New Jersey Stage Issue 71 | Página 108

You not only are a musician, you’re also a bartender, including at the Brighton Bar, a venue you often play. How are you dealing with that loss of livelihood. Surprisingly and luckily enough, my life has only been affected positively since this whole paranoia pandemic started to hit home. I was hired as a decorator on the Shadowbrook restoration crew the same week everything was shut down, plus I’m in the process of opening House of Trash boutique in Asbury Park. The New Trash Order is upon us. Are you originally from the Jersey Shore? Born and raised. Born at Jersey Shore Medical Center on a hot ‘n’ steamy summer morning. What made you fall in love with punk rock? To me, as a kid, it was weird and badass, like listening to a Jackson Pollock. Listen to “Can’t Afford You” by Tight Lipped NJ STAGE - ISSUE 71 INDEX 108