On The Drive [1] every morning, DJ Bob Stroud has this thing called "10 at 10." He picks a year & plays -oh you guessed it- ten songs from that year at -oh you guessed it- ten in the morning. Tuesday morning, the year was 1970. At 10:00, he begins with sound bytes from that year, a brief description of current events at the time. The 1970 sound byte focused quite a bit on the tragedy at Kent State University in Ohio. This, of course, got me thinking about the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The train of thought then stopped briefly at protest songs of the late '60's - early '70's. I then wondered, "Where are our protest songs? Are we that apathetic that even our artists don't give a crap anymore?" Then it hit me. The hippies had songs. We have documentaries. Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore [2] & the rest [3] of his [4] movies. [5] Control Room [6] by Jehane Noujaim, who also directed Startup.com. Outfoxed [7] The Fog of War [8] The Corporation [9] Super Size Me [10] Shoot, even documentary filmmakers now have documentaries being made about them, as in the case of Michael Moore Hates America [11]!!! (Remember, folks, in Sweet Home Alabama when Lynyrd Skynyrd sings this verse: "Well I heard mister Young sing about her Well, I heard ole Neil put her down Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A Southern man don't need him around anyhow"? It's in response to Neil's songs Southern Man [12] & Alabama [13]. (Here's the story. [14]) So like when in fashion, brown was the new black a few years back & gray was the new black half a season later, the question begs to be raised: Are documentaries the new protest songs?!?!?!