Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • Mother-In-Law

    My mother-in-law died last month and I’m thinking of her on this first Mothers Day without her. The character in this song sounds pretty despicable, unlike my mother-in-law, pictured above, who was never anything but wonderful to me. Still, it’s a great song by Ernie K-Doe. https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/eSIrj9v7S5I&source=uds Mother In LawMother In Law The worst person… Read more

  • Underneath

    She walked underneath my umbrellaNear enough for me to smellAnd I was grateful to the rain for putting her there She stayed close to meNever touchingIgnoring the rain We talked about India, where she was goingAnd about her penchant for overthinking thingsAnd how hard it is to relax We waited for the cabs on Fifth… Read more

  • The End of Racism

    One of the only nice things about Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling is that they’re old. In spite of the fact that our nation’s criminal justice system is still stacked against the descendants of our “peculiar institution” and there is still widespread support for state-sponsored execution, it feels like racism is working its way toward… Read more

  • Simple Pleasures

    I wrote these lyrics on the train home from work last week. I thought it was going to be a faster song but I also wanted to write the music on piano and since I’m not a great piano player it came out slower than I expected. I think this tempo fits the lyrics better.… Read more

  • The Further Adventures of Joe & Skirl

    Joe hated the name Peggy because it was his mother’s name. One of his more specific social malfunctions was the inability to hide his disgust when he was introduced to a Peggy. In the throes of drug-induced paranoia, Joe sometimes accused Skirl of seeking out Peggys, just to torment him. Skirl, to his credit, never… Read more

  • Relativity

    Here’s an interesting observation by Bertrand Russell, talking about Albert Einstein: “He is more fortunate than the artist. When the public cannot understand a picture or a poem, they conclude that it is a bad picture or a bad poem. When they cannot understand the theory of relativity they conclude (rightly) that their education has… Read more