...balance The Budget ? Tax Religion.

To This Day, We Get Letters At Alternative Tentacles From Young Teenagers Who Hide Their Dead Kennedys Albums Behind Their Mirror Or In The Mattress Of Their Bed. Wouldn't It Be Better If The Parents Just Discussed This With The Kids Instead Of Creating This Culture Of Sneaking And Dishonesty Within The Family? The Moral Of The Story Being, You Don't Hide Reality From Your Kids Because Then They Grow Up To Be Smarter, More Aware Adults.

I Went Through A Big Alice Cooper Phase, Which Was Probably A Major Influence On My Writing Style Later, Especially After Plastic Surgery Disasters.

One Of The Best Things That's Come Out Of The Seattle Protests Is The Birth Of The Independent Media Center. It's Not As Though The Independent Media Movement Wasn't Already There, But It's Given It Another Jump-start. There's The Feeling That Not Only Should We Report On Our Underground Culture And Our Own Situation, But Now We Have To Start Telling People What's Really Going On At A Time When Everything From Cnn To Usa Today Is As Tightly Controlled As Tass Or Pravda.

That's The Way Both They And I Travel Sometimes. Pick Road At Random, And When It's Time To Pull Over, You Pull Over And Hope You Can Find A Place To Crash.

I Think There's Plenty Of Room, Even In The Most Serious Activist Circles, For Humor. Humor Can Be Very Effective Both To Inspire, And As A Weapon. Just Ask Frank Zappa And Charlie Chaplin.