Chris Robinson

I mean, yeah, you have to survive getting into the place.

Downtown is so fucked up.

I know.

But that's probably something that adds to the feeling of it.

You know what it does?

And it's funny because I had a nostalgic moment about when we started talking about...

Look, man, don't get me wrong.

My parents did the best they could.

They're just fucking people, too.

But part of the other part of adventure and the other part of being interesting and like new wave theater, my mom's like, they all look like mental patients just like you.

You know, like, great.

But was to go to downtown Atlanta in the 80s was dangerous, too.

You know, during the crack epidemic.

Yeah.

It was a violent place.

And we were, you know, obviously we were white kids from the suburbs traversing like this urban place to get into these little underground clubs to see these bands.

that added to it, you know what I mean?

And just the aesthetic, you know what I mean?

I still am an obsessive, influenced by the beat writers and beat culture.

And so for me, like, you know,