My favorite singer is a jerk: A Mark Kozelek super-fan steps down - Salon
When Kozelek comes back onstage for an encore, the writer reports that the musician starts talking about “a British journalist who has, for reasons that are not entirely clear, annoyed him. ” Musicians grumbling about the press are a dime a dozen, but suddenly, this banter takes a turn for the worse: “Then he begins a spontaneous song about the writer – a woman – about how she ‘totally wants to fuck me’ and how she should ‘get in... the review notes the musician also “calls the writer ‘nice,’ ‘sweet,’ ‘cute,’ as if that would make things better, and claims he was ‘just kidding. (Furthermore, backpedaling and calling such ire-filled stage patter a “joke” is one of the most tired, flimsy ways to excuse offensive behavior, because it refuses to take responsibility for any inflicted hurt. ) However, earlier today, a new Guardian profile on Kozelek gave even more disturbing context to his Barbican comments. This feature was written by Laura Snapes, the British journalist referred to by name in the improvised song. Either way, Kozelek’s typed response to one of Snapes’. Source: www.salon.com
