Todd was easy to get a hold of because he runs Recess Records so he's always in the public eye. Not to mention his daily walks to the post office, he has got his finger on the pulse of Pedro. I showed up at Todd's house after a short phone call where he told me to bring him beer if I wanted him to talk. I thought he was joking but I felt like drinking myself so I brought a "twelver". As soon as the door opened I felt like I was on acid. Pictures of clowns and Beatles were everywhere! The room had a strong smell of Jah. We drank beer and smoked Jah for a good 2 to 3 hours and needless to say I forgot to turn on my tape recorder. In order to remember this interview I had to drink 6 beers and smoke Jah before typing. O.K., This is exactly how it went. It was crazy! He told me how to get gangsters off your ass. Todd said that if gangsters start fucking with you all you got to say is, "It's cool. Jesus loves you." and they leave you alone. We talked about the Jimmy problem and Todd had some choice words to say about that. We talked about Fleps (the old drummer) and how Todd thinks he's coming around. We screamed about how Todd thinks his last name, "Congelliere" is Italian but later in tears he told me it was just French. We talked about the Pedro Skate Park and Todd informed me that he had skated it that morning. He has punk meetings on the platforms in-between sessions with real magazine people. Like, Todd will drop in and shred then he'll get on the deck and some punk will roll up and say something like, "What ever happened to HOT WATER MUSIC?" and Todd will say, "I don't know?" and then drop in again. Todd told me he was 31 years old and then we talked about being old. He didn't feel too good about it. At that point I remember Todd really withdrew from me and began speaking in metaphors. He said things like, "That's like asking a frog anything because a frog is not going to respond to you." and, "That's like a cop walking across the street to give someone a J-walking ticket." Yet another was, "That's like asking a nun what she's going to eat for breakfast." Then he started really putting me down by saying things like, "Your one of those interviewers that waits to talk instead of listening, aren't you?" We talked about future plans and Todd told me that he was doing this TTK thing to save up to buy an ice cream truck. He said that the trucks were expensive, like 4 grand. When I asked Todd why doesn't he just rent another drummer to go on these exotic tours he got visibly upset and tried to call Jimmy. Todd told me that Jimmy's voice gets weird in elevated situations and I asked if I could talk to Jim if he calls back. Todd David Congelliere said it was cool. I remember telling Todd that every time I see Wilfred Brimly on TV I think of him and that really set him off. He went into this whole thing about how Wilfred used to be this nice man on TV but now he just does commercials to yell at old people and scare them into getting death insurance. While he was telling me all this I couldn't help but think, "Gosh, he really reminds me of that Wilfred Brimly fella." Then like a unicorn Jimmy called us back and Todd gave the phone to me.
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Todd has a keyboard sitting by the couch that plays clown songs and boy does Todd have some lyrics. One song was about a dog that goes, "Rascal is the craziest dog in town, yes he is."Another song was short but to the point, "Come on over to my birthday party I will touch you in your pants." The rest the night was all keyboard songs. It was a good two to three hours of clown songs.

-HAL BA DAL