Okay, so a little while ago someone posted to YouTube the Springer episode I was on with dear old friends Justin Pearson (The Locust, Some Girls, Ground Unicorn Horn, Swing Kids, Struggle, etc), Alysia, and Christine. The Locust are going to be starting a tour to support their new album shortly, so in honor of the tour.. and new beginnings.. Here are the 2 segments we were in. How it happened is a long stupid story, so I'll post it right here. I'm in the second segment if you want to skip to it.. umm.. yeah.
part 1
part 2
The Whole Idiotic Story
I was in SoCal for a memorial show in 1999 for a friend of mine (Eric Allen from Unbroken/Swing Kids). My ex gf Carissa and I were staying with Justin in San Diego afterwards. I called my voicemail and discovered that my house had been robbed back in Philly, so in order to cheer myself up I made a bunch of prank phone calls. This included one to the Jerry Springer show. I left a voicemail telling them that I was sleeping with Justin, Alysia (his gf), and Christine (his roommate), and i wanted to blow the lid off the whole thing.
The producer called back, and left a message asking for me to call back "anytime"..
While in california, I discovered that a ton of my friends had started getting into the film industry, and on the plane ride home I sat next to then completely unknown actor at the time, Peter Saarsgard (who showed me the script for as yet unmade Boys Don't Cry). We chatted it up, and by the end of the flight I decided that my new direction was going to be with doing indie films.
I got home to philly, only to discover that my house had been broken into a few more times (with some kids staying there - long story..don't ask).. and all my stuff was gone, guitars, amps, tools.. whatever.. I was super bummed out.. So, as I sat up late at night I remembered that the producer of the springer show told me to call him back "anytime" and 4am was as good a time as any..
So I woke the producer up, expecting him to be really irritated, but he was thrilled that I called. He was practically yelling in my ear, "CAN YOU FLY TO CHICAGO TOMORROW???!!" and I was like " uhhhhh", completely not expecting him to be receptive...
Then the bomb dropped.
He asked me if I was making the story up, and that if I was in fact fibbing, so I thought about it for a moment.. and replied..
"Do you think I would lie to the american public about this serious matter?? Do you think I would expose my personal life to the world all for a prank? a hoax? a sham? I've never been so insulted in all my life.. harumph!" or, something ridiculous like that.
So he said.. "okay okay..now we just need to call the others to corroborate the story.."
So I gave him the phone #'s of the other kids...
And immediately I called Justin.
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