Levi was quoted in a story that Ted Anothony did for the Washington Times about the use of music in elections.

Music & candidates have uneasy alliance

Campaign trail tunes not always pitch perfect

Ted Anthony ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, June 2, 2008

So let’s say it’s the early 1980s, and you’re a rising young musician named John Cougar Mellencamp. You cut a song with a chorus that oozes Jeffersonian democracy and adds a touch of postwar suburban placidity. “Ain’t that America – for you and me,” you sing in your gravelly Indiana voice. “Ain’t that America; we’re something to see. Ain’t that America: home of the free. Little pink houses for you and me.”

Now let’s say you’re a strategist for Sen. John McCain, Republican candidate for president in 2008. You hear “Pink Houses” 25 years after it was recorded and think to yourself, “Hey, this is perfect. Let’s blast this out at the big guy’s rallies and… READ MORE