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<a href="http://j-riley.livejournal.com/2007.html">Jack Riley: Post Barack'n'Roll with Death Cab For Cutie </a>

Tuesday 25 November 2008 01:00 GMT
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Back in May, when Death Cab For Cutie front man Ben Gibbard did his best to drum up support for a man who, at the time, seemed a million miles from the White House, the crowd in which I stood to watch them play were unsure what to make of the political outburst for Barack Obama, sandwiched as it was between heartfelt ballads to broken relationships and pessimistic rocking-out.

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