Comments on: Late Nite FDL: Maines vs. O’Reilly, Steel Cage Match http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:13:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robert Green http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119754 Robert Green Fri, 26 May 2006 19:14:05 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119754 <p>just going to get a plug in for my wife–she took the photos of the dixie chicks for the time mag cover and the shot inside. we’ve had the new album for a couple of weeks because of that, and it is really great. i say that as a post-punk and neo-hip-hop loving fool. but i love neil young as well, and some of the songwriting on this record is transcendant in that neil y style. great stuff.</p> just going to get a plug in for my wife–she took the photos of the dixie chicks for the time mag cover and the shot inside. we’ve had the new album for a couple of weeks because of that, and it is really great. i say that as a post-punk and neo-hip-hop loving fool. but i love neil young as well, and some of the songwriting on this record is transcendant in that neil y style. great stuff.

]]> By: RCC http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119654 RCC Fri, 26 May 2006 17:45:42 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119654 <p>I pre-ordered “Taking the Long Way” a month ago, got it a few days ago, and it’s great.</p> <p>I just looked on Amazon, and it was the #1 seller in Music yesterday and today.</p> <p>Go Chicks!</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F7MG4G/qid=1148665417/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-4354467-9174469?s=music&v=glance&n=5174">http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ.....amp;n=5174</a></p> I pre-ordered “Taking the Long Way” a month ago, got it a few days ago, and it’s great.

I just looked on Amazon, and it was the #1 seller in Music yesterday and today.

Go Chicks!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ…..amp;n=5174

]]> By: melior (in Austin) http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119618 melior (in Austin) Fri, 26 May 2006 17:11:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119618 <p>Props to darkblack — that is some supreme photoshopping hilarity!</p> Props to darkblack — that is some supreme photoshopping hilarity!

]]> By: Cliff Varnell http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119599 Cliff Varnell Fri, 26 May 2006 16:58:49 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119599 <p>“A little bit of Lincoln there, Keith.”</p> <p>A little boot lick’n there, Tweety.</p> “A little bit of Lincoln there, Keith.”

A little boot lick’n there, Tweety.

]]> By: weeder http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119528 weeder Fri, 26 May 2006 16:10:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119528 <p>Happy B-day to all the geminis at fdl! It’s my birthday tomorrow. Yay! I bought the Chicks’ Fly and Home right after they were treated so badly for speaking their minds. It reminded me of people being encouraged to burn their Beatles records… Anyway, I have the new cd, and really love the title song, “Take The Long Way Home.” (I thought Diane Sawyer owed them an apology after the terrible interview she did trying to force them to apologize—I was really impressed at how united they were during a really difficult time.) I wish Olbermann and had mentioned Natalie’s reply to O’Liely: O’L “We wish you had said it here.” NM: “Oh, we’d say it here.” Love her.<br /> Also, as a former English major… I don’t think it is anagram or spoonerism, but cannot think of the word, either.<br /> Great thread.</p> Happy B-day to all the geminis at fdl! It’s my birthday tomorrow. Yay! I bought the Chicks’ Fly and Home right after they were treated so badly for speaking their minds. It reminded me of people being encouraged to burn their Beatles records… Anyway, I have the new cd, and really love the title song, “Take The Long Way Home.” (I thought Diane Sawyer owed them an apology after the terrible interview she did trying to force them to apologize—I was really impressed at how united they were during a really difficult time.) I wish Olbermann and had mentioned Natalie’s reply to O’Liely: O’L “We wish you had said it here.” NM: “Oh, we’d say it here.” Love her.
Also, as a former English major… I don’t think it is anagram or spoonerism, but cannot think of the word, either.
Great thread.

]]> By: Dale http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119521 Dale Fri, 26 May 2006 16:06:35 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119521 <p>Patrick: My current favorite version of Amazing Grace is, surprisingly, a contemporary one…by the Soweto Gospel Choir, on their recent cd “Voices from Heaven.” A gorgeous album, altogether. I’d love to see them in person someday.</p> <p>Speaking of which, I’m still blanking on the title of the old Mahalia LP with the live recordings (it may even have been a compilation of various artists), but one song I remember very clearly is her rendition of “Come on People, Let’s Sing (About the Goodness of the Lord).” </p> <p>Toward the end, Mahalia runs out of verses but the crowd is so pumped she can’t just stop, so she starts making up new verses on the spot. Pianist Mabel Falls, bless her heart, never misses a note. Truly a transcendent performance.</p> Patrick: My current favorite version of Amazing Grace is, surprisingly, a contemporary one…by the Soweto Gospel Choir, on their recent cd “Voices from Heaven.” A gorgeous album, altogether. I’d love to see them in person someday.

Speaking of which, I’m still blanking on the title of the old Mahalia LP with the live recordings (it may even have been a compilation of various artists), but one song I remember very clearly is her rendition of “Come on People, Let’s Sing (About the Goodness of the Lord).”

Toward the end, Mahalia runs out of verses but the crowd is so pumped she can’t just stop, so she starts making up new verses on the spot. Pianist Mabel Falls, bless her heart, never misses a note. Truly a transcendent performance.

]]> By: mommybrain http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119413 mommybrain Fri, 26 May 2006 15:12:16 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119413 <p>sofistic - Is this a new Roches album? I’ve loved them for years, saw them and interviewed them once at the Roxy in LA. Fabulous girls, very sweet and funny and high energy. One of them married Loudon Wainwright(sp?) after the McGarrigle(sp agin?) sister did.</p> sofistic – Is this a new Roches album? I’ve loved them for years, saw them and interviewed them once at the Roxy in LA. Fabulous girls, very sweet and funny and high energy. One of them married Loudon Wainwright(sp?) after the McGarrigle(sp agin?) sister did.

]]> By: sofistic http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119388 sofistic Fri, 26 May 2006 14:51:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119388 <p>I have followed the Dixie Chicks since the beginning of their career, and liked them. But there is another little-known group I like that some of you may want to take a look at: The Roaches, a sister-group who have played with the likes of Paul Simon and Phillip Glass. The album I have of theirs is called “can we go home now” and it has a somewhat dark tone about these times. A snippit of their lyrics:</p> <p>He was mean,<br /> He beat her up<br /> He was a Republican</p> <p>Here is a Wikki entry<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roches">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roches</a></p> <p>But, why is it this morning, I can’t get the strains of “Where Flamingos Fly” out of my head?<br /> -sofistic</p> I have followed the Dixie Chicks since the beginning of their career, and liked them. But there is another little-known group I like that some of you may want to take a look at: The Roaches, a sister-group who have played with the likes of Paul Simon and Phillip Glass. The album I have of theirs is called “can we go home now” and it has a somewhat dark tone about these times. A snippit of their lyrics:

He was mean,
He beat her up
He was a Republican

Here is a Wikki entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roches

But, why is it this morning, I can’t get the strains of “Where Flamingos Fly” out of my head?
-sofistic

]]> By: Sam http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119383 Sam Fri, 26 May 2006 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119383 <p>Didn’t see this mentioned in particular above - I wasn’t paying lots of attention when the Chicks first aroused the ire of the wingnutosphere. Weren’t there staged events, like runnings-over of Dixie Chicks CDs with bulldozers, and stuff like that? Events of a scope that needed some marketing muscle, and a bit of funding, behind them? </p> <p>Did I dream it? If not, who was behind all that?</p> Didn’t see this mentioned in particular above – I wasn’t paying lots of attention when the Chicks first aroused the ire of the wingnutosphere. Weren’t there staged events, like runnings-over of Dixie Chicks CDs with bulldozers, and stuff like that? Events of a scope that needed some marketing muscle, and a bit of funding, behind them?

Did I dream it? If not, who was behind all that?

]]> By: Billy K http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119349 Billy K Fri, 26 May 2006 14:22:33 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/25/late-nite-fdl-maines-vs-oreilly-steel-cage-match/#comment-119349 <p>As a singer and fan, I like to believe that the Dixie Chicks’ spirit and conscience is truly at the heart of Country Music - not Toby “boot up your ass” Keith or the treacly “Go USA” crap stinking up Nashville these days.</p> <p>I think if more people knew the “real stuff,” Country Music wouldn’t have such a lousy reputation.</p> As a singer and fan, I like to believe that the Dixie Chicks’ spirit and conscience is truly at the heart of Country Music – not Toby “boot up your ass” Keith or the treacly “Go USA” crap stinking up Nashville these days.

I think if more people knew the “real stuff,” Country Music wouldn’t have such a lousy reputation.

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