Soundtrack Of The Day: "Praying For Time (Live)" - Carrie Underwood

In these days of class warfare, Occupying Wall Street and Mitt "Corporations Are People" Romney closing in on a GOP nom, it's easy to smear each other as heartless poor-hating bastards or spineless greedy welfare queens. And residents of red states and blue states have being branded with stereotypes that don't always fit. But in the end, you cannot paint people with such a broad brush. Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood won the "flyover states" favorite TV show, American Idol her debut hit Country single was called "Jesus Take The Wheel." She should be everything liberal America can't stand. But she's a proponent of adoption and as a vegetarian she has been named PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian twice. And when she appeared on 2008's Idol Gives Back she performed one of the damning song ever recorded, George Micheal's "Praying For Time." With lyrics like "So you scream from behind your door/Say whats mine is mine and not yours/I may have too much/But I’ll take my chances cause God stopped keeping score" it's a perfect theme for the Occupy generation. Not exactly what one would expect from the biggest star in country music, a genre frequently maligned for it's "backwards" fans. Perhaps they are a little more human than people might think.

Soundtrack of the Day: "Wild One Two" - Jack Back feat Nicki Romero, David Guetta & Sia

Once again, Flo Rida has a hot track with a great hook and boring, unmemorable raps. But instead of borrowing the hook from Dead Or Alive or Eiffel 65, he got David Guetta's new best friend Sia to utilize her warm vocals to great magic on "Wild Ones" - already a top 20 hit in the US and a top five hit in the UK (where Guetta & Sia's "Titanium" has been blowing up the Offical Charts of BBC1.)

But since Sia's part is, as usual, the best bit from the track I was delighted to hear "Wild One Two" which is just the chorus from "Wild Ones" with an extended dance beat. Sia's voice works so well with dance music, something different from her earlier indie-pop output.

Soundtrack Of The Day: "Can't Live A Day (DJ Tiesto Mix)" - Avalon

As a spiritually minded teenager, completely ignorant of my sexuality and the stereotypes that come with it, I loved dance music. Old school disco, beat heavy hip-hop and contemporary techno was the thing for me. Did you know that Christian music has two of those categories covered? Few realize just how easily a good little Christian boy could bug out to some four-on-the-floor jams and still praise Jesus.

The bulk of the Christian techno I listened to has aged as badly as the rest of the turn of the millennium techno, but I still jam out to boy-girl-boy-girl vocal quartet Avalon's remix album O2: Oxygen Remixed. There was a minute in 2002 when every major Christian band was putting out remix discs. ZoeGirl, Newsboys, Racheal Lampa and the Gotee label all had remix albums with some really strong remixes, and I bought that shiz up on the daily.

But Avalon's was the best, every song on there was a triumph. I especially loved the ambient techno of "Testify To Love" and the swaggeriffic Out Of Eden collabo "Make It Last Forever" but "Can't Live A Day" was the perfect blend of pre-mainstream fame Tiesto and powerhouse vocals of Janna Long. Take a journey back to when techno was for the clubs and little gay boy's bedrooms.

Soundtrack Of The Day: "Something About The Fire" - Daft Punk vs Adele

Adele's "Set Fire To The Rain" is one of her greatest compositions and probably my favorite song off her 21 album. But even great songs can get a super cool update. Carlos Serrano has mashed the track up with Daft Punk's "Something About Us" leaving the world with a smooth-funk classic.

Adele's voice is so lovely in this context I would love to hear her attempt a little more funkiness on her next project.

Soundtrack Of The Day: "Girl Talk" - Ultraviolet Sound

Ultraviolet Sound is a electropop duo that has been trying to break out for over a year. After touring with Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, you would think a hot single would be the next logical step, but alas instant fame has eluded these crazy kids.

But they have an almost year old single getting minor rotation on Sirius/XM so all hope is not lost. "Girl Talk" is delightfully trashy with a real infectious hook and a touch of a J-pop sound. Exactly what we've proven is what's in vogue in this post-Rebecca Black world.

Soundtrack Of The Day: "All In Favor Demo" - Amber Tamblyn

After seeing her in The Ring and Joan Of Arcadia, I never realized that Amber Tamblyn was both funny and political. But after her amusing prank email exchange with a confused Tyrese (who thought she was erstwhile Kanye flame/model/wannabe rapper Amber Rose) was posted to her Facebook page it's the tracks she was goofing around with that are replaying in my head.

Especially her Feminist anthem "All In Favor" - the line "it is now illegal to think of me topless/to keep your lotion where your socks is" is still stuck in my conciousness. All in favor of AmTam getting a record contract, say aye...

Soundtrack Of The Day: "Government Hooker" - Lady Gaga

In honor of Super Tuesday, I choose a song with a political message. What that message is, I still can't figure out, but it's clearly anti-government. Or anti-hooker. Or pro-hooker. I'm honestly not sure. But she wants to fuck a government hooker, but wants the government hooker to stop fucking her. And isn't that what we really want? To screw over the powers that be instead of being screwed over by them?

Soundtrack of the Day: "Sick" - Sam Sparro

As a little cheer up to my sick man, here is one of my favorite Sam Sparro tracks.

Soundtrack Of The Day: "Rise Again" - Dallas Holm

I'm baking bread this afternoon, as has become a weekly ritual in my house for the first time since I was 15 or 16. If you've ever made bread (bread machine users, put your hands down, you don't count) you know it's a series of rising events. Mix, rise, punch down, rise, shape loaves, rise, bake. Yes, ma'am, it's a lot of waiting but it tastes so good and doesn't have unpronounceable chemicals in it. And it's whole wheat, so that's healthy and tasty, tasty.

Anyway, because (to quote MIA) I'm already going to hell just pumping that gas I sing a lovely old gospel song called "Rise Again" as I wait for the bread dough to rise... again. (See what I did there? SO CLEVER!) It's a rather pretty melody and I'm not ashamed to be singing it. Please to enjoy: