Star Power?

So guilty pleasure of mine- and by guilty I mean I don't feel any sort of guilt when participating- is reading star gossip blogs, and watching MTV. Really just enjoy it okay. Anyways with all the election hype (in both Canada and the US) there has been the re-kindling of campaigns like "vote or die", "rock the vote" etc. that try and get stars to encourage people to get out and vote.

I don't know if it works but the fact is that even politics had become something celebs can put their face on and intermingle with pop culture.

What I find interesting though was the various Canadian bands that were interviewed on MTV encouraging their listeners to vote. Awesome. Do it. Whatever is going to get people to actually participate, I mean its an important part of how we are going to live over the next few years.

What is interesting however is that when asked the question, a certain lead vocalist of a certain band said that he hasn't voted and won't until "there is an issue I'm concerned about" Are you kidding me? I'm just speechless- apparently he is too because he just gave up any say he had in how his country is going to shape up to be. That's great Mr "I'm so arty and emotional I could never partake in anything so main stream as voting". What a douche.

Maybe all these celebrities should just leave well enough alone, I mean half the time they are advocating voting and don't even do it themselves. Or maybe its just my personal sources of news. Ignorant people...ignorant media outlets?

Hey next time you are at a concert in a certain front row centre position look up at the performer and say "Did you vote today?" If they basically stop performing and step away from the mic, good chance they didn't.