The Victory Lap

We'd be remiss if we didn't give a nod to the wild, monumental events that transpired this week.

In the future, we'll keep this thing pretty apolitical - since Roberto and my political views are as dissimilar as our opinions of My Morning Jacket's "Evil Urges" (more on that later). But regardless of your race, gender, affiliations or opinions on the best way to "win" the 'War on Terror', we all can feel good about the fact that a man who wouldn't have been allowed to enter most restaurants 50 years ago, is now our Commander-In-Chief. That's progress no matter how you shake it.

Tons of great music was inspired by this campaign season, and music was a more central part of both side's campaigns in ways that I don't recall in other election cycles. From the coo-ing duels of the Obama and McCain "Girls", to will.i.am's star-studded"Yes We Can", to the thousands of unknown amateurs who were moved to write about what's going on in our Great Nation these days.

My favorite all-time DJ, dj Z-Trip, recently released the followup to his hour-long Obama propaganda piece from earlier this Fall. While his 'get-out-your-seat-and-vote' skills were on fine display on the original "Obama Mix" (download it here), it may be a bit preachy for some.

His recently-released, less-opinionated "Victory Lap - The Obama Mix Part 2" (download it here) is a half-hour of feel good tunes and speech snippets that you can just imagine the First Family boogieing around the First Kitchen to.

And if you're looking for a non-partisan display of Z-Trips skills try these these 'perfect-for-a-Friday-tracks'. They're all available for free download at Z-Trip's site (Z-Trip site downloads) along with just about every other thing his done over his beat-bumping career.

The Motown Breakdown, Pt. 1: (zShare download) - 8 minutes of seamless, feel-good Motown.

Soundclash: (zShare download) - Wildly infectious beat from Mims' "Why I'm Hot" done over with some ragga flair.

MashUpTight: (zShare download) - Riff from G&R's "Sweet Child 'O Mine" meet's Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" - it works better than you'd think.

tgif. Kleber - out.

Boogie On, Mr. President, Boogie On: