Politically, you are what you consume
I’m so far out of the loop in terms of popular culture that some of the following is lost on me. But those who are more tuned in than I am (i.e., virtually everybody) may find something familiar here.
(And I had thought that the Jonas Brothers’ appeal was confined to prepubescent girls. It’s lucky for Obama that twelve-year-olds can’t vote.)
[Via Business Week magazine]
Comments
Based on the characteristics, I don’t fit in either of those categories. I only visit the WP rarely and I follow the NY Yankees occasionally. I am left with no one to vote for.
Posted by: Julie VanDusky | September 11, 2008 04:45 PM
Linkin Park? Seriously? I may have to become a Paulite.
Posted by: Dan Miller | September 11, 2008 05:10 PM
Don’t you know he has the slumber party vote wrapped up?
Posted by: Dylan Thurston | September 11, 2008 05:39 PM
Shameless self-promotion: if you’re interested in things like that, let me recommend my “Republicans and Golf, Democrats and Outkast: Or, Party Political Culture from the Top Down” (with Becky Bromley and Krystle Meyer)in the Forum. Among the fun facts we found: Sinatra, Cash, and U2 all have fans among party elites from both parties, but only Democrats claimed to listen to Outkast. The data were pre-Jonas Brothers, alas.
http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol4/iss3/art8/ (gated)
Posted by: Jonathan Bernstein | September 11, 2008 05:55 PM
Julie: Well, the rational model says you shouldn’t bother voting anyway, so don’t lose any sleep over being a misfit.
Dan: I’m totally clueless about Linkin Park. Who are they/is he/is she? You can make this into a teaching moment.
Dylan: That was back in June, which is, like, a hundred years ago.
Jonathan: You wrote that too long ago (like, a hundred years ago), way back when I wasn’t paying attention. Or maybe I was paying attention but simply forgot — a likely explanation for someone of my, er, venerability.
Posted by: Lee Sigelman | September 11, 2008 06:14 PM
Linkin Park are a rather generic rap-nu rock hybrid band that have just the right combo of edginess and blandness which when coupled with good packaging led to selling a huge number of records
Posted by: BillCinSD | September 12, 2008 03:38 PM
BillCinSD’s note proves that if you want cutting-edge analysis of popular culture, you need to rely on someone from South Dakota.
Posted by: Lee Sigelman | September 12, 2008 04:00 PM
Hey, don’t knock the Jo Bros. I recently spent a lovely summer evening listening to their dulcet tones at a concert on the shores of Lake Michigan. Nick (the cute one, I’m told) is actually pretty talented.
Posted by: Tom Holbrook | September 12, 2008 10:17 PM
Jonas who?
So can anybody explain to me the attraction of unassembled furniture that’s imported from Sweden instead of Malaysia? It’s still a big box chain store, regardless of the funny Scandinavian label on it.
Posted by: Yokota Fritz | September 13, 2008 11:51 AM