ADAM: How's life?
JAIME: Mikey likes it. That much we know. I have to agree with Mikey, though.
ADAM: What's spinning on your CD player these days?
JAIME: My girlfriend just got me a 400 disc player, so I'm literally in heaven. I put it on random play, and just sit back, relax, and enjoy. When I take it off random these days I'm definitely into S. Malkmus's first solo attempt. I'm also listening to relatively recent stuff from Joseph Arthur and Frank Black.
ADAM: The world ends tomorrow and the Ticketmaster Upstairs has to book the Eternal House Band. Who's recruited?
JAIME: Elvis has to be booked, doesn't he? I mean, I saw reruns of some of those late 70s shows with ELVIS in light bulbs behind him, and he put on quite the show. The only question is, which Elvis would I want? It comes down to the same debate they had with the stamp a couple years ago.
ADAM: How about the band down in Hell?
JAIME: I'm not sure. Would we want a band to punish those who are sent to Hell? Or would we want a good band to make life in Hell a little easier to bear? If it's the latter, then of course we'd have to put Elvis in there again. If it's the former, I think I'd have to book a comedian. Life without music is hell.
ADAM: Now, I wasn't familiar with your e-mail address so I looked up the host. What's with these articles on economic models? That doesn't seem to be a very rock-and-roll day job.
JAIME: Nice work, Mr. PI. Indeed, I do work to support my music these days. The long-term goal is for music to support itself. We'll see what happens. By the way, did you know that Mick Jagger went to the London School of Economics? Not bad company to be in.
ADAM: What was the impetus behind forming The Timbre Project?
JAIME: Well, at the time, the band I was in (Five Dollar Milkshake) was in between bassists, and the future was somewhat up in the air. I had a number of songs, though, that I really liked and I didn't want to lose, so I decided to put them on tape for posterity. As it happened, the tape came out really
