Mmm, I don't agree. 'Cool' is so subjective.

zandorg · on Oct 22, 2009

I agree. How can he say ALL electronic artists are nerds? What about Portishead? Michael Jackson? The Human League?

'Nerd' isn't even an insult in my book.

adw · on Oct 22, 2009

Portishead cut samples of their own playing back to vinyl so they could bring them back in as scratches.

Anyone that dedicated is, in the best possible sense, a bit of a nerd.

pronoiac · on Oct 23, 2009

I'd say that makes them geeks or wonks, but I think nerd has a "socially inept" connotation.

blhack · on Oct 22, 2009

I believe that was pretty much his...point.

Nerds have become a culture all their [our] own. Us trying to be 'cool' in the eyes of people who aren't even members of our little society is kindof silly.