aren't you playing with me?
The cruelness and savagery of children can be astounding. Growing up in small-town Ohio, I was a firsthand witness. For a period of...
as pleasures pale
The Pleasures Pale sprouted in late 1985 with a series of songwriting sessions and loose band rehearsals. These initial assemblies...
rust belt gothic
With the rust belt states playing such a conspicuous role in the U.S. presidential election, I've been thinking about my own roots — and...
instant karma cannot get you
Like it has with a lot of people, an event this past week here in the US of A has my thoughts spinning — and my better self wrestling...
vote me in
As it does every four years, the US political circus is reaching fever pitch. In 1992, another election year — one that seems almost...
pushing on
It began in north Dayton, a depressed but furtively creative corner of Ohio in the early 1980’s. Now, more than thirty years on since...
