Chuck Perrin

Tenor saxophone phenom Hollis Gentry was born on this day in 1954. He was a charismatic performer who could light up your ears with beautiful cascading saccades of notes. When he died in 2006, I wrote this tribute: troubled soul even tho music chose him pulled him out of the massive pack & set up… [ read more ]

I woke up to find myself driving fast down a winding mountain road. It must be dawn, or close to it; a half light hovers, glowing fluorescent thru green neon-ish haze. What kind of car is this? It doesn’t have a gas pedal. O o o o o h, I’m taking these turns way too… [ read more ]

we wander wide-eyed wonderous wilds wishing we could find the hidden meaning some explanation for how life can suddenly devastate us and then move on heedless of the grief and shattered illusions it dumps behind as it darts relentlessly along fueled by the fervor of one big bang while we are only minor players with… [ read more ]