Crazy/Beautiful

"Those are the real questions. The reason all this stuff is interesting to me is because those people we call mad geniuses or madmen, the reason we call them those things is because often their only alternative is to close themselves off, shut down and go about their business like everybody else, and surrender. The problem isn't with the madmen; the problem is that society doesn't give them another alternative.

"You can be average, or you can be insane," he concludes. "Those seem to be our choices. You can have it all the way your way, if you're willing to do it. But you'll be alone."

Hide the Kool-Aid: Brian Jonestown Massacre is back. Or maybe they never went away.

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January 5 at Gypsy Tea Room and January 6 at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

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