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somehow Lacrosse and Rage doesn't go together well in my mind at all. except for bashing each other with the lacrosse bats... i hope that was one of your questions. :^)

agreed. a bit of a wierd combo...but no. that wasn't one. wish you could have been there to remind me, doh :)

uhhhhh... holy crap! This is going to be freakin' cool!

pixie, you have outdone yourself, i am pins and needles, i can't wait for this interview, he's my favorite guitarist of all time, mr. crazy tom morello, can't wait!!!

hey james12- narly you are excited. Here's the first clip, where he started to discuss his new tour; Tom is clearly very passionate about the cause. Worry not, we've got some funny ones coming up too where he gets a) political (big surprise :) hehe) b) he talks about RAGE c) i manage to stump him w. a hard-ass question :) hell yeah.

pps please ignore the fact I look like I am coughing up a hairball the whole time...dunno about that :)

crap, don't be so hard on yourself, I thought that was the best interview yet! But keep control of the mic, that's the power!!

i know scot- we only had one mic so it was a bit of the battle....and hey, far be it of me to tear it away from a legend :)

In Utopia, heaven, -- my dream world I constructed in my mind - in that world world I would vote for Tom Morello for President. In that world, he would win the presidency by a landslide. Of course, some people would still mess up at the booths and hit the wrong button, or forget to sign their name.

Let's not kid ourselves: as a planet we're moderately intelligent. I only really need to look at one party in our American political charade, and one party in the British Parliament, to tell you that we might be a little duller and dimmer than I thought.

Regardless of blaming though, I am going to be voting for Obama - and it's because I feel like he relates to our generation. He would support this tour, simply because it supports this nation. In a logistical sense, it would look something like this:
If not Tom Morello,
Then Barack Obama.

Excellent interview - excellent video.
You are my favorite person in the world for today!

Kudos,
Kyle
(sin&suffering)

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Fantastic job !!! don't worry about what you coughed, nor 'bout battling for the mike,
i say it again, fantastic..., many thanks !

Now what if Morello becomes involved in the future Obama team ?
say as an official country's Ministry of Music (like Gilberto Gil in Brazil :))

Um... awesome!
I would vote for Morello...

Nice work,pixie! Lacrosse does fit with Harvard,though.

sorry I'm just getting to this now, I kinda clocked out early yesterday, the interview? exactly what I expected, the man is an intelligent musician, who in his words, is fighting the power, something a lot more people used to care about before, faith, I think you held your own, i don't think you look like you were "coughing up a hairball", i think you look just fine. and as tom morello for president? don't know about that, but that vice president spot is wide open, think about this...

obama/morello 08, just saying it...thank you for posting this, you are one of the pillars of the mog community, and I hope to see more later, peace.

nice one faith. love love love it.

good stuff, indiepix! i'm looking forward to the rest of the installments.

kyle- ur the sweetest. and you made my day.
universalis- i say you start a street team for Morello and I'll get on board.
James- I think I just shed a tear of joy.
david- gracias. keepin the faith
Brit- i still can't get over how much i like ur pict. bad ass chica, i'll keep the vids coming for ya :)

Nice work again.

pixie - you need to host your own cable show - get the powers at MOG to hook it up - what a great cross promotion for the site - what a great way to promote music - and awesome causes like social justice - and Morello's fantastic work being done there... my boy Henry Rollins... Look out! :)

I love how modest you are too - "as luck would have it" - you seem to be making a lot of your own luck, and I think I speak for everyone when I say - "We Are Grateful" - please don't stop...(!)

All the Best,
Van

van. you're a muffin. dude i would TOTALLY host my own cable show (shhh...I don't own a TV...I'm more of a lit&sonic brat...but still). Thanks for the constant encouragement. I am just psyched dudes like Tom wanna speak to us- and about things that matter. Regardless, it beats the fodder that's on MTV these days :)

Totally Awesome! Keep these interveiws coming... they are super cool.

Who's next?

trying to hook up Golfrapp at Coachella...can't get a video camera in tho (or camera in general) so probably just written that one. Also, MGMT , Nicole Atkins....and I am pushing hard for.... gulp....The Cure in June. Bring it on. What do you guys want to see?

Cool interview! Great lineup for this tour, thanks for this!

raconteurs baby!!

Nice interview, Pix. Tom seems like a great guy to chat with. Very articulate and open, with lots of great things to say. Piece of cake interview compared to some folks, I'm sure. Looking forward to your write ups about Cochella. Too bad you can't sneak the Mog-O-Vision cams in there. ;-)

Great interview. Yeah tom does seem like a real down to earth guy, i would def vote morello for pres. MUCH better than whats on MTV these days! I would love to see you interview Stephen Malkmus, just to see if that pavement tour will happen or not.

i'll be DAMNED !
SOMEONE /THING i am excited & passionate about...
RAWK

that's awesome!! Great job!!!
AND he's a Cubs fan!! Makes me like him evn more!! :-)

Morello is a very smart and articulate guy, obviously since he went to Harvard and all. Plus he knows how to rock! Can't wait to see the whole interview

Tom Morello is the freakin MAN . If there were only 1,000 more of him the music industry...Great Interview Pixie.

I love the sendoff: "the chords and the truth can serve a higher purpose"

wordpainter- great avatar..

Thanks for the props folks... Feel free to pass this around to friends...facebook spread or whatever...I want as many ppl seeing THIS and attending their shows and feeling inspired. If there's one thing I got from him, he's not kidding about action. It's rare for musicians to devote so much time and energy to good causes, to try to change our F*ed up world rather than sit back and just riff, and endorse bottom-up action.

Change starts from here...from us :) not to lecture. But he's a great freakin role model.

now go grab a shovel. :)

Awesome interview!

OK, what do we gotta do to get you a 2nd microphone? ;-)

We saw him a few years ago when the Nightwatchmen, Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, and some others were doing a similar type of tour. Definitely quieter than with RATM , but decent nonetheless.

Boots Riley from the Coup had some really interesting stuff to say about Tom and the Justice tour. I think that will be up in the next week or so

nice job Pixx. your beauty and charisma makes the interviews. i didnt know how devoted Tom Morello really was about social change until after the Rock the Bells show did I check out their website and reading list. Only if you could of talked with Zack somehow. ha.
Hope to see more interviews! maybe some Djs? RjD2, Diplo? Girl Talk?
Paz, Amor
jM