in jerry 's room , the timer set off the stereo to the voice of roger daltry singing `` my wife , '' as the great crowd of egyptians , a crowd which overflowed dupont circle onto massachusetts and connecticut avenues , by what strange spell can be imagined , went into a wild , mechanical twist that had dupont circle rocking like a blond dancer with white knee boots on a high platform under a flashing bright strobe light in 1968. '' hey ! ''