Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney blogs for NPR, and though the dynamics of the blog can get on my nerves, I’m still usually interested. Today she talks about Wayne Kramer of the MC5 joining Rage Against the Machine here in Denver later this week. 

It might have something to do with Barack Obama. It’s no secret that Obama has great taste in music, liking everyone from Kanye West to Wilco, and artists have made playing his rallies and benefits comparable in importance to, say, performing on Letterman — or, in this day and age, getting a lot of hits on YouTube. So it’s no surprise that the Democratic National Convention is chock full of eager and earnest acts, each there to lend support not just musically, but also politically, because they actually believe in the candidate.

So, you’re probably wondering, who’s playing the Republican National Convention? Well, brace yourself: It’s The Beach Boys and The Charlie Daniels Band. Okay, there are some younger acts, too: Leann Rimes and Smash Mouth. Remember their song “All Star”? And, if you’re lucky, you might catch Mike Huckabee’s band, Capitol Offense, also playing that week.