JNM: "Totally Wired"...I was wondering if you got that phrase from Californians. It's like something you'd hear a surfer say.
MES: Really? Really? Wow. Great. (laughing)
JNM: "Totally" is a pretty big word in Santa Cruz, where I grew up.
MES: "Totally" is a very big word in Manchester. "Bloody totally" this, "totally" that, you know. "He was totally wrong about it all"...
JNM: In California you have to draw it out more. (Demonstrating) "To-o-o-o-dullyyyyy".
MES: (giggling) Californians. (goofy nasal voice) Yes, I've been hanging out with them for years now.
JNM: I had no idea. I thought...maybe...the last tour, you met some beach punks or something.
MES: It's good stuff. I'll use it! Ha ha ha... "I became disillusioned with the surf scene. I walked off...over the sunrise."