Jamie Foxx Knows Where The Party's At

Jamie Foxx hollered at us and this is what he had to say:






So where are you right now?
I’m in Los Angeles on Susnset Boulevard, looking at the sun shine – I’m in my office.

So, you’re an actor, comedian, singer… you do it all!
I’m an actor, a singer, a painter, a table tennis connoisseur –

Table tennis?!?
I love table tennis!

Who would win in a battle between you and Forrest Gump?
Man, Gump would have to get his self together!

Acting was first, comedy second, and singing third – is that right?
I started out as standup, and that led to acting.

And then you threw singing in for the hell of it and scopped up all the Grammys.
It’s been a wobnderful ride!

And now you have a Sirius channel of your own? Tell me about that.
Sirius radio -- 106 The Foxxhole! Although it seems like we’re doing a lot, we have a lot more ideas, we just sometimes don’t have any place to get it done. So this is gonna be uncensored radio theatre. We can do our characters, our funny songs, commentary – and really just have fun. Unbridled fun. And do it in such a way that we make it a lifestyle. We give people a voice. We’re bringing people on, and we’re gonna do it in the most provocative way -- let your hair down – movin’ and groovin’.

And you’ll be on there yourself, talking?
Yeah, yeah! I always have a studio with me – on the bus, in the house. It’s also set up for radio capabilities so we can do it in the house, in the studio. It’s the greatest thing.

Wow! You must never sleep.
Oh, I get my sleep on!

How does it feel to be the Leonardo Da Vinci of our time?
It feels good to be able to do it – but we always try to pay attention, to do it our best. If cant do it our best, we don’t do it at all. And by we, I mean my management team here on Sunset. It’s always a happy time.

Like Mc Donald’s!
Like McDonald’s! I wasn’t quite thinking that, but okay!

And you got this far without Simon Cowell’s help!
Interesting!

Do you watch American Idol?
I love watching – well the part I love is the beginning with all the people who can’t sing!

Have you met Fantasia yet? Tell me about her.
Fantasia has a great show. She’s absolutely incredible. She opens up and sets the tone as far as showmanship. She’s incredible.

What’s she like in person?
She’s the greatest – she’s a southern gal, like myself. I’m from Texas; she’s from North Kakalacka.

And you’re coming to Miami together on tour – what’s your act ike? Part comedy, part singing?
We got 35 minutes of comedy – some funny stuff. Then I disappear for a minute and say, ‘Fellas, you can stick around if you want to, but this is for the ladies. I dedicate it to the women – who are tired of too much hip hop, tired of being left out of the equation. And we bring em back into the equation, like southern gentlemen.

Wow, you must have Barry White shaking in his shoes.
Barry White could never shake in his shoes, baby! I’ve seen him perform and let me tell you, he was incredinle – god blesshim. But we do take his spirit. The women get up on their chairs and get sung to – and for the menfolk, there’s a part in my show where we sing to the ladies. Guys turn to their girls and sing to them.


What will you be doing, party-wise, for the Super Bowl? I know you’re the aficionado of all things party.
There it is. There it is. It’s gonna go down. All the people headed to the Super Bowl – look up JamieFoxx at MySpace.com – all the info is gonna be on there. We gotta keep it kinda discreet – we’re only gonna [announce] it once we get down there. Want everyone to go to the show first, and then we’ll announce the great afterparty – the type people read about and go, dang I couldn’t get in!

When your in Miami, do you feel like putting on your pink blazer, all Miami Vice, like Tubbs?
Uh, no. (laughs) I do feel at home in Miami – it’s a real good vibe. I don’t keep a house there, but I keep a family down there.

Is it true that you like to pour vodka on the ladies?
No. no not true! (laughs) Don’t let them tell you those things! It’s ridiculous! It’s not vodka! (laughs) No, we just have a great time.

Tell me about your relationship with the paparazzi.
Don’t have a relationship with them.

Do they bother you?
Not at all.

What else is new?
Kindgom will be out soon, with Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman and Chris Cooper.

OK, see ya when you get here.
All right, baby.

Davey Havok Says It's OK

So, this past weekend, my six-year-old niece and I were painting each other's nails when her eight-year-old brother bounced over to watch us. I dared him to let me paint his, and he did. It was funny.

However, it dawned on me that his mom did not take him home (to Orlando) until 8 or 9 p.m. and that the chances of her getting up to remove the nailpolish before he left for school at 6:30 a.m. was slim to none. What if he went to school with nailpolish on? Would he get ragged on? Tortured? Laughed at? Did I just subject my nephew to the most traumatic day of his life? I needed reassurance. So I asked AFI's Davey Havok about it:





These days, it's probably normal, says Davey, who called from a hair salon in west Hollywood, California. "His little friends probably all do it." He remembers "being as young as five or six years old asking my mom if I could try on her lipstick. As a means to get part of me expressed, I did it. Plus being part of the alternative music culture – there's a lot of makeup in that."

Wow! So do you, like shop for makeup? Like, go into Sephora and stuff?
"Sephora is like a candy store for me – there's just so much in there! I usually use MAC, a little of the Sephora brand. Chanel makes really great lip glosses!"

If you and Jared Leto got into a fight over an eyeliner, who would win?
"He can have it if he wants it – I'm definitely not gonna fight."

So, you're coming to Boca on February 3 -- what do fans have to do to get your attention?
"Tattoos definitely get my attention... Especially if it's a lyric or AFI images–"

People have AFI tattooed on them?
"Oh, yes, I've autographed tattoos on people many, many times. It's fairly common, relatively speaking. A lot of people get AFI tattoos."

That doesn't creep you out, like they're stalking you?
"No. If they stalked me, it would creep me out. I find it flattering. I have a ton of band tattoos -- Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, Joy Division, The Smiths, Morrissey..."

It's been fun talking to you. I'm surprised. Some writers have said that you are a serious dude, no sense of humor.
"Jay just made me laugh... The TV show Arrested Development may very well be the funniest thing I've ever seen.... I smile, I like cute things: small furry creatures, glowsticks, unicorns..."

Ha ha!
Well, we can't wait to see you saunter into BOCA, among all the stucco shopping plazas, rich people, and pastel buildings!
"That’s no problem, we don’t wear dark clothes every day. I’ll put on my pink!"

For more Davey & AFI, visit
http://www.afireinside.net/

Leftovers

So sorry; I've been on sabbatical with some naked female wrestlers... more (maybe more than you ever wanted to see, as some of them are 40-plus) on that soon. In the meantime, thought I'd put up these pictures left over from New Years Day, when K-Fed wrestled John Cena in Miami. If what what Whitney Houston said about "the children are our future" is true (keep in mind that she DID also say "Bobby Brown is handsome" and "I don't smoke crack"), then Kevin Federline is in trouble -- even if he's okay for now 'cause he got that money to do a Super Bowl commercial. In his defense, I must say that I think Kevin gets treated unfairly; he is just too easy a target. In person, he was super friendly, and I must say, extremely cute. But then again, this is from a girl who once loved a real-life paparazzi (I'm not kidding!). Defender of the downtrodden -- that's me! Right alongside Mother Teresa.

Go See Christian Finnegan!

When I first saw a picture of this blond-haired, blue-eyed dude who would be coming to the Improv, I thought he looked kind of familiar. Then I realized, he's one of those talking heads who make comments on that VH1 show, Best Week Ever. We talked to Christian and he turned out to be a super-nice guy, and wicked funny to boot. (Sorry, I TRIED uploading a picture so that you would recognize him, too, but the blog program is not being my friend right now and won't let me! Ah well, visit www.christianfinnegan.com)


Okay, you’re a comedian. So why did the chicken cross the road?
Thechicken cross the road because…because… to get one more step… because hewanted to get further away from me. Gosh, I didn’t know this was going tobe comedy pop quiz. I thought we going to have a friendly conversation…

Okay, we can save that one for later if it’s too hard.
(laughs) Okay.

So I heard you got married. Congratulations.
I did get married, in August. Thank you. I had her shipped over in a metal shipping crate from the Ukraine.

I saw her picture – she’s very pretty.
Yes, but that doesn’t mean she not a mail order bride.

And you married an older woman! A cougar!
(Laughs)Yes, she is older – although I’m not necessarily sure she would be thrilledabout pointing that out. I just think [she] brings as much to the tableas I do… I got lucky.

So career-wise, what’s going on?
I justreleased an album on Comedy Central records – it’s called Two for Flinching.That’s pretty exciting – maybe not for younger people, for them the CD isa dead medium – they have iTunes, Limewire. But for me, the physical CD,the album with my name on it, gives me goosebumps. Even if nobody buys it,it would be the biggest accomplishment – especially for me being a musicgeek and whatnot. I grew up listening to CDs and reading liner notes andstudying the artwork.

Well, hey, Larry the Cable Guy’s CDs outsell, like, billions of actual musicians…
Whoknows what sells and what doesn’t – I’m just happy and fortunate to havea career where I’m not having to temp right now. I can’t fathom why somethingsells and something else doesn’t – why some people who are so incrediblytalented languish in obscurity while others become superstars. You just haveto work hard doing what you do – and be ready.

So, I was pretty impressed to read that you can name all the members of the Scorpions.
Well,more than being a Scorpions fan, I was a sponge for music related trivia– and growing up when I did, metal was what I was into. In fact, I can namea couple of members from any metal band of the 80s. I even won as a callerinto a show called Name That Video on VH1. I won a car. Then I sold it, paidoff 15 grand in debts – I had rats in my living room where I was in Manhattan,so I moved to Astoria.

Are you from New York?
I was born outside Boston – in Acton, went to high school in Natick, then went to NYU and stuck around New York.

How did you get into comedy? Did you hope to do stand-up all your life?
No,it was probably a couple years after college. I was adrift after school.I went to school for acting and playwriting but I wasn’t a disciplined enoughwriter and I wasn’t enjoying the process of being a cheesy actor. It wasbecoming stale. So I started doing open mics and performing my own stuff,and I just stuck with it.

And did you have the proverbial big break?
Oneof the things that I constantly remind self about, even now, is that it’snever about one night or one big break. It’s more like a bunch of littlebreaks – and those are mostly fool’s gold. You’ll still be slogging along…I think it’s better if I set small, immediate goals – What can I accomplishthis week? This month? If I start out saying I want my own TV show, I’lljust be overwhelmed and play PlayStation all day.

So how did you end up on Best Week Ever?
Iwas just doing open mics – That’s how I did it – I set my first goal as “I’mgoing to do an open mic before the end of April. Then I said, ‘I’m goingto be on a booked show – with my name featured – by the end of July. So thenI’d convince the bookers to give me a spot. Then my next goal was to getpaid to perform, whether it was in free beer or $10. For the VH1 thing –they have a talent person who goes around and sees shows. If you kick aroundNew York long enough, at some point, you’re going to be asked to auditionfor VH1 or MTV, and if your segment does well, they keep using you… Theyshoot internal pilots – like, if you have a great idea for a show, they filma low-cost test version of it, so they can say ‘Here’s what it’s going tobe like.’ They do a show for the executives to look at. And when they shotI love the 80s, they used a bunch of nobody comedians like myself. Then theyget rid of the nobodies and bring in semi-nobodies, like Hal Sparks. Whenthey did Best Week Ever, they decided they wanted to use their own core ofpeople. I was just lucky they remembered me.

Do you have to read People and Us Weekly voraciously?
Not really. The writers and producers tell us what we’re going to be asked about.

Yeah,I figured. Because you’ll have a whole episode about “Remembering the PunkyBrewster era” and you’ll go into detail about some Punky Brewster thing.I’m like, ‘Nobody could possibly remember all that Punky Brewster trivia.Somebody must be showing them a clip and then they just comment on it.’
Exactly,you got it. They sometimes give is an info packet the day before, or sendus links to reading material s so we can know what we’ll be asked about thenext day. Of course, half of it will be changed or cancelled – but for someof it, we can write jokes ahead of time.

Except for “Why did the chicken cross the road?”
I’mgoing to ignore [that]… That’s like me testing you, because you’re a journalist,by asking “Hey, what did you think of Funky Winkerbean this week?”

HaHahhha hahha aaha ha ha – I can’t believe you just made a Funky Winkerbeanreference! I’m dying. Okay, so tell me what your stand-up is like – isit all Paris Hilton jokes?
I would say that sometimes people are surprisedit isn’t all pop culture – that that’s not the only thing in my life. I actuallyshy away from that. I think some people expect it to be a live episode ofBest Week Ever. But I like to think I cover a lot of things that people canrelate to. Like things that I’m kind of annoyed by, and people think thatthey’re the only ones who are annoyed by it. I certainly think there’s aslight bit of darkneesss. Dirty, edgy stuff. The sad day-to-day spiritualnutpunches we receive from life. What people are and who we pretend to bein public. What people mean when they say certain things. The acts we putup to seem to seen normal – when we aren’t. And of course I talk a lot aboutpoultry crossing intersections. That’s the last twenty minutes of my set.

(Laughing) You get a lot of mileage out of that word “nutpunch.” I’ve seen you use it a lot.
Oh,yeah. Dickpunch, nutpunch. I find myself going to that word during timesin life where you feel just pummeled, like you got the wind knocked out ofyou, where you’re feeling miserable about yourself and your fellow man.

Didn’t you just call Paul McCartney a nutpunch on your website?
Iam a huge Paul fan. I am one of the few Paul McCartney apologists – the fewwho will admit he was better than John Lennon. People think they love JohnLennon but then you ask them what’s their favorite Beatles song, and it waswritten by Paul. But his Christmas song? It’s shades of awful – it’s an unholymélange of awfulness! Poor Sir Paul.

So you’re off from Best Week Ever to do your standup tour?
Well,it airs periodically. It’s on hiatus for a few weeks – we’re doing a BestYear Ever, then we’ll reconvene. In the spring, I’m headlining a collegetour. I’m going to a bunch of schools late January to April. 20 or 30 schools– some of them I’ll meet up with Lewis Black, Charlie Murphy – it’s awesome.

Is there anything else you’d want the people here to know?
Ijust want anyone to come out to the Improv shows. And if they come up tome and mention you, Deirdra, they can get a long, awkward hug from me.

Do you get recognized in public a lot?
It happens – some days more than others. It depends what situation I’m in. Or whether I’m wearing a hat.

Happy Holidays!

My good friend and photographer Tomas Loewy sent me this photo of Nicki Hilton in Miami a few weeks ago. This being Christmastime, I especially noticed the very pretty cross she is wearing.




Glad we have this girl to remind us of the real meaning behind the holiday.





Have good one, ya'll!

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Even curators and gallery owners -- people whose job it is to go to parties and exhibits -- are saying that they'll be lucky if they can catch one-tenth of what's going on at Art Basel (www.artbaselmiamibeach.com) right now.

Here are some pictures from last night's kickoff event, a massive beach party with thousands of people going in and out of shipping-containers-turned-galleries, plus a concert on the beach by Peaches. ("Why won't you shake your dicks? Why won't you shake your tits?" the oversexed -- and frustrated -- singer shouted to the mildly interested crowd, which was either too hip to dance or found her provocative dildo-and-stripper act... well, not that provocative.)









In this week's edition of the New Times, I did my best to help y'all find the best of the best of the Art Basel happenings, but we don't have room to dilly-dally any more, kids. No time for remedial education; let's be blunt. Although Dennis Hopper's showing of Easy Rider promises to be cool and ditto for the "We Are the Sams" performance art project, I'll give you two simple directions: 1) Hit the events listed below and 2) By all means, avoid trying to park at the convention center. It is a surefire way to bring out your Inner Bitch.


Thursday: Opening Night of Scope Art Fair
http://www.scope-art.com/

Saturday: Friends with You's blimp parade featuring huge, blow-up versions of Super Malfi and King Albino:







Then hit the Second Saturday walk in the Wynwood Art District.

A BOY NAMED DWEEZIL



(an old picture, but I like it)

As you will see in the coming issue of the New Times, Dweezil Zappa is embarking on a tour playing only songs by his late father, the musical genius Frank Zappa. It comes to town on Sunday, December 10.

It was really fun to call him up and say, "Hi, may I speak to Dweezil?" I could only fit about two sentences in the print edition of the paper, so here's our interview in its entirety. Enjoy!

Hi, can I speak to Dweezil, please?
Who’s calling?

Deirdra from the New Times in Florida.
Yeah, this is Dweezil.

Do you have time to talk now?
Yep.

Where are you?
At my studio in L.A.

Have you started playing shows yet?
Yeah, we started in May, in Europe, and then did a short US tour, took a little break , learned some more songs and went out again. A couple of weeks ago we finished, and we’re going again in couple weeks to do more touring. Next year we’re gonna do about 100 concerts.

Awesome. Tell me about the reception so far. Who’s showing up? A lot of your dad’s fans?
I’ve been curious to see how it would change. Originally I figured it would be the core fans and then maybe them bringing their kids, and maybe college-age kids. And it kind of is a bit like that, but there have been certain places where the crowd has been younger than expected – and the two places that surprised me the most were Norway and Montreal.

There are a lot of guitar-god fans in Norway, right?
The thing is, Frank’s music definitely has some guitar stuff in it but it’s beyond the sort of guitar pyrotechnics. He was really a composer who used a rock band as his orchestra. And while there is a lot of guitar solo stuff and guitar parts, and Steve Vai has been playing at a lot of concerts as well, it goes beyond that. It’s actually been interesting to see where the pockets of the young people are. I’d like to see it where it’s an equal mix of the core fans and new, young fans. Each time I’ve seen really young kids, it’s been fun for me. It reminds me of when I was little and I would see Frank and his band, and how amazing it seemed and how impossible it seemed. So kids who are 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years old – I’ve seen that, kids with their parents in the front row, and that’s been really fun. I think it really changes your perspective of what music is and what it can be when you see something like that at an early age.

So you have new album of all your own songs – but the tour is all your dad’s songs.
Right.

Isn’t that weird? Don’t you usually make an album and then go on tour to play it?
Well the thing is that I’ve never really tried to create a big career out of just playing and making my own records necessarily. I’ve done all kinds of different things. I like making my own music, but touring – unless youre doing it in a way that is fairly comfortable, it’s exhausting and its not that much fun. But when we’re playing Frank’s music, we’re extremely energized by the music. It’s not about getting people to accept new material, as it would be with my own record – and we’d be playing to an entirely different kind of fan base. But making the record was something I just did for fun, and if people are interested in it as a result of the tour, that’s good as well.

So are you doing this to promote your dad’s legacy, as a tribute?
The thing to me is that I think Frank’s music has been overlooked by several generations and I’d like it to be more readily available and well-known to the average 12-year-old. And the only way to do that is by playing live concerts and making it known that this music is contemporary and it’s something that they should discover. It’s not music that has traditionally been on the radio a lot and that’s never going to change. So the live venue is really the only way to grow the fan base.

Yeah, I think a lot of people know who Frank Zappa is, but I don’t know many people who can hum a song of his or necessarily even name one. That must be frustrating to you.
I think that does need to change, and it can’t change unless I’m doing what I’m doing.

Do you throw some of your own songs out there on the tour?
Nope. It’s all Frank’s music and it’s a 3-hour show.

Did you always want to be a musician? When you were a kid, was it scary to think that you have to follow in your dad’s footsteps?
I never thought of it like that. It’s a strange thing that the media places upon a situation like this. I’ve always been inspired by Frank’s music, but the music I’ve done of my own really bears no resemblance to his music. But I will say the future music that I do will be undoubtedly more influenced by it, because of the amount of time that I’ve spent learning and playing and being even more influenced by it at this point. So I can see even more correlations in the future, but I think that at this point for me to go and do this – I’ve never thought of it as following in his footsteps necessarily, because it’s not a competition of any kind, but people tend to put those boundaries on it. I think it’s important for people to hear Frank’s music because it’s very contemporary. Even though some of it is 40 years old, it’s still unlike anything that’s out there.

Do you often sit around and put your dad’s records on?
For the past few years, it’s really the only music that I listen to because I have had to spend so much time listening to it to learn it and choose what music might be learned for the next part of the tour.

So you got this idea a couple of years ago?
It’s been there a long time, but it was a question of how to even begin. I actually took two years off just to study the music, and in that time I changed a lot of things about my own abilities on guitar. I was always technically proficient, but I had to become extremely much more so. It was a lot of work but now that we’re actually out there playing, it makes it all worth it.

Do you play other instruments besides guitar?
Not really. I can kind of mess around with most stringed instruments, but I’m not very good at keyboards and I’m not that good at drums, so I just stick with the guitar.

Do you sing?
I do sing a little bit but most of the guitar stuff that I have to concentrate on requires so much more effort that I can’t really do both.

You seem like a musician’s musician. Are you a technical geek who’s in the studio from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. every day?
Not those hours necessarily, I have certainly spent many 20-hour days in the studio.

Your dads studio, which you revamped, right?
Uh-huh

Now, Steve Vai comes on tour with you – tell me what else to expect at a show.
The show is focusing on a broad area of Frank’s music, and what we’ve done is put together a show that allows these mini sets to have special guests, like Steve and Terry Bozzio come out. And Napoleon Murphy Brock – he was also in Frank’s band at some time in the 70s, or a few times in the 70s. He’s out for the bulk of the concert with us and singing most of the lead vocals. But the core band is there the whole time and then we have rotating parts and then a big thing at the end where everybody’s out on stage.

So is Steve Vai at every show, but not on stage the whole time?
Right – he’s at every show and plays about 6 songs.

I remember MTV when you were Djing, and I know you hosted that TV show Dinner and Movie. What other stuff have you been doing? Any producing? Other projects? Fill in some blanks.
I’ve done different television things, different music things. I’ve been doing music for sound libraries and TV shows, stuff like that – but I’ve also gotten married and have a baby.

What’s the baby’s name?
A little girl – 4 months old – Zola Frank Zappa. It’s a very old Sicilian name.

Is it a family name?
No, but we have Italian heritage and specifically Sicilian, so I thought it would be fun to find an old Italian name that began with a Z so she can have ZZ as her initials.

Are you the first of your siblings to have a kid?
My sister Moon had a daughter – on Frank’s birthday. She’s gonna be two.

And what’s that baby’s name?
Matilda Plum

Does that get annoying – do people ask of you’re like, having a contest to give the craziest name?
I don’t really think about it. I don’t think the names are that strange, but it’s not really like we try to find the craziest word you ever heard .. It’s just something to give her a nice identity.

I know people are curious about your family – are you close? Do you, like, get together for Sunday dinners?
In years past, we had more time, but everyone’s so busy and having kids, so it’s not quite like that

But you all live in LA?
Yep.

Are you much of a scenester – do you like to go out in Hollywood?
Never! Never have been interested in it, never will be interested in it.

What’s your style? What;’s life like for you, then?
Basically when I’m doing the tour, at the beginning I pretty much have to do prep on my own for a couple weeks, then we rehearse, then go out for the length of the tour, come home, take a break. If I don’t have any other work, I’m just at my house and I almost never leave. We take little walks in the neighborhood, walk to the grocery store, do nothing, hang out and watch TV and read books to Zola.

Now, you’ve said you were influenced by Eddie Van Halen, and you’ve played with him…
I haven’t seen him for awhile. He was an influence on my playing. I got to sit and play and learn directly from him, and I continue to be influenced by him on guitar, but it’s not as evident in my playing when I play Frank’s music…

The reason I ask is because I heard that Eddie’s son Wolfgang is joining Van Halen – I thought you might have the inside scoop on that.
I heard that, too! It’ll be interesting to see how that goes. I’ve never actually heard him play, but Edward Van Halen and Alex Van Halen are two great musicians, and if Wolfgang can keep up with those guys, I have no doubt in my mind that he’s good.


Now, the stuff that you do with your dad and the stuff on your own album – how is it different?
Totally, radically different. My music has always been different than Frank’s because I had different influences. In the past, more rock, but now I’m encompassing new things, so this record is quite a departure. But mainly it’s because this is the first time I’ve recorded using computer technology which allowed me to do things I wasn’t able to before. Like using different instruments – I can write for an orchestra and use a sample, and hear it played in a realistic way. So there’s different textures in the music, but it’s still guitar-driven.

But you also still use live players?
Yeah, but some things use a lot of programming. Sort of a combination of different instruments, ambient noises, and then I’m playing guitar melodies over them. It’s sort of an experimental process – that gave me ideas for the future. Somewhere down the road, I’d like to do film scores.

Any interest in acting still?
It’s never been a huge priority of mine. If something were to happen, it would be almost quite by accident.

Any other projects?
Right now, with the tour, I want to continue and build it and do it annually, so that will keep me pretty busy. The songs are tremendously difficult to learn and even once they’re learned, it’s hard to maintain memorization of it. If I don’t play it for even a week, parts are forgotten.

The tour is called “Zappa plays Zappa” – Did any of your siblings want to get in on it? Are they musical?
They’re musical, but not to the level of skill required.to perform this stuff.

One last question: Does the baby have your hair? You have great hair.
I think Zola’s going to have a little bit of my curls – but it’s just starting to come in. I’m not sure what color, though. Now it’s almost a strawberry blond. My wife is blond and I have dark hair, so I’m not sure not sure if it’ll be blond or brown.

Congratulations on having her, by the way.
Thanks!

That’s it, unless there was anything else you wanted to talk about it…
Well, my main focus present is to present Frank’s music to a broader audience and in large part, to a younger audience.

What would you say to those people – “Hey! You’re missing the greatest thing ever?” Why should they come out?
It’s like the music speaks for itself, you just need to have an open mind and try to discover it. The earlier you’re exposed, the broader your concept of music and creativity is. Kids that only listen to rap have no idea what music is. There’s a lot more out there, and no music education available to kids.

Oh, I meant to tell you that I had your album – the one with “Son of Shoogagoogagunga” on it.
Oh!? The Return of the Son of Shoogagoogagunga!

I had it on tape!
Nice! That had Nuno Betancourt on it.

I loved him! I stalked out Extreme’s recording studio when they recorded down here. I was like a 13-year-old groupie.
Perfect!

Well, thanks, it’s been fun talking to you.
No problem.

Is there anything you’re looking forward to about coming to Florida?
I’ve been through there a few times, but I won’t have time to spend other than at the venue . I do like to play golf, so one day, I’ll come back through.

Awesome.
Well, thanks.

Sure, Ciao!
Bye!