Part 51: Riley’s Draft Card
Today is Sunday, November 8th, 2020. Yesterday at around 8:30 AM the media called the 2020 election. Kamala Harris will be the first...
Part 50: More Letters, A Librarian Remembers Riley
It's Sunday, November 1st, 2020. It's Daylight Savings Time, even though no one I know understands why we still do this. The presidential...
Part 47: More Porn Books, Riley’s Hollywood Typing Pool
The women look up at me. A few of them look at each other, but they don’t make a move to get up to help me, their hands hovering above their
Part 46: Letters, Riley’s “Contracts”, Deals Gone Bad
I would compare my "knowing" to how a smoker "knows" that smoking causes lung damage and even cancer, and yet if they really knew...
Part 43: Finding and Collecting Dad’s “Porn” Books
My Dad did three things (that I knew of) to make a living when I was a kid; He coached aspiring performers, cooked in diners, and wrote porn
Part 41: The Producers, Jan and Riley Painting
Dad was pacing the room, saying what a great concept the scam was in the film.
Part 39: Memories, My Sisters, Marty Melcher, Criswell and Halo
Marion's biological mother basically said to her, "No, that's not him." The thing is, Marion and I both had our DNA tested.
Part 38: Riley Shepard was Riley Cooper in Minneapolis
Dad, using the name Riley Cooper, produced a live radio show called "Hootenanny Jamboree" from the Flame Cafe in Minneapolis.
Part 37: Jan and Riley
Once, when they were in a group of people, Riley said, "Remember when we met Kris Kristofferson?" Everyone turned to look at Jan.
Part 36: My Mother, Art, Social Security Cards
Around the time my father met my mother in 1962, his "creative identity factory" was in full force.