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Originally Posted by Alfred
I like Nardwuar, people need to lighten up. I think he's far better than most interviewers out there, and he doesn't give a **** if he's insulted.
I suppose I can see why that chick was annoyed with him, since he was asking very aggressive, condescending, and personal questions. He probably just didn't like her in the first place and wanted to use the interview to take stabs at her. I didn't watch the whole thing though, so I could be wrong.
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I think he was being fair. At one point in the interview he explicitly says that he brought up this personal information so she could rectify the situation and discredit what "lies" these magazines where supposedly spreading. The problem is she is so delusional and dishonest that her as a personal source of information is just as uncredibles the news sources. I perceived her defensiveness as being a reaction to Nardwuar deliberately or non deliberately making this very obvious.
I totally believe that how artists react to Nardwuar shows a lot about them!! Haha I can't believe you think the same way. Nardwuar is vastly underrated to me. He comes off as an idiot some times but his music knowledge is massive and he does a lot of good research. Whenever I see an artist not mesh with Nardwuar I always get the impression that they take them selves way too seriously. I think that it is usually true.
@ the henry rollins interview
I was really upset by Nardwuars interview with Henry Rollins. I thought Henry was really rude and was being overly evasive and condescending towards Nardwuar. Like when he told him he was wasting his life and that unlike him he was doing important things like traveling the world and doing more "important" things.
I could be wrong about this but I get a very strong feeling (especially from the 90s interviews) that the hostility and condescending behavior towards Nardwuar is not only from his outrageous personality but from a general negative perception against Canadians that was held by a lot people. Like he just doesn't seem to be taken seriously at all even AFTER he proves to know his stuff. He is widely recognized as some what of a "typical" eccentric Canadian or like a caricature of a Canadian. I don't think it is a coincidence.