I was born in Manhattan's Hell Kitchen area where as a young boy I became a pest and a go-fer in many of the recording studios when early rock was being born. In the late 50's to mid 60's I worked in the recording industry (Rock 'n Roll mostly)and was present when many of the great Rock classics, today's oldies, were recorded. I was completely apolitical until one morning in a restaurant while recovering from a brutal drug comedown I happened across a copy of Bill Buckley's National Review on the table and was converted.