The First Mistake Of Art Is To

Music, You Know, True Music Not Just Rock 'n' Roll, Chooses You.

I Mean Iggy And The Stooges First Couple Of Albums I Think Sold Twenty Five Thousand Between The Two Of Them You Know And So To Talk In Terms Of An Underground I Mean You Have To Go Really To The Independent Labels And Things Like That.

A Young Woman Is Dead. I Don’t Care. You Probably Don’t Care. The Police Don’t Care. The Papers Don’t Care. The Punks For The Most Part Don’t Care. The Only People That Care Are (i Suppose) Her Parents And (i’m Almost Certain) The Boy Accused Of Murdering Her.

What All This Posturing And Fake Glamor Results In Is A Vast Detachment And Cynicism On The Part Of The Artists. Since It's Impossible To Have Respect For An Audience That'll Take Just About Anything You Care To Dish Out, And The Impassive Demeanor Is So Central To The Role, A General Numbnose Is All That Can Be Expected.

When Kids Can't Afford To See It Anymore Maybe We'll Have A Whole Resurgence Of Garage Bands All Over America And This New Wave Thing Will Start To Mean Something On A Grass Roots Level.