Actually I grew up on Lawrence Lipton's 'The Hoy Barbarians'

 "When the barbarians appear on the frontiers of a civilization it is a sign of crisis in that civilization. If the barbarians come, not with weapons of war but with the songs and ikons of peace, it is a sign that the crisis is one of a spiritual nature".

I produced a revue at school while in the Sixth Form of my grammar school in aid of the Congo Relief Fund (1960 or 61?). One sketch I wrote featured Jack Kerouac, so I've been at this subversive stuff quite a long time ;-). With about 600 parents, teachers and pupils in the Great Hall of a school founded in 1444, it gave me a tremendous buzz to screw with their minds. The feeling's never quite receded.

The Headmaster was very pleased though with the money we raised, and in an unprecedented gesture, came on stage and shook our hands. I am not sure he fully understood what we were up to...

You can't be me, I'm taken