Dave Navarro says of himself, "I'm the kind of guy who gets bored with one thing." So with the Panic Channel -- the band the onetime Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist formed with Steve Isaacs and former Jane's Addiction mates Stephen Perkins and Chris Chaney (who has since been replaced by Siggy Sjursen) -- between records, and his reality TV program 'Rock Star' in limbo, Navarro has taken to the Internet to keep himself busy. He has created and will host a new online TV show on ManiaTV.com called 'Spread Entertainment' that finds him taking to the role of interviewer, an interesting place for him to find himself given his own feeling about the media as he went through his well-publicized divorce with Carmen Electra last year. Navarro spoke to Spinner about the show and how it was partly inspired by Hugh Hefner, the media's obsession with Paris Hilton and why everything comes back to music for him in the end.

What prompted 'Spread Entertainment'?

It came from a combination of places: Going back and looking at 'Playboy After Dark,' where Hugh Hefner hosted parties that were on television and he had different friends and artists hanging around, having cocktails and sharing stories. It was a party environment but a very loose structure. And I've always admired that way of presenting a show. Then, when I was a guest on Tom Green's Internet show, I was introduced to the ability of having content streaming live on the Internet. That was really inspiring just on a technological level. So me and my partner, Todd Newman, got together and started talking with the people over at ManiaTV.com and kind of created this combination of the two schools -- a talk show meets 'Playboy After Dark.'

How is it evolving?

The technological advancements we've made on our end from episode to episode have jumped light years. There's really no format for setting up and breaking down at a nightclub once a week to broadcast live Internet television. And the vibe of the show really depends on who's the guest. Ron [Jeremy] is known for his pornographic world more than anything else, but we didn't really talk about that. As a host, I want to stay away from the obvious when it comes to guests and get more into things that we don't know about them.

How are you enjoying being on the other side, as the interviewer?

It's a lot of fun. The good news is I've decided that I don't want to be the guy who approaches people when they're out enjoying themselves. It's not comfortable for me -- I hate it when it's done to me. The idea is that if people want to be a part of the evening and they want to come down, it's a live environment, there's cocktails being served, waitresses, music -- it's a real loose forum. And as far as being an interviewer, I don't walk in with a list of questions, I don't try and dig up gossip, and I don't try and get in areas people don't want to talk about. It's more of a loose conversation as it flows.

What sorts of guests are you planning to have on?

My dream interviews are more or less with people that are either going through or have gone through a life-changing experience. In future shows, one of the things I want to do is get a cutter and a self-mutilating performance artist, and talk to them about their similarities and differences -- what makes one taboo and what makes one art?

So you're more interested in what people have going on rather than any particular celebrity names?

Yeah, I feel like I can tune into other channels to do that. But the thing is, with Ron Jeremy, for instance, we learned a lot of things about him, like his mom was a spy in the Second World War, he's got a master's degree. Even with Janice Dickinson -- who is wild, off-the-wall and sexy, and people always want to dig into her past relationships, her drama with Tyra [Banks] or whatever the hell it is -- I was more interested in how she felt going home after judging these girls on 'America's Next Top Model.' And in doing so I was able to relate my experiences judging on 'Rock Star,' and we both talked about how hard it was, and how you go home and feel really terrible about it.

We've spoken about the problems you've had with the invasive nature of the media, and rather than just complain, you're doing something proactive.

I feel like the technology we have at our disposal is so incredible, we have the ability to change things if we want to from our homes. Everybody does. Maybe not everybody can go and do an hour-long show from a nightclub, and I feel very fortunate to be able to do that. But we have options, and I just feel as a society we don't exercise them enough. Paris Hilton, for instance, who catches so much s***; that girl can't go buy a soft drink without it being in the news. I have no problem with her. In fact, she's always been nothing but kind to me. What I have a problem with is the outlets that find every goddamn thing she does to be the most fascinating thing in the world. I'm over it. And, in fact, if I was ever to get her as a guest, I would talk to her about that.

But a lot of those people try to use the media to begin with, then it gets out of control and eats them.

I can't speak to that, because I don't know them personally and how they operate within their personal lives, but I do know that if I see a news piece on the fact Paris Hilton enjoys yogurt, I feel like, "Who gives a f***? Let the girl have some f***ing yogurt." I'm not trying to say that I'm doing anything that's gonna alter the media, but it's nice to have options, and, frankly, we also want to have fun; it's something that should be light and funny.

What's going on with the Panic Channel?

Because of the changing of the guard at Capitol, we have been given the opportunity to continue forward without a label, which is kind of what we wanted to do since Day One. So now we have an opportunity to break out another record ASAP and make it available online. We couldn't be happier about it. We want to keep moving forward, and that's what we plan to do -- just get back in, write and record and crank it out. For us, what's important is to make music and be creative and have an interaction with our fan base. And let's say we record and mix a couple of songs that we love -- we'll just throw that stuff up and make that available.

No matter how much of this other stuff you do, it always comes back to music.

It's all going to come back to music, because as much as you can express yourself in those different avenues that we're talking about, nothing can come close to the expression of the indescribable -- and music is where I turn to when there aren't any words. Wow, that's your pull quote, dude.