http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:34:08 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/13/124628.php#comment-3473 Good list, Al: clearly, you've been in a Critiquee frame o' mind. Me, I think the Earle song (not the best on the album, to my ears, but there-ya-go) is part of a folk tradition: songs told from the perspective of a real-life outlaw (as opposed to some country poseur claiming to be an "outlaw.") I find the song pretty matter-of-fact in its presentation - perhaps too much to be really challenging - but hardly the unpatriotic screed many of its critics claimed it was before they'd even heard it. 3473@blogcritics.org Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:34:08 EST