Wednesday, June 22, 2005
holy shit holy shit holy shit
Amazing news from the Globe.
The wife was majorly pissed last year when we didn't go to this thing. Her mom's been watching it on tv every year since the '80's, or something, and was hoping we'd go check it out in person. Instead the amazingly shitty band I was in played a show that night, thus ruining her family's dreams. This year, though, we shall most definitely be there, even if we have to start camping out on the 1st.
Amazing news from the Globe.
The Boston Pops has announced that three country music sensations -- Gretchen Wilson (''Redneck Woman"), Big & Rich, and Cowboy Troy -- will star at its annual Fourth of July celebration on the Esplanade. ...
''Obviously, we want something with national appeal -- and country fits that," Pops spokesman Sean Kerrigan said yesterday. ''These acts also have crossover appeal, which is what we're all about, too. Other than hip-hop, there's not a genre that we haven't tackled."
Well, actually, the Pops will be incorporating something akin to hip-hop this time around. Cowboy Troy, who raps over a country groove, is part of the rise of so-called ''hick-hop." He, Wilson, and Big & Rich are part of the ''Muzik Mafia," a loose collective that combines traditional and progressive country. Once viewed as an alternative to the Nashville scene, it crossed into the mainstream with a splash this past year. Wilson won a Grammy for best female country vocal performance.
The wife was majorly pissed last year when we didn't go to this thing. Her mom's been watching it on tv every year since the '80's, or something, and was hoping we'd go check it out in person. Instead the amazingly shitty band I was in played a show that night, thus ruining her family's dreams. This year, though, we shall most definitely be there, even if we have to start camping out on the 1st.
