The Dixies Reach Out

November 28, 2006

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I caught the Dixie Chicks show at Staples Center on Friday night and it was a toe-tapping treat. The gals sounded and looked great although their physical resemblance to other celebrities is hard not to notice. My boyfriend remarked, ‘When did Belinda Carlisle (Natalie was giving serious 80’s hair), Laura Dern, and Julia Roberts form a country group?”

Everyone was waiting for Natalie to talk about what the gals had been through since she’d dissed Bush back in ’03. But save for a few offhand remarks -- like joking that the reason other chicks don’t talk on stage is because the last time they did, they got the group in trouble -- Natalie didn’t bring it up. The standing ovation they received after their I-told-you-so ballad, “Not Ready to Make Nice” spoke volumes, though, and left the gals and the audience visibly moved. It was an amazing moment.

Another highlight was when Natalie sent a long distance dedication to Britney’s soon to be ex K-Fed before launching into the barnburner “White Trash Wedding.” She also remarked that all the single ladies in the house must be excited that Mr. Federline is back on the market. Maybe it’s just me, but I think Ms. Maines should watch her mouth, less Kevin knock her up.

He’s been known to impregnate people from twenty paces.

I’m kind of surprised at how vehement the disdain for K-Fed is in the culture at the moment. Rosie dropped confetti on "The View." Confetti. A family is falling apart and she’s at Party City trying to decide whether to spring for the Mylar of just get the regular Rip Taylor confetti. (On a side note, I once met someone who worked with Rip Taylor, the comedian famous for throwing confetti, and he said that if Rip did your show, you had to provide the confetti -- he doesn’t bring his own, you’d think he had a trunk full of the stuff -- and you had to get a certain brand from a certain store. Rip was very specific about it and would accept no substitutes. I don’t know for sure if that’s true but I hope it is.)

But back to K-Fed, I get it. We all want Britney to put on some shoes and throw on that python and give us our ‘Slave for You’ back, but folks seem positively overjoyed that they’re splitsville.

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