Psyche, Science, and Society

Dixie Chicks refuse to shut up

October 28th, 2006

The new Barbara Kopple movie about the Dixie Chicks, Shut Up and Sing, is apparently out in New York and LA, though the rest of us will have to wait until November 10 to view it. Like the Chicks themselves, the movie is under attack from the forces that be. NBC has refused to air the ad for the movie for dissing the President. [See ad here.] There’s a segment in which Bush says [something like] “they shouldn’t have their feelings hurt because people don’t want to buy their CDs.” Perhaps NBC shouldn’t have their feelings hurt if people want their airwaves back.

See the movie trailer here.

As a reminder of their power, watch Not Ready To Make Nice. Here are two versions. Which do you prefer?

Or the Letterman performance:

Also watch/listen to the Long Way Around:

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