Election Edition

Great post from Songs: Illinois [note: no first-person credits are mine -- I just did a smash-and-grab job]:

Hey!! Stop what you're doing! You're not going to find that Arcade Fire live bootleg today, nor will you be stumbling across the b-side to "Hand In Glove", and there's no way you'll be finding that unreleased Pixies album. What you need to do is get ready to vote in the most important election of our lives. Figure out where your nearest polling place is and make sure you are registered. Tell your friends to vote, tell your enemies for that matter. But just vote.

Worried that you're not informed enough to vote? You're on the internet - the information is out there waiting for you. Not a U.S. citizen? Then please call or email all your American friends and make sure they plan on voting. Many artists/organizations are stepping up and helping with the Get Out the Vote campaign, and now so are many of us in the music blogging community. Below are some links but please continue to add your own.

Moveon.com
RockTheVote.com
JohnKerry.com
GeorgeWBush.com
MusicForAmerica.org
DeclareYourself
JustVote
MyPollingPlace
GetEducated

And since this is an mp3blog we've added a song or two as well.
Vote by Chris Stamey w/Yo La Tengo

From me I've added The Creekdippers' (w/Victoria Williams and Mark Olson from the Jayhawks) "Poor GW"

From PregnantWithoutIntercourse comes Billy Braggs "Help Save The Youth Of America - Thanks PWI

Two fun Dubya cut ups from the Dubya Project (from WFMU by way of Largeheartedboy)

"Der Fuerors Face"
"Sunday Bloody Sunday"

RadioBabylon's participating and has added tons of music and satire to the cause

KingBlind's got his post up too

Teaching The Indie Kids To Dance is onboard with some new links

The Napkin's on the ball and will be adding songs all weekend

Tuwa's Shanty is up and has added Tom Lehrer' "We Will All Go Together When We Go"

Rummage Though The Crevices has joined the cause and has added a spoken word piece called "Thank you George Muthaf#$@% Bush and a song by the Compassionate Conservatives

Telephone Thing took the call and added the post

Eric at Lost Bands has found the calling and added "Country Of The Blind" by the Faith Brothers

Enchilada's Blog has linked to this page with a get out the vote message

Aurgasm adds a couple of songs - Orbital, Cat Power and Antibalas

TheBigTicket joins the party with songs from Leonard Cohen And Trey Parker, Thanks Jon!

Eminem's powerful new video for Mosh

Get Out And Vote On November 2nd. Regular Blogging Will Commence On November 3rd.

Thanks,

Music Bloggers For Democracy
and everyone that has agreed to post
the big ticket :
songs:illinois :
last sound of summer
moerex
pwi
barsandguitars
scissorkick
radiobabylon
Kingblind
TeachingTheIndieKidsToDanceAgain
TheNapkin
Tuwa's Shanty
RummageThroughTheCrevices
Lost Bands Of The New Wave
Enchilada's Blog
Aurgasm