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I Don't Think I Would Live Outside Of The Northwest. I Think The Quality Of Life In Portland Is Really Good. People Move From Intense, High-powered Jobs, And Move To Portland, Work Half As Much And Live Twice As Good.

There Was A Clarity To The Nineties. It Was Pre-9/11, Before That Anxiety Kicked In That Exists Right Now About The Financial Crisis Or Terrorism. We Were All Just Going To Move Forward Into The Millennium And Everything Was Always Going To Get Better. Then, Whoops, That Didn't Happen.

To Be A Fan Is To Be Curious, And To Be Curious Is To Have Openness... Part Of Being A Fan Is To Allow 360 Degrees Of Experience - To Immerse Without Judgment. It's Like A Really Fearless Step Forward Into New Experience. There's Something That Feels Very Timeless About Fandom.

When I'm Cynical, I Seek Out Bands That Are Fully Participating And Trying To Push Something Forward. Or I Can Just Start Playing Music Again - Which Is Happening With A New Project. But I Think It's Always A Challenge To Overcome Cynicism And Not Get Bogged Down By A Sense Of Nostalgia. That Can Be Such A Stifling Feeling.

There Was This Kind Of Wackiness That Was Really Embraced And Put On A Pedestal. It Was Before The Millennium. We Were Envisioning A Future That Was Mostly Idealistic. I Think That Came Crashing Down A Little Bit In 9/11, Or A Lot. There Is Something About Portland That Does Seem To Still Exist In This Total Idealistic World And Total Idealistic Mind Frame, And I Think That's What Dream Of The '90s Is Talking About.