Sorry, but for all those of you who asked questions in the past few months, the Ask Bob/Fan Mail form was silently erroring, so we weren’t able to tell there was a problem until we realized we hadn’t gotten any in for a while!

It’s back up and operational now, so feel free to leave a fan mail or question!

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Nick asks: “Hey bob this is a huge fan of yours. I was wondering if you are making a new cd and if you are when do you think it will hit stores because your music is amazing!”

Thanks Nick! We’ve been working hard on the new album and we’re just starting to come out of the studio with some fresh new tracks. I’ll be posting the tracks to the site as they get finished up (starting in the next couple of weeks) and it gets closer to album release time, and I’ll release the last few right around the time the album comes out. You’ll be able to get the new CD in all the same places you can get the others.

Tyler asks: “Will you ever post the lyrics to SDKFTWMY? Or will you just let everyone figure out the lyrics themselves?”

I would, but I can’t seem to make them out myself.

charlotte jackson asks: “may i have sex with you?”

Okay, but only because you asked so nicely.

chuck norris asks: “are you still running the website, i havent seen much new stuff =(“

You bet. In the next coming months I promsie to keep up on the site more as we gear up to start releasing some tracks from the new album!

Desiree asks: “Hi, I´m a girl from Sweden, And I will have fotos on you! Can you fix that?”

What?

Colt asks: “lol awsome songs man. “ever other time” is so freaken awsome. i was wondering if u could do sumthing thats like “1985″ by Bowling For Soup. lol that would be sweet. cya later”

Okay.

Hmm… foreshadowing? Or sarcasm. Dun dun dun…

Ian  asks: “Hi Bob. I was wondering if Puddle Of Mudd actually played with you when you recorded She Blocked Me, or if your band exactly  played  the same way as puddle of mudd.”

That was my very talanted band behind me on that track, just like all my others. Wait till you see how good they all sound on the new CD we’re working on.

Lisa  asks: “How do u think of those AWESOME songs?? Where do u get ur ideas from?? Im starting a band and ive got problems writing my songs because they all sound like sh*t!!! can u help me!!???”

Stop recording in the bathroom.

Jean-Michel QUEBEC asks: “Hey Bob, i wanted you to know that you are popular in Québec!. She Blocked Me is #2 in a top 10 radio station!!! Man did you know that?!”

Go me!

Jeffrey asks: “Hey, Bob. I was wondering, how did people react to you doing comedy music, especially when comedy music is not the “norm” in music these days.”

I find that people react to my music very positively in most cases. Most people know how to laugh, so I think it hits a lot of people who aren’t even particularly interested in the type of music I play, which also varies, so it’s possible that they might like some songs over others, but if they can’t enjoy the music they can enjoy the humor or vice versa. The biggest problem I’ve had is that record labels seem to think that comedy music is unmarketable, but if they checked my CD and EP sales reports, I think they’d be kicking themselves. Luckily for me, since my album sells well independently it leaves me enough money and time to keep on writing and releasing new material.

Steven asks: “I was wondering if you played any MMORPGs(Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), like World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Dark Age of Camalot, etc? In either case, what are your favorite video games? And in case you are wondering, no I don’t have anything better to do right now then be curious about someones video game interests, but I am a fan of your work. I listened to you before, a while ago, when you selling 1 album, and songs were listenable right off your own web page, and I sent you an Email asking why you weren’t famous yet.”

I play World of Warcraft on the Arthas server. Come say hi.

Elliot  asks: “Sorry, i sent the last-forget it but you’re great at singing, my question is… did you know your band before you started it?”

No, actually I heard the Bob Ricci Band was looking for a lead singer, so I decided to try out. I’m still not sure to this day whether they picked me because they liked me better or because Kid Rock was the only other person to show up to the audition.

Shadow asks: “Hey can you send me an e-mail with step by step instuructions of how to program html web-sites if you can I would really be in debt to you because I am trying to my own page and my school’s web page but I can’t seem to find the step by step manuals.”

Sure I’ll get right on that. I was planning on recording the new album in the upcoming months, but I suppose I could drop everything and spend a few months authoring a book on HTML.

Adam, Dylan Lowe and Kenneth Charters asks: “Will you please dedicate a song to us? We think your songs are genius and your ryhming is class!! Keep up the good work and could you please give us a shout-out on your website, please? You Rock!!!”

Ok. I dedicate Pet Rock to you.

keith asks: “how did your career start.”

I’m not sure if it did yet.

Luke asks: “Uhm, is it just me, or is there a hidden message about male masturbation in ‘Whack-a-mole Jimmy’? Is it ’sposed to be ovbvious, like am I just slow, (my mum pointed it out) or is it, hidden. Come to think of it, did you even know about it?”

What? What are you talking about? There’s no hidden messages in that song. That song is clearly about the good natured, clean, family-fun game; Whac-a-Mole. I’m not sure what your mom was reading into it. She must have a filthy mind.

Aubree  asks: “Okay, this isn’t a question but…. You’re name…. It’s so simpistic and sexy!”

Thanks! It’s also a palindrome. To my knowledge, the only other name that’s a palindrome is “Ana”, but that doesn’t count cause it’s an alternate spelling of “Anna”, making my name the king.

Loz asks: “Hey, I recently became a fan, and was reading the back pages of ‘Ask Bob’ when you stated that you had a pair of nail clippers that you used to remove your braces when you wereyoung. Did youreally have braces? That would be cool… all us unfortunate metal-mouths will finally have someone to loo up to…”

You bet I had braces. And you should have seen what the nail clipper looked like when I got through with them. Now about you reading that far back through the “Ask Bob” archives. You should probably seek some help about that.

Nate the Gate asks: “First of all I would like to say that u rock and are hilarious! I listen to your music online a lot, but I’m tired of doing that, so I started looking for your CD. I cannot find your CD’s anywhere. My parents don’t let me order stuff online, so do you know where I could find your CDs?”

Sure. You can grab one off of CDBaby.com or you can get a digital copy at iTunes.com. Just search my name on either site.

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Robert Donahue asks: "I was wondering if you can post tips for bigining bands on your website?And are you a fan of some of the Final Fantisy games?"

Hey Robert! I’m not sure what advice I’d really have to offer beginning bands at this point. Although I might be “famous”, I’m not signed to a record label. I can’t really offer tips on making that happen since I haven’t quite figured out myself how I can run and operate a website based solely around my music that generates a number of hits that some artists on major labels could only dream about, get slammed daily with e-mails from fans asking why they can’t get my CDs in stores, independantly sell 3000 copies of my CD, and yet label representatives find me "unmarketable". Maybe if labels stopped trying to invent bands and listened to what people like you guys have to say, which I’ve coincedentally plastered all over the site for thier convenience, we’d get somewhere. Oh, love the FF games!

katie asks: "hi bob love ya music n ur welll fit n gorgeus can i av ya number plzzz???"

Well, I can’t give out my number over my website, otherwise everybody will call me. How about I just give you the area code, and then you can randomly try every 7-digit combination until you get me? It’s 401.

chris asks: "i hate u bob. i dont like ur music and it got annoying the first day."

Maybe you should stop listening to it. I hope this helps. And you shouldn’t feel bad. A lot of people have a hard time with things like this and sometimes they need somebody to help them figure out what to do about it. Sometimes you just need to reach out to somebody to help you make the right decision when you come across such huge problems in life, or you just have a hard time thinking for yourself in general.

Donivan asks: "HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU MAKE UP SUCH AWESOME SONGS?!? BTW YOU ARE AWESOME YOURSELF!"

I think you just answered your own question.

M asks: "So, Bob, I feel I should ask the ultimate question:
Coke or Pepsi?"

I alternate every other week depending on which one’s on sale.

Regis asks: "Do you want me to give you ideas for your next song?"

No, but can I have Kelly’s number?

David asks: "This isn’t really a question but I thought you should know…  My friends were starting a band and kept doing covers, which was okay, but they wouldn’t have gotten far doing that.  I don’t play an instrument but when I started listening to your music, I decided to write lyrics.  I now write all of their songs"

Hey David! Thanks for the mail! I can’t tell you how great it makes me feel to serve as an inspiration to other people!

rebecca asks: "Hey i was just wondering.. is it fun writing music and having a band?"

No it’s terrible. Every day I wake up in agony and loathe of setting forth into my horrid life of miserable songwriting and wreched "banding". Sometimes I wonder why this curse was bestowed upon me. Why must I suffer? What did I ever do to deserve this life?

aconcernedfan asks: "Is it true that the Bob Ricci Show is gone?"

Hey aconcernedfan (if that’s your real name). Yes currently I’m not doing the Bob Ricci show. But only to free up some time for myself to work on the new album. I’ll consider doing the show again after I finish up with it.

saba asks: "Hey you sexy Italian man you. What is up?? Anyway,  I meant for this to be like a come on. but… so… anyway… *awkward silence.* GODDAMN IT! THis always hapPEns to ME!! Just one day, one day… I will come on to a fellow male without there being any awkward silences!!!!"

Hey Saba, Thanks for the mail… what I’d really like to stress is that… *awkward silence* …what I’m trying to say?

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Tyler asks: Would u ever go out of your way to play at someones house? or close to someones house?

Maybe Catherine Zeta Jones’ house…

Kyle asks: How do you decide which towns to play in? Do the cities just ask you or what?

Our touring schedule is starting to materialize, and we should be adding some new dates and places soon. I’m very excited that we’re currently branching out of Rhode Island and we’ve even got an internationial gig in negotiations at the moment. The cities don’t ask us though. Concert venues, festivals, colleges, high schools, and other places that have live music and book entertainment do. If you’re in college or high school (which seems to be the case for most of my fans), drop by the entertainment committee’s office and tell them you’d like to see me there. There’s a good chance they’ll look into it and I can get out to your area!

Albedo asks: Im sure you get this alot but … how exactly do you come up with your songs? Do you just sit in your living room and it comes to you or do you have an event happen to you that inspires you to create a parody.

I only write when I feel inspired to. I never try to force anything out. Usually it’s not a particular event that causes me to be inspired though. Just a matter of when the creative juices are flowing and when they’re not. But definitely not in the living room. I do most of my writing in the shower.

Heatherrr asks: Hey Bob, since you seem to be so good at giving relationship/dating advice…what if I’m hot, but I can’t get a date with a guy who’s not messed up in the head?  Also, what if there is only one guy I like and I wish his girlfriend would die?  I’m at a loss for what to do here.  And I’m kind of sick of rejecting psychopaths.  Any advice would be appreciated.

Try to limit the types of guys that you date to Italian Parody Artists. I hear they’re the best lovers too.

mazza asks: bob, i love ur music , dont stop!

Thanks! I was thinking of stopping today actually, but not anymore!

Mongoose asks: Bob, why?  Find a real talent. Weird Al already did this embarrasing crap for us in the 80’s. I wanted to shoot him then.  Please, make your own songs, instead of ruining and discracing the good art of these songs with immature humor. Plese, I beg you.  That is all.

This is my favorite kind of hate mail. Mongoose here is trying to take the intellectually superior route by writing me a well-worded, grammatically correct, condescending e-mail. Aside from the matter that Mongoose here is completely off the mark with half of my material, since I write original music and lyrics as well as parodies and he’s begging me to write original songs, which I already do, I’ll try to work with what’s left that applies.

What Mongoose here has failed to realize in his quest for knowledge is that the universe doesn’t revolve around him. And that a world where everything that Mongoose personally didn’t like was eradicated from existence regardless of anybody elses opinion would be a very miserable one. It should be very obvious by the countless fan mails posted on my site that I get in on a daily basis that there are very many people out there who enjoy what I do. I find it rather amusing that you have the nerve to call me immature when you can’t even grasp a simple concept of respecting other people’s opinions. Sorry Mongoose, but you have a lot more growing up to do than me.

On a side note; As far as disgracing the art of these songs goes, I generally pick songs to parody that I enjoy myself, and I have the utmost respect for the original artists’ work. In fact, I probably appriciate these songs a thousand times more than you ever could since I have to recreate them all from scratch.

Amanda asks: why are you so hot? it should be against the law to be that hot! we love you!

Aww. Thanks Amanda! I love you too. And thanks for the mail.. except for the part where you think I should be arrested

Chris asks: You are the funniest person i’ve ever heard. I’ve told all my friends about you and now almost everyone in my school knows about you.

Thanks Chris! We need people like you in every school! I really appriciate it!

robert asks: how can u be so kool but not explode from koolness

You know, now that you mention it, I’m not too sure. But you’re right. If I were any cooler I’d probably be breaking through brick walls everywhere screaming "OH YEAH!"

Vipercow asks: How can I help you to get famous bob?

Call and request me on your local radio stations and go to your local colleges and tell them you want to see me there in concert! It’s one of those things that everybody goes "yeah that’s a good idea", but nobody actually ever does it! So to all of you who do do things like this, you guys are helping me out the most! I can’t thank you enough.

Robert Donahue asks: I was wondering if you are making a new album?

I am. Album number 3 is currently in the works. I’m still just in the writing process so I expect a late 2005 or early 2006 release.

dorjan asks: hey man you rock. i was just wondering what you think of people who download music and are called pirates.

For some reason, I don’t think I could take anybody seriously who calls themself a "pirate".

Adam asks: I was reading about you giving out your AIM name.. i was wondering what it was because i cannot find it anywhere lol oh and one more thing.. your just totally amazing!

My AIM name is posted on my site in the band section. It’s MiStACoRn. If you do IM me, please be patient. I do get a lot of messages and it’s hard to get to them all right away.

Mike asks: Hey Bob, I recently became a fan. My favorite song of yours is Mrs. Claus, and I was wondering if I could make flash for you, I’m not that great but I will show you what I can do.

Hey Mike! I grant permission for anybody to make flash works of my music. In fact, more than likely I’ll post it right on my website. I only ask that you put a clickable link to my site at the end of it like the ones that are already there.

hannah asks: hiya bob, inm from the uk, i just wanted to ask you what kined of girls you like, and why havent you answerd my last quetion, anywho that dosent matter now, iv sorted that out.

Hey Hannah. Sorry about not answering your last question. Every time I make an update I have to sort through literally thousands of questions, and I can only pick a handful to answer. If you’re asking what kinds of girls I find most attractive, I think Catherine Zeta Jones is hot (see question 1). I also think I should be getting paid for mentioning her twice in one Ask Bob.

Gary John asks: you keep getting offers for sex. How do you do it. Whats your secret damnit.

All you have to do is write a bunch of song parodies and post them on the internet. Who knew?

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Anne asks: "Since you give out your AIM names, does that mean you mind if we IM you? Ive been tempted to IM you and confess my undying love, but, y’know, i dont wanna come off as creepy, so.. is it alright?"

You know, I get asked this a lot, but usually on AIM, so I figured I’d address the question on here. If you see me online, feel free to IM me. I don’t come on too often because it’s just impossible to try to talk to all of you all the time. So when I do come online, I come on for the specific purpose to chat, so never feel like you’re bothering me. Also, when I’m online, please do be patient. You have to realize that I sometimes get over 100 IMs per hour and it gets cumbersome to keep up with it. My screen name is MiStACoRn.

brit asks: "i love your music! its hilarious! do you think you will have a concert in kansas close to wichita or somehting?o yeah and your really hott!  :0)"

Hey Brit! Thanks! If you guys keep requesting me on radio stations then venues in your area will be more confident about having us there. My hope is to get out to perform somewhere accessible to all of you!

david asks: "all of us here in england love your music!!!!!!!!!!"

All of you? Cool!

Old School Rocker asks: "I say we need more people like Bob and less rappers and EMO freaks.. GOD I HATE MTV… Bob whats your comment on this?"

If we got rid of all the rappers and Emo freaks I’d have nothing to parody.

amanda rodgers asks: "hey my friends was wonderin if u and ur cousin was free. they think ur hot. too bad 4 me i got a bf!"

We are most certianly not free! 5 bucks will do it though.

Joel asks: "Yo Bob! Me and my friend are always hearing a band play on the other side of his street, he lives in prov. of charles street….is it you guys? if so maybe i’ll come by and play guitar for ya. ROCK! "

Hey Joel, no that’s not me. But could you do me a favor and tell them to keep it down? I can never get any sleep.

Mike asks: "So, with that new (and last) Star Wars part coming… will you do something with it? A song?"

I was thinking about watching it.

Allie asks: "Hey Bob, it looks like you get around! I would ask you to have sex with me as well, but it sounds like those requests are getting old. SO: Let’s get coffee sometime and THEN have sex.  I love your music and your sense of humor has forced me to think you are just about one of the most interesting people on the net."

Hey Allie! Thanks! And thanks for spicing up my sex life! I have to admit.. just having sex all the time kinda gets old.. but coffee.. oh baby!

Kate asks: "Hey Bob i love you!! Do you wanna come stay with me for a week in the summer?"

Sure.

Peach asks: "Do the majority of people like your music or hate it? Personnly I listen to non-stop on my computer"

I usually get nothing but fan mails in. I get the occasional hate mail, and as long as it’s not stupid (which most hate mails usually tend to be) I post them. Especially if they’re making a case or a point against my music. I will certianly defend myself. But if you call me gay or tell me I suck don’t expect a response.

tayler asks: "is it .o.k if we sing your songs in our band????"

This is another question I get asked fairly often. I grant my permission for anybody out there to perform any of my songs as long as you announce to your audience that it’s a cover of mine. I started out doing covers myself, and I’m flattered I get so many people asking me if they can play my songs. So make sure you rock the house with it!

John asks: I’ve done alot of reading I seen you take a shot below the belt at emo kids. I happen to fall under the tittle emo kid, so my question is. Can we expect any parodys of emos tops of these days?"

Hey John! What I said wasn’t meant to be a shot at emo kids, just the hate-mailers. Some of my favorite bands also happen to fall under the "Emo" category, so you can certianly expect me to dabble into the genre on the new album.

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Bexi n Kate asks: "how do you manage to stay so passive at all the f*ckwits who send you inslults? we’d never insult you, you’re too hot and talented. WE LOVE YOU!!! come visit us in Australia some time…"

Honstly they don’t bother me. If I were getting in 100 hate mails a day and 1 or 2 fan mails, maybe I’d take it to heart, but it’s more like the other way around. I understand that not everybody is going to like what I do, and that’s fine. I just don’t understand why people have nothing better to do than to write in to me about it. But I guess America’s so emo nowadays that it’s cooler to hate things with a passion than to just passively not be interested.

Usually if I get a hate mail that isn’t the standard run of the mill "Are you gay?" or "Why do you suck?" I’ll post it on the site. And for everybody out there that’s ever written either of those two things in to me, thank you. You give me hope because you make me realize that since there’s so many mindless drones like yourselves who follow trends to be cool, you make it possible for people like me, who actually drive to be original and do something that I enjoy with my life rather than constantly trying to worry about what everybody else is thinking about me all the time, to rise above you and be successful while you sit there and write hate mails in to me with your free time.

So if you’re thinking of filling out an Ask Bob to tell me about how much you hate me and whatnot.. ::yawn::.. honestly.. save it for your livejournal.

Danielle asks: "I think that you are the sexiest human being who ever roamed this earth."

Thanks Danielle! I think Steve Guttenburg still has me by a few votes though.

ella asks: "How do guys act if they like you?"

Usually they mumble a lot and have a hard time finishing thier sentences. Sometimes they drool.

Jon Del Sesto asks: "Hey, a few weeks back I found your site through the ‘She Freakin Blocked Me’ Flash Animation. I started looking around the site and I saw you lived in RI. I’m from Smithfield myself, and I look forward to seeing your shows. You have an amazing talent, and it’s obvious that you are going to be the next ‘Weird Al’(I’m sure you’ve heard that 1,000 times). I just  thought I’d wish you the best of luck, and let you know that you have been a huge inspiration for my friends and I."

Thanks Jon! I’ll be at The University of Rhode Island in Kingston on April 22nd. Hope to see you there!

Buzzer asks: "Hey why dont you make a funny song of your own? instead of using other peoples music? (this is not menth bad but good). thank you."

Depressing Rock Song, I Wish, Whac-a-Mole Jimmy, Everybody vs. Me, Why, Pet Rock, SDKFTWMY, Psycho, and Monotony weren’t good enough for you? On a side note, the new album I’m writing will have the most original tunes on it than any other album so far. Probably about 6 or so.

Alex Quigley  "NC asks: This may sound stupid but what is the most common name in the world?"

Bob.

Haliegh asks: "do u know hilary duff?"

She wishes.

Andre Oz asks: "Hey bob man, I was wondering if you and your band recorded your song in a professional studio, a basment somewhere, or maybe a studio you put together, I have alot of friends in bands who fork out big bucks for studio time"

I do all of my own recording and production. Granted, it’s not the best in the world, but I think I’ve gotten a lot better over the years.

Fafarian asks: "I just want to know… do you have any kind of liscence to publicate those parody at the radio ? (You’re really great)"

Yes, I do. All of my song’s licenses are obtained before the discs are even pressed. It’s all taken care of in the manufacturing stage.

asks asks: "what do you think of downloading songs from kazaa? and what about downloading YOUR songs?"

Personally I think any artist should be compensated for their work, and I give a lot of credit to people who do pay for music they listen to. Despite what you may think, having a hit single or a video on MTV does not automatically mean you’re rich beyond your wildest dreams. There are a lot of good bands out there that are working hard touring and generating money to compensate for the amount of money lost from MP3 downloads. Honestly though, I’m not out to seek every single dime for every single time one of my songs gets downloaded or played somewhere. I think that the type of people who would download an artist’s music rather than buying the CD fall into 3 categories: 1. They’re selfish people who can’t understand the logic behind stealing or just don’t care. 2. They like the song, but not enough to go out and buy the whole CD. (fair enough). and 3. It’s not possible for them to purchase the CD or MP3 (no credit card or paypal account). But most of you out there understand right from wrong (I hope), so you don’t need me to tell you what I think. On that note, thanks to everybody who purchased a CD or MP3 of mine.

Kyle Barr asks: "What are the five songs in “Five for One?” I caught Closing Time and When I Come Around (obviously), plus whatever the song Weird Al parodied in Bedrock Anthem, and That Don’t Impress Me Much, but neither me nor my friend have been able to identify the fifth song."

The songs are: When I Come Around by Green Day, Closing Time by Semisonic, Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers, That Don’t Impress Me Much by Shania Twain, and Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind.

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Evan Hays asks: "how many people aprox have seen ’she fricking blocked me’?"

It’s hard to say exactly. From numbers gathered from the major sites it’s been posted on we were able to finitely tally over 6 million unique hits. The number might be a lot higher than that however as it was posted on thousands of messageboards all over the world, and there’s simply no way to count them all.

JessR asks: "Ok, so you’re hot, funny, and can sing.  You are the ultimate guy! Why can’t there be more like you around where I live???"

Well at least I know if music doesn’t work out for me I can sell my DNA for spouse cloning.

locker52 asks: "hey will you please preform in portsmouth, RI because i kno alot of people who like ur songs and you might be able to preform for one of our school dances and you would be a big hit. Also you can end up wit alot of money because alot of people go to the dances"

Hey locker52, if that’s your real name, my next show is actually an all ages show at the University of Rhode Island. Not too bad of a hike from Portsmouth! Hope to see you there!

Jason asks: "hey bob, just like some of the others i have read in “Ask Bob”, this isnt a question, just sayin i love your music and keep up the good work!  I am seriously liek one of the biggest Weird Al fans on the face of the planet, but lately, im compelled to listen to your music more now.  Oh, by the way, maybe you should post that the people have to call the radio stations to get you to tour near them in big BOLD letters, i was only like 1/5 way down the page and i saw like 15 of them.  Anyway, you do great, good luck with your music, i look forward to more albums."

Thanks Jason! Fans have been doing a great job getting me on radio stations all over the world! In fact I’d like to thank each and every one of you! As the interest builds more and more it will become more possible to tour in areas where venues will have heard of me. So keep it up! I’d love to eventually play somewhere accessible to you all!

Socretez asks: "What is the name of your band, i mean i luv the music really i do, its just that bob ricci isnt a nice name for the band…no offense."

The band is called "The Bob Ricci Band" when we play out. The reason my songs are released under just "Bob Ricci" is because the band simply hasn’t always been around. The current Bob Ricci Band is a little over 2 years old, but I still do the writing of the songs. Although lately since I have more stable bandmembers I have been taking more and more creative input from them on their instrument’s parts. And of course, Joe Alba has always written all of his own solos (Aside from the parodies). Joe’s really the only one who’s been around throughout my whole career, and has had a hand here and there in songwriting, but we weren’t really a full "band" up until recently (Aside from multiple failed attempts in the past). But since I was always writing my own songs and lyrics I would just release stuff with whatever I had available to me. I did most of the instrumentation on "Get a Life" on my own aside from the guitars (Joe Alba) and a few parts which I couldn’t do that I shopped around to talanted friends. But that’s why I release stuff under my name. "Not a Christmas Album" was the first album I recorded with a full band, and some of the members have actually changed already since the recordings. If we were a steady group of guys who all sat down and wrote songs together from the beginning, we’d probably have a cool quirky little band name I’m sure.

Andy Goodstein asks: "Hey, if you say you wont answer repeat questions, why do you keep answering the ones about sex? It’s like every other question,man! Well anyway you still rock and my girlfriend and sister want to have sex with you."

At the same time?

andy goodstein asks: "Hey Bob,you rock. Anyway, im going to take over the world because im left handed.Any advice?"

Start by redesigning toilets.

Sean Landorf asks: "Am I the only one that thinks Napoleon Dynomite should won Best Picture at the Oscars?"

No, my cousin Geronimo does too.

Vicky asks: "Another UK Fan here, there seem to be alot of us, if you ever get the chance to visit the uk…please do…the rain here is brilliant, and if you need a place to stay…i know just the place…(if you know what i mean….i am refering to the hotel across the road from me, great service, and then i could come and visit you)"

When I’m booking my hotel reservations I’ll be sure to mention I want the one next to Vicky’s house.

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Hmm.. I’m gonna go with… you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Since my site gets millions of hits per month and I’m being played on radio stations all over the world, I think maybe somebody would have noticed if I were stealing my lyrics from somebody else. In fact, both Weird Al and his drummer have a copy of both of my CDs, and I’ve gotten comments back from his drummer saying he enjoyed them. More than likely you heard one of my songs mislabeled as a Weird Al song on Kazaa… or you need to lay off the drugs.

Lacey asks: "More of a comment really…. I think what you do is awesome! You really make people want to wet themselves!"

Check. No concerts in carpeted venues.

Jessica asks: "BOB!! I want to have freaky sex with you because you are like the hottest guy i have ever seen in my LIFE!! i live in canada so you can come out here.PLEASE you hunky music guy!"

Does Canada allow conjugal visits?

Devon asks: "Are video games a health hazard."

If you beat somebody over the head with one, sure. CDs are also good at severing limbs.

me asks: "how do i get fan art on your site"

Sorry! I added a link with the e-mail address to mail for getting fan art submitted.

Christine asks: "Im going out with a guy who my friends hate. But I love him, what should I do?"

If you listen to your friends he’ll eventually go on to be a rock star married to Avril Lavigne and you’ll end up divorced with a baby.

thementalone asks: "how do u ask some1 out without being crushed by them?"

Only date people who weigh significantly less than you.

Steve asks: "in the song sdkftwmy who do u super duper fung fu triple whammy miss?"

You.

Zak asks: "ok i was listening to ur music and i have to say, you are really good, i was wondering when you might have some new songs coming?"

Thanks Zak! It’s hard to say when the new album will be done. I’m thinking either late 2005 or early 2006. Not a Christmas Album just came out not too long ago. It takes time to write and record another album’s worth of songs.

Pierce asks: "did you really think of the song she fricken blocked me on your own?"

I write all of my lyrics on my own. I get into less arguements that way.

Kyle asks: "Kyle Says: Bob you have to answer this question or i will stop being your fan and become an Eminem model haha…anyway you think you could do a show at the Halifax Forum Center because that would be sweet…"

Well I didn’t want to lose another fan to Eminem, so I figured I’d answer this one. I’d love to play at the Halifax Forum Center, but you fans are the only ones who can make that happen. Request me on your local radio stations!

Em’ asks: "=o wow, you have an amazing voice, makes me go all tingly loving your sence of humour xD you rock dude! *spreads as many links to webby as possible* Well I supose I should ask something…whats your star sign? xD"

Hey Em. I’m a Pisces. I was born on March 4th.

Dylan asks: "Can video games help you focus in real life?"

Yes, except for The Sims.

ben asks: "I don’t have question but I just wanted to say well done with Five for One it has to bee that best song i’ve ever heard in my life. ITS AWESOME!

Thanks Ben. I kinda figured combining 5 hit songs into one would have been a guaranteed success. Plus it saved me from writing any of my own original lyrics for a whole track!

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Hey Jess! Like I’ve said before, my best bet for getting out there are you fans! Let your local stations know that you want to hear me! The more hype that goes around the more chance venues would be confident they can fill a room with my fans, and the more likely I am to get out to your area! Oh, and beach sex sounds cool. Count me in.

Nick asks: "Just found out about the website. Great, hilarious stuff. I was wondering, what song is Depressing Rock Song a parody of? It’s on the tip of my tongue, and it’s driving me crazy! Thanks!"

Depressing Rock Song is an original song. I do that from time to time.

veronica asks: "i want to have sex with you so bad cause your soooo hot!!! please let me know if you can"

I’ll have to check my schedule, but I’ll see what I can do.

g0d asks: "hhahahaha im god dominion xp owns you"

Right… Paxil CR. Ask your doctor.

Tanna asks: "Okay, seeing as Illinois and Arizona seem to be getting all the love, how ’bout a hardy Michigander, eh?  (Those flimsy Illinoisans have no idea what Lake Effect snow really is)… We’ve got great big lakes .
(btw. You do have a really great voice, and no I won’t tell Misty…)"

Thanks Tanna! Lots of love to Michigan from the Bob Ricci front.

Jackie asks: "OMFG Come to Canada you freaking Master of music!"

Ok. You think you could pick me up?

Megz luvez tinkerbell asks: "Hey
she bloked me was the best song u hav dun so far plz plz plz plz do summore coz i hav listened to that 1 about 99999 tmes but i still enjoy it"

Wow. If you listen to it one more time I think you’ll have the current world record.

brody asks: "fan quotes is just an excuse not to answer questions isnt it? p.s great music- loved you way before the ebaumsworld crew barged in"

No, not at all. The point of fan quotes is to have a place to document all of the people wanting my CDs in stores in thier area, wanting Bob Ricci concerts in their area, and commenting on my music. Every comment helps a ton and I appriciate every single one of them. It won’t detract from Ask Bob though. You’ll see some comments posted in the Fan Quotes section, and posted here as well. Like this one.

austin asks: "i like this girl and she wont go out with me because im not tall enugh but i am taller than her"

Date her sister. They hate that.

shannon asks: "hey Bob, i am looking for some advice my boyfriend has just dumped me and my cousin is now going out with him what should i do????"

Date me. They hate that.

Jeff Shippen asks: "What years were your 2 cds released?"

Get a Life was released in 2002, and Not a Christmas album was released this past November of ‘04.

josh asks: "though you are clearly funny in your songs, may i ask…can there really be another wierd al? the song you did called constipated was already done by the great wierd al..though slightly diffrent? so again…what can you tell me to think that it IS time for a new version of wierd al?"

I would hate to live in a world where there was only 1 artist in every genre of music. Can you imagine how boring that would be? That being said, Weird Al wasn’t the first, and won’t be the last person to do parodies. Regardless, I hope Weird Al keeps making music because I certianly enjoy his work. Also, If you did your research, you would find out that I wrote "Constipated" before Weird Al wrote "A Complicated Song".