He almost famoused me
He stayed, he stayed a while
And, you know, he was like Cameron Crowe
Hanging out at my pad
Looking at my pathetic life

In East Los Angeles?

Yes, in the middle of Highland Park

You live in Watts, right?
What?

Na na—Na na—Na na—Na na na na
Na na na na
​deit-eugnot dna diaS
​syawla sa ,emas eht syawla s'tI
It's got a memory and refrain

Mommy, Mommy! Ice cream! Ice cream!

When did you two first meet?

Uhh, about ten years ago
Ten years
In person, ten years ago

Common law

It was an early R. Stevie Moore cassеtte club customer

Early? Twenty yеars too late

Oh, no no I'm talking 1700s

I sent him music, in fact I sent him The Doldrums
Uh, by way of introduction
And he sent me my first email when I signed up to Hotmail
It says "Moore's code"
First thing that I received

Your very first email was from R. Ste—

From Moore's code

Moore's code!

What did you think when you first heard about that?

Great. Loved it
He wrote it, he said
He asked to collaborate right then and there, and I near about—

I did?

Yes you did, you were like "Wanna collab?"
It was like the last thing you said and I just never answered it directly
I was just like "Yeah, I think I've made it, and I can die now"

It was all about bedroom rock and roll

But I didn't know that back then. There was no bedroom rock and roll back then
There was just rock and roll and I wasn't part of it, so

Naturally I did not wanna sleep with him. I just wanted to record

What do you think of Ariel's new record?

Uhh, it's challenging
He is such a sellout. Just kidding
No I love it, it took a little while, and I thought "Uh-oh"
A lot of people are gonna say that
"Uh-oh, fun's over. Now gimme the old [Impression of Ariel's singing]"

Exactly
Is that what I sounded like?

We don't wanna know your mo— what?

That was your music that I just mimicked

Oh was it?

But it was inspired by R. Stevie Moore who doing the same thing

And you're the one with tinnitus, for god's sakes!

What'd you say?

[Laughing]

It grows on you, you know

Track four

I'm curious what people that don't know the earlier stuff before this album are—
It's totally different. Whole different animal
I'm curious to know if people are gonna like it

Me too. We hope it's a hit

4AD jumped on it

Well, 4AD didn't even know what they were getting themselves into
They got to hear the last of, y'know [?]

They only wanted to sign him because he kept saying "R. Stevie Moore, R. Stevie Moore"

And I keep on saying: Don't go there

Don't go there

Signing off on Fader TV
Read it and weep

You still rolling?

Yep, alright

Oh my god, no!
The part where he fuckin' attacks me

Take your clothes off

Truth comes up