that was the one of dumbest things I've ever read on this list...
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> From: Mark [mailto:mef@ecst.csuchico.edu]quoted 22 lines Mira Calix has flair because>
> Mira Calix has flair because
> she's a rarity: a woman, let alone an attractive one, who makes
> introvertedly abstract IDM music. Speaking from a marketing
> perspective, this is money. Let's look at the target
> audience: nerdy
> indie/rock/electronic males. I hate to tell you this, but
> marketing is
> sexist. Marketing by definition has to put people in boxes
> and play the
> stereotype game. This proven to make money, and the larger
> Warp gets,
> in order to sustain themselves, they will need to rely more
> and more on
> generalizations in their marketing tactics. While Warp may not even
> internally admit this, I bet its certainly one of the factors into
> keeping her around. I'd be curious to see how she's selling.
> And while
> the self righteous subscribers here are too PC to admit it,
> because they
> have penises and testosterone, it's an element in their mind.
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