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Barack Obama’s week-old victory has since revealed much else about the country. An astounding 46% voted for John McCain, proving once again the extent to which conservatism continues to rule this nation. Post-ideology appointment of Obama staff seems to have thrown both the decrying Left and the decrying Right into arrant confusion. More importantly, though, the country remains afflicted with tight-ass’d people who won’t let the soon-to-be President make Nancy Reagan seance jokes; while I’m at it, John Stewart’s Bill Ayers joke was funny—come on, what are we going to do with you freaking downers? In short, don’t be mistaken, annoying times lie ahead! But for now, we look back to that joyous night: we asked a few folks from the music world and the literary world, “What were you doing when the election result was announced?”
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The Annex: Moenie & Kitchi is Gregory and the Hawk. They’re set to go on at 10:15 after Attached Hands and Cassorla // Cake Shop: Dream Bitches are friends Yoko Kikuchi and Ann Zakaluk, whose latest album is this year’s Coke and Spiriters from Recommend if You Like Records. They’re playing with Bugs in the Dark, about whom L Magazine wrote back in December, “Bugs in the Dark are doing their best to fill the void left by Sleater Kinney and the Pixies (unless the Pixies are actually together again, in which case, meh). Suprisingly, they’re doing a bang-up job.” To this day the band wonders the signifance of that meh. What does it mean? Also playing is Dave End, whose track “And By Queen” I quite like, and Sway.
More bands and lots of mp3’s after the jump. Also, which famous band did I sight this morning?
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