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Dixie\r\n\t\t\t\tChicks Kick Off Tour, Headed This Way Sept 14th at Staples<\/b><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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Black\r\n\t\t\t\tListed by Right Wing Radio, Tour Sales Suffer Even As Album Sells\r\n\t\t\t\tOut<\/b><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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Criticism\r\n\t\t\t\tof Bush Jingoism Nets Blacklisting<\/b><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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Part of a New Series \"Bard\r\n\t\t\t\tOn Censorship\"<\/i><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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``Monkeys on the barricades \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
Are warning us to back away \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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The next one they can crucify “<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
“Easy\r\n\t\t\t\tSilence,'' \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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SANTA BARBARA, CA - - Well it's\r\n\t\t\t\tofficial. The legendary Dixie Chicks , have won eight Grammy\r\n\t\t\t\tawards and notoriety for bashing Dubyuh, are on the road again.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
They played in London a\r\n\t\t\t\tfew nights ago, at Shephard's Bush, the “Scene of the\r\n\t\t\t\tCrime”, and are getting ready to kick off their US tour\r\n\t\t\t\twith a July concert in Detroit, despite marketing difficulties\r\n\t\t\t\tderiving from retaliatory censorship due to their criticisms of\r\n\t\t\t\tDubyuh. The good news is that they are headed this way for a\r\n\t\t\t\tSeptember 14th performance at Staples, and tickets are on sale\r\n\t\t\t\tnow.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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The Texas hotties' new album,\r\n\t\t\t\t\"Taking the Long Way\" (Sony\/Columbia), sold 526,000\r\n\t\t\t\tcopies during its first seven days has been at number one and\r\n\t\t\t\tnumber two on the Billboard Country Charts for weeks and is\r\n\t\t\t\tclimbing the charts in Canada, Australia and elsewhere. Working\r\n\t\t\t\tout of their new LA studio, they boast collaboration with Sheryl\r\n\t\t\t\tCrow, Keb Mo and Red Hot Chili Peppers' drummer Chad Smith.\r\n\t\t\t\t(Superliminal: Buy The Album, Support Th Chicks, Buy The\r\n\t\t\t\tAlbum...)<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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However, the \"Accidents\r\n\t\t\t\tand Accusations Tour\" has, paradoxically, not been selling\r\n\t\t\t\twell,especially in the Midwest and South. The Chicks drew flak\r\n\t\t\t\tlast year when lead singer Natalie Maines criticized President\r\n\t\t\t\tBush for Iraq war in Iraq while performing in London. Redneck\r\n\t\t\t\tDJ's around the country continue to pan them for their outspoken\r\n\t\t\t\tviews.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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Their most recent tour was the\r\n\t\t\t\t2004 -\" Vote For A Change Tour\" with James Taylor,\r\n\t\t\t\tBruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam and REM. They\r\n\t\t\t\tspecifically hit swing voter states. They rose to prominence at\r\n\t\t\t\tthe 1999 Lilith Fair, at which they were the only country act.\r\n\t\t\t\tThey even sang the Star Spangled Banner for the Superbowl, but\r\n\t\t\t\ttheir fall from grace was swift as vindictive hyper patriots (pun\r\n\t\t\t\tintended) tagged them as ``Dixie Sluts'' and ``Saddam's Angels.''\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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The tour will be closely\r\n\t\t\t\twatched as a barometer of things to come.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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“You Don't Need A\r\n\t\t\t\tWeatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Is Blowing<\/i>” -\r\n\t\t\t\tDylan \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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The author, himself once-banned\r\n\t\t\t\tfrom Santa Barbara City College, is currently subject to\r\n\t\t\t\tadministrative harassment for writing and performing “Snitches\r\n\t\t\t\tBurn In Hell” an ironic commentary on what he regards as\r\n\t\t\t\t“Vendido Culture” at SBCC.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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