Perhaps you’re an unreasonable fan of The Fall like me, and you’ve heard about the inevitable turmoil flaring up during the band’s current tour of the States. The troublemaker Mark E. Smith himself does an interview with Santa Monica’s KCRW. Listen to Smith skirt the issue (Apparently, before he played with this tour’s original backing band, people had never left the venue during a Fall set.), talk about his Auntie, and temporarily interview the interviewer about Salt Lake City. Said interviewer is obviously compromised by his awe of Smith, but you can get a hint at why no one stays in the man’s band long: “That’s a lot of why I go through a lot of members, ‘cause they always want to do, you know, the famous songs or the songs off the last LP.” Download it here.

Also, go to the Funhouse for the Country Teasers show tonight, and you can also watch me get drunk!