FoC Information Leafblower had a concise and brilliant observation yesterday. "Is Terrell Owens the Pete Doherty of the NFL or is Pete Doherty the Terrell Owens of the music industry? Either way, both get way more press than they deserve."

And with that I offer a link to the latest -- in a very, very, longwinded series -- Guardian article on Pete Doherty. Strike that -- this is a full fledged interview. The article's title is "Wasted." Journalists wouldn't have it any other way, would they? This part in particular caught my eye:

"Even when we are not talking about drugs, the underlying subject seems to be drugs. His only real subject."

Well duh. How many words are written about Pete Doherty's music? His musical ability may still be recognized and admired, but Doherty is close to entering Courtney Love territory, that dangerous low point in one's career in which the media enables and gleefully covers your slide into the abyss.

After the jump, a screen shot that tracks The Guardian's Pete Doherty Death Watch over the last two years.

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