As Hard As You Try

Columbia Heights Was A Poor, Messed Up Area, And The Church Was In The Middle Of It. What Happened Inside Was A Reflection Of The Community. I Actually Saw My First Rock Concert On The Altar Of That Church [st. Stephen's].

I Work At A Record Label Where I Have Archives. These Things [memorabilia] Occurred And Are Important To Somebody, And They're Important To Me. I Find The Record Industry Largely Repellent. This Music, The Teen Idles, All Of That Stuff, Is Important To Me. I Don't Have Lawyers, An Agent Or A Manager. However I Find The Music Industry Largely Repellent. I Just Make Records Because That's What I Love To Do. So I Think That Era, Those Pieces Of Media, I Keep In My Collection.

The Food Thing Is Crazy To Me. In This Town The Beer Thing Is Also Crazy To Me. Frankly Even With Brightest Young Things, It's Such A Celebration Of [beer And Food], All This Stuff. I Don't Think It's Bad Or Evil, But There's Something Out Of Bounds. It's Like, "a Bar Opened!" Who Cares? Think About That.

I'm A Fifth Generation Washingtonian And I Was Born And Raised Here. My Kid's A Sixth Generation Washingtonian. Honestly I Wish People Didn't Move Because I Love The People Of The City.

If People Want New Music Then They Are Going To Have To Figure Out A Way To Be Patrons Of The Arts. And They Will.