I’ve been keeping a secret from you, denizens, but now it’s time I come out.<\/p>\n

I used to be a major country music fan.<\/p>\n

I know, I know<\/em><\/strong>. That statement just sparks WTFery, right? I am the one, after all, who often reminisces quite fondly about my metal hair days and I even recently expressed my still-bright love<\/a> for old school rap and go-go. But there was a period of time in my life when I traded in my metal cred and my go-go bounce for the love of a little slide guitar and fiddle.<\/p>\n

How did this happen? Honestly, I’m not really sure. I know it involved patient but persistent prodding from a very good friend whose veins ran hot for country. It was her ultimate goal, I think, to convert as many of her friends as possible. And, for a brief moment in time, she succeeded in convincing me that country music was worth my time.<\/p>\n

Then, however, came the Bush administration and all the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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