Heck, maybe a hundred. We weren't exactly an overflow crowd, but yes, that's right, Barack Obama has won the coveted endorsement of the great Stan Ridgway. Stan was the lead singer with the band Wall Of Voodoo, who did Mexican Radio, and a killer cover of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire.
Tonight was his birthday, and he celebrated by playing a gig at the Hotel Congress here in Tucson, where he wowed the crowd not only with his wit, charm, and excellent music, but his sound political judgment, as he exhorted the crowd to embrace the change that was sweeping our country and get out there and vote for someone "sensible" for a change.
After the show I asked him if that was his long-awaited, coveted endorsement for Obama, and he said well, he guessed it was. Congratulations, Barack, another great American on your team.
Don't want to wait for the State of the Union speech tonight? Want to get to the drinking earlier than 9pm Eastern? Well, I can help.
A couple of years back, Stan Ridgway, the lead singer for the 1980s band Wall of Voodoo ("Mexican Radio") and his wife Pietra Wexstun put out an album called Barbeque Babylon, under their alternate band name: Drywall.
The CD has a hidden bonus track Stan composed, which is built from the 2003 SotU -- with a little bit of a beat and just a few edits to make the meaning more clear. You can go to Stan's Download page and grab it for free (look for the second entry on the page, "hidden bonus track # 16") or you can just click here and listen for five minutes and get it all over with.
1980s music icon Stan Ridgway and his wife Pietra Wexstun have a little project called Drywall. Their latest album, Barbeque Babylon has a bonus track on it that consists of some remixed George W. Bush speeches.
Just in time for the "real" State of the Union, Ridgway's posted the track on his site's free download section:
