Country Music Item

Jul 9 13:31 UTC 1993

Country Music seems to be making a comeback.  I'd like to know you'll's
favorite Country band or Singer. PIRATES OF THE MISSISSIPPI is my favorite. 
Ain't it grand to be a hick and a red-neck?

response 2 of 37:

Jul 10 06:32 UTC 1993

Now, now...lets not be hostile

response 4 of 37:

Jul 10 14:48 UTC 1993

Obviously you haven't read the ettiqute thingy on Grex.  It wasn't self 
proclaimed either, the true God, Vidar, doesn't have any problem with
me using his name or title.  So long as I only use it for E-mail and 
BBSing.  I do care what I say about other people, and I don't usually 
say anything inflamitory about anyone without a good reason, with the
exception of when I'm pissed off for any reason.

response 6 of 37:

Jul 10 20:17 UTC 1993

Well maybe...

response 8 of 37:

Jul 11 05:42 UTC 1993

There's an example of a scientific study being simplified into a media
report, and a media report being generalized into an urban legend.

The argument is that the more C&W stations in a city, the higher the
suicide rate there, or something like that.  This is very likely to be
a coincidence, given that country music stations are more common in
Western states (hence the second half of the name), where the suicide
rate is higher for probably unrelated reasons.

In general, within North America, the suicide rate gets higher the further
west you go.  California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska have the highest
suicide rates (places not noted for country music).  Arizona, Nevada,
New Mexico, Coloraro, Idaho, Utah, Montana, etc., have fairly high rates,
but not as high as on the coast.  Georgia has lots of country music but a
relatively low suicide rate.

The east-to-west pattern of suicide rates in North America has existed
for a long time, and nobody has ever come up with a convincing explanation.
The country music hypothesis simply doesn't wash.

response 10 of 37:

Jul 11 18:46 UTC 1993

 I like: Emmylou Harris, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Paulette Carlson/Highway
101, Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis, k.d. lang, K.T. Oslin, Nanci Griffith,
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jonathan Edwards, Foster and Lloyd, Kentucky Head-
hunters, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Patty Loveless, Linda Ronstadt, Trio, and
probably others that don't come to mind right now. Oh yeah, Rosanne Cash,
Gail davies.

response 12 of 37:

Jul 15 15:31 UTC 1993

Yeah, I just returned from a trip to New England. It is country music
hell up there.

response 14 of 37:

Jul 18 20:22 UTC 1993

This past weekend at my company's annual convention we had a Country Jamboree
on Friday night. Friday afternoon was spent with dance lessons poolside,
where I learned how to do the Tush Push, the Achy Breakey, and the Electric
Slide. It was a blast.

response 16 of 37:

Jul 24 17:52 UTC 1993

Obviously someone doesn't listen to the right band if he thinks all country
music is the same.  Pirates keep their mouths out of loosing things and are
morepolitically minded people.  I only heard four songs from them that had to
do with loosing anything, and it weren't the usual stuff.

response 18 of 37:

Jul 26 15:22 UTC 1993

I'm not that fussy, but rolling rock is yummy with Hank jr.

response 20 of 37:

Aug 2 17:32 UTC 1993

Obviously someone doesn't listen to ANY country!

response 22 of 37:

Oct 6 05:33 UTC 1993

  Country line dancing is threatening to be the karaoke of the next
few years.  Your help is desperately needed to avert this tragedy.

response 24 of 37:

Oct 6 15:56 UTC 1993

May not be exciting to watch, but boy is it fun to do!