i agree, genres are usefull but ultimately wretched. however, i find the pedant in me comes to the fore when somebody tries to define something as being a part of a genre that it is not. like ESG, they aren't drum n bass. or when people do that thing of saying "yeah john coltrane, he was totally punk, yeah he was punk rock" i.e. anything that is forward thinking is deemed worthy of being punk.
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