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carpal tunnel kid
» genre:
Comedy >
General Comedy
» location:
Andy Senior
» label: unsigned
» for fans of: Tom Lehrer, Allan Sherman, Nick Lucas, Cliff Edwards, George Formby, Flanders & Swann, Tiny Tim, Moxy Fruvous, Weird Al Yankovic, Dr Demento, Monty Python
» latest album:
"Non-Plugged"
23 tracks
running time 73:00
$9.99
23 tracks
running time 73:00
$9.99
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The Carpal Tunnel Kid
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Rockin' Chair
Cavorting With Kevorkian
Eat Dirt!
Lullaby of the Leaves
Sweet Georgia Brown (a la Dirge)
Impending Doom--Internet Radio Edition
You Can't Legally Sing This Song
The Pimple Song
Mario
I Don't Want to Be An Astronaut
check all 20 songs on the music page
I have been writing and performing songs since around 1977--composing most of my material in the mid-1990s. The wholly inadequate genre pigeonhole I could be crammed into with some difficulty is "novelty"--but my stuff ranges from the surrealistic to the darkly satirical to the just plain silly. I stick to 32-bar pop styles as a rule, but I have dabbled in blues, calypso, and other forms. My music sounds as if it were created from the 1920s through the 1950s in a parallel universe--the effect is entirely intentional. I try to wake up the mind and make it smile. If I must occasionally offend in the process, so be it.
Why this name?
My hands! I have actually had my left hand lock up while I played the guitar in performance. Perhaps "Lobster Boy" would have been more appropriate, but I prefer the style of "The Carpal Tunnel Kid"--mainly because I am no longer a kid!
Do you play live?
I haven't played live since August 2000, when my amp crashed during an outdoor show here in Utica NY. I'd like to get back into performing because there isn't much else going on, and all other human endeavor seems futile.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
It changes it completely. I love 20s and 30s music, and I can listen to stuff I download or stream all day for free. It's heaven.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
You'd have to get me pretty drunk! I'd rather sell my discs on eBay!
Your influences?
I love old jazz and pop from the 20s and 30s. What probably shaped (some would say warped) my musical taste at an early age was an old Disney LP featuring Cliff Edwards singing the Charleston. Another album--selections from Gilbert and Sullivan--I listened to constantly. I learned to play guitar listening to Eddie Lang, and I have always admired the way Bing Crosby handled a song--especially in his pre-Decca days. I love Fats Waller, and Louis Armstrong--both men of great humor combined with genius. My admiration is boundless for Cole Porter, Larry Hart, Ira Gershwin, and that old master lyricist W.S.Gilbert. A guy who bought my disc said that I sound "like an insane Nick Lucas raised on Mad magazine." That's about right.
Favorite spot?
I have to say Utica, because someone here will break my legs if I don't.
Anything else...?
Please visit my blog! http://carpaltunnelkid.blogspot.com