Don't Hate The Media, Become The Media.

Even The Most Bush-happy, Flag Suckling Jack-arse Knows Deep-down Inside That Something Is Wrong. America Is Over And Everyone Knows It. The New World Order Has A Dying Empire Odor And Changing The Channel Ain't Going To Make This Go Away.

The Boyfriend Of The Student Music Teacher Came In: "hey, Kids, This Is A Real Air Force Pilot." I Asked Him Something To The Effect Of How It Felt To Be Dropping Bombs On Children In Vietnamese Villages. And It Got Very Icy In There All Of A Sudden, And Finally The Teacher Said, "oh, Well, Eric Reads A Lot Of Newspapers. Next Question."

I Got Out Of That Immediately Was That Now, All Of A Sudden, Rock Music Had Become A Spectator Sport, That Corporate Labels And Their Bands Were The New Establishment, And Punk Was There To Fight Them The Way The Activist Hippies Must Have Fought What The Establishment Must Have Been Ten Years Before. And It Was Interesting To See The Reactions In Different Parts Of The Country.

A Lot Of The Best Acting Training I Had Was In Junior High And High School. We Had Very Demanding Directors And Did Real Plays. You Put Our Plays Up Against Any Theater Troupe Of Any Age, And They Usually Did Pretty Damn Well.

We've Never Had A Situation Where Mass Media Has Been So Censored, At Least In My Lifetime. When I Was Younger, Networks Like Nbc, Cbs, Were Independently Owned, And Took Their Jobs As Journalists Seriously. There Used To Be Documentaries Like "the Selling Of The Pentagon."