Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 30, 2011

On the oboe?

That would be my guess, fear-ciuil…

Yay! Everyone gets to play percussion for this song!!.♪ If I had a ham-mer, ♫♪ I’d hammer in the mo-rning… ♫

What does Polyfill think of this musical piece and of Petey’s performance?

my students love to bang their little jingle sticks to♪ If I had a ham-mer, ♫ ♪ I’d hammer in the mo-rning… ♫

Just make sure you use a silver one.

Too bad we really can’t hear Petey play.

I think we’re fortunate that we can’t actually hear Petey play.

I am not sure arming the musicians is such a good idea.

I wonder if the elf’s name is Maxwell?

To get an idea of what Petey’s playing sounds like, listen to some John Coltrane from the last year or two of his life. Richard’s sound effects are a close approximation.

Petey needs to hammer out some more practice on that liquorice stick.

Oh yeah, I love the spittle drop in the first panel. His socks must be absorbing the puddle.

How avant-garde!

Winter concert time again!!

Clang! Clang! Maxwell’s silver hammer…

Have we ever heard Alice say “it’s lovely” before?

I like how they get along so well sometimes.