It's Just Hard To Have A Nuanced

As Far As The Bands That Are Reforming Now, It's Always Nice To See Old Friends And Hear Some Of Those Great Songs, But It's Just Not Our Thing.

The Corcoran Show Was Actually Almost A Reportage. The Exhibit Was, In Many Ways, Pretty Unique. It Was One Of The First Pieces About Dc Culture That Doesn't Include Some Marble Building Or The Kennedy Center.

People Ask Me: ‘what Is Punk? How Do You Define Punk?' Here's How I Define Punk: It's A Free Space. It Could Be Called Jazz. It Could Be Called Hip-hop. It Could Be Called Blues, Or Rock, Or Beat. It Could Be Called Techno. It's Just A New Idea. For Me, It Was Punk Rock. That Was My Entrance To This Idea Of The New Ideas Being Able To Be Presented In An Environment That Wasn't Being Dictated By A Profit Motive.

One Of My Friends Was A Stage Hand At A Bob Dylan Show In The Mid-90s And I Remember Him Telling Me That Somebody Crowd Surfed During The Gig. And This Friend Of Mine Was An Old Punk Rock Guy - He Was Totally Humiliated By It. But Some Of Bob's People Were There And They Said, "oh, Bob Will Be So Excited! This Is The Kind Of Energy We Want At His Shows." That's Where The Old School Was At.

Guy Picciotto Had A Really Sound Point: Live Albums Basically Have Bands Playing Songs That Are Available On Studio Records, And What Example Can You Think Of Where The Live Album Is Better? What Are The Great Live Albums? I Have Live Albums Of Bands, But I Wouldn't Listen To Them For The Most Part. So We Thought, Instead Of Spending Energy Trying To Puzzle Out How To Create A Live Record, Let's Just Write Another Studio Record.