"Rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics."- Alice Cooper I like to keep my music preferences and my political view points to separate conversations. Often times politics can ruin the party. I feel like I've experienced it a few times, sitting around at my place socializing with friends playing good tunes. Interesting discussion is inevitable, but it's a well known "social rule" that it's good to steer clear of politics (especially in new or mixed company). But when a group of thoughtful friends gather around, the topic of discussion could go anywhere. Sometimes music and politics collide. A popular topic to talk about lately at Rock and Roll Headquarters has been Dave Mustaine's comment about President Obama having to do with the Aurora Theater shootings. As soon as I heard about this I had to learn more. I wanted to hear exactly what he said. "Back in my...
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