Looks like Leno had a folk-singer type on his show the other night, singing a rather biting tune called "When the President Talks To God".
This link contains video of the performance.

Finally, some more people have found their testicles!

Looks like Leno had a folk-singer type on his show the other night, singing a rather biting tune called "When the President Talks To God".
This link contains video of the performance.

Finally, some more people have found their testicles!

[ Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst) is actually quite well known in indie circles. He's got 5 or 6 albums -- of the two leno showed, I think "I'm wide awake, it's morning" is by far the better, though AllMusic has them both with 2/5 stars. Anyway, he's certainly not afraid to take a stand.

I think his best work is found on a rock record under the name Desaparecidos called "Read Music/Speak Spanish". It's an intense and scathing indictment of urban and suburban homogenization and consumer culture (among other things).

It's great music, but "Shiny Happy People" it is not... when my old friend Jamie used to write a music newsletter in atlanta, "Catch him before he jumps." was the pithy reference used when Bright Eyes came to town. -k]