Flea, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Painting, Ray Noland
Here's something the McCain camp wouldn't get, or would otherwise would make a juvenile ad about:
Obama also inspires music.
Interestingly, McCain's daughter hangs with a reality star/singer, (I arrogantly have no idea who Heidi Montag is - but she seems to have a lot in common with Britney and Paris)
SF: "Art makes you feel renewed, refreshed," said Farzad, 62, of San Francisco. "I think artists are drawn to Obama because they are trained to express themselves with color and image. Obama, too, is a painter. He's painting the future for us, splashing color here and creating the image of a beautiful, multicultural future."Check out more Obama art at obamaartreport.com.
Obama has been attempting to convey that future with one word: "hope." Artists, in turn, have plugged "hope" into hip-hop and folk music lyrics, stitched it onto T-shirts and couture and neatly etched it onto everything from fine art to street billboards.
Obama also inspires music.
SF: The same can be said of support from musicians. While McCain's daughter, Meghan, mixes it up with reality television starlet and vocalist Heidi Montag and regularly recommends music mixes on her campaign-trail blog, www.mccainblogette.com, Obama continues to shore up support from outspoken musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Dave Matthews and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.
Interestingly, McCain's daughter hangs with a reality star/singer, (I arrogantly have no idea who Heidi Montag is - but she seems to have a lot in common with Britney and Paris)
McCain got some love recently from one half of country duo, John Rich of Big and Rich (the other half, "Big Kenny" supports Obama)
Several NoBama supporters attended the concert in their NoBama shirts. I can't imagine someone wearing an anti-McCain shirt at an Obama event. I think they'd rather wear an Obama t-shirt and thus, the difference in the campaigns. More Obama art.
Ian Scott, Anthrax
Some samplings of McBush art
WSJ: Friday evening McCain joined forces with John Rich, half of the honky tonk duo Big and Rich, at a concert here in what is fondly referred to as the Redneck Riviera. Rich, who backed Fred Thompson in the primary, gave a free concert in conjunction with the Republican Party of Florida to the enthusiastic crowd of roughly 1,000.
The high point of the concert was a tune written especially for the candidate, the high-tempo rock-country fusion rocker called “Raisin’ McCain.” Rich wrote it specifically for McCain and performed it for the first time publicly Friday. “You can get out of the train or get out of the way. We’re all just raisin’ McCain!” Rich screams. (At the end of the recorded version he says “I’m John Rich and I approve this message.”)
Several NoBama supporters attended the concert in their NoBama shirts. I can't imagine someone wearing an anti-McCain shirt at an Obama event. I think they'd rather wear an Obama t-shirt and thus, the difference in the campaigns. More Obama art.
Ian Scott, Anthrax
Some samplings of McBush art
