Except I've learned that "direct experience" with most people means "I stood around in his vicinity awkwardly after a show, repeatedly and incessantly trying to interrupt his conversation, until finally he said something snotty to me and continued ignoring me". That's why nobody ever expounds upon their "experience".

Am I crazy, or at one point did Eli also listen to The Clash's "Spanish Bombs" as well as Police and Thieves…? Maybe in a deleted scene? Or when he jumps out the window at his apartment?