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written 1992: I knew someone who had "Ophelia" as her online nickname, which got me thinking about writing a song about Ophelia and Hamlet from the point of view of a friend of Ophelia's, maybe trying to warn her about things. But that theme didn't stick, and eventually "Hey Ophelia" scanned better as "Desdemona". And here we are. It was one of the first songs I recorded on the Mac, using the built-in microphone. So the sound quality is a bit odd, but in the end I liked it enough to keep it. (Wait, Desdemona is asteroid 666? And it's the name of an Eddie Murphy song? Oy. At least it looks like I beat Eddie to it.)

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from The Cheese Stands Alone, released September 18, 2009

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Andy Rivkin and his Gedankenband Columbia, Maryland

Andy is a planetary astronomer by day, and also by night since he's an astronomer. Also a founding member of Dr. Lüst, Science Diet, and other bands you likely haven't heard of.

The Gedankenband is a rag-tag crew of veteran eigenmusicians who help Andy turn his music into, well, still music. But maybe different from what he intended. But in a good way. Or something.
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