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Michael HuemerMichael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the author of over 80 articles in epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and metaphysics, as well as ten amazing books that you should immediately buy. ncG1vNJzZmirpZfAta3CpGWcp51kjaetyp6lqK2j

The following is adapted from my book, Michael Jackson, Inc.: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of a Billion-Dollar Empire, on the occasion of Halloween. In the summer of 1982, Michael Jackson summoned Quincy Jones to the Westlake Recording Studio in Los Angeles to record the album that would become Thriller. But it was known by a different name at first: Starlight. Veteran songwriter Rod Temperton initially gave that name to the title track (with a chorus of “STAR-light!

Scottie Pippen’s new book release brought a classic debate to the forefront: Scottie Pippen vs. Michael Jordan. Ben Guest and I wound up debating/discussing this on the Boxscore Geeks show. The reality from an aggregate is that this isn’t a debate. Pippen is an all-time great, but Jordan is just better. Ben offered the best out you could get, from age 31 on, Pippen was a better player in the aggregate.

Arguably the greatest TV comedy of all time, The Office does a great job of making fun of the typical American workplace. I was reflecting on Episode 4 of Season 2, The Fire, where Michael Scott, the Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin Scranton, is enlightening their newest employee, Ryan, on the 10 Rules of Business. If you have not seen this episode, I highly recommend you stop reading this and go watch it before continuing…simply because it is hilarious.

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     Not that Sir Bob Iger cares about journalism ethics as he tries to save Disney Company from a perilous future. He spent the week convening with other media power players in Sun Valley, Idaho, where he wore shades and a “Bob” name-tag while lugging around a large iPad.      The CEO has given up on the linear TV business, as most of us have, and is anxious to sell ABC — ever think those words would be uttered in our lifetimes?

An odd thought popped into my head recently as I was folding laundry: Michelangelo was totally gay. Michelangelo—famed artist of the Renaissance, painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, sculptor of the massive marble David with killer abs and the slingshot that took down Goliath—was queer. It had never occurred to me before (why would it?). But as soon as it did, I felt sure I was right. A quick search confirmed that I was.

If you watch the University of Michigan men’s hockey team on television, you’ll notice the same addendum attached to number thirteen’s name whenever he first touches the puck: “There’s T.J. Hughes, no relation to Luke.” No, T.J. Hughes isn’t related to Luke Hughes, nor Quinn nor Jack Hughes for that matter, and no, unlike many of his Wolverine peers and predecessors, he isn’t a first-round draft pick.  He wasn’t even drafted at all.

What follows is an excerpt from this January’s Patreon post. If you’re intrigued, I highly recommend subscribing to read the rest! Last month, I covered the early origins of screamo and traced a line from the earliest rumblings of emocore to You & I, who are (in my opinion) the progenitors of what we now think of as screamo. It was a bit of a shorter entry, so this month I wanted to do a bit of a longer deep-dive on one of my absolute favorite mini-styles of 90s hardcore: melodic metalcore.