BSM: Tell me a little bit about your residency at the Lizard Lounge.
PK: That was great. That was such a good experience. The third night, the night before Thanksgiving, was the best. I thought nobody was going to go, because they were going to be out of town. But everybody that was in town went to the show. I was a little bit nervous about playing in town four weeks in a row, thinking that nobody would want to come see us that much. And people did, and we played progressively better, I think, each time. It does wonders for a band to play once a week, regularly. You practice regularly, and you get your shit together. So it’s great. And I love the Lizard, it’s like a living room. And everyone there was so great. I’d come in for soundcheck, and everyone would be like “Hey, Paula, c’mon in!” It was nice to be regular.
BSM: How did that residency come about?
PK: I’m not sure, but I think that Aaron, who does most of our booking, e-mailed Willy Beard, who said “Hey, wanna come do a residency at the Lizard Lounge? We’re looking for somebody.” So we were like, alright, sure.
BSM: Was there a lot of variation in the setlist from week to week?
PK: There was a little bit. I mean, there was a little overlap, of course, but we played a couple of new songs, a couple of older ones, so...
BSM: Tell us about your side project, the Boy Joys?
PK: Ah, the Boy Joys. The Bee Gees are probably my longest standing influence. I’m fortunate enough to have three older siblings who moved out of the house by the time I was conscious, essentially, and left huge record collections behind that were chock-full of Bee Gees, and the Byrds, Beatles--all those good “B” bands. But for some reason, I was just so taken with the Bee Gees. When I was little, I didn’t know how uncool disco was, and then when I went to high school, I kind of was only allowed to like Pink Floyd or the Dead, you know. It was a boarding school, and it had that whole scene of boarding school hippies, you know? Thank God Dave Matthews didn’t exist then. [Flustered] Oh, you don’t like Dave Matthews, do you?
BSM: No, but I know what you mean. When I was at college, I had to bite my tongue about a lot of the music my friends liked, and be a closet music snob.
PK: Well, you can still be a good person and listen to Dave Matthews, right? Anyway, so I got out of high school, joined my first band in college, and started writing songs, and I grew to admit my love for the Bee Gees. I thought, “These songs are good, and there’s no way around it, dammit!” So, anyway, one night at the Lizard Lounge, Aaron was playing an acoustic show, Ad Frank was there, and after the show, I overheard Ad and Aaron talking about starting this Bee Gees tribute band, and I just pushed my way in there and I said, “That’s a really great idea, but you can’t do it unless you involve me.” And that was that. I hadn’t played bass before, but I just picked it up. I love playing bass, actually. It’s my favorite instrument to play live.
BSM: How often do the Boy Joys play?
PK: It varies. We started off playing once a month, which I think is a bit much for a kind of novelty band like that. Now it’s like once every two or three months.
BSM: Do you catch any flack for being a songwriter and being in a Bee Gees tribute band?
PK: Not at all. In fact, I think people like that band more than they like my original band...

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