Love the Chicks

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The Dixie Chicks have a new tune out. You can hear it here. I am so glad these ladies are out there and have the courage to tell all the dicks that still are not playing their music to take a walk. All Natalie said was:

Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.

She was sure enough speaking for me. BTW if you are so narrow and ignorant that you don't believe someone has the right to say that then you deserve not listening their music.

UPDATE #1
Very interesting piece of misleading journalism going on over on AOL.
Thanks to DownWithTyranny for the heads up.

AOL front page story on the Dixie Chicks. It's actually an A.P. story, just presented in the usual stupid AOL way for users.

"WILL DIXIE CHICKS PLAY NICE NOW?" says the AOL headline and the article goes on to say that "anti-Bush remark hurt trio; now they want a comeback."

This is such utter bullshit. You get the impression from the article that the whacko right was actually hurt the Dixie Chick's career in 2003 with their completely ineffectual boycott of the group's CD and concert tour. That is very, very far from the truth.

Granted that the radio station boycott, which to a greater or lesser extent is going on today, led to less airplay for the Dixie Chicks, the sales of CDs and concert tickets actually increased. In 2003 The Dixie Chicks won 4 Grammy Awards (their first ever): Best Country Album (HOME), Best Country Performance ("Long Time Gone"), Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Lil' Jack Slade") and Best Recording Package (HOME).

And guess what? All the attention made the Dixie Chicks music crossover into a fan base they never had when they were just a country band.