Last night’s Fruit Bats show (and CD release party) at Chop Suey was… disappointing. The show just kept going wrong, and at first it was charming the way they played up the technical problems, singer Eric Johnson saying he hoped the show wouldn’t devolve into a “Cat Power-style meltdown,” but after a while of general suckiness (Johnson stopped one song midway because he said they were out of tune) and increasing disinterest on the part of the crowd, Johnson started getting grumpy. Johnson is a handsome dude and a great singer, but all his charm vanished when he snapped, “Play louder? Talk quieter.”

Whatever, we all have bad nights. Check this out on the Fruit Bats website — it’s a funny piece by Johnson about other careers he’s considered.