[Glice]

Oh, crikey, someone doesn't understand the music you're listening to. Crikey-oh-blinking-riley.

If you people are still in school, then fair enough. Forming a musical identity is very important.

I used to be a complete elitist about what I was listening to. And after a while I realised that I was being a complete snob, and that the kids listening to Happy Hardcore were utterly right, music should be fun. It has other functions as well, but there's nothing wrong with enjoying music. There's also nothing wrong with delving a little deeper, but one should be wary of that being a good thing a priori. I used to be quite dismissive of other people's tastes. Oh, they think Green Day is punk. I had a mate down a pub I used to drink in who would repeat all the cliches. Green Day are Punk. Red Hot Chilli Peppers are great. Nirvana are pretty cool. No, I don't know Sonic Youth/ Pavement/ whatever. I dismissed him. After a few months of talking to him, I suddenly realise that the man is the fucking University of Jazz. Utterly schooled me on it. Lent me all this wild shit I'd never heard of before. Made all the crappy indie I was listening to seem like utterly insipid bollocks. Which a lot of it was.

Any way. The point is - judge not lest ye be judged...