I love the back and forth vocals you did on My Aquarium.
-r
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From: pak@paulakelley.com
> 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
>