

In an op-ed for The New York Times last year, Lassiter wrote about Richard Nixon's use of the term the "great silent majority" in a speech about Vietnam in 1969. Matthew Lassiter, associate professor of history at the University of Michigan, says both Democrats and Republicans have historically used populist appeals to create coalitions of voters who wouldn't otherwise identify with one another. That gives politicians an opportunity to make far-reaching appeals to voters, speaking to Americans with incomes of $30,000 and $100,000 in the same breath. Without a consensus on an economic definition, nearly half of the country self-identifies as being in the middle class. The term "middle class" is at once useful for political purposes and practically useless as an economic descriptor.

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We definitely got a lot of stuff brewing in the music department so definitely look for some new releases this summer.The debate between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney is seen on a TV in a Korean restaurant Oct. “We’ve had some talks with him about potentially doing some stuff together later this year, whether that would be a reimagined version of an old song, a new song or some kind of fun cover. “We have had some conversations with a producer from our past, Howard Benson, who worked with us on our record Hello, Rockview,” he adds. Honestly, we’re pretty motivated right now to be focused on being on the road and enjoying that whole thing but we have a lot of songs that are starting to pile up. We actually have another single that should be released in the next couple months, it’s something fun that was recorded at The Moat House during the beginning of the year.

It’s not out in the open yet but it should be pretty soon. We do have some re-released things coming up with some extra tracks, some acoustic versions and things like that. “We got a lot of touring coming up this year, including three separate legs with the guys in Bowling For Soup, so we’re going to be doing a lot of shows. “It’s a little bit of everything,” Lima says about what the rest of 2022 holds. They’ve also been in talks with a producer they’ve worked with years ago about re-joining up for some new recordings.

I kind of think that works out well for having to create space to work on songs for 10 hours a day.”įor the coming months, Less Than Jake plans on doing a lot of touring along with putting out some re-releases. “If anyone has ever been to the house to record or anything they can attest that you’re still in the middle of town but it feels like you’re in the middle of nowhere. “I have a little piece of forest there,” he adds. I still definitely work there when projects come along that are worth my time, so it’s awesome. It’s been a studio in different kinds of permutations and configurations within the house, currently the studio takes up the entirety of the house. I’ve had this house for a long time, I’ve had it since the late ‘90s and it’s had a lot of different band members living there over the years, a lot of friends living there over the years. “You need to walk across a footbridge over a creek to get to where the property, the house and the studio is. “It’s literally a house surrounded by water,” he says, describing the studio. He’s had it since the band’s rise during the late ‘90s and he enjoys working on projects there. The album was recorded at The Moat House, a recording studio and house Lima owns in the band’s hometown.
