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real name: Rob Sturma
stage name: Ratpack Slim, or just Slim, depending on who's calling me up
where i'm from/where i'm at: from Milwaukee, living in L.A.
what i do: look for a job, write and perform poetry (you can call it spoken word, or performance poetry, or whatever, but i'm my own worst critic, and i have to be satisfied with my work on the page before it ever hits the stage. Keeps me honest.)
DOB: 5-23-70 (last time i did this, there were a slew of grandpa jokes...don't get it twisted. i'm younger than KRS-ONE and i can still rock the mic with no remorse)
What Else?: Um, I've been on OKP on and off since '00, i believe...around the same time I started reading at poetry spots in LA. Now I host my own open mic (Green, every Monday in Santa Monica), and I gig out a lot...I was on the Los Feliz Slam Team this past year, and met 3rd and delrica in Chi-town...MUSE and I at one point had a group of writers on here called Domepome Poets (folks like Anthology, Guerilla Love, Giovanni, Instant Axis, etc)...my words are my life.
No, For Real: and i'm white.
----- "You Sensitive Bastard", Rob Sturma's latest book of poems, is available directly from the author. It's a pretty book with a real ISBN number and everything.
www.myspace.com/robsturma
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