Links bitches, links - Thursday Sep 16, 2004

- Music For America
If you like music and America, Music For America might be for you. Personally, I'm quite intrigued by the RJD2 show in Williamsburg on Oct 2.

- I guess this is old news by now, but Bumper Sticker Insubordination - A Kerry fan gets fired, and then hired, for her politics. (Slate)
This is so my kind of PR stunt.

- "Slutwear" is so last year (Yahoo UK)
That's a shame. Then again, I always preferred sundresses to tight fitting dresses and knee length to micro minis, though that may just be my Playboy, naughty schoolteacher fantasy acting up again.

- Another show I didn't get tickets for: Sarah Silverman in NYC

- But I do have tickets to see Nicole Strauss and Salman Rushdie speak at the New Yorker Festival

- The Villege Voice looks back on the good ol' days of the 2004 Republican National Convention.

- Finally, gotta love the Stanford marching band.
Stanford AD apologizes to BYU for "blushing brides" (ESPN)

Athletic director Ted Leland apologized Monday to Brigham Young University and its fans for a halftime show by the Cardinal band that poked fun at polygamy with five dancers wearing wedding veils.

Stanford beat BYU 37-10 on Saturday at Stanford Stadium.

Leland said he would meet with the band to discuss possible sanctions.

"The actions of the Stanford band in Saturday's game were inappropriate, and I wish to apologize to BYU, their team, fans and alumni," Leland said. "We are committed to being good hosts to our opponents who visit Stanford and anything that doesn't reflect this is regrettable."