I was in high school (oh, I told you — that was kind of where they put you when they didn't know what to do with you — when you were too big for the Kiddie Kokoons and too young to go out an' hafta assume what we used to call Manhood, which involved going at the same time every day to some weird building and doing some totally useless shit for hours on end just so you could get some bread and have everybody respect you).


"Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: A Tales of These Times" (June 1971), p. 7 - Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (1988)

Lester Bangs Quotes

I was in high school (oh, I told you — that was kind of where they put you when they didn't know what to do with you — when you were too big for...

I was in high school (oh, I told you — that was kind of where they put you when they didn't know what to do with you — when you were too big for...

I was in high school (oh, I told you — that was kind of where they put you when they didn't know what to do with you — when you were too big for...

I was in high school (oh, I told you — that was kind of where they put you when they didn't know what to do with you — when you were too big for...