Coal miner’s daughter revolts.

I’d forgotten about this until Gail Collins mentioned it in her column today. A little lagniappe for the weekend:

Posted at 11:23 am in Current events, Popculch |
 

9 responses to “Coal miner’s daughter revolts.”

  1. brian stouder said on May 8, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    My mom wasn’t a country music fan, but she LOVED Loretta Lynn, way back in the day….and then she sort of became a country music fan for a few years there.

    So this ‘pill’/Loretta theme is (somewhat ironically) quite fitting for Mothers Day.

    ‘Course, ol’ Nance knows that

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  2. Jeff (the mild-mannered one) said on May 8, 2010 at 6:01 pm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pill_%28song%29

    Very interesting point made in the section “Influence of song.”

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  3. brian stouder said on May 9, 2010 at 9:41 am

    Another “influence of song” figure.

    Or, yet another stark difference between a a big American city like Detroit, and a smaller American place like Fort Wayne. (this was front page/above the fold in the Friday Journal Gazette):

    http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100507/LOCAL/100509629

    Management at the Walmart store in Auburn said the Queen of Soul and her entourage apparently made a pit stop there this week to restock their tour bus parked outside. Workers at the retailer spotted the R&B singer strolling the aisles buying food, clothing, plants and other items.

    Happy Mother’s day, y’all – and here’s wishing every mom (and all mom’s helpers) “r-e-s-p-e-c-t”; even if it means yelling “Stop the presses!” when you exercise your freedom to STOP (and think) at WalMart

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  4. moe99 said on May 9, 2010 at 11:31 am

    Something to think about this Mother’s Day. Do you get your hair cut regularly at a certain salon? Get your pet groomed? If so, might want to tell them about Matter of Trust, which takes the hair and makes oil spill matts and booms with it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwQOD_Ir2vQ

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  5. Julie Robinson said on May 9, 2010 at 11:37 am

    Happy Mother’s Day to all, whether you are an official mother or play that role to others. Our daughter graduated from seminary last night and we are bursting with pride.

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  6. Holly said on May 9, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    Moe99 I will be calling my salon and seeing if they know about this. If not, I will find a place that does. Thanks for the info.

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  7. Jeff (the mild-mannered one) said on May 9, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    Julie — congratulations and blessings to your daughter and all of you around her in this significant moment. It’s a pretty amazing experience, whatever the tradition you’re ordained in.

    And often, there’s cake!

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  8. Deborah said on May 9, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    I had a perfectly delightful mother’s day. My daughter Little Bird made a delicious meal of hand made pasta, morels in cream sauce, with a tiny bit of garlic (she knows I’m not fond of garlic) and parmesan with fresh basil sprinkled on top. Raspberry and lemon sorbet for dessert. Yummm. My husband got a great Russian Valley Pinot Noir to have with it and it was all fantastic.

    I have an intense week ahead of me at work and then a week off in Abiquiu, NM, my idea of heaven on earth.

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  9. Dexter said on May 10, 2010 at 2:07 am

    Treme saluted Jim Jarmusch’s 1986 movie “Down by Law” last night by using this song for the end credits. The movie was filmed in Loiusiana and I have posted New Orleans clips from that movie a couple times before.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gotjBxCNhuo&feature=related

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