Has this man always been such a pompous arse? He clearly seems to think he is some sort of authority on popular music - admittedly he does come out with some useful bits of information but otherwise its mostly dross.
Worse than that is the fact that he has appointed himself as some sort of spokesman for the north. Only the other day he had written some sort of self-indulgent article in the Mirror eulogising the virtues of pies or chips or something else I really dont care to remember. Am I right in thinking he now lives in London? If thats the case, what a complete tit.
Northerners living in London or the South, criticing is it and ejaculating over how great the north is - very irritating. Especially as most of us down here (me included) actually quite like the north (especially Manchester) and are at worst apathetic about it.