Rodney DeCrooBAD BOYS / Broadway Station, East Vancouver. Photo by Rodney DeCrooStreet Photography and Perversity2 min read·May 30, 2022--1--1
Rodney DeCrooMy Self Pity Is Bigger Than YoursI tried to watch Waiting for Guffman last night,1 min read·May 8, 2022----
Rodney DeCrooWar 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…3 min read·Jul 9, 2021----
Rodney DeCrooThe 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…3 min read·Jul 3, 2021----
Rodney DeCrooThe Allegheny RiverThe Allegheny flows thru Pittsburgh into the Monongahela to form the Ohio. In the 1970s & 1980s the rivers were badly polluted by…2 min read·Jun 30, 2021----
Rodney DeCrooThe 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…2 min read·Jun 29, 2021----
Rodney DeCrooVeterans 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.”2 min read·Jun 27, 2021----