“Rock is so important to me,” Harris said, gesturing to a cabinet where he files articles concerning all of the live shows he attends and detailed transcriptions of interviews with artists who live only blocks away. “If I couldn’t write about music and collect music, I have no idea what I’d do instead.”

The social misfits who chronicle rock seek not only to log facts, but also to influence public opinion about obscure rock issues, something most people care little about. —History Of Rock Written By The Losers (The Onion (Satire))