Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has issued a letter in response to the negative press he has received for using a slang term for gay men in a rant at a concert in Oslo. Homme, who had been suffering from the flu, was hit in the face by a shoe, and went ballistic on a particular young fan, using some pretty salty language and threatening some very unpleasant sounding sexual congress. Homme issued the following letter to explain his actions:

Member of the Peanut Gallery:

Some journalists & citizens on the Internet are wondering: Q? Am I a homophobe because I included a slang for gay in with other "acceptable" curse words during a verbal lashing I gave a young concertgoer, after being hit by his shoe, during a show the other day? A= Nope. My gay family & friends, as well as myself, KNOW I am not a homophobe. For years now I've known gay is not a choice; one's skin color doesn't determine one's intelligence level; & red hair doesn't mean you're someone's stepchild. You see, it's not the words, it's their intent. I never said, nor suggested, that being gay is wrong, but apparently, based on your outrage to my flu-infused rant, you do! By that logic... I also told that young whippersnapper I'd have anal sex with him... how can I possibly reconcile these opposing viewpoints? I called him a pussy too. Does it mean I hate our one worlds' collective vagina? I never have been nor intend to be politically correct. That's your cross to bear. To me, that PC world would suck more shit than the porta-potty truck at Glastonbury. Homophobic? I'm in Queens of the Stone Age for crissake... You say, "So. Your band name doesn't prove anything." Maybe not. But it's a helluv a lot more definitive than the logic of some watchdog... (sorry canine-American, canine-European, canine-African, canine-Australian & canine-Asian) moralist, keeping score from pure perfectionville? If your glass house is squeegeed that clean & you need to do something, do what the great philosopher Bill Hick's once suggested: - forgive me-. Or don't. I'm not asking for either, OK? I think you should let both of your cheeks go loose so the stick will drop out. Either way I expect that you'll soon find another injustice from your chair, then roll to your bullhorn & point it out to the rest of us... Because you're so above it all. Or If you'll allow me to translate a wish of mine into your PC lingo:
Will you please go have, consensual, sex with yourself.
Pretty please with all natural, carbon offset sugar on top.

Sincerely,
Mr. Missundastood
A.K.A. Joshua, Baby Duck, Jho
Head Choreographer & Do Stuff Corporation's pansexual spokes-thing

Homme was obviously reacting in anger, as getting in the face with a shoe sometimes leads to less than happy feelings. While his language is certainly not acceptable at the dinner table, most people have said things in the heat of a certain moment that they would not normally say. The only difference is that most of us are not being taped. The real mystery here is that Homme says the subject of the rant hit him with his shoe. If your ears and sense of decency can take it, watch the whole video. When the kid is being escorted out, he is clearly wearing two shoes. Where’s the bare foot, Josh? Where’s the bare foot? [Stereogum]