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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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Regina Spektor: Consequences of Sound
Loxsly: Stethoscope
Port O’Brien: I Woke Up Today
Bodies of Water: Gold, Tan, Peach and Grey
Zero Spanish: Sweetheart
Loudest Boom Bah Yea: Tap Not, Lest Ye Be Tapped
Brilliant Sweaters: I Dropped Out of High School
+/- {Plus and Minus}: Steal the Blueprints
White Williams: New Violence
Dirty Projectors: No More
Longwave: It’s True
Heroes & Villains: Captain Wicked
Padre Pio: Madeline
Bridges and Powerlines: Uncalibrated Guns
Dirty Excuse: Just Stay
Future Islands: Old Friend
Fiasco: Oh You Horny Monster
Union Hall: The perky gang of Port O’Brien will be dispersing their share of Californian sunshine with Loxsly, who has managed to emerge unscathed from the saturated music scene of Austin, Texas, which I imagine looks like a big ball of fire. It has to. Headliners are Bodies of Water.
McCarren Pool: I haven’t been to a Regina Spektor show that didn’t deliver, though the days when she played without a mediocre band are greatly missed. Just Regina on the piano was gold. Albert Hammond, Jr. is opening // South Street Sea Port: Catch Brooklyn’s Dirty Projectors for free, playing with White Williams.
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