At 2:46 PM +0200 6/10/00, Irene McC wrote:
quoted 8 lines On 9 Jun 2000, Alex Reynolds wrote re [idm] tying the knot:
>On 9 Jun 2000, Alex Reynolds wrote re [idm] tying the knot:
>
>> 'cept that she's already married to carl craig, which sorta kills the whole
>> sexual appeal thingie...
>
>Ah well... sorry, by your reckoning, that counts me out too then.
>What a shame! My sexual appeal's obviously gone and died the
>moment I said "I do".
not at all, my dear, not at all. we can always put the ring back on. just
let me finish pouring another two glasses of this left-over Olive Garden
vino, while i put on some of this soft, soothing pansonic on the
turntable... ;)
it's interesting that, for all the moaning done when someone says a woman
musician is beautiful, nobody ever thinks to realize that putting her
picture on the cd cover is as much a marketing decision as anything. at
least partially, there is a "sex sells" mentality going on, on the part of
the label and artist.
idm is primarly an audience of stomping, hooting, head-nodding male monkeys
within an age range where the hormones flow like wine. why not take
advantage of that to move a few more units? perhaps that's a bit too
cynical...
i don't particularly mind being manipulated just a bit (ms. parker is most
def' beautiful) but i do feel uncomfortable when someone berates me for
enjoying someone's appearance or claims that it is sexist to think someone
attractive.
on the other hand, when you evaluate a woman's art on the basis of her
looks, that's not right, either.
damn, these sexual politics suck.
quoted 10 lines what tactics did you folks have to use to trick your S.O. into getting
>> what tactics did you folks have to use to trick your S.O. into getting
>> hitched?
>
>Funnily enough, it may well have had something to do with that
>sexual appeal thingie you mention.
>
>> SAS Computing / Biology
>> University of Pennsylvania
>
>Surely your knowledge of Biology has taught you that :-)
oddly, of the male crickets that sing to attract mates, some choose not to
sing, but rather hang out in the general location of other singing
crickets, so as to fool females into mating. there are a variety of
strategies that have evolved that have little to do with actual physical
attractiveness...
as a purely scientific experiment, i myself have tried playing other male
monkey's music to ensnare the ladies, particularly of the heavy bass
variety that pumps from the speakers in my tricked-out honda hatchback.
no luck, so far, though i was handed a citation and a lecture from a cop
for disturbing the peace. i suspect he was really just upset that i was
playing lexanculpt and kid606 remixes of NWA classics. i'll definitely
report back to idm-l as soon as anything happens, though.
-a.
Alex Reynolds
Biology IT Support
SAS Computing
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
V +1 215 573.2818
F +1 215 898.8780
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~reynolda/
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