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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.

What People Don't Understand Is That The Underground That Existed Was Created In The Early 80s And Was Thriving Throughout The 80s. Until The Industry Showed Up It Was A Pretty Significant Network. It Was All Happening, But The Smell Of Money Had Not Wafted Up High Enough For The Industry. It Wasn't Really Until They Came Descending On Seattle That Things Really Got Out Of Control.

I Think Sometimes My Humor Is Extremely Dry, And A Lot Of Times I Would Say Things That I Thought Were Very Funny But... I Have A Reputation Of - People Think Of Me As A Very Fundamentalist, Humorless Fellow.

I Never, Ever Had It In My Mind That I Wanted To Be In The Record Industry, Because I Still Contend That The Record Industry Is An Insidious Affair. It's This Terrible Collision Between Art And Commerce, And It Will Always Be That Way.

I Think What We Took Away From First Hearing About The Punk Stuff In England And Then The Early American Punk Stuff Was A Sense Of Self-definition And Also Sort Of Playing Music For Music's Sake And Being Part Of A Family For Family's Sake.