Fox News rabble-rouser Glenn Beck made up that whole ridiculous story about Muse’s management contacting him and asking him to retract his ardent fanboying of the over-the-top British rock act? I’m shocked, let me tell you—almost as shocked as I am that pretty much every member of the press fell in line with his ravings and reported on them without checking them out! Cough. [MTV] More »
Country music as a popular entity hasn’t seem to care much for political or social issues much since the rash of tracks issued in the wake of 9/11, which makes John Rich‘s “Shuttin’ Detroit Down” a bit of a surprise. At the very least, it’s enough of one to make the music section of the New York Times.
