Dan The Automator - Handsome Boy Modeling School

No, but he is the most famous person to come out of the Handsome Boy Modeling School so you can’t help but have a little bit of homage to him sometimes.

Definitely man. He’s definitely a very interesting man.

No but we’ve talked on the phone with him and his people. I think Paul may have dealt with him because he does more comedy records. He’s definitely aware of the Handsome Boy concept and he’s into it.

I think basically it’s more of a Handsome thing. Once you start rolling in certain circles certain people will appear more in that circle. Being Handsome and traveling in the supermodel circuit, or whatever you want to call it, you see the same people over and over again like George Hamilton so Prince Paul is one of them. At certain times of the night I would go out and see a crowd of women around a poker or baccarat table and there would be this guy there. I was curious as to why all these women are gravitating to this guy so I introduced myself to him. I asked him what his name was and he said Chest Rockwell. We just started there.

I would have to say Chest Rockwell is but that’s just an opinion.

Being Handsome means being gracious. If we are around people who look like they need a good meal we’ll treat. If we are out by ourselves, other people will pick up the check.

Exactly. The thing about the Handsome Boy Modeling School is that it’s not all about being fabulous or doing runway shows. It’s about being more Handsome in your life whatever your life may be. If you are an accountant and you go to the Handsome Boy Modeling School you can’t expect to become a supermodel unless you are really good looking. But you might get that intangible quality that gets you bumped up the corporate ladder or the secretaries start sleeping with you. We don’t want people to get intimidated from coming to the Handsome Boy Modeling School because they don’t feel they have model good looks. But it’s about making them the best Handsome Boy they can be.

I don’t know if it does.

It’s kind of one long dinner party. There are deadlines but we just get together and there is wine, women and song. We just have a meeting of the minds. It’s a very organic thing to feel the synergy within the people involved.

I don’t know if you know Mike Patton personally but he is a big connoisseur of food and wine.

Very big. Funny you should mention him because him and John Medeski, who may or may not be on this record, are very knowledgeable about their food.

Medeski is more of a wine expert than Patton.

It depends on the season but we’ve really been enjoying the white truffle goat cheese.

No it isn’t, but the region has some very good cheese makers, maybe not so much in San Francisco, but definitely in Northern California. I believe some good stuff comes from a couple of hours outside of town in Monterey.

It’s like this; obviously Linkin Park is a very huge band in a very pop way. But at the same time there is some hip-hop underpinnings there just the idea of their melodic content. They came to us and said “It’s been really great selling 20 million albums in America and having all these 15 year old suburban kids as fans but we really want to become more Handsome.” It’s one those situations that is a perfect in that having success does not always equal handsomeness.

They’re doing their thing. The thing about being a member of Handsome Boy Modeling School or getting along with Handsome Boy Modeling School is that it has more to do with attitude. You’ve got to put yourself out there so those girls seem to be doing their thing so they can hang with Handsome Boy Modeling School. I know they can because we have hung out with them. I know Katie with the Jack Nicholson tattoo on her arm and a couple of her friends.

Hey, you know what it is. Here at the Handsome Boy Modeling School we have a motto. Maybe not so much a motto but more of a mantra but anything goes when it comes to being Handsome. You have to ask yourself “Am I going to drive the Bentley or the Rolls-Royce today?” If the quality is all good then you’re Handsome.

I’m not a tattooed up guy but I don’t have a problem if that’s people’s thing. At the Handsome Boy Modeling School we don’t try to mold people in our image but try to mold them into the best image they can have.

The moustache thing is kind of an homage to various people throughout history like Tom Selleck or Oates from Hall and Oates and Yosemite Sam of course. It’s not so much about how big you can grow your moustache but the style.

Style is important but we’re not going to take anyone out of the Handsome Boy Modeling School because they can’t grow a moustache, they’re not muscle bound or they are lacking a little bit down there. We don’t cast judgment.

That’s actually the point. You can’t really be Handsome on the outside if you aren’t Handsome on the inside. You can be really good looking on the outside but you might not have a Handsome personality or soul. It all starts from within.

A variety of reasons. The record cover was commissioned from a photographer named Terry Richardson. He is a well known fashion photographer who has done campaigns for everyone from Gucci to whatever but he also has a whole other side to him. If you see his vision combined with our music you might understand what I am talking about. The reason I don’t tell you what the cover means it because it means different things to different people. It’s kind of like The Simpsons because you can watch Homer Simpson bump his head or you can watch it on another level like political satire.

As far as equipment goes, that new Jack Lalanne juicer for the jet.

It’s amazing man, you can make anything. You name it!

Initially it was to get the oxidants into my body but ultimately you can make party drinks. If you have a variety of vegetables, fruits and hot sauce you can do great things at the gym. You can make health drinks and have a morning shot of gin.

I haven’t but if that’s what people want to drink that’s their business.

by Daniel Robert Epstein

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