Rage Against The Machine Rage Against Electricity Near The Republican National Convention

Via Idolator.

Additionally, Above The Fold has MP3s of the performance, although merely listening to it kind of robs the humor of it.

That wasn't the only rockin' performance that day though. Check out video below of Amy Goodman's rendition of "Ow! Ow! I'm press, why are you arresting me?" from her classic, genre-defining effort The Battle of St. Paul



Gui-tar!

(Jonathan Graef)

Barack Obama Becomes the First African-American Presidential Nominee In History (Video Of His Speech In St. Paul)

As I'm sure you've heard, Illinois Junior Senator Barack Obama has made history as the first bi-racial nominee for the President of the United States--from either party. Obama did so yesterday by obtaining enough votes from delegates and superdelegates to earn the nomination. What you see above is his victory speech from the Xcel Center in none other than St. Paul, Minnesota, the site of the Republican National Convention. Watch it at the top of the post.

(Jonathan Graef)

Eclipse Records Featured in the Pulse

Eclipse Records is now up and running at its new location on University Ave. in St. Paul. Above is Joe Furth, the man behind the magic and the fight to keep independent music stores alive in Minnesota.

Steve McPherson, the music editor of The Pulse of the Twin Cities, wrote a feature on the store last week, read it here.

(Ian Anderson)