Ed Roman’s “Pawnshop Ghettoblaster” — A Ragged Prayer in Groove and Graffiti - Skope Entertainment Inc

Ed Roman’s “Pawnshop Ghettoblaster” — A Ragged Prayer in Groove and Graffiti - Skope Entertainment Inc

There’s a fine line between satire and sermon, between absurdity and revelation. Ed Roman has never been one to color inside the lines, and with his latest offering, “Pawnshop Ghettoblaster,” he doesn’t so much blur them as blow them to cosmic dust with a fuzzed-out bassline and a shaman’s grin. This isn’t a song. It’s a crooked transmission from the soul’s sub-basement. A poem written in pawn slips and protest signs. A confession yelled through…