Charles A. Hohman, PopMatters. July 24, 2009. "Born in the U.S.A.", which turns 25 this year, stresses male sexuality as imperative to the American Dream. Where does that leave women?
Lisa Derrick, La Figa AlterNet: PEEK. March 8, 2009. his week German authorities, including 800 police, raided residences and offices across the country.
Daniel Schulman, Mother Jones Online AlterNet: PEEK. January 28, 2009. The front man of indie band the Silver Jews admitted that his father is Richard Berman, the Darth Vader of lobbying.
Andy Worthington, CounterPunch. December 17, 2008. From Britney to Barney, any music can drive you mad if it's played enough. And unlike with physical torture, you can't mentally prepare yourself.
Joyce McFadden, Huffington Post. July 4, 2008. Most representations of sexuality in pop culture are not sexy or sexual, erotic or arousing; they're shallow and laughable.
Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. February 18, 2008. The latest GOP thief is Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee, who's been stealing music from the popular rock band Boston.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. February 18, 2008. Anything as earnest as Will.i.Am's "Yes We Can" Obama video was inevitably going to be parodied ad nauseam. Still, this one is pretty clever.
Josh Bolotsky, Screening Liberally AlterNet: Media and Technology. February 14, 2008. Are you holding the razor at your throat this very instant? Take heart, comfort is at hand.
Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: Election 2008. February 5, 2008. The songs are critical and ironic concerning Republican ideals. Shades of Reagan and Springsteen, eh?
Paddy, Brave New Films AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 9, 2007. "Christmas in Fallujah" went on sale last Tuesday on Apple Inc.'s iTunes. Net proceeds will be donated to Homes for Our Troops, which builds homes for severely wounded veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Larisa Mann, WireTap. December 8, 2007. A bill in the works could cut off federal funding for financial aid if universities don't stop their students from filesharing.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 27, 2007. Scientists might not be sure exactly how it works, but musically and artistically inclined students are better readers and mathematicians.
Cliff Schecter, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. November 19, 2007. From war crimes to the destruction of the environment and a celebrity-obsessed culture, "The Warning" is a clarion call to action for an apathetic nation.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. November 13, 2007. Belly says, "If this puts me in the line of fire, then so be it. I felt I had to do this. I represent Arabs who don't want war, who are just like everybody else and that is 99% of us. I want people to see and hear that perspective."
Howie Klein, AlterNet: Video. October 31, 2007. Howie Klein: Meaningless drivel by Fergie, Britney Spears, Nickelback, and Rihanna you'll hear. But not Springsteen.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. October 11, 2007. Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne and many other musicians have joined a new campaign to stop Congress from bailing out the nuclear power industry.
Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. October 9, 2007. Howie Klein: Lou Pearlman once donated thousands to a GOP Attorney General candidate to get grand larceny charges against him dropped.
Howie Klein, AlterNet: Video. October 8, 2007. Howie Klein: If Mayor McMillin thinks Mellencamp's pro-Jens Six song is "inflammatory", why is he creating a safe haven for the KKK?
Bernie Heidkamp, AlterNet: Video. October 5, 2007. Bernie Heidkamp: Most of the songs are political allegories under the veil of intensely personal stories of relationships struggling to survive.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. September 23, 2007. President Bush has said that he thinks he'll be a "strong asset" to Republicans campaigning in 2008, Gnarls Barkley disagrees.
