Weekend Update

Top Ten Recent Stories

• Merle Haggard was on the Bill Maher show and said that he was disappointed that after he wrote "Let's Put a Woman in the White House" that Hillary went to Nashville to get other songwriters to write songs about her. Merle also joked about Hillary going on Willie Nelson's bus.
• Stevie Wonder campaigned for Obama in California
• The remaining members of the Grateful Dead were reuniting to campaign for Obama.
• A video put together by will.i.am of the BlackEyed Peas, and featuring Herbie Hancock, Common, John Legend, and Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls was a huge hit. The video which combined Obama's speech with music and sung vocals got 1.9 million views.
• Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth supports Obama
• The Beatles support Obama. Well, if Elvis supported Duncan Hunter...
• Speaking of the Beatles
• Arlo Guthrie is supporting Ron Paul
• John Mellencamp tells John McCain to quit using his songs. You'd think that making campaign appearences with John Edwards would have given some clue where Mellencamp's allegiances lie.

and lastly, the biggest music-related story of the last two weeks..

• In case, you didn't see it on every major news outlet, Obama Girl didn't vote for Obama. In fact, she didn't even vote at all.

Ron Paul

Who? Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

Musician supporters: Barry Manilow, John Mayer, Krist Novoselic (Nirvana), Jimmie Vaughn (The Fabulous Thunderbirds), dozens and dozens of punk bands

What I assume is on his personal music player: Hard to figure. Paul is 72 years old, a Texan, and loved by indie rockers. He could listen to anything, so Jack FM, I suppose.

On the Record: Is there anybody more inspiring to musicians than Dr. Paul. There's the Ron Paul Rockfest and Ronstock. I bet Joe Biden doesn't have his own musical festival.

Ron has an entire genre of music. Has there been any candidate with as many songs dedicated to him. There is so many that it is a challenge to collect them all. There is rap, country, reggae- every style imaginable. Ron has more music videos than MTV.

Despite video evidence to the contrary, Ron Paul was not a member of Maximo Park or the Strokes.

Will Ron answer my question "What music are you currently listening to?" : As internet savy as Paul's campaign is, I was hoping for at least some kind of reply or acknowledgement. Nothing came. It's a shame, too, as of any of the candidates, I am genuinely interested in what kind of music Dr. Paul listens to.