There's an interview with Paul Westerberg in the this week's Onion. The ex-'Mats frontman opines on everything from success...
We went from cult figures to unpopular cult figures.
...to Tom Petty stealing his lines...
I'd steal something back from him, if I could find something I liked.
...to an acoustic tour:
It's the first one I've ever made money on. It shows how stupid I am. I've toured about a hundred times and lost money every time, just because it all goes to the drum tech and all that shit.
Go read it. The Head Beagle commands y...oh, sorry. That was something else.
Of course, not knowing where all the money's going could also be a reason they lost so much on previous tours.
Oh, yeah. That's right, the techs are getting rich tuning drums at the Verizon Wireless Theater...
"Pull the other one, it's got bells on't..."