I ka makahiki 1990, ua nānā ʻo Jerry Lee Lewis i 55 mau makahiki, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ola āna i inu ai. Ua haʻalulu mākou i ka piko o ka ʻahamele i kona kū ʻana mai ke kīpē a kīkī i ka noho. Ua hoʻololi ʻia kāna quiff curl i mau kaula uwea uila. Ma laila, ʻo nā ʻuhane 4.000 i hoʻopiha i ka hale ʻahamele, uwē ʻia e like me ka pūʻulu bufalo. Ua hoʻomau ka 'Killer' i ka ikehu luku. Ua nīnau mai ka mea nona ka lumi iaʻu ua koi ka rocker no ka lumi ʻaʻahu i kahi pahu pahu o Johnnie Walker ʻeleʻele e hoʻolaha i ka nūhou ma laila e like me ka mea hoʻolaha hoʻolaha o ka heresy nocturnal. he kanaka He aha ka clincher. He aha kou ʻano rock'n'roll. ʻO ia ka mea a mākou i manaʻo ai i ka trance. I kēia lā naʻe, ke manaʻo nei au ua noi ʻo ia i nā ipu he nui e hoʻoinu ai i kāna mau huakaʻi a, ma mua o nā mea a pau, e mālama i ka moʻolelo o kahi keikikāne ʻino āna i mahi ai i kona ola ʻana. ʻO nā mea kākau, nā mea mele, nā mea pena, nā mea keaka a me nā hale ʻaina hōʻikeʻike i kūkulu ʻia ma ke ʻano no ka mea ʻike lākou ʻo ia ke ala e loaʻa ai ka make ʻole i kali ʻia. ʻO Dalí a me kāna ʻumiʻumi e pale ana i ka umekaumaha, ʻo Valle a me kāna kao, ʻo ka paepae a me kāna ʻāʻī i kāʻei ʻia ma kona ʻāʻī, ʻo Gala e lomilomi ana i kāna koʻokoʻo, ʻo Elvis i nā lole keʻokeʻo a Bill Belew i hoʻolālā ai nona ... I ke kiʻi āu i hana ai, pono ʻoe e hoʻohui nā mea kōkua e hoʻokiʻekiʻe iā ʻoe ma luna o ka palaoa i poina ʻole iā ʻoe. ʻO ka manawa mua aʻu i ʻike ai i ke kiʻi o Tom Wolfe i ʻaʻahu ʻia i nā nines aʻu i ʻike ai e hoʻomanaʻo mau wau iā ia. Auwe, hoa. ʻO ka nani o Gay Talese kekahi i hana i ka hopena. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo kēia mau mea kākau nani loa, i kekahi manawa, i koʻu hihia, ua loaʻa ka hopena like ʻole no ka mea ma hope aʻe wau e noʻonoʻo ai iā lākou, i loko o ka pilikino o ka home, e ʻaʻahu ana i nā tracksuits like me nā kāmaʻa haʻalulu a ʻakaʻaka iaʻu. No ke aha e ʻaʻahu ai ka nui o nā mākua i ka Halloween? Ma muli paha o ia ala e pakele ai lākou no kekahi manawa mai ko lākou keʻena ʻeleʻele a manaʻo e like me nā mea pena kiʻi pua no ka lā, ʻaʻole wau ʻike. ʻAʻole pono ka mea pena kiʻi maʻemaʻe i nā kumu no ka masquerade, vulgarity, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, pono ka hoʻokuʻu keiki me kahi lā paʻa.
