I've been deleting this topic for the past week, except for drew and peter's
posts. I will say that people should really avoid getting involved with
troll threads, if they can.
What's new that I can add? I am involved with a weekly club night called
Rotation, and Sunday night, in honor of Valentine's Day, we had an all-woman
DJ lineup, and women were free. Mayhaps a sexist arrangement, but it was
fun nonetheless.
My observations? Female DJ's sound like male DJ's. The records are the
same (or similar) records, and they still spin clockwise.
I think that if there is a uniquely female perspective on dance music, I'd
like to see it and hear it, but I think since music isn't made with the
genitalia it's kind of a dumb argument. Oh, and if you ARE making music
with your genitalia, can I watch?
My friend Li'l Megan had positively the most fucked up mental set I've
heard in years. She's on a whole 'nother wavelength from me, and seems
to have discovered records that can only be classified as
'intelligent gabber.' Mixed with some of the harder distorto-drum&bass
it was brilliant. Since she was spinning with a massive sinus headache
it was pure dedication to the art.
I think that dance music as a boy's game should end. Women producers and
DJ's have had a harder time of it because of the testosterone level in
the scene, but it's simply unfair. Maybe men are threatened by a woman
who is more interested in her records and gear than in being some guy's
appendage.
Oh, and incidentally, I was working the door for a lot of the night,
and I realized after letting one person in free, that it was actually
a man. Wasn't in drag, but the guy just struck me as feminine. Maybe
that's your third sex.
kent williams -- kent@avalon.net