[Powderworks] My response to Tim Blair
Kate Parker Adams
kate@dnki.net
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:55:45 -0500
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I can't speak for the Oz shows, but I do know that every US show that I
went to over the course of a decade was at least 50/50. At the NYC show,
the front of the line was a woman and her 20 something daughter, and the
stage was almost exclusively held up by girlpower!
At 11:25 PM 12/13/02 +1030, Anna Offler wrote:
>Hey Steve,
>If they can convert Anna to a die hard Oils fan they must be good. She is
>not one for loud rock bands. Unlike Lew she didnt listen to Black Sabbath,
>Led Zep and Deep Purple in a dissipated youth as she came from a good
>European Catholic background.
>She would have killed me if I didnt buy tickets on the first day or tell
>her what day the next album was coming out from postings on Powderworks.
>Have never seen her anywhere near so passionate about another
>group/musician. Hard to get Oils CDs off the multistacker. Other bands -
>who are they? She keeps mumbling . Oh well 13 albums to listen too.......
>I wish I knew them for the first ten years....
>Such are our regrets.
>Lew and "Sad" Anna
>Was it just a dream.
><STeve wrote
>
>Secondly, if you had been to any one of their many recent gigs around
>
>Australia, you would have seen all the females but of course you've never
>
>been to an Oils gig.
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I can't speak for the Oz shows, but I do know that every US show that I
went to over the course of a decade was at least 50/50. At the NYC
show, the front of the line was a woman and her 20 something daughter,
and the stage was almost exclusively held up by girlpower!<br>
<br>
At 11:25 PM 12/13/02 +1030, Anna Offler wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Hey
Steve,</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>If they can convert Anna to a die hard Oils fan
they must be good. She is not one for loud rock bands. Unlike Lew she
didnt listen to Black Sabbath, Led Zep and Deep Purple in a dissipated
youth as she came from a good European Catholic background. </font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>She would have killed me if I didnt buy tickets
on the first day or tell her what day the next album was coming out from
postings on Powderworks. Have never seen her anywhere near so passionate
about another group/musician. Hard to get Oils CDs off the multistacker.
Other bands - who are they? She keeps mumbling . Oh well 13 albums to
listen too....... I wish I knew them for the first ten years....
</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>Such are our regrets.</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>Lew and "Sad" Anna</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>Was it just a dream.</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2><STeve wrote</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2><br>
Secondly, if you had been to any one of their many recent gigs
around<br>
<br>
Australia, you would have seen all the females but of course you've
never<br>
<br>
been to an Oils gig.</font></blockquote></html>
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