Most of the time I believe in free will. Occasionally, however, I wonder if my support for Barack Obama's candidacy wasn't predetermined.
Consider the following:
The Decemberists at the Obama rally in Portland:
"July, July" on my blog here.
Decemberists' guitarist Chris Funk appears on The Colbert Report to take on Stephen in the "Countdown to Guitarmaggedon" here and here.
Obama's appearance via satellite on The Colbert Report at the taping I attended here.
I know this is no cosmic coincidence; I'm hardly the only person in the U.S. to harbor such preferences. But it doesn't feel like a choice either. Barack is just piling it on now.
To paraphrase Rob Gordon from High Fidelity, "Do I like Obama because I listen to indie rock...or do I listen to indie rock because I like Obama?"
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At the beginning of February last year I went off to Dublin to do 3 months of research and live with a girl I didn't know. I got there on a Friday, she took me to see some band I didn't really know on Saturday, and all apprehension was wiped away.
The Decemberists are magic.
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