In one of those random and yet surgically precise ways I electronically met Howard Wolfson yesterday. Wolfson was Communications Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and is currently continuing his career as a political commentator for Fox News. He also runs a music blog, Gotham Acme, that I learned about by reading an article [...]
David Gutowski is the man behind the music blog Largehearted Boy. He recently contacted me to ask if I would be interested in submitting my thoughts in writing for a new area of his blog entitled Why Obama. It is a series of guest essays by musicians and authors, where they share their support for [...]
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock all year you’ll know that this November is time to vote for president. Presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, will face off against the presumptive Democratic nominee, Senator Barak Obama. Whoever you vote for the only way to do that is to register to vote. Rock the Vote [...]
Barak Obama greets the crowd. ©Ben Lansky
The numbers may vary between 65,000 - 75,000 but Portland’s fire chief backed up the account that Obama had pulled off a record crowd, the biggest in the State’s history apparently. The Decemberists entertained the crowd as it streamed into the park after long waits outside.