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| From | Aaron Milenski <amilenski@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Shake Some Action |
| Date | Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:59:01 -0500 |
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I am enjoying the book very much and I think it is wonderfully done.
That said, I will levy my usual criticism against the entire pop/powerpop fanatic cult, which is that once again it's pretty much as if women don't even exist. In the top 200, only 4 albums are by bands/artists with female singers or songwriters (two of which are the same woman), and only one in the top 100. There's very very little representation elsewhere, as well.
I know part of the problem is that so few women play this type of music, and it's awfully hard to truly define the term "power pop," but I can't imagine how albums like Expresos' PROMISES AND TIES or Jale's SO WOUND or the Muffs' BLONDER AND BLONDER could be snubbed.
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