New Jersey Stage Issue 61 | Page 110

dous pressure; the camera adds weight so if you’re going to be photographed you have to be skinny. It was so hard to stop and I know I messed up my body in many ways. It was very hard to recover from and there are things I’m still recovering from because I did it for so long.” UPCOMING SHOWS Wednesdays at Havana, New Hope, PA NJ STAGE - ISSUE 61 The night she got stabbed… nine times Few artists have ever gone through an incident like Mas had one night in the apartment she was renting along the Jersey Shore in January 1986. It was about one week after Mas had performed at The Stone Pony as part of a benefit to help work- ers affected by the closing of the 3M plant in Freehold. While she was sleeping, someone broke into her room, stabbing her nine times and slitting her throat. The person reportedly stole just two items - her Telecaster guitar and INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 110