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What band did you listen to most during the eighties? Do you still like them?
Devon Goldberg: The Damned. Of course I still like them. I'm a sucker for every one
of their reunion tours that seem to roll through town every year since the
early '90s.
John Castro: Like Devon, I listened to the Damned for most of the '80s, and still
do. However, in order to show difference, I wore out many needles with
Misfits records during the '80s, especially Walk Among Us and Die, Die
My Darling. I do not care for them in their latest incarnation. Maybe I
should sell the records.
What is your worst memory of elementary school? Of high school?
John Castro: Elementary school -- I walked into class one morning after the bell
had sounded sporting a new wave haircut, or was that a feathered do, and
everybody had a roaring laugh at my expense while hurling paper planes and
crumpled paper at me... It still hurts. High school -- Brian Noble (big black
man) walking into the boys shower at end of P.E. with his big black long
dong looking like a Black Superman...I just shriveled up and left.
Devon Goldberg: Elementary school -- Besides getting into fistfights with people...a
second grade teacher (in trying to teach her students a valuable lesson about
racism and stereotyping) made all of the students with brown eyes stay
inside during recess one day, while allowing all of the blue and green-eyed
freaks go out and play. High School -- The Clark High School football team.
Such pompous meatheads.
You're about to -- ahem -- get lucky. What album is playing in the background? Why'd you choose it?
John Castro: Arvo Part's Tabula Rasa.
Devon Goldberg: Chuck Jackson's Arrives (gotsa lotta soul).
What was the first thing you ever shoplifted? Why did you take it?
John Castro: My first? Hmmm... a Reese's Peanut Butter Egg because I was just
hungry.
Devon Goldberg: Binaca at 7-11. It was a dare.
If you could beat up anyone in the world and get away without the usual annoying real-world consequences -- jail time, lawsuits, bad press, etc. --who would it be, and why?
John Castro: Probably the entire band they call Creed. It's hard to believe they
exist, but maybe that's a little harsh because there seems to be an audience
that supports them... hmmm... maybe the Creed audience.
Devon Goldberg: Either Ayman al-Zawahiri or George Bush. It would be for the same
reason: they are both very evil people.
What's the biggest risk you've ever taken? Why did you take it?
Devon Goldberg: Moving to New York City, I suppose. I was sick of my music and work
situations, so I pretty much moved cold. In hindsight, it was a good move.
Still here.
John Castro: New York City was the biggest risk I've taken. Reasons of boredom, a
new experience, and to get away from "the scene." However, risking physical
life would be dropping in on the round bowl at Upland skatepark in the late
'80s, which was entirely concrete and extremely tall.
It's better to regret something you have done than it is to regret something you haven't done. What do you regret doing (other than agreeing to answer these questions)? Why did you do it?
John Castro: I regret telling you that I have too many regrets, and the reasons
are pointless.
Devon Goldberg: I regret regretting things I have done after I do them.
Did you go to your high school prom? If so, who did you go with?
Devon Goldberg: I did go with my girlfriend at the time... Ah, Lisa De Cardenas... She
felt that we should go even though it wasn't really our scene. I guess I'm
glad that we did. I don't really remember it, though.
John Castro: Yes, with Cammy Jepson, my girlfriend at the time, who ironically
dated Devon in the 6th grade. The only thing I remember is cocaine, the
mountains, and my dad saying "You had to have the lobster, huh, big spender?"
What movie would you recommend to absolutely anyone? Why?
John Castro: The Wizard of Oz. I just liked little Toto.
Devon Goldberg: Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. It is universal and can be loved and
enjoyed by every type of person and it gets better and better with repeated
viewings.
For reasons we won't bother going into right now, you're going to be locked in the back of a truck for a sixteen hour drive between gigs. If you could have any musician, past or present, back there to keep you company, who would it be?
Devon Goldberg: John Coltrane.
John Castro: Duke Ellington.
What is your strongest, most unshakeable belief?
John Castro: Reincarnation, the IRS should be abolished, and no one should ever
take pharmaceutical drugs to heal themselves... Pain is a different issue.
Devon Goldberg: That hippies that go to shows and do the hippie dance should be
shot, or at least imprisoned.
What's the worst band you've ever heard? Why do they suck?
John Castro: Creed. Please...
Devon Goldberg: The Vines. Do I really need to explain that?
If you were a porn star, what would your "porn name" be?
John Castro: John E. Fingers Myhole.
Devon Goldberg: Chablis Strong (the name of my first pet and the street I grew up
on) or the German Helmet.
You're on your way to a show, and all of a sudden you find yourself in the middle of a huge four-way battle between pirates, ninjas, robots and intelligent apes from the future. Your only hope of getting to your gig is to pick a side. Who do you join, and why?
John Castro: Ninjas, of course. They're elusive, extremely intelligent spiritual
warriors, they carry the best weapons, and they're the best dressed.
Devon Goldberg: Ninjas. You can't see them, they travel in packs, they've been
around for centuries, and they're just plain the coolest.
If you could sponsor any beverage -- appear in their ads, receive a lifetime supply and never be seen drinking a competing product -- what beverage would it be?
Devon Goldberg: Jamba Juice because they don't have them in New York City so they
would have to build a store here to live up to their lifetime supply
commitment to me.
John Castro: Reed's Ginger Brew.
What's the best venue you've ever played? What's the worst? Why?
Devon Goldberg: The Best -- The Casbah in San Diego because they treat you like a
freakin' human being there and the sounds great on and off the stage. The
Worst -- The Whiskey in LA, at least during the early to mid '90s. Just so
cheesy!
John Castro: The Best -- Schuba's, Chicago, Illinois or The Casbah, San Diego.
They both make your night comfortable, and worthwhile to play. The Worst --
The Roxy, LA. They made me feel ashamed to be a musician.
What's wrong with Rolling Stone these days?
John Castro: The same thing all groups who stay together for four decades
have... They run out of good song ideas.
Devon Goldberg: I haven't read an issue in over six years so I don't know. Back
then it sucked because it only reported on anything that had gone platinum
(or had enough money behind it that it was supposed to have gone platinum).
I suspect that it hasn't changed much.
Why are frogs amusing?
Devon Goldberg: Because they have good drum breaks.
John Castro: Because they invented Frogger.
You've traveled back in time and met yourself, age sixteen. What do you think?
John Castro: You've got to stop eating Taco Bell and drinking soft drinks. Get
rid of that Peavey bass, and invest in Fender Jazz basses from the '60s, and
take off those stupid karate shoes.
Devon Goldberg: I should work harder to get some better music equipment.
Which would be worse: three hours on a bus full of four year-olds, or three hours on a bus full of eighty year-olds? Why?
John Castro: Definitely the four year-olds. They are too wired, and smell like
Cheetos. The eighty year-olds would probably fall asleep.
Devon Goldberg: Four year-olds, definitely. They are just plain annoying.
Eighty year-olds have all lived it already and usually have those great
"back in the day" stories to tell.
The US government is considering far more aggressive regulation of leather pants. Under the new rules, who should or shouldn't be allowed to wear them?
John Castro: Garth Brooks.
Devon Goldberg: Nobody! Especially Gene Simmons.
What, in your opinion, is the best porn?
John Castro: Looking back, I would have to say Pee Wee's Playhouse.
Devon Goldberg: Anything featuring John Holmes.
What food item could you eat every day for the rest of your life without getting bored of it? What's so good about it?
Devon Goldberg: Tacos al pastor from El Cuervo in San Diego, because they are the
best tasting thing in the world...thought I'd say Dao Son 2 shrimp lemon
grass, didn't you?
John Castro: A Braeburn Apple. It's smooth texture, crispy interior flesh, and
sweet aroma make it a must...especially with almond butter.
Will the next Star Wars movie suck? Why or why not?
Devon Goldberg: Suck. I have no patience for that crap at this point. George Lucas
has lost it.
John Castro: It will suck just like the last two. If fact, looking back now, they
all suck. But for Lucas to cast Sam Jackson and Ewan McGregor for box
office appeal was just plain insulting.
How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man?
John Castro: Any complete New York Avenue (particularly the West End) tomorrow
morning (Editor's Note: these questions were answered a few months ago.) when a temperature of seven degrees, which will feel like 20 below, will
bowl your ass over.
Devon Goldberg: Possibly just one -- Broadway from the southernmost tip to the
northernmost point leaving at midnight with an instrument on your back.
Otherwise, I doubt it is still blowing in the wind in this day and age.
Everyone's replacing their least-favorite body parts with cybernetic ones. Which part(s) of your body would you replace?
Devon Goldberg: Maybe my stubby, Lincoln Log-like fingers (trade them for hand
razors) so I could play guitar like Buckethead.
John Castro: My waist, where I would add another four feet of cyber height to my
frame. I would then be the first 9'6" center in the NBA.
What topics or statements would inspire you to call in to a talk radio program?
John Castro: The history of taxes.
Devon Goldberg: Abyssinian or Egyptian Mau cats.
What album(s) should everyone be given on their eighteenth birthday?
John Castro: Can's Ege Bamyasi, Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, John Coltrane's Giant
Steps, The Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.
Devon Goldberg: NWA's Straight Outta Compton, Slayer's Reign in Blood and Can's Ege
Bamyusi.
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