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AWESOMENESS VS. CUTENESS

It's easy to quantify male vocalists: they are either douchebags, or, if
they play guitar as well, double dog douchebags. But I also found myself
dividing the female vocalists--and there are surprisingly many, which is a
promising development--into two camps.

First, there are twee little things who will sing about forest sprites and
make you collages when you have the flu. Then there are the tougher ones who
wear glitter and make eye contact.

The question I asked myself, to divide between the awesome and cute, was:
would this woman (1) help you to get an abortion? Or (2) just write a song
about it? The ones who would drive you to the clinic without judging you, in
my opinion, make better vocalists. I could be wrong but I think Martha
Wainright, and the women from Creature, would go with you.
		-- Paul Ford, "Six-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW Mp3s"
		   http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/reviews/sixword_reviews_of_763_sxsw_mp3s.php

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