SOME OF YOU THINK because a person is softly spoken that they are always amiable and quiet, the kind of person who will suffer in silence, maybe resent you but not hit back. At most maybe they’ll write a passive-aggressive song one day – ooh, don’t hurt me! – so you’re safe from any stray Canadian singer/songwriters with gentle voices and cherubic faces.

Hmm. Ron Sexsmith would like a word, and he has his most recent album, Hangover Terrace, as exhibit A for the Ron Has Had It With Your Shit trial….