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In honor of this Friday night's presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama (the first of three)—and my obsession with politics as full-contact sport—I've compiled the following playlist to tell the story of the 2008 election so far. Whether you're red, blue, independent or other, enjoy.

Part I: The Primaries 

“Changes” - David Bowie

The Thin White Duke sings about what us young (and old) Americans want in Washington this year.

Lucky ol' Paste journeyed out to within view of the Golden Gate Bridge for the inaugural Slow Food Rocks music festival this past weekend.  After all, we were the official magazine of the fest, part of the Slow Food Nation event going on next door, and it featured a delicious lineup inlcluding Gnarls Barkley, The New Pornographers, Ozomatli, Phil Lesh & Friends, John Butler Trio and G-Love & Special Sauce.

Festivalgoers enjoyed organic foods and wines plus 8 different beers from Paste-approved breweries Lagunitas (you gotta try their Farmhouse Saison) & Sierra Nevada. 

But the main event was the music of course - well, that and two utterly perfect sunny and not-too-warm-cold-or-windy Bay area days.  Slow Food Rocks is part of an amazing run of new festivals launched this year by the folks over at Festival Network, who also put on the revitalized Newport Folk Festival, and new fests in Jackson Hole and Whistler, plus a host of others.

G-Love:



And of course, Phil Lesh on the ooh-la-la bass:

A.C. Newman doesn't have any novel erotica for the masses just yet, but he's more than willing to serve up a guilty verdict on his own complicity in the erosion of Puritanical values. Specifically, Get Guilty, the second solo offering from the New Pornographer's leading man.

For as long as we can remember, "personal reasons" have been the excuse for everything from failed relationships to early retirement to, well, pretty much anything relating to musicians and professional obligations.

This summer, it seems any place and any reason are game for a music festival. We've had Memorial Weekend Fest in Bend, Ore., Bang on a Can Marathon (N.Y.) and Israel @ 60 (D.C.) most recently. The Wordless Music Series (N.Y.) will be going on through the end of June, and Corndog-O-Rama (Atlanta) this month as well. We are celebrating things with song like never before, and honestly, it's pretty sweet.

Welcome to The Gorge, y'all. Sasquatch 2008 is here and it's overwhelming. So, in an effort to trim it down to something semi-manageable, I'm going to be posting photos and blurbs of my experience in Washington this Memorial Day Weekend. Enjoy...

Kathleen Edwards rocked with an immaculate band, spitting bile at the sun, particularly on set closer "The Cheapest Key." Edwards sang "B is for bullshit and you fed me some," but I'd argue that "B" is actually for "badass." She is just that.