For me upward social mobility is possible through talent and hard work and is a glowing endorsement of the benefits of living in a modern capitalist society. It's not so much evidence of a meritocracy, as evidence of healthy nepotism. Nepotism is at the core of a good group dynamic. A good group dynamic is at the core of rock'n'roll.

Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.

The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?

A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.

There are loads of bands I'd love to produce.

Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!

You can't write for the cultural environment - if you do that, by the time it comes out, that cultural environment has passed. You have to be aiming for something that's original - that's the only way you can have any kind of impact.