[Vision2020] [Spam] The Dixie Chicks Messed Up Their Plans...

[lfalen]

Sorry Ted. 
I didn't reed your post that close, just the site you referenced.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Ted Moffett" starbliss at gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:17:29 -0800
To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com,  Vision2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Spam] The Dixie Chicks Messed Up Their Plans...

> Roger et. al.
> 
> I wrote "other statements induce a highly skeptical reaction," and that
> (emphasis on the "if") "if it is true that there was a coordinated effort to
> block Buffy Sainte-Marie's music," regarding the story on Buffy Sainte-Marie
> at the web link I gave, which indicate doubt about the truth of the claims
> made in that story
> 
> As to the censorship of "rock n' roll," I think a close examination of
> history reveals there was censorship of various kinds (rather unsuccessful
> in the long run given the eventual popularity of this music), though whether
> the government in any way coordinated any such effort is a question I cannot
> answer.
> 
> However, the main point of my post was a "culture war" analysis of the Dixie
> Chicks and how they were censored (radio stations refusing to play their
> music) after one of their members made certain political statements, for
> which they did receive death threats.  This is certain.  And the fact the
> Dixie Chicks were a "country music" act, I think, made them more of a target
> for certain audiences who expect county music to be more of a conservative
> leaning "All American" music.  I do not think this analysis is a stretch.
> Like I said, if Bob Dylan had made an anti-war statement about the war in
> Iraq, would this have raised as many eye brows as the Dixie Chicks doing the
> same?
> 
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/15/entertainment/main544132.shtml
> 
> Anyway, the attacks on the Dixie Chicks did not appear to damage their
> careers substantially, as they remain popular:
> 
> http://dir.salon.com/topics/dixie_chicks/index.html
> 
> 
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> <http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2006/10/27/kopple/index.html>
> *"Everybody
> needs an honest
> shake"*<http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2006/10/27/kopple/index.html>
> 
> Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple talks about her new Dixie
> Chicks movie, "Shut Up & Sing," and why she hopes their fans will forgive
> them.
> 
> By Stephanie Zacharek [2006-10-27]
> -----------------------------
> As to President Kennedy's assassination, I think a thorough and exacting
> analysis will lead to continuing serious questions regarding who was behind
> this.
> 
> Ted Moffett
> 
> On 11/28/06, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ted
> >
> > Do you really believe this crap.  I don't think much of Lyndon Johnson. He
> > stole hes first election to the House and he may have been evolved in the
> > death of Billy sol Estes( although probably not directly). there was no
> > conspiracy in the deaths of either Kennedy. Don Boles was murdered by people
> > he was exposing in newspaper reports. I do not think that there was any
> > conspiracy to  censor rock n' roll. It has survived quite nicely. I do not
> > like hard rock and I am unhappy with  New County, because it has gone to
> > heavy to rock. What Buffy Sainte-Marie I have heard I thought was ok. I
> > don't think there hase been any censorship here. Except for a few notable
> > exceptions ( Lincoln's assassination) most of the conspiracy theories are
> > groundless.
> >
> > Roger
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: "Ted Moffett" starbliss at gmail.com
> > Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:51:09 -0800
> > To: Vision2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Spam] [Vision2020] The Dixie Chicks Messed Up Their Plans...
> >
> > > All:
> > >
> > > In doing a bit of Buffy Sainte-Marie research, I found this gem of a
> > story.
> > > Some of the content is probably true, other statements induce a highly
> > > skeptical reaction, but nonetheless, some claims "ring true" given the
> > > current culture wars over the war in Iraq relating to the music
> > industry,
> > > especially the Dixie Chicks.  No wonder they received death
> > threats!  How
> > > dare they hijack this "all-American music" to inject an anti-war
> > message!
> > > If Bob Dylan had spoke out as a critic on the war in Iraq, would the
> > > reaction have been so intense?  And if it is true that in the past there
> > was
> > > a coordinated effort to block Buffy Sainte-Marie's music from reaching
> > the
> > > public, how sad!:
> > >
> > > http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096413425
> > >
> > > "In his federal court affidavit, Schlund said he has knowledge of ''the
> > > detailed plans for the break-up and destruction of rock n' roll music
> > > including the assassinations of many people to achieve their goals. The
> > > detailed plans to replace rock n' roll music with all-American music
> > called
> > > country western.''
> > >
> > > ''The assassinations started long before Vietnam but the plans to
> > replace
> > > rock n' roll with country western music started during the Vietnam War
> > and
> > > have continued to the present,'' Schlund stated to the court."
> > > ---------------
> > > Ted Moffett
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
>