Tina Lerner, whose son would later perform under the moniker Telekinesis, could tell early on that Michael was destined to be a talented drummer.
When the fourth-grader at Kenmore Elementary asked for a drum kit, he got it. However, this one was devised from items in Tina’s kitchen cupboards and around the house. “It was cut out of cardboard and had a paper front and back and I filled in some towels to fluff it up, and the cymbals were made out of foil … and away he went,” Tina said with a laugh.
“It was awesome. I think that was the real impetus for me,” said Michael (middle name Benjamin as listed in his music bio), now 24, via e-mail while on tour to support his new, sophomore album, “12 Desperate Straight Lines.”
