"Hopefully we're here because we love the music, a good deal of which I wouldn't have heard if it wasn't for the faith, diligence and hard work of Jim Carroll and people like him." SOP

"Sorry - village idiot and nodding dog as far as I can see"
Jim Carroll

"Should read - vaccuous pontificator and his nodding dog."
Jim Carroll

The former may justify the latter for you SOP, I suspect he's dined out on some undeniably good work once too often.