I'm a non-ironic and non-democratic populist, which is precisely why I don't need to define myself as being a poptimist, because poptimism is for rockists in denial. Most average music fans are not poptimists. They listen sonically, not ideologically. Which is why I hate pitchfork. They have no concept of acousmatic listening. For them sound is never concrete, it always has to be linked to some kind of (badly mastered) goldsmiths/UC Burkley I'm now editing novara/current affairs magazine sociology personal midlife crisis projection oh my god the world is so fucked Lee Gamble brain fart.