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September 04, 2007

FIVE

1. For your TV show, would you ever consider doing a telethon type event? Say to raise fund for the causes that are near and dear to your heart?

That is a fantastic idea. Causes that come to mind are C.A.N. (Cure Autism Now), Pediatric AIDS and MusiCares. I have worked with all of these organizations in the past. Todd and I will discuss later and come up with something.

2. How close is SE to getting a permanent space and will it have a bar functioning like it currently does at it's home, the Dragonfly?

We are looking at moving in the next month or so to a new location that is better equipped to let us stay set up and even produce other shows. As far as a functioning bar? That doesn't really look realistic. Todd and I are, however, working towards putting together a best of DVD including high rez versions of some favorite interview moments, musical guests and our "on the street" pieces in full screen quality.

3. In one of your songs you refer to someone who used to be a friend who is "not so hairy." Who is this ex friend? Why is he not hairy anymore? Has he shaved his head?

HAHA... I am not going to name names, but yes... Exactly. I'm sure you wouldn't know him anyway but out of respect for his privacy I cannot divulge that information. Good job!

4. I know drug addiction can cause depression. Did you go through a depression?

Oh hell yeah of course I did. Tinkering around with the chemicals in your brain like that is a major recipe for depression. Even after the using stops, it takes a good while for everything to find it's balance again up there. The body and mind is totally shot and the ability to handle things that are intuitive to most people feel like insurmountable complexities. Hang in there! It gets better for sure. Just let your body heal itself and don't freak out because it is hard. Just think, "Oh yeah, of course this is hard. I have been totally wrecking my body's natural state of balance."

5. Do you believe that people can fundamentally change their desires in a relationship? And is it wrong to ask your partner to accommodate those "new" desires if you are going to stay in a long-term relationship with them?

Well, people change so naturally we would like our partners to change as well. Sometimes the changes don't sit well with both parties and the relationship can dissolve. Other times both can welcome change. You just never know. It is wrong to ask? No. I suppose a lot rides on how realistic the changed desire is. More together time? More alone time? More intimacy? More social time? Less time together? Partner swapping? Robbing banks? I'm sure you get what I mean. Evaluate your desire and present it as an option and not a demand and see where it goes from there.

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September 4, 2007 08:11 PM

Comments

did you ever think you'd be an advice columnist when you grew up? :)

Posted by: k at September 4, 2007 08:23 PM

At least Dave is a helluva lot better looking than Dr Phil!! Speaking for myself, my life would be a whole lot easier if I could take my own advice.

Posted by: Linda from San Diego at September 4, 2007 09:00 PM

i could have sworn i remember Dave giving an interview years ago where he outed the "scary friend" as being Marilyn Manson and the "not so hairy friend" being a newly shaved Billy Corgan.

So whoever wanted to know, i think that is it.

Posted by: Six7Six7 at September 4, 2007 09:46 PM

Thank you so much for answering my question! It's along the lines of partner swapping i guess you could say. (One of us is kinky and the other isn't...) i know that we love each other...but there is miles to go before we reach common ground on this issue.

Posted by: Nicole at September 4, 2007 09:49 PM

Dave's ambition was to be the next Dr Dru-right:)

Shelly67, just have to say, with your hubbie and kids to love, you have to be strong. Keep strong!
You too Linda:)

Shelly, just remember ALL THE BEST WERE BORN IN 67;)

bueno noches DMN-Db

Posted by: Danni from ND at September 4, 2007 09:56 PM

smashing pumpkins and smashing relationship stereotypes...billy corgan had a disturbing childhood what was yours like dave...lovely or lost?i love his music haven't heard tarantula but i spose that is what they call child molesters in jail 'rock spiders' sad if he was abused as a young boy and it's true that this theme keeps echoing anyway you seem together despite your chemical excesses but then i think pete doherty is sweet and britney is a together lady going through changes wasn't that a david bowie song stand and face the strain...a truly healthy happy individual really just is free of persecution...to judge another is to persecute them,i don't care if elton john prefers anal sex with men i don't care if wes borland wants to paint pagan pics with antlers i don't care if an entire team of cheerleaders hit the SCG without knickers it's really not my place to say BAD BAD BAD...course i wouldn't buy that painting though it might give me nightmares that i'm being chased through a dark forest in some pan labyrinth haha... having an exhibition next february called dreams by the sea it'll be just lush and gorgeous and mystical nothing dark...hey i'm here to enlighten the existence of others...LAX they have one in L.A. don't they benji madden and steve aoki did some djing there in 05 probably where nicole and joel met...it's not a laxative it's a goddamn aphrodisiac that place sounds cool i should go there one day and heat up their dance floor a bit...life's too short to waste time worrying about relationships it flows or it gets mowed...depression well it's just like high and lowtide in your hormnonal river regulated by what you imbibe physically and emotionally and spiritually...keep the river unpolluted as possible...i'm not even going to enter into the spouse swap debate i'm single can have as many or as few men as i like...yep it's good being me i hop eyou like being you too dave;)

Posted by: karen at September 5, 2007 12:23 AM

I guess typekey didn't clear EVERYTHING up ;-)

Anyway going back to question #5 and your answer-Don't you believe you can't "change" other people, you can only change yourself?

Like you hear people say "I wish my partner was..." or "I wish he/she would..." well maybe they are incapable of changing at the moment. Or don't see a issue.
Sometimes we are what we are.

Posted by: Robin at September 5, 2007 03:03 AM

I just wanna know who is gonna be on the show Thursday...It's my first official week living in LA so you know I've gotta come down.

Also...Do you play a personal role in the process of getting guests onto your show? Call people yourself to invite them on, etc, or do others on the payroll handle that stuff for you?

See you Thursday!
(Jezebel, Sweets, Linda...anyone coming with me?)

Posted by: Ambersonian at September 5, 2007 03:16 AM

Aw Robin.... hehehehe

Dave - thanks for taking my suggestion seriously! If you do pursue something and need help here in the East, I am sure there is a group of us who would love to be a part of it! When the steel mills shut down around here, there were several benefits and one was an on-air auction - I worked on it for many years and have a good handle on how things ran.... and we raised around $50,000 each time....

What do you think about hypnotherapy?

Always,
me

Posted by: Angel at September 5, 2007 03:59 AM

D...you are so full of wisdom! You either need to write a self-help book or get your own talk show! LOL! And I agree from the comment above...much better looking than Dr. Phil!

Posted by: zoodishbu at September 5, 2007 08:45 AM

hi dave
I was looking at the C.A.N site, lots of good resources there.
i have read a lot (from other resources) about the possible connection between autism and vaccines. do you have any thoughts about that. just wondering

Posted by: Season at September 5, 2007 10:42 AM