Three's Company: Quasi's Joanna Bolme wants you to get a freakin' bass player already.

By Amy Mccullough
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WW: You’ve toured with Quasi before. Why make it official at this point?
How hard was it to join a duo as tight—personally and musically—as Quasi's Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss?
You're like the Kevin Bacon of Northwest indie-rock bass playing. How did you get started?
all
Was it easier to just know everyone in the ‘90s?
Oh yeah
You've gained some notoriety for helping put together Elliott Smith's last album, From a Basement on a Hill.
You sound apprehensive…

Did you do more of them around the time of Basement's release?
not true
Janet seems like an intimidating drummer to share rhythm duties with. Her style is really abstruse and instinctual.
Do you have more of an integral part in the creation of songs with Quasi or the Jicks?
So it's not like Stephen [Malkmus] comes in and says, “This is how we're gonna do things.”
I'd
Does being an official member of Quasi take anything away from its “power-duo” image?
very
Quasi plays Thursday, Nov. 15, with Herman Jolly and Oh Captain, My Captain at Dante’s. 9:30 pm. $5. 21+. Photo: Bolme rockin' City Hall, taken by Jason Quigley. Read the extended Q&A here.

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