Location: cozy cafe at —— Square. (Why did he cross out the names? Couldn’t we fill in at least some of them? – the Editor).

Leather jacket, sunglasses, tie, shirt. Casual, but elegant guy, always holds a cigarette in his hand, but rarely takes a drag. (Why was his nickname Piglet? He is very slim.)

B: How many concerts did you organize back in the day?

S: There always had to be a party on Fridays and Saturdays, but depending on the season, we could sometimes arrange something weekdays too. But there was always at least one show every week, usually two. For each show I arranged three or four bands. The bigger bands rarely came to town, but there were plenty of local players. The more bands playing on a given night, the more it was worth it for the kids to pay the cover charge. Most of these were, of course, high school bands, so they played for peanuts basically. Most members couldn’t even get booze legally, but we paid them in booze tickets anyway.

B: So you knew everyone.

S: Yes, I think so. I wasn’t friends with everyone, but I knew everyone, even if by proxy.

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B: What was your favorite band?

S: I liked Nofertum (instrumental prog rock) as people, they were really cool guys, even if I didn’t dig their music. I liked the band Szeged (straight edge hardcore), they were playing some cool music. They were an antidote to that shitfest of a band, something with Roses and Bleeding, and Today, or Yesterday, or whatever. Annoying little self-­important pricks. They all became lawyers, no wonder.

B: Which was the strangest, most peculiar band?

S: The Ceiling Puzzle (art rock) were doing some very weird stuff, they wore makeup, played on kitchen utensils. There was dancing too, they went the whole nine yards to be artsy. They weren’t in the game for long anyway. Apparently they wanted to be like that other band, Fogtown. Those were the genuine weirdos.

B: Fogtown? What did they play?

S: I don’t know. To be honest I never actually heard them play. But a lot of people told me they were good. And weird. There was this little cult around them.

B: Didn’t you organize shows for them?

S: No. I think it was the only band I had no contact with. I don’t even know who managed them, or if anyone did. That’s a good question.

B: Who were the members?

S: I don’t know. I guess the regular high school kids. But I really don’t know anything else about them.

Balázs searched through his considerable cassette selection, but he found no trace of Fogtown playing. He reviewed the band index one more time, but no luck there either. From that point on, he started bringing up the band’s name at every interview.