We did better than a lot of people expected us to, but we still could have done better.

That car still turns heads. It got a lot of people to listen to a bald-headed old man.

Our first record wasn't really . . . I don't know . . . us. I mean . . . it had no feeling at all. People still loved the record, and that's awesome. But we didn't want to do that again. We wanted to sound like a real band.

Newsom and his people made it clear to all city departments that if they're dealing with us, they've got to keep us at arm's length. City departments aren't allowed to talk to us directly or deal with us directly without the Mayor's Office being involved.

This guy was angry. Probably at us.

It was a really fast-paced game. They really got good ball pressure, forced us to put it on the floor and make plays. We just didn't make plays. You're fortunate to when you make that many mistakes.