With Tim and Yvonne
day before the Grammy's at the Staples Center in L.A.
Yvonne - Backstage at the Grammy's were are about to talk to all 3 of the Goo Goo Dolls. They're sitting down right about now, and should I be nervous, I think I should be... Hello!
John- Hello! Hi I'm Johnny.
Yvonne Johnny, hi I'm Yvonne.
John- Yvonne ?
Yvonne- Hi Robby..yes, Yvonne or Evonne.
John- Evone? Yavon
Yvonne- that's fine too. (laughs)
John- Yava, yavoll, yava
Yvonne- I'll respond
Tim- Johnny, hi I'm Tim, and that's Robby? Hello.
Yvonne- nice to meet you Mike
J.R.- (to Robby) ya wanna sit on the otherside?
Tim- now you see that there is a sketch pad in front of you
J.R.- excellent
Tim- whichever one of you is the most artistacly inclined could you.. Johnny could you draw us a racecar for out celebity wall while we discuss some matters here.'
J.R.- Racecar!
Yvonne- Aw, shoot! look at that! unexceptable. The black one...
J.R.- totaly unacceptable.Well, I would like a purple racecar
Mike- make sure Pete's driving it
Yvonne- Pete, is that...
J.R.- pete mulnar, he's a famous roadie
Tim- Yvonne we need to.. could we begin the interview now?
Yvonne- alright
Tim- okay, the Anchor Bar.. good wings?
J.R.- uh, the Rock knows about that. The Rock,
Robby... Aw, shoot! These crayons suck dude!
Yvonne- our crayons suck.
R.T.- They're crayola, how much better do you want?
M.M.- you always break the crayons
J.R.- I keep breaking the tips, it's my aggressive drawing style. Well, we were talking about wings here
R.T.- ah, best wings in Buffalo,
Tim- we were told the Anchor Bar
R.T.- that's were they invented them, they're not the best ones.
J.R.- my house
R.T- probably John's house are the best ones, that and Duffs
Tim- Kennedy was over here braggin to us earlier about how she's known you since apperantly you were homeless
J.R.- (laughs) yeah, pretty much.
Tim- she said she gave you alot of money to keep you going.
J.R.- she did, she gave me money and let me sleep on her doorstep in New York. Which...which wasn't very good, because she didn't live in a great neighborhood, so I kept getting peed on. (laughs) Everytime I closed my eyes someone can along and peed on me.
Yvonne- all the big stars are over at her table
J.R.- she rocks, you will never find a better friend. Or.. a hotter republican
M.M.- a hotter republican?
Yvonne- it's true
Tim- We're speaking with the guys from the Goo Goo Dolls, now you guys are up for an award are ya excited about this, and look who you're against...
R.T- I can barely contain myself, right now (laughs). No, it's exciting
J.R.- yeah, it's a neat thing. But ya know I'm not, I'm not gonna die if we lose.
Yvonne- but it's gotta be nice that after all these years someone says "yeah, they really..."ya know
R.T.- this is just a sidetrack from our lives
J.R.- it's nice to be recognized, that's what's importaint
Yvonne- what are you gonna wear?
R.T.- gonna wear?
Tim- Yvonne's really having trouble finding what to wear
J.R.- where are you shopping?
Yvonne- well I went to Melrose but it was raining...
J.R.- yeah, yeah, yeah
Yvonne- but I was thinking I need a dress, something kinda sassy
R.T.- a sassy number?
J.R.- we'll go shopping
Yvonne- can we go shopping? I don't know where to go, I'm in L.A.
J.R.- (to others) where is a great place for women to shop? Well, I'm a big fan of like Betsy Johnson. Women always look good in Betsy johnson
Yvonne- yeah, bright colors
J.R.- yeah, make ya seem like a bright sunny person
R.T.- and they're not 5 grand
J.R.- ya know, Bebe, Xoxo, very nice stuff
Tim- now there are about 6 people behind you waving tring to rap it up...
R.T.- ya know what to do, just look down at the table and pretend they're not doing that
Tim- Kennedy had you for about 20 minutes
R.T- just look right down at the table...
Tim- would you guys like a Peeps
J.R.- no,no, they're not good until like 6 months after Easter
Yvonne- at grandma's house. before you go could you just do a drop for the station, I have it written up right here
J.R.- absolutely, you should go to the Beverly Center though.
Yvonne- they have cool funky stuff?
J.R.- lots of good stuff, and it's not exclusive
Yvonne- is it pretentious though?
J.R- no, no, it's great
R.T.- are we ready? (to John) Got that?
J.R- you want me to do it by myself?
R.T- no, I'm just sayin...
J.R.- yeah, yeah
R.T.- here we go
(silence, then all laugh)
Tim- don't be shy now
R.T.- okay here we go. Hi there I'm Robby!
M.M.- I'm Mike
J.R.- and I'm Johnny, and you are listening to Early Merge with Tim and Yvonne here on Merge 933.net
Tim- wow, the golden pipes, thanks you guys!
R.T.- you bet!
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