Super-Duper
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We’ve just seen a phenomenal, historic Super Bowl – one for the ages. (How ‘bout them Giants?!?) And, two days later, while the cities of New Orleans, Rio, Venice, and their ilk are reaching the heights of the fevered rites of Carnival, the rest of the U.S. is focused on Super Tuesday – featuring the most significant number of primaries prior to the presidential election in November. Although I hope that all registered voters in those states with primaries have done their patriotic duty and cast ballots, I doubt that any more than a small percentage bothered.Ah, well. With all of the Super This and Super That, I remembered a Super Something that bears another listen in these perilous, info-overloaded times. There’s no better theme for today’s jarring mix of politics and hedonism than brilliant, puckish New York City composer/performer Laurie Anderson’s ground-breaking electro-ode to love, fear and disconnection in the Age of Technology, “O Superman.” Video below…
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