Oh man. Along with David Foster Wallace, now this. Clearly Alan Sparhawk is wrangling with his demons. From stage at the End of the Road, on Mic, he was heard as follows:

"All the people I love,' declared frontman Alan Sparhawk last night, "told me they hated me today."

and this:

Sparhawk didn't seem to listen though, and as his band's mardy-but-ace set came to a close, he started spinning round in a circle and eventually let go of his guitar, sending it arcing, hammer-like, about 50 metres into the crowd.

"I know you guys have had a great time," he said, "but today has just been such a crappy day."

Sigh. Read the whole thing here.