I had some hope that Rick Rubin would be able to slap some people around in an effort to stop the insanity, but apparently he was overwhelmed by the minutiae of

I had some hope that Rick Rubin would be able to slap some people around in an effort to stop the insanity, but apparently he was overwhelmed by the minutiae of absurdest corporate bureaucracy and he's basically given up. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/arts/music/07rubi.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/arts/music/07rubi.html Compare with this article from 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/magazine/02rubin.t.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/magazine/02rubin.t.html