Author Archives: douglasesper

About douglasesper

Father of two, husband of one, Douglas Esper is an author, screenwriter, actor, and musician from Cleveland, Oh. He has published two music-related non-fiction books (Reintroducing Chuck Mosley and Break When I’m Dead), a novel (A Life of Inches), and several short stories, including The Day We Hung The Tallest Thomas, which appeared in Frontier Tales. As a musician, Douglas toured with Chuck Mosley (Faith No More, Bad Brains) until the singer’s death in 2017. As an actor, he has 20 credits in films like: Bunker Heights (2027), The Obsidian Mirror (2026), Trivial (2023), and On Gallows Hill (2026?), which is currently making its rounds at festivals worldwide. His coming of age, road trip screenplay, Both Hands In is in pre-production.

A Knight of Cups…a review?

For some unknown reason I popped awake at 6 a.m. on a saturday. Perhaps it was the late-night onion rings. Thanks mom. I am not a morning person, hell, I’m barely a brunch person, but there I was staring at … Continue reading →

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Indoria Post Lyric Video For Ode From The Road

Just before the end of 2018, I started to research lyric videos and began learning a bit about imovies on my computer. Throughout january I searched my destroyed hardrive for video clips (damn, I lost so much good stuff) and … Continue reading →

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Old Mike Patton Email Interview

I had a chance to email a quick interview to Mike Patton as he promoted the Peeping tom album. The interview was posted on a site, but got lost over time. I found the email while organizing and thought I … Continue reading →

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the music career that wasn’t (part one)

In 1999 I joined my first band, Fromandafly. There was a lot of things that led up to that moment and a lot that has happened in the twenty years since. These are the stories of the music career that … Continue reading →

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The Tent In North Ridgeville

The first time I remember seeing the tent was during the summer of 2007. My wife, Michele, and I were newlyweds living in a duplex in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. We worked our tails off, but week-to-week we were just managing … Continue reading →

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