Ben Harper: If I'm gonna acknowledge a president, he's gotta act like one

[LynneSin]

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1526882/20060323/index.jhtml?headlines=true

Although Both Sides of the Gun could have fit onto a single disc, "I split it up so that the music would be more coherent," Harper said.

Lyrically, the album is as wide-ranging as its music: Songs like "Happy Ever After" contrast with "Black Rain," a bitter tirade against the Bush administration's handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. "You left them swimming for their lives, down in New Orleans," he sings. "It won't be long till the people flood the streets and take you down."

"I don't even know who he is," Harper said of Bush. "The name is familiar, but if I'm gonna acknowledge a president, he's gotta act like one."


I think he just recently married Laura Dern

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Ben Harper's awesome

Puts on a damn good show too.