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.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2007. Cornel West teams up with artists like Prince and Talib Kweli to release a rap album that paints a powerful portrait of life in Dubya's America.
Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. August 9, 2007. Howie Klein: Maybe they figured no one would notice. I guess this has to be expected when one gets in bed with freedom's mortal enemy.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 9, 2007. Bernie Heidkamp: Al Gore's Live Earth concerts were a battle between style and substance, the question is, which won?
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 5, 2007. Howie Klein: Right wing rocker Nugent attacks "The Summer of Love", totally misrepresenting what it was and what it meant.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. June 25, 2007. What happened to the bullets that shot JFK? What doesn't NBC want you to know? This Schoolhouse Rock parody has the answers.
Bob Ostertag, QuestionCopyright.org. April 11, 2007. An experienced musician explains why most musicians today would be much better off sharing music via the Internet than signing standard industry recording contracts.
