Actually, I'm getting ready to go on an Amps tour with Kim for just a week, the 17th through the 24th, Austin to L.A. and I'm looking forward to that.

ARE YOU REPLACING SOMEBODY IN THE AMPS?

No, I'm just going to sing with her. Harmony on three songs and then scream on three songs.

THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE ROAD ARE PRETTY STRONG...

I'm bringing along a sober friend. And I'm only going to go out for a week. She wanted me to go out for like six weeks, the whole tour and I'm like "No way, I don't want to be in a tour bus with you for six weeks, you pothead!" I don't even like pot -- it's just so boring. So to be cooped up with a pothead for six weeks... Yuck. After that, we're going to do some dates with the Psyclone Rangers.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS BREEDERS REUNION I KEEP HEARING ABOUT?

Kim's going to play some festivals in Europe in July. And in August, I'm going to go to Dayton and we're going to do some rehearsals there. Then probably a tour. Because Kim likes to tour the songs before we go into the studio so the songs flesh out more.

SO IT'S A DEFINITE: THE BREEDERS WILL GET BACK TOGETHER.

Oh yeah.

JIM'S ON BOARD, JOSEPHINE'S ON BOARD, EVERYTHING'S GOOD TO GO?

I'm not sure, actually, if Jo is on board. I know she's fluctuating back and forth as to whether she wants to be involved or not. I think she has some concerns about me and my drug addiction and going on the road. And rightly so. I'd be concerned, too.

SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COPE WITH THAT?

It was so hard for me to fuckin' find dope anyway. It's not like people are going to... Well, I guess someone did come to my house and give me dope. I'll be fine -- I don't like beer and I don't like pot. So as long as there's no Jameson's Irish whiskey and no heroin floating around, I should be OK.

BUT THESE THINGS HAVE A WAY OF FINDING THEIR WAY TO MUSICIANS, LIKE WELL MEANING FANS WHO SAY, "HERE, MAN" AND HAND YOU A BAG OF DOPE.

That's never happened to me before. I don't think it will. I've gotten pot from people. And I'd give it to Kim. And I don't like coke. We did a week with the Grifters and they're all big drinkers and I had no desire. I guess what it is, it's not just that drug use for the night. Because I really do know now, I really understand, that I do not use like other people. I don't stop drinking, I don't stop using drugs. So for me, it's not just "Oh, do I want to drink tonight?" That's not the question. It's more like, "Do I want to take the plunge and begin drinking again and be fucked up all the time and have hangovers and be high and start using heroin again?" I know if I get drunk I will use heroin. It may happen, but you know what they say? "Day by day." Today I am sober, damn you [laughs].

SO YOU AND KIM ARE FRIENDS AGAIN.

It feels really good that she wants me to go on tour with the Amps and stuff like that. She wanted me to tour with her for a long time and it felt so good. Like a complete cycle had finished. For Kim to want to spend time with me now... "Kelly, what are you doing? Really? Go on tour with me. Sing with me." It's so great to see her like me again. You know how she is -- when she's pissed and stuff? Oh man. She's just a little shit. She makes you miserable if she doesn't like you. Bitch. So it's nice.

THAT'S A HAPPY ENDING.

Indeed, it is a happy ending.