On the occasion of the release of their latest album, America's only rock 'n' roll magazine that bills itself as such asked for the two most articulate Go-Go's to interview. Their management and record companies provided Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin, the ones who stand on the left on stage.

Although she moved to California from Texas only a few years ago, bass guitarist Valentine speaks with no trace of a twang. Wiedlin, on the other hand, speaks in the little-girlish voice of a woman who seems intent on being perceived as Shirley Templish, but made no eye contact during the course of our extensive chat, during which America's only rock 'n' roll magazine that bills itself as such learned that most of the songs on Talk Show were inspired by real people and events, that those songs are the pick of the litter the group's four songwriters produced in different combinations over a three-month iperiod, and that the five young women consider one another best friends.