This adventure of creating and publishing The Rusted Lantern continues to get better and better! Brian Babb, legendary San Diego spoken word artist, recently began recording the vocals for the audio version of the book. Brian was a founding member of The Long Hairz folk band and regularly performed with the famed Freedom Writers from the University of California at San Diego. He also appeared on-stage with Will I Am of The Black-Eyed Peas. Brian found huge Internet success through his much-publicized email debates with Vice President Al Gore regarding the legitimacy of hip hop as a viable expression by today's youth. Brian has been a guest performer on several CD's, music videos, and audio books for many well-known musicians and authors, including Shammy D, Joe Reilly, and Vejae Jennings. Brian most recently was featured at the Earthwork Harvest Festival in Lake City, Michigan.

Look for the Preface page from The Rusted Lantern to soon appear on the therustedlantern.com website in audio form!