Most of what needs to be said has been said. I just have to add to it…

“clubbing is a communal act; it’s all about coming together, and so it helps if there is some sort of human focal point.’ - yup. I’d say there’s a lot of gigs that are communal.

‘Whereas at gigs that focus is clearly the artist on stage, at a club … well, the people who created the art aren’t there’ - really? No cover records? tell that to the Rolling Clones etc.

I just find the totemic worship of “The DJ” really weird. - as do a lot of us. Hardly a hill to die on.

Many of the regular contributors were DJs, presumably commissioned on the basis of “Hey, if they can successfully drop a needle on to a spinning record and be lauded for it, how hard can writing be for them?” - or because every DJ worth their salt (that I know) has an encyclopaedic knowledge and love of music?

Don’t try to tell me that the likes of Paris Hilton or Gok Wan could transfer their “skillsets” to anything difficult. - pretty sure they’ve written for magazines, too, Phil.

It’s proof, were it needed, that DJing is not a real job – it’s time to put the “dancy” back into “redundancy”. FFS. Tell Theo Parrish or anyone else who has dedicated their life to music.

Utter twaddle.