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News & ArtsTuesday, January 19, 2010
Politics / Music Soporific for the People
Posted by Eli Sanders on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:05 PM
People of the Slog, meet Sean Salazar. He wants to be your next senator from Washington State, and he'll play whatever the fuck music he wants on his YouTube spots, ok?
Listen with your headphones, please. It's better that way. And hey, if you feel like you're meeting your new alien overlord, or floating in a spaceship that's lost power in a faraway galaxy, don't worry—that's just the sound of independence!
The Stranger's Dave Segal calls this a bold aural choice.
“In a way I kind of admire it," Segal said. "Because it goes against the grain of typical triumphant and celebratory political commercial music. It sounds vaguely like Brian Eno—faceless, ambient.”
And truly, nothing says senator like faceless and ambient!
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That ad was bad in so many ways, I don't know where to start or where to begin. It's like it was made as a 'what not to do' tutorial in an advertising class. Or cue-card reading class. Or editing class.
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It could be Eno. It could also be the beginning of the first track "Ieri" from the Italian prog band PFM's album "Ulisse."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio…
http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio…
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Stay tuned for more excitement that will include photos of him shaking hands with a black dude. He was at the MLK rally yesterday, and I saw him confer with and then position his photographer in the crowd, and then he walked up near the podium and engaged one of the event organizers in conversation.
He also had a videographer on hand to capture his triumphant participation in the march that followed. Can't wait to see the results of that...
He also had a videographer on hand to capture his triumphant participation in the march that followed. Can't wait to see the results of that...
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Future senators of the world: know your color temperatures, and only mix them if you know what you are doing.
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I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggone it, people like me! This has been your daily affirmation with Sean Salazar.
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True patriotic politicians choose Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" as their campaign song. After all, that song is all about how great it is to be an American!
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Good Christ that guy's boring. Either learn to read a teleprompter better, or memorize the script. That was just awful.
And yes, that music was quite bizarre for a political ad.
And yes, that music was quite bizarre for a political ad.
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@4 I cringed when he said "sanctity". If it wasn't for the blatant code words like that, I might've had a hard time telling that he was a Republican. Well, that and the video of him and the Mrs. at the Glenn Beck rally that popped up in the related list.
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I like a man whose thoughts are so forceful they burst into all-caps now and then. From his blog:
Now, my cause demands that we brand COLLECTIVISM and LIBERALISM as the principal disturber of the peace in this country today. And we must make clear that until its goals of divide and conquer tactics are absolutely renounced and rejected by the American people, liberalism and our government which it now controls are enemies of every man woman and child who is or wants to be free.
Now, my cause demands that we brand COLLECTIVISM and LIBERALISM as the principal disturber of the peace in this country today. And we must make clear that until its goals of divide and conquer tactics are absolutely renounced and rejected by the American people, liberalism and our government which it now controls are enemies of every man woman and child who is or wants to be free.
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Okay, I call douchebag. Also, that video was fucking awful. However, what no one has pointed out is that his name is Salazar... which is also the name of the original Slytherin. Coincidence? I think not. This guy is totally snake-like.
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Is he a Scientologist? He almost has that "extinguished flame" look in his eyes. Also, are his chakras in balance?
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...like the good people of Massachusetts we need to see him naked and spread across the fold (preferably, across two or three folds) before we can decide to vote for him.
...and I love the Electronic Soundscapes after Dark soundtrack, it's so...Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
...and I love the Electronic Soundscapes after Dark soundtrack, it's so...Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
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Buried in his bio it says he is a Republican and that he volunteered with the McCain/Palin campaign. I like how he does not state his party affiliation in his ads or directly on his web page. Maybe he has not been endorsed by the party or maybe he wants people to think he is independent. Probably just being deceptive.
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He has a great name that could span the galaxy. But, his title need a little something more. Something like Grand Chancellor Salazar of the Galaxy.
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