By the way, I really like your Web site. Took some time to check out your work and I really think you have an important ‘Gen-X’ perspective. Have you ever thought of putting together a small, American documentary style photo book? You actually have a lot of work done with what you have on your site.

I’m about the same age as you are and was part of the underground music scene in Detroit for a bit and San Diego. Not so much punk but more Goth, Rave, Techno, Electro-Clash scenes. I definitely think these are under appreciated, understood, or represented in general mass culture. And when it is, it is to point out how fringe, unstable, and abnormal it all is with no appreciation for how important these movements have been for music and art as well as the general consciousness of our culture.

If you ever want to trade DVDs let me know. I have some old newscasts from the 80s too and those are very strange to see now. I though TV stations kept copies of all that stuff but learned recently they don’t even have tapes of their own in many cases.