Idolator

Yesterday's New York Times profiled the continuing political career of John Hall, the former guitarist for '70s act Orleans (you may remember their hit "Still the One," aka "The song that made you buy a Burger King chicken sandwich in 1992"). Last week, the New York congressman became "the first bona fide rock 'n' roll musician in the House of Representatives," and his discography both helped and hurt his efforts to be taken seriously: More »

Lost amid the clutter of yesterday's major-race election results was the fact that Democrat John Hall—the former lead singer of '70s soft-rock band Orleans—managed a narrow victory over his Republican opponent in New York's 19th District race. Hall co-wrote hits like "Still The One," "Dance With Me," and "Maybe I Shouldn't Be Posing Shirtless With A Bunch Of Other Band Members," and used to write for Crawdaddy magazine. In fact, he's still functioning as a music critic of sorts, according to an Editor & Publisher profile from a few months back: More »