I dislike it for many reasons. I find it annoying when someone thinks that they're ability in one sphere (making music) can seamlessly transfer to another (whether it's politics, directing a film, writing a novel or whatever - you can probably guess that I'm not a fan of Henry Rollins); the inappropriateness of it all (what has politics got to do with music?), and the arrogance of it (I read the newspapers myself... why should they dictate what I think by shouting a meaningless soundbyte?). I like to listen to music on its own terms, outside of everything else, without it being part of an associated lifestyle that must be followed.
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