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I Think That The Idea Of Straight Edge, The Song That I Wrote, And The Way People Have Related It It, There's Some People Who Have Abused It, They've Allowed Their Fundamentalism To Interfere With The Real Message, Which In My Mind, Was That People Should Be Allowed To Live Their Lives The Way They Want To.

In The Late 90s, There Was A Reverse. Everyone Would Stand Stock Still And Be So Attentive And Quiet. But Then, It Was Almost Like, "c'mon People! Engage - Make A Show With Us!" You Can Hear These Different Eras Pass Through In The Recordings.

The Food Thing Is Crazy To Me. In This Town The Beer Thing Is Also Crazy To Me. Frankly Even With Brightest Young Things, It's Such A Celebration Of [beer And Food], All This Stuff. I Don't Think It's Bad Or Evil, But There's Something Out Of Bounds. It's Like, "a Bar Opened!" Who Cares? Think About That.

I Feel Quite Connected To The Past, And My Memory. Everything That I've Ever Done I Can Still Relate To, And Feel Connected To It In A Way. There's No Part Of My Life That I Look At And Go, 'i Don't Recognize That Person At All.

First Of All, [st. Stephen's] Is A Radical Church. It Was One Of The First Dc Churches To Have Gay Ceremonies. A Woman Said Mass There, Which Almost Got A Priest Excommunicated There; Black Panthers Spoke At The Church; It Was A Sanctuary For Civil Rights Protesters And Anti-war Protesters.