Maybe it was all the jerks in the audience singing karaoke, or perhaps Band of Horses' lead singer Ben Bridwell is a little camera shy, and there's always the possibility that he's just a huge Johnny Cash fan, but the dude acted like jerk himself a few weeks ago at a show in San Diego when he repeatedly flashed the ol' middle finger at a camcorder wielding fan... with a blog. Pitchfork posted an interview with the bird-flipping Birdwell today in which he offered the following nuggets: It was really annoying. It was just scratching at the surface of what's happening to shows lately. Everybody's got a camera in their pocket, and they turn it on to just, I don't know, exploit us in some way or further their own projects or whatever the fuck they're doing with their websites and shit. It's become a little bit ridiculous, and it was just a bit unnerving, and [with] the situation with the show and everything, all the stars lined up and I got pissed off.
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If you want to do something, contact the label or something, and let's arrange something to do an interview or something. I just don't think that Sneaky Pete with the fucking camera is going to make too many friends, at least to me. I don't know where she's coming from. As far as I'm concerned, it just looks like someone trying to record a really shitty performance to post somewhere and embarrass us forever...
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