TonySolo StoryPodcast

Farting in Church

It wasn’t my fault!
There’s a lot of misbehaving in the pews at a Pentecostal children’s church under the oversized sunglasses gaze of the Clown Patrol. I was paired with Randy, a rambunctious new kid bent on disrupting Brother Rick’s service, and probably land me in trouble. Things culminate in a not-so-joyful noise that I got blamed for!Jesus wept!

A Prayer for Evie Man

Everyone in Tampa knows someone who got the "crazy preacher tape" on their lawn or in their mailbox.
The tapes featured Reverend Abraham Duncan, who claimed persecution by the Rolling Stones, critiqued 70s gospel singer Evie Tornquist's music, and claimed he was "psychic and my mind goes back in time."
I attempted to find out who Reverend Duncan was and construct his life story.CW: Mental Illness, Racism.

What Happens in Amsterdan Stains in Amsterdam

Americans come to Amsterdam, but not to visit Anne Frank House and VanGogh. We come to do what's forbidden in the Land of the Free. I dove into the deep end of the Red Light District and got what I wanted, kind of.

Celebrity is Treason

The Future. Celebrities have been outlawed (no thanks to that Imagine sing-a-long during the Pandemic). Comedy is illegal, and the last bastion of freedom exists in the past, broadcasted directly into your brain. *(Producers are not responsible for brain cancer or schizophrenic embolisms)

Tony Solo

I recount the deaths of three of my siblings, two within the same year. 

Dogs Rolling in Carrion

I worked as a dishwasher, a bricklayer, a fish cleaner, a flavored ice vendor, and a janitor, and that was in just in one week. A day labor job at a posh resort exposes class warfare at a buffet held in honor of a war hero, where the final course was our hopes and dreams.