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Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009
It's manufactured product.
And they never ask you about your songs. They want to talk about [in a nerdy voice] "How do you write your songs? What are your songs about?" As if I had an answer to that question! What do you mean? How do I write my songs? Not to make a big deal out of it, but it's so assuming. You're assuming that I have this method of writing, and it's the same one I use for every single song.
Well, the thing about Q-and-A's is that no one can put words in your mouth.
I don't mind Q-and-A's. I just feel like these journalists are all struggling to be legitimate writers. They're just in the music biz to work on their résumé. Which is fine -- we all have to work on our résumés -- but I feel like they're not really into it. I just have this fantasy: I have my own damn rock band. I want to be Lou Reed and I want the writer to be Lester Bangs. Know what I mean? I want him to be so into it that he's arguing with me about the validity of a song I wrote. I don't care if it's insulting. I don't care if it's challenging or whatever.
All of those fucking music magazines are so gossipy. None of them are really about music or songs or records or just all the stuff that's apparently too nerdy for their audience.
What's going to happen when this tour is over? Where do you guys go from here?
What does a band do? They go out on tour and then if they feel they have to make it or continue to make their mark, they go and write music and record it. We're not really in that mode, because right now we're just playing the old songs and getting paid lots of money for it. That's all anyone is asking for, so that's all we're motivated to do. People haven't come to us and said, "Warner Bros. really wants to know if you were to make your grand LP statement right now, what it would be? Just please do some kind of contract with us." Where are those guys? They're not interested. Business is business, and I understand how business works. Fine. But, I don't know, if I ran a record company I'd be a little more curious about it. Actually, there's been one label, one guy who has been very motivated to get us to record. But yeah, generally they're not asking and, to be honest, neither is the audience. I don't know how they would ask, but that's not really what this is all about. This is all just about, "You guys broke up too soon and I was in high school. So please tour again."
I don't know. We've barely even talked about it or thought about it.
Really?
Well, we have, but mostly for fun. It hasn't been blatant. A week ago, we chatted about doing this or doing that, but it's just fun talk ... I just don't know what to say about it. Make a record because ... why?
