Country music singer Toby Keith, known for his chart-topping hits like "Should've Been a Cowboy" and "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue," has passed away at the age of 62.
Yeah, I grew up with and enjoy most of his catalog before it went all “boot up your ass”. Then he turned into a Trumper which further soured my opinion of him. Still, fuck cancer.
I remember reading a Rolling Stone article about 15 years ago where Kris Kristofferson absolutely tore into Toby. Sure enough, everything he said he was back then only became more and more true and apparent.
“Happy birthday,” the Star (Toby Keith) said to Willie, breezing by us. As he passed Kristofferson in one long, confident stride, out of the corner of his mouth came “None of that lefty shit out there tonight, Kris.”
“What the fuck did you just say to me?” Kris growled, stepping forward.
“Oh, no,” groaned Willie under his breath. “Don’t get Kris all riled up.”
“You heard me,” the Star said, walking away in the darkness.
“Don’t turn your back to me, boy,” Kristofferson shouted, not giving a shit that basically the entire music industry seemed to be flanking him.
The Star turned around: “I don’t want any problems, Kris – I just want you to tone it down.”
“You ever worn your country’s uniform?” Kris asked rhetorically.
“What?”
“Don’t ‘What?’ me, boy! You heard the question. You just don’t like the answer.” He paused just long enough to get a full chest of air. “I asked, ‘Have you ever served your country?’ The answer is, no, you have not. Have you ever killed another man? Huh? Have you ever taken another man’s life and then cashed the check your country gave you for doing it? No, you have not. So shut the fuck up!” I could feel his body pulsing with anger next to me. “You don’t know what the hell you are talking about!”
“Whatever,” the young Star muttered.
Kristofferson took a deep inhale and leaned against the wall, still vibrating with adrenaline. He looked over at Willie as if to say, “Don’t say a word.” Then his eyes found me.
“You know what Waylon Jennings said about guys like him?” he whispered.
I shook my head.
“They’re doin’ to country music what pantyhose did to finger-fuckin’.”
Dude, someone got pissed at me for saying I felt bad for the cancer that caught Rush Limbaugh. Lost my dad to lung cancer the year before but “nobody deserves that”. Fuck that noise, sometimes karma comes around in the form of lymphoma.
Rush Limbaugh would count and name all of us f@gs who died of AIDS . Ring some bell or some shit. I am so happy he suffered and I hope he suffers a few more lifetimes before he’s paid off his debt.
Yeah, I grew up with and enjoy most of his catalog before it went all “boot up your ass”. Then he turned into a Trumper which further soured my opinion of him. Still, fuck cancer.
I remember reading a Rolling Stone article about 15 years ago where Kris Kristofferson absolutely tore into Toby. Sure enough, everything he said he was back then only became more and more true and apparent.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kris-kristofferson-last-outlaw-poet-ethan-hawke-interview-714098/
Naming the names: https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/01/31/the-crazy-and-possibly-made-up-story-of-kris-kristofferson-toby-keiths-altercation-at-willie-nelsons-70th-birthday/
Ok, that is my new favorite line.
Kristofferson is a bad mother fucker
Idk cancer’s had a good couple of days, first some loser royal and now a prominent bootlicker?
Redemption arc incoming?
(My dad died of leukemia before some loser starts whining about their inbred dog dying from three separate tumors or whatever)
Dude, someone got pissed at me for saying I felt bad for the cancer that caught Rush Limbaugh. Lost my dad to lung cancer the year before but “nobody deserves that”. Fuck that noise, sometimes karma comes around in the form of lymphoma.
Rush Limbaugh was a big pro-smoking advocate, IIRC. He likely encouraged people to smoke, or at least discouraged some from quitting.
Dying of a disease he basically encouraged others to get is the perfect karmic retribution.
Rush Limbaugh would count and name all of us f@gs who died of AIDS . Ring some bell or some shit. I am so happy he suffered and I hope he suffers a few more lifetimes before he’s paid off his debt.
I’m sorry for the loss of your father.
Ty, but I’m told it happens to everyone eventually.
Not me though, I’ve decided against that.
Joining the necromancers on r/WizardPosting then?
Sandman fan?
Red Solo Cup, Beer for My Horses, and I’ll Never Smoke Weed with Willie Nelson Again are all pretty great.
Fair enough. Those are indeed pretty good.