When My Mind Became a Raging River (Memoir)

When My Mind Became a Raging River (Memoir)

May 14, 2026 | memoir, music, travel

I had just left my job at the Off Ramp Cafe and Lounge, an infamous club that had helped the early 1990s Seattle music scene rise, explode, and burn out all in a very short period of years. There at that venue, I had formed a family with a pack of fantastic...
Singing Solo at Oakland Coliseum (Music Memoir)

Singing Solo at Oakland Coliseum (Music Memoir)

Apr 1, 2026 | memoir, music

I stand alone on the shimmering green grass of Oakland Coliseum, between the pitcher’s mound and home plate. Blazing bright floodlights pour down through the night sky and illuminate the field. My legs quiver when I look up anxiously at the rows of people in the...
Had Myself a Sleazy Seattle Xmas (Music Memoir)

Had Myself a Sleazy Seattle Xmas (Music Memoir)

Dec 1, 2025 | memoir, music

It was Xmas Eve in Seattle in 1992, and I had the night off from working at the Off Ramp. I also had pneumonia, so I invited Boner and Rat Boy over to my apartment to drink Jack Daniel’s. The sun had sunk hours before, but you could still see the city lights...
Jimi Hendrix, My Dad, and Me on the Fourth of July (Memoir)

Jimi Hendrix, My Dad, and Me on the Fourth of July (Memoir)

Jul 2, 2025 | memoir, music

I’m the child of hippies. Counter-culture, flowingly-bearded, long-hair-parted-down-the-middle, love children from the Midwest. My mother got pregnant with me after my father returned from being a soldier in Vietnam. And I was named after a hitchhiker named Kip...