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\n\tNever let it be said that John Mulaney<\/a> breaks a promise.<\/p>\n \n\tWhen we first talked about<\/a> the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<\/a> in 2018, the plan was to make it an annual thing \u00e0 la Billie Eilish\u2019s Vanity Fair<\/em> interview. The comedian, actor, and talk-show host has been earnestly obsessed with the Hall of Fame \u2014 who gets in, who doesn\u2019t, who shows up \u2014 for years and there was plenty of material to mine from the diverse group of inductees each year.<\/p>\n \n\tSome unexpected roadblocks, though, derailed us. \u201cCovid and some personal problems got in the way,\u201d Mulaney deadpanned last year<\/a> during our second installment. \u201cHey, listen, I\u2019ll make this an annual thing now.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe\u2019s made good on that. Last month, from a hotel room in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was on the road for his Mister Whatever tour<\/a>, Mulaney spent 90 minutes waxing about this year\u2019s Rock Hall induction ceremony, which takes places Saturday night, Nov. 14, at Los Angeles\u2019 Peacock Theater.<\/p>\n \n\tIn January, he\u2019ll embark on Mulaney Takes Manhattan, a nine-show run in New York at increasingly larger venues, starting at the 150-capacity Comedy Cellar and ending at Madison Square Garden. But first, he\u2019s ready to dive deep on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2026.<\/p>\n \n\tBefore we get into this year\u2019s class, your \u201cstanding snub\u201d from last year besides Phish was Sonic Youth, who once again did not even get nominated<\/strong>. Kim Gordon recently called the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<\/strong> a \u201cmeaningless construct.\u201d<\/a><\/strong> \n\tJohnny Rotten called it a \u201cpiss stain\u201d when the Sex Pistols got in.<\/strong>
The thing with Sonic Youth \u2014 and this is a criticism I have of the Rock Hall, but also I always want to be invited to the ceremony, so I won\u2019t be that critical \u2014 is that I feel there\u2019s a bias against [artists] who have publicly said they think the Rock Hall is lame, and there shouldn\u2019t be. Those should be the front runners always; people who actively say that the Rock Hall sucks should almost get special consideration.<\/p>\n
This is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. We shouldn\u2019t reward good behavior. This isn\u2019t like the Handsome Grandson Award or Best Good Boys.<\/p>\n