Sarah Palin's Utopia of Wasilla John Mellencamp, By Michael J.W. Stickings.".Wasilla: The Meth Capital Of Alaska.".That's the title of a post by Andrew Sullivan, who quotes an article from the Juneau Empire. Now, it this fair game? Is it an issue for the presidential race? Yes. Obama is from Chicago (if not originally), and Chicago obviously has its problems, but he hasn't romanticized or mythologized Chicago the way Palin has her hometown. Indeed, Obama has spent much of his life, including as a community organizer, working to solve those .

Farm Aid 2008 updates its entertainment lineup Tickets, Farm Aid 2008, scheduled for September 20 festival at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA, previously announced headlining performances by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews.est of the lineup is starting to take shape. Joining the headliners and the previously announced Kenny Chesney are: The Pretenders, moe. Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Steve Earle, Jakob Dylan and The Gold Mountain Rebels, Nation Beat, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Danielle Evin.

The Voice of Small-Town America Like the majority of Americans, and to quote John Mellencamp (who'd not appreciate it, I'm sure).".I was born in a small town.".and I was raised by small-town parents, grew up with small-town people and married a small-town gal. That's why, even as Sarah Palin introduced herself to America last night, many people like myself felt like we already knew her. I've mentioned before George Will's construction that sens.ibility (or disposition) comes before philosophy or ideology. Last night's speech. Montreal.

OKC Thunder Ticket, SEATTLE SUPERSONICS FOREVER! The Kinks - Johnny Thunder [Mono Version] From the Village Green Preservation Society album. Ween - Old Man Thunder From GodWeenSatan. Poison Control Center - Ride the Thunder From the A Collage of Impression album. Eddie Beram - Riot in Thunder Alley From the Death Proof soundtrack. White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65 From the Past, Present .&.Future album. Bob Dylan - Thunder on the Mountain From Modern Times. Beck - Thunder Peel From the Odelay Deluxe.

A Musical Interlude Flickr Photo: phil hWhat music inspires you to make the world a better place? That's the question that Echoing Green is asking. They're holding a contest called .".Bold Songs.". share your social change playlist via iTunes, 8tracks.com, or just as a text comment in their blog post, and you could win an iPod.   I used iTunes to create my playlist.  They didn't have ALL my picks, but here's a short rundown: I Hope / Dixie Chicks Let Go / Frou Frou Authority Song / John Cougar Mellencamp. John Mellencamp at Montreal.

Mellencamp hopes times are a-changin' with Dylan cover John Mellencamp tickets, ".The Times They Are A-Changin'.".is one of Bob Dylan's most famous songs, a bellwether of the tumult that would engulf the late '60s. John Mellencamp gives it an updated context with a cover he recorded and posted on his website in the News column on the right-hand rail. Like Dylan, Mellencamp sings it alone with an acoustic guitar in the black-and-white video shot with a stationary camera. It's timely: as Jim Bessman points out in the essay accompanying the video, change is the leitmotif.

The iTunes Conventions Montreal ticket broker, Permalink | Email Author ST. PAUL - It's been remarked often enough, but you know you're at a Democratic Convention when all you hear are the soaring melodies of U2 and the working-class odes of The Boss and John Mellencamp. You know you're at a Republican Convention when all you hear is Garth Brooks and about six other country artists I can't name, but who seem to really like whiskey. Same country, different worlds, I guess. Sphere It! September 3, 2008 .

Sarah Palin as John Mellencamp ticket brokers, Cut from tonight's shindig: And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities. Actually, no one has really called her experience into question much since the first hair-trigger, and stupid, spokesman response. It's the type of decisions, let's call it judgment, that's getting scrutiny.

Matthew McConaughey takes son Levi to a Longhorns game Matthew McConaughey takes son Levi to a Longhorns game September 3, 2008 at 1:25 pm · Filed under Actor/Actress, And more, Baby talk Decked out in University of Texas orange, Matthew McConaughey and girlfriend Camila Alves took their two-month-old son Levi to a Longhorns? game over the weekend, according to TMZ. Donning a Longhorns bandana, little Levi appeared to spend most of the game nestled against mom in a baby sling. The noise of the crowd and the band didn't seem to bother the young .tickets.

Reader Mail: Bristol Palin's marriage tickets, Every so often, something I write gets wildly misinterpreted. NH provides us with a decent example of what I mean when I say this, in his (?) response to my recent article concerning Bristol Palin, the daughter of presidential candidate John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin. For those who have been living under a rock since last week, Bristol is, at age 17, pregnant. She will be keeping the baby, and will be marrying the father. Moreover, she will be doing both with.the full love and support .