Steven Jesse Bernstein's life ended in 1991 when he stabbed himself in the throat three times. The kind of mind that could withstand such violence and the madness that plagued the poet and performer are vivid in this seething, hypnotic, unhinged spoken word album.
Not for the faint or sensitive, but a really great foray into some ingenious beat poetry on the most vile subjects delivered with the most heartfelt pleas for deliverance. I want to thank Leigh for introducing me to Bernstein, whose “Clouded Heart” he selected for the music in his skateboarding section of the Tentacles of Death video he skated in.
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