Don't Hate The Media, Become The Media.

Shut Up, Be Happy. Obey All Orders Without Question. The Happiness You Have Demanded Is Now Mandatory.

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.

I Think One Of The Most Important Things Punk Brought Back Was The Whole Concept Of Staying Independent And Doing Things Yourself. It Made Music A Lot Less Boring In Any Category You Can Name.

I Was The Kid In The Class Who Was Looking For The Angles To Question Things Or Make Wise-ass Remarks, Not Knowing Enough To Be Afraid Of Being Myself Or Showing Intelligence. But I Wasn't The Only Kid Like That In My Classes Because Of Where I Grew Up. I'm Really Thankful I Grew Up In A Town Where There Were A Lot Of Other Mutant Kids. I'm From Boulder, Colorado, Which Went Through A Lot Of Dramatic Changes When I Was Growing Up.

As A Human Being With Notoriety And A Big Mouth, I've Felt Most Threatened During The First Bush Administration. Whenever There's A Bush In The White House, Many People Die, And The Rest Of Us Are Threatened. I Just Didn't Think It Would Happen Quite So Quickly. The So-called Usa Patriot Act, And The Announcement Of Trying People In Military Tribunals If Bush Or Rumsfeld's Or Ashcroft's People Think They Somehow Qualify As Terrorists, Basically, This Is Mccarthyism Run Amok.