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It's hardly hip or cool for me to talk about this as an interest of mine; I mean, I've been ridiculed for decades about it - that confusion and contempt is what I correlate with the abuses in the industry hidden in plain sight. But at least respect the performance art and athleticism of the workers (who literally "work" the crowd), most of whom, as freelancers, live very much a punk lifestyle making their own gear, selling their own merch, and touring around getting bookings on the vast independent circuit. If we support them, they can have better working conditions too. (Hence I end every podcast episode with "power to the workers!")