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!