Posted on Monday, 14 February 2011

i envy him.. waaaaaaah!  udubjohn: it would’vebeen nice to be there but oh well.. nice one francis can’t wait to see the interview.. francisbrew: I don’t recall why they’re smiling but i hope it was because i actually said something funny… The interview will be on splintr.com and i’m sure they’ll edit out the embarrassing bits (mine). People think i should be used to these things by now but it’s always a huge struggle to keep one’s composure. i have a job to do; the goal is answers, not autographs. i hope they didn’t notice the occasional twitch on my face… the battle inside between the fanboy and the pro was intense.  A few moments before the cameras rolled, the band was talking amongst themselves and Sergio Vega said something like, “I think hell is a state of being, it’s metaphysical, as opposed to a geographic thing…” I didn’t catch who responded next; i was staring at my questionnaire thinking how potentially shallow the questions might be. then Frank Delgado looked at my shirt and said, “Nice shirt. That’s a 1200. i have three of those.”  Abe Cunningham said he had one too and Sergio said he had two. (They’re referring to the Technics 1200 turntable drawn on the shirt, not the shirt itself. i wanted to joke that i could only afford the shirt but i just kept my piehole shut.) They requested for beers and coffee. i asked Pavan of Splintr if i may please have one too because i was nervous and Sergio grabbed one of the bottles and handed it to me. i think it was Frank’s bottle but he said it’s cool, he wasn’t gonna drink, but i tried to give it back. Chino seemed excited about the beer (“San Miguel!”); he looked at the bottle, “San Mig Light… oh it’s low calorie.”  And off we went… The interview went well… considering how nervous i was. i’ve always been scared of Stephen Carpenter… i mean the dude plays volcanic heavy riffs, and doesn’t have too many pictures of him smiling. it’s like those Chuck Norris jokes… “There is no jaw behind Chuck Norris’s beard… only another fist!” or “Chuck Norris does not read books… he beats them to a pulp to get the information he needs!” Thanks once again to @quarklovesyou, Pavan Gidwani, and Jasmin Cabrera of Splintr.com for trusting Niña and me to be part of the experience :) and let’s keep praying for Chi Cheng’s recovery…so that maybe someday the Deftones will rock as a six-piece :) 

i envy him.. waaaaaaah! 

udubjohn:

it would’vebeen nice to be there but oh well.. nice one francis can’t wait to see the interview..

francisbrew:

I don’t recall why they’re smiling but i hope it was because i actually said something funny…

The interview will be on splintr.com and i’m sure they’ll edit out the embarrassing bits (mine). People think i should be used to these things by now but it’s always a huge struggle to keep one’s composure. i have a job to do; the goal is answers, not autographs. i hope they didn’t notice the occasional twitch on my face… the battle inside between the fanboy and the pro was intense. 

A few moments before the cameras rolled, the band was talking amongst themselves and Sergio Vega said something like, “I think hell is a state of being, it’s metaphysical, as opposed to a geographic thing…” I didn’t catch who responded next; i was staring at my questionnaire thinking how potentially shallow the questions might be. then Frank Delgado looked at my shirt and said, “Nice shirt. That’s a 1200. i have three of those.”  Abe Cunningham said he had one too and Sergio said he had two. (They’re referring to the Technics 1200 turntable drawn on the shirt, not the shirt itself. i wanted to joke that i could only afford the shirt but i just kept my piehole shut.)

They requested for beers and coffee. i asked Pavan of Splintr if i may please have one too because i was nervous and Sergio grabbed one of the bottles and handed it to me. i think it was Frank’s bottle but he said it’s cool, he wasn’t gonna drink, but i tried to give it back. Chino seemed excited about the beer (“San Miguel!”); he looked at the bottle, “San Mig Light… oh it’s low calorie.”  And off we went…

The interview went well… considering how nervous i was. i’ve always been scared of Stephen Carpenter… i mean the dude plays volcanic heavy riffs, and doesn’t have too many pictures of him smiling. it’s like those Chuck Norris jokes… “There is no jaw behind Chuck Norris’s beard… only another fist!” or “Chuck Norris does not read books… he beats them to a pulp to get the information he needs!”

Thanks once again to @quarklovesyou, Pavan Gidwani, and Jasmin Cabrera of Splintr.com for trusting Niña and me to be part of the experience :) and let’s keep praying for Chi Cheng’s recovery…so that maybe someday the Deftones will rock as a

six-piece :) 



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