Do you feel that the time away, and the work you and Jon have done with REM, Big Star and your solo stuff has actually grown the reputation of The Posies?
KS: The time off didn’t really harm anything, if anything it made us appreciate what we have, it seems to have made some people appreciate what we do and because we’ve not been that available it gives the air of being something pretty special this time around. We feel quite appreciated now! And I think those old records have a sort of persistance – they’re records that people recommend to each other on a frequent basis. They’re ‘best kept secret’ records. And I was surprised when I saw a recent sales report of ‘Frosting On The Beater’ (the band’s 1993 classic) – it sold quite a lot in those intervening years.
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