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From | synthhtnys@comcast.net |
Subject | Re: Shake Some Action |
Date | Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:32:54 +0000 |
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Aaron have you ever noticed how few white women make Gangsta Rap lists?
Why don't you go after them too?
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From: Aaron Milenski <amilenski@hotmail.com>
>
> 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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