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Father John Misty Responds To Strand Of Oaks’ Subtweet, XPN Criticism Of His Fest Lecture

DUBLIN, IRELAND – JULY 17: Father John Misty performs at Longitude Festival at Marlay Park on July 17, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Kieran Frost/Redferns)

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This past weekend, Father John Misty had what he's described as a "kind of a full meltdown" while onstage at the XPN Festival in Camden, New Jersey. During his set, Josh Tillman played only two songs, one improvised and one Leonard Cohen cover, while telling the crowd a lot of things. The gist of his onstage talk was essentially this: "Entertainment is stupid." He also stayed onstage for less than half of his allotted time. Since then, some of Father John Misty's peers, including Strand Of Oaks frontman Timothy Showalter, have criticized him for the whole thing. Here's what Showalter said on Twitter:

So: Does Tillman have a point, or is he being an asshole? Or both?

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