Funny and intelligent poet with an abundance of quality material, just hope he drops another solo-album in the near future.

In his debut Spoken Word Album, Scott Raven proves to be a one of a kind word fiend with a nonsense of humor. He often puns on punning, and free associates till your head explodes supplying a slew of suprises with each passing line. I found myself very impressed with his free flowing alliterative style and seemless internal rhyming capabilities. Not to mention this man is clever, wittier than Wilde, Raven's words play tricks on your ear drums with a candy cornucopia of over 10 spoken word treats. The CD is a mix of live and recorded tracks and notably tackles both the food service industry and the school system. It is threaded together by a few Six Degrees of Kevin Baconesque actory poems that keep the listener engaged throughout, as well as addresses homophobia, writer's block and in an inventive, refreshing manner our current head of state. Although his music is sparce on the recorded tracks, the ambient sounds are a nice addition, but could have been removed just the same. I've seen Scott Raven live and admittedly its a different experience all together. Always interesting to watch, onstage he's a wildly frenetic gesturer with an animated intensity that demands your attention, whereas his CD allows the listener to appreciate his work's suprising depth, intelligence and wacky point of view that without the histrionics and over-gesticulation, a dedicated listener with a love of language will get a great deal out of.