Blogcritics Comments on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Comment by Randy Jones on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 02:42:08 EDT

Hey Kenny,..I've got two passes to see the NYC Premiere of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN...wanna go? Call me. RJ ]]>

Comment by Randy Jones on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 02:38:19 EDT

Hey Kenny,..I've got two passes to see the NYC Premiere of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN...wanna go? Call me. RJ ]]>

Comment by sammyjo on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:44:36 EDT

Now that the Chesney-Zellweger farce is over due to FRAUD (codeword for GAY- see author Terry McMillan's similar claim in her divorce from gay husband) we can put this argument to rest and await to see Kenny on the arm of Rob Thomas at the next music award show. ]]>

Comment by Al Barger on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:49:26 EST

Thanks, HeyThere. Those are definitely some of the GAYEST pictures ever. ]]>

Comment by HeyThere on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:10:06 EST

What about these pictures? ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:26:51 EST

it's all about improving the Big Tent from within Al, Duke, and Chris perform a very valuable and time-consuming task for us each week with the new releases, and we appreciate it very much ]]>

Comment by Mroz on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:36:19 EST

I'm glad all of Al's "FANS" speak out when he makes a post requiring very little skill. Cut and paste of the new release list. Its essential... but honestly, you guys need to give Mr. Borland props for that? Didn't meen to barger in on your love fest for Al... but he's gotta go. ]]>

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:42:58 EST

i'd do john cusack for a tenner. Or for free, even. Depends on my mood. ]]>

Comment by Shark on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:13:42 EST

Charlie Sheen? Man, I could never get that drunk. ====== Big Al, all the 'real' country music is comin' outta Texas. And we thank gawd few beyond the Red River know about most of it. ]]>

Comment by Al Barger on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:21:10 EST

If KD came up crooning "Pulling Back the Reins," she could slap a wig and smear some lipstick on me, and change my name to "Sheila." ]]>

Comment by Distorted Angel on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:17:21 EST

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:57:03 EST

and make no mistake, k.d. lang is tits on toast from my perspective ]]>

Comment by Mark Saleski on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:47:51 EST

i believe that shark has also mentioned that he has an odd attraction to charlie sheen as well. ;-) ]]>

Comment by Al Barger on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:46:14 EST

Geez, people. Let me break it down a little. I do not put much stock in much of any modern so-called "country" music. It ain't country. It ain't country folk making it, not people who grew up in anything like the circumstances that produced most of the classic country music. The sounds they make come out as homogenized, pasteurized country cheese food. Garth Brooks is to country music about what Cheez Whiz from a can is to actual cheese. Corollary, many of the cowboy affectations in modern country music look campy and gay to me. Kenny Chesney's album cover does not look like a cowboy who's been out tending a herd, but like a member of the Village People on a break from a show at a gay nightclub. As to Prince, it wouldn't surprise me at all to find out he'd been with men. Besides being a bit of a dandy, he's hinted at such an idea in his music once or twice. For example, in his classic "Anna Stasia" he asked, "Have you ever wanted to play with someone so much you'd take anyone, boy or girl?" On the other hand, not that it makes any difference whatsoever to the genius of his music one way or the other, Prince is certainly king stud with the ladies. It's all good. ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:39:23 EST

Shark, I only think there's an issue if you are attracted to her BECAUSE she's a lesbian: that shit's masochistic and weird. ]]>

Comment by Bill Lamb on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:36:56 EST

Well...you know, a lot of the new Kenny Chesney album is kinda downbeat. ]]>

Comment by The Theory on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:30:05 EST

..maybe I'm just old school, but I thought "gay" meant happy... ]]>

Comment by Shark on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:15:09 EST

I gotta question for the gang: I'm sexually attracted to k.d. lang. Am I gay -- or straight? Thanks in advance, Gender Confused Male in Texas ]]>

Comment by Shark on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:12:35 EST

Lamb: "One small caveat on Prince...gender identification and sexual orientation are two very very different things. Transgender and androgyny have nothing to do with straight, gay or bisexual sexual orientation." Big Al will be thrilled to hear that! ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:09:58 EST

okay good, it all boils down to image ]]>

Comment by Bill Lamb on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:05:38 EST

Eric, A sincere thank-you...you finally answered the question I was asking in the first place. Thank you. One small caveat on Prince...gender identification and sexual orientation are two very very different things. Transgender and androgyny have nothing to do with straight, gay or bisexual sexual orientation. It is a confusion many make however. I've known transgender and crossdressing people that were straight and ones that were gay...their own gender identity had nothing to do with who they were attracted to. ]]>

Comment by Shark on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:49:36 EST

Lamb, suffice it to say that I hate having to explain this kinda stuff. Saleski: "i think yer sarcasm detector is busted." Add to that, his irony meter. ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:40:37 EST

I'm sure that's a fair objection, but surely you can see a studied attempt to foster a gender-bending image throughout Prince's career? We're talking about image. Regarding Kenny: I don't think anyone commenting cares one way or the other about the REAL Kenny Chesney, I assume he's straight because I always assume people are straight unless I am clued in otherwise. I just don't think about it very much one way or the other, but the picture in question is hilarious as a caricature of a "gay cowboy" stereotype and I am absolutely certain that it wasn't meant to be that. That is where the humor comes from for me, that and Al's wordplay. ]]>

Comment by Bill Lamb on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:17:39 EST

Eric, again, I just find it very interesting that only a group of straight men here seem to be identifying Kenny Chesney and Prince with "gayness" enough to make a joke about it. You have to have a concept of gay to have it be funny, don't you? I don't know any gay men who really seem to have any concept of what makes women sexually appealing to men, but Al's comment reeks of seeing something in Kenny Chesney...otherwise the joke wouldn't be funny at all. I find that very interesting. My supposition is that gay men don't tell jokes about "straight enough" because 1) They really don't have much of a clue about being straight or even think they do and 2) They really don't care. It just seems Al has some concept of "gay" that other straight men find funny...and seems to care enough about Kenny Chesney looking "gay" to make a joke about it...that's my point. Sarcasm is fine, if it makes sense. By the way, Al's original reference is here from SNL way back in 1994 with Norm McDonald: http://www.fakenews.net/update/1994_12_03.html He was referring to Interview With the Vampire...a movie about a bisexual vampire. It's funny to me because there is gay content in the movie and gay people often whine and bitch about ostensibly gay pop culture not being 'gay enough.' - 'Will and Grace' for example. That's where the humor originated. And yes, Norm McDonald's humor was aimed directly at concepts of 'gayness.' ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on New album releases, week of 1-25-2004

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:15:08 EST

indeed, I was being funny (again) by quoting the movie ]]>