Mellencamp uneasy with McCain's song use
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PHOENIX  Â It may be "Our Country," but it's John Mellencamp's song. When the liberal rocker found out that Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was playing his songs at campaign events, his publicist wrote the campaign a letter explaining Mellencamp's political leanings and that the singer/songwriter supported Democrat John Edwards for the presidency.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Tuesday the public is yearning to hear the truth from politicians, and he didn't spare his troubled campaign from a critical self-appraisal.
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Media consolidation  doesn't play well here in Music City, USA as a roomful of  singers and songwriters, from the famous to the unknown,  gathered Monday to criticize government policy easing the rules  that say who can own what media outlet where.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign issued a stinging attack on GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney's stance on abortion Wednesday.
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On Wynton Marsalis' upcoming CD, he criticizes political leadership in America, cultural corruption, and sex and violence in rap &#151; and that's just on one song.
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It takes less than  an hour with Republican presidential candidate John McCain to  find out that he is a tad superstitious, does not like the  number 13 and has grown weary of the phrase "war on terrorism."
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McCain has strengthened his claim to the GOP nomination. But attacks from conservatives may hurt him in November
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The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he's being ripped off by Mike Huckabee.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Tuesday argued against rival Mitt Romney's managerial experience, saying America needs leaders like himself instead.
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Just about a year and a half ago, Sen. John McCain went to court to try to curtail the influence of a group to which A. Jerrold Perenchio gave $9 million, saying it was trying to "evade and violate" new campaign laws with voter ads ahead of the midterm elections.
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Sen. John McCain said Tuesday there is "lingering resentment" among some Republicans because of his primary fight in 2000 with George W. Bush.
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In the wake of his victory, Senator John McCain faces fresh challenges.
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Senator John McCain wants to maintain his role as an independent-minded candidate, but at the same time he must mend the rifts within his own party.
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John Mellencamp will celebrate Independence Day with the Boston Pops.
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The songwriter who helped pen the 1970s hit, "Still the One," is demanding that President Bush stop using the tune at campaign events, arguing that he's no fan of the Republican incumbent and the campaign never got permission to use the song.
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Tycho:   One of the questions during a a panel at PAX had to do with the italicised line at the end of each day's post.  They're almost always song lyrics, and back before we were paying for bandwidth (and before RIAA rape gangs were prowling the web) these lines used to link directly to the MP3.  I maintained the practice afterward because it's sort of like a song of the day, and I like the idea that someone might be struck by a strange turn of phrase and seek out a piece of music.  It also serves as a gauge of my mental state at the moment.  Today's song, for example, is Stan Rodgers' incredible live version of the sea shanty "Rolling Down To Old Maui," which Pandora kicked out after about a week of tuning the station.  I've listened to it about thirty times today.    The person who asked the question at the con complimented my musical tastes, and I accepted the compliment, but I'm almost always late to the scene.  I just bought Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights," for chrissakes.  I'm mostly lucky to know people who do have unique library.  I told him I would mention a few of my favorite bands on the site, but then I forgot.  Essentially, it's music that cool people were listening to a decade ago (where applicable).  I am a musical carrion bird.    He wanted me to list off a few bands, and I said I would last week, but then I forgot.  These are the first ten albums I could think of.    "Starless" by Shiner
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Sen. John McCain&#39;s support for a  fragile immigration compromise puts him in a familiar spot --  at odds with another leading Republican presidential contender  and with the conservative voters he has feverishly courted.