The Beastie Boys Adam Ad-Rock Horovitzbrought out the giddy fanboy in Jon Stewart during a loose, laid-back interview on The Daily ShowMonday night.
Though Horovitz ostensibly waspromoting his new film, While Were Young, the pair talked about everything but, including their disconcertingly similar looks, the musicians massive record collection and whether or not Horovitz could pull off a porkpie hat. Stewart even let Horovitz sit behind his desk for a second, where heoffered up his astute impression of the host, cracking,Politics and jokes and stuff.
While Stewart was readyto ask Horovitz about his musical legacy, the pair quickly got sidetracked when the latter asked if he could take home one of the Daily Show mugs. A query ensued into whether the King Ad-Rock himself secretly collected mugs, or anything else, to which he responded, I got a bunch of crap, yeah!
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Among that crap is a massive record collection, though Horovitz admitted he no longer goes crate-digging. Its too deep, its too much, I cant do it right now, he said. I have thousands of records from years and years and years, and thousands of 45s, and I dont listen to them enough. I dont spend enough time with them, so theyll be upset if Im going to get more friends. As for which record would be the maddest? The Meters Cabbage Alley, which Horovitz said hefound while laying on the floor of a Pittsburgh record store, scouringbins filled with LPsthat hadnt been shelved.
The pair then briefly touched on Horovitzs new musical endeavor playing bass in comedian-singer Bridget Everetts band, the Tender Moments as well as what kind of hat would best suit him. Stewart then closed out the chat with this endearing admission: You are one of my favorite performers of all time, and I never get the chance to hang out with you. Were having a tender moment, but the interview ended 10 minutes ago. So this is all me keeping you here longer, because I dont know that Ill ever get this chance again.
Why are we doing this now, and we didnt do this a couple years ago? Horovitz asked. Because you dont answer my calls, said Stewart with a grin.