Saturday, Mar. 21 2009 @ 2:32PM
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| Camille |
| Taylor, Adam, Bun, James |
Right now, Tinted Windows are sitting on the couch across from me at the Driskoll Hotel lobby. Tinted Windows?!? Yes, Tinted Windows: the mind-boggling "super"-group of Taylor Hanson, James Iha, Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schleslinger, and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos. I am here pilfering free WiFi and they are here answering questions from a barrage of interviewers. We are not equals.
Watching these reportorial transactions--and that's what they are--are hilarious. So far, we've had a blonde television reporter spend her 15 minutes leading up to the investigative gem, "So have you guys had the chance to catch any shows while you're in town?" All smooshed together on a couch, they grin uncomfortably. Taylor answers something to the effect of Ah, nah, we've sort of been in our own world.
Next? Taylor and Adam, the best talkers, are then paired off with a slouched-over, middle-aged/middle-America writer (no camera, only a notebook, Tim Allen haircut) who's comparing Tinted Windows to the Traveling Wilburys (not quite) and Bad English (more like it). "It is sort of interesting that you say that," says Taylor, clearly wanting to be perceived as a Traveling Wilbury. Adam Schleslinger proceeds to explain that there's no real master plan behind this band. "Dude, it's just some guys that like each other and want to make some music." They also concede that Tinted Windows is a "joke name," purposefully pretentious--because they are not. And for what it's worth, Taylor Hanson seems like a pretty sincerely nice dude, at least from across a hotel lobby.
Next? Derek from the Tripwire, who asks James Iha if Billy Corgan's gone crazy. There is laughter.