Counterpoints aplenty today. Skeptical thinking, righteous thinking and/or both. I'm going to refrain from mentioning the points that they are counterpoints to, since you have the entire internet for that. Sometimes it's OK to only hear the minority voices. Sometimes majoritysplaining is not needed... MEG WHITE was/is a great drummer. Ask JACK WHITE. Ask DAVE GROHL. Ask your own prejudices... "ENDLESS" was the best FRANK OCEAN album released in 2016. "[I]t’s the rolling tide that carries in 'Blonde'’s crashing wave. It takes its time, it ebbs and releases — it’s inconsistent and unpredictable. It is, in many ways, music in 2016"... MADONNA's BILLBOARD Woman of the Year speech was about "white misogyny, white ageism, white ableism, white sexism, and white pain she’s experienced in her career"... This one's a point begging for a counterpoint: The prez-elect's team dangled ambassadorships in front of two music bookers in its continuing effort to book A-list talent for the inauguration, the bookers tell THE WRAP. Trump's team officially denies. Trump's team also officially says, "First-class entertainers are eager to participate in the inaugural event"... Spin the globe, listen to radio stations around the world. Amazing... "I felt the humiliating sting of failure, but also the strange realization that I had somehow entered and truly lived the world of the lyrics"— PATTI SMITH on singing at the BOB DYLAN NOBEL event... RIP VALERIE GELL and BOB WASHINGTON.