>> James: WE ARE BACK WITH KATE BECKINSALE AND DAVE GROHL,
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BRILLIANT BOOK THE STORY TELLER.
I'M REALLY LOVING THIS, THERE ARE SO MANY BRILLIANT STORIES,
INCREDIBLE STORIES THAT I THINK ANY MUSIC FAN WANTS TO KNOW, IT
IS NOW THE NUMBER ONE BOOK ON "THE NEW YORK TIMES" BEST
SELLING LIST, INCREDIBLE, WHERE ARE YOU WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT
NEWS AND WHO IS THE FIRST PERSON THAT YOU CALL WHEN YOU ARE
NUMBER ONE?
>> WELL, BOTH OF MY PARENTS WERE WRITERS, MY MOTHER WAS A
CREATIVE WRITING TEACHER.
MY FATHER WAS, THE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN WORD WAS KIND OF
APPRECIATED IN OUR FAMILY.
SO WHEN I GOT MY FIRST COPY OF THE BOOK I JUST KIND OF WENT TO
MAY MOM'S HOUSE AND DROPPED IT IN HER LAP AND WAS LIKE BAM.
I MEAN I DROPPED OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WAS A TEACHER AT.
SO FOR ME TO BE LIKE WHAT'S UP MOM, I WROTE A POOK NOW, IT IT
FELT PRETTY GOOD.
>> James: THE DETAIL IN THE BOOK IS AMAZING.
I FEEL LIKE YOUR MEMORY OF PARTICULAR EVENTS IS INCREDIBLE.
YOU EVEN REMEMBER THE COLOR OF LIKE THE CARPET IN THE HOTEL
THAT YOU WERE STAYING IN WHEN -- SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT, THE
VIDEO WAS ON M TV.
>> I REMEMBER THAT DAY IN PARTICULAR, LIKE YOU KNOW, YOU
GROW UP WATCHING M TV.
BACK THEN IT WAS ALWAYS ON AND IT WAS JUST IN YOUR LIVING ROOM,
YOU NEVER TURNED IT IT OFF.
AND WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT M TV WAS GOING TO PLAY OUR VIDEO THE
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT VIDEO WE WERE AT LIKE A BEST WESTERN
HOTEL IN AND WE ALL HUDDLED AROUND THE TRK V AND THEN WHEN
IT CAME ON, IT WAS LIKE UP NEXT, NEW VIDEO FROM NIRVANA, WE ARE
YOU WILL CAKING EACH OTHER ON THE HOTEL PHONES, WE WERE KIDS,
22, 23 YEARS OLD.
BUT THE THING THAT TRIGGERS MY MEMORY IS-- WHENEVER A HEAR A
SONG FROM THE '70S OR 80S, IF I HEAR A NIRVANA SONG ON THE
RADIO, I REMEMBER LIKE WHAT I WAS WEARING WHEN WE RECORDED IT,
AND WHERE WE WERE AT THE TIME.
SO IT IS ALL TRIGGERED BY MUSIC, ALL THESE MEMORIES.
>> James: IF YOU WERE TO WRITE A MEMOIR, KATE, DO YOU HAVE A
GOOD MEMORY FOR DETAIL.
COULD YOU REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
>> PRETTY MUCH, YEAH, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN DRUNK.
SO I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PRESENT.
>> James: GOOD POR YOU.
>> I REMEMBER WHAT EVERYONE DID.
>> James: YOU ARE THAT PERSON, NOW I'M GETTING TO AN AGE NOW, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU-- BUT I'M GETTING TO AN AGE WHERE I GET
SORT OF HANG-SIETY, LIKE THE HANGOVER MIXED WITH ANXIETY, I'M
LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
>> IT IS LIKE PUTTING TOGETHER A HUGE PUZZLE, THAT JUST SPELLS
SHAME.
OH, OH THAT GOES THERE, OH.
>> James: AND THE WORST PERSON IS THE ONE OH, IT WAS WAY WORSE
THAN THAT.
>> OH NO.
KATE, YOU HAVE A TRADITION ON OUR SHOW REALLY OF YOUR
OBSESSION WITH MEGA COOL PRAKISHNERS, YOU HAVE A TECH
GAME WITH A DOCTOR FRIEND OF YOURS.
>> IT IS NOT A GAME T CAME OUT OF THE FACT THAT I FOUND THAT IF
YOU EVER GO TO ER OR FOR YOURSELF OR ANYONE ELSE THE BEST
QUESTION TO ASK IS WHAT IS THE WEIRDEST THING SOMEONE HAS COME
IN WITH, AND YOU GET THE MOST INCREDIBLE ANSWERS FROM PEOPLE.
LIKE OH YES, AND REAL OFF SO MANY THINGS VZ LIKE WHAT?
>> LIKE A HOT WHEELS CAR OR LIKE.
>> James: IN MY DEFENSE, ME AND MY SON-- .
>> YEAH, BUT ANYWAY SO I MENTION THIS TO THE DOCTOR WHO IS A
FRIEND OF MINE AND HE SAID OKAY, WELL, DON'T TELL ANYONE BUT I
HAVE QUITE A FEW SLIDES FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL.
AND WHEN ARE YOU HAVING A LOW MOMENT I WILL SEND YOU ONE AND
YOU GUESS WHAT IS UP THE BOTTOM.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> AND SOME OF THEM WERE REALLY EASY LIKE A RUBIK'S CUBE, YOU
CAN SEE MAYEDLY THAT SAY RUBIK'S KAWB AND YOU SAY WHY AND HOW.
BUT SOME ARE HARD, THE WORST WAS A BUST OF MOZ ARD-- MOZART.
>> James: A BUST IN MOZART.
>> YOU KNOW, THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS.
>> James: NOT TO THE SHOULDERS OR NOT.
>> ALMOST TO THE NIPPLE.
>> James: STOP.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
AND WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY, APPARENTLY.
PUTTING THINGS UP YOUR BUM.
ANYWAY.
>> James: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY.