Also Hawkins does not sound like I expected him to at all.
You mean, sometimes he has a southern accent which cuts in and out.
^ Has he ever lived in the south? I know he's lived in Connecticut and New York but nothing about if he lived south of the mason dixon line.
"Hawkins says that his accent is native to a particular neighborhood of San Mateo (in San Fransisco), between the railroad tracks and the Bayshore freeway, which had been settled mostly by people from the South, whites and blacks. The neighborhood was diverse: “Blacks were probably the largest group”
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2010/11/748265/howie-hawkins-saves-green-party-loads-trucks