As the Democratic National Convention wraps up and the Republican Party prepares to mount its huge opposing infomercial of American nationalism, artists and entertainers add their usual two-cents to the election. Indeed, two musicians from completely different musical genres have recently recorded songs in support of their favored candidates for the U.S. presidency. One is a folk rock and new wave pioneer, while the other is a country music singer – all of which could be seen as an unspoken commentary of the ever-going "culture war" that has permeated popular culture worldwide post-9-11. Here's the breakdown: Musician/songwriter Dave Stewart of Eurythmics' fame has ...

[Jonathan from Cinema Styles] 35 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. It was delivered as the culmination of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Five years later King would be assassinated just one day after delivering his "I Have Been to the Mountaintop" speech in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1969 Haskell Wexler, the noted cinematographer, directed the film Medium Cool. It takes place in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention and is justifiably famous for ...