A STORY SO QUEER....
FROZEN LULLABIES Radio Hairdo live at Texas Tavern inside the Texas Union, Austin. Aug. 2 1991
I became Radio Hairdo yet again: Inside the Battle Hall men's room (which was gender neutral for the SPREAD magazine photoshoot that lured Melanie Grizzel — the first time I got to team up with a photojournalist from The Dallas Morning News. And then again — years later — on the Battle Halls’ top floor is UT’s Architecture Library, which owns a copy of my book,“214 Trans4m.”
"As a lyricist, Solberg describes the duo’s creative process as a cooperative effort. “Dan does a lot of the arrangements. I bring stuff in, and then he helps me arrange it. And then he’ll say, Let’s try something new and experiment. For me, writing songs is … not something I think about. It’s just something I feel like I have to do. It’s just a form of expression for me.” Kusner adds, “And then she comes over with this ‘form of expression’ and then we kind of hammer it around. If anything, I think our philosophy is that it’s just fun.” — Daily Texan
"Frozen Lullabies" became Radio Hairdo’s "Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”
For the record, I wrote this song — a 6/8 waltz...
The melody was inspired by a classic Chicagoland childhood listening to "Hardrock, Coco and Joe" (aka the three little dwarfs) Ole olady olady I oh / That's Hardrock, and Coco, and Joe Now listen my children and you shall hear / A story fantastic, a story so queer