An afternoon skipping class' equals 'An afternoon interviewing Jenny Lewis of Rilo kiley' for KSTO Music Director Curt Frank, who drove to Minneapolis before the Tuesday show to ask questions in an elevator vestibule. Curt: So how do you think your new album is more adventurous? Jenny: I think that going into the studio, initially, we wanted to explore different sounds, and I think some of the production ideas were a little more adventurous. Was that the same studio you've used on the first 2 albums? Yeah -- same studio, same producer (for most of it) -- but then we also worked with my friend Jimmy Tamborello, who is in the Postal Service, and my friend Mark Trombino, so I think working with 2 outside forces as well is kind of a different approach for us. I saw that Blake wrote a song with Tilly [and the Wall] -- how often do you guys work with them? Well we're all friends. Blake wrote one of the songs with Kianna, but I think we're all kind of involved in that way -- like we were mixing our record when Tilly was mixing theirs. There are two rooms, so we all got to be apart of each other's songs. The girls sang on "The Absence of God,' and Jamie says some things on 'a man/me/then jim.' So it's really nice to take them out on tour having shared that experience with each other. So it was pretty natural to take them on tour with you? Oh yeah. We had already taken them out for just our acoustic tour -- for just a couple of dates -- and we had such a nice time with them. They're just great people to have with us. It's just a no brainer. With the new album, have you noticed your fan base changing at all? On this tour there've been a lot more people, but it's been pretty gradual -- we've been touring a lot...we play minneapolis a bunch. We first came through with Nada Surf and then with Superchunk, so it doesn't feel too jarring. There's some of the same faces, and new people responding differently to the new songs than the older songs. More people seem to know the newer songs. Yeah -- you guys did a great job building off the base of your first two albums, creating songs with more lyrical and vocal depth, but I was wondering -- how many times a day do you still do the frug? Oh...well...I'd say fourteen to fifteen...you know, when I'm brushing my teeth, doing yoga, washing the dishes... and the freddy? the freddy? That I haven't done in a couple years... But if people asked? Well, people very rarely yell out the frug. People mostly yell 'Glendora,' which is so...shitty. I mean, I wrote that when I was sixteen years old? And that was a long time ago...so I appreciate that people like it, but I'm not going to play it. I know Jeff Tweedy came out with a book of poetry simultaneous with the new Wilco album. Do you at all write poetry? No, not really. I write some emails to my one friend, and they're short stories. And one I actually just got published, an email -- I haven't told him yet -- but I wrote an extensive email to him, and my friend asked if I could contribute anything to his magazine, which publishes work written by singers and song writers. So I just stole one of the emails. Did you ever picture yourself as a published writer? I don't think I'm...smart enough for that. <ding> Lady from the elevator: Um...hello? Jenny: Hey! We're just doing an interview. For a radio station. But...I think we're done. Curt: Yep. Time for Pizza? Rilo Kiley's new album, More Adventurous, is in stores now.