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Rage Against the Machine performs A capella @ RNC (video)
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Posted on September 3, 2008 8:17 AM
The National - 2008 Tour Dates, Hammerstein tix on sale
The National - official "Mr. November" Obama T Shirts Tickets are now on sale (thx all) for NY Mag's National / Grizzly Bear / Stella 40th anniversary show at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC on October 10th. All National dates below......
Posted on August 28, 2008 10:38 AM
Rage Against the Machine played, protested @ the DNC - pics
Tom Morello, Zach de la Rocha & Flobots MC Jamie Laurie, a.k.a. Jonny 5 Joined by like-minded anti-war rockers State Radio, The Coup, Flobots, Jello Biafra and Wayne Kramer from the MC5, Rage Against the Machine headlined an impassioned midday...
Posted on August 28, 2008 8:44 AM
Eugene Mirman @ DNC (video), but he'll be back soon (dates)
Eugene Mirman is reporting live from the Democratic National Convention in Denver for 23/6. Below you'll find the first video followed by proof that his weekly Tearing the Veil of Maya shows at Union Hall are starting up again...
Posted on August 26, 2008 5:50 PM
Obama fundraiser at McCarren Park Pool- additional info
John Kerry, Richard Lugar, Bono and Joe Biden Hi- A few points of clarification for Sunday's event (in response to this post)- not sure it matters this late in the game, but thought you should know: 1) There is a...
Posted on August 23, 2008 6:17 PM
Obama & DJ David Cross added to Sunday's Pool Party lineup
"On August 24th, Brooklyn for Barack is partnering with JellyNYC to co-host the Last Pool Party (ever) at McCarren Park Pool in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Held one day before the start of the Democratic National Convention, the event hopes to not...
Posted on August 22, 2008 5:17 PM
RATM playing free show during the DNC in Denver
Rage Against the Machine has joined forces with the Iraq Veterans Against the War and Tent State University to perform as part of the "Tent State Music Festival to End the War" on Wednesday, August 27 at the Denver Coliseum....
Posted on August 14, 2008 11:58 AM
Rage Against the Machine playing Minneapolis during RNC
RATM @ Lollapalooza 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) Political rap-rock giants Rage Against the Machine will give a rare performance at Target Center in Minneapolis on Sept. 3, which not so coincidentally is the same week as the Republican National...
Posted on August 5, 2008 2:10 PM
DEERHOOF add 2008 Tour Dates, answer "Why Obama?"
Deerhoof @ Prospect Park on 7/18/08 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) "For me the thing about Obama is I really like the way he talks. In the Demo debates it would be someone talking gibberish, then someone else countering in...
Posted on July 29, 2008 11:28 AM
Dave Chapelle didn't show up last night
"Kevin Powell took at least $500 from my friends and I. Dave Chapelle never showed!!!!!!! I want my money back!!" [Dustin Williams] "yeah. People waited around in a packed shit hole venue for 2 hours to be told that Chappelle...
Posted on July 10, 2008 9:12 AM
Dave Chapelle for (Kevin Powell for) Congress
This is tonight....
Posted on July 9, 2008 1:39 PM
Obama loves Wonder, Dylan, Springsteen... Sheryl Crow
Barack Obama is a Stevie Wonder geek. In the Democratic presidential candidate's new interview with Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Jann S. Wenner, Obama waxed rhapsodic about his favorite artists, many of whom -- Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z -- have shown...
Posted on June 26, 2008 4:48 PM
Republicans like ABBA?
According to this article....To understand the stylistic gulf between Barack Obama and John McCain, first consider their cultural references. The Republican enjoys a good Henny Youngman one-liner and the 1970s Swedish pop group ABBA. He tells jokes about drunken Irish...
Posted on June 9, 2008 1:53 PM
Arcade Fire & Superchunk playing NC shows for Obama
David Bowie & Obama Arcade Fire, Superchunk & Obama "Tickets can be picked up in Forsythe, Guilford, Randolph, Almanace, Orange, Durham, and Wake Counties at the following locations during early voting hours starting Thursday April 24" [Merge] Arcade Fire did...
Posted on April 23, 2008 4:53 PM
Elton John raised 2.5 million for Hillary Clinton @ Radio City
Experience is central to Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid, and Wednesday night she tapped one of pop music's most venerable rockers to help fill her campaign coffers with $2.5 million. Elton John, who has sold records and filled arenas...
Posted on April 10, 2008 9:25 AM
Elton John playing Radio City Music Hall for Hillary Clinton
Singer Elton John will help Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton raise cash for her presidential campaign with a solo concert next month at Radio City Music Hall in New York. "I'm not a politician but I believe in the work that...
Posted on March 17, 2008 12:56 PM
Jenna Bush loves The National, Arcade Fire, Strokes (video)
Posted on March 3, 2008 2:21 PM
Arcade Fire (members) playing for Obama in Ohio (for free)
Win Butler, Will Butler, Regine Chassagne and Jeremy Gara of the Arcade Fire will be playing a free concert on Sunday, March 2nd at Stuart's Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio in support of Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic nomination....
Posted on March 1, 2008 12:15 AM
Sean Penn & Dennis Kucinich are metal
by Black Bubblegum Sean Penn & Dennis Kucinich introducing Ringworm I am convinced that Sean Penn is everywhere: Alaska to shoot an amazing film, Iran, New Orleans during Katrina, Venezuela to meet Hugo Chavez, Cleveland with Dennis Kucinich to see...
Posted on February 26, 2008 12:36 AM
The Mooslem Threat, Hillary Clintones & other videos
Posted on February 20, 2008 4:14 PM
Mike Huckabee vs. Tom Scholz
In a letter to the Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song "More Than a Feeling" without his permission. [AP]...
Posted on February 15, 2008 12:36 PM
Hillary took the stage, the crowd went nuts....
HA.......
Posted on February 11, 2008 2:57 PM
Bright Eyes, Obama, M Ward, Zooey Deschanel (She & Him)
DOWNLOAD: She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? (MP3) She & Him is a story of musical serendipity: Two artists, each renowned in their own creative fields, meet and recognize a certain shared nostalgia. The result...
Posted on February 6, 2008 4:52 PM
who are musicians voting for on Super Tuesday?
note: Super Tuesday is today, so don't forget to vote. Wilco and Obama (CRED) Music blog Hard To Find A Friend contacted a few musicians & industry people, and not surprisingly found out most of them were voting for Obama....
Posted on February 5, 2008 11:21 AM
Obama - Morrissey 2008
Morrissey performing in London the other day (photo via MS) (shirt by Scarlet Ibis) ...
Posted on February 5, 2008 10:33 AM
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