Dead Rockstars at the Fore

There's a fantastic new article up at PopMatters about the Obama/Palin rock star dichotomy (between arena rock grandeur and punk rock plebianiasm) that very intelligently examines the tag supplied by the media and weighs its potential meanings.

"People’s homes were just a medium for the redistribution of wealth"

Douglas Rushkoff on the credit crisis, published a while back but recently reprinted by the revived Arthur Magazine ofr its poignancy with regards to...well, you know.


Also, interesting of note to anyone annoyed by or entertaining the notion of Obama's supposed ties with Bill Ayers, Max Blumenthal and David Neiwert explore the cozy relationship between Palin and the secessionist, anti-American Alaska Indendence Party in this article over at Salon.