m: Have you had people...asking for your autographs and stuff? 'Cos we were here seeing Urusei Yatsura on Monday - last time everyone was just, 'yeah, it's a band' but this time they were all, 'wow!' and excited like they were pop stars.
stuart: People ask for our autographs but in a sort of like, normal way..like you would say,'Oh, can I get some of your chips?'.
dominic: But we do have to sign a lot of things.
stuart: A lot of things actually. Becomes quite painful after a while.
dominic: Quite embarrassing.
stuart: But we always write our names differently (laughs).
dominic: There's this one guy, he's a bit of a nutter, I signed his CD once and then the pen ran out. So next time I met him he insisted that I write it again with a proper pen, and this is when I wrote my name as demonic and he was standing next to me and he made me write it as Dominic.
stuart: If he asks me to sign, I'm gonna write, 'fuck you weirdo fuck'.
everyone laughs
voice: That's a fantastic name for a song.
stuart: (wonderingly) 'Fuck You Weirdo Fuck'? Aye.

c: How did you get Kevin Shields to do the remix?
stuart: We sacrificed this goat....eh, no we just asked him...and he said 'yes'. What did you think of it?
c: I liked it, yeah.
stuart: (giggles) I like it as well.
m: I liked how it changed and then it did stuff and then it changed again.
stuart: Yeah...it was definitely unlazy. It's actually the first time on a record that he's showed how good he is at frequency manipulation in a sick way...'cos it really is rumbly and squealy.
m: What song was it?
stuart: 'Mogwai Fear Satan'.
m: Was it?
stuart: (kills himself laughing) Yeah (laughs some more).
m: Were you chuffed with the remix you did for David Holmes?
stuart: Nah..not really. It was a bit of a muck around. Could have done a lot better.
m: Were you less chuffed with it when you heard what Arab Strap had done?
stuart: (obviously thinking hard) Errr...aaah...I think Arab Strap were a bit generous with their own...music to be honest.
dominic: I really like it. I think it's really good.
stuart: No, it's good. But do you not think they should have asked for a bit more money if they gave them a song basically instead of a remix? No, it is good.
m: And do you think Slint will be happy that you've...just stuck half their song in it?
stuart: Ohh. They know all about it. I mean, Brian McMahan phoned my house!
dominic: And we had to try and clear it before it went out and..erm..unfortunately...
stuart: We didn't manage to clear it. Well, we're in the process of clearing it but Brian took so long to, because Slint all live in different towns and whatever, so it took a long time to let them all hear it. David (Pajo) doesn't mind!
m: What did he (Brian) say to you on the phone?
stuart: (does hilarious laid back whispering american accent): "Hello Stuart. I got your tape. I can't really see a problem with this but perhaps we could get some money, not your money, but I think we'll contact the label, try and get some money for this". And that's what he said.

c: Have you had any interesting run-ins with The Law?
stuart: We've had a few close calls with customs on the way in and out of Ireland. I've never been arrested or whatever.
dominic: John's the only one of us.
stuart: John's spent a night in jail before. He was drunk and a policeman ran over your foot? (the last directed at John).
john: Almost.
stuart: And you started swearing at him? At the car?
john: I turned round and swore at the car, not realising.
m: Quite right too!
stuart: And he ended up in jail. And it was horrible food, wasn't it?

m: Have you met any good second-rate celebrities?
stuart: Eh, Rob from Adorable - he's our number one second-rate celebrity that we're hanging out with at the moment.
dominic: He's a good guy, man.
stuart: Met a guy from Revolver, haven't we?
dominic: Aye.
m: I liked Revolver. I liked Adorable as well.
stuart: You'll meet him tonight - he's a good guy. He lent us that guitar. Who else? We've met some right...did we meet Loz from Kingmaker the other week?
dominic: Aye. We've met that Graham from Urusei Yatsura as well.

food arrives and the discussion turns to plates and forks and Virgin trains)
stuart: Ugh, Virgin trains are hideous. (to me) Did you drive down here?
m: No.
stuart: Bus?
m: Train.
stuart: Virgin?
m: I think part of it was.
stuart: Did you have to do a swapsie?
m: Yeah, change at Preston. But...it started off as a Scotrail train but by the time I got off it it was a Virgin train. I don't know how they managed to do that.

c: What did you think of the way you were filmed on the Brats?
stuart: It was alright. The only bad thing was that...(his attention is diverted by food) Ally, can you scoop me some pasta on top of that? Eh, yeah, the only thing was that on the actual night of the gig, because they'd the TV cameras, the stage was really bright-looking and it kind of looked like something off of daytime TV.
dominic: Shut up about the fuckin' stage! There was no problem with it at all, man!
stuart: (firmly) it was too bright.
dominic: (bemused) I've never met a...man that moans about stupid things such as you, man - the stage was fine.
stuart: (loudly) Too bright! Feel that inter-band tension. You could cut the air like a knife... (everyone laughs at his mistake) Is that no' the right thing? So what did you think of the way it was filmed?
c: I thought they weren't sure what they were supposed to be doing 'cos there was no singer.
m: It was like when they used to film Slowdive or somebody and it was like, 'oh no, what are we going to do - let's film this cool girl in the audience and some people snogging...'.
stuart: Michael used to work for Slowdive, didn't you Michael?
c: I liked your t-shirt though.
stuart: (pulls at scabby-looking t-shirt he's wearing, surprised) This one?
c: The one you wore at the Brats.
stuart: That's friends of mine who are in a band from Wales called Headfall and they make all their own things and that's one of their t-shirts. 'Punk has no sound' and on the back it says, 'definition:sound, definition:youth'.

m: Have been staying in Travel Inns?
stuart: Travel Lodges.
m: Aye, have you played any good practical jokes on the people there?
stuart: No.. not really..
dominic: Aye! We nicked the cleaning lady's shoes yesterday. She knocked on the door 'cos she knew we had them. Gavin went up to say, "I'm sorry, they're all a bunch of arseholes", and she just totally thought it was him! ...Well it was amusing at the time.