And neither did James Brown. Like Brown, Jackson’s vocal and songwriting skill are undeniably musically superior. And both used live instrumentation on their recordings and in performance. I’m less familiar with Janet’s work, but I’m fairly certain she has always had some incarnation of a live band in her live act, if…

correct. if people were prepared to only consume content from journalistically credible sources, and NOT FoxNews or Breitbart or MSNBC or HuffPo (or were at least prepared to give MORE credence to the New York Times than Red Alert Politics,), and then were (gasp) prepared to pay for the value of that content, we might…

Broadcasters are not in the dugout, and not subject to dugout/clubhouse superstitions. They are supposed to mention no-hitters, as it is their job to report the important facts about the game they are covering.

pop stars who don’t play instruments have LONG been awesome: James Brown, for one. But he led a BITCHING GOOD BAND. The idea that you can sing karaoke in an arena and people fall over themselves for your “artistry” is weak as hell.

THIS