"Noise is resistance, or at least it causes resistance, so  can never be the mainstream. We should not have the   idea that noise is subjective - it is something that  happens to the individual, but it is not solely driven by  that, however directly painful the moment might be  when you encounter a concert that is too loud, or the  relentless thrum of TV-derived hit songs. It's more  interesting than that: if that's your reaction, you are

 noise, you are the bit that doesn't fit." .....