I’ve got a song right now that I’m really torn about what I’m going to do with. It’s called “Government Man” and I wrote it about a friend of mine who is in the service. He just got back from a year in Iraq and we’re afraid he’s going to get sent back. And he challenged me, “Well nobody’s writing songs about how they’re pissed off about this.” And the only way I could do it was to write a song to this unseen government man talking about my friend the soldier … I can’t figure out how in this sort of post-modern, ironic world, it’s like they’ve neutered the fringe, the left, you know. It’s like the people who should normally be angry and outspoken feel stupid to be angry and outspoken because it’s such a cliché, and you know, like “Well I’m not some hippy just holding up a peace sign and trying to get laid.”