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| From | "Jason Damas" <jason.damas@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Sayonara. |
| Date | Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:28:39 -0500 |
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<< I once saw Paula Kelley in Evanston - she was quite pretty in a
tomboy-ish way - the specs made her look kinda bookish. Unfortunately
her music sucked, she sang like she'd inhaled helium, so I didn't buy
her CD.
Cheers>>
I had been holding off on replying to this thread in the hope it would go
away, so I suppose this means Paula's comments are directed at me, too. It
may be too late for me to say this, but while I've seen threads like this
take off on Audities before, I *am* astonished at how bitter and
misogynistic this particular one got. The above message is unfortunately a
sad reminder of the vitriol that has been lurking behind *some* of these
posts, and was apparent to more than just Ms. Kelley, for certain. Maybe
Paula was being a bit thin-skinned, but what came later certainly justified
the content of her original message, I think. It's disappointing threads
like this that are isolating this pop scene amongst "balding, middle-aged
men." And the reason Kelley didn't get many replies from women is because
there are very few around here anymore; this place is becoming a bunch of
bitter old dudes curled up with copies of "Goldmine" obsessing over a scene
in grave danger of eating its own tail.
Things have been peaceful for awhile, so I suppose we were due. --J
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