Hiya everyone! Ryan Morrison here. I was just lucky enough to get a chance to sit down with myself Ryan Morrison for a brief interview about the return of Karachi Rocket especially for MySpace.com. So, let’s see what Ryan Morrison has in store for the much-anticipated reunion of Karachi Rocket!

RM: Welcome Ryan!

Ryan Morrison: Bah weep granah weep ninni bong.

RM: (long pause) So, it appears Karachi Rocket has returned. What gives? Couldn’t make it on your own?

Ryan Morrison: First of all Ryan, thanks for taking the time to write about little ol’ us. (laughs) No, it’s not that I couldn’t make it on my own. In fact, I am enjoying a fair degree of material wealth at the moment due to my other hobby, bagpiping. But, after my, uh ... (whispers) breakdown ... I really needed some time off. Just a little burnt out, you know?

RM: But you’re back now, right?

Ryan Morrison: Back now and better than ever! We are looking forward to a good year of activity, what with MUSE of FIRE’s Shakespeare at Sloss production of Macbeth and all.

RM: So whatever happened to the Kilted Brigade? You were supposed to deliver on that in 2007 and you didn’t. What the f**k? How can we ever trust you again?

Ryan Morrison: Hey now, the word of Ryan Morrison is always good, and I always deliver! Yeah, we had a bit of a snafu trying to transition into the Kilted Brigade too soon, but it’s still coming! We are still slaving away on our very original idea of blending my hobbies of piping and drumming into one awesome show idea! And we’re not going to cock it up like those big superstar bellydance groups! I am Alabama’s ONLY fully professional bagpiper arranging classical Arabic music for the pipes, and even writing some original pieces, and my drummers are the best that Alabama has to offer. We are going to really break some new ground with this! Besides, I’ve worked really hard to develop such an over-inflated sense of self-importance after the, uh ... (whispers) breakdown.

RM: We shall see. (long pause) So has the line-up changed, or is it the same group of immature no-account ne’er-do-wells, accursed mountebanks, and rapscallions?

Ryan Morrison: (laughs) Well, we welcome back Robert Stewart and Ryan "Ro-ro" Carlson, and we are introducing our newest member Brian "Bowfinger" Bowman, who is also a fellow piper. (laughs)

RM: Whatever. So, what next then?

Ryan Morrison: (laughs) Well, we are all gearing up for the MUSE of FIRE’s Shakespeare at Sloss production of the "Scottish play" Macbeth. Karachi Rocket will be performing for the ULTRA HiP REVUE (formerly the Gypsy Red Tribe), our wife’s newest and most successful project to date. They have even been distinguished locally as the "sexy" bellydance group!

RM: Distinguished from what or whom?

Ryan Morrison: (omitted) (laughs) We will be performing for the dancers who appear as Hecate’s minions. I guess that makes us Hecate’s Minstrels. They will perform for the first intermission, and at the conclusion of their performance the second act will begin. At this point, we will all accompany Hecate as she enters.

RM: Sounds brilliant! (laughs) So what’s with the new MySpace profile? New face for a new group?

Ryan Morrison: Not really. I just can’t remember the password to the old account.

RM: Oh. They can send it to your email account.

Ryan Morrison: I know, but I can’t access the old email account ... It’s complicated.

RM: Moving on, we all eagerly await to hear your new sound. Will you be sharing some music with us on this new MySpace profile?

Ryan Morrison: As a matter of fact, yes. We will be working out some recordings of the dancer’s favorite rhythm Beladi, and we were also thinking of putting together a recording of Beladi, and maybe Beladi too.

RM: In closing, on a serious note: What is the philosophy of Karachi Rocket?

Ryan Morrison: (laughs) (laughs) (long pause) (laughs) Well, for now we’ve opted out of global domination in the interest of pursuing more localized disturbances. We’ll cause a diversion over here, cut holes in the wire here, fire on all these machine gun positions. The B-Group comes across this area in a flanking maneuver ...

RM: What’s a "flank?" (laughs)

Ryan Morrison: (laughs)

RM: Well, that’s all the time we have for now. Thanks very much for sitting down with me Ryan.

Ryan Morrison: Sure thing Ryan. Namárië.

Well there you have it. Ryan Morrison and the lads of Karachi Rocket are indeed back, and the world is all the richer for it. There are even pictures to prove it.

Until that day, till all are one. -- RM