What I'm Getting At Is, You Know,

If I Go Without Rock For Too Long, I Feel Depressed.

We've Never Had A Situation Where Mass Media Has Been So Censored, At Least In My Lifetime. When I Was Younger, Networks Like Nbc, Cbs, Were Independently Owned, And Took Their Jobs As Journalists Seriously. There Used To Be Documentaries Like "the Selling Of The Pentagon."

From The Beginning, There Was So Much Pressure In The Early San Francisco Punk Scene For Everyone To Be Different Than Everyone Else, To Flaunt Your Intelligence And Insights Instead Of Every Band Sounding Alike, Like What Plagues Punk Music In Particular Today.

Heavy Metal Is The Most Conservative Of All Loud Music. Let's Face It, Not Even A Gym Teacher Could Get As Many People To Dress Alike.

When My Sixth Grade Teacher Opened The Class With Subtle Praise For The Guardsmen Shooting Four People To Death At Kent State, I'd Given Up Arguing With Her By That Point. But I Was Very Riled Up Inside And Vowed That I Would Never Forget That.