After having two musicals produced in college, misguided attempts to find love seemed to leave little time to record or perform. At my lowest point I gave up on conventional recording and became “Special Guest,” an over-the-top egomaniac hippie persona rocking out on small plastic toy instruments, before finally making the choice to put music first and becoming “Captain Ambivalent and the Accordion of Gold.” Then an unexpected cameo on “America’s Got Talent” put everything in perspective. The show culminates in a video-assisted duet between Captain Ambivalent and Special Guest with a little help from a giant inflatable dinosaur celebrating their common ground: polyester.

Musical Numbers

1. The Hero Song
2. Captain Ambivalent Theme Song (first two verses)
3. Life Is Just A Chemical Reaction
4. Alternative
5. You Can’t Sing, You’re Ugly, And The Sixtes Are Over
6. Imaginary Eggs
7. Laundry Night (Special Guest version)
8. Captain Ambivalent Theme Song (last verse)
9. The Thousand Mile Song
10. Laundry Night (Captain Ambivalent version)
11. I’ve Got A Fan In Canada
12. Going Back To Town
13. You Might Want To Think About Being Direct
14. Unique And Special (Just Like Everybody Else)
15. Polyester

Technical Requirements

Captain Ambivalent’s self-contained portable multimedia sound system handcart is good for up to 75 person venues. Larger venues require a HDMI projection system input, vocal mic, and 1/4″ accordion pickup input at the stage. Bernice the dinosaur (not to be confused with any other purple dinosaur) requires a 10 foot cube of space to operate safely. Sound system/dinosaur require at least one grounded electrical outlet near the stage.