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On the Beat: David Menconi on music
News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.
Virginia Foxx: That didn't take long
Submitted by dmenconi on 04/30/2009 - 14:30
In the wake of U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx's remarks about Matthew Shephard's murder, we already have a song written and recorded for the occasion -- a folksy number titled "Virginia" that asks of Foxx, "How do you sleep in your warm bed?"
New York singer/songwriter Lee Waters did this song and has pledged 100 percent of the proceeds from any sales to the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Check the lyrics and take a listen here.
(Thanks, Leigh.)
About the blogger
David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo.; and before that, he earned a journalism masters degree from the University of Texas (on top of an English degree from Southwestern University). You can find more of his writing here.
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Matthew Shepard's Murder
Sun, 05/03/2009 - 09:27 — greenWhat happened to Matthew was unthinkable savage brutality and anyone who tries to diminish the hate crime with a few careless words is sickening.
vraptor
Thu, 04/30/2009 - 22:44 — GGillenMake misspellings legal???
Make pologomy legal???
Thu, 04/30/2009 - 21:30 — vraptorMake pologomy legal??? Make sex with barn yards animals legal??? Make "men boy love association" legal??? Make pedafiles legal???
fournaught needs lessons in humanity
Thu, 04/30/2009 - 20:36 — PaulTerrellfournaught, your hateful attack in your post against all Republicans was far worse than anything Foxx has ever said. She made a comment about one individual and one incident, whether right or wrong you need to criticize only her. To label EVERY Republican in the way you have, you have just showed what the hate on the left is representative of.
lesson to be learned
Thu, 04/30/2009 - 15:51 — carbonLibliddy dole learned her lesson the hard way.....let's see what Rep Foxx will learn...
Foxx knows what kind of red
Thu, 04/30/2009 - 15:22 — fournaughtFoxx knows what kind of red meat her Republican base wants -- homophobia and willful ignorance. Hopefully this will be her last term as a national embarrassment to NC!