Strange, that.

I was confused enough about why, after people had waited so long for RSO’s new music, all they wanted to talk about on the “Richie (new music)” thread seemed to be Richie’s shortcomings. But it’s REALLY confusing to see that that’s taken over the BJ “new music” thread, too. And even more confusing is that most of the time it’s not the Richie apologists who bring him up. I don't know if it's Richie’s flaws or Jon’s voice that gets the most discussion. One thing for dead sure, it’s clearly not the band or the music. Richie may not be an official band member any longer, but it’s hard to deny that we're still living with a ghost.


Anyway... to follow you back on topic: it’s not surprising that Jon and Shanks wrote both of the two new songs, since they’ve been joined at the hip for the last decade or so. But if poor David couldn’t get a word in edgewise with Jon and "Mookie" in the studio, as Jon said, what’s surprising to me is that he can manage it now, with the Jon and “Snooky” show.