Country Music is Shooketh

[asphaltcowgrrl]

And so am I. LOL

I was greeted by some upsetting news this morning. One of my favorite new artists was showing his ass again. Several months ago, Morgan Wallen was asked to be on Saturday Night Live, pretty impressive for how new he is. And then his dumb ass went out, partying, kissing college girls while his ex was at home with their new baby. Annoying and stupid, to say the least. He lost his spot on SNL, but was asked to come back a couple months later.

Then, this morning, I read that he was caught on a neighbor's doorbell cam using racist slurs. Like, dude, it's 2021. What's with using the n-word? But this is how small town country people are sometimes. And honestly, big city people, too. I had hopes for this guy, I really did. Even my non-country-music listening child, Taylor, LOVES him.

His record label has suspended his contract, he's being pulled from radio, his videos are being taken off CMT, among other things. Which is good. It's about time that the people making money off these idiots start standing up for what's right. No one will ever change their racist ways unless they see someone else suffering the consequences.

On a brighter, happier side, I later saw that half of the duo Brothers Osborne, has come out as gay. This is SO big for country music because for the most part, it's full of southern conservatives. It's a huge risk for him professionally and, while none of this should matter to their fans, you know it's going to piss some of them off royally. I'm really hoping he and his brother don't have too much crappy backlash over this. There's an article in Time Magazine about him here if you're interested.

And to give them some love, here's one of my favorite songs of theirs:

Watch on YouTube

God, TJ has the most amazing voice. Hahahaha. And truly, some of the most non-country country music on the radio right now.

Aw heck, here's another just because I can't get enough of these guys. This is the first one I ever heard from them:

Watch on YouTube

(And FYI, this song is on Andrej's Tub Music playlist because yes, I have one of those.)

Okay, I probably ought to go back to work but blah.

Comments

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Soooo many books. I did move some of them into my office when I switched rooms... but I need to clean/rearrange my shelves.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I got rid of like 9 boxes by donating them to the library. Some I had read, some I realized I never would.

Good luck with the organization. I think there will be another huge purge once everything is done at the house.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Our library doesn't really take donations, but I'll find places for them to go. Gotta figure out what to do with some of the ARCs I have.

Yeah, I'll be doing a purge this summer or over spring break. Not right now. I've got a bunch of things in storage that I need to go through.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh bummer. Ours either puts them into circulation or sells them to fund programs at the library. This won't really apply to you, but I belong to a Peloton Moms Book Trade group on FB. That's how I've offloaded most of my ARCs.

Have fun. I had to do a mandatory purge due to the renovations, but it's been worth it.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Hmmm I wonder if there's something like that. *shrugs* I might just post them on facebook. A bunch of them are ones you gave me. LOL

Oh I'm sure it is worth it. I know I've been cleaning out my clothes and stuff.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

That works, too. Hahaha — pass 'em along is what I say.

It is, but it still sucks. It's a lot of dang work.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

I shall once I begin hoeing out. LOL and then I went to a booksale and came home with a HUGE haul. Only spent 10 bucks too. I actually got a couple I'm gonna send you when I finish reading.

It really is.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

LOL! This is why I have to stay out of the used bookstore and away from the library on days they're doing book sales. The library will let you fill a grocery bag for like $5. That's a good deal though, love scoring books cheap!

Now that the house is back together, my chore is to go through all the books I'm not going to read. Which is... a mess, but yanno.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

The mom wanted to go and didn't want to drive so I had to go. I got a HUGE shopping bag for only 10.

LOL I'm sure it's a mess, but you'll get there. I'm hoping to do some hoeing out this summer.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Gotcha. Great score. :)

I just have a lot of boxes that we packed up so we could move things and now I need to unpack and go through them all.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

It was! And I've got a couple I'm passing to you once I've read them (you'll forget by the time I actually read though...)

LOL I feel that. I have boxes that Mom packed when we moved from NY to NJ that I've never opened.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, nice! And you're right — I'll forget by tomorrow, I'm sure. LOL

Yeah, there are some up in my garage that have been there since we moved in back in 2000.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Yeees. I probably won't be reading a whole lot until summer, but I'll definiately plan for sending.

LOL right? We moved here in 2013 and I've got boxes I haven't opened since we moved to Jersey in 1995. At this point most of it is probably being donated/trashed, but I still have to sort them.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Cool. :)

Man, it's insane. I think they multiply when we're not looking, too. I need to work on my garage sometime, too.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

One day you'll just get a surprise package ;-)

They really do. At least we've gotten them down enough that they're now all stored on my property and not in a storage place Mom is paying for.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I will! And I'll be thrilled!

That's a bonus for sure.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

I actually pulled the books out of the bag this weekend and put them on my shelves. I'm re-organizing. And I'll take a couple with me on vacation.

It really is.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Nice, I hope you enjoy them!

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

I did not take any on vacation, but I didn't really have time to read either. Soooo.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

That's okay. Vacation is for you to enjoy yourself, however that shakes out.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

And I did enjoy myself. :-) Need to finish one last paper and the semester is done.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Good luck getting the paper done.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

I did and now I've started my second to last semester. I'm so glad to almost be done.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Nice! Taylor's really close to graduating, too.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Yippeee!