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From an Eric Alterman column about Rosanne Cash:

Just what is the relationship between art and politics? "Politics are not good for art," says Rosanne, who says she finds that few musicians mix the two with much success. "Too much politics in art comes out of self-righteousness or bitterness. Too often, you lose the art, and then it is just politics that rhyme. And who gives a shit about that?"

(She also cites some exceptions.)

I'm intrigued by the recent spate of complaints about the dearth of new anti-war music (e.g., in L.A. Weekly). I'm a musician, and I think a war on Iraq is a bad idea, and sometimes I think I'd like to express that sentiment musically. But then I realize that almost all anti-war songs seem to me too blunt to be effective or enjoyable, and I certainly don't think I'm capable of writing an exception.

Are the Beastie Boys? I don't know. I appreciate that they've tried, though.

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CNN Headline News says (no link, I heard it on the radio) that the New York City Council's imminent resolution opposing a war with Iraq "became entangled in politics" almost immediately after it was first drafted. Here's a clue: A city council resolution about a war? That is politics.

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All this talk about French fries and Freedom Toast suddenly made me nostalgic for Petite Abeille, the cafe where I used to go for amazing Belgian waffles in Manhattan.

dave [to Joe]: you mean 'victory pancakes'.

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A few things I ran across earlier on Google:
( More on anti-war songs and corporate radio. )