"Love them or hate them, the one thing you cannot do is ignore them. Most DMer's have, at one time or another, fallen prey to the random acts of brilliance that is Halaka. Whether or not you are a fan, you can't help listening and wondering. Well wonder no more, because here it is and thensome."

"Normally, when I am writing the introductory article that accompanies all Spotlight Interviews, I gather tidbits of background information given to me by the interview subject in a series of preliminary questions I send them. Normally, I would write a kitschy little info piece to let you know where the subject is from and how they started out. It would have the normal stories of youthful participation in school bands and memories of how they received their first guitar or bass or whatever from their Aunt Myrtle on their tenth birthday. But in the seemingly scattered, randomly calculated world of Halaka, the term “normal” doesn’t seem to apply. As I read the answers the boys/men/whatnots of Halaka gave to my questions and those of other DM members, I realized that the only way to experience this interview was to jump feet first into the deep end and forget about taking that last big breath. Little did I know that I would be treading water for a very long time. Thus this interview will be presented in two parts. Enjoy the read and don’t worry, any cliff hangers that present themselves in part one will be neatly resolved in part two and the slight dizziness you feel will subside a few hours after you’ve fully digested."

"If you've read this far you must be a true Halakan. When we left our heroes, they were hanging precariously off the edge of a shear cliff with no help of rescue in sight. Would they survive? Would Kingo remember the mountain climbing skills he learned as a child in Nepal? Would Fanch ever stop singing songs from the musical "The Sound of Music"? Would Sacky ever forgive Madhog for the time he called him a "whiney little pup"? Let's join our broadcast, already in progress...."