I once was explaining to John Darnielle of Mountain Goats in the preamble to a telephone interview how much I enjoyed his music at a time when I was discovering "alt country" and folk music in the 90s. I wasn't calling his work alt country, but....
He interrupted to say "oh, fuck off" and just hung up.
Shortest interview I ever had with anyone. I should have submitted it to the paper verbatim. Pretty sure I don't still have the tape.
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