Dude seems pretty cool, I recall this was happening right around the time I was down there to run a marathon. I probably would have stayed to see this if I knew about this guy's act.
I've never met him personally but I have many eyewitness accounts from people who have lived here much longer than my 8-ish years that testify to him being a spectacular egomaniac.
I worked at a now-defunct recording studio that did his album. He was as insufferable as any other of the art losers I've met here. Also that river isn't that dirty. And Waterfire is the most boring rich old white person "art" shit ever. Providence sucks a thousand eternal cocks.