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While I was off picking the sand out of my ladyflower, FishbowlNY found an excuse to swelter in the Gobi tent at this weekend's Coachella festival. When faced with the chance to accost Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, things immediately turn to Oberst's biggest fan, Jonathan Safran Foer:

FISHBOWL: Hi Conor! You know the novelist Jonathan Safran Foer?
Bright Eyes: (shrugs uncomfortably, one might safely say helplessly)
FISHBOWL: Apparently he's a big fan of yours. Are you a fan of his back?
Bright Eyes: Uh...I haven't read his books.

Wait, a trendy musician is unaware of an equally trendy young novelist? We don't want to outright call Foer a post-modern indie failure, but this meta-bitchslap suggests that the Safrantastic Publicity Machine has perhaps run out of fuel.

Jonathan Safran Foer And Bright Eyes: Just A Comped Copy Away From Togetherness [FishbowlNY]
Earlier: The Wit, Wisdom & Meta-Fiction of Jonathan Safran Foer [Gawker]
The Brothers Foer: Who Loves Bright Eyes More? [Gawker]