So Asad's probing created a problem. . . . In a real sense Kissinger was saved by the bell: the American party had that afternoon to catch a plane to Israel.

bidi [choudhury]: I think the simple answer is that the songs are all very angry, and that I want other people to also be enraged, and be able to experience catharsis through listening to this furious music. The rage is about different things—all of the songs are quite personal, but most are about issues that relate to specific traumas and issues of identity. Others are simply about ex-humans that were dumb and creepy turdhats…

Be not ashamed of thy birth then, thou art a gentleman all the world over, and shalt be honoured, whenas he, strip him of his fine clothes, dispossess him of his wealth, is a funge […]

The Javerts in today's society are supported not with index cards and filing clerks, but with the latest electronic databases […]