My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.

We don't make music, it makes us

It's more about the stuff you think about when you're getting from place to place on a bicycle than it is about actually riding the bicycle.

Schools are for training people how to listen to other people.

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.

When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke.