The two subjects in your first paragraph have indeed been done by tumblrs and done to death by Vice. However, those haven't been Self's only two articles of the last year. I think my point is that he at least states the bleedin' obvious articulately. Talking of which I am going to buy me some...
Well I read him and I'm a fat, bald, forty something with delusions of intelligence. I've never had a beard or a scooter. Unlike the guy getting off at London Bridge today, bearded, the beginnings of an average tattoo, a pseudo-onesie on and a metal scooter draped ironically over his shoulder...