An old school friend of mine is a respected novelist and critic.
Many years ago I was part of the same youthful social circle,
moving up to the big city,
harbouring half baked notions of making it in the arts & media...

So there was a time when I was seriously 'intellectually' engaged
and could have sustained an intelligent conversation at an art gallery party..

that was a long time ago...

So please don't think I am just a thick yobbo dismising notions of critical categorisation out of hand.

It's just not particularly important or meaningful in my musical world at this stage in my life...