I was playing around with ideas in my head, and decided long ago that this would be a fun column to write, and I am my own boss, so what the fuck, am I gonna tell me I can’t do it? Hell no. I am just (sometimes) lazy and (obviously) a little burnt, so it kept slipping my mind. But for whatever reason, today it came back, so here we are. The first celeb in my “Celebrities I’d Like To Get Stoned With” column has to be Dave Grohl. Not only was this man a part of musical history, but he is one of the last artists in music who seems to actually have balls. He makes music that sounds like the music a band would make in a garage. Do you understand that is how rock is SUPPOSED to sound, because, at the heart of it, that is what rock n’ roll is? He also projects this air of no ego, which is even more mind-blowing considering his legacy in modern music. So, for that reason, I want to get stoned with Dave Grohl.
Why not a beer, Remy? Couldn’t you be happy enough just getting a beer with him, or shaking his hand?
Well, first and foremost, ofcourse I would. But there is a logical reason behind the “stoned” thing, especially when it comes to celebrities. You see, a great deal of people drink every day, so to see someone in that state would be no different then how you see them normally. But there is a real layer of ego that gets torn away when people smoke a joint together.First of all, unlike drinking, there is the ritual of passing it back and forth. See, with a drink, it is a solo endeavor you can do WITH other people, but not LITERALLY with other people. Whereas the act of smoking pot is an intimate one, with two (or more) people sitting close to each other and exchanging it back and forth, until it has burned to nothing. And then that moment when you are sitting there and it slowly hits you. You are never as high as you are the second you realize you are high, and sharing that with someone can be a real bonding experience. That moment when you look up, and you both let out this massive “holy shit” sigh. As cool as that is with your friends, imagine having that moment with one of your heroes?
So what would I say to him?
What, you think I know?
Yes. We would get along.
No, the beauty of the “stone” is how differently it affects you every time, so you never have a speech written, or questions, or anything trite like that. You just sort of coexist in this moment with someone, and you feel it out and act accordingly. Ideally, I would want to know what movies Dave Grohl thinks are insane. I would want to know if there are any modern bands he really like besides QOTSA. I would like to know who is the biggest asshole he ever met. Would I want to ask about Kurt? Truthfully, no. I, too, have a dead best friend who took his life, and there is nothing worse than when people casually bring something of that magnitude up. If a music discussion evolved into Nirvana, cool. But would I push things in that direction? No, that is classless. Whether or not Kurt was a hero of my generation, he is the dead friend of this guy, and you just don’t go there with people. You just don’t.
So what about jamming with him?
OFCOURSE I wanna jam with Dave Grohl. I honestly believe, at the heart of this, that would be the coolest thing that could possibly happen, but I would be a fool to think I am the only person who wants, or would request that. Poor guy is sitting there getting stoned is just wants to chill. I imagine me is probably is SO SICK of people asking him to jam, so to even bring that up, much like the Kurt thing, would be annoying and unnecessary to him. But you BET YOUR ASS I would have a drum kit set up in the room, and some amps, and a p.a on the off-chance that the weed was so good that he would be met with the uncontrollable urge to rock the fuck out. And I, ofcourse, would be swept up in that maelstrom of rock with him, weeping with joy as it all went down.
After all, much like him, I am just a simple dude who loves and lives for music. On that level, or bonding with be extraordinary.
Talk shit all you want, but I think the song he wrote with Paul McCartney was awesome.
So, I have decided, getting stoned with celebrities will (eventually) be the way I do interviews. That will be my “hook”. I will sit in a station wagon with a celebrity, and we will hot box the shit out of it while talking about cool stuff. Don’t even ACT like you wouldn’t watch that show, because we both know you would. And don’t even act like the eternal and awesome Dave Grohl would not be the perfect first guest, because he totally would be. I meant WILL be.
And yes, I WILL make this happen.
Dave, let’s make this happen, dude.
Love,
Remy
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