Bandsplain - 24 Question Party People: Bret Domrose, Rob Mailhouse, and Keanu Reeves of Dogstar

Episode Date: November 28, 2023

Bret Domrose, Rob Mailhouse, and Keanu Reeves of Dogstar join us for a very special episode: our first-ever three-person party. The group discusses its new record, 'Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees'; the thrill of hearing Discharge for the first time; and being starstruck by the guy who sang your first slow-dance song. They also somehow find time in between questions to hold an impromptu band meeting and sneak a little bass practice in. All this and more this week on '24 Question Party People.' Host: Yasi SalekGuests: Bret Domrose, Rob Mailhouse, and Keanu ReevesProducer: Jesse Miller-GordonAssociate Producer: Chris SuttonAdditional Production Supervision: Justin SaylesTheme Song: Hether Fortune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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24 question party people. The party people. Hello and welcome to 24 question party people. I am your host, Yossi Salick. This is a show where I invite an interesting person or people on for a little talk. I ask the same 23 questions every time, more or less, plus one wild card. The guest is allowed to skip one question. Sometimes the questions change a little. Surrender your grip on control. I hope everyone had a beautiful long weekend. I hope it was filled with food, love, love. gratitude. That's right, bitch. It was about gratitude. If you're sitting there listening thinking, oh, for sure this aeron ass bitch makes gratitude lists on the daily, you would be absolutely the fuck right, babe. Every single morning, put on my goth black ugs and bundle up in two hoodies for the frigid Los Angeles air. I grab my spiral notebook and my papermate inkjoy. It's the best pen I've done research. A cup of hot coffee, stuffed to the gills with collagen powder, because, you know,

we are investing in our skin, take all that outside, sit on a little outside couch, do my journaling, my morning pages, and tack on to that, my little gratitude practice while also getting the sun in my eyeballs to set that circadian rhythm, babe. It's called multitasking. For the gratitude list, I do do it in the traditional way, you know, where you list out a veritable, I Love Lamp-style list of items that you're grateful for. Like for me, it's really all over the place. Family, friends, the TV show, Bosch, squirrels, coffees on there because I'm drinking it and looking at it, then I'm like Mexican food is delicious. Let's throw that on there. All sorts of things. Really make it onto the list. Nothing is too big or small. It's recently come to my attention.

however, thanks to my fellow podcaster, Dr. Andrew Huberman, that actually gratitude practices are more effective when you receive the gratitude rather than give it, which is very cool and awesome, because it's not exactly like you can or should, honestly, just go up to people and ask them to declare their gratitude for you. But maybe it's a good reminder that when you do feel grateful for someone, it's a beautiful. beautiful service to just tell them. So I do think sometimes we privately think nice things about people like all the time, but for some reason it's embarrassing to say it out loud when like all it would really do is make the other person quite happy. And if it doesn't make them happy,

if they're like judgmental or critical, then that person can get fucked if you don't want to know them anyways. In that spirit, I wanted to tell you guys, yes, you guys. And yes, it is. as Ernest goes to camp time. I am very grateful to anyone who listens to this show or to the other show I do, Bands Blaine, or even the people that somehow listen to both shows, people who listen to both shows every week, God bless you. I really truly madly, deeply love my job. I love it so much. Even when I'm 98 pages, balls deep in a never-ending Google Doc, and my eyes are bleeding, and there's like four more documentaries and six more books to read about, XYZ band. I still love it. And I wouldn't be able to have this job if you guys didn't listen. So thank you

for spending any part of your wild and precious life listening to me and my vocal fry. I really am grateful. Another thing that I'm grateful for, just back to the old-fashioned way that apparently doesn't work, is that we as people have such a capacity to change and grow and overcome things. you're going to see where I'm getting at here. What did she fucking talking about? All of a sudden, you changed the topic. I didn't listen. Pay attention.

We can grow, right? The brain is plastic, babe. We can get past things that have kept us down for years, things that have blocked us from our joy, from our fulfillment. With enough, you know, little pen to paper journaling, little sun in the eyes, little gratitude practice, little spiritual practice, little therapy, whatever, you can overcome.

I always think about this because I'm thinking about the job I have now. I was just talking about how it's perfect for me and how all the things that I did in my life before this, which were all over the fucking place, babe. My dad wringing his hands. What is this daughter of men? She's never going to get it together. She's had eight different jobs. But somehow all of the things that I did, bits of those things fully inform exactly what I do now. Like in the most perfect, simple. phonic way, even though there was no way I could have known that at the time, right? And it's extra like meaningful to me because I used to be so fucking concerned with changing paths or trying to do different things. Because I always felt really stressed about this idea, you know, like that people don't want you to be different than who they've decided you are, right? This is friends, this family, this is anybody, especially if you do something that's like even remotely in the public eye or whatever. Like, they just don't like it. They want you to be the one thing they've decided because whatever, it makes them uncomfortable, change is scary, I don't know. But you know what? Fuck them.

Fuck them. Other people do not shape the outline of who you are. You shape the outline of who you are. You push into them, not the other way around. So do the things you love and are interested in. Try them. You can do them as a career or you can do them just because you've fucking love them. You can do it on the side. There's something valuable there. If you're drawn to doing something, there's something calling to you and it's going to make sense why later in a way that you can't understand now. Yeah, maybe I did fucking stand-up comedy briefly at 35 fucking years old. That's right, babe. Yeah. Was I amazing? No. I was no George Carlin, okay? But it was fun. And it taught me a lot about who I am and what I love and also about what I don't love,

namely being outside at night multiple times a week, that was not going to last for me. But just as an example, try the things that you love. Anyway, I've digressed. Speaking of doing a craft for the pure love of it, I did it, I brought us back. Today, I got to talk to the band Dog Star. A band who started up in the 90s as a creative project for a couple of guys who did, in fact, have fairly successful day jobs. and then broke up in 2002. And you know what?

They got back together in the last few years. Why? Just because it's creative and it's cool and because it's fucking fun to be in a band and make music. Inspiring. And also I'm grateful to Dogstar for coming on. Here's my chat with Brett Keanu and Rob from Dogstar. I hope you enjoy it.

You guys, I'm joined by the members of Dogstar, Robert Mailhouse, Brett Domrose. and what was your name, sir? Keanu Reeves. Keanu Reeves. You guys, what a gorgeous time to have you. I need to take a quick moment to fan out on Brett. Sir, you were in the Nuns.

Oh, shit. I'm sorry, that is so fucking cool. I read that. I did a little deep dive some information. Can you just tell me a little briefly, what was that like? I know it wasn't like, it was like 1990, like early, but that fucking first Nuns album is one of my favorite albums of all times. I can't believe you played in that band.

Wow. That was a deep dive. Wow. That's what I do around here. What can I say about the nuns? God bless them. So cool. It was my first, like, big concert that I played at the I beam in San Francisco.

And it was pretty intense. I wasn't really a punk rock guy as much as more of a regular rock guy, but they recruited me in as one of the many guitar players they had over the years. And we recorded the-Wikipedia list is 10 pages long. Yeah, I mean, they had some legendary people in that band over the years. So it was a good way to get my feet wet as a teenager in the real world. Okay, Duky Hauser. Just like, okay, I'm a teenager.

I'm going to go play with the nuns. The nun, for you guys listening who don't know the nuns, first of all, educate yourselves. But secondly, they were like the blondie that didn't happen. They were like so fucking good, could have new wave punk, open for the sex pistols on their first San Francisco shows that were also their last shows in America forever. Very cool. Anyway, sorry, I just had to take that moment because that first nun's album was a big deal to me. And when I saw that you were in it, I was like, this is very fucking cool. All right. I'm going to do a quick dog star TLDR for everyone listening. I listen to a lot of your guys's interviews and I just don't want to do the fun game where you have to answer the same questions. thousand times about like, well, what's it like to be back after? It's, we're just going to tell them. Okay, Dogstar started out. Chance and Counter at a grocery store in 1991. That was a Mayfair before I remember it, but I think it's a Gelson's now. Started in 1992 in a garage. Brett joined in 94, toured a bunch. Open for David Bowie, not a big deal. Became extremely famous in Japan. Makes sense.

Put out first release, Quatro Formagi in 96. Okay, quick question. Produced by Rick Parash, Do you guys do it at London Bridge? We did. That is fucking iconic. For you guys, I don't know. Okay, Rick Prasher, weirdly honestly erased from music history in a way that I don't really understand,

but did Pearl Jam 10, did the fucking Temple of the Dog album, Allison Chain's dirt, like, legend in that studio, I mean, kind of makes sense why they called you guys grunge at the time, right? Probably because you did this. Might have been the era there. Yeah.

He was a lovely guy. He was, yeah, it was, it was a really, we really had a fun up there and they were really nice to us. He fed us. He was nice. He taught us a lot of stuff, you know. It was, it was a good start. Sure. They were like, oh, we'll just squeeze dogs are in between Pearl Jam and Alice in chains here.

We'll make some time for you guys. Also, iconically did the Nickelback album, Silver Side Up, which I actually really like, this is how you remind me on it. I don't know how you guys feel about it. You don't have to answer that. Also, honest anyway, a banger. sorry, it's giving grunge counter-programming, like MTV Buzzbin realness. I know it's not, we're not talking about that right now, but I just want to let you guys know. I like that song.

Okay. Then our Little Visionary first album, Ed Stacium, not a fucking big deal either. The man produced Road to Ruin by the Ramones. Okay, no problem. Get that guy on the horn. And then, also, you guys, if you haven't listened to his remix of Tim by the Replacements, gorge. happy ending in 2000.

Also, another song I love, blown away. We don't want to talk about it. Just need to let you know. Then you guys broke up in 2002. Anyway, now, hello, it's 21 years later. Hello, welcome back. New album. It is called somewhere between the power lines and palm trees.

Did I get like that mostly accurate? Did I miss anything in those? We opened for Bon Jovi, too. Oh, I'm so sorry, Bon Jovo. was a big, a fellow Thespian. And I love that for you guys. That's a real range, Bowie and Bowie and Bon Jovi.

That's the name of our next album, from Bowie to Jovey. From Bowie to Jovey. The new album is so good, you guys. I saw that it was produced by Dave Triumpho. Is that how you say his last name? Trumfio. Trumfio. Wow, look at. Not a woman in STEM,

not a woman in English pronunciation either, but I have other skills. he did my favorite Billy Bragg Wilco album you guys listen to that one ugh brough with California stars bye

I can kind of hear that like attention to sort of like detail of layering on your guys's album dude am I you can hear that on on the Dylan's street track

like his that's where I feel like he piece his inner Wilco came out and he just Is that him ripping the harmonica solo? Because that shit is sick. That's Rob.

No, that's me. That's me. Robert Mailhouse, that's you ripping that harmonica solo? It is so good. I was really blown. I live for a harmonica solo. Thank you. Thank you so much.

That's kind of you. I don't know if I was ripping. I was blown away by it. I really love that song. Sunrise, although maybe my favorite, because I feel like that's like a jangly power pop adjacent moment. Yeah. We don't hear people often see it at like sunrise, so thank you for that.

Yeah, that one's been kind of ignored, sadly. But you got it right, it is a jangly power poppy tune. Listen, I'm a music professional who talks about music for a living. Can you not tell by how eloquent I am at it? Well, I saw, okay, I just want to get into it real quick before we get into the 24 questions. I did go through all of your DNA playlists and the range. babe. First of all, I need to know who amongst you fucks with discharge?

That's Keanu. I was like, who who slipped a little discharge into this? Into this, man. I love discharge. When I heard that song, why that they did,

I was just like, that's music and protest and questioning in punk rock. You know, you have the kind of intellectual Fugazi and then you have this emotional outcry with discharge. It's so good. I had like some anarcho-punk older friends when I was like in the sixth grade that were like,

here's discharge. And I was like, what the fuck is this? My whole little life was changed. Yeah. I mean, I figured like with, in that arena, like you had discharge and then you had the exploited. Totally. You know, which was like the power popier version of punk rock. but still kind of socially conscious at the same time.

Oh my God, totally, which later yielded things like rancid and other great, great things. Also, Scottish, so you couldn't really understand what Wadi was saying of her, which I think really added to the mystique. Yeah. Also, why I want a Scottish boyfriend, because I feel like we would last so long, because I would never understand what he could, he's saying. Do you know what I mean? Like, we'd have such a beautiful relationship.

But then also, like, okay, classic, iconic pixies, joy do you know, Vision, Big Star, the fall, the cure. It's giving men of a certain age that have good taste in music, Gen X men who collect records, and we love that. But then you guys are like, also how about a little deaf leopard and cheap trick and Rick Springfield? That's Brett. That's you, Brett. Yeah. That's my post-Nuns 180. Returning to your regular guitar rock roots. That was your rehab. That was for rehab. My soul through pop and rock. I like it all.

I like it all. So you'll see. I never got into Cheap Trick, but I think it's nearing time from my journey. Cheap Trick is fun. It's just fun. Yeah. You listen.

Don't look too hard at Cheap Trick. Yeah. They're just fun and they're talented. And they write some very good hooks. I love a hook. Do you have any harmonica solos? I don't know about that. Rob,

able to jump in on their new road. Hard pass. Also, Camper Van Beethoven, hat tip to you guys. I fucking love Camper Van Beethoven, a little sense of humor. And there is a trivia piece for you. Before I even was in the nuns, I opened for Camper Van Beethoven with my other band. Really? A little teenager in San Jose, California. They're so good. That's the kind of band that I'm like, we live in a broken society that more people don't talk about Camper Van Beethoven because they were really good and they don't get the, like, they should be on the love. And cracker. I love crackers.

I love crackers. Right. Caracine hat. It's a great. Jam. Bangers. And then you guys were like, what about a quick bit of NWA? Can you explain that part a little bit?

Is that just more spiritual? Because that album was, it was so explosive, amazing and beautiful. I know it was challenging record, but to some people, but the lyrics, the music, the voicing and it's just fucking so powerful. It's amazing. I agree. Also public enemy, I saw you hit on there. Really, it covered all the bases and let's

never forget Adele because you managed to squeeze in an Adele song also. Who put Adela? Yeah. Or Rob? Who's the sad man? That would be Keanu. I did the Adele.

Keanu's like, okay, I have two non-negotiables. He wants tickets. Discharge and Adele. That would be a good. good bill. I'd get a mashup of that. All right. Here's the thing. I don't know if you guys know the deal here. The deal here is I ask the same 24 questions every time. One is a wild card. You're allowed to skip one because there's three of you. There's two options for how we can do this.

I think the first couple of questions you guys can all answer because they're kind of short answers. And then after that, either you guys can decide who answers it or I can decide. Which would you prefer? Who's brave? Yes, you wanted you do it. Wow, okay, the trust. Yeah, you take control. Otherwise, we'll just go on forever. We'll just keep talking.

Yeah, exactly. And be like, you take it, no. Why don't you want to take it? What's going on? Sure, a little negotiation. We're going to get into talking about. It'd be 24 questions in 24 hours. Yeah, it's going to be a who's on first type situation.

Yeah, we just have to rename your show. Yeah, okay. Well, I've got all the time in the world, but let's not do that for the listeners. And so wait, now, can I just say the 24-hour party people movie? Is this that? I think I've watched that Steve Coogan film like 19 times. I'm sorry, controversial opinion. It's the only good music film.

It's the only good one. It's brilliant. I love that whole scene, that factory record scene, the Manchester scene. So good. All those bands that came out of the Hacienda. And that's a real big influence on some. I have another podcast called Bandsplaine, which is where I explain bands. And I was doing the Joy Division episode.

And I get very deep and mentally, into my research. And that, like, really, like, was the best counterwatch to control, which I'm so sorry, is a bad movie. Like, this poor man, he was not just, like, the saddest, most depressed man on earth. He was also funny and, like, charming and interesting. And it was just, like, so flattened Ian Curtis. And I was like, do we have to do this? Like, anyway, sorry, quick sidebar. Made me angry. I know you guys are also Joy Division stands. So, um, all right. Number one, what are you guys's signs, astrological signs. I'm a Sagittarius.

Gorge. Don't ask me to spell it, please. I'm Aquarius. Oh, okay. I'm a Virgo. Keanu's Virgo. Wow, this is a really amazing pairing because you have fire, earth, and air.

So it's really balanced. It kind of probably makes sense why you guys, I would assume, have like, sort of like a musical relationship that is both like harmonious but also like everyone, just like your playlist, like everyone brings something different to the table because that's what it's giving in your astrology. Apparently I'm the water bearer, so I have no idea with that. Aquarius is, Aquarius and Sagittarius are two of the most do their own thing signs in the whole zodiac. So it's blessed that you have a Virgo here to like hold down the fort like ground, earth,

everyone because otherwise Sagittarius is going to want to change all the time. Aquarius is like super heady is going to just like want to always like do something different. So it's a really good pairing. Oh my gosh, you've paired into our band soul. That's right. Again, I said I'm a woman of many talents, many talents and one of them is astrological readings. Diana is the organized one. He is the note taker. He is the of course. He's a Virgo. Practical. They love to help Virgo's. Give her. The giver. Okay.

Number two, what did you guys eat today? It is 11.23 a.m. on the West Coast. I'll start off because it's easy. I've just had this crystal gudger water. That's it. Brett, babe, are we intermittent fasting? What's going on?

Hey, wait. Yeah, see, what's your sign? I'm a tourist. Thank you for asking. Also earthy. Less helpful. More into my own comfort. So Brett didn't eat.

Brett didn't eat. I have a sandwich in the other room waiting for me, but I didn't have time to eat it. Okay, but it would have a, breakfast. How long have you been awake? Forty-five minutes. Hell yeah. Bread is living that rock star lifestyle until he fucking dies, babe. I've been up for five and a half hours. Okay, Rob Mailhouse. What did you eat today? I had a chocolate chip cookie and a little bit of oatmeal and coffee. Babe, you had a chocolate chip cookie for breakfast. What's going on over there? It's not the holidays yet. I am so, I just, I just, it goes really well with coffee. Are we getting enough protein? I'm a little

concerned that you're not getting enough protein? I'm not. I need some more protein. So I'm going to, I'm going to eat some Korean food after this. Okay. All right. I was thinking more like a protein shake, like something with a little health, perhaps some greens in it. But all right, Rob. What about you, Keanu Reeves? What did you eat? I had a blueberry pop tart. Wow. You guys, I'm actually going to stage an intervention. What's happening? This is not, Doc Star is not doing well on the health scorecard. A pop tart? Yeah. Did we mention that we're 12? See, this is what I'm saying. This is more telling than like, oh, why do you guys still want to be in a band?

Obviously, you still want to be in a band because you're all still 15 years old. Yeah, exactly. Well, I had a cup of coffee with it. Did you also wake up 30 minutes ago? No, I've been up since 6.30 in the morning. That's right. Me too. That's my guy. That's what we do. We get outside. We get the sun in our eyes. We set the circadian rhythm. I mean, I do that, but you guys should do that too. I was up at 745 and then where I'm staying right now, it was so cold. I decided I'm getting back into bed and then three hours later.

Yeah, Los Angeles is known for our frigid winters. I'm in Northern California right now. He's in San Francisco. Oh, San Francisco. Oh, San Francisco. Yeah, very cold. Very cold. All right. Number three, everybody. Have you listened to music today? And if so, what was it? I have not

I don't wait long Wow Brett has been sitting in absolute silence with no food his whole morning gorgeous we'll return to this

because I'm concerned about you Rob Bellas He was in the nuns He was in the nuns He's like a Buddhist now Rob babe what have you listened

to music wise today You know I turned on my thing And Billy Holiday came up Autumn in New York I did not, it just came up. That was playing this morning in my house.

Billy Holiday. A beautiful vibe. Yeah. Okay. Keanu. With a chocolate chip cookie. Yeah. Okay.

It's nice. I was listening to Pretty and Pink. We might do that as a cover, so I was trying to learn how to play it. Oh my God. That's a good song. Psychedelic Furs. Do you guys want to do the record version or the video version? Not you guys having a band-in-dying during the podcast?

We need your advice. Okay, next question. Next question. All right. Number four, what is the first song that made a meaningful impact on you as a child? Brett, take it away, Bibb. That would be Nilsson without you. Okay.

Can I live in my music. Yeah, it stopped me in my tracks, wherever I was going when I was that young. But I just remember thinking like, oh, that guy's making me feel a certain way. My heart feels funny. I need to listen to this. And then were you like, I want to sing after that? No, you were just kind of like music is interesting.

You know, singing came last for me. I wanted to beat everything that music was. I didn't know at like seven or six years old, whatever that was, but I just, I knew I loved it. So I didn't really get interested in guitar until I was around 11. I played around the piano a little bit when I was like 7, 8, 9. but then around 11 I realized I got to do this probably as much as possible. And so in the guitar, and then in my teen years, the singing came with the songwriting.

Originally it was just guitar that I was obsessed with. Okay. That makes sense. Young man, obsessed with guitar. Tail is old as time. Rob, who was the first song that made a meaningful impact on you as a child? You know, I guess, you know, when you're little and you're going to school and whatever, the fifth through eighth grades, or when you can remember the clock radio

used to go off and wake me up in the morning. So the song that flipped me out the most there was like haunting where I couldn't get out of bed was Roberta Flack killing me softly. I just couldn't. I was sort of stunned because I didn't understand what I was listening to because it was just sort of a,

it wasn't like a happy, hey, get out of bed song. And I always remember just sort of lying there and I couldn't get out. I had to listen to the whole song and my mom would come in and listen to it. It has a similar, or rip your heart out to without you.

It does. I was just going to say that because I love Harry Nielsen as well. You're right. They're both. There's just something about those songs that just sort of it's just so personal, but I don't know, it's just beautiful, and the melody was beautiful too. You know. You guys are a little emo.

I like that. You're tender. I was too young to understand what that song meant, but it didn't matter. I just, it was haunting to me. So it stuck with me in my head when I was little. Yeah, I kind of believe it doesn't matter what songs mean because they telegraph something emotionally and it's like an interpretive thing and like who cares what they were talking about. You know what I mean? I feel about pavement songs. I'm like, I don't know what this man is on about. This is about me and my high school. But you have to dismiss the lyrical medium. I'm a writer by Kraft. I mean, I failed at it. It's why I do podcasting now. It happens to the best of us. But I do pay attention to lyrics and I appreciate them. I'm just saying they're open to interpretation just like all literature. I find that the ladies listen to the lyrics more than the men that in my experience when I talk to people are paying more attention on the sensitive side maybe.

We're trying to get a message. And the guys are just like banging their head to the beat like, yeah. Yeah, the guys are like, that's a sick riff. You're that sick riff. Speaking of sick riffs, I want you guys to know that Keanu Reeves is also using my podcast time to practice his bass. They're having a band meeting. They're practicing bass.

disrespect. I was going to make an omel. I was about to make an omelet. Rob was going to make an omelet. Brett has only been awake for 20 minutes, so he's just situating to the world, but I'm sure he's going to do something else as well. Keanu Reeves, what was the first song that made a meaningful impact on you as a child? I don't know if I had a single song, but I would say Christmas carols, like silent night

and the little drummer boy and I don't know, Christmas carols, like caroling carols. Like nursery rhymes too? I mean, that's true though, right? When your little nursery rhymes are, they're so full of melody. It's not a song. Yeah. But Silent Night is like emotionally devastating. So I kind of understand, is it not?

Like, even I hear it now and I will like burst into tears. It's such a, it's such a sad song. Silent Night. Oh, yeah. And my mom would play like, you know, Christmas albums, right? Like all year around? That was just, like, no. She didn't quite go that crisp crazy, but I did like them.

I liked singing along to them as a kid. Right. And then you were like, one day I'll play the bass. Yeah. Sort of short from Silent Night. Okay. Gorge. 24.

Number five. What is the first album you bought with your own money or shoplifted with your own two hands? The statute of limitations has passed, so you're allowed to admit that. This time, we'll change it up. start with Rob. The one I bought with my own money. I mean, I had two older sisters that were about six years older than me, so I got a lot of records that I didn't have to buy. But I remember mowing some lawns or washing cars. I was washing cars in my neighborhood in Connecticut. And I went out and bought Elvis Costello, my name is true. That was the one I just bought with my own car wash

money. Yeah. That album is so, so good. I feel like I got that on vinyl by accident at a garage sale when I was young and I just... That was the only way I could buy it was on vinyl. Yeah, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to point out how much younger I am than you guys, but I'm quite a bit younger than you guys. You had it on eight track. Amazing. Yeah, that's a really good one.

Okay, Keanu Reeves. I couldn't remember what album I bought first. I remember that, because it said your own money. Yeah. Because I remember I asked for a three dog night album when I saw an advertisement and I think when I was like 10 or something like that on TV

and I asked my stepfather to get it from K-Tel, Three Dog Night. But then when I was thinking about it, maybe I couldn't remember like the first album. It was probably came from Sam the Record Man in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,

but I don't remember what the first one was. I love that you don't just even want to make it up like we'll ever know. Like there's no fact checker here. Like, you could say anything. I know, but... Yeah. Okay, what was the first one you shoplifted?

I never stole a record. I stole candy. And I stole go-kart stuff. And you stole a lot of hearts. I did notice, Rob, from my extensive watching of your interviews, that you are the funny one, that you know, the comedic relief. Yeah, you come in hard and fast with the jokes, and I appreciate it. Brad Domros, what about you?

What was the first album you bought and or stole? and or I get to do too. Sure. The first one I bought would be Outlanded More by the police. Their first record. Okay, good one. Great record. And I was intrigued because while I was at the record store,

I realized they had multiple album covers, artwork for that album. They had the same picture of those guys with their little blonde hair. But then the printing was red on some, was yellow on some. It was so I remember having a dilemma, like, which one should I get? I thought it was doing the record. They're all the same album. You're like, but they're not. I think I got the red,

hit printing. I might, my little shoplifted Tom Petty. I'm not sure if it actually I went through with it or not. Well, Thomas Petty. I mean, it was a different time. The music industry was healthy and thriving.

They didn't need our money. I think I tried to steal a vinyl and then I realized this isn't going to work. It's too big and bulky, so I gave up. I know. That was really difficult. Thank God when I was shoplifting. It was CDs.

I mean, they were long boxes, so you did have to get a little creative with like a big pants, but you could do it. All right. We are at number six. Okay. Did anyone in your childhood ever tell you you're never going to make it or something like that like they do in the movies?

And if so, who was it and what did you say back? Brett. Oh. Yes, absolutely that happened. I can't name names. A childhood friend of mine had this mom who was very opinionated. She was very concerned that I wasn't. wasn't going to go to college, make something of myself at around the age of 17, you know,

chasing this rock and roll dream. I got a big lecture from this woman. And I said, well, I don't need to go college because it's just going to work out. Did you ever like get back in touch with her to be like, well, now I'm famous in Japan, ma'am. Okay? So actually it was fine. you know, that's the thing. It's like, what are you going to do? It's your friend's mom. You got to leave it alone. I don't know.

I always have really creative solutions for this. Darius Rucker came on from Hoody and the Blow Fish and he was telling me a story of the person that told him he was never going to make it. And I was like, that's interesting. You have the 16th highest selling album of all time. Do you ever think maybe like once a year you could send them a palette of CDs and just a quick, just a brief reminder. Like every year on their birthday to be like, hey, just thinking of you, here is a

palette of my 16th bestselling album of all-time cracked review. That's all. I'm not a petty and vindictive person. I just feel like people should have to have consequences for how they behave. There's no concert tickets enough for her. I'll just leave it with that. There we go. Yeah. She's not on the list when we open for David Bowie on Halloween. Okay. That you can't come see the numbers. As one as I get. Okay. Number seven, Rob. When was the last time you lied? When I told my wife I was a virgin. You did? No, I did.

I fully believed you just then. You just lied right now. You lied right now. I just lied right now. I don't, you know, I don't like, I'm not a big, I don't like, I don't remember the last time I lied. I don't, I don't like it. It's too complicated. It's too hard.

I don't, I mean, I know there's things called white lies, but, What the heck is that? That's just a lie. It's just, I don't... Don't you have children? No. Okay. So most people who have children are like, oh, they're like,

you do. See, if you have children, you've absolutely lied. There's no possible way you raised children and didn't lie like 150,000 times. That would be like if they asked you if there's Santa Claus and you say, yes, there's Santa Claus. That's a white lie, right? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, no, I don't, I mean, the last time, I don't remember.

I mean, you know, when you're little, I think you just make things up out of insecurity to other kids. You haven't lied since you were a child. I don't believe you. I don't really know. I don't have anything to love. I love it. Does this look good on me?

She always just say yes. Or when you were like, I'm excited to do this podcast. Actually was excited to do this podcast. Rob, you're too nice. I'm not a good liar. I'm a terrible. I can't. I don't.

It's too different. You know what? The truth is so much easier. Then you don't have to worry about anything. Well, you clearly weren't raised by Iranian parents who were immigrants and didn't let you do anything. And that's you developed a robust system of lying so that you could do anything as a child. Okay, sorry. Some of us have good reasons for lying.

All right. Number eight, what character in a book or film do you relate to the most and why Kiyonarup? Gosh. I don't know I mean I remember reading Lord of the Rings and being struck by Eragorn Like you felt kind of seen You were like oh he's just like me for real

I'm sure there's some like deep Or not so deep shallow creek water there somewhere I mean it's always worth bringing up in therapy You know what I mean like Yeah Let's get to the root of this Like why am I seeing myself and the Lord of the Rings.

He's a good character, right? He's the heir to the throne. He's kind of a bit of the hero. Yeah, there's a little hero in there, a little mystery, little head strengths. Yeah, but like a little dark, like a real hero journey where it's like, he's not perfect, guys.

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, interesting. Okay, good one. for the first like two minutes when you said that in my mind I heard Lord of the Flies and I was like what is wrong with Keanu Reeves he literally needs to be committed to an institution because that is and then it then it clicked in my mind at least he didn't say catcher in the rhymes Rob it's funny you say that you would you'd be surprised men love to say catcher in the right there's two

things men love to say catcher in the rye and um the whoever is the guy from on the road. Jack Carrowack. And I'm like, I bet you feel like you're Jack Carawacking on the road. I bet you do. Catch on the ride is a great book though and I understand. We did all feel seen, but okay. Fucking legend. I had two cats, Frannie and Zoe, because of that man. There you go. All right. Number nine. Okay. Number nine is what was your biggest sliding doors moment. So the biggest sliding doors moment. If you've seen the Gwyneth Paltrow film, gorgeous rom-com, she misses a train,

there's two timelines, things happen. This is more asking if you had made a different choice, you wouldn't be here where we are right now. Rob. Well, if I didn't go to Gelson's, I would never met Keanu and I wouldn't be here talking to you guys. That's pretty good, the Mayfair in your hockey jersey.

Yeah. Yeah. It's an expensive grocery store. I don't know if it was then, but. I mean, it's true. Like, you think about moments you decide and you're sitting at home and you're like, oh, you open the refrigerator and, you know, I need something. And then you go down and you meet someone and changes your life and all the experiences just

by getting out of your house. I mean, that's the thing. I think if you never really, if you isolate, not as many things happen. I mean, maybe personally they do. But when you, as soon as you're sort of saying yes and going out and doing things, things, you know, it's just like a rock and a pond, things start to happen. And I'm a

homebody, so it was, but when you're younger, you're out more. So that was, for me, that was a moment where you know, just going to God, I don't remember, I think it was going to get some pasta or something. We all need some dry pasta here in a gun. Yeah.

I'm just saying I've gone to the grocery store conservatively speaking at this point in my life 10,000 times. Not one gorgeous chance encounter has happened to me. Why do you think that is? Do I have a bad aura? Do you think people don't know?

You're so right. Well, now I go to Arawan. It's like there's no one there you want to talk to. And I like really quick in and out, like try not to make eye contact. Plus you need like a platinum card for Arawan. It's like. I'm not proud of it, Rob. Okay, I'm not proud of it.

Is it? I'm an Aeron girl. Or spells the word nowhere backwards and uses that as their name? I'm just wondering. Yeah. I mean, it's technically not nowhere backwards. I think they meant. that it's a bit of a cult, whatever, who cares, it's healthy, delicious food.

And if I'm going to give my money to a cult, I'd rather give it to them than to Jeff Bezos. So we're not here to talk about Arawon. Next question. You guys could have met at the Arawan, though. That was also around back then in the 90s. Just a little further away from your house. Number 10. Kiana Reeves.

What characteristic are you most drawn to in other people? I don't know It's so obvious But I don't know There's spirit That's not that obvious I mean It's not

There's not a little more Like what about It's not specific It's not one thing It can be The whole of all of those things Okay You just

You just see someone's spirit Shine through And that's what you're drawn to Yeah Do you feel like it's easy To see someone's spirit Like within a short amount of time I think you can interpret one

It might not be right But you'll have an opinion That's true. Most people do love to say sense of humor, so I appreciate the change, the change of face, which I will say, I think is a bad one. I don't think that's a good one. Fair enough. Not yours. I think sense of humor is a bad one. I think it doesn't mean anything, and I think people are beguiled by it. It's just charm. Charm is not an indicator of goodness or badness. It's just a party trick, you know? That's just my idea. That's true. Mussolini was hilarious. That's what I'm saying. It was a very known stand-up comedian Mussolini. And look, he did many bad things.

Did all the clothes. Type five. Type five. Okay. Number 11. This is for Brett. Brett, who is the last person you met that you were starstruck by when you're hobnobbing in Tenseltown, as I'm sure you do?

It doesn't happen very often. It was the last person, but probably Steve Perry, the singer from Journey. Oh, yeah. I was surprised by. how it affected me. He walked into the room. Did you talk to him? I did.

He came to our recording session, and he actually sang on one of our songs. And I was standing right next to him. We were singing in the same microphone, and I was pretty much freaking out. And I remember being so surprised about how much I was freaking out. But that was, I was the Starstruck moment for sure. If you'd ask me, like, who would make you Starstruck? I wouldn't have probably not chosen him right out of the gate, but that was that.

It was like, holy shit. Were you a big journey guy before? I think it might have something to do with the fact that the first slow dance that I ever had was a journey song in seventh grade or whatever it was. Whenever you have your first slow dance. I don't know if there's an unconscious connection to that, but I don't know. The guy's just a badass singer, and I didn't realize how much respect I had until I stood next to him. Did it occur to take a selfie of the two of you and then send it to your friend's mom?

No, I'm going to younger. Just like a quick update. I know. I'm just saying, what a beautiful moment to be like, oh, I'm never going to make it. Yeah, right. Am I? It's not me and Steve Perry? That would have been beautiful.

I didn't stop believing, ma'am. Okay. Next question. Number 12. Brad, I'll throw it back to you. When's the last time you slid into someone's DMs? Obviously, this doesn't have to be romantically. just in general, maybe you're like,

oh, I love your band or like cool art piece or whatever. I sent a message to Mark Ronson. It was a congratulatory message about production. Okay. I like that. That's a happy, that's a pleasant. I have a friend who sometimes takes Ambien to sleep and she like inexplicably then ends up DMing like the weirdest things to people.

Like Martinelli's Apple Juice, like she sent like a two-page long DM to Martinelli's Apple Juice. to say how much she loved it. And I was like, that's the kind of DMs we need to get into. Just a beautiful, congratulatory, positive message. You don't care if they write back or not. Maybe you're on a little ambient. That's all good.

The world needs more. That's what I'm saying. People should be kinder in DMs, and less about the guys who DM me and are like, oh my God, thank you for doing that four-hour podcast about Rancid. But I can't believe you didn't mention this arcane piece of info about when Tim Armstrong was on a soundtrack. And I'm like, I know.

I can't believe it either. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Okay, number 13, Rob. What is the horniest song ever in your personal opinion? Oh, thank God you got that one. Oh, man. The most strip club. The horniest song.

Can it be romantic or is it sexy or is that? Yeah, you can answer the question however you want. You have free will. You know, you know, I'm not going to be mad. I think a really beautiful, sexy, sort of romantic sort of song, it's a Massey Star Fade Into You. I love that song. It just sort of gets, it's just so, it's just a beautiful love letter.

I mean, when I hear that song, I sort of dream off and sort of get all float away on a cloud of. Yeah. Okay, it's the village people. It's the village. It's actually a journey, and that's why Brett was so starstruck. Steve Perry. Why can see it. Yeah, no, that's a beautiful.

I just love that song. Vasi Starr's just a beautiful song. Masi Starr is so good. So good. We did a episode about them recently, and I learned so much, and they were such an interesting group who did not want to be famous

and really just receded from the limelight, but we're so good. Three albums, four albums. You can tell when, you know, when they played live, she was very sort of, you know, oh, what's the right word? Just

humble or she didn't want to, she wasn't out there like, you know, screaming it up. She was sort of, it was beautiful. We saw them, Brett,

we were in, we played in Scotland and they were on another stage. That's so cool. And that's what, that was, yeah, it was beautiful.

Yeah, she would get mad if people talked while she was singing. Honestly, respect. Don't play. Yeah,

I saw Michael Stripe do that at a club in Hartford, Connecticut. I was like, shit. I told everyone to please just shut off. Shut up. He was playing camera.

Beautiful. Okay. This one I'm going to toss back to Brett because I will get in trouble if ask you on him. What is the biggest money you've ever turned down, Brett? Brett's turning it down right now. Brett, just turn it down and hang up. As a band, I think that, I think that would be the Pepsi commercial. That would have to be the winner.

What Pepsi? They were like, we want you in a Pepsi commercial? Just the music or the whole band? I'm not really sure. I'm really sure. I don't think we got too far into how or what. I think, yeah, way back when they offered us to be in a commercial. And I think it was the band might have been in it. I don't know. It wasn't right. And you guys were time. And it didn't, you know, we were trying to just do things on our terms. And it didn't quite. But I don't know. I get, I mean, I don't, if we've been offered any more money than that, I'm not aware of it. I didn't get filtered you. I mean, that's a good answer.

You know, listen, you're trying to make it as a garage ban. You don't want to be selling out that quick for Pepsi. Maybe for Coke. Coke is so much better. It's more delicious. So, like, perhaps. Coke, no, Pepsi. Yeah.

Pepsi is disgusting. It's a gorge. Ooh, okay. Number 15. I'm still going to ask you this one, though, too, Keanu, because I actually really want to know your answer. No, no, no. Actually, don't ask me that question. No.

What's the question? The best live show you've ever seen. This man, this man playing bass throughout my entire podcast. And then does not want to answer my beautiful question about the best live show he's ever seen. Is that what that clackety sound? He's playing bass right now? He's practicing for your guys' upcoming shows. I like to play bass when I'm talking, hang it out.

Guys, what's the favorite show that you've seen? Yeah, you guys can all like that. A live show. It was you two, Unforgettable Fire. tour for me. Oh God, Brad, I'm so jealous. San Francisco, Cal Palace. 1980, six, seven, something like that. I'm so jealous. Yeah. I was five, but

a Cal Palace. What kind of a name is that? That's where you go see big bands in San Francisco. But it wasn't even that big. Imagine seeing YouTube there now. That's where Keith Moon took all those pills and fell over on the drum set. Then they asked a member of the audience to come play for a song. That's how I was up the cow palace. Just random, weird history. I'll go, can I answer one too? Yeah, you guys can answer?

This is a good one, yeah. Because I got, I think it was the best live show you ever seen. I mean, that's hard to pin one down. But one that stuck in my head was the Allman brothers on New Year's Eve when I was a kid, the New Haven Coliseum. They played for like three hours and they were just firing on all cylinders, Greg Allman. And it was just a beautiful show.

So cool. You went with your parents? Well, you said you were a kid. No, I mean, I was, you know, I was 18 or something. You know, barely enough to drink. That's cool. Back then you could just smuggle a whole bottle of Jack Daniels into the show. And nobody's giving care.

We used to be a proper society. Yeah. Keanu, no good live shows that you feel like reporting on. I don't know. I'm fun. I don't know. Let's go with. I really enjoyed seeing the flaming lips the first time.

Okay. It doesn't have to be a super lit. It could just be. one time that you had a nice time. Flame lips are great. Brett, are you going to go to the sphere and see you to do October. I'm working on that. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out when and how we can get there.

It was amazing. I've been hearing nothing but amazing stuff about it. How is the drummer? Is he okay? Is he just taking a break? Yeah, I think he has back problems or something. So he's recovering and they got this Dutch guy who's an incredible drummer. I wish he wouldn't talk.

but he was an incredible drummer. I did do a bunch of mushrooms, so I had a little bit of a different experience maybe, but I highly recommend if that's your bag because what a place to do it. It was the coolest. Visuals. Everything was so amazing.

And Octune Baby is my favorite. You should be interviewed with you. I know. That's a whole other podcast where I explained to you how I made it through that evening with my sanity intact. 24.

Okay. We are at number 16. Oh my God. We're almost done. Brett. When in your life were you the most fucked up wasted hammered trashed? Lambshade on the head.

I'll tell you a lot of people love to answer this question with a time period. They'll be like, oh yes, the 90s. And I'll be like, no, but that's the question. Yeah. Okay. So this one's pretty, in a sense that it kind of was a

life-altering moment that I was playing bass in a bar band playing cover songs up in Northern California, and I was probably 22. And I blacked out on stage, but apparently continued playing the right notes, walked around from the front of the stage, wedged myself in behind the drummer and the wall, and then opened my eyes and saw the back of the drummer's head, and was like, how the hell did I get here? And then I was freaking out thinking I lost time. And then I was like, what are you talking about? Why are you freaking out?

And you didn't miss a note. And I was just like, they're like, you just walked back there. But that was about, I don't even know how many shots of Rumpelmintz and Yeagermeister and probably like 11 Coors Lights one night. And that's when I knew I needed to move to L.A. Because no matter what happens in L.A., it's going to be better than what's happening right now. Right.

You were like, okay. Hollywood and I got my act together. As people often do. It usually goes together, yeah. Getting your act together. Yeah. And that was an interesting night for sure. Yeah.

Shot classes all over the stage. Yeah. Can't believe you played the notes still. That's really impressive. It was Joey by Concrete Bond. One of the best songs of all time. Yeah, thank God an easy one. So good.

All right. Great answer. That was great. You did, too. Okay. Number 17 and 18 are tandem questions. I'll just throw it to the group, whoever wants to answer. What do you love the most about being famous and what do you hate the most about being famous?

I'm not famous. Okay, well, everyone says that, but it's like you have some level of notoriety to be here on this podcast. Like, I'm a marginally famous podcaster, and I even have an answer for this. And you're surely more known than I am. But you can see, you haven't skipped a question. yet so you're welcome to skip this one. I'm like Rob, I don't feel famous. Canl is obviously

famous, but he's not going to talk about this probably. No, man, I think, I mean, for me, it's like I love when people like what I do. Like when I meet folks, I like what, you know, if they like what you do or what you're a part of, that's really cool. And then the what do you hate about it? Number eight, I think that's 18, right?

I think the invasion of privacy. I was going to say the imposters on the social media lately, that's just become a real disaster. God, that's so weird. There's a lot of, every day there's people saying, hey, is this really you? Hey, they're trying to ask me for money. Hey.

Asking for money. It's just millions of things. And it's gotten so bad. It's like multiple times a day. Yeah. It's really bad. And I feel like. From Alex Winter.

And he said, hey, this is an imposter of you check it out. And I was just like, I can't control it. You can't stop it. You know, the powers of it. You got to get more involved in that. It's gotten out of hand. Yeah. People are getting,

I mean, the internet has absolutely made it six million times worse on this front because of that because people have lost like the layers of humanity that you have when you're in front of someone. And they just like act. Like it's nuts. Like they completely just lose this part of your like cerebral cortex that tells you don't do that. Like, It's just, it's so nuts.

Like, I have a, I have a theory that we're nearing the end of this and the pendulum is about to swing back the other way and people are going to kind of distance from social media and they're going to like reclaim. I can already see kids, like the younger generation doing this. Like, they're not as into like sharing all their stuff online. Like, I think, I think it's really going back to like people actually valuing sort of mystery and privacy. There's an astrological reason for it.

Books. Go back to reading and books. I noticed that too, kids and their parents. I notice there's people reading more too. I see that a little slide shift. It's so heartening. I'm the worst generation because I grew up in the peak time of like, share your personal essay on a live journal and tell everyone everything about yourself.

And that was like totally accepted and we all just did it. And then we didn't understand how much that like cheapens you, you know? Like it cheapens who you are trying to like flatten who you are into sort of like two dimensions. I don't know. This is a longer TED talk that I'll have to give. elsewhere. You get your friends when you see them because they already know everything you've been doing.

Well, yeah. Or they know what you like carefully curated to present to them. But you're like, actually, I'm Le Miz, babe. I am struggling. And they're like, oh, but you look so happy. On Zajongia. Okay. Number 19.

This is the wild card. Anyone and everyone can answer this. I think you guys probably will all have a good answer. If you guys could go on tour with any band of all time, living or dead, who would it be? Living or dead Yeah, I know I opened it up real wide I mean I'll go with you too Nice Brett

It doesn't have to be at the sphere Guys we'll play for you anywhere It could be anywhere It doesn't have to be at the sphere Can be though Yeah, whatever you guys need Just let me know Let's get Bono on the horn

Yeah I want to go on that tour That sounds like a fun tour Canna's like it Me too I hear they present every opening band with a case of Guinness and a bottle of Don Perinan and say,

welcome to the tour. So I just want that moment. You just want to make it to the stage. You just want to black out on stage one last time and sit in front of you too. Oh, yeah. I can get that for you, Brett. I'll get you a case of Guinness and a bottle of Dom.

Welcome to the tour. Christmas is coming. I'm fully prepared. Rob, do you have a... Actually, one that's touring. I mean, I love... I love. I don't say alive or dead, right?

You said anybody like. Alive or dead, yeah. But you wouldn't. But Rob. You wouldn't want to open for the Beatles. I don't know if I'd want to open for the Beatles. That's right. It's stressful.

That would be stressful. The Pixies is a great one. I would personally, I would pick the Pixies pre-first breakup, which was precipitated by you two. Yeah, Kim Deal. I love Kim Deal. Yeah. That would be a great.

Oh, they're so good. Yeah. I love the breeders. The breeders is one of the, best live shows I've ever seen in my life. They're so good. They played right down the street from me one night. Kelly Deal smoked a sig the entire set.

I don't know how is how it's possible, physically possible. She literally had a Sig lit the whole time just playing. I think probably someone came over and just switched them out. Pat Smear was randomly in the band during that time. It was the coolest. Okay. Number 20. Keanu, when was the last time you cried?

I don't know. When did I cry? What did I cry? I don't know. probably at some movie, something somewhere, tear falling down the cheek. I don't know. Some movie somewhere. Be honest, it was Grey's Anatomy.

Yeah, I was on the floor. It was at last box at our rehearsal. When I took my shirt off. It was when you were told that you had to do another interview and come on another podcast. And you're like, please. Absolutely not. I don't want to be in a band anymore. Actually, I changed my mind.

It was the last rehearsal when Keanu realized we couldn't write another a new song. I mean, you guys wrote a lot of really good ones. He used to write new songs every day. Every day. He wants to write a new song every day. That's why he's always got the base glid to them. Yeah, well, you guys.

We're ever churning. The machines, wherever churning out. The mind never stops. All right. We're so almost down, you guys. I'm proud of you for hanging in there. Oh, this is fun. Oh, okay.

Thanks. I try to make it a good time. I try to make it a little different. What could be, I mean, what could be better? Listen, there's plenty of interviews to speak to the Guitar Center bros out there about your pedals or whatever it is that you record progressions. This is not one of them. And I'm so, I apologize to the Joe Satriani crew out there, but this is not, this is not that podcast. Okay.

Number 21, Rob, what is your greatest regret? Saying no too much. Oh. Just in general, just like wishing you had said yes more. Yeah, not saying yes enough. to things. Just like, no, or no. You know, I wish I said yes to more experiences, you know.

Yeah. Which, you know, which is okay. That makes sense. Some people say what's saying no was actually a good thing. I think it might be when you're older, but when I was younger, I was always trying to compartmentalize things. And I just, I think just being more open to failure and stuff and just being, that's what it is. for me, if you say no, it was because I was afraid to maybe put myself out there and take a chance. So that's it.

But I don't really have that. I just remember I just, that's saying yes is a good thing. Yeah. I said yes all the time. It got me in a little bit of trouble. But you know what I was like, you want to get in the van and go on tour? I do. You want to do meth?

Sure, I'll try it. Like just plenty of things that I was like, yes, I will. And then eventually I'd be like, no, you need to say no a little bit. Drugs. It's time to say, yes, of course, I know you were not kids. He was not recommending.

You say yes to drugs. Okay. All right. Number 22, this is everybody. Number 22, 23 and 24, everybody. Look alive.

Okay. What is the song that you would like to hear just before you die? Oh. That's right. You're shuffling off this mortal coil.

What do you want to hear? And sing flights of angels. Sing me to my. my rest. Okay. Okay. Now I know what to play him right before I put a pillow over his shop. Let me think. That's a good question. I like that song, Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenwell. The Spirit in the sky, way to go on the way. I don't know. No. The last song before you die. Yeah. I know it's kind of a tough one, but I feel like people always ask what you want played at your funeral, Like, who cares? That's not about you. You're not there anymore.

This is for you. Your experience, how you want to leave this world. Have you ever been with someone that past past when you were right with them? Yes, but there was no music playing. Yeah. Yeah. But I feel like as music-driven people, like, I would definitely probably want music there, I think. Does everyone just say stairway to heaven?

Like, is that like a weird? No, it's such a wild, it's such a wild variance. The last girl said tub thumping by Chumbawomba. The irony is that she's getting knocked down, but she's not getting back up again. She took a whiskey drink, she took a vodka drink. Also, Keanu cheated because that was just a quote from Hamlet, but okay. I know, but you came out with this mortal coil, so. Right, of course.

Also a great band. I don't know if you guys fuck with. This mortal, yeah. Nobody has answered the question and just want to point out. And you don't. I mean, it's funny. You don't get to leave. Nobody wants to die.

That's why we're not interested in. It makes people really uncomfortable because they have to confront their own mortality. Well, I'll tell you, I want to hear Keanu Reeves banging around the base recorded in this podcast while I die. This is a memory, as a beautiful memory. No, I want to hear Dave Matthews band.

I'm dead serious. I want to hear Dave Matthews band lie in our graves. I've already picked my song. It's a beautiful sentiment. And there's always, you know, there's, well, yeah. We had not lived well. lived our day as well. There's always the Jeff Buckley version

of the Leonard Cohen Hallibius, beautiful. Just gorgeous. I mean, there's a lot of inspiration, but I would go with Space Age love song by the flock of seagulls. Ooh, interesting, Brett.

You are a wild card, my friend. Someone's going to heaven. I don't know. Flok of seagles, babe, that might send you straight to hell. God will be like, babe, I hide you here, but I cannot co-sign block of seagles.

Then there's the cure just like heaven. We're covering that song. We're trying to cover it. We played it at the Greek. Oh, amazing. Did you guys see The Cure on this last tour? We did. I did.

Yes. My wife and I went. He sounds exactly. They played for three and a half hours. I cried, almost the whole time I cried. He sounds exactly the same. It's incredible. He hasn't, his voice hasn't changed.

It's incredible. They played a plane song off disintegration, and I lost, I like lost my mind. I never thought I get to see it live. Sorry, this is not about me. Why? You were the last one. I cry every fucking day. Like yesterday I cried.

Why did I cry? My Thai food delivery was wrong. Literally cried. It was wrong. It was wrong. It's legit. You know, sometimes you're just really looking forward to it. You had a rough day.

You're like, all I need in this world, all I need in this life of sin is Pad Cue. And it comes and it's Pad Thai. And you're like, I don't want motherfucking pad Thai with the fucking crushed nuts? No, you want the flat noodle. You want the flat noodle. Okay. Let's move on. Rob no.

her here. Okay, we'll allow it. Keanu wants to hear Hamlet. We're all good. I know. I like the spirit in the sky. Oh, yes, spirit in the sky. Okay. Gorgeous. Okay. Number 23. We're almost done, you guys. Number 23.

Everyone answers. What do you think about me? You rock. Oh, so fun. I can't think of a better way to wake up. It's crazy that you just woke up. It's crazy. It's noon, Brett.

I mean, when I started with me. It was just warm and sunny. Okay, good. I tried to make it fun. What about you, Rob? What do you think of me? I think that it'd be fun to, if we all would meet together

and have a beer or something and come to see our show and it just seemed like a fun person to be a friend. I love this. You guys, do you hear that? It would be fun for you to come see our show. It would be fun for you to be a fan of my band. No. I'm joking.

I love me again. I don't know if you guys know this, but it's legally binding when you say something on a podcast. So I've now been invited to have a beer and hang out at the next dog star show. So I will get my lawyers involved. I don't think they'd probably call Jacobian Myers and get them on the horn. Okay. Great. Can't wait. I won't do mushrooms at your show, Brett. I promise. I can't promise. I can't make any. I can't make any. I can't make the mushrooms. All right, last 24th and final question.

What do you guys want to plug? As is the reason we all know that you're here. World peace. We got an album out. It's really cool for us and hopefully people like it. It's called Somewhere Between Power Lines and Palm Trees. Okay, Gorge. Is there anything else?

Peace and love. Oh, my God. Okay. Don't let that be. final word of the interview. Not with peace and love, man. No, no, her response is that I don't want to What's so funny about it?

Oh, my God. What's so funny about peace love and understand? Yes, we're here to promote. Cirque on back to Elvis Cost. Well, aren't you guys, I mean, not to be your, like, manager, but like, don't you guys have some tour dates going to go? Are there not some shows? Oh, yeah.

Yes, we are currently on tour for the rest of the year. Oh, yeah, I'll see December. Yeah, we're going out. We're going out. Starting at the Trubodore and going across the country again for the second time. Come spend New Year's Eve with Dog Star in Napa Valley. We're doing New Year's Eve in Napa Valley. How unbelievably fun would that be? Yes.

Yeah, there's no wine, though. There's no wine in there. bubbly wine. It's called champagne. No whining. All right, you guys, thank you so much. This has been a real pleasure and delight chatting with you. And you guys, check out the new Dog Star album. them. The title is very long somewhere between the power lines and the palm trees or the palm

lines and the palm trees. It's a silver lake reference, you guys, you wouldn't understand. And come see them on tour and come back next week for a new episode of 24 question party people. Bye. Thank you. Bye. Thanks for listening to 24 question party people. And thanks to my guests, Brett Domrose, Robert Malhouse, and Keanu Reeves, aka Dog Star. Dogstar's new album, somewhere between the power lines and palm trees, is available everywhere now. Visit Dogstar Official.com for upcoming tour dates. This episode was produced by Chris Sutton and Jesse Miller Gordon with help from Justin Sales.

Our gorgeous theme song was composed by Heather Fortune. Special thanks to Rachel Bisdy, Avery Robinson, Sean Fennessee, Bob Harvilla, and my new Monsoni Bathrobe, which is also on the gratitude list. Come back every Tuesday for a new episode of 24-question party people on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. 24 question party people