| Interview with Dave from THROWDOWN at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival 2002, Worcester MA By Oswald Knox Knox: Aright, I'm here with ... Dave: Dave from Throwdown. Knox: Throwdown, uh... where's Throwdown from? Dave: California. Southern California. Knox: Wow, that far? Dave: Yeah. Orange County. Knox: Are you guys on a label? Dave: Uh, we're on Indecision Records right now, but we're, uh, kinda shopping around a little bit. Knox: Aright, good times. Um, aright, let me get, get my, uh, my Book of Truth out for a second. Dave: Okay. Some girl: Hey, I'm gonna go the bathroom, Dave. Dave: Okay. Knox: Aright, um... Question number one. Are midgets technically human? Dave: You know what? I have an intense fear of midgets, so that's a tough call for me to make. I guess they're, I guess they're human, technically. You know, they've got all the same features and what-not... Knox: Is the chromosome count the same, though? Dave: I don't know, is it? Knox: I don't know, cuz if it's not, then they're not, like, actually human. Dave: Maybe they're not human. Knox: Fair enough. Uh, questionnumbertwo. Uh, uh, what's the date of David Hasselhoff's birthday? Dave: Uh... couldn't tell you. Knox: July 17th is the answer. Um... what does Passion Fruit Snapple taste like? Dave: Like shit. I like Peach Iced Tea. Knox: The guy, uh, uh, James from, uh, Fury of V says, he says no, he says (dead on James Ismean impression) "It taste's like the Real Thing!" Dave: I, I back it then. Knox: Huh? Dave: I jus - If Fury of V says it, then I back it. Knox: Aright. Aright. Could you beat that guy in an arm wrestling match? Dave: No way. Knox: Uh... I think he's cute. Dave: That's good to hear. Knox: Aright. Uh... moving on. Uh, who would win in a fight, Steven Hawking or Walt Disney's freeze-dried, disembodied head? Dave: Uh... Steven Hawking. Knox: I agree. Uh, next question, uh.... do you believe in the concept of reciprocal altruism? Dave: Yes. Knox: Uh, qualify that answer, please. Dave: Uh... couldn't do that for you. Knox: Uh... Throwdown. Describe Throwdown's music. Dave: Heavy. Knox: Uh, metallic hardcore? Old-school hardcore? What would you say? Dave: Well said. Knox: Little bit of both? Dave: Yeah. Knox: How long you been in the hardcore scene? Dave: Uh... 9 years. Knox: Do you feel in any way that that has somewhat hindered your, um, your, your aging, your growing up process into adulthood? Dave: Yes. Knox: Uh, explain that. Dave: Uh, I don't know. It keeps, it keeps me as a kid, I think. You know, going to shows. It's like I've been doing it since I'm a kid, and I haven't been, I haven't changed. Knox: Do you know that - Dave: I'm a little smarter, but not much. Knox: Do you know that I used to love Biohazard? Dave: I love Biohazard still. Knox: I am ashamed to admit that now. Dave: You shouldn't be. Knox: Wha - do you like their new album? Dave: No. Knox: Wha - wha, what was the last good album Biohazard made? Dave: Ummm... what was the orange one again? Knox: Uh, State of the World? Dave: There you go. Knox: Uh, do you think that Evan Seinfeld says "Peace out, one love" uh, way too much? Dave: No, you can never say that too much. Especially if you're from New York City. Knox: Uh... do you think it would be better if Evan Seinfeld got his mouth stitched shut, and Billy Graziadei was the only one allowed to sing? Dave: Uh... no, I back it. Knox: What do you think about all those dope, phat, cojammy, boo-yah, uh, uh, guest spots on the new album? Dave: I don't know, I haven't he- I've only heard the new album once. I, I listened to three tracks and was over it. Knox: Good answer. Uh, moving on.......... Carmen Electra or Jenny McCarthy? Dave: Carmen Electra. Knox: Uh, why's that? Dave: I'm into hispanic chicks. Knox: Oka, uh, physically? Dave: Physically? Why, physically? Knox: No, I mean, are you physically, like - in - spanish chicks? Dave: Um... Knox: Presently? Dave: I have been - not presently. Presently I'm in an African-American chick. Knox: How come I don't see her? Dave: Well, she's not here right now. I'm from California. I can't, I can't bring her here, you know? Knox: So presently, you're not in her, you know what I'm saying? Dave: Aw yeah, presently, no. It depends on, on what context of the word "presently" you're gonna use. Knox: Uh, did you see that movie "Die Hard?" Dave: Yes. One, two, and three. Knox: You see that part when, uh, when he's running around and he doesn't have shoes on, he's running around on all the blo - broken glass? Dave: Yeah. Knox: Did you like that? Dave: I wouldn't do it, but it's a cool part. Knox: That was AWESOME! Dave: Yeah. Knox: Uh... ahem, moving on. Who's gonna win, uh, Vitor Belfort or Tito Ortiz? Dave: Tito Ortiz. Knox: Why? Dave: Cuz he's from southern California. Knox: Uh.... technically, do you think that, that, Tito, uh, that Vitor could out punch him? Dave: Eh.... I don't know. Who's to say? Knox: If they were to fight Sakuraba, who would win? Dave: I don't know. What are the rules in that? Knox: Kazushi Sakuraba. Eh... you know, if they fought, if they fought Pride, you know what I mean? Like, uh, soccer kicks to the head. Dave: Soccer kicks to the head? Uh, Vitor. Knox: Cuz that's, that's the way Vanderlei kicked Sakuraba's ass. Dave: Yeah. Knox: You see that fight? Dave: No. Knox: Do you know what I'm talking about? Dave: Kind of. Knox: Aright, uh, good answer. Uh... okay, here's, uh, question number five from Oswald Knox's uh, Questions of Justice and Truth. Uh, do you "Keep on Falling, In and out, of love, With you?" Dave: (Tries to sing) I don't know. Knox: Ah ha! Hey, that guy from Mastodon just walked by. Um... next. Uh, k, we're on to the Bonus Round. What I'm gonna do is fire off quick, uh, five quick questions to you. And you have fifteen seconds to answer each. Dave: Okay. Knox: Phyllis Diller or Chloris Leachman? Dave: Phyllis Diller. Knox: Uh, uh, ok. Number two... um... how many chemicals in the periodic table? Dave: Uh... well... two hundred and fifteen. Forty five. Forty five. Knox: Uh.. question number three. Finish this line. "I did it all for the ____" Dave: Nookie. Knox: Uh, question number for. How many in a Baker's dozen? Dave: 13. Knox: Uh, questionnumberfive, your favorite color? Dave: Uh, green. Knox: Stop the clock, going back. Ok, questionnumberone. Phyllis Diller or Chloris L-leachman. The actual answer is, uh, Ernest Borgnine. Airwolf's Ernest Borgnine. Dave: I did not know that. Knox: Uh, be advised. Uh questionnumbertwo. How many elements in the periodic table. Uh, answer is "who fucking cares?" Dave: Okay. Knox: Uh, questionnumberthree, uh, finish this line, "I did it all for the..." And you, and you had the correct answer, which is nookie, although, I do have to take away points - Dave: Cuz I'm an asshole. Knox: For that knowledge. Correct, correct. Uh, you said it, not me. Dave: Yeah. It's true. Knox: Uh... how many in a Baker's dozen, you said thirteen. Correct answer. Uh, questionnumberfive, your favorite color. You said, uh, green? Dave: Yes. Knox: Um... number one, are you, are, are, what's your name again? Dave: Dave. Knox: Are you aware that nobody cares what Dave from, uh, Throwdown's favorite color is? Dave: Yeah, but genius's choose green, so I don't care what they think either. Knox: Is that right? Dave: That's true. Knox: That's a statistic? Dave: That is. Well, it's in Meet the Parents, so fuck it, you know? Knox: Are you a genius? Dave: What's that? Knox: Are you a genius? Dave: Yes. Knox: Ok, um... the actual answer, uh, for favorite color, is "violet with lavender polka dots." But, if you are a genius, let me just ask you another que- quick question. Dave: Okay. Knox: Uh, under the, uh, the New Darwinian Paradigm, what do you think about, uh... um... reciprocal altruism. Is it, is it a, is it a true practice? A true theory? Dave: How's there a New Darwinian Paradigm? Didn't Darwin die a long time ago? Knox: He did, yeah, but it's the New Darwinian Paradigm. It's the resurfacing of Darwinian psychological thought, and really, the rejection of, of Freudian psychology. Dave: Ok... so what are you asking me what I think about alo - altruistic, uh... Knox: Re- reciprocal altruism. Dave: Reciprocal altruism..... ..... Maybe I'm not a genius. Knox: One more, then.... um... uh, Jean-Paul Sartre claimed that Franz Kafka was an existentialist, but many classify him as an absurdist. Um... what do you think about that? Dave: I don't know. I believe in existentialism, you know? I think that it's the journey that counts, and not the reward at the end. Read "Old Man and the Sea," for example. The man fishes for, for years, and he, he, you know, he drags the fish back to shore, only to have nothing in the end. But see, it was the struggle which counted, there. Hemingway said that best. Some cat: Meow. (This is the weirdest goddam thing ever. There were no cats at the metalfest. But there is clearly a cat on this recording. Clearly. Maybe Dave was currently in a cat.) Knox: Do you believe, in uh, Bloomquistian Existentialism? Dave: Uh... No. Knox: Um, ahem, if uh, if Bloomquist came up to you and said "Now look, alright, I'm not gonna tell you how to stand, okay? You got three basic ways to stand. Like this, like this, and like this!" What would you say? Dave: I'd say, I could stand a fourth way if I wanted to. Knox: Um... very good. Uh, in the Metamorphosis, is Kafka, ex- expressing his, uh, self-isolating tendencies, his intamacy issues with his, uh, immediate family, or is he just writing a creepy story? Dave: I think it's pretty fucking creepy. (Tape runs out) |