Rock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make money doing that.
Conor OberstJoe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to see. The list of human and civil-rights abuses heโs committed in Maricopa County is long and well documented.
Conor OberstSince the songs were written over a five-year period, I think these are little snapshots. Some people call it political or topical, but I think each song is self-contained. I think it fits together as a picture of the last half-decade of time.
Conor Oberst