In The 90s, There Was A Yahoo

The Thing Is, People Can't Complain About Profit-oriented Moves If They're Only Interested In Profit Themselves. You Can't Have It Both Ways. If They're Willing To Polish Up A Gift And Sell It To Make Money, They Can't Really Complain About The Fact That Somebody Above Them Has Sold Them Down The River. That's The Way It Goes.

I Do Remember Seeing Godspell Or Jesus Christ Superstar, One Of Those. It Was A Liberation Theology Venue. Anything Radical Seemed To Be Accepted There. I Definitely Picked Up The Idea There That You Should Question Authority.

I'm Not Talking About What Came Later [after The American Underground Punk Scene], Indie Music, Or Whatever You Want To Call It, But The Music That Came Before That - That's An Important Story. So Many Interviews With Musicians Get The Time Or Context Wrong. You Have These Older Bands, Usually Men, Who Tell Stories About "oh, We Got Into This Huge Fight, This Guy Punched That Guy," That's The Wrong Sort Of Story. My View Of The Time Is Truly Pioneering.

What Does Bother Me Is That I Have To Spend Time And Energy Dealing With The Ramifications Of What People Do Think About Me.

One Aspect Of Our Site That I Really Appreciate Is How I Put Up As Much Information As I've Been Able To Keep Track Of: Dates, The Venue, The City, The Country, The Number Of People There, The Door Price, Opening Bands, That Sort Of Thing. One Of The Very First Comments We Had Was From A Guy Who Said, "by The Way, The Opening Band In Albany In 1993 Was Not The Very Nice Neighbors, It Was The Very Pleasant Neighbors." That Brought A Great Joy To Me.