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S- What did the scene turn into around then?

M- I was really disillusioned with the scene at the time. I felt like there was a lot of end-of-era stuff happening around then because right in that short period of time, the Armadillo closed and Raoul's closed. Duke's opened up and Club Foot opened up, so it was very much like the changing of the guard. It wasn't just the scene that was schisming out, but there was a lot of frat-punk violence going on. The frats were, like, roaming around the Raoul's area and they'd wait for the punks to come out and they'd literally jump 'em and beat 'em. But we'd get our revenge in all kinds of way because, I mean, you know how stupid they are as a rule. They thought it was really kind of cool in a way, so they'd hire the punk bands to come and play the frat houses, so then the punk bands would invite us, the regulars, in there, so we'd just rip 'em off like mad, you know? I mean, I remember getting away with bottles of liquor and stuff like that, deli trays, all kinds of stuff. A frat party meant everybody could eat for the weekend. And drink for a month!

J- I knew a guy who used to sneak into frat parties and call people long distance, talk for hours. They didn't even know he was there, he was in a closet somewhere. Sneaky.

M- I know one of the thrills in my life was when Andy Langer took me to his frat house one time...

S- What frat was Andy Langer in?

M- I don't know which one it was, but it was a Jewish frat. And he did tell me some very funny stories about it including one which involved having a drunk girl do jumping jacks naked.
[We break for drinks]

M- I was out on a cruise in January and it was so nice, it was just luxury.

S- Was this the blues cruise?

J- (to Susan) What are you talking about?

S- (to Jennifer) Remember we saw Chris Gray and he had his hair all in cornrows?

M- Yes! He was my roommate.

S- I saw him and I was like, "Chris, what the fuck did you do to your hair?!" And he was like, "Oh, I was on a cruise."

J- Oh, naturally. That explains it!

M- Yeah, I got back from Cozumel, I had gone down to Chichen Itza to the pyramids on this all-day trip, and I got home that night and he's sitting in the room with the book in front of his face and he pulls it down and he looked like Bo Derek!

J- Sort of.

M- Yeah, right. Sort of.
we are interrupted as Brent Grulke stops by our table to say hi

S- It is such a small town and such a small bar.

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