I read the newspaper, yes I do: paper of record, The New York Times. This is what caught my attention today: Bono, the lead singer of U2 and a self-proclaimed nonpartisan, has just made an intriguing hire to his operation: Matthew Dowd, a former top adviser to George W. Bush. You can read more about it in The NY Times and draw your own conclusions. It may all be spin, and Bono is really good at it... but if it is for real... then music (be it alternative, rock n roll, and punk rock and all the other genres) has the power... because of its role in projecting the appearance of a unified, galvanized common thought...by dint of having an avatar upon which to hang one's political hat. Brings me back to some of my favorite political punk rock spokes-voices: Sham 69, on tour now in the USA and The Dils seen here in their 1978 San Francisco glory and The Dils good friends and frequent gig partners, The Avengers. Punk Rock had its own fair share of political acts and inspirations. In...