From: ROB T Subject: hi from rob thomas Re: Rhinofy-Matchbox Twenty Primer Dear Bob, I’ve always enjoyed reading your letters and your recent take on matchbox twenty (or 20) was no exception.  There were even some points in there that we, ourselves, have talked about from time to time. But there were also, as I’m […]

INFORMATION OVERLOAD The twentieth century was all about scarcity, making it to the top and then dominating. Today there’s so much information that you feel inadequate. It’s an endless buffet that never closes where you find yourself unable to resist taking one more bite, yet still believe there’s something you don’t know. Distribution used to […]

Chatting with the Chopped Teen Tournament, Part 4 Winner The judges talked shit. Why is it that everybody believes their kid is a talented musician deserving the accolades of everybody and no one will tell a wannabe he sucks to his face? Felice is addicted to the Food Network. Because of my ongoing ass problems, […]

“Five Lessons The Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV” You’ve got to stop e-mailing me this article. This is what drives me crazy about America, people glom on to something that squares with their world view and trumpet it to high heaven even though the writer’s got no basis in reality and the whole […]