first, in the background, put on some Black Mirror by Arcade Fire (or just SomaFM‘s IndiePopRocks channel to set a general indie rock mood), and then read this woeful tale of indie darling/pop-star/hipster hissy fitness:

Missing: 1 star-marked basketball.

another piece of evidence in support of the theory that sometimes it’s not so good to meet the artist behind the art, because, well, they’re just normal jerks like the rest of us. just gimme the art, Oh! Great! Channeller!, and maybe my basketball back. less talk, more rock, ktnxbai.

(via the great channeller mookie who’s actually worth meeting)

and already, a catty caturday lolarcadefire response via Tyler: