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| From | Elizabeth Brion <elizabeth@fringehead.com> |
| Subject | Re: Dixie Chicks on EW |
| Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:47:10 -0700 |
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On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 09:30 PM, Bill Silvers wrote:
> Erm, interesting points, but I don't see what any of it has to do with
> the manifest high quality of the Chicks music, the incredible,
> ignorant, un-American and likely career-thwarting backlash to Natalie
> Maines expression of a sentiment that could have been easily uttered
> by most folks I know, or the Chicks attempt to do some damage control
> in Entertainment Weekly.
> [snip]
> If you're among those who care at all about country music, the Chicks
> have been a triumph of art with commerce. Is it the commerce, or just
> country music that inspires the sneers?
Speaking only for myself: I like the Dixie Chicks, and was commenting
only on the contents of this thread, not their music, which I like, the
backlash, which is horrible and ridiculous, or the article, which I
have not read. I thought the context was kind of clear from the fact
that I quoted the sentence I was responding to, but whatever.
>
> BTW, all three of the Dixie Chicks- Natalie Maines, Martie Seidel and
> her sister Emily Erwin, are natural brunettes. Lots of gals dye their
> hair, or so I'm told.
Yep - me too. Just yesterday, in fact. I think I typed an adjective I
did not mean to type in that sentence, for which I apologize, but all's
I meant was that the *appearance* that the dark-haired girl was the
only one who could think her way out of a paper bag was unfortunate.
Maybe they're all very smart and two of them just know nothing about
rock trivia, I don't know, but it made for some serious train-wreck
television. That's all I was saying.
So, hi Audities! I haven't posted anywhere in a long time because I've
been kinda depressed, and wow - having a bunch of stuff I didn't
intend read into my first post is like old home week. :-) (Not a slam
on Bill - it's probably my fault.)
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