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Interview 1: John Hiatt: Let's talk about the new record. I think it's a big jump for you in a lot of different ways. Maybe I'm reading it wrong. But it sounds like one to me. The new record is called Glimmer. You didn't cut it anywhere near Nashville. Kim Richey: No. John Hiatt: In fact, I think you went to London for some of the sessions. Kim Richey: Yeah, we were up in New York for like about three weeks. Then I got to be seven weeks over in London. So that was pretty cool. That was fun. John Hiatt: Great city. Kim Richey: Yeah. John Hiatt: And this record's produced by Hugh Padgham, who is one of those English fellows last time I checked. Kim Richey: He's one of those guys, yeah. John Hiatt: So what was that like? Kim Richey: It was great. It was totally different, you know, like you said, from anything I'd ever done. And at the time when I was ready to make a record, I wrote the songs--a lot of them--when I was touring on Bittersweet. And a lot of the stuff from the record are things that I was kind of going through personally at the time and needed to turn them into songs so I didn't have to think about them anymore. And I didn't really care if they fit into what kind of genre. You know, if they were country, or not country, or pop, or whatever. And they were just songs that I had to write. And when it came time to make the record and I had all these songs, they didn't really lend themselves to a country kind of thing. So I wanted to try something different in the way of production. And also I needed to -- you know, sometimes you just feel like you get stuck and you need to really kick yourself in the rear end and do something that's a little scary. And so I scared the heck out of myself and it turned out to be a good thing. I hooked up with Hugh. And the guys at Mercury were really great. They were totally into me making this record with him. Interview 2: John Hiatt: I want to ask you, we ask every guest what they're listening to currently and it doesn't have to be new stuff. You know, just what's on your turntable. What's in the bus? Kim Richie: We listened to Slow Turning this morning. John Hiatt: Oh, come on. Kim Richey: We did. We listened to you. We were all singing along. Yeah. We were saying nice stuff about you. John Hiatt: I've got the money upstairs. Kim Richey: No problem. John Hiatt: Thanks for saying that. Kim Richey: We listened to you today, just today. And we listened to Beggar's Banquet, the Stones. You were right after the Stones. John Hiatt: What a record. Don't you love the cover? Kim Richey: It's pretty great. Yeah, yeah. I was thinking about having like a bathroom stall kind of thing on my cover too. So we listened to you guys. Another record that I love--I love Bobby Bear Jr.'s record. John Hiatt: Oh, yeah, Bear Jr.--awesome. Kim Richey: That's killer. And another great record that I listen to over and over again -- this record just makes me happy when I listen to it -- have you heard The Fountains of Wayne record -- Utopia Parkway? John Hiatt: No. Kim Richey: It's really great. It's these beautiful pop melodies and vocal arrangements and stuff. The lyrics are like kind of funny. And they're not all funny. Like one's called "Red Dragon Tatoo" and it's about this guy that's going to get a red dragon tattoo so this girl that he's checking out with think about it. And he says -- like one line is something about, "Will you stop acting like I've never been born, now that I look a little more like that guy from Korn." But it's all to these beautiful melodies and these intricate background things. It's really cool. It's about my favorite record right now.
