Portait of the Cat as an Old Man
Meet Rocco. He is House of Mercy Radio’s resident feline and in cat years is older than most of the music played on the show.
Meet Rocco. He is House of Mercy Radio’s resident feline and in cat years is older than most of the music played on the show.
Unfortunately this is not so much a boudoir portrait of legendary writer Charles Bukowski himself as much as it is a portrait of a man reading Bukowski’s book Post Office in bed.
If you’ve never read any words by Charles Bukowski you’d best spend a little time browsing through websites like this or digging around the library to try and find a copy of his work that hasn’t been stolen.
If you look closely into these fortune telling sunglasses you’ll see reflections of a Vancouver beach. That’s because come next week I’ll be spending a couple months living in Canada’s loveliest coastal rain-hole with Miss Quincy and her new all-girl band The Showdown.
That’s not all, the man behind these sunglasses has been crazy enough to let us all invade his 2 bedroom basement suite on Commercial Drive.
Yes, you read that right. 4 girls + 1 boy + 2 bedroom basement suite.
Make sure to check back over January & February for what will surely be a Vancouver photo adventure and a half.
This is my Grandfather. You can call him Grouspapa if you like. You may recognize him from past entries Bluegrass Bandits Circa 1952 or Motorcycle Bandit Circa 1952.