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| From | "Jason Damas" <jason.damas@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Tegan and Sara |
| Date | Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:58:49 -0500 |
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<< In case that's not clear enough, let me reiterate that it was that
"ooh, look, lesbians!" mentality that I was mocking, not Tegan and
Sara themselves. >>
This is a few days late, but...
I'm totally with Andrea in that this record is quite good (and much
different/better than their earlier stuff--they worked with Matt Sharp on
this and it definitely sounds like it), but I have to agree with Stewart in
that at least *some* of the newfound attention--if not quite a bit of it--is
because of this fact. I have quite a few friends/coworkers who are diehard
liberals but also read magazines like FHM and Stuff, and listen to Howard
Stern on a regular basis. Several of these guys are in *love* with Tegan and
Sara, even though (in at least a few cases, though not all) this record has
nothing to do with their own musical tastes at all. I think Stewart's point
(which I definitely got) was more that some of their attention is coming
from unfortunate places, namely straight boys who are obsessed with the idea
of two identical twin lesbian sisters making music, rather than people who
are really into it, which is sad.
For the record, that T.A.T.U. record (remember them?) was bought up almost
entirely by middle-aged white men. Really. It's pretty sad. --Jason
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