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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Pay to Play: The Video

Posted by Ben Joravsky on Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:25 AM

Matthew Farmer, the rock 'n' rollin' lawyer who rose up angry last year against school closings, has a new video that's well worth watching. It's called "Pay to Play (But Keep Love in Your Heart)," it features Farmer's band, the Blue State Cowboys, and it tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the culture of politics in our fair state.

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Blue State Cowboys pretty much sum it up!

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