Freeped the Dixie Chicks in Austin, TX 5/21/03

5/21/03 | The Bat Lady

[The Bat Lady]

so the Dixie Chicks came to town and we couldn't let them off totally, here in Texas. It was a gloomy almost rainy evening and getting cooler. We got there between 6:15-6:30 for the 7:30 show.

Freepers were Gracy, DrewsDad (and Drew) and the Bat lady.

Gracy can tell you the others there.

The scalpers were holding tickets and offering 2 for 1 ($65.00 each) by the time we left they were $15.00 each.

[The Bat Lady]

a good time was had by us, there were many who paid to go in and did. Some had American flag shirts and one lady went by quietly with her "support the President and Troops sign"

[The Bat Lady]

Some of the signs were:

I Trust Bush for Nat'l security

NO POLITICS JUST SING

momma sez: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything

on foreign soil, support your country

I spell free speech ..$$ ( but the dollar signs had the U and the S like the old ones.

THEN....

[The Bat Lady]

I have a box of the BUSH WINS signs from the campaign and took about 5 of them. I figured it would re- enforce the fact that THE U.S. WON THE WAR. And it was liked by the freepers there.
Rumor had it that Barbara and Jenna were going to the concert. I guess they slipped in the back door but wish they had seen our signs.

[The Bat Lady]

met a lady from Pflugerville who was very quick with the come backs!!!

They would yell GET A LIFE and she yelled, I will get a life when you get an EDUCATION.

HE yelled you suck d***s and she yelled, I choke on small bones.

Her sign was I like Dixie Chicks ... barbaqued.

Her 7 years old son thought of his own sign... DIXIE CHICKS BECOME CHICKEN D'S

Pretty good, huh?

[seahawk]

Did you notice what Natalie had on her shirt tonight?? It looked like FUTK - was she sending Toby Keith a message. Appears so since he left the ACM awards before the end tonight and missed receiving his entertainer of the year award. Guess he saw what she had on her shirt and left. Don't blame him at all. She has reached an all time low.

[pnz1]

Toby had the last laugh. I wish he had stuck around, though.

[The Bat Lady]

I of course, didn't go inside, but Gracy did. One of the scalpers gave her a ticket and she went in with her sign.

It was pretty funny to see the scalpers try to sell US the tickets. We said that we wouldn't go in if they paid us.

The liberals kept saying that the Chicks had freedom of speech, I guess they didn't like it that we did too.

[clintonh8r]

Maines (is that her name?) is proof that you can be rich and famous and still be white trash.

[The Bat Lady]

We had about 8 and 2 kids. Someone yelled that we should go home, all 5 of us. Which cracked them up but then Sue yelled back they needed more math courses. That we were more than 5.

[The Bat Lady]

They also had their signs one was AUSTIN IS ASHAMED THAT BUSH IS FROM TEXAS.

We praised her for saying it in America not on foreign soil.

I just don't think that they get that part.

[pnz1]

Well, I'm glad you all were there. They kept the stadium dark when they did their song on the ACM's so we couldn't see how many people were there (or not)on TV.

[katz]

Were the Chicks ashamed that the POW's were from Texas?

[pnz1]

Good point. Especially since she wore her shirt slamming Toby who gave his guitar to a POW.

[I got the rope]

Good Job! I sure miss Texas, but I don't miss Austin...way to liberal for this West Texan.

[beckett]

I couldn't watch when they sang. I'll never listen to them again. I only caught the last second when the house lights came up behind them, which I thought was odd. Then I figured their agent probably wanted to show Nashville and the Academy of Country Music Awards TV audience that all the seats were full. They and their buddies in the media are in a desparate spin game to save their careers, and every occupied seat becomes a vote of support.

I did catch Montgomery Gentry singing My Town, though, so I was happy.

[winner3000]

I can't wait to see how many tickets they sell going forward. It was quite lucky of them to have sold out their tickets before Natalie opened her big mouth.

[Gracey]

Just checking in. Saw the show tonight. Of course I didn't pay for it. A nice gentleman gave me 2 free tickets that he couldn't sell because earlier I had asked him "nicely" how much they were and said I'd check w/him later.

Tonight was the very first time I ever heard the Dixie Chicks. I'm sooo ashamed of them. That gal Maines had on the nastiest shirt. Can you imagine the audience applauding her (this is WEIRD Austin) as she had on a tight t shirt that said F.U.T.K. She was sooo proud of it. She's gross. She joked and laughed about "since THAT incident as we call it." Then the group sang to a song I never heard before but the pictures shown were of war protesters, hippies, the typical A.N.S.W.E.R. type crowd, UnAmerican leftists, etc. The other two girls seem much tamer but do agree with her as one had the peacenik sign on the back of her outfit.

Sorry, these girls are toooo leftist for me. Their singing is way to loud and Maines is a B$$ch IMO. She thinks she's hot *&%$. Sorry, but I wanted to throw up listening and watching them for their lack of patriotism, and half an audience that agreed with them.

I honestly had an open mind upon deciding to hear them and am sooo disappointed. But then, I had to see for myself.

Thanks Bat Lady for sharing this. We had fun.

[Gracey]

Actually, it wasn't a full house. The tickets I had were way up high, but I left after a while and went downstairs to be closer. There were MANY empty seats. So I got to see the performance on the lower level. Must say, the color coordination was beautiful.

[Gracey]

Who was Gentry? Was she the guest lady that sang?

[goodieD]

Frankly, I'm ashamed of every single performer that showed up to the country music awards and didn't speak out against Maines and her slutty bunch.