Barack Obama Just Made You A Mix

NPR's All Songs Considered blog recently asked readers whether there was any connection between people who like indie rock and people who lean left politically. The responses are worth reading, if only for a good laugh.

Quite a few of the comments followed along this line: "Iron and Wine/Death Cab/the National. I'm totally voting for Obama." or "Obama/Neutral Milk Hotel." One of the few Clinton supporters who weighed in said they were a Dire Straits fan, but more recently had been listening to Glen Hansard. A lone Republican said they were listening to a band called Frightened Rabbit, whatever that is.

I make no secret of the fact that I'm an Obama supporter. I'm not sure what it says about my taste in music. And I'm vaguely annoyed by the question as to whether the two are linked. But I'm certain that if Obama made you a mix, it would be cooler than the other candidates' mixes. After all, Obama is your new bicycle.

On a related note:

Dear Ohio,

Seriously? I spent four years in you. I love you in many ways. But I'm going to have to rethink that if you fuck it up for us again, like you did in 04.