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Not Ready to Make Nice (Dixie Chicks in Australia, STILL Whining About Free Republic)
AdelaideNow ^ | Sunday, October 8, 2006 | Kirsten Heyson

Posted on 10/07/2006 1:04:19 PM PDT by kristinn

It's hard to believe this petite, well-mannered Texan - sitting opposite in a Sydney harbourside hotel - caused the kind of stir the music industry has not seen since John Lennon sang about being crucified in 1969.

It's the day before the band's first Australian concert on their Accidents and Accusations world tour.

Maines looks younger than her 31 years.

SNIP

Aware she may sound "bizarre", the 31-year-old believes the vitriol directed at The Dixie Chicks was part of a right-wing conspiracy.

An organised group known as the Free Republic set out to bring the band down.

The organisation's power, she says, comes through the internet. The site has thousands of subscribers, all of whom were encouraged to destroy the band's music and boycott the radio stations that played it.

"It's scary how much power they do have," she says. "They can take down someone singlehandedly and I don't think Americans are aware of that.

"It's the same group that went after (former US president) Bill Clinton and (gay actress) Ellen DeGeneres."

In the beginning, Maines says, they tried to fight their detractors. Their management tried to alert radio station programmers to what was happening.

"But they weren't open to it and just thought we were grasping at straws to try and salvage something," she says.

"It was just bigger than we could fight and we weren't willing to put ourselves out there to be made to look stupid if people weren't willing to investigate this thing and be open to it."

SNIP

"For the Free Republic we were a dream come true; they made it their mission to take us down. Apparently we were not supposed to think like this because we play country music."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Free Republic; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: careerindumpster; clueless; crymeariver; dixiechicks; paidtobestupid; smellyskanks; yankeehens
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To: Rembrandt
Remember that Target is owned by the French!

Actually, it isn't.

361 posted on 10/07/2006 9:42:30 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("The Democratic Party: Against buggering youths for almost a week now." --IMAO.us)
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To: kristinn
The organisation's power, she says, comes through the internet. The site has thousands of subscribers, all of whom were encouraged to destroy the band's music and boycott the radio stations that played it.

"It's scary how much power they do have," she says. "They can take down someone singlehandedly and I don't think Americans are aware of that.

We have what power? To not listen to their songs?

Somebody's a little loony.

362 posted on 10/07/2006 10:08:54 PM PDT by MitchellC
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To: dirtboy

Reminds me of the Katrina Gore (Al's daughter) story I posted some months back...

AL Gore bumped into Avenue magazine editorial director Pamela Gross the other day at the Regency, where she told him his daughter will be on the May cover. Karenna told Avenue that during the Florida recount in 2000, "the rancor was overwhelming at times . . . There was this horrible mob outside the vice president's house that was recruited by political operatives. They just kept yelling, 'Get out of [Dick] Cheney's house.' That was really painful and rude."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624453/posts


363 posted on 10/07/2006 10:10:21 PM PDT by tlb
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To: kristinn
We're organized?

I hadn't noticed.

364 posted on 10/08/2006 2:05:12 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: Mad Dawgg

;)


365 posted on 10/08/2006 2:51:51 AM PDT by Lead Moderator
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To: kristinn

FREE REPUBLIC:


366 posted on 10/08/2006 3:00:14 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: xzins
The Dixie Twits are doing poorly 'cause they got crappy music and because they told about half of their fan base to bug off

Not quite. The music is good, sadly. And the fraction of the fan base they told to bug off is more like 80%, judging by the drop in album sales.

367 posted on 10/08/2006 3:01:28 AM PDT by Rytwyng (Only a Million Minuteman March can stop the Bush Border Betrayal!)
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To: fabriclady
Who cares, now why did I even read this loony story.

Because it's "schadenfreudeliscious" to get together with a few thousand of your FReeper pals and wipe our collective feet on one of FR's favorite doormats, fat Nat. : )

368 posted on 10/08/2006 3:08:32 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: CinnamonBear
Petite? Compared to what?

As common bovine stock go, she's tiny.

369 posted on 10/08/2006 3:10:04 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: HHFi
The Chicks appear, annoyingly, on the Sesame Street Video, "All Star Alphabet" (they do the letter "B"). And I've seen enough music, and played enough myself, to understand the dynamics of playing together; there's a dynamic among the people that is palpable, although hard to explain. It's totally missing with the Chicks, at least on that video. Although the music was technically well executed and sounded good, I got the sense that the other two chicks do NOT like Natalie AT ALL.

I predict a band breakup. The other 2 will dump Natalie someday.

370 posted on 10/08/2006 3:13:15 AM PDT by Rytwyng (Only a Million Minuteman March can stop the Bush Border Betrayal!)
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To: Dawnsblood
OMG That is hilarious!!!

Reposting for those who missed it:

Latest Dixie Chicks Vid here...

371 posted on 10/08/2006 3:32:45 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: ThanhPhero
LOL...does sound ridiculous, doesn't it.

I give....you win.

372 posted on 10/08/2006 4:08:46 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Caipirabob

oh my goodness bttt....!!


373 posted on 10/08/2006 4:12:13 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: kristinn

Maybe we should thank her stupidity for the free advertising and any new Australians who might venture here???


374 posted on 10/08/2006 4:21:01 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: kristinn

I noticed that she keeps referring to "the Free Republic". I wonder if she's complaining about this website, America in general, or both?

Welcome to the new Aussie's!!


375 posted on 10/08/2006 4:26:21 AM PDT by deaconjim (His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.)
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To: Armedanddangerous
ive been here every week since 1998, and I don't remember anyone going after Ellen. She seems nice enough..never noticed her being a nasty woman..

You're right - are the chicks are trying to make this a "gay" thing? It's not. Unless there's something about the chicks we don't know... Ellen's show wasn't good, but she's a funny stand-up. Smells like a red herring ...

376 posted on 10/08/2006 5:14:15 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Foley was not an evangelical Christian,... he was a closet homosexual." - Dobson)
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To: kristinn
Why their career really tanked, in Maines' own words...

"...but if you live in Lubbock, Texas, where I'm from -- you just have one paper and one radio station and unless you're savvy on the Internet, that's it for you. If Bush said get a gun and kill an Arab, they would do that."

After watching this footage, Maines then repeats the president's comment and says, ''What a dumb f---.'' She then looks into the camera, as if addressing Bush himself, and reiterates, ''You're a dumb f---.''

"The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism," Maines resumes, through gritted teeth. "Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country… I don't see why people care about patriotism."

"I'd rather have a small following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith. We don't want those kind of fans. They limit what you can do."

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

When someone insults their fan base, how can they expect those same fans to buy their music and attend their tours?
Not buying their music is no more censorship than a liberal not buying a conservative's work.
How many liberals bought a copy of Ann Coulter's "Godless"?
It's not censorship.
It's just common sense.
377 posted on 10/08/2006 6:12:01 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: kristinn

That's right, Natalie. Go get your shinebox, bitch.


378 posted on 10/08/2006 6:12:53 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." - GW Bush, referring to DNC's lack of a platform on ANYTHING)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

Wow! He must have been a tot when he had a daughter!

It's shocking but it is shocking because Dwight Frye liberates himself.


379 posted on 10/08/2006 6:18:43 AM PDT by saveliberty (I'm a Bushbot and a Snowflake :-)
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To: Mr_Moonlight; fanfan; kristinn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edp7WJz7zHc&eurl=

Hat tip, Viking Pundit


380 posted on 10/08/2006 6:27:00 AM PDT by saveliberty (I'm a Bushbot and a Snowflake :-)
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