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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 22h

Since I'm almost done Too Many Songs About Cats, I was thinking it'd be fun to put out a mini-album a year, so I went and listed all the comedy songs I've written that haven't be recorded on an Arrogant Worms album yet.
There are over 100.
And yet somehow I never feel like I'm doing enough writing.

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 3d

I've been going through some notes from past comedy courses and found this one when we were doing a "bad idea" excercise.
"Air traffic controller pub crawl."

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 7d

The lost Wolfe Island Ferry Verses!
Mike let Chris and me come up with our own verses and I rediscovered some of the ones I wrote. I can't believe I didn't go with the one about Mars.
I'll perform them all during my Zoom concert Thursday when I do ALL OF TOAST.
buytickets.at/trevorstrong...

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 8d

Unfortunately, I didn't get enough sign ups to run the course in Klingon this year.
I guess Klingon's aren't big on comedy.

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 8d

Here's the first draft of I Am Not American from the album Toast. I'm not sure why, but this song has been getting a lot more play in the last half year or so.
I'll be singing all of Toast on Zoom this Thursday!

www.tickettailor.com/events/trevo...

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 8d

Yay! I got enough folks to run my Kingston Comedy Course.
Still room for a few more, but it's a relief to be able to make it official!

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 9d

The Arrogant Worms are coming to Kingston, Oct 12th for a 2pm show. I'll be there, I'm a big fan of the group and have literally thousands of their cds.
ticketscene.ca/events/55137/

THE ARROGANT WORMS -

Get event information and buy your tickets at Ticketscene!

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 9d

Closer and closer I get to finishing Too Many Songs About Cats.
I just put the latest, near final, version of Ship's Cat on my Patreon page.
www.patreon.com/posts/140033...

Ship's Cat | Trevor Strong

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 9d

I'm up to TOAST on my quest to perform every Arrogant Worm's album. Come join me this Thursday to hear it!
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Buy tickets – Trevor performs TOAST on Zoom! – Zoom

Trevor performs TOAST on Zoom! – Zoom, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - I'm performing every Arrogant Worms' album in order. This month it's TOAST! TOAST was recording live at Hugh's Room in Toronto and features hits...

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 13d

I have a great idea for a book. It's told from the narrator's perspective, all sorts of incidents and relationships and all that good stuff.
Then, right at the end, you find out the narrator is a cat.

My elevator pitch is:
Like the Sixth Sense, except he's a cat.
And not dead.

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 20d

This week's song is I Am Not American from Toast.
For some reason it's had a bit of a popularity bump in the last 6 months or so.
www.patreon.com/posts/139224...

I Am Not American | Trevor Strong

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 25d

Hopefully I will keep on this project for more than one day.

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 25d

What was on the cover had nothing to do with what was on the cassette, which seems to be a five song demo we did after our first album, but before our second. I have absolutely no recollection of doing this. Some of them sound pretty decent, and History Is Made By Stupid People has alternate lyrics.

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 25d

I've been moving these boxes with me for over thirty years, and for at least the last twenty it has been on my list to digitize them.
Well, I started today.
I started with what I thought was one of our first promo cassettes we sent around when we first started.

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 25d

I have a couple of boxes of cassettes from the Arrogant Worms early days, from our recordings on campus radio, to some demos, to live shows, to god knows what else.

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 25d

It took me back too!

Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 26d

This week's song is "Mistaken" by Jerry Jerry and The Sons of Rhythm Orchestra.
And I play it STANDING UP!
youtu.be/_WXPvYyjwxM

I sing standing up!

YouTube video by Trevor Strong

youtu.be

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · 27d

I shall sing TOAST on my next ZOOM show.
From the Wolfe Island Ferry to Head in the Freezer, join me on this musical journey!

buytickets.at/trevorstrong...

Buy tickets – Trevor performs TOAST on Zoom! – Zoom

Trevor performs TOAST on Zoom! – Zoom, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - I'm performing every Arrogant Worms' album in order. This month it's TOAST! TOAST was recording live at Hugh's Room in Toronto and features hits...

buytickets.at

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · Sep 5

Still working away on my Too Many Songs About Cats album.
I'm at the point where I'm not sure if I'm making things better or worse.
Here's my view of The Ship's Cat.

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm performing all Idiot Road on Zoom tonight! I love playing songs we've abandoned. Tonight I'll be singing Trichinosis (man, I thought that would be a hit), Fuzzy Dice (very romantic), and my favourite, Mrs. Catto Loves Her Budgie (another love song!)
www.tickettailor.com/events/trevo...

Buy tickets – Trevor performs Idiot Road on Zoom! – Zoom

Trevor performs Idiot Road on Zoom! – Zoom, Thu 4 Sep 2025 - I'm performing every Arrogant Worms' album in order. This month it's Idiot Road! Idiot Road features songs we continue to play to this very...

www.tickettailor.com

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here are some rough lyrics to We Are The Beaver.
Also scribbled is, "I was going to sell my soul to the Devil, but he said it wasn't worth his time."
I guess I never did anything with that.
I'm playing all of IDIOT ROAD this Thursday on Zoom.
buytickets.at/trevorstrong...

Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · Sep 2

Song of the week!
Worst seat on the plane.
youtu.be/KB8IdtdsDZY

Worst Seat on the Plane

YouTube video by Trevor Strong

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Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thwing, C. F. (1906). College Students as Thinkers. The North American Review, 183(596), 62-69.

Trevor Strong @trevorstrong.bsky.social · Aug 27

In the history doesn't repeat but it sometimes rhymes category: here's a quotation from 1906 complaining about how students don't think anymore but instead just use the latest technology (library services) to just copy everything.

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