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"New York death-pop sextet getting down and (especially) dirty for unbelievably crude tunes about love, life, and special feelings. Eric Clapton will not be amused by their sensitive elegy 'Cobain(e). If driving past roadkill makes your day, the Phone is for you! If you can't already guess what 'Use Your Hand' is about, you just won't get it." --Rob Sheffield

Blender:

"'Everything Is Fun' is a small masterpiece of rock n' roll psychodrama..." --Dan Catalano

New York Press:

"Let me rave about the debut CD from White Courtesy Telephone. A challenging recording full of well-cultivated insanity." --J.R. Taylor

Musician's Exchange:

"There are a lot of bands out there that should either pack it in or listen to White Courtesy Telephone. This band is very funny: they remind me of Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The Ramones. I'd love to see them live." --JD

Village Voice:

"'Inside every rock critic there lives a one-armed drummer,' say these wiseguys, and inside every rock critic there lies a one-joke band, says me. What makes WCT's 13-song debut, 'Everything Is Fun,' so swell is that this sextet, co-led by rock scribe Rob Tannenbaum and 'High Times' columnist Garbled Uplink, is a 13-(mostly funny) joke rock band." --Jeff Salamon

Jam-TV:

"My favorite small-band evangelist right now is probably Rob Tannenbaum...I found myself in New York [and] I watched Rob run through his manic White Courtesy Telephone set, name-dropping serial killers and digerati while posing in a swank dinner jacket. It was a rousing set, an inspired performance, a glittering success ..." --Scott Hess

Time Out New York:

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"When they build the hall of fame for Humans Who Paid The Rent By Writing Celebrity Profiles With A Minimum Of Suckup, Rob Tannenbaum will get a whole wing...Led by Tannenbaum and some cyberputz named Garbled Uplink, White Courtesy Telephone will probably not rate a wing in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but they do deserve an exhibit for their unrivaled precision in capturing what happens when two guys who haven't gained a nanogram of maturity since junior high sit down to write lyrics...Thus the world is blessed with classics like 'Prison Wife' and 'Killing Spree,' plus a nod to the difficulty of sexual communication in 'Use Your Hand.' If you're thinking 'Frank Zappa,' you're right...Tannenbaum and Uplink are gleeful..." --Charles M. Young

Mr. Media:

"And how is White Courtesy Telephone's CD, ÔEverything is Fun'? It's eclectic, loud, irreverent and a pile of fun -- just what you'd expect from song titles such as 'Stephen Hawking's Wheelchair' and 'Eat What You Kill.'" --Bob Andelman

Electric Minds:

"A loud, scary hard-rock band...The songs on 'Everything Is Fun' are a stew of sexual, violent pop culture and technological imagery...WCT is fronted by two men on very different ends of the spectrum: Garbled Uplink is all focused rage and intensity, while Rob Tannenbaum is all suave sexuality and polish."

"A genuine cyber band...The first band born in a virtual garage." --Mark McClusky

Other media:

Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, SonicNet, Sidewalk, Sundance Channel.