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"All the News that's fit to print"NY Times does a brief review of "Shut Up And Sing" in the Movies section today. I probably will not see the movie but would happily give the cost of two tickets, popcorn, drinks, etc. to the makers of the film just for keeping it in the public eye and "on the record". "Shifting back and forth between 2003 and the more recent past, as the trio prepares its newest album, “Taking the Long Way,” with the producer Rick Rubin, the movie offers a revealing case study of the relationship between politics, celebrity and the media in today’s polarized social climate. The hatred hurled at the Dixie Chicks seems outsized measured against an offhand remark at an overseas concert. As the Dixie Chicks would put it in their song “Not Ready to Make Nice”: "And how in the world can the words that I saidSend somebody so over the edgeThat they’d write me a letterSayin’ that I better shut up and singOr my life will be over."link to read more*Dixie Chicks Shut up and Sing Trailer*And here's Mr Blotto singing US Blues for your listening pleasure (Listen)
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Comments (7)

  1. lemontwist
    lemontwist says I may not dig their music, but I give them mucho respect. :)
    Permalink posted 10/27/2006
  2. C-Mor Kinkadoink
    C-Mor Kinkadoink says I will definitely see this film. The deregulation of media has brought this upon us. The airwaves are "public trust" that belong to all of us and we put them in the care of the government to manage them and insure that there is always equal representation. If almost 60% of Americans are against the war, why are there no protest songs on any Clear Channel stations? Big media is lame and now CC wants to become a private company. CC is blaming their falling stock price on the audiences shift to satalite and the internet. Why is the audience going to the internet? Because the programming sucks and people gravitate to what serves them. The Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement taught us a lessons about questioning authority and the power of free speech. John Lennon, Bob Dylan and many others used their position and the power of their voices at great risk to their careers to help correct serious problems in the American Society, and early FM radio was the conduit to the people. How qucikly we as a country forget.
    Permalink posted 10/27/2006
  3. C-Mor Kinkadoink
    C-Mor Kinkadoink says Band's film ads hit sour note Weinstein Co. says NBC and CW refuse to run commercials for Dixie Chicks documentary. By Richard Verrier, Times Staff Writer October 27, 2006 A new documentary on the backlash against the Dixie Chicks after critical remarks the group's lead singer made about President Bush has brought disharmony between the film's distributor and two TV networks. On Thursday, Weinstein Co. alleged that NBC and the CW had refused to air nationwide commercials to promote "Shut Up & Sing." ADVERTISEMENT Weinstein said NBC wrote that the network "cannot accept these spots as they are disparaging to President Bush." The CW also rejected the ads, Weinstein said, saying in a letter that it did "not have the appropriate programming in which to schedule this spot." Harvey Weinstein, who runs the company with his brother, Bob, said the networks were stifling free speech. "It's a sad commentary about the level of fear in our society that a movie about a group of courageous entertainers who were blacklisted for exercising their right of free speech is now itself being blacklisted by corporate America," he said. NBC Universal spokeswoman Rebecca Marks declined to comment. CW spokesman Paul McGuire denied that network executives refused to run the spot. He said Weinstein Co.'s ad agency inquired about running a spot, but chose not to. "They weren't interested in running a national spot on the CW. What's in their press release is a mystery. It's inaccurate," McGuire said. CBS and MTV Networks have agreed to run the ads nationwide, while local affiliates have been running the commercials in Los Angeles and New York. The CW network airs on TV stations owned by CBS and Chicago-based Tribune Co., owner of the Los Angeles Times. "Shut Up & Sing" debuts in theaters in Los Angeles and New York today, and nationwide Nov. 10. The film is directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck, daughter of the late Gregory Peck. The 93-minute film chronicles the behind-the-scenes aftermath of controversial comments made during a London concert on the eve of the Iraq invasion in 2003 by singer Natalie Maines. She told the audience that she was ashamed that Bush was from her home state of Texas. That brought a backlash from country fans, radio disc jockeys and some of the Dixie Chicks' peers. Some radio stations refused to play the group's records, with threats allegedly made against the three members.
    Permalink posted 10/27/2006
  4. Kirk
    Kirk says I think the Dixie Chicks took the few death threats they received and took that for a ride, stereotyping a whole group of people on the way. That's all I heard in interviews "a death threat, a death threat, a death threat." Common sense tells me, if you insult the beliefs of your fans, be prepare to lose many and gain new ones.
    Permalink posted 10/27/2006
  5. dbboucher
    dbboucher says When the chicks had to cancel some US shows for low ticket sales, they added a bunch in Canada. Here of course their comments offended no one. Their show in Ottawa sold out quite fast. I couldn't go though because I'm out of town. I think it's tonight actually. I'm currently on vacation and at my in-laws in Halifax. I don't return to Ottawa until tomorrow.
    Permalink posted 10/27/2006
  6. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says *ANARCHY*
    Permalink posted 10/30/2006
  7. B42
    B42 says RULZ!
    Permalink posted 10/30/2006

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