AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BAND THE

SHINS, WE LOVE IT WHEN HE STOPS BY, THE PHENOMENAL, THE

TBLORIOUS JAMES MERCER IS HERE ON THE SHOW.

HOW ARE YOU, JAMES, YEAH, DID YOU IT, HOW IS EVERYTHING, ARE

YOU WELL?

>> I'M VERY WELL, YES, THANK YOU.

>> James: NOW WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, WE HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, YOU HAVE

THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, HOW IS IT TRYING TO WORK IF HOME WITH ZOOM

SCHOOLING AND ALL OF THAT JAZZ?

>> WELL, IT IS MORE OF A CHALLENGE THAN I THOUGHT IT

WOULD BE, I TELL YOU THAT, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR

TEACHERS NOW MORE THAN I DID IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THE SIX YEAR OLD IS THE CHALLENGE KEEPING HER IN FRONT

OF THE ZOOM.

>> I FEEL LIKE, THE BIGGEST NIGHT MAYOR, ALL OF US PARENTS

HAVE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST FIVE YEARS, EIGHT YEARS GOING LIMIT

SCREEN TIME.

>> WE FOUND OUR SIX YEAR OLD THE OTHER DAY SHOW FIGURED OUT HOW

TO GET YOUTUBE UP WHILE SHE'S ZOOMING SO THE TEACHER IS

LOOKING AT HER, SHE SEEMS TO BE PAYING ATTENTION BUT SHE IS

WATCHING MERMAID VIDEONESS WHICH I HAVE GOT TO BE HONEST, I THINK

YOU HAVE A GENIUS ON YOUR HANDS.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION CALLED

SAVE OUR STAGES.

AND FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AND

YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND HOW PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED IN IT

THEMSELVES.

>> WELL, PRETTY EASILY G TO THE SAVE OUR STAGES.COM AND THERE'S

ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION THERE.

BUT THE IDEA IS BASICALLY THAT THESE INDEPENDENT SCREN US, THE

SMALL LITTLE THEATERS AND NIGHTCLUBS, THE PLACES WHERE YOU

GO ON A FIRST DATE, MAYBE YOU MET YOUR WIFE AT ONE OF THESE

PLACES, THEY ARE STRUGGLING HORRIBLY THROUGH THIS COVID ERA.

AND THE IDEA IS STO TRY AND GET SOME LEGISLATIO TOGETHER TO

HELP, GET SOME OF THE STIMULUS MONEY TO GO TO THESE INDEPENDENT

VENUES AND HELP THEM THROUGH.

IF WE COULD GET A YEAR, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME

OUT OF THIS WHOLE THING AND WE WANT TO RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE.

BUT IF EVERYTHING IS CLOSED, WHAT HAVE WE GOT.

>> James: AND WITHOUT THOSE VENUES, SO MANY GREAT ARTISTS

WON'T GET THE CHANCE TO CARRY ON WITH INCREDIBLE CAREERS AND THE

IMPACT THAT THEY WILL HAVE ON SO MANY OF OUR LIVES.

I MEAN IT IS TWENTY YEARS SINCE THE SHINS DEBUT ALBUM.

THAT, IS THAT NEXT YEAR IS THE 20th ANNIVERSARY?

>> THAT IS RIGHT, JUNE OF 2021.

>> James: DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO CELEBRATE SUCH A THING?

>> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO REMASTER OUR FIRST RECORD, AND RELEASE IT

AGAIN AND JUST PUT SOME COOL PHOTOGRAPHS, ANYTHINGS NO TAL

GUK IN THE PAST.

WE USED TO MAKE FLYERS BY HAND AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.

>> THAT IS SO EXCITING.

HAVE I HEARD IN THIS REALLY, REALLY EXCITES ME, THAT YOU AND

BRIAN ARE WORK ON SOME NEW BROKEN BELLS MUSIC.

THIS-- WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS?

>> WELL, BRIAN AND HAVE I BEEN WORKING ON A NEW RECORD FOR THE

LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, HE IS AN EXTREMELY BUSY GUY.

>> YES.

>> SO IT IS FINDING TIME WITH HIM.

IT LOOKS LIKE JANUARY WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER.

WE THINK WE NEED ABOUT 10 TO 14 DAYS AND WE CAN FINISH THIS

RECORD AND GET THAT OUT.

>> I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT.

I'M SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.

EVERY TIME YOU STOP BY THE SHOW, RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK.

THE SHINS WILL BE PERFORMING RIGHT HERE ON THE "LATE, LATE

SHOW," COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.