Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.

While working as a drummer Crouch conducted the booking for an avant-garde jazz series at the club as well as organizing occasional concert events at the Ladies' Fort. In the 1990s he upset many political thinkers when he declared himself a "radical pragmatist". In 2005 he was selected as one of the inaugural fellows by the Fletcher Foundation which awards annual fellowships to people working on issues of race and civil rights.