It's Halloween! And you know what that means... CANDY! Mmmm, pixy stix! 

Playboy Political Survey

A lot of this just reconfirms what you would probably guess would be prevailing opinions among Playboy readers with various political affiliations. A few results are surprising though.

Part 1
Part 2

One More Dixie Chicks Post (for now)

As I mentioned, I've blogged about the Dixie Chicks before. I actually thought there were more. It seems that I have a few things on my "to blog" list that never actually got checked off. At least I found a couple. See the following.

I Miss The Dixie Chicks

More from Rolling Stone, Dixie Chicks cover mentioned in 6th paragraph, however the link there now points to a Justin Timberlake cover! I think the cover I meant was this one.

In the process of digging that up, I found out Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are slated to grace the cover soon! That's even better than Red Hot Chili Peppers, nude!

Just in Case I Wasn't Clear...

Although the previous post refers to a satirical article saying the Dixie Chicks deserve to be banned, I post that because I appreciate it as SATIRE. It demonstrates exactly what shouldn't be the situation. However, throwing the Ann Coulter angle in there does make it kind of hard to tell if it is written in jest or what.

Just to be plain, I wholeheartedly support the Dixie Chicks. I loved their music before the controversy, and have mentioned them several times in my blog. I only recently removed a Dixie Chicks "Rock the Vote" banner from my Blogger sidebar (because the Presidential election was a long, long time ago and I decided it was time to move on).

The Dixie Chicks are capable musicians and have been royally screwed over by people who THINK they are being patriotic. People who are pissed at the Dixie Chicks aren't being patriotic. They are being stubbornly anti-American.

Anti-American. That's what I call attempts to take away freedom of speech.

Jiffener's Blog: BLOG FREE OR DIE!!

SATIRE ALERT!

NBC Was Right to Refuse Dixie Chicks Ad, Says Anne Coulter is a pretty funny satire. Everything on the site is satire, and it's all good. Well maybe I shouldn't assert that. But the things I read were good. So stick to those and you'll be entertained.

At several pages on that site they are linking to the Dixie Chicks "Shut Up & Sing" trailer on YouTube. I've linked that here for your clicking pleasure: Shut Up & Sing trailer

Perhaps more interesting than that is the "banned" trailers, also available at YouTube: banned trailer #1 & banned trailer #2, which are not that different from the other video. I'm not sure who determined which were "banned" and which were not, but anyway. Apparently none will be shown on NBC, reportedly because it was critical of the President.

So, wait a minute, what about everything anyone said about Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal? So, apparently the rule is that we can only air things that are critical of Presidents that we aren't lap-dogs for.

This puts NBC right up there with FAUX NEWS (since Fox News is such a misnomer) and ABC (who did that misleading 9/11 movie).

I swear, who is left? CBS? What's the frequency, Katie?

Colbert's at it again! On the one year anniversary show, he unveiled a new portrait and announced the old one will be auctioned off. Go see this clip at YouTube.

More good news! CNN.com reports that a Fraggle Rock movie is in the works! 

The aforementioned "kickassclassical.com" site. Nice. Totally classical, and more importantly, totally kickassical. I'm still trying to find the song I can't remember the name of though. 

Just found a blog today that I really like, Deconstruct Pop. Hasn't been updated in a month, but I'm still optimistic. I came to it via kickassclassical.com, a most rockin' site.