I mean, I think the difference is “admitting who you’re stealing from” vs “claiming it as your own original composition”. Bruno (and The Weeknd for that matter) are incredibly upfront with being influenced by MJ and that they’re (indirectly) swagger jacking

It really is weird that an utter enigma about his QB abilities is getting paid so much by a team that nearly went to the Super Bowl last year. There’s no way this doesn’t end in some horrible way (way to jinx Cousins with that “he’s never missed a game”)

Josh Radnor disqualifies anything he’s in now. I’m happy he made a ton of money off one of the better sitcoms of the last 20 years; hopefully he can go away

The early country ballads are lifted almost wholesale from gospel tunes too

Hahahahaha, I think folk music is pretty garbage anyway. I’m basically on your side on that one

Classical as an umbrella term could probably be argued. But I bet you could find a pretty clear throughline from blues/spirituals to folk music.

Whoa, really? Honestly had no idea

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Hope you like the taste of anise! Because you’ll be getting a LOT of it in that drink. It’s great to settle a stomach at the end of a meal tho

One sentence is Defcon 4 for you? Chill out

I mean, there are a couple arguments to be made here.

REALLY well put, Michael. Point 3 is something I’ve been thinking a lot about in this context: like, unless you’re exclusively making bluegrass music, you owe a huge amount of credit to black artists. That’s a damn FACT. So where does cultural appropriation start and stop?

Using SJW as a pejorative is fucked up

Pernod is TOUGH to mix with, though. You can use it as an absinthe substitute in a pinch, but it’s not 100% correct.

MANY years ago, Esquire had an article for what they called The Esquire Cocktail, which consisted of a simple recipe: 3 parts base spirit (whiskey, gin, etc), 1 part liqueur of your choice, 1 part Aperol, half a part citrus juice of your choice. Obviously there are going to be some grotesque combos, but it also lent…

These are legitimately hot. I had no idea this was up for debate; the Black History ones in particular looked amazing

+1 for being another person who keeps thinking about this whenever reading about Ryan Coogler

There is nothing she can’t do

I don’t know, Dan. Harvard grads have a pretty tough row to hoe after graduation, can’t you throw them a bone for basketball?