At 03:01 PM 9/15/00 -0400, Fisher Mark wrote:

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The fact that _all_ of the so-called music entertainers at the SF event are "trancers" is...symptomatic...of something.

It's symptomatic of the age gap on the list -- you, me, RAH (now there's a combination) and others are *way* beyond the 20-something party crowd. Even if I lived in the area, there'd be lots of stuff I'd rather do than go to the party. I hope they have lots of (age-appropriate) fun, though. A new (minor) era dawning and all that...

Oh, come on - back when we were that age, instead of old geezers, we did our share of staying up late at night dancing and consuming various mind-altering substances*. These kids are staying up a bit later, and some of their drugs hadn't been invented in our day, and their music is no worse than some of the garage rock bands... And while they're not walking 20 miles through the snow to school like we did, it's San Francisco, so they're still walking 20 blocks uphill both ways to the nearest parking space. [* Mostly ethanol and caffeine. I was fortunate enough to be in the drink-age-18 days, but they hadn't invented decent mass-market coffee yet...] Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639