A reader reports from last night's Vincent Gallo signing for his book of still photos from The Brown Bunny, sounding surprised (and somewhat upset) that Gallo wasn't a total asshole. We don't see why erecting a billboard celebrating your graphic, "in the name of art" blowjob has to be preclude someone from being a nice guy. He just might love himself a little bit too much for our tastes.

Sigh. I report to you through gritted teeth that while Ol' Vince was later than shit (he hadn't arrived as of 7:21 p.m.), the signing was much less painful than I had anticipated.

Gallo was actually obliging, deferential, and, dare I say it, nice. This is making me want to vomit as I write this, but I found it difficult to dislike the guy too much. Publicity whore, perhaps; nice to his "fans," certainly. I can, however, report that when someone commented that a blank page in the photo book, which was pricey, was "brilliant," Mr. Gallo replied, "I thought so."

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