By GLEN PHILLEY
Question-on-the-Quad Reporter
 

Glen Philley: What are your favorite albums that have come out this year?

Amy Ray: Well, Evil Empire is one of our favorite albums of all time, that Rage album that came out about a year ago.

Emily Saliers: That counts. We're about a year behind.

Glen: Have you heard the new Radiohead album?

Amy: Oh yeah! Oh yeah!

Emily: Yeah, that a great album! They're a brilliant band!

Glen: You like that? Yeah, I love that album. I just saw them at Harborlights. Yeah, they're great. I like the new album because it has a very strong message as opposed to most new albums that come out.

Amy and Emily, in unison: Yeah!

Glen: But you like the Rage album?

Amy: Yeah, there's also a good one called Girls Against Boys that I really like.

Glen: Oh, I've heard of them. Do you like the Wu-tang Clan?

Amy: I've never listened to them actually.

Glen: How many times per year do you think someone covers one of your songs at a Bates coffeehouse?

Emily: 12 times.

Amy: 40.

Glen: 12 sounds a little low. I'd say 40.

Emily: We'll just get them to come up and do the show tonight. (laughter)

Glen: So, you were both English majors in college.

Amy: Well, Religion and English.

Emily: Yeah, English.

Glen: What books would you suggest, if you've read anything good lately?

Amy: I would suggest a book called Lies My Teacher Told by James Lowen.

Emily: I'm reading Deterring Democracy by Noam Chomsky, and also I'm reading a great book by Noami Wolf called Promiscuities -- very, very good.

Amy: There's also a good book that came out a few years ago called Backlash.

Glen: In this modern era of rock, do you ever have people that try to mosh at your shows?

Amy: Yeah, but it's sort of a gentle moshing. People that dance and groove.

Emily: Lots of dancing.

Glen: Touring all the time, do you get worn out?

Amy: I mean after a long touring season, you can get worn down in the end. You're around a lot of people in a constant motion. You can get tired, but you know, this is "Honor the Earth" for us. This is our favorite tour of the year. We get some great experiences, you know. We just did The Lilith Tour. It's great, you know, we get to do our own shows. This is the pinnacle of our touring season, emotionally so.

Glen: Do you know who the four time Cy Young award winner is for the Atlanta Braves?

Amy: No.

Emily: Greg Maddux.

Glen: Nice.

Amy: Emily's a Braves fan.

Amy: Have you hiked the Appalachian trail?

Glen: No, have you?

Amy: No, but we're at the other end of it.

Glen: Maybe someday. I'm not much of an outdoors-type person.

Amy: I guessed that.

Emily: You look like an outdoors person.

Amy: With your cool exterior of dark colors!

Emily: You've got your backpack and everything.

Amy: All college people look like outdoors people.

Glen: But I don't wear, like, backpacks and shorts.

Amy: You have a backpack on!

Glen: But I mean the huge, huge backpacks.

Amy: Future cynic!

Glen: Do you have anything to say to the Bates community?

Amy: Support your Environmental Coalition for chlorine-free technology.

Emily: Have fun.

Amy: Get involved! Don't sit in the fraternity house and have parties.

Emily: Learn as much as you can while you're here. Don't take it for granted.

Amy: Play football!

Glen: Thank you very much.