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If R.E.M. Makes A Comeback Album And Nobody Hears It, Does It Still Rock?

Tony Sachs | Posted 03.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Van Halen, Ipod, Music Business, Music Blogs, Mike Mills, '80s Rock, Satellite Radio, Bill Berry, Pop Music, Alternative Rock, U2, Rock Blog, Peter Buck, Internet Radio, Mtv, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Accelerate, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

For the remaining faithful, a listen to their 14th and latest album, Accelerate, will feel like a vindication of sorts. The question is, who still cares?

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A Song to Help Find Vicki Iseman (Remember Her?)

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Vicki Iseman, Video, Rock and Roll, Rock Blog, Music, Iseman McCain, John Mccain Vicki Iseman, Vicki Iseman McCain, Victoria Iseman, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

It's been a month since the Times broke the McCain/Vicki Iseman scandal, and since then the press has gone after Iseman with all the veracity and acumen of a dead hippo. What gives?

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A Song for the War/Election Math Problem

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, Casualties, Iraq, Mccain, Music, Rock Blog, McCain Iraq 100 Years, Election Math, McCain Iraq, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

This week's song is about the mathematical problem with the war leading up to the election.

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The Good Fight Goes Bad: A Song for the "Good" War in Afghanistan

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Afghanistan, Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

Our song this week is about how the last vestiges of support for the Iraq war are dependent on stalls in the forgotten "good" war.

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The Flute of False Choices

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 02.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

Our song this week is about making a choice for the Democratic ticket, without the benefit of feeling pulled by either camp's platitudes about a shining future or a near-perfect past.

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Here Come The Incidents! (A Song for the Episode in the Strait of Hormuz)

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Rock Blog, Strait of Hormuz, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

This week's song is about the speedboat scuffle in the Strait of Hormuz and the subsequent blowing-out-of-proportion of said scuffle. Enjoy!

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We Hate Bill Kristol So Much That We Wrote a Song About It

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Kristol Iraq, Bill Kristol, Rock Blog, Bill Kristol New York Times, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

Enjoy some angry punk rock for Bill Kristol and his new employers at the New York Times.

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If Only Every Day Could Be the Day Before the Caucuses

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, The Simpsons, 2008 Election, Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

It's the last day when the Democrats have nothing to do but try to impress Democrats, and I like to be impressed. If only it could stay January forever.

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A Song for the Fine Folks at CIGNA

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: CIGNA, CIGNA Death, Rock Blog, Nataline Sarkisyan, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

CIGNA's unfortunate slogan "A Business of Caring" sums it up -- when caring gets tied up with business, the time eventually comes when someone must choose between the two.

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How the CIA Stole Christmas

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

There's cookies by the fireplace and ornaments on the tree The scene is set despite the threats outlined in the North Pole's NIE

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The Next Administration Should Thoroughly Investigate the Current One (and we made a song about it)

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: When the Dog Who Keeps on Eating Things Throws Up, Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

This week's song, strangely titled "When The Dog Who Keeps On Eating Things Throws Up," is about looking into these matters, rather than waiting for them to surface.

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When Will We Get Rid of Those Dreadful Abstinence-Only Programs?

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Max and the Marginalized, Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

I only hope that our next president, Democrat or Republican, is not enough of a d*ckhead to try to hide condoms from people that are dying of AIDS.

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This Week's Song: Privatization of the War is a Bad, Bad Idea.

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Contractors, Markets, Iraq, Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

You don't have to hang out with me on the near-fringe to think that having trigger-happy private security forces prosecuting a war for us is a bad, bad idea.

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We Hate Lou Dobbs so Much that We Wrote a Song About It

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

We hate Lou Dobbs. We wrote a song about how much we hate Lou Dobbs and recorded it the other day. Enjoy.

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The Experts

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: The Experts, Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

This administration has done a fantastic job at casting experts whose findings are at odds with it, occasionally pulling one out when it needs one to prove a point. That's what this song is about.

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Dana, Dana

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Dana Perino, Music, Rock Blog, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

Many a great pop song has been written about having a crush on a pretty girl who happens to be pure evil. Enjoy our new song about White House Press Secretary/Apologist and hottie Dana Perino.

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No Kisses, No Cameras

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Dover Air Force Base, Frank Lautenberg, Rock Blog, Dover Photographs, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

In 2004, Sen. Frank Lautenberg introduced a measure to allow photographers to take pictures of the flag-draped coffins arriving at Dover Air Force Base, and it was defeated.

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Even When It Ends It Won't Be Over

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 10.11.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Rock Blog, Entertainment News
Max and the Marginalized

Welcome to the first installment of Max and the Marginalized's rock blog. It's like a weekly column in the form of a band. We'll be writing and recording a song a week and trying to keep it on topic.

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