I ♥ the Dixie Chicks

I’m a girl obsessed today. I went to see the Dixie Chicks concert in Phoenix last night. Not so much because I’m into concerts but more to support them. And I guess in a way I just wanted to stand up for them. I hate to see what has happened, how they’ve been treated. It seems so wrong and unfair. I’m really surprised how taken I am with this story, I’ve always loved their passion and willingness to take a risk with their music, especially in such a conservative genre. But the fact that they have the strength to stand up for themselves when so many people turned against them, and so maliciously, just makes me want to support them even more. I can’t imagine what its been like for them these past three years. And I feel bad that I wasn’t paying more attention to this before now.
I’ve never been one to be politically active, or even politically interested beyond the basic current water cooler events of the day. But the more I read and the more interviews I see about how radio stations, the media in general, have treated the Dixie Chicks shocks me. I’m stunned that people (fans!) could turn on them like that. I guess it’s hard for most people to comprehend how people can hate another person so much, someone they don’t even know, just for having a different opinion or perspective.
At the concert they played two videos, one to support Conservation International and they other was for a trailer for their documentary Shut Up and Sing and haven’t been able to stop thinking about the whole story since then. It all just makes me so sad. It makes me want to be an activist, sadly I don't even know which part I'm most upset about! So Wednesday night I'm off to see Shut Up and Sing, I’ll let you know where I’m at about this whole thing then.

I must say it’s good to know that I’m interested in things other Britney and K-Fed (who btw DC dedicated “white trash wedding” to the newly single Fed-Ex. Also the concert was great, except for the lighting and screens were a little weak, but my work leaves me with high expectations about that kind of stuff)

One other update: Ft. Lauderdale is coming for a visit in December!

Also, I’m very happy that Fox (well News Corp actually) decided to pull OJ’s interview and book. I’m telling you I have a lot of thoughts on this who public vs media backlash and as soon as I have some cohesive thoughts on the matter I’ll let you know.

And I think at the very least, every third time I go to check a gossip/ TV website I’ll stop by a CNN or something more news/politically focused. So DC’s career may have been temporarily (hopefully) sidelined, so not only did they create one of their best videos yet, not ready to make nice,I’ve also decided to pay a little bit more attention to the world around me. So I’m just saying -- not a total loss of three years (plus they had five kids between them during that time!)