Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 14, 2022

Some dude named Simon N. Garfunkel always preferred the sounds of silence (yes, I know it’s Simon and Garfunkel, but imagine a four-year-old such as Alice thinking it’s one person).

Alice travels her own path or at least sent down a path and out of the house.

I play a mean pot and spoon.

Why does it always fall to Mom to be the arbitrator, aren’t there any Dads out there that know right from wrong?

They need to start a band … one in which 2 of the instruments will be a vacuum cleaner and a fan belt.

Some people march to the beat of a different drum. Alice however is skipping to a kazoo.

Alice and Dil should check out Drone Day.

https://droneday.org/

In Dill, she found her artistic soulmate :)

Dad’s at work

Squeaky wheels? Not so much… ☺

For some reason, my dog doesn’t appreciate vacuum cleaner music…

All this shit happens when daddy is earning the money to survive in the comic world. Also to drive their really small car!

The drummer from Phish plays an Electrolux canister vacuum cleaner

Anything can be an instrument. It just depends on what you bring to it, and we all know what Alice brings.

Alice is being bratty and selfish again; Mom was right to put her out of the house while Petey practices (and, BTW, in panel 1 the smooth repetitive tones suggest he is getting better on the oboe).

Too bad Dill is such a toady enabler!

Alice may be considering something like this symphonic piece by Malcolm Arnold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxaEIizTNTU

Peter Schickele used a vac as bagpipe drones. It makes a great backup for anything you want to sing while cleaning house.