Kreeli: enters the chatroom.

Kreeli: alright.

Kreeli: hello blitzen, and Ala K .

Kreeli: hi daycaredive, good to see you. and niki in philly! and kazfeist! and jenn!

Kreeli: blitzen and Renee, both your messages were recieved.

Kreeli: hi imaqt!

Kreeli: please note that when you submit a question, it is only seen by me.

Kreeli: so although i would love to chat please try to keep your posts limited to Qs for steve

Kreeli: Steve says he'll be here in about 15 minutes, everyone.

Kreeli: welcome welcome welcome to everyone that is coming in.

Kreeli: thanks for joining us. i know that steve appreciates all the support we loyal fans dish out in copious quantities. :)

Kreeli: get those Q's formulated and submitted, folks!

Kreeli: just to let you all know, steve will be here in about 10 minutes. thanks for joining us.

Kreeli: for anyone that's wondering, if you log out of the room, you should be able to log back in again, as long as the room doesn't fill up during the time you're gone.

Kreeli: the room can hold a lot of people, though, so don't worry too much about that.

Kreeli: if you have multiple questions for steve, please submit them one at a time.

Kreeli: hi intaddict and lemonyfresh! glad you're here.

Kreeli: hi tracy aka jewel!

Kreeli: i'm you all are here. Steve should be here in five minutes or so and we'll get this pawty stawted right!

Kreeli: you should be seeing new comments appearing at the top of your screen.

really steve: enters the chatroom.

Kreeli: again i ask you all to please limit the comments you are submitting to Q's for Steve. not because i don't love you, but because it's overwhelming trying to sift through all the posts to get to the good stuff. ;)

Kreeli: welcome, really steve!

really steve: good afternoon. I type poorly. please be patient and stuff...

Kreeli: everyone, i'd like you all to shout out in your living rooms or wherever your computers are located, YAY STEVE!

really steve: some of you have *really* interesting names...

Kreeli: steve, you are so awesome for doing this. i know that everyone here is super-thrilled to have you come in and take some time out to chat with us.

really steve: blush.

Kreeli: i'm going to dive right in with the questions that have been submitted thus far, so we don't waste any time.

really steve: right on

Kreeli: Doodles asks, "Is there anything we fans can do to assist you in getting your CD published? Because we really, really want to buy it."

really steve: Alas, no. I have an excellent manager (he reps the Lips and Elliott Smith) and he has everything under control. I have been told many times, that these things take a while. But I am flattered by all the entusiasm

Kreeli: i think we're all chomping at the bit with our money in hand, steve. ;)

Kreeli: Jenn asks, "Will the old version of Mighty Little Man be released? If not, will you consider doing so as a hidden track on your CD or as a B-side to a single?"

really steve: No, the old version will not be released. i thought the old one was too autobiographical. I like the new one a zillion times better. But the old one is out there, fo those of you who dig it...

really steve: kreeli smells like cheese

Kreeli: guitarist asks, "Are you planning any public appearances like playing out at clubs or even signing autographs?"

Kreeli: HA HA stop

really steve: Ha! she forgot to moderate that!!!

Kreeli: i'm a vegan, you mangina. ;)

really steve: I sent an answer to guitarists' query...

really steve: did you not see it?

Kreeli: hmmmm, nay, we saw it not. try again

really steve: the answer was, yes, as soon as the record is released, I will tour to supprt it.

really steve: ... I hope.

really steve: was it something I said?

really steve: sue feuer split...

Kreeli: whoops!

Kreeli: sorry about that folks.

Kreeli: steve, you still here?

really steve: yup

Kreeli: ok then. technology so obviously rules!

really steve: what happened?

Kreeli: let's try this again. kazfeist asks, "Are you wedded to Matador?"

really steve: Not at all. they are a great label withsome of my favorite artists, but I have no specific label in mind...

Kreeli: did you ever consider backing yourself? making your own label? funding other people's projects, too?

really steve: yes. i looked into that. it looks very difficult and risky. i would do it as a last resort, but i think there is a home for the record somewhere.

Kreeli: Renee would like to know, "Hi Steve,I would like to say that you are loved in my house.I'm just wondering how does it feel to be so loved by so many people,young,and,well,older?Not many people can say this."

really steve: It feels great, Renee. Sometimes it's surreal.

Kreeli: i have no doubt of that! megamiblitzen asks, "i suppose this may be a rather inane question, but i am too curious not to ask... why do you refer to yourself as "we" on your web site, and do you do that in real life as well? "hello, our name is Steve..."

really steve: Ha! I just thought it flt the theme of dichotomy and two dissonant personalities inhabiting one website. Plus, the royal we is so charming...don't you think?

Kreeli: we are definitely amused. ubershti, my tarty little friend says, "(this room makes me feel like the girl from the twilight zone- the one with no mouth) my question: Ginger or MaryAnne?"

really steve: No question. MaryAnne. "Ginger as sex symbol" is a myth.

Kreeli: so you like 'good girls' eh? damn. Lemony Fresh wants to know, "The multimedia on your site has been lots of fun so far (particularly Hamlet). What are the chances of us hearing any new mp3 clips anytime soon? (Please, please, please.)"

really steve: that, lemony, is up to my manger. I am going to put up some "live" stuff for you all, however. Live meaning recorded in my bedroom in Brooklyn.

really steve: manager, not manger

Kreeli: Roxx asks, "Steve, what do you do in your spare time on weekends etc...?"

really steve: I write sweet sounding songs about scinece and love, i go out in Brooklyn with my friends. Yesterday I went to coney island and ran on the beach.

Kreeli: tracy aka jewel13027 asks, "With the exception of the as yet to be released album that we're all dying to buy, are you working on another projects that we can catch you in?"

really steve: Nope. I quit acting altogether.

really steve: did you see the 100th episode of blue's clues?

really steve: I looked like the mayor of munchkin city...

Kreeli: hehheh. you're so funny.

really steve: hi laurie

Kreeli: Sue Feuer asks, "I'd love to know which talk/radio show you are looking forward to going on when it's promotion time..."

really steve: NOT Stern. NPR? I dunno. I don't listen to much radio. I look forward to chatting with the teeny weeny staions in the basements of Omaha.

Kreeli: leslie says, "not sure if we are allowed to bring up Blue's Clues, but just wanted to thank you for using sign language on the show."

really steve: You're welcome. I am very proud of that aspect of the show. I hope that Donovan uses it too. I know he really wants to.

Kreeli: groupielet asks, "Your website it awesome. It makes me smile. I was curious how large the response has been? How many visitors have you had?"

really steve: we had 3.2 million hits last month. we have to change servers all the time. it has been fantanstic. Paul Ford is a genius.

Kreeli: lollypop lick me (???? hehhe, nice handle!) asks, "does steve like kids? he never acually interacted with them on the show..."

really steve: Of course I do. I love kids. It would impossible not to.

Kreeli: iluvsteveburns writes, "Hey Steve! I just wanted to say that I am a huge fan and that I think you rock! Anyways, do you have more fans now that you are off the show than when you were on it?"

really steve: kids rule. they teach us more than we teach them

Kreeli: oh lordisa, you've got that right, steve.

really steve: hmmmm. good question.

really steve: I think I may have alienated some of my fans by shaving my head and colaborating with psychadelic rockers.

Kreeli: i think your appeal is definitely more far-reaching, however. in other words, you've intrigued more than you've alienated. Lara asks, "Was the performance with the Steve Doll a symbol of green-stripped overshadowing?"

really steve: yeah, it just sort of sums up why I don't take myslef too seriously.

Kreeli: teresa asks, "On a more personal note, do you have siblings?"

really steve: yup, I have two older sisters.

really steve: I love them very much

really steve: :)

Kreeli: Andrea wants to know, "The top hat worn last night in the 100th episode. Did you have to wear it due to the fact that you shaved you hair?"

really steve: Bingo

Kreeli: marley asks, "i just have to ask this: so are you still involved in any way in the production of blue's clues?"

really steve: less and less

really steve: The Dono-man rocks, and I feel more and more confident to step away..

Kreeli: TheKissMistress says, "Hi, Steve! I love you. I think you're extremely talented, and you were amazing on Blue's Clues. Do you have any plans in the near future for anything on TV?"

really steve: not right now. no tv for a while

Kreeli: costaricanfan asks, "Did you know that your show shows in Costa Rica and it is translated in spanish??"

really steve: yup. it's even in turkish. weird.

really steve: it's in 60 countries

really steve: lordy

Kreeli: michelle asks, "What made you audition for Blue's Clues? Why didn't you just start off as "Steve Burns, rock godlet?"

really steve: well, I moved to new york to be an actor, because I got an acting agent first. It just developed naturally before the music did.

Kreeli: we are a voracious lot, aren't we? ;) a pit of vipers, really. hehheh.

really steve: not at all. you are delightful group.

really steve: A righteous drove

really steve: A swell gathering

Kreeli: scarlettrhett04 asks, "Did your older sisters pick on you when u were younger? "

Kreeli: swell, indeed.

really steve: yes. and I picked on them. there was a lot of picking, as I recall.

Kreeli: what *I* want to know is, how did you feel when you first met the Flaming Lips?

really steve: Like I was meeting The Stones. They really have influenced my life, corny as that is. But they are the nicest gorup of people ever. really down to earth and easy.

really steve: GO SEE THEIR TOUR

Kreeli: sweet. smbronx asks, "What kind of student were you in school?"

Kreeli: if they come to vancouver, i will, most definitely.

really steve: I was a very inconsistent student. I had straight A's and straight D's. I got bored, and didn't apply myself. which really frustrated my teachers, who were convinced i was smart.

Kreeli: you ok there, scarlettrhett04? ;)

really steve: I stink at math. stink

really steve: stink stink stink

really steve: no math for me.

Kreeli: your teachers were right, obviously. Andrea asks, "Something that I have been dying to find out. You mention RadioHead, U2 and Bowie as your influences. Your music to me sounds a lot like Pink Floyd. What about Pink Floyd?"

really steve: I don't listen to floyd. I like thier really early sid barret stuff, but I don't evenown dark side of the moon. the LIps however are VERY influenced by Floyd, and I am very influenced by the Lips.

Kreeli: don't listen to floyd? i'm scandalized. Intaddict asks, "Boxers, or briefs?"

really steve: Boxer briefs. Let the boys breathe, but give them support.

really steve: I can't believe I just typed that.

really steve: Kreeli? Moderate that.

Kreeli: ha ha ha. ok, we're all going to need cold showers after this, i think. daycarediva says, "Hi Steve! Do you have any idea if the amount of hours you spent working in front of the blue screen is a record for that kind of acting?"

Kreeli: are you kidding? that's there's what i'm talkin' 'bout, darlin'.

really steve: about 12-15 hours a day, 5 days a week for 6 years.

Kreeli: groupielet asks, "Do you ever read the Board at SteveBurnsRocks.com?

really steve: yes. the cartoons are very... special.

really steve: and the follies are off the hook

Kreeli: hehheh. Ala K thinks you might know the answer to this: "Which is correct, 'soda' or 'pop'?"

really steve: it's regional, and there for subjective. I say soda.

Kreeli: megamiblitzen wants to know, "another completely silly question to make everyone giggle: what substance was used to make the incredibly life-like, um, stain on your khakis in "hot pants"?

really steve: ha. watered down brown latex house paint. nasty, wasn't it?

Kreeli: it was very realistic. it forever changed my view of you. ;)

Kreeli: bordertown asks, "What's your favourite celebrity web site?"

really steve: c'mon Kreeli... give me a good one... something juicy.

Kreeli: hehheh these people are being particularly nice, today.

Kreeli: theKissmistress wants to know, "are you friends with Donovan? Do you hang out?"

really steve: well I should wrap it up in about ten minutes... so... smoke em if you got em.

really steve: yes, I hang with the dono-man. I saw him last wednesday. he is great.

really steve: and he is doing soooo well.

Kreeli: groupielet asks, juicily, "If you don't mind me asking, what kind of boyfriend/lover are you and are you getting any practice lately?"

really steve: oooo. I would like to be a fantastic boyfriend some day to someone. But for now, I'm just sort of ... as you say, practicing.

Kreeli: i do believe i'm getting a case of the vapours!

Kreeli: when's your children's book coming out, steve?

really steve: well, i just got turned down by a HUGE publishing house. they thought it was "too out there" for "my audience". Story of my life! ; )

Kreeli: that's rotten! Andrea would like to know, "Steve, How does it feel to have so many stay at home moms love you as much as their children do?"

really steve: It feels great. I worked very hard to make sure there was something in every episode for the moms and dads, and is great to know that it was getting through.

Kreeli: a whole lot of your fans, me included, want to know if you'd ever consider chatting with us live again? it's been great fun.

really steve: certainly!

really steve: we'll try to do something next month!

Kreeli: beautiful. you're a peach.

really steve: let us all thank Kreeli and doodles

really steve: for rocking the chat.

Kreeli: i want to say thanks on behalf of everyone to you, and doodles, for making this happen.

Kreeli: it's been fantastic. really. keep up the great work steve! and hopefully we'll chat again soon!

really steve: it was my pleasure. see ya!

really steve: logs off.

Kreeli: everyone, doodles will be posting the transcript for this chat as soon as she can on www.steveburnsrocks.com keep checking back!