Okay, I've been mocked, misquoted, and misunderstood quite enough.
I have no more "other cheeks" to turn.

Enjoy your boy's club.


Paula



On Jan 27, 2007, at 7:40 PM, Steven Alter wrote:

> And I only bought Rapple Dapple becuase you guys were hot...  And  
> that's why I played "Trampoline" 100 times in a row when I got it  
> home, too. :-)
>
> "Huseman, Matt" <Matt.Huseman@phh.com> wrote:
> Paula says: "Being a female musician who also happens to wear  
> glasses, 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."
>
> Paula... c'mon! You're a vet of the industry and a friend of Kay's and
> you are making a big deal about these comments? I know Kay from back
> before either of our bands were signed. Hell, I ostensibly wrote  
> the GBW
> song "Supergeek" about her. I had no idea what she was up to, but I  
> went
> to her website after the link was sent. Did you read her missive in  
> the
> news section? http://www.kayhanley.com/news/message.html
>
> I'm not saying I understand half of what she wrote, nor do I totally
> agree with the parts that actually make sense. But it seems to me that
> Kay's reaction would be... who cares? She, of all people, understands
> that any press is good press. By the way, I wear geeky glasses because
> I'm frigging blind and Rob has no qualms about mocking me for it. He's
> good people.
>
> "And to the person who says he only buys Lisa Loeb's records to  
> look at
> her, not because he likes the music: This just depresses me."
>
> Hunh? You're telling me that if you found out that half of the albums
> you sold were because guys liked your looks that would somehow lessen
> the experience for you? I understand that as a musician our ultimate
> fantasy is that everyone buys our stuff because they are completely
> moved and think we're geniuses, but it's a business. If my albums sell
> because they make good drink coasters then so be it.
>
> "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"
>
> Fortunately, this only applies to women... and then only in the music
> industry. Insert tounge wagging emoticon here.
>
> All joking aside, you're entitled to your opinion. Although I'm not
> familiar with your work I'm sure you are very sincere in what you  
> do. I
> just think that getting mad about this kind of stuff is going to make
> you crazy. Trust me. I've been there.
>
>
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