BAD BOYS / Broadway Station, East Vancouver. Photo by Rodney DeCrooStreet Photography and PerversityMay 30, 20221May 30, 20221
My Self Pity Is Bigger Than YoursI tried to watch Waiting for Guffman last night,May 8, 2022May 8, 2022
War Torn ManIn my thirties I wrote a song about my father and the impact the Vietnam War had on him. But it wasn’t just about him. It was about me too…Jul 9, 2021Jul 9, 2021
The Tire GarageI grew up in a poor working class neighborhood on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. My mother raised my two brothers and I on her own after she…Jul 3, 2021Jul 3, 2021
The Allegheny RiverThe Allegheny flows thru Pittsburgh into the Monongahela to form the Ohio. In the 1970s & 1980s the rivers were badly polluted by…Jun 30, 2021Jun 30, 2021
The Oil DrumWe throw balled up sheets of newspaper, dead twigs and branches into a rusted oil drum. We light several matches and toss them inside. The…Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Veterans DayMy father said to me once while drunk that they’d made him into a Marine at Parris Island. “And Rod”, he added “A Marine is a killer.”Jun 27, 2021Jun 27, 2021
