I missed Pat, Glen, and Buxf a lot. I felt like i had lost my family. but i was where i was and i needed to do what i had set out to do. i knew i was not going to ever be able to replace the look or sound or attatude of the Texas band so i was real happy to look t the new band and see the exact oppisit. tim was a ine looking guy..sort of dirty looking and unkempt, but cute in a tame way. Sebastian went out of his way to look tough. model good looks and attitude to match. Lynn was a strong and beautiful young woman. and she could play drums as good as anybody. i knew a lot of fans were not to happy to see the new line up. they wanted a more hard core look to my band. meaner and more punk. i didn't give a shot about anoy of that crap. i wanted music to be the priority. between dave and MDC we always had a space o practice in. as soon as we starte playing shows we seemed to be right back in the spot of being a pretty popular band. we all bonded pretty fat and debbie ws starting to be a great manager. we were getting good shows and getting more money for playing. the atmosphere of the punk scene was changing in the City. the Democratic national Convintion was going to be heald in SF that year. thesignof the day was the A with a circle around it. i was not int the fad of being an anarchist . i had early on proclamed the Dicks as a communist band. i like Chairman Mao and loved to ware a big mao badge to prove it. the only problen was i was certenly never an atheist .