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Country Music For People Who Hate Country Music Part 3: Women Going Apeshitt (sic)

This segment was originally going to have a title related to utterly justified murder. However, right about then, Miranda Lambert stomped in, screaming “I am going to have a breakdown in public and NO ONE CAN STOP ME!” and I realized the rage ran a little deeper than mere murder. This is a return to … Continue reading Country Music For People Who Hate Country Music Part 3: Women Going Apeshitt (sic) →

Country Music For People Who Hate Country Music Part 2: The Original Sound

            For this segment we’re reaching into history here and there. I like a bluegrass sound now and then, and that takes us right to the root of country music. This is going to be a mix of the real old stuff, and songs that imitate the real old stuff. Country has a certain political … Continue reading Country Music For People Who Hate Country Music Part 2: The Original Sound →

Country Music For People Who Hate Country Music: Part 1

So, you hate country music. . No, okay, you know what? Valid. There is no getting around the fact that we are talking about a genre where a song called Honky Tonk Badonkadonk was deprived of #1 Hit status only because it had the bad luck to come out the same month as Jesus Take … Continue reading Country Music For People Who Hate Country Music: Part 1 →