
Another election cycle is behind us, and once again we've awoken to a world where the real work is beginning. In 1971, Eugene McDaniels had a point that is worth revisiting every post-election, regardless of who is President. If you read my site or my Twitter on a regular basis, you know how I feel about the struggle and what it represents to all people. Mr. President, we have work to do to make things better - all of us, together . This is the message - remember those who struggled and [...]

Yay!!!!, we survived the Repugni kkk ans "regime change" attempt. Thank (insert imaginary deity of yer choice). But the boss I'm talking about is The Velvet Underground . Been listening to a few "tribute comps": Unpiecing The Jigsaw : featuring Buffalo Tom, The Wedding Present, James and this Echo & The Bunnyman riff on Foggy Notion : and American Velvet : featuring Frank Black, Mitch Easter, Frank Agnew and this Jonathan [...]
The country has spoken : After $4 billion, two dozen presidential primary election days, a pair of national conventions, four general election debates, hundreds of Congressional contests and more television advertisements than anyone would ever want to watch, the two major political parties in America essentially fought to a standstill. When all the shouting was done, the American people on Tuesday more or less ratified the status quo that existed at the start of the day: They returned President Obama to the White House for another four years, reaffirmed Republican control of the House and [...]

We're all feeling pretty great about Obama's victory last night. If you want some tips on how to celebrate, take a few from our Commander-in-Gif, Barack Obama. Applaud: Fist bump: Kiss your colleagues: Eat some chocolate ice cream: Do a little jig: Do the "Single Ladies" dance: Go riding with the gang: Giggle: [...]

Last night was a nail biter till the end. But I ended up celebrating; and even if you didn't hopefully you could at least find a local race to enjoy. So, since I tend to lean towards the lists, here are my favorite songs to celebrate to. : The Cure - Just Like Heaven : Can you find a much more upbeat song than this? The 80s synth line carries us into a world where people run away with each other, like every damn excellent rom-com ever. Has there ever been a band that sounded so different from [...]

Rihanna: Put one in da air for the Prez!!!! Our dear Obama! will.i.am: Thank you america…we are still on our path. Mary J. Blige: Congratulations Mr.President!!!! I was never worried and i never doubted you!!! God bless you!!! 4 more years!!! LeToya Luckett: U SEE IT!!!!!! *Drops mic walks OFF stage* MY PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED…AGAIN!!! Diddy: It feels even better the secoond time around!!!! #obama2012 Lil’ Kim: We Did it !!!!!!!!!! TEAM OBAMA !!!!! YES!!!!! Thank u to all who supported ! Xoxo Meek Mill: S/o 2 #obama [...]
I'm really happy to see obama rocked the vote. It was a close race and i was scared but in the end i knew he was going to win. If we can take bush for 8 we can take obama for 8. Congrats Barack

SKIES OF AMERICA Ornette Coleman and Prime Time Verona Jazz Nettles : 1996 (rec. 1987) OC, alto sax; Bern Nix, Charles Ellerbee, guitar; Al MacDowell, Chris Walker, bass; Calvin Weston, Denardo Coleman, drums; with the Orchestra Sinfonica Dell'Arena di Verona, John Giordano, conductor. There's been an unrelenting succession of bad news for jazz fans lately with the deaths of musical giants John Tchicai, David S. Ware, Borah Bergman, Sean Bergin, Byard Lancaster, and Ted Curson. [...]

We don't get into much political discussion here, but Barack Obama 's presidential acceptance speech seems important enough to post, and until we have a dubstep remix of it, we'll have to go with the raw original version.

Obama hugs Bruce Springsteen (pre-election night) A selection of tweets reacting to Obama's big win last night .... ":)" - Grizzly Bear "YES" - Amanda Palmer "yeah!!!!" - Laurel Halo "FUCK YES" - HEALTH "fuck yeah." - Colin Meloy "FUCK YEAH AMERICA!!! #OBAMA" - King Tuff [...]

Don't you just love this! Filed under: Beats , Politik , Yankee Panky Tagged: album , barack , beyonce , democrat , funny , mitches , Mitt Romney , new , obama , republican , single

As of 11:21pm, even Fox News is saying it looks like Four More Years for Obama. Continue reading "everyone says Obama wins, Obama says Thank You" at brooklynvegan

both Superchunk & Lee Ranaldo tweeted this pic of D. Boon tonight... Kirsten Gillibrand has won re-election as New York State's junior senator and President Barack Obama has been declared the winner of New York's 29 electoral votes, according to NY1 projections based on exit polls. After three years in the U.S. Senate, Gillibrand will serve a full six-year term after her projected victory over Republican challenger Wendy Long. "Tonight is such an important night for the direction of our country," Gillibrand told supporters in [...]
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As we all know today is the day our country will change forever. Either we will continue the forward progress we've made in the past four years, or we'll experience a drastic shift not only politically, but in the social and moral values we as Americans hold. ABC News has the exclusive digital coverage of the election tonight from 7pm-2am EST. Hit the jump for the stream.
On the eve of election day, Jimmy Kimmel decided to air one more hilarious, ridiculous video. What would it be ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ watch-obama-and-romney-star-in -last-minute-ad-toge/71599/

Hoy es un día clave para la política mundial, aunque siempre lo es cuando se elige a un presidente de los Estados Unidos. Esta noche los norteamericanos decidirán si confían cuatro años más en Barack Obama o si prefieren que sea el republicano Mitt Romney quien ocupe la Casa Blanca. Atrás quedarán semanas de campaña política por todos los estados del país, donde se alternaron discursos políticos con actuaciones musicales. Y es que, especialmente desde la anterior campaña de Obama, los músicos se están involucrando cada vez más activamente en el mundo de la política. [...]
In case you missed it, here's Will Ferrell's endorsement of Obama.