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Kevin Barnes isn't much for privacy, so when he posted a lengthy rant on Of Montreal's MySpace blog yesterday referencing both Barbra Streisand and GG Allin, it wasn't entirely surprising to find that, in a roundabout way, he was also talking about the new Of Montreal album.

Here are the things we learned from the diatribe, titled "women in children first" (a Freudian nightmare of a typo all by itself):

1) Barnes is a fan of French author Jean Genet because of "his portrayal of the criminal and the profane" side of human nature, which Barnes feels is sorely lacking in indie rock, but not hip-hop (though he believes most rappers are "portraying themselves in an ugly way unintentionally").

2) Barnes' solution to this problem is to play "the drunken uncle [who] shows up, uninvited, to the birthday party and vomits on the couch." So he's "exploring the dark and gloriously detestable sides of my consciousness" in the writing of his band's Hissing Fauna follow-up. However, "a lot of the people I've played the new songs for have been confused. I'm probably going to lose some fans but I don't care. I don't care because I'm enjoying myself. I don't care because I'm following the organic path of my muse, or whatever."

3) Something about Barbra Streisand and GG Allin.

Perhaps Barnes will clarify on Of Montreal's previously reported fall tour, which starts September 28 in Carrboro, North Carolina after Barnes and bandmate Bryan Poole's performance at the Boston Revenge of the Book Eaters on September 26.

Dates:

09-26 Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center (Revenge of the Book Eaters) (Kevin Barnes and Bryan Poole performance)
09-28 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
10-02 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theater *
10-03 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club *
10-04 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater *
10-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
10-06 Chicago, IL - Metro *
10-07 Chicago, IL - Metro *
10-08 Oberlin, OH - Hale's Gym (Oberlin College) *
10-09 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre *
10-10 Buffalo, NY - The Tralf *
10-11 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero *
10-12 Boston, MA - The Roxy *
10-13 New York, NY - Roseland *
10-14 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live *
10-19 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves Festival
10-31 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
11-01 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *
11-02 Houston, TX - Numbers *
11-03 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-04 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater *
11-05 El Paso, TX - Club 101 *
11-06 Tempe, AZ - Marquee *
11-07 Tucson, AZ - Rialto *
11-08 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon *
11-09 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon *
11-10 La Jolla, CA - Mandeville Auditorium (UCSD) *
11-11 Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse *
11-12 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11-13 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11-14 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11-16 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
11-17 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater *
11-18 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall *
11-19 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *

# with Psychic Hearts
* with Grand Buffet, MGMT