I'm watching Miranda Lambert at the American Country Music Awards. Gotta say I haven't seen so many lasers since I saw that Roger Waters show in Toronto a couple years ago.
Overall, I'd say country music has come a long way since the days of Tanya Tucker and the days of the coal miners daughter even before that.
It's an overtly Christian genre by the looks of things. This is the only awards show on TV where it's de rigueur to thank the Lord Jesus Christ for your good fortune. Makes me wonder if there's such a thing as an Islamic country musician.
"I just wanna thank Allah for this award" isn't something you're likely to hear at the ACMs anytime soon.
Mind you, Broke-back Mountain broke some barriers, so a Muslim singing cowboy songs is a possibility...
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
Country music super-star Blake Shelton inks multi-million dollar contract to shill for Canadian sweat-shop giant Gildan
Canadian sweat-shop superstar Gildan has a new spokesperson, country music superstar Blake Shelton.
Gildan's sweatshops in Honduras, Haiti, and a dozen other third-world destinations employ over 30,000 lucky brown people to make T-shirts for starvation wages. According to Forbes, Shelton pulled in $23 millions last year, which is not too shabby. Mrs. Shelton, aka Miranda Lambert, is apparently doing OK in her own right.
Gildan is a big deal, and they also have a social conscience. Those "I can't breathe" Tees recently sported by a whole lot of your NBA bigs (also doing OK) were sourced from Gildan, according to The Washington Post, although the claim that Gildan pays $6/day seems to overstate Gildan's generosity by a wide margin.
Not doing OK are those tens of thousands of Gildan employees in the global south.
But at least they have something in common with $20 million per year NBA all-stars; they can't breathe either!
Gildan's sweatshops in Honduras, Haiti, and a dozen other third-world destinations employ over 30,000 lucky brown people to make T-shirts for starvation wages. According to Forbes, Shelton pulled in $23 millions last year, which is not too shabby. Mrs. Shelton, aka Miranda Lambert, is apparently doing OK in her own right.
Gildan is a big deal, and they also have a social conscience. Those "I can't breathe" Tees recently sported by a whole lot of your NBA bigs (also doing OK) were sourced from Gildan, according to The Washington Post, although the claim that Gildan pays $6/day seems to overstate Gildan's generosity by a wide margin.
Not doing OK are those tens of thousands of Gildan employees in the global south.
But at least they have something in common with $20 million per year NBA all-stars; they can't breathe either!
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