What part of scalpers jacking up prices do you not understand?

They are providing 20,000 tickets to NYC public school children for $10, which includes interacting with the cast members. They’re also increasing the number of tickets available via the lottery (it’s going up to 46). They’re clearly doing what they can to counteract the fact that it’s incredibly popular and is being…

Except that over 10,000 high school kids are going to get to see this thing this year for $10. I want tickets more than I’ve ever wanted anything but I’m so sick of this line of complaining. Between EduHam and Ham4Ham, I feel as though Lin and Co. are doing more than most to make it an attainable experience. Let them…

I keep seeing this ‘mutually toxic’ excuse being thrown around, but I only see evidence that one of the two of them was hitting the other.

Right. And the second amendment crazies scream “this isn’t the right time to talk about gun control!” And the racists say “this isn’t about the gay community, this is about Muslims!”

Sorry but I just need to vent. If I see one more news story on this where they neglect to mention that this attack was directed at a Gay Nightclub, I might scream. So many news shows are clearly avoiding the fact that it was directed at the LGTQI community and is a hate crime. They keep saying “Nightclub” and that’s…

I’m a gay man and I lost my fiancee to a brutal car accident just days ago. I’m still in shock and my grieving process is going through all sorts of motions. Sudden death is the worst heartbreak. I feel for the victims and their families and friends.

Yes, radical Islam is a problem right now, but radical Islam is one ideology within the framework of Islam, which is my point. It is not Islam that is the problem, it is the radical ideology which will not accept basic tenets of modern life and to act like that is true of all of Islam is silly.

This. Somebody linked Umberto Eco’s article from the 90s about Ur-Fascism (it’s easy to google), and so much of it was talking about exactly this. Let’s not forget that last year this month there were the ultra-Orthodox men in Jerusalem who stabbed six people at a pride parade, that the Lt. Governor of Texas posted…

I love this quote.

And Cobain doubled his vocals! How natural is that? I highly doubt Adele does. I’ve heard her live FFS!

my brain knows it should be looking for empowerment-insults that are feminine or gender-neutral but “suck my dick” just fills me such basic glee. oh well!

If you can’t hear her over obnoxious fans screaming her name like they’re trying to get a cat’s attention,...

“You turn the radio on and it’s fluff, you are listening to 90% computerised voices. We know Adele has a great voice but it’s even questionable if that is actually her voice or how much has been manipulated. We don’t know.”

He used Hendrix as an example too. Hendrix was an amazing guitarist, but he was pretty mediocre as a singer.

When someone speaks of virtuoso vocalists and uses Kurt Cobain as an example of one, then everything they say is automatically discredited.

like there’s lots of middling level vocal talent out there (and i love pop music)

I thought it was Hall & Oates (even if Hall doesn’t like the term).

That’s the part of the cultural appropriation discussion that I struggle with. How do you draw that line? Is Trainor only bad because her music is bad?

My very favorite thing about him is how beautifully he’s handling all this success. No fake, wide-eyed Taylor-Swifting, but also a healthy dose of delight that it happened at all. (And I did see Hamilton before the ticket prices went insane. So. Worth. It. I wish I could see it again. They are all fucking geniuses and…