I think that one of the greatest things Obama has done so far is give Stevie Wonder his due. Very few of us actually know the full extent of Stevie Wonder's contributions to American music. He is probably the most important African American musician in history after folks like Duke Ellington, Nina Simone and Louis Armstrong.
   I  wonder how many people know that Stevie Wonder was directly responsible for Martin Luther King's birthday becoming a holiday. He travelled around the country for years pushing that idea with a bit of help from Gil Scott-Heron. Eventually the system gave in. However there are places all over the country that do not recognize the MLK holiday.
    Anyway, what I want to know now is what it means that our president understand the significance of this artists. Does it mean they will now learn Sir Duke in high school bands all over America? Does it mean that you will now be considered a fool for not knowing the Stevie sersion of the happy b-day song beyond the chorus at a multi- culti b-day bash for any middle class person you know? Does it mean that there will be a surge of artist trying to write more meaningful music? Or are we still stuck with Lil' Wayne and his damn lollipop?