People used to ask me why I wasn't famous. My answers were always long.
Fifty years of songs, a one-man opera, a musical memoir, and a reality-TV invention I'm finally ready to discuss. Essays read by me and my opinions. Original songs sung by AI, because after doing everything possible, I still hate my singing voice.
These are my stories in accidental order, where regrets are set to music and rationalizations to prose. Here are my diversions. Make them yours.
A musical about wanting a second chance at being remembered.
Two campers head into the woods for a weekend with no phones, and run into something stranger than a lost signal: ghosts who have signed up for Avacorpse, a company whose slogan is “Because your legacy shouldn’t need a pulse.” For a fee, it lets the dead run androids on Earth and live out the careers they never got, with entry-level avatars first and premium upgrades for those who can afford more. The campers can barely survive without their phones, and the ghosts can barely survive being themselves.
It’s funny and strange, with a surprising amount of heart and original songs, including a ballad called “Greenland” that’s built to make a father who left impossible to ignore. Written by Jed Wolf.
11 Oct 2026
MEMEMEME! A One Man Opera
About what didn't stop me.
An inventor goes on a national reality show, gets laughed at by the judges, and decides to turn humiliation into a musical. Along the way he meets a spirit guide in the rain, a Broadway producer who has notes, and a church lady who checks his margins.
A true story. Mostly. Written and performed by Jed Wolf, with original songs.
28 Sept 2026
THER
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27 Sept 2026
STORM DRAIN SYMPHONY CHAPTER 3
This episode contains a depiction of childhood sexual abuse.
Late fall at Barlow. The boy has a new rabbit named Lapin, a pack of dogs, and a growing list of adults whose attention makes him uneasy. The math teacher lingers at the sink. The maintenance man stops his tractor to stare. Caught in an early snowstorm miles from campus, he stumbles back barefoot and half-frozen, just as a familiar Volkswagen stops at the foot of the hill. The teacher offers him somewhere warm.
The rest of the story, 39 chapters with original songs, is available at stormdrainsymphony.com.
27 Sept 2026
STORM DRAIN SYMPHONY CHAPTER 2
Barlow School, 1970. A boy arrives at a hippie boarding school in Dutchess County, New York and would rather starve than choose a seat in the dining hall. Instead he walks. He walks with faculty dogs, past a luna moth and a housemaster with an inhaler, through an Outward Bound orientation and barefoot down a mountain trail until discovering his body can dance. He finds an empty auditorium and a concert grand left unlocked. For the first time, someone hears him play and wants more. So does a math teacher with a key ring.
27 Sept 2026
STORM DRAIN SYMPHONY CHAPTER 1
A neglected toddler is found in a storm drain. It isn't the most promising start to a life, but it turns out to be a useful one for a boy who will spend a lifetime trying to be heard. This is the opening chapter of Storm Drain Symphony: A Musical Memoir about Mattering, a thru-scored audio memoir about growing up closeted, becoming a songwriter, and learning, very slowly, to stop hiding.
The complete audiobook, 39 chapters with original songs, is available at stormdrainsymphony.com.
26 Sept 2026
MIKEY
Writing is the easy part. Reading loud is where my voice shakes from my inner prosecutor. A short essay about Mikey, the cereal-commercial kid who because he hates everything, might be exactly the kind of person willing to try.
24 Sept 2026
WHY I'M NOT FAMOUS
My short answer to a long question. Start here, then go anywhere.
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