ADAM: How important (if at all) is it to have a connecting line-however subtle-running through your songs, lyrically speaking? Is it possible to give a Cliffs Notes for the entire album?
GREG: I don't mean to be purposefully obscure, but there is really no common thread warping or woofing through the album. Kelly has her lyrics and I have mine, and we write them very differently from one another. Kelly taps her own experiences--heartbreak, salvaged love and whatnot--and I usually find striking images that only get to my emotions by the impact they have after they appear. The chicken and the egg, I guess. I'm not particularly interested in the first person. It seems a little vainglorious to write openly about one's own life, especially when there's the tacit understanding that we can't do otherwise no matter how we try to disguise it or detach ourselves. It's not a problem for me not to make any sense, but in the end, I think there is a crooked sense to my lyrics. Kelly is a little more straightforward.
ADAM: The Internet has certainly made it easier for indie bands to reach the masses. There's that great story in your press kit about the teenager who found you guys on Napster and came all the way from Jersey (with friends) to see a live show. But then you also hear about the college kids who have hundreds of CDs in their collections and haven't paid for an album in years. What's your take on the situation?
KELLY: Well, if it wasn't for Napster, no one outside of the SF Bay Area would have heard our music yet. So, for small artists like us, the Internet is a great distribution channel. For those artists that rely on record sales for their livelihood, I suppose it can be a problem, but we are so far from being in that situation, that it's hard for me to even relate to that point of view. I think it can potentially be a huge problem for larger record companies... I think they are mostly the ones that are making the stink over Internet music. Part of me feels like "HA! Screw you! You don't support us artists anyway!" As a record collector myself, I know that having Mp3s on my computer can be a convenient way to listen to music while working, but nothing compares to having the real product in your hand. I want the artwork and the lyrics and the photos. I want the whole package. I think most true music lovers feel the same way.
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