Politics and Music

It's a fundamental fact: music is great when the government sucks.

In that vein, I'll miss W. I'll miss how he became a barometer for an artist's progressive integrity. I'll miss how he rejuvenated flagging careers. I'll miss how he made art relevant as the frustrated and horrified found their voices.

If McCain pulls off the upset he's been promising, then things will stay the same. A President Obama wouldn't inspire nearly the same kind of eloquent, powerful venom.

So everyone stock up on your protest songs now, before they become dated.

This whole blog point basically stolen from here. Read it, know it.