Last Splash

Tuesday, 13 February 2007

Sigh...I, too, am cheating on Mo'time. I have a MySpace page. I like it. I blog on it. I get to put my picture on it, and I have a 20 song playlist that plays whenever you visit my page. My background is not plain. It is a pretty picture of the Pacific coast.

But it's just not the same.

Even though lately I haven't had too much to say, and my blog has no real theme (classic Jack of All Trades, master of none) I still feel as though I can say anything I want here. I don't worry about other people's political affiliations compared to mine. In fact, I've had some really interesting conversations with people about politics, and it's probably even shaped my own beliefs a little.

In that vein, I will point out that one of my beliefs is that the Grammy Awards are now officially a crock o'shit. I mean, seriously, I know the Dixie Chicks album was critically acclaimed and all that, but even Natalie Maines pretty much knew that they won the awards based on the political statements their album made, not on the musicality of the songs. She said it in her freaking acceptance speech, for God's sake.

I personally love the Dixie Chicks. I like country music, and I was kind of amused by the whole boycott and the vehement backlash that the country audience layed on the Dixie Chicks. My own husband and I even disagree on the freedom of speech of musicians. Being pretty close to a Libertarian myself, I personally feel that they have the right to say anything they want at their concerts, in the press, or wherever they happen to be. I do think that the arts industry is 96% liberal and they will push their agendas, but most Americans that vote with a conscience are really not going to swayed by what three musicians say. And if their fans don't like what they have to say, well then the answer is simple: stop listening to their music. I think the Chicks were smart for coming out to recreate themselves the way they did.

But, I don't think they had the record, song, or album of the year. I haven't heard the song on the radio all year, don't know a single person who bought the album, and really don't even feel that the actual record of "I'm Not Ready to Make Nice" was musically all that good.

I'm ready for GOOD music to win awards. What do you think?