The American Underground Punk Scene,

That's A Roman Concept Where The Government Can Do Anything, As Long As You Give The People "bread And Circuses." And I'd Say This Culture Right Now Is Similar, As Long As People Have Money, Fun, And Food, Our Government Can Do Heinous, Heinous Things.

I've Always Been A Bit Of A Documentarian.

First Of All, [st. Stephen's] Is A Radical Church. It Was One Of The First Dc Churches To Have Gay Ceremonies. A Woman Said Mass There, Which Almost Got A Priest Excommunicated There; Black Panthers Spoke At The Church; It Was A Sanctuary For Civil Rights Protesters And Anti-war Protesters.

One Of My Friends Was A Stage Hand At A Bob Dylan Show In The Mid-90s And I Remember Him Telling Me That Somebody Crowd Surfed During The Gig. And This Friend Of Mine Was An Old Punk Rock Guy - He Was Totally Humiliated By It. But Some Of Bob's People Were There And They Said, "oh, Bob Will Be So Excited! This Is The Kind Of Energy We Want At His Shows." That's Where The Old School Was At.

In The 90s, There Was A Yahoo Factor Where There Would Be 50 People Crowd Surfing At One Time! It Was Insane, And It Had Nothing To Do With The Music.