Piper premieres Funk Lessons at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Piper 's best friend Phillip Zohn dies of AIDS-related encephalitis. Begins design of poster, Think About It, commemorating 1963 March on Washington. Reads Toni Morrison. Goes dancing regularly and hears live funk bands from Oakland and Los Angeles at Little Orphan Annie's, Foster City, California. Watches Entertainment Tonight. Sees Brainstorm, The Hunger.