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| From | Road Angel <orb@stripe.colorado.edu> |
| Subject | Re: artists and protest and good new CDs |
| Date | Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:58:31 -0700 (MST) |
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Actually, I don't think Road Angel DID write any of these things, although
I might well agree with one or two of them. Not sure how the quoting got
wacked, though....
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, shawn campbell wrote:
>
> (music at bottom...don't hate me early and skip the
> rest)
>
> >>Do you think she apologized for any other reason
> >>other than being afraid she'd ticked off her C&W
> >>audience and would lose money in record sales?
> >>Her sincerity of her original comments were trampled
> >>by the phony sincerity of her apology. If she realy
> >>believed in what she said she never would have taken
> >>it back.
> >>
> >>Karen
>
> Funny, by contesting my point, you actually reinforce
> it (and I'm Shawn, not Road Angel). Maines was forced
> (almost certainly by her record company or management)
> to back off from the statement she had made because of
> fear that her comments would hurt record or concert
> ticket sales. Maines, placed in a position where her
> livlihood was threatened, was forced to recant her
> remarks (in painful legal-speak, as mentioned). Her
> employer basically forced her to censor herself
> (admittedly after the fact). That sucks.
>
> >>(not)Road Angel wrote:
> >>I congratulate the female country stars who are
> >>willing to stand up for their beliefs. I'm just
> >>sorry that conservatives cannot understand that
> >>dissent is one of the things that makes America
> >>great. "The land of the FREE," anyone? And whether
> >>you like to admit it or not, when a person chooses
> >>to express him- or herself, and then his or her
> >>livlihood is threatened because of his or her
> >>expression of that belief, that IS a form of
> >>censorship.
>
> Also, to whoever wrote that s/he was "sick and tired"
> of hearing people defend celebrities' rights to speak
> out on issues...um, last time I checked, celebrities
> do not hand in their first amendment rights the first
> time they get top billing in a movie, right? Stars
> have every right to take advantage of their public
> forum to address any issues they choose, and you have
> every right to listen or not to listen, or to call
> them geniuses or idiots.
>
> Think how frustrating it would be if you had always
> felt passionately and learned everything you could
> about a certain issue, then had the good fortune to
> have great success and become famous, but were
> suddenly scorned and harrassed every time you tried to
> talk about the issue near and dear to your heart.
> People like Bono, Tom Morello, Martin Sheen, Cybil
> Shepherd, Susan Sarandon, and Michael Moore (hell, and
> Ted Nugent and Charlton Heston, on the other side)
> have long histories of activism. They care about
> issues, and know their subjects -- they're not
> dabblers. No, not all celebrities are so well-versed,
> but neither are many of the personalities on so-called
> "news" channels, like Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity.
> As long as O'Reilly and Hannity are allowed to spew
> their hate on "news" channels, I hope liberal
> celebrities take every opportunity given to counter
> those views whenever a microphone is stuck in front of
> their faces.
>
> How 'bout that new Mull Historical Society? Has
> anyone heard it yet? Oh, and the new Bettie Serveert
> record, 'Log 22' is good too. It's more on the rockin'
> side of the Velvet Underground influence this time,
> and Carol Van Dyk has one of the most distinctive pop
> voices out there. The Aislers Set also have a really
> great new release, 'How I Learned to Write Backwards.'
> They are a cool, retro-sounding act from the west
> coast -- female vocals with lots of reverb, chiming
> guitars, sleigh bells, the works! Another band with
> some Velvets records in their collection, though,
> along with Shangri-las albums. The new Ted
> Leo/Pharmacists rekkid, 'Hearts of Oak,' may restore
> your faith in rock and roll (or at least in Lookout!
> Records) but beware, some of the lyrics are - gasp! -
> political. Throwing Muses have come back with a good,
> self-titled outing, with Kristen Hersh's sugary-voiced
> stepsis Tanya Donnelly back in the fold after an
> absence of more than a decade. Weird, catchy ROCK!
> And on a completely different tip, Nicolai Dunger has
> a fine new album of folk-pop called 'Tranquil
> Isolation.' He sounds like a younger, more indie Van
> Morrison after a long night and a few too many drinks.
> Production is by Will Oldham, so there are plenty of
> creaky, gentle Appalachian nods, while other songs
> swing a little more.
>
> Hey, there's a lot of good music out there these days!
> Who knew?
> -S
>
>
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