we get into Nashville later than planned, and there’s not enough time for me to join maggie to the FCC hearing on the music industry and media. maggie had been telling me about her observations on country music in the last couple of weeks (see http://deriva.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/country-music/), and while we were on the road, the effort of searching for yet another radio station that plays music that we like kind of underscored the point.
and there’s not enough time for me to check out country music tout court by the time we get into Nashville, but one can’t really leave the place without getting some, so we make a brief visit to the Ernest Tubb Record Shop. wandering through an amazing collection of country music, i suddendly pay attention to the lyrics of the song playing. i’m for the Bible and i’m for the flag and i’m for the working man… i’m one of many who can’t get respect – politically uncorrect. hm, just the right place to buy the Dixie Chicks.
[more on the hearing, http://www.stopbigmedia.com/=nashville and chez maggie http://deriva.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/country-music-part-ii/]
[i checked out the politically uncorrect song, it’s by the popular Gretchen Wilson, currently on her Redneck Revolution tour, with a song on her latest album “ain’t you glad we’re not all california girls”.]