here we see a glimpse of Zappa's history and of the state that he was in prior to his health taking him from us. If you can see beyond the coarseness, you will find a wealth of compassion towards art and all of humanity within Zappa.
he is coarse and razor sharp. he is in your face with a passion and heart. he is you and me, but with his own sense of what is around so that we are not all carbon copies of one another.
1st song that I wrote in a furniture-less Mount Pleasant apartment in 1993. Met Eileen, Allan and Julie and the rest is history. This song captures what I thought was all that I could at that time.
Summer '84: Dancing with Colin at a bar called the Garage. Fresh out of high school with a view of the world that was more inclusively loving than exclusively hateful. But...who am I to judge. I do know that I have enjoyed life's ups and survived its downs. Hope this vid brings some of you folkies good memories : )
After having viewed the Jabber - Follow Your Voice video, every fiber of me was vibrating and tears of joy were running from remembering the Jabber experiences...even the difficult ones.
![Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy [released June \](http://img.youtube.com/vi/cSfZhGs43Ro/2.jpg "Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy [released June \")
