"I say wake up and smell the Zeitgeist. The Truth is so 20th Century. . . ."

" . . . . Which is why, for my money, the Dark Star of Denison College stands out as nothing less than the voice of a Generation: Generation W — after George Bush’s middle name, Wannabe."

I can but bow down before a man who really knows his way around addiction, recovery, veracity, and funny -it's Jerry Stahl, from the LA weekly, ripping Frey a new one. Here's one more gem, but just one, as you really should read the whole beautiful thing.

"While it’s true, as Oprah declared in defense of her bitch, that jail marked a fraction of the time devoted to actual rehab action, it’s jail that lends the whole thing cred. You can jive the bad-boy-adoring sorority girls, but dope fiends know. Jail is the alky and addict’s Vietnam. Right up there with Hep C, an ex-spouse or two, and a Buick LeSabre last parked somewhere in Reseda that’s still missing. "