Tuesday, September 1st 2026
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If you missed Part 1: The "Political" Edition, give it a read here!If you'd like to listen along as you read, here are the ongoing Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube playlists for the music discussed in this "Offensive Band Names" series (where available)
If you've ever seen the 2007 comedy-drama film The Bucket List featuring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, you may remember the scene in which Nicholson's fanatical character learns exactly what Kopi Luwak is. If you haven't seen the film or are unaware of
Ancient Roman poet Horace's Ars Poetica is perhaps the defining work of meta-literature: a poem written to advise poets on the art of writing poetry. The title alone is sufficient shorthand for self-referential creation, an idea that would mean nothing to me if I didn'