“This would be the first time I’d take the bus this far. The farthest I’ve traveled on the MTA was Reisterstown Road Plaza or closer, my grandparent’s home on Pulaski Street. Thankfully the M2 (I’m old school) would take me directly where I needed to be.”
Read MoreBefore 86
In elementary school, I would read comics and my vocabulary grew to where they put me in the advanced reading class. Comic books had so many “big words” and my Mom refused to tell me what words meant. “Go get the dictionary” was her battlecry.
Read MoreWho's Who and the Marvel Universe Deluxe
“The deep dive into being a comic book/sci-fi/toy enthusiast came way before 1986. “Enthusiast” as I’ve given the title of “nerd or geek” back to the world; those words limit and at times demean the user & I shall not have that. I was the child that memorized file cards of GI Joes, could tell you in detail what I read in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, and was visibly upset when Roy Fokker was killed in action.”
Read MoreMusic and Me
“I was told that our musical tastes really begin in middle school. That is when we discover music outside of what is normally played around us. We seek out the music that connects and moves us. I would catch all the music on the radio and in the neighborhood.”
Read More86' Was the Genesis
“I’m going to look back at 1986 through 1988, seeing how those years came to make the Kofi Jamal that was, is now, and hopefully will come to the future. This is the “middle school era” and when I developed into me. As fun and sometimes awkward as it was. At first I will speak on what moves me that day. But I will begin to talk about key moments and situations. Often bouncing back and forth through the years.”
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