Even better than my newspaper article (finally found it!) is the entry in that ever popular reference book series "Contemporary Authors" (For those of you in the USA, anyway, it's probably in the reference department of your main library. I don't have scanning capability here, so maybe somebody else can get it onto the 'Cat, if it's wanted). Anyway, it pretty much covers all his musical work (the entry was published in 1988), as well as his academic career. I was very glad to see that his songs to teach phonics for the Electric Company (an educational children's program in the 1970's) were included. As for politics, it says he did benefits for liberal political candidates. He made his first album while still a graduate student, and paid for the production himself ($717 for four hundred copies). As for his refusal to perform, he said, "I don't want to perform. I have no desire for anonymous affection." In the newspaper article, he gave the best reason for the high quality and low number of his songs:"When I got a funny idea for a song, I wrote it. And if I didn't, I didn't." And as Dr. Demento says,"Let's face it, a song like "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" never really goes out of style."