Louise says:
>Two extremes and both too extreme IMO.
Which is about right; if Natalie Maines were all the Monument Chicks have
going for them, some folks - well, me, at least - wouldn't have much
interest, so Corcoran's it's-all-Natalie "defense" is of minimal use.
Wilonsky, on the other hand, is a supreme idiot - no, wait, that's too nice;
he's a supremely mean-spirited idiot, and not just because of his snide
anti-bluegrass hipster pathology, but because when he writes stuff like
this:
>the Chicks keep insisting it's their first record, as
>though the past decade never happened. Too many times
>have they uttered such nonsense in interviews...
he's just a flat out liar, as anyone who's read, for instance, the current
Country Music magazine piece on the Chicks (a full page on the band's
history - with quotes about it from Seidel - including a their first three
album titles, with combined sales figures) can attest. A mean-spirited,
chuckle-headed, lying asshole.
Jon Weisberger, Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger
