Rock the Vote

TIME humorist Joel Stein has a piece in this week comparing the live music offerings at the Democratic National Convention to those planned for the upcoming Republican counterpart. His conclusion? "The iTunes primary no contest."

In Denver, you will find Public Enemy, Death Cab for Cutie, Randy Newman, Kanye West, Jakob Dylan, Rage Against the Machine, Rufus Wainwright, Black Eyed Peas, etc. For Republicans in St. Paul? You're looking at Charlie Daniels, Sammy Hagar, Styx, the Beach Boys... basically anything that washed in off the beach.

As Stein notes about Democrat plans for Minnesota, "Even in St. Paul the Democrats have a better slate, with anti-Bush protest shows planned from Steve Earle, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Billy Bragg and Lupe Fiasco."


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