But the laughs are steady, writes Neil Genzlinger, and you get to find out what would happen if the Greek gods meddled in human politics once again.
And even while maintaining a steady film writing career (he wrote the screenplays for the dramas "U-Turn" and "Three Kings," among others), he continued to work in TV comedy.
I managed to land a steady freelance writing gig with Chicago Tribune's RedEye edition writing the Dr Fantasy sports column and random news features, but my finances were hardly the stuff of fantasy.
In May, Mr. Loughner described his frustration at not being able to maintain steady employment, writing that he had been fired five times.
Through "Esta Plena" he has kept the four-beat percussive plena rhythm steady, while writing melodic cycles for the rest of the band in three or nine.
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In contrast, for Rock Steady she wrote the lyrics quicker and on the spot to meet the goal of writing a song a day.
Glenn Kotche, the drummer of Wilco, has released an album of solo works on Nonesuch; Franz Nicolay, the keyboardist of the Hold Steady, also writes for the rock-inflected Antisocial Music collective.
Tad Kubler, the guitarist in Hold Steady who writes the band's music, said Mr. Finn is something of a loner: "Everyone has their way of making their way on the road, and Craig's is to go off by himself.
