Haven't tuned into the Illusion in quite some time. But.... I do like him and agree with many of his views. As far as OR and PNW cred goes, the Illusion lived in NEPDX sometime back in the early 90's long before it got played out. Not sure if he surfed, but sure he prob shreded Burnside on the regs. Ben just passed through...... and outed Boiler. Not that I really care, but kids these days...... let me tell ya.
I am going with the Illusion for a couple reasons; GenX'er vs Millennial so I can relate, gets way deeper philosophically, and the dude still rips on a skateboard. WE have friends in common and I know he's a good dude. Ben is a happy go lucky Millennial, which is great but we will see how long his fame lasts (not long in today's digi-tech-ADD world) and how jaded he gets when he hits mid life, back goes out, and has to work a regular job
Routine is a vampire. Manu Chao-