Sharon Van Etten changes the psychology of her songwriting on 'Remind Me Tomorrow'

Referencing a few of her favorites in Margaret Cho, Todd Barry, Nate Bargatze and Amy Sedaris' twisted Comedy Central series "Strangers With Candy," she notes she was a regular visitor to the Comedy Cellar, which was around the corner from her apartment in Manhattan. Perhaps as a result, shortly after sitting for a recent lunch at a greenhouse-like restaurant atop her hotel in Koreatown, Van Etten quickly changes the subject to the waiter.

"I feel like he could be Bob Saget's kid," she says, leaning across the table with a mischievous whisper just after he left the table. "Should I ask him?"

After some discussion of whether it's weirder to pose the question or search