Crib Notes

Georgia’s own Mighty Hannibal previewed his new song in support of Barack Obama’s presidential nomination at the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans earlier this month. He borrows the hook from the Winans’ song “It’s Time” (produced by Teddy Riley) and throws in his own ad-libs.

Favorite line: “I ain’t gonna study war no mo’, so John McCain got to go.”

Best known for his classic anti-Vietman song “Hymn No. 5,” Hannibal wrote it in 1966, long before anti-war sentiment had reached its peak:

And here’s footage from his performance at The Earl last year, backed by the Black Lips, who actually cleaned up for the show:

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For the 10th anniversary of Neutral Milk Hotel’s landmark album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Slate has published a story about the defunct Athens group’s leader, Jeff Mangum.

If you’re a longtime CL reader and the story rings a bell, that’s because it covers much of the same ground covered in CL’s popular 2003 cover story, “Have you seen Jeff Mangum?”, written by former staffer Kevin Griffis.

And for those of you wondering what happened to Kevin Griffis, he left journalism in 2004 to become a political consultant. Last time I looked, he was with the Obama campaign.

(photo by Jim Stawniak)

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