It’s a common number to wear for fans and on-field entertainment. The drumline, team, for example all wear #49 jerseys. Ain’t no thang.

It’s a common number for fans to wear. No one here gives a shit about Miller.

The single for Respiration also featured a remix on the b-side with Black Thought of the Roots taking the place of Common as the third emcee, and it’s also fantastic. A very laid back sound with Mos crooning the hook.

The opening line of the song, “The new moon rode high and crowned the metropolis...” bothered me for years. I had long thought Mos made a simple mistake by going with “new moon” rather than “full moon.” Then I realized that he did mean “new moon” because that is, well, a black moon—a perfect compliment to Blackstar…

Are you dumb or are you stupid? Please point directly to the portion of my comment where I mention the First Amendment. I’ll wait.

Niners fan who grew up with Montana and Young. It’s shit.

If your employer played the anthem or recited the pledge of allegiance before the clock strikes 9, but also said you don’t have stand for the anthem or recite the pledge—either in protest or because you have to take a piss or because you simply don’t give a fuck—and you choose that option, you wouldn’t be reprimanded…

Who are your favorite sportswriters working today?

The first beer I bought legally was at Tommy’s. Had dinner at 11, hung around until midnight and walked to the bar as a man. Got an Anchor Steam. Then two old dudes and one woman got into a good old fashioned bar fight.

Not having shit and having shit are both shitty situations.

The anthem isn’t played to honor the military, and if it is, it has no place being played at a sporting event.

For the millionth time: he’s not doing it for himself—he has it good. He’s doing it for others who have shit.

He isn’t oppressed and he’s not doing this to claim that he is. At least try to keep up.

If someone yells “FIRE!” in a crowded theater and everyone just stares and comments on the tone of that person’s voice while fire consumes them, whose fault is that?

It’s not supposed to do any of that. It’s a small gesture made by a single man. Not all of us have the stuff that made Dr. King, but that doesn’t mean we can’t or shouldn’t do what little we can. He made a small stand by sitting for a couple of minutes. Yes, it’s just a drop in the bucket, just like my vote in…

Holy shit, black service members and police officers own the anthem? Wait, no? Then it must belong to the all of the military and police? Also no? So...it belongs to all of us and each of us can do with the song that we like? I think that’s how it’s supposed to go in America. But what the fuck do I know—I’m just a…

That still makes more sense than a team from San Francisco playing a team from San Diego. At least the game you went to featured teams from different countries. The way we do it here is truly baffling. Add in the fly-by and you really have insane shit.

That’s like giving thanks to a country that allows someone to breathe air. Sports are played for profit in nearly every (all?) single country in the world. America affords its citizens many things that are particularly unique to this country, but enjoying sports is not one of them.

I’m an Asian man and if someone tells me “you’re a racist” there’s nothing I can say in my defense either. “Two immigrants made me”? Nah, doesn’t quite work. I know white dudes have it hard, but when someone is accused of being racist, you guys aren’t deprived of a defense that the rest of us coloreds have.

Aren’t you already limited to a narrow selection of equipment? Basically an automobile or bicycle. I haven’t checked my local ordinances, but I doubt I’d be allowed to ride a donkey down Market St. or a Conestoga wagon along the Embarcadero or a tank down Mission. And even among the automobiles, they have to meet ever…