NEW SG Interview: Hello Kitty – Hello Dave Navarro0

by Nicole Powers

I first became aware of Dave Navarro’s penchant for cute things bearing the likeness of Sanrio’s Hello Kitty character while doing the SuicideGirls Radio show. We broadcast each Sunday out of Indie1031.com’s studios, which at the time also served as home for the wild living and hard rockin’ Jane’s Addiction and Camp Freddy guitarist’s Wednesday night Dark Matter show (which has since moved to Moheak.com’s Silverlake base). In the Indie studio, there was a shrine of sorts, where people left various Hello Kitty offerings to Dave.

Having an affinity with the character myself, when I noticed the various Hello Kitty items on the counter, I asked SG Radio’s engineer and co-host Jessica Sattelberger (who also manned the boards for Dark Matter and several other Indie shows) what they were doing there. She explained that people had left them for Dave. My first reaction was “Huh?” Then, after she explained that Dave was into Hello Kitty, my next was to track him down to find out why.

I called Dave up on what turned out to be his new Verizon iPhone. He was having new phone issues when I initially called for this interview, but, after a couple of false starts, we settled in for a chat that began with Hello Kitty, and moved on to his affection for his somewhat modified “Bondage Barbie” and his latest love – Angry Birds. We also talked Twitter, booty calls – and Jane’s Addiction’s new album, which he is currently in the process of recording.

Read our exclusive interview with Dave Navarro on SuicideGirls.com.