without losing the capacity to live upon the earth. I will not, I cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of men. I saw the truth, I did not invent it with my mind. I saw, saw, and her living image filled my soul for ever. I saw her in such consummate perfection that I cannot possibly believe that she was not among men. How can I then go astray? The living image of what I saw will be with me always, and will correct and guide me always. Oh, I am strong and fresh, I can go on, go on, even for a thousand years.
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Travelogue

Having been locked down for a year makes me yearn for travel. This album is about that.

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The Longest Dream

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Darkness at Noon

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Home on the Range

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You Made Me

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Broken Things

Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul? To those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure, who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave? Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? For sighing has become my daily food; my groans pour out like water. What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.

-Job 3:20-26

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Invincible Summer

In the depths of winter I found in me an invincible summer.

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Bread and Butterfly

Trying to keep positive.

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Without Feathers

New year, new album.

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The Truth and Other Lies

One more before New Year's.

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Mercy

Another remix. I started making this album in 2010. Maybe I finally got it right. Twelve songs about the quality of mercy.

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Gang Mentality

One more before Xmas.

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The Revenant

Available now on Amazon's Kindle is a compilation of my photos and lyrics (which are linked to the corresponding songs on Bandcamp), which you can download to your device. Please consider doing so to support me in my endeavors. It also makes a great Christmas gift!

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Human Conditions

As 2020 winds down, I have been reflecting on not only the madness of this past year but also of the past four. A song on this one, "The History Train," tries to address some of the feelings I have. What about you? What do you think?

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Hello Darkness

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Our Boy

In my experience, it's exceedingly rare that someone offers to take you by the hand and help walk you out of your own personal wilderness. This album is about that person.

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The Wrongful Crusade

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Remember

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Penrose Steps

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Dreamland

All Hail Anhedonia!

All Hail Anhedonia!

This goes to 11.

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If I Only Had One Song

From the album "Saudade"

Saudade

A Year of Forevers

Here's to forgetting the longest year in human history.

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A Year of Forevers

Last Night on Earth

Map of the Human Heart

The Revenant

Contained within the download of my new album "Map of the Human Heart" is the new book "The Revenant," a collection of song poems.

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Map of the Human Heart

Contained within the download of this album is the new book "The Revenant," a collection of song poems by Eliot Wilder.

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

The third part of a trilogy that includes "Beyond This Place" and "My Sometime Permanent Thing." Collect 'em all.

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My Sometime Permanent Thing

Part two of what will be a trilogy (beginning with "Beyond This Place"). Part three coming soon.

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My Sometime Permanent Thing

Beyond This Place

Addressing the fears ... somewhere out there.

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Beyond This Place

The Culture of Me

You say it's your birthday? It's my birthday too, yeah. To celebrate, I've posted a new album. If it so moves you to contribute, please click on the "Buy Digital Album" link on my Bandcamp page. Peace, all.

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The Culture of Me

Unbound

What worries me most these days is the future my daughter is going to inherit.

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Unbound

Billet-Doux

A love letter.

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Billet-Doux

Forever Goodbye

An album about comings and goings. Mostly goings.
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Forever Goodbye

Slouching Toward Bethlehem

A batch of songs I recorded pre-Covid but somehow seem prescient right now.
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Slouching Toward Bethlehem

Goodnight and Pleasant Dreams

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. -Albert Camus
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Goodnight and Pleasant Dreams