Industry pundit Bob Lefsetz, as he is wont to do, wrote a long, splenetic screed about Wednesday night's CMA Awards to his mailing list, and included within was a reference to fast-forwarding through parts of the show, with the (completely understandable!) reasoning "Fuck Kid Rock." Well apparently Kid doesn't take kindly to being both dissed and pretty much ignored, so he fired up his e-mail and sent Lefsetz a gramatically challenged note:
Im sure its difficult to sit on the bench while us folks play in the big game. Your a failed musician with a big mouth.
You try to make a name for yourself with half ass opinions based on everyone who is actually trying to do something in music. Yet you do NOTHING but talk. See you on the streets you punk ass mother fucker!!!
Kid Rock
On the streets? Well, Waffle House parking lots are paved, so I guess they kind of count. But wait, there's more, because it's the Internet!
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Idolator
"Of all the marketing/distribution ideas [for Chinese Democracy I received in response to my missive, I'll only reveal one, that upon the album's release, Axl Rose should commit suicide." [
Kid Rock responded to Bob Lefsetz's theorizing on why Rock N Roll Jesus was selling so well with a missive on why his fans connect with him, as opposed to artists like "Brittney" (sic) Spears and Mariah Carey. Guess what: It's not because he's refused to put his summer-song contender "All Summer Long" on iTunes! Instead, follow along with me as I retell the story of a young man who's become disillusioned with the world at large, and reillusioned with himself:
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