The Damsels in Distress: Recording Hey EP

Posted on May 17, 2025 by lksukany

Micah got a text from a friend asking us to make a fake EP for a fake record label. No expectations and no pressure. How nice! We wrote five songs and spent the next two weekends recording.

As we worked, the kids began to watch and sing along. Along with the songs, L.K. put together fun album art. A childhood picture of L.K. on a bicycle reappears on the front, and the back features our first daughter E.K. skipping at a lake. The word “hey” appears in every song. So that happened. We put it on our bandcamp. We hope you take a listen.

Book of Songs: Pastiche

Posted on May 11, 2025 by lksukany

“The Damsels in Distress: Book of Songs” is a Paper Opera project to include all of The Damsels in Distress songs. Each page will include song lyrics and an accompanying illustrated image of each song.

Album: Spinning Plates

Pastiche

My name is Carla. This is my shop.
Part my heart and most my time.
My name is Carla.

My name is Todd. I am around.
Maybe you’ve seen me walk downtown.
My name is Todd.

With Pastiche design your home.
With fun new toys for boys and girls.
A stylish world. Affordable.

Plates and cups and Freitag bags.
And fun bright colored tags.
That move and swing.
This is real art. Pastiche.

Book of Songs: Space

Posted on April 8, 2025 by lksukany

Album: Spinning Plates

Space

I like you. You are mine.
All the time. All the time.
There are things I need to do.
And though alone, I still need you.

And sometimes I need to draw.
I need to paint. I need my space.
And I know you need the same.
And then we meet and dance and change.

Book of Songs: Rare Red Rainbow

Posted on March 14, 2025 by lksukany

Album: Spinning Plates

Rare Red Rainbow

We were laughing and singing.
We were dancing and singing.
While rain was coming down.
We knew it was there though we never had seen it.
The sun behind the clouds.

Like a rare red rainbow.
Like a rare red rainbow.

I was crying and waiting.
I was praying and waiting.
For love to come around.
Words tried to explain it.
Images tried to relate it.
But they didn’t know it no how.

It’s like a rare red rainbow.

bandcamp rareredrainbow

Art Show at the Springfield Art Museum

Posted on October 23, 2018 by lksukany

I received an email from the Springfield Art Museum last year saying that they wanted to kick off a new gallery space in their gift shop to display art from the locals in Springfield. I submitted my work and was truly thrilled to receive an acceptance letter. My painting “Conversation Homesick” from the “Developed and Less Finished: Maintaining Life” series is now on display for the next six months as part of the “Art in Our City” exhibition at the Springfield Art Museum.