Songdog Photos

That's me, taken very recently by my friend Leslie Frederick (singer, songwriter, photographer, author... a renaissance woman to be sure) at Dodge Park in Sterling Heights, Mich, in November 1999. We were taking pictures of each other for our music promotional packs, and having a lot of fun to boot.

Notice I actually have hair... if you saw the story of the big haircut, perhaps you despaired of me ever having hair again. Or perhaps you hoped I'd never become a damn hippie freak again. Sorry to disappoint everyone, but I intend to assert my freedom to have hair or not have hair as I wish. It's the one area in which I consistently pissed my parents off when I was younger, and I think one should stick to something one's successful at.

Perhaps that last paragraph came off as bellicose or defensive. Sometimes that sort of thing gets me in trouble. I probably should be a bit more careful, but sometimes I just lose my head.

Actually, I still have it. The photo is actually from the Michigan Renaissance Festival in September 1999, where they had an executioner ready to chop your head off for a dollar. Friends took the photo. It's unknown whether they wished the executioner had used a sharper blade.