This doesn't surprise me at all. What will make this interesting is whether or not other musicians and artists might join Young's bandwagon. If enough of them do, THEN it might get interesting and possibly detrimental to Spotify. None have stepped forward yet, though.No surprise, Spotify chose Rogan.
Spotify says it will remove Neil Young’s music instead of dropping Joe Rogan
Spotify "regrets Neil's decision"; Young objected to COVID misinformation.arstechnica.com
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It would have to be some big names with huge numbers, too. Old rockers who peaked in the 70’s aren’t going to move the needle.
Hey now, he was pretty solid in the 90s.
I don’t think he ever expected to get Rogan removed. He just didn’t want to have his music help support a company that supported Rogan and his bullshit.
It may take some kind of scandal where he says something blatantly racist...
And that is true. Neil Young at least deserves credit for trying something and standing by his morals.
It's weird how people are saying Neil was trying to cancel Rogan and stuff.
I mean, he can decide for himself where he sells/plays his records, and it's absolutely his right to say "yeah, not on the same shop as that guy".
This would only work if something huge were to say something similar - Universal or Warner or Sony or whatever. And even then, it wouldn't be cancel culture or censorship. God people are stupid about that sort of thing.
I mean, he can decide for himself where he sells/plays his records, and it's absolutely his right to say "yeah, not on the same shop as that guy".
This would only work if something huge were to say something similar - Universal or Warner or Sony or whatever. And even then, it wouldn't be cancel culture or censorship. God people are stupid about that sort of thing.
If you think him a comma hard enough, will one appear?
Now, let's talk about my issues with "dairy" and "diary" intolerance!
GasBandit
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I think I've said it before but my brain cannot discretely separate any Christa, Kirsta, Kristen, or Kyrsten. Any one of those I meet, I basically have a 25% chance at any given moment to recall their name correctly regardless of whether I've gotten it right or not in the past. And that goes for Sam Malone's girlfriend, too.
GasBandit
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Another Milkshake Duck found tonight. One of my favorite youtubers, AvE (Arduino vs Evil), just posted a long breathless hero-worship video for the Flu Klux Klan Karen Convoy. I kept waiting for the "PSYCH" punchline but it didn't come, and the comments were full of the usual suspects.
Ehh, I shoulda unsubscribed a long time ago, I guess.
Ehh, I shoulda unsubscribed a long time ago, I guess.
figmentPez
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Well, time for me to unsubscribe. I hardly watch his recent stuff anyway.
A whole gaggle of unhinged, antivaxxer morons. Absolutely shameful. And if they're all unvaccinated, packed together like that with no masks? I bet this turns into a super spreader event.
I'm sorry, but since you're interested in language I feel like I'm allowed to make a minor comment. The collective noun for antivaxxers is not "a gaggle"; it's "an ICU ward".
I dunno, the comparison to brainless, endlessly-aggressive, shits-up-everything Canadian Geese feels pretty on point to me.
Plus, "honk!" has a double meaning in this case. Once for referring to geese, another for truck honks.
Good luck with that one in court if they try to charge anyone even a cent afterwards.
Yeah, read the whole thread
The upside of being a mooch is that I'm generally very pleased with my choice of media platform and don't feel any need to cancel anything. There's some occasional gaps, like Eternals or Boba Fett, but they're likely to be just a few weeks behind and that's okay with me
GasBandit
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I'm not bothering with EternalsThe upside of being a mooch is that I'm generally very pleased with my choice of media platform and don't feel any need to cancel anything. There's some occasional gaps, like Eternals or Boba Fett, but they're likely to be just a few weeks behind and that's okay with me
but I'll start moving Boba Fett over. Forgot to get it off the Seedbox.No rush, we're going through the Witcher first so we don't have to watch them one per weekI'm not bothering with Eternals
GasBandit
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No rush, we're going through the Witcher first so we don't have to watch them one per week
Maybe that's why they broke up yesterday.
They haven't given an official reason, but yes, it was likely Barrett lending his artistic talents to a song to promote that Washington DC Anti-Vax rally.
Or a tag like a Brazelton-light?
figmentPez
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I kinda think we do. Assholes revealing their awful opinions, like all the anti-vaxxers out there, don't deserve to get their own threads, or clutter up other good threads.