music
05/25/2007
Hillary Clinton Idol ... sort of
Holy integrated media! In a clever little reach-out to the internet generation, Hillary's using YouTube to ask voters to pick her campaign song, and in the latest video update from www.hillaryclinton.com, she spotlights some of the more questionable suggestions, creating a sort of Idol-audition/YouTube-talent-show hybrid that is truly spectacular to behold. In a further display of good humor, she even gives a little screentime to some folks who have decidedly uncomplimentary things to say about the whole song-vote idea in general. (I guess you really can't please all of the people all of the time.)
Other highlights include the 49 second mark, where Hillary gets down with her bad self, and the initial video where she first solicts song suggestions ... and sings! (Aleit briefly, and mercifully so.)
04/20/2007
Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran
We joke about American politics being reduced to slogans and theme songs -- but there's a hint of truth in every good joke. And the really great jokes can be more than a little disturbing. Take, for example, John McCain's distillation of future US foreign policy into a Beach Boys riff. On the surface, it seems like he's just kidding around. But then you realize that a Presidential candidate is talking about bombing another country. And laughing while he does it.
