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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
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| Date | Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:52:32 -0500 |
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>First off-
>To whomever said they didn't like Kay Hanley's
>"geeky glasses" and
>wondered whether she was trying to look like Lisa
>Loeb
Yep, that was me. If she was a guy and wearing granny specs I'd wonder if (s)he was looking like an unhip John Lennon. Real dark glasses? I would have mentioned Roy Orbison.
It's a fashion comparison, not a value judgement. Nor was music compared at any time. No one was putting down female musicians or women in general.
I have the feeling, however, that if I was making value judgments about "hot babes" and other well known music tarts we would have heard a peep out of you.
Stop being so thin-skinned.
>This just depresses me.
Yikes- it's a big, bad world out there, and you're in for a long haul. There are lots of really depressing things out there.
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 -0800 (PST) 11:38:20
>
>I take exception to this thread.
>
>First off-
>To whomever said they didn't like Kay Hanley's
>"geeky glasses" and
>wondered whether she was trying to look like Lisa
>Loeb:
>
>Being a female musician who also happens to wear
>glases, I can't tell you
>how many times I've gotten the Loeb comparison
>simply based on my
>spectacles. Our music is nothing alike. I'm also a
>friend of Kay's. Both
>she and I wear glasses because we need corrective
>lenses, not because we
>want to look like another person who wears glasses.
>
>
>And to the person who says he only buys Lia Loeb's
>records to look at her,
>not because he likes the music:
>
>This just depresses me. I take great pride in the
>music I make, and to
>have either a) someone not buy my records because
>I'm not hot enough, or
>b) have someone only buy my records solely because
>they think I'm hot, not
>because they like what I do, would be increcdibly
>demeaning.
>
>This just proves that, still, women are not always
>taken seriously as
>musicians. Looks are still such an important
>factor, and it's really
>unfortunate. I wonder how many people heard "A Girl
>Called Eddy"'s album
>last year. Or Sam Philips'. These women don't
>market their looks. THey
>don't need to, they're both incredibly talented.
>The catch 22- perhaps
>because they chose not to market themselves as "hot
>babes" they're not as
>commercially succesful as they should be.
>
>I'm not Lisa Loeb...perhaps she is fine with
>this...but I just couldn't
>keep my "mouth" shut about it.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Paula A. Kelley
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