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I wonder what opportunities are ahead for my white male son. He is in 5th grad and does well at math, and science, and plays trombone in the band. But reading this series of responses, along with a lot of other materials has me worried. Somehow white male children are being allowed to slip down the ladder of priorities. Female teachers want their classes to be as easy as possible and think all the boys should be on ADD drugs. Stella thinks that every white person is privileged and obviously will try to make sure that any other category has priority over them. Some people will read this and laugh, but honestly I’ve been watching my son and daughter for 11 years and it’s amazing how she is favored over him in many ways. My son scored high enough on his first try to get into the advanced math class but my daughter did not. A specialist was sent to our house to re-test my daughter and afterward she was also placed in the class. Now my son has to help her with the homework. I guess preferences in sex and gender and other categories are making sure we end white male privilege, as Stella desires. Abilities be damned. It does not matter what you can do or accomplish. It matters whether you are the favored gender or race or religion of the moment..

I will probably vote for the presidential candidate that is in opposition to the majority in Congress. Hopefully with a Republican in the Executive branch and the Democrats in control of Congress less legislation will be approved. For me, less government is better.

I’m not usually political, but the racist comments by Stella here inspired me. I’m sure Stella does not think she is racist, but when she begins every paragraph with “white privilege” it pretty clear to me she has a problem with white citizens.

There’s something happenin’ here
What it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a man with a gun over there
Tellin’ me I got to beware
I think its time we stop children what’s that sound
everybody look what’s going down

I love that Stephen Stills song from when he and his friends Richie Furay and Dewey Martin were part of the Buffalo Springfield. I can’t wait to hear Lucinda’s cover of that classic protest song.

tntracy – I respect your humble opinion that 128 kbps is substandard music. I’d rather listen to vinyl on my old Technics direct drive. My ears agree that 256 kbps is what is required to reproduce CD quality audio, that’s what my settings are on iTunes. I don’t buy much download music because of that. Thanks for the tip on the higher bitrate of Amazon MP3s, and iTunes Plus. I’ll try them and see how they sound.

Nowadays Clancy can’t even sing

I love all the lyrics to Bus from Baton Rouge, the plastic covered couch, the seahsell driveway, the livingroom no one could enter. But this lyric about the lamp is my favorite. My grandmother had a lamp like this:

There was this beautiful lamp I always loved
A seashore was painted on the shade
It would turn around when you switched on the bulb
And gently rock the waves[/i]

I’ll have to do some research and post back here, but I’m pretty sure that Lucinda’s appearance on PBS Soundstage was at one point available on DVD. Its probably not on copy anymore but I’ll let you know what I fin out.

Stella,

I’ve been to a half dozen of Lucinda’s concerts and the one at Promo West was the only general admission concert I attended. All the others had specific seats on the tickets I purchased. We stayed at a hotel near the downtown Columbus venue and got in line early with the true fans who all got the good seats above the concrete dance floor. Talking to the good folks around me they were obviously diehard fans like me. The stage front concrete dance floor was mostly empty until the show started. And yes there was a small group of true fans right up at the stage to watch the band but mostly the floor was filled with groups of younger kids who probably bought their tickets at the door and were more into socializing with each other than watching the show. I can send you a video of her performing “I Envy The Wind” where you can barely her her singing above all the talking in front of me.

My concert rule is to know exactly when a band’s tickets will go on sale or presale and get the best seats I can, usually in the first few rows. My experience here is that the folks sitting around me are dedicated passionate fans and its just a blast talking to them, enjoying the concert with them, and very rarely does anyone sit after the show has started.

So don’t fall asleep on us, Lu has lots of great shows left in her. I suspect she has one or two shows where you know where your seat is when you buy the ticket. And hopefully only Humprey’s by the Bay is the only other place with the plastic folding chairs.

Thanks for the link to the interview Pit Bull. Listening to Lucinda talk about herself made me smile, but Charlie Rose seems a little uncomfortable and hesitant a few times during the interview. Lots of pregnant pauses like he doesn’t know what to say next. Lucinda’s playing Essence and Lonely Girls more than makes up for his shortfall.

David in Maine,

You sure have a lot of time to type.

Regardless, I read your post from Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:14 pm and thought that for you it was a well written, non controversial opinion of Lucinda’s recent work and tour. I thought it was balanced and non-provocative. I tend to agree with you that there are folks on here that think that she can do no wrong, and that their opinion is the only opinion and if you disagree with it them you are wrong. Its kind of like telling me that my favorite Lucinda Williams song is wrong, and that I’m stupid for having that song as my favorite.

I was totally shocked when Tom Overby came on and blasted you for writing what you wrote. That is just totally wrong from a customer relation perspective. Maybe Tom does not care about customers. Customers aren’t allowed to have an opinion on this page.

Tom, you need to mellow out dude. The emotion and energy you put into that write up doesn’t make sense to me. Telling a long time fan that his opinion is wrong is just not the right approach. You should try to understand the difference between fact and opinion. You put a lot of facts out there but, why the effort. David is well informed of the tour the music, and has a been a long time fan. He was expressing an opinion. He is allowed to have one.

I even see that Pit Bull drove a long way to see a concert this weekend and enjoyed it. He is always controvesial, but obviously a huge fan. Tom, don’t piss off Lucinda’s fans. The folks typing in here probably have every album the lady put out and go to any show within a reasonable drive.

Don’t tell us our opinion’s are wrong or dont matter, they do.

Steve