Just got this stupid email:

was lookin at ur site….till i saw link 2 the ’shills’, frauds, phoneys, con artists at c2c am…if u go there, u cant be 2 bright…lol…will look more but people who endorse c2c are idiots, maybe temporally but still idiots…

First of all, don’t write me about how I’m “not 2 bright” when you are fucking using letters in place of numbers to communicate. There’s just about nothing more irritating in the world than this sort of clipped excuse for human interaction. I mean, if you’re sending me a text message, and you don’t have a lot of time because “ur about 2 b killed” and you need me to come rescue you in the nick of time, then fine. But otherwise, shut up.

Second, if you’d actually read my site more than for the split second it took for you to tell me how I’m “temporally” an idiot, then you’d know that I actually have written a lot about how C2C (Coast to Coast AM - for the uninitiated) is completely full of shills, frauds, phoneys, and…. idiots.

Knowing that is actually more than half the reason I listen to it (though I haven’t for a long time). I’m a big believer in “knowing how the other half lives.” That is, just because the guests they have on that show sometimes are total fuckups, that doesn’t mean they don’t have a big impact on the “industry.” And it gives me a lot of clarity to hear how weirdos and morons are talking about this stuff, because I tend to forget that I’m “not 2 bright,” well, at least temporally.