Transcript of CS#58: Nick Alexander I Want To Be Debated

Transcript of Interview with Nick Alexander about I Want To Be Debated. This interview and others like it can be found at http://www.catholicspotlight.com

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Chris Cash: This is the Catholic Spotlight, the podcast where we talk about what’s new, cool, and exciting in the Catholic marketplace. I’m your host, Chris Cash, director of e-Commerce from catholiccompany.com, your source for all your catholic needs.
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Chris Cash: And today in the spotlight, we have Nick Alexander who is also known as the Catholic Weird Al welcome Nick glad to have you on

Nick Alexander: Great to be here, Chris!

Chris Cash: And, you know, I have personally always had a great affection for the Weird Al. In fact, it was the…my one concert I went to Weird Al, I will have to say that’s the most fun concert I’ve ever attended personally and I’m sure Nick, when you are in concert, you must entertain just as well, right?

Nick Alexander: Well, I don’t think I have as many costume changes as Weird Al has or… I don’t know. I saw him… I actually saw him when I was in High School and he had just come out with “The enemy is stupid” and the song “Like A Surgeon” was out there. And he had the whole thing where he brought out the person where he saw the person in half and it was…it was like a really stupid magic trick; and yet, it was just like, “Yeah… How appropriate for a show like this? Lots of fun.”

Chris Cash: So, you don’t saw anyone in half or anything during your concerts, but…

Nick Alexander: Well, I did that once and then they had to call the medic and it was kind of embarrassing, actually.

Chris Cash: Ah, well…we won’t talk about that then. But on that same…no, your music is definitely full of energy and passion for what you’re singing about and… So, could you tell our listeners just what is it about your music that has gotten you dubbed with this title of the Catholic Weird Al?

Nick Alexander: Well, in short, I do parody songs of your favorite songs on the radio, the songs from the sixties to the present day. And not only are they funny, but they have a very uniquely Catholic spin over things. So for example, instead of hearing “revolution” from the Beatles, you’ll hear “transubstantiation”, for example; and its funny guys, but it’s also like, “Wahoo! It’s funny; but you’re not making fun of the faith but you’re actually drawing attention to the faith in different ways.” And that… I think it’s a very interesting little niche that I found for myself.

Chris Cash: Yeah, I don’t think there’s anybody else, at least in the Catholic world who has taken quite this same approach. I mean, certainly we’ve got groups like “Purple” who are taking a whimsical approach to reaching out to people. But they’re certainly not playing off the Pop culture the same way you do.

Nick Alexander: Right. I think I’m playing off. These are the sort of songs we can play at a party. And people dancing around go, “Hun!” and then they go, “Wait a minute. That’s not the real song. What’s this?” And then, then…and then here’s the thing: they go to a gas station, they’re filling up and they hear the secular song on the radio, and they can’t get my words out of their head. It’s just a very funny little circumstance. I just like being able to impact people’s insights like that. It gives me a greater joy.

Chris Cash: You know, I always had the same problem with the Weird Al song on takeoff, on American pie and… I can’t even remember the name of the song anymore.

Nick Alexander: “The saga begins”

Chris Cash: “The saga begins”, yeah; as I used to…I’d eat…American pie and I’d say, “I like the saga begins better anyway. More fun work…

Nick Alexander: You know, I have to keep up on Weird Al what he’s doing. He’s actually bigger now than he was…he’s ever been. He had a huge monster head that widened dirty song. It started higher than any of the songs he’s ever done because the video on You Tube is just…it became a sensation.

Chris Cash: You know, I haven’t even seen that. I …

Nick Alexander: You’d better check that out.

Chris Cash: Yeah. I guess I’m gonna have to check that out. I have lost touch with the man. That’s all I can say; I guess once I got at the High School.

Nick Alexander: If you are a special gig in mind, you will love the song “White and Dirty”. It is…it’s probably one of the most funniest, funniest two and half minutes you’ll ever hear; and you’ll have played it over again.

Chris Cash: I will definitely check that out. Now, are any of your videos on You Tube yet?

Nick Alexander: You know, I had videos that were put up for my parents and wife on the Rock. I think they were taken down; but I think they can be seen on God To, actually. So, you can do the search for Nick Alexander and…you have to…like thrust forward through all this stuff; you have the interviews stuff and whatever. And we got…it was done when I was promoting the last album, “I want to be debated.” So we had songs like “Eclipse” and salibore” and “This time of forty days,” which is a parody of “King of Pain”. I had the whole…it was about Ash Wednesday; so I had the ashes on my head and a couple of cute little props. All is all very, very nice in everything like that. I’ve won a ‘see if I can redo a lot of these videos’ just so…just to see if I can do it, you know…and then I can really get these songs out there on You Tube. That’s been one of my goals for this year.

Chris Cash: Now, are you doing a lot of appearances in concerts nowadays or…I know it’s been a couple of years since you’ve had a new album come out.

Nick Alexander: Yeah, I had to take a setback over the last year because I became a new Daddy for the first time.

Chris Cash: Woo-who! For all of you who worked here back when I first called Nick, I interrupted him from smashing up some baby food. So…

Nick Alexander: Blending the breakfast rice. They’re eating better than we are at times. It’s twins by the way, so it’s doubly fun, so to speak. So, it’s been a lot of…it’s been a challenge. I’ve been doing occasional appearances here and there. I did a Catholic underground up here in Connecticut and I’ve been doing also the occasional healing mass, liturgy…you know, superstar position as well. But for the most part, I’ve been kind of like…you know, hanging back, doing most of my focus on trying to do the balance of raising the kids and doing some of the cult top Catholic songs, which I’m sure we’re get into a little bit later. But that’s been a fun job for me as well to try to get my songs out there using the Internet and using iTunes. And it’s been quite a fun…and using, you know, the Catholic Company as well.

Chris Cash: And we certainly appreciate that over here, Catholic Company!

Nick Alexander: Not that I’m trying to get any bonus points here, but I think the company…is a really good place, you know, But…

Chris Cash: There we go! We’re gonna crouch in you our…in the newsletter now, right?

Nick Alexander: That’s exactly…

Chris Cash: Nick Alexander says, “The Catholic Company is a really good place.”

Nick Alexander: Oh, yes. I’m sure they’ll send droves and droves of people..

Chris Cash: Oh, no; all of your groupies are gonna be in now.

Nick Alexander: They’re going to be waiting there for me to come up.

Chris Cash: So, how did you get your start first off in the Catholic music industry? And then how did that progress into becoming a parodist?

Nick Alexander: You know, I came out with a worship album way back when that…frankly, wasn’t that good. But for some reason, I got accepted into the Catholic association of music where I was joining just to find out how I can sell more than the fifty copies that I’d already sold in my basement. And I go there and it’s fun.

Chris Cash: You know, the basement is where almost all real Catholic stores and stuff starts anyway, right? So…

Nick Alexander: Yeah well, you know, that’s the truth. That’s the truth Ruth. Here we are; I have…I had this album that just wasn’t getting in the airplay, wasn’t opening any doors and it also…I think the songs are still quite good, just the production was very, very much lacking and unachieved and the cover was really terrible and everything was terrible about it, except…I think my own song. But I went there; and I went to perform, you know, for a concert. And during the… We had a time for warm-up. And while I was waiting for my turn, I played a couple of parody songs that I’m just so happy to have written because I did…I was a fan of Greg Allegory and often, I guess I wrote…well, all type songs, just for the occasional announcement that young adults meeting or something. And I was totally blown away by the response on the side. You know, I never really had a chance to promote this at that time. But I found that people were coming up to me afterwards and saying, “Nick, we heard your original songs and they are very, very good. But you should do this Catholic Weird Al thing because that blew us away and nobody else is doing it.” And just to have all these people who I respected as musicians, coming up and unanimously affirming me in this talent that… I mean, who knew that this was going to be my door for entering into the Catholic music scene for real? I just realized that I had to take this opportunity and to really challenge myself. So, I prayed. I said, “Lord, if you really want this to happen, by next year, I’ve got to have heard the album out.” And sure enough, by the next year, I came out with “The time to laugh”. And that had the songs “Transubstantiation” which I had written on that retreat; plus, it has now the songs, which are now classics: my song “Biggest hits”, “Shall I stand or shall I kneel?” and “RCIA.” Those two are very, very popular songs right now.

Chris Cash: Now, is there any particular place that you…other than the aforementioned, Weird Al then you turn to…for some of your inspiration hits to get going on these parodies?

Nick Alexander: You know, I think half of my influence’s Weird Al. But half of my influence’s someone like Pete Zigah, who… I have a tremendous respect for him as a musician. I know his politics will shake some people off, but whatever…but he actually takes a lot of songs and he writes his own spin. But he writes his spin in such a way to promote a cause that he is very much on fire for; and I learnt, I think as much from him as much as I could from Weird Al. A lot of the parodies out there unfortunately aren’t going for the angle of having a message to say and yet still be funny. Either they’re just message oriented and they just put the humor away from them; and the result is just very dry and not fun at all. And then there are those people who are just all for fun, but the message is sometimes contrary to what you want to endorse. And so I try to stay away from both of those. Yeah, I do what I can to learn, but… I don’t know…I mean, I watch a lot of comedies and I try to learn as much as I can from what’s out there and hopefully, my tastes have been refined enough that I can pretty much pick up what my sense of humor really where it lies in this great sphere of comedy out there.

Chris Cash: Now, you also do Key notes speaking and retreats leading in some of that kind of stuff as well, correct?

Nick Alexander: Yes, absolutely. The…and one of the things that I talk about in my retreats is about understanding Pop culture. Here I am; I’m actually totally depending on the Popular Culture out there in order to get my message out there, not only in terms of…like knowing what songs kids are listening to today and asking myself, “Can I do a parody on that? Can I work; can I not work? What’s the difference doing a song today versus the song that came out…you know, a couple of decades ago?” and so on and so forth…not only just knowing that but also knowing the stories that are being told through movies, through literature, through TV shows…and trying to find the Gospel in that. So, that’s one thing. I’m a convert; and so another Key note that we talk about is “how to defend your faith?” You know that was a big retreat theme that I did a couple of years ago. That was very, very well received: trying to teach teenagers how to defend their faith through people who would challenge it from other perspectives; from either the biblical world view or from the…a view that’s totally post-modern and emergent, which means with that they would say, “Ah, anything goes”, you know. There’s no such thing as absolute truth, you know…and try to come up with an understanding that would counter that. ”Well, truth is not as the truth, is that true?” you know…the…so one and so forth. So, that’s been one thing I would go after. And also, I’ve giving talks on worship and praise because that’s something that’s still deep and dear in my heart; learning how to understand worship, learning how to let the letter G speak to us today; learning how to have the Holy Spirit come even more profoundly in our hearts, and how to change our lives! Let the Holy Spirit change our lives, so as to speak. So, there is so much that’s on my mind right now, so much on my heart that I hope to use whatever…I hope to just get the Word out there.

Nick Alexander: Ok. Well, we’re going to take a short break, hear from my sponsor and when we come back, we’re be speaking more with Nick Alexander on the “Catholic Spotlight.”

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Chris Cash: And I’m back on the Spotlight with Nick Alexander; latest album, of course, is “I want to be debated.” What, Nick…what is the most challenging thing that you’ve come up against in trying to be a successful parodist? Do you find it difficult figuring out what songs to parody or does it just come to you in that way…or what are the other challenges that you face in getting to the point where you are at?

Nick Alexander: Well, some of my parody songs take years to be able to write and it’s just… You know, it’s a matter of it’s a dating thing. On the one side, you have great songs throughout all Pop culture from the last fifty, forty years, even from the last year alone. And then, the very…other side, is topics, subjects, the entire history of the Church, the Scriptures, stories from the Bible, people who…you know, Saints who inspire you…so many different ideas and it’s just a matter of…like finding the right match between the right song and the subject matter. It’s a case and point…I want to do a Kenny Loggins parody and because I thought that Kenny Loggins was pretty cool and I thought that he was pretty much underrepresented by the whole parodist scene. And I initially wrote a parody song on his “I’m All right” from the caddy shack because I think that’s a fun song. I love to sing that. I came out with a version called “I’m pro-life.” And I was so thrilled at it and I was ready to just jump in on it; but then there was something that stopped me and said, “No; you know what? If I was to do one Kenny Loggins song, it would have to be footloose and I stopped everything and I said, “You know what? We’ve got to start again. We’ve got to come up with an idea for footloose. It took me another couple of years to figure out *“Icthus”, which is that symbol of fish and then come with a funny parody song about that…those deep character in the back seat of…at the back bumper of so many cars today. And I’m much more proud of that song, which isn’t…you know, as much as I like the “I’m pro-life” song, I found that that song was lacking a lot of the jokes and I had to find…

Chris Cash: It’s a little harder to be…lighthearted about such a serious issue.

Nick Alexander: Yeah. How do you make a joke about something like that? And…I’m not saying “never”; there might be one day there might…I might find the perfect song that will find that right angle that I can tackle this subject better. But I wasn’t going to just do a song, just because I’ve got the words right. It had to be funny as well. And suddenly, I found another song that was even funnier that I think also presented a better message because it was…because it was funny. It had a stronger way of making its point. I said it was just coming right out and it’s preaching at people. Nobody wants to listen to a funny song and just be preached at. They want to laugh; they want to be entertained. So that there is a lot of playback ability. People would just keep hearing it, just to hear some of the same joke. But those messages from behind the jokes, which just keep seeping through.

Chris Cash: Let’s talk a little bit about the top Catholic songs project that you have been working on for the past…about a year or so?

Nick Alexander: It’s been since October of last year.

Chris Cash: Oh, so isn’t even a full year yet.

Nick Alexander: No, not even a full year. It’s a block and just go to topcatholicsongs.com. This is basically a one…how am I going to call this? It’s a one stop shopping area for all the Catholic music you didn’t’ know existed. But it’s presented in such a manner that it really encourages you to check out songs more than anything else, ‘cause it’s based on the song and not artists. And the songs are based on themes. Right now, I just put up in the top graduation songs and basically, these are my favorite graduation songs; for example, songs from different Catholic artists, some Christian artists, that I would want to…if I was to create a CD or a mix tape or…just a play list out there, just to get somebody saying, “Hey, congratulations; you just graduated!” Here is a list of great songs that you’ll love! Songs that are fun to listen to, songs that are filled with a lot of great messages; but also just fun…you know, rock to listen to and everything like that. That’s the sort of music that’s out there. We just had a whole lot of competitions for top least Spirit songs, top merry songs, top songs to get out of predatory…you know, that sorts of joke, although that part wouldn’t be a bad idea. We have guess lists. I think Nick…

Chris Cash: Yeah, the indulgence, that sounds great.

Nick Alexander: Songs to join… No; in all seriousness, there’s a lot of…all these songs that are focused on such themes that if you have any such of…an idea of…like… You know, I really want to grow more in adoration. Well, you come on the site and we have a top adoration list, and you just go on the list and you…it clicks through and you go through the iTunes or through A Vendor like the Catholic Shopper. And it’s…you can listen to the songs or you can just buy the full Album or you just buy the individual song. Either way, you get to know about these artists; but you’re learning the artists by way of the important message that they have to convey…and it’s really powerful when you have a play list that is really journalist. It could be any type of music. It could be inspirational; it could be rock; it could be rap; it could be Polka. It could be any sort of style; but having it all focused on a specific theme and having it reiterate from a different perspective, a different voice. It really does wonders for your spiritual walk. I’ve been following…using it for my own life…just, you know, one in the morning alone, I’m listening to these songs…and it really hits home over and over again. We had a Coopers Christie play list. And so, I have all these songs based on body and blood, body and blood, over and over again from different artists, from different angles. And it just really reaffirmed everything that I needed to know about the feast day and the importance…, it was my way of keeping it secret and special…and not just leaving my….listening to just chance.

Chris Cash: Do you personally do Polka?

Nick Alexander: I do not do Polka. I should do Polka; it’s my heritage. I just…

Chris Cash: There goes the whole Weird AL comparison right out the door

Nick Alexander: I don’t know, I don’t know… Sorry! That’s when the Pete Zigah side comes in, “Ok; I play the guitar; there we go!”

Chris Cash: No flames in accordions. Oh, well… And one of the…also very recent posts ever in the top Catholic songs was from my co-worker and buddy, Nicolas Cole, and his favorite songs because he is… We didn’t go from my favorite songs because Nicolas is just so much more in tune with the Catholic music industry since he used to run the website, catholic tunidge for many years.

Nick Alexander: Yes, he has a good list. I mean, I can definitely come to know some of these artists and some of these I’ve never heard. So, I can’t wait to get to know him a little bit more…and I won’t take which ones I don’t know because that would make it..

Chris Cash: Well, that would be suicide.

Nick Alexander: Who’s this Nick Alexander, a looser…?

Chris Cash: Yeah and not everyone who is on the list is going to be…was it me he’s talking about?

Nick Alexander: Well, though you see, that would be fixed in no time. I will have to listen to all these songs and then nobody will know about what it was.

Chris Cash: Good excuse; good excuse.

Nick Alexander: But you see, I know a lot or something about Catholic music too and if I don’t know something as I have said, that means we still have some learning to learn.

Chris Cash: It just means that Nicolas’ musical leanings are quite eclectic too

Nick Alexander: I’d like to hear a point before I cover it in the follow-up with the Little Lullabies. That was awesome! And then back to Pop Rice and then… Does he have a Polka in there? I don’t know.

Chris Cash: I don’t think there’s any Polka in there either.

Nick Alexander: The…

Chris Cash: Rap; there’s lots of rap.

Nick Alexander: Well, I’m gonna do…I’m gonna combine rap and Polka together…that and, you know, the praise and worship. It will be awesome…and then otherwise

Chris Cash: “…and then a lulabye, which of course Nicolas also has two small children; which is how the lullabies crimped into his favorite list. You know, I don’t have his list in front of me; otherwise, I’d do the quick rundown on it. But…

Nick Alexander: Really? Well, you know the site’s topcatholicsongs.com and if it’s not in front of you, it’s…you’ve got to hit on four slash list, four slash and core…and then you’ll see it.

Chris Cash: Actually, I’ve got the link here and then the e-mail as well. So…

Nick Alexander: Put it on your website; put it on your show notes or something.

Chris Cash: Oh, it’s definitely going to be in the show notes; we’ll definitely have the link in the show notes for anybody who wants to come on over and check out the songs. Let’s see… Nicolas is top ten. We have, Bloombip by five points covenants “Lift up your eyes…”

Nick Alexander: “Lift up your eyes”

Chris Cash: As I said, extremely literate in my…and don’t be offended any of you in the Catholic music world; it’s… Unfortunately, I’m just as literate in the regular secular music world as the Catholic music world. I know very little. Weird AL was like my…one person that I would actually buy his CDs or tapes as they were back when I was… For those of you who don’t know what the tape is… We have Bloombip by five point five covenants, “Lift up your eyes” by Pitt Roberts, “Jesus loves me” from Little Lamb Lullabies.

Nick Alexander: “Jesus Loves me, this I know”, probably that song. I’m worried about…

Chris Cash: “Heaven tried it; heaven heard it”, “Are you amazed?” from Bob Rice…

Nick Alexander: I am.

Chris Cash: You know, Bob Rice is also one of my favorite Catholic artists for many years, mainly because I met him at a live team training a few years back and we picked up one of his CDs and started playing it in the car. And the kids just felt in love with the songs.

Nick Alexander: Yeah, Bob Rice is awesome; totally, totally, very…

Chris Cash: That’s a Dinah Grade, anyone else on the list? But you know, certainly…

Nick Alexander: Not at all, not at all…I’m just definitely pointing out that…

Chris Cash: I’ve got experience with Bob.

Nick Alexander: You have an *** with Bob. He knows your phone number.

Chris Cash: Well, I wouldn’t say that…never had Bob on the show. Maybe I should, maybe I should. “Halleluiah, raise your voice” from “News At Eleven”, “Mary has got my bag” by Sarah Bauer.

Nick Alexander: It’s a really good song.

Chris Cash: She’s never been one the show; but she has loaned us some music in the past to play on the show. So, thank you, Sarah! “Hope for the New”, by Manuel Three, “Transubstantiation” by Nick Alexander…

Nick Alexander: Truly

Chris Cash: “Communion” by Greturian Harris and “Take up Your Cross” by Tithe also know as Tatiana whose a fairly good personal friend as well. So, I do know her music.

Nick Alexander: Is that…was that the exact same thing they played on the EWTN show during Holy Week?

Chris Cash: I do not know if this is the same or not. I would assume…

Nick Alexander: I did see; it’s a show with… and it’s called “I thirst” and it’s Tatiana. But it was like…

Chris Cash: It probably was; there probably was.

Nick Alexander: Yeah; it’s not.

Chris Cash: My wife can tell you better. She plays Titus music in the car quite often and, you know I recognized it; but I couldn’t place it on what CD…it was what song… So…

Nick Alexander: No, but she has a very good voice as they all do, you know, in especially the person doing “Jesus Loves Me”. That’s, you know, I’m sure that’s going to be awesome.

Chris Cash: All right! So, that’s our top ten music list for the day. Thank you Nicolas for putting that together for us.

Nick Alexander: Yes, thank you Nick.

Chris Cash: Since my list would have…would have ultimately sucked.

Nick Alexander: You just have Bob Rice and Weird AL on it

Chris Cash: Yeah… Tithe would have been on that too. I’d have my wife put it together probably.

Nick Alexander: That would have been fun to go from like Weird AL to tithe, right?

Chris Cash: Well, we put some of her Croatian songs in there too.

Nick Alexander: Yes, absolutely.

Chris Cash: Anyway…So you…

Nick Alexander: So, how are things going?

Chris Cash: Good. You’ve got me cracked up in just about more than any of the other interviews we’ve done in the past few months or so. So, with the top Catholic songs going so well, what is the kind of the state that I know you’ve got real pulse on what’s going with the Catholic music industry because of what you’re doing with top Catholic songs. What is kind of the state of the Catholic music industry as a whole right now? And I know almost nobody in the industry is really making a living on it. So, it’s…. Everybody’s still got a day job, right? Other than probably a couple of here and there people.

Nick Alexander: People who live in the trailer, who drive around in the country, then they can live out of it and that’s fine. I think…

Chris Cash: I think tithe she does ok; but mainly because she’s got royalties coming in from her past life, you know; so…

Nick Alexander: Yes, yes; I think that the way that the Catholic music is seen, first of all, I think that we are seeing more inroads now than we’ve ever seen, particularly through someone like Mark Morrow who, I think, is just totally busted open into the Christian mainstream with his MTN beautiful album and through his song “Your grace is enough.” Talk about a tremendous open door and I think that’s just a tremendous for him that he was able to go through this and he’s currently being looked upon graciously and I think that because he is Catholic and he’s made no bones that he’s Catholic; he’s made no policies for it. What’s happening is that the larger contemporary music scene is starting to realize that Catholics and Evangelicals have a lot more in common than they think they do…and that we can actually work together and worship together and learn from each other. And so, someone like Mark Morrow doing that, I think it’s great. I also think that the production values of Catholic music has improved incredibly in the last five years. Music has production, the cost of printing out the quality recordings has gone way down. At the same time, we’re all being challenged by the changes in the music industry as a whole. Sales of CDs have gone way down and possibly, because people are realizing that they can buy individual songs. That’s where I think something like Top Catholic Songs can actually be a big service, not to drive it back there. But one of the reasons why we can create it is that once we realize that it’s no longer about artists or about full albums, but about individual songs, songs that really speak to individual people; and that iTunes has made it so that you can…you know, link all these songs together of certain themes. We’re…I think we’re on the course for something really big where we can actually promote our faith in a way that we’ve never been able to do before. You have albums with like a single song on “Mary” and a single song on “Hypocrites” and a single song to your lovely wife or your children, and a single song of praise and a single song of God speaking to us from Psalms or whatever… To be able to take all this likeminded stuff from different albums and say, “Ok; we’ve got the greatest list to sublet. We have the greatest Mary songs. People can go to that and they can listen to just those types of songs and buy and download the songs as if that was a full album. And then, if they like the song, say “Hey; I really like what, you know, Nick do with these, you know, graduation songs, melody songs. Well, I’d better like to listen more of what he has to offer. And then that would be the entry point. So, I think that that I…is a tremendous open door for everybody. If you are a Catholic musician, you want to take advantage of that, join the community that can help choose these songs, help me find these songs out there. But I think that’s where we are right now. Certainly, things like You Tube can bring them the word out, even as a lot of doors have closed on us through other means. So, hopefully, we’ll see some changes in the next couple of years that will see this…you know, see Catholic music even taken more seriously.

Chris Cash: Well, Nick, it has been a serious pleasure to have you on the show, if not have a very busted gut here and there.

Nick Alexander: Well, I’m glad I can be serious and funny for you, Chris, ‘cause…

Chris Cash: Well, thank you Nick…and you will certainly see links over the show notes over the Top Catholic songs, especially Nicolas’ list as well as log on to nickalexander.com, which is currently being revamped at or…?

Nick Alexander: It is being revamped. It’s…yeah; but still, come check me out.

Chris Cash: But you can still go over there and check out what is there currently and be able to contact Nick if you’ve got a…event that you are looking for serious, humor and inspiration to get off the ground. Nick is certainly one of the guys that you would want to put higher on your list, to consider coming in and helping you out.

Nick Alexander: Seriously you want me to come in; you want me to come in, I’ll do whatever it takes. I’ll make you baby food; I’ll wash your car. I’ll do what I can; but believe me, it will be the best show you would ever have with me in it.

Chris Cash: As long as you don’t make all the attendees eat the baby food, I think you’ll be all right…well, maybe a couple…

Nick Alexander: I want to eat it. It’s really good stuff, I think. I don’t know. I’ve got the suspicion it’s really good…but not so sure.

Chris Cash: Ok well, Nick. With that, we’ll say goodbye, from the Catholic Spotlight and goodbye to everybody else. God bless!

Nick Alexander: God bless everybody.

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Transcript of Interview with Nick Alexander about I Want To Be Debated. This interview and others like it can be found at http://www.catholicspotlight.com

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I Want To Be Debated is available at The Catholic Company.
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