in the last week of June, hoping to film the vandal in action.
On June 30 or July 1, Scott and Patenaude moved the Camaro from Scott's parents' residence, where it had been parked since the transfer of title, to Patenaude's front yard. Scott then placed a sign on the car advertising it "for sale." Although Scott and Detective Shaw of the Gillette Police Department testified that the decision to move the Camaro was Scott's alone, Scott's parents testified otherwise. Scott's father testified that Scott told him the car was moved on the advice of the police to "attract [Swartz'] attention" and "to see what [Swartz] would do with the car." Scott's mother testified that Scott told her the police wanted the Camaro moved because "there was some vandalismseem like the stupidest thing ever.

There is a story about Eddie Van Halen first watching the film, unable to understand why all his friends were in hysterics. To him, it seemed normal: the amps that go up to 11, the tantrums about the bread being too small and the childish bickering. He wasn’t alone. Many bands and rock stars of his generation had a similar reaction. Initially, at least: pretty soon they had to start acting like they were in on the joke, or risk being laughed into irrelevance.

And so rock’n’roll became self aware. Bands born post-1984 would fret about being seen to be like Spinal Tap. Soon you had new poster boys like Kurt Cobain, who cringed at the idea of the excessive Golden God, to whom