I Am Not a Hipster Page #2

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that would just kill

to trade places with you.

You mean they want to make no

money and be mildly successful

to a small group of people?

I like your humility.

But I mean, come on,

give yourself a break.

I think you've done

pretty well for yourself.

You've really generated

a cult following

over the last 12 months.

And I'm sure that cult following

is going to be

very happy to hear

that you are headlining a show

this Friday

at San Diego's Casbah.

Is that correct?

Yeah, that's what I hear.

Except to hear some

new material there?

Honestly, probably not.

But you been writing some new

stuff since the last album?

No, not really. It's just...

It just has been feeling

kind of pointless to me lately.

You mean the industry?

I mean everything,

making music, making art,

It all just seems

really stupid to me right now

for some reason.

How so?

I don't know. I just...

I have this neighbour

who's got this garden.

And she's, umm...

She's got all these sections.

She's got the carrots over here.

She's got cabbages over there.

She's got fruit trees

in the back.

And when she's all finished up,

she's got something she can

actually put in her mouth,

you know, to keep her alive.

It's something real.

It's something raw, important.

And, umm... And just the other

day, I was...

I was watching her.

And I was thinking, "You know

what? That's a real artist.

"Why doesn't somebody like that

have, you know,

fans and shows and radio

interviews, things, you know?"

That's a really good question,

dude.

I mean, every time I see her,

I just...

It makes me think

that what I'm doing

is a complete waste of energy.

So, why do you do it?

I don't know. I don't know.

That's what I'm trying to

figure out right now.

I'm sorry, guys.

I mean, this guy...

This guy with

the way he connects

and the words he uses,

I see why his music touches us.

I mean, wow.

Now...

You left the farm.

Why'd you leave the farm?

'Cause you wanted to be

closer to the ocean?

No. I... I hate the beach.

(Chuckling)

Seriously though, man,

why'd you pick San Diego?

There's a lot of cities

with, uhh,

indie music scenes, you know?

I hear Austin's

nipping at our heels.

Your mom was from San Diego,

right?

Is it because

your mom's from here?

She was from here.

What part of the city's

your mom from?

I'd rather not talk about her,

if that's okay.

I was just trying to, like,

help the audience, you know,

get to know you better.

We haven't been doing that?

We have. I'm sorry. I was just...

You ran out of questions.

You start asking me questions

about my mom.

I don't feel like

talking about her.

You're not okay with that?

No, I'm fine with that.

Would you want me to talk about

how she died two years ago?

And I moved out here?

And how when I wrote my album,

with the music,

it was, you know,

I was trying to

figure all that out for myself,

how to grieve?

Maybe you could fulfill

your childhood dream.

I might, you know,

start balling like...

You can have, like,

a Barbara Walters special

or something like that.

Is that what

you're trying to do?

Man, what...

Where is this coming from?

Look, man, if your mom died,

would you want to talk about it

on some indie pop radio show?

Hmm?

Do you realize

that I'm just trying

to help you promote yourself?

I have no idea, actually,

what the f***

you're trying to do.

I'm just trying to

promote your music.

Well, guys, uhh,

that's the end of the interview.

Umm, thank you so much for, uhh,

for coming in to Brook Hyde.

I'm going to leave you

with "Spectator",

a track from his debut album,

Canines.

Get the f*** out of my studio.

Two blocks down

on the corner

Have a good one.

Watch the scene unfold

You know, guys,

he was a little rough on me.

But sometimes, an artist

has to express himself

in ways that

we don't understand.

But you know,

we're gifted with his music.

And just because he's an A-hole,

doesn't mean...

I'm... Let's go...

I'm not even on, am I, Ronnie?

They're playing the song. God.

That guy...

That guy F'd me up, man.

I thought you did really good

at the end though.

You wrapped it up really nice.

I seriously was just trying to

help him promote his career.

It was... It was intense.

You ever...

Ron, you ever go just, like,

"What else could I do

with my life?"

You know?

Did you know he was going to

ask that sh*t?

Dude, I had no idea.

Well, next time you convince me

to do something like this,

you know, maybe you should

f***ing find out first.

I know, man. I'm so sorry.

I don't want to talk about it.

F***.

(Lock clicking)

F*** that guy.

He shouldn't have done that.

Wait till I get my hands on him.

You want to grab a couple

tall cans, play a quick nine?

- I'm Clarke.

- Hi.

This is my friend Brook.

Brook, come over here.

He's going to be

a famous musician one day.

How are you, hon?

Congratulations.

He likes to embellish

a little bit.

All right, have a good one.

Thank you for the ball.

Yeah.

Why do you have to say

stuff like that?

I just like being nice

to people.

You're such an ass.

Fore!

Sh*t.

I'm taking my mulligan.

Already?

Oh, we feeling brave today, huh?

You know Kells

is dating Spaceface?

Yeah, Dennis?

I think they've been going out

for a couple weeks now.

You knew about it?

Why didn't you tell me?

I don't know.

I thought everyone already knew.

That's wonderful.

I'm the last idiot to find out.

I thought you said

you were over her?

I am.

Okay, you should be.

Brook, look at you.

You're, like,

genetically advanced

by, like, light years.

If I was a girl...

F***! This sh*t is not helping.

That one got right here.

Party tonight

at Joel's place

We're gonna light up the place

with our smiles

Oh, my friend Taylor's

going to be at the party,

the girl I told you about

from Seattle.

She said you're cute.

She likes your music.

Woo!

So, this beer's made from

carob pills and Special B,

paired along with

a trappist yeast,

which was used by monks

in Belgium.

You get a nice,

Belgian pale ale.

The idea is to take a photo that

looks completely accidental.

So, you have just, like, like

a palm tree or a ceiling fan,

where it's just like

tons of negative space.

Yeah, yeah, oh!

You can kind of, like,

frame their faces in there,

but just, like,

kick it up a little bit

and get, like, a weird corner.

And you want a ton of tension.

That's the negative space.

Downtown Victoria, they have...

This sh*t is exhausting.

Want to go?

Nah, I just need a little break.

Okay.

Oh, wonderful.

Hey, boys.

Hey, Kells.

This is my friend Dennis.

This is Clarke and Brook.

Dude, I love Spaceface.

Oh, God, thank you.

Umm, hey, Brook,

great to finally meet you.

I just took a piss.

Oh, well.

Umm, I got to say,

I love your last album,

totally reminds me of

some of that early

Tom Blake stuff.

I hate that guy.

Oh, really?

Well, I'd love to, umm...

I don't know

if you'd be down with it...

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