Yeah, at Rolling Stone Paul Nelson and I used to talk about how brilliant and funny they were, how they were the rightful successors to the New Journalism thing in the late sixties. I think we were correct in our artistic assessment, but naive about literary politics. Many in the biz think rock criticism is in a sorry state today. Consumer-driven, horribly written crap, some say. Yes, but don't blame the writers.
Corporate capitalism has a dreadful, homogenizing effect.
I'm going to finish that Butthole Surfer book. I have a couple other ideas that I don't want to describe. I wouldn't go to a desert island. I already have enough ocean in my ears.