When critics collide

Sean, who writes for the Herald, describes meeting venerable Globe music critic Steve Morse for the first time the other night:

Last night, after Hell's Belles, lead singer Jamie Nova and I were hanging outside the Middle East, enjoying the lovely after-midnight air on Mass. Ave. when a tall guy interrupted us. "Hi, I'm Steve Morse from the Boston Globe," the tall guy said. He put out his hand to Nova, who replied, then turned to me. I put out my hand, "Hi, I'm Sean McCarthy, from the Boston Herald." Morse paused, then turned to Nova and began praising her and the band, barely even acknowledging me the rest of the way, except to talk about some long-ago club (as if I'd know about it -- doesn't he know he's my dad's age?). ...

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