Chapter Forty-Four: I Walk This Earth Alone
There are those who say to move on, and find someone else. I simply don't want to. No one will ever love me like Mark did, and I don't...
Chapter Forty-Three: Germind
Since starting tomsmusicplace.com, I have discovered some of the greatest music ever. And also in the years since I started the site, I...
Chapter Forty-Two: tomsmusicplace.com
The late 2000's pretty much sucked for me. I lost my job at Tower Records, and I lost Mark. And one day, I was watching American Idol...
Chapter Forty-One: The End Of Mark, Part Three: The End
His mother and brother and I were told to leave the room and to go to the waiting room and someone would get us once they get him...
Chapter Forty: The End Of Mark, Part Two: What the Fuck?
That cough soon turned into a bad cold and we all went home. He went back to Seattle and I went back to work in Portland. After about a...
Chapter Thirty-Nine: The End of Mark, Part One: Rapture
The year was 2008 and after almost 30 years together, me and Mark took a much needed vacation. But that would be the last thing we would...
Chapter Thirty-Eight: A 7'2" Basketball Player And A Kiss
In the late 2000's Tower Records as a business was dying, but it was a slow death. Due to the internet boom and people deciding to use...
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Tangerine Dream
One of the haunting side effects of my coworker's hate-filled agenda was knowing that there was meticulous planning into it. Obviously...
Chapter Thirty-Six: A Hate-Filled Agenda
A woman by the name of Karen was the reason Mark quit Tower Records. She was the single's purchasing manager at Tower Records and when...
Chapter Thirty-Five: Stevie Nicks Told Me To Come Out
The hardest part for most LGBT people is telling their parents and family because their acceptance or rejection can be freeing but also...
