This week the Republican Missouri US Senate candidate Todd Akin made comments about rape and abortion that many consider bizarre and offensive. He said that the “female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down” in the case of what he called ‘legitimate rape’, in other words: she won’t get pregnant (Global Post) unless she wants to. Of course he had to apologize, but he also expressed that he still believes that the rapist has to be punished and not the unborn child. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants him to abandon his campaign for a Missouri Senate, which Akin is not planning to do (The Guardian). Meanwhile of course, most media will not let go of this story. Popular media in particular erupted and many musical comments can be found on the internet. Like the song Legitimate Rape of the duo Bria and Chrissy. Not long ago they started to use humor and political comments in their songs. I asked them some questions about that by email.
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Mitt Romney hounded by dog-on-the-car-roof story
Recently actor and director Clint Eastwood said that he endorses the Republican presidential candidate, because “the country needs a boost“. But looking at his recent tour to Europe and Israel, Mitt Romney probably needs a boost himself. The song called The Mutt Romney Blues won’t make it any easier on him. It comes from the album Election Special of musician and protest singer Ry Cooder, which will be released end of this month.
Continue reading Mitt Romney hounded by dog-on-the-car-roof storyMitt Romney loves Dutch Umpa Bands
‘Dweilorkest’ is the Dutch equivalent for Umpa Band. It’s a kind of a band with brass and drums played by amateurs. The music is fun, festive and folkloric. It’s a tradition the (high brow) Dutch usually don’t want to be associated with. The umpa, they feel, needs to be replaced by modern beats during skate events. Mitt Romney definitely thinks otherwise. Read more about his relationship with Kleintje Pils.
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