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...BP: Well, it really depends on how you define the Jem character. Jem was very good—I would say she was probably a lot more self-sacrificing than I am. I feel like I’m a good person, but I don’t have an orphanage, and I don’t devote a huge part of my time to a cause outside myself...
...BP: From what I recall, the Jem singers fought a lot and then worked things out. I think that’s accurate, but every band differs. Luna is really fun with lots of really fun, funny, smart people. The first band I was in, though, was a nightmare. I guess it really just depends on the people involved—some people are darker, some more mature. Being in a band is like being in a family, or a gang, and that can be great but it can be claustrophobic at the same time...
...BP: I don’t know if being in an all-girl band makes that big of a difference, but I definitely enjoy touring with girls. When I first started out with Luna I didn’t really miss it, but then this summer we toured with a female keyboardist. She and I would talk about girly things, while the guys taunted each other...
...BP: I’m not an expert on Jem [but] I know she’s a good person, so I guess she’s a good thing to admire. The people who made the show made an effort to round her out, so she wasn’t just a glamour puss...
...manufacturers, led by Sharp and Kyocera, have moved aggressively into photovoltaic cells, which turn sunlight into electricity. And in April General Electric snapped up Enron Wind from the bankrupt energy giant. "We are on a journey to a lower-carbon world," says Graham Baxter, an executive at Britain's BP, which is building a $100 million solar plant in Spain...