The Courage of Others' Convictions

The music industry awarded an armload of Grammys to the Dixie Chicks on Sunday night, in what was celebrated as a blow for freedom of speech as much as tunefulness. The endorsement was about three years too late. The awards -- including for the trio's fittingly titled album "Taking the Long Way" and the song "Not Ready to Make Nice" -- ended a desolate period in which their music was boycotted and banned by country music stations, their CDs were burned and ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Feb 13, 2007 - 7:58 AM PST
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Terri Adams
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by Terri Adams - Oct. 1, 2008

This just echos what a lot of us were thinking. The recording industry honored the Dixie Chicks years after they needed the support and wasn't there when they were needed.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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Richard Sawey
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by Richard Sawey - Oct. 1, 2008

Gee, kettle calls pot black! It's rich the NY Times can find space to criticize gutless musicians when we've all been so well served by the Fourth Estate in this whole Iraq/Bush/WMD thing.

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