The Canary in the Gentrifying Coal Mines

He's basically doing like an impression of the jazz cats he'd be talking to backstage. They know that he's not trying to do them in a legitimate way, but he's doing it in a way that is like paying homage to the vibe. So he's also basically, as you can tell from the language, he's a hippie before the hippies. He's a beatnik before the beatniks. He is on his own trip before anybody has said these things. Now when I got here to headquarters today, were you listening to him? The people ain't that a gas.