Stewart,

Ok....but there's a real flip side to this phenomenon. Maybe I just see
a lot of this having spent the last 15+ years in a couple of towns on
the so-called 'Hippie Hub' of the west coast. Here's the deal - I went
and saw Tegan and Sara do an in-store here in Eugene, OR a few months
ago - and while the place was packed, the audience consisted almost
entirely of those who identify with lesbian culture, not outsiders or
fascintated men. The sisters did a great in-store and have a very droll
sisterly (not lesbian) stage presence that serves them well. They were
sharp, very sarcastic and quick-witted - all qualities I do have a
fetish for :). The tunes were good and I was honestly heartened to see
long lines of folks buying the album immediately after their set.

But for me - this has been a real and disappointing issue over the
years. Why is some music championed in the Lilith Fair and "Women's
Music" world, while other great music is ignored: Tori Amos is heralded
while Kate Bush is largely ignored. We get Indigo Girls, Sara McLachlan,
Ferron, etc., but no Rickie Lee Jones, no Damone, no Nico, Cardigans,
Bobbie Gentry, Kirsty MacColl and on and on.  So I guess for me, the
problem isn't just guys who are fascinated only by sexual orientation,
but so-called "women's music" that seems more preoccupied with sexual
politics (and political correctness) than with music in the first place.

Ok, maybe that's a can of worms, I realize - but it's something that has
really bugged me over the years. So even if you set me straight, I'm
probably gonna feel better about this when it's over.

-craig

-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf
Of Stewart Mason
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:27 AM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Somebody school me


everywhere), and given that the sisters' sexual orientation is 
invariably mentioned in the very first sentence of every one of these 
reviews that I've seen, I have to assume that at least part of what's 
going on here is the bizarre fascination with lesbians that *some* men 
exhibit.

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.

S