Pleased To Meet You is officially on the ballot in the “Children’s Music” category

 Meet Old Mrs. Brumlow

Old Mrs. Brumlow taught English Grammar in the Scrapton Public Schools for over 150 years before retiring to a small country estate where she now enjoys cultivating a lovely vegetable garden. As recounted in the tale “A Memorable Day For Pepito”, she once taught the little squirrel Pepito a valuable lesson that he is not likely to soon forget.

 Meet Ralph!

Ralph lives in the attic and enjoys sorting trash for recycling and tinkering with electrical wires.

 Meet Mac!

Mac lives in the bedroom closet and enjoys trying on new clothes in front of a full-length funhouse mirror.

Meet Agent Orange

Agent Orange likes to pretend that he is an international secret agent. He has a deep fondness for all things citrus and is always seen with at least three oranges in his mouth. This, unfortunately, makes him easily identifiable and not a particularly good candidate for undercover assignments.

  Meet Spike!

This is Spike. Spike spends a good part of each day devoted to hair grooming and maintenance. Don’t even think about touching his head. Ever. His favorite radio program is Greasy Kids Stuff

  Meet Blackjack!

Every June Blackjack visits the “Leader of the Pack” grooming facility for his annual trim and his overall body mass is reduced by 85%. His favorite Kindie performer is Dan Zanes.

  Meet Lady Jane

Several years ago Lady Jane was discovered alone and frightened in an Atlantic City hotel room suffering from complete memory loss. Since then she has lived happily at Woodlands Wildlife Refuge and helps coordinate their education programs.

Meet Dorfnik and Quislington

Dorfnik is a successful entrepreneur. His many real estate holdings include the entire county of Scrapton. Although described as a ruthless, cost-cutting businessman, he has always displayed deep generosity towards local politicians. He has recently begun to acquire intellectual property and hopes to someday own every copyright in the world.

Quislington has spent his entire working life in public service and is currently the mayor of Scrapton. Not a particularly charismatic leader, he has nonetheless enjoyed a lucrative career in small-town politics – largely in exchange for granting political favors to Dorfnik.

Meet Thork   

Thork is a record producer and concert promoter. His real name is Theodore Spork. Inspired by the success of Madonna, Prince, Cher, Bono and Regis he decided to brand himself simply “Thork”. Although he has yet to achieve the success he believes he deserves in the Music Industry, he lives comfortably on royalties received quarterly from a company founded by his grandfather, the inventor of the Spork. He has recently faced mounting legal challenges from the estate of Hip Ling Foon claiming patent infringement on a similar cutlery device they developed and marketed in Korea.

Meet Chuckers  

Chuckers is a domestic shorthair cat largely known for his ravenous, insatiable appetite. He generally sleeps 20 –21 hours each day and is rarely seen but can detect the sound of a can opener (manual or electric) over 17 miles away. His favorite cuisine is Purina “Fancy Feast” with the exception of the Mackerel selection which he absolutely detests. “Country Dinner” is his favorite but if you serve him any variety (other than Mackerel) he will literally attack the bowl. If you serve him Mackerel he will attack you.

Meet Pepito  

Pepito is a young squirrel whose boundless energy keeps him in perpetual motion. Although not featured in song on “Pleased To Meet You” he is depicted on the cover. He was the inspiration for the opening track on our EP Hey Pepito! (released in 2011) and is always with us in spirit.

Now that the release date for our new record is less than a month away we would like to introduce you to a few of the characters featured in the songs and/or depicted on the cover.

Meet John and Sue. When we first created the opening song, “Pleased To Meet You”, John had recently turned 1 and was just learning to walk. Since then he has moved on to bigger and better things and now prefers to be called “Juanito”. His sister Sue, 18 months his senior, was once notorious for her obsession with the color pink. She now claims that her favorite color is lime green but that is likely to change.

Meet the Troll

Although his birth certificate lists him as “Alastair Clarke”, he has been known since early childhood as simply “The Troll”. He blames his inability to fit into proper society on having been a human born in the forest and raised by trolls. However, he is actually an orphaned troll that a human family graciously attempted to raise. They did their best.

 Meet Mary the Fairy

One of the few known existing images of Mary was captured with a Kodak Instamatic camera in the mid 1970’s and this image is based on that small grainy photograph. If you listen to the song “Mary the Fairy” you can learn about her reluctance to fly and the incident that ultimately motivated her to get off the ground.

         Meet Sheldon and Theodore

At almost 300 years of age, Sheldon is surely one of the oldest creatures still wandering around the world. And he has quite a few stories to tell. However, although he can vividly recall having seen the young Mozart on tour with his father Leopold in 1762, his recollections of the past 100 years are a bit sketchy and confused. Theodore is a Greek Tortoise (no relation to Sheldon) currently living on a farm in New Jersey. He enjoys listening to The Ramones at maximum volume while banging his head against the glass walls of his terrarium.

John the Rabbit, featured on the album “Rise & Shine” appears on this record relentlessly tormenting the Eggplant Man with his habitual snacking on the old man’s vegetables. But he has come to terms with his former nemesis and together the pair now cultivate a community garden. The Eggplant Man adamantly insisted that no images of him be reproduced in any form whatsoever and for now we will respect his wishes. But I have to tell you he is one strange looking dude.

Shirley, Ruth and Alana are sisters equally dissatisfied with their lot in life yet always eager to share their knowledge and worldview with others.

  Meet Wolfsohn

Wolfsohn is an ultra-successful hedge fund manager currently living primarily in Connecticut, East Hampton and NYC. His estimated net worth is so vast that if he ever stopped to count it he would be unable to maintain his extensive collection of exotic wool garments acquired from every corner of the globe. His only regret in life is the fact that he wasn’t born a sheep.

Today was my last Stories and Songs session for the season. Say that three times real fast. I’ve been leading music sessions for the Battery Park Conservancy for the past few years. Not an easy job but always fun. Basically four hours of singing and playing the guitar pretty much nonstop for kids ranging in age from 6 months to 3 years (and their caretakers). Today, due to the various holidays and breaks, classes were relatively small.

Great group of folks down at the BPC and they put a tremendous effort into developing and organizing outstanding activities for kids. During the spring and summer they move it all outside and focus on outdoor activities. Worth checking out – hopefully I’ll be back in September