Ed Lee is Chinese-American, and he would be the first Asian American to be elected mayor of SF if he wins.

But... yeah. He is not my guy, for various reasons. Fingers crossed.

And yes, music, always. I find silence much more distracting than music. I've found that instrumentals work well, especially soundtracks and trance-y techno, as do vocals in a language other than English. I can background those pretty well.