"Most people - mortal people - feel the most connection to the 'contemporary' music of their lifetimes," he says, looking at Lestat for a moment, so he knows they're all talking, even though the conversation is multi-sided. "Do you feel that way about different eras that grabbed your interest?"

A little bit of a journalist question, but he thinks Blondie will let it slide.

"I'm pretty sure we're all inconvenient to the Talamasca." Dry. "Just a lesser one than some of their other headaches. But it's a good thought. I'm not sure where Sam stands, politically speaking, but he'll have seen several generations of these guys by now."