Time for-some-investor-love/PLUR from-Rave POPS:What he told the Tampa-Bay-Times: May, 2017:
Sounds cool, Alan:
Question:
There were some serious issues at the last SMF. Drugs were linked to two deaths. What did you think when people said 'shut it down'?
Alan's answer:
That stuff has always been a problem. Drugs have been a part of the music scene from as far back as the '20s and '30s. This scene is not always portrayed positively, but let me tell you, I'm from the '60s, and I can relate, because in the '60s people thought it was nothing but drug infested clubs and kids smoking grass and doing coke. That gets fixated on, but the other part of it, the friendships, the enjoyment, the incredible encouragement between people, that's what I love to see. There's an old phrase from the early days of it: PLUR. It stood for peace, love, unity and respect, and I still feel that. It has kind of gotten more commercial, but there was lot of that feeling in the early days that it was a movement and it was all about loving each other and enjoying life. I try to keep that alive.
