Michael Gira is pretty godlike in my books, but I really cannot forgive him for his role in popularising the whole freak-folk thing. He was the one who inlicted Devendra upon us, and I think that if that hadn't happened then Ms Newsom, and Akron Family, and many others like them, would have remained underground where they belong. And Angels of Light might still be a great band instead of just a pretty good one.
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