Besides, how else were the Chicks going to make Time magazine's list of the 100 "People Who Shape Our World," which is just out. They join a very motley crew, from Ayman al-Zawahiri, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain to George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey and...former Dallas Mavericks point guard Steve Nash? (Jeez, who do I have to screw at Time to make this list, anyway?) You can debate the merits of any award that goes to both Muqtada al-Sadr and Katie Couric, but it's certainly good timing for the Chicks, whose new album, the Rick Rubin-produced Taking the Long Way, is due out May 23. You can hear the mad-as-hell-pretty-as-heck single "Not Ready to Make Nice" on the band's Web site. --Robert Wilonsky