Here's the interview with Dennis Callaci from the "Nipple Hardness Factor" magazine packaged with MISHA-02. The Nothing Painted Blue interview is here.

To read it straight from the scans:

A text transcript is below, as accurate as possible to what's printed. Yes, it just cuts off after the Sammy Hagar talk. Enjoy!

This whole issue was delayed for so long because of our record store opening
which made us really busy. When I finally was free enough to get it together,
Dennis' wife went and had a baby! Issue 8 coming otu late is the fault of the new
Callaci in the world this month! Well, I finally got off my butt and called Dennis
with my tape player hardly functioning. I missed a lot of the interview on the
tape, sorry. I know you freaks pretty much just want to listen to the single
anyways. (Does anyone read interviews?)

Chuck: The dog's parking at the pizza man.

Dennis: Wow! You're getting pizza! How have things been at your new record
store? C: It's going well. We were really happy with the Grifters and Dambuilders in-
store we had the other day. The kids seem to be digging the place. So! we have
three songs for this single.

D: Yes, and we're darn happy to give 'em to you.

C: Who is Chris that plays drums on "Spooky"?

D: He's on a lot of the records too.

C: Peter plays guitar on "Spooky" and Bob Durkee, from Shoeface (and producer
of Franklin's new solo record) plays on here as well.

D: Oh yeah.

C: You work at Rhino record shop in the Inland Empire and you do your
Shrimper mailorder. What else do you do?

D: I do a radio show on KSPC.

C: How many hours a week does the mailorder take up?

D: It's most of my time. And I also collect...

(I miss what he says because the dog barks and Kris walks by.)

C: Oops, I missed what you said, the wife almost stepped on my foot.

D: How long have you been married?

C: A year! It's great!

D: What did you do for your anniversary?

C: We went to Catalina Island (off the coast of LA).

D: Did you go on the glass bottom boats at night and look at the fish.

C: That was like $30 per person to do that! Everything was expensive except
alcohol, but we don't really drink much.

D: Some people drink way too much.

C: Did you train in school to do...anything?

D: (Laughs, and then says sarcastically) I went to this community college for
five years and got my "BA" and something degree.

C: How did you land in the Inland Empire?

D: Oh, I grew up in Upland. Have you ever been here?

C: Oh yeah! I went to Munchies way back and saw Franklin play.

D: I think we originally met there a few years ago.

C: It was one of the last shows at Munchies.

D: Yeah, you gave me your business card.

C: Oh probably. How embarrassing!

D: I still have it somewhere.

C: Quit a memory! Oh, I think it's the pizza man! I'm so tired. I worked in the
yard all day and I'm hungry.

D: That's kinda funny that you have a yard. We had a beautiful garden but in the
last three months it's gone to hell (since the baby was born). I should be out
there now pulling weeds.

C: What's that noise?

D: It's the phone here at Rhino. It's pretty obnoxious.

C: It sounds like an incoming bomb.

D: Maybe it is a bomb coming into the store. I can say that cause it's not my
record store!

C: So did it ever hit you one day when you were growing up or whenever, that
you wanted to run your own business.

D: (Sarcastically) I thought being a teacher was good cause it's pretty indie
rock. I never thought it'd work out. When I look in to my baby's eyes and say
"I'm going to go work in the record store today" DUH!

C: How does it work with the songwriting? Do you and Allen collaborate?

D: Usually he writes a bunch of stuff and then I write a bunch of stuff. We edit
some obvious parts out of each other's songs and it works really well. Since he
doesn't play an instrument, he has no control! It's really fun when we play live
and I start a song that he hates and he has no control.

C: I'm having a lot of trouble hearing you.

D: I'll try to talk louder.

C: Don't worry. I'm just going to make most of it up anyways.

D: That's alright, you know everyone does it.

C: How did Refrigerator start?

D: Allen and I have worked together forever.

C: (Yells downstairs) Oh wife could you turn down the TV?

KA: Oh, sorry.

D: Well, this isn't quite as professional as the Alternative Press and MTV
interviews I've been doing. And that Chrs Dourdas character, boy is he a well
versed guy!

C: Did you ever go on (Chris' show at) KCRW?

D: No. It's just one of my dreams to go on his show and shred him. I don't know if
there is a more condescending and all around inept DJ.

C: He does give a lot of bands publicity.

D: And then he rewards them with (Dennis carries Brooklyn accent) "I'll tell you
what, I'm an A&R scout, hey Geraldine Fibbers, you come on the show and in a
week, I'll get you a deal". But he has turned me onto some hot bands, yeah right...
So let me talk about my songwriting.

(we both break into laughter)

D: (joking) What we try to do is bring together the different cultures. I don't
really like to talk about what they mean because each of us bring in our own
thing. But I'm not sure if I want to talk about it because that was a real dark time
in my life.

C: There was a single on Ajax and the new CD is on Communion.

D: Yeah it's on Communion.

C: So, guaranteed that no one will be able to find it.

D: Hey man. Jawbreaker sold 50,000 man. Then again, the Inca Babies sold like 6.

But what really drew me to the label was the compilations. I liked the Stoned

Again and the Velvet Underground tribute.

C: Who is the King of the Inland Empire?

D: Sammy Hagar is the King. He's from Fontana. He's nice. Chris our drummer did
some video work with VAn Halen during the Sammy years.

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