For the Denton DIY Music Scene Oral History Project. Musician and active participant in the DIY music scene in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Member of punk, indie, and metal bands in the DFW area including Big Hand Big Knife, Joy Sores, New Science Projects, Square Business, and many more. History, governing philosophy, and general trajectory of the DFW DIY music scene. Topics include: legendary Fort Worth punk and DIY venue 1919 Hemphill, Arlington DIY music venue Love and Reason, Macaroni Island and the wider Denton house show scene, the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, California and the subsequent campaign by alt-right trolls to shut down DIY venues, the nature of DIY tours and DoDiy.org, growing up and getting older in the punk scene, and the relationship between the University of North Texas and the underground music scene in the local Denton area.