I grew up in Brick. I really have
me to share the stage with him at
no idea how I turned out the way the Wave Gathering in 2005.
I did living here.
How many albums have you re-
What artists inspired you to do
leased and how many books of
the same and why and how?
poetry have you published?
In the beginning I was most in-
There have been three EPs
spired by Sage Francis, Atmo-
and three LPs of music, two full
sphere, Saul Williams, and Beas- length records of spoken word,
tie Boys. I guess I was moved by and seven chap books of poetry,
their energy and intensity.
all self-released.
When did you make your first
Out of them, which is you favor-
live appearance and where?
ite album and why, and which is
Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock pulled your favorite book and why?
me up on stage to freestyle with Oh, this is a rough question,
them at Rutgers University in
dude! I guess the album ‘Build-
2004.
ings Will Collapse’ in 2013
changed my life the most. My
How and why did you come
favorite book so far may be
to Asbury Park to perform and
‘Cure for the Common Cold Side
when and where was that the
of the Bed’ in 2007, but I don’t
first time?
even print that anymore. w
It’s all thanks to Rick Barry inviting
Bob Makin is the reporter for www.MyCentralJersey.com/entertainment and a
former managing editor of The Aquarian Weekly, which launched this column
in 1988. Contact him at [email protected]. And like Makin Waves at
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