Morris Million Cat Rescue Kickoff: Randy Jackson Interview

I had the pleasure of interviewing Randy Jackson about the inauguration of the second annual Morris' Million Cat Rescue from 9 Lives, home of the famous Morris, a several months-long effort that Jackson joined last year.

This year's tour will kick off today, June 13th, 2007 in Chicago, birthplace of Morris the cat, whose handsome mug graces 9 Lives products. I'm pleased to present my interview, including the latest news about the Million Cat Rescue, Randy's thoughts about American Idol, as well as what's coming up professionally for Randy Jackson.

As an aside, I made one embarrassing slip of the tongue during our conversation. We were talking about music and I mentioned that I had really enjoyed jazz in my youth. "You know, what we called Modren Jazz - Stan Kenton, Stan Getz, Miles Kimball---"

Good grief! Miles Kimball is a mail order trinkets company. Randy graciously overlooked my goof. But, Dawg, if you ever read this, I meant Miles Davis, of course, man. I apologized for taking his time talking about my music interests, and he said, Oh no, man. I love talking to music people. (I glowed all day after that remark. What a NICE man!)

The image shown here is Randy Jackson at the "Distinctive Assets at the Kids' Choice Awards
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