found it!! so you're the one who's been sending me those articles from your school newspaper - what are you like the star of your school? you'll meet them all again on their long journey to the middle. oh yeah. it's over. over. you got here just in time for the death rattle, the last gasp, the last grope. what do you type on? you like the new lou reed? yeah, but if bowie's doing lou, and lou's doing bowie, lou's still doing lou. take drugs? smart kid. i used to do speed and sometimes nyquil and stay up all night writing and writing, like 25 pages of dribble about, you know, the guess who, or coltrane, just to write, you know, with the music blasting. well, alright. it's been nice to meet you. i'll see you around. keep sending me your stuff. i can't stand here all day talking to my many fans. -- so anyway, you're from san diego and that's good. because once you go to l.a., you're gonna have friends like crazy but they'll be fake friends, they're gonna try to corrupt you. the publicists! the bands! you got an honest face, they're gonna tell you everything. but you cannot make friends with the rock stars. and that's what they want! and it's happening right now. i'm telling you, you're coming along at a very dangerous time for rock and roll. the war is over. they won. 99% of what passes for rock now. silence is much more compelling. it's over. i think you should turn around and go back and be. a lawyer or something. but i can see from your face that you won't. i can pay you thirty-five bucks. gimme a thousand words on black sabbath. and if you get into a jam -- call me. i stay up late.