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August 25, 2008

Worst Song Choice of the Day: Why is the DNC blaring XTC's assassination ballad?
By Carly Carioli

XTC, "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"

Our colleague (and XTC fan) David Bernstein is blogging -- and Twittering -- live from Denver for the duration of the Democratic National Convention. A few minutes ago he txt'd an update while walking past an official DNC merch booth that was blaring XTC's 1992 track "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead," which David correctly remembers as "a song about a JFK-like pol who gets killed."

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