Electric President

Electric President is a two-piece consisting of Ben Cooper and Alex Kane. Given the picture, they also appear to be rather secretive. I don’t know a great deal about them, other than that they are from Florida and used to perform under the name of “Radical Face Versus Phalex Sledgehammer”. So let’s all be thankful that they quickly changed that.

It’s hard to precisely pin down their music as they seem to enjoy experimenting with just about everything. I guess electronic pop would be about the closest description, but that in itself seems hardly hair. The songs are multi-layered, and at times challenging, while others go for simple and upbeat pop hooks. Both styles work in their own way.

‘Good Morning, Hypocrite’ is the more abstract of the two, with various shifts occuring in it’s style throughout it’s five minutes. It’s also the more downbeat of the two lyrically, dwelling on a boredom with modern life (“I’ve lost my taste for modern things / They’re not for me / I want mundane / A quiet place, where time is free”). ‘Label My Mind: Blown’ is the more simplistic pop song of the two, and it’s still a lot of fun.

MP3 Electric President – Good Morning, Hypocrite (, 2005)
MP3 Electric President – Label My Mind: Blown (You Have The Right To Remain Awesome, 2004)

Something not music related..

Most people know I’m pretty political, and as such I read a lot of political blogs. One of these is Andrew Sullivan’s. To be precise, his was the first blog I ever read after seeing him guest on Bill Maher’s show a couple of years ago and I’ve kept going back ever since. I disagree with him a lot, but he always puts across a well reasoned and well written argument whatever his stance may be. That alone puts him above most political bloggers in my book.

This week he has been running a “View From Your Window” feature in an attempt to get a little insight into his readers, having them submit, well, the view from their windows. He’s had a ton of submissions, and I’ve been finding it fascinating going through the selection he has posted. I sent in mine merely for fun, and so was rather surprised today to see it appear on his blog. This may be a rather pathetic thing to enjoy, but it’s the closest I’ll ever get to being referenced on a serious political blog, so I’ll take it. Go over there and have a look through the pictures though, they really are very interesting. I can see a lot more blogs doing this kind of thing in the future too.