About Us
We are an on-line magazine that publishes a wide range of album, concert, book, and movie reviews, interviews, features, and resource links. We began in December 1996 and our monthly readership now numbers over thirty thousand.
Our staff of over 100 writers is committed to reviewing quality music in a timely and professional manner. We're always looking for the best in mainstream and underground music. We jealously guard our reputation for journalistic integrity. While many artist web sites and several on-line music stores link to our reviews, we do not sell ads, assuring the neutrality of our work.
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We do not review individual songs only complete albums.
The views expressed by contributors are solely the opinions of the contributors and do not necessarily express those of The Phantom Tollbooth, its management, editors, other contributors, or publishers.
Staff
Co-Publishers
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Managing Editor
Shari Lloyd
Associate Editors
Linda LaFianza
Olin Jenkins
Larry Stephan
Contributing Writers
Dean Arnold
Marie Asner
Chris Barlow
Justin Carlton
Anthony Castellitto
Mike Cooper
Trish Cooper
Matt Crosslin
Michael Dalton
Shawn Dickinson
Adam Duckworth
Jeff Elbel
Bert Gangl
Randy Jackson
Olin Jenkins
Gary Dean Kersey
Linda LaFianza
Tony LaFianza
Shannon Lewis
Shari Lloyd
Chris MacIntosh
Scott Mertens
Matt Mungle
Barry Nothstine
Jamie Rake
Frank Raseberger
Steve Ruff
Bert Saraco
Gar Saeger
Noah Salo
Dan Singleton
Brian A. Smith
Brad Snyder
Haydon Spenceley
Larry Stephan
Bruce L. Thiessen, Ph.D.
Jason Todd
Derek Walker
Jim Wormington
We are indebted to author Norton Juster for our name, The Phantom Tollbooth.
Expectations
"Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations..."
Mathematics
"...for one of the nicest things about mathematics, or anything else you might care to learn, is that many of the things which can never be, often are. You see it's very much like your trying to reach Infinity. You know that it's there, but you just don't know where-but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for."
(Quotes from the original The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster)
In 2012, The Phantom Tollbooth is celebrating the 50th anniversary of our publication's namesake.
This article is a nice, in-depth piece about Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer, how they met, how they collaborated, their friendship and upcoming versions of TPT, http://www.gazettenet.com/http://www.gazettenet.com/2011/10/27/a-fabled-friendship