Let Me Start By Saying, I'm Utterly

A Lot Of The Best Acting Training I Had Was In Junior High And High School. We Had Very Demanding Directors And Did Real Plays. You Put Our Plays Up Against Any Theater Troupe Of Any Age, And They Usually Did Pretty Damn Well.

I Never Expected The Movement Against Globalization And Corporate Rule To Mushroom As Quickly As It Has, Either. And Right Now The Strongest Electoral Arm Of That Movement Is The Green Party. I Try To Stress To People Cynical About Voting That The Greens Are The Most Effective Electoral Arm Of The So-called Spirit Of Seattle, And It's Great Fun To Cause Trouble In The Streets, But That's Not Going To Accomplish Much Without Insurrection In The Voting Booth At The Same Time.

Any Alternative Culture That Inspires A Lot Of Passion And Inspiration Is Also In Danger Of Being Set In Its Ways, Almost From The Moment It's Born.

In San Francisco, Most Of The Older Activists, Especially At Berkeley, Were Very Hostile Towards Punks. The Music, Certainly, Wasn't Nice And Mellow For Them, And Neither Was Our Look Or Our Attitude. While In Vancouver, The Two Most Important Early Punk Bands, D.o.a. And The Subhumans, Were Both Managed By Former Yippie Activists, Who Saw This As A Logical Extension Of What They Were Already Doing.

When There's People On The Other Side Of The Room Trying To Wipe Out Your Life And Things Are Stacked Against You, You Can Get Nervous.