Channel 4 Teletext
20/10/04
In the late 80’s, Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer formed The Posies, loosely an American equivalent of Teenage Fanclub with perfect acoustic melodies.
A decade later, the band split, only for both singers to get the ultimate accolade of being invited by Alex Chilton to join the reformed Big Star.
In between, Stringfellow became REMs regular keyboard player. He tells PS how he finds the time for all three bands, a solo album and fatherhood.
Ken Stringfellow says his attitude to his career is based on a speech by Nicolas Cage in Adaptation.
“When Cage’s character calls himself ‘Writer:fat, old, bald, pathetic’, that summed up exactly how I feel about what I do,” laughed Ken.
“OK, so I’ve got hair, I’m not too fat and 38’s not so old. The stupidity of what I do applies anyway. If I think ‘Musician: fat, old, bald, pathetic’ it stops me becoming a jerk.”
(read the rest at murmurs.com)