Nightlife scenes like the Limelight and Burning Man provided a space for artistic expression and nonconformity before eventually becoming overly commodified or perverse.

“Burning Man is sad to me because it was so incredibly interesting in the beginning. and doing it for so many years, I got less and less involved and people became more and more like about their positions because they're the people that made money and then there's all the people that didn't make mone”

Ian considers poutine to be a dish consisting of soggy fries, gravy, and cheese curds.

“Poutine is soggy fries and gravy with chunks of cheese.”