CMP Marches Down Tin Pan Alley

March 22, 2026

So here I am, walking down an alley bathed in the golden glow of nostalgia, hitting my tin pan with a stick. I have written a number of song parodies, but there are two relevant here. Directly about CMP is the story of my time in Cupertino for CSN: Cupertino Star, sung to the tune of Roger Miller’s Kansas City Star. You can tell this one is fiction; CMP would never offer anyone a company car, at least not a journalist.

CMP-adjacent is my account of the freelance experience, King of the Keys, sung to the tune of Miller’s King Of The Road.

Why yes, I have been keeping busy in retirement.

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