Known for the seminal hardcore band Whipping Boy and later Oxbow, Eugene S Robinson is in perpetual motion. He’s a journalist whose work has appeared in GQ, The Wire, LA Weekly, among many others. He’s also a bodybuilder, martial arts expert, LSD evangelist, and gun enthusiast. His new memoir, A Walk Across Dirty Water and Straight into Murderer’s Row, touches on all these polymathic aspects of his wildly eccentric life, from his childhood in 1970s Brooklyn through his touring days in Whipping Boy. During our interview, Robinson is nothing if not candid. He’s quick to laugh and easily spun into a yarn. Having a conversation with Robinson is akin to being swept up by a narrative tornado.