The people are angry. Well, what’s new? The people are always angry. About what and at whom, and is it likely that your house will get burned down by rioters — those are the operative questions. I suppose we could add: Is the anger warranted?

Elitist indie music anti-capitalists are a special breed. Alongside the typical feel-good slogans about greed and sellouts jostles a transparent need to be on the inside, bleeding edge, in the know. Anything mainstream is stupid, vapid, polished, sellout. In the corporate world, there is no better figurehead for dumb ol’ chawbacon America than Wal-Mart.