[wardaddy]

I could care less whether I ever see them again or not. I would prefer they just fade away.

This latest PR stunt following the Drooling Diane interview is being carefully orchestrated by some heavy hitters beyond their management. They are hot media and their keepers would like to see some more returns. They are going to pull out all the stops.

This stuff is designed to appeal to their base (pre-teen and teen girls)....I know that sounds crazy but it is. It's chock full of metaphors. A bit of defiance, hubris, "we stand naked before you", we're the "victims" here etc.

I doubt it will do much for older regular country listeners...in fact it will further alienate them but it will shore up the base.

It should also tell all of us that they indeed feel they were right, are not contrite, and chose a genre of music to make a buck even though underneath it all, they have copious amounts of derision for the folks who make up the bulk of country music fanbase.

They are posuers and music row hype....and as usual, the media will love them for this. The media does not like country music's fanbase either.

[longtermmemmory]

the cover was planned in advance.

The nude shot was planned in advance (they used the same nude body model on each chix head)

You are absolutly right about this being managed. The abc interview and this cover expose how big media manipulates in order to generate PR. I hope all this effort results in continued declining/zero cd sales.