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Re: Cat power/"Chicks" with guitars



Michael Clarke-BU wrote:
>
> > >From a review of the new Cat Power album, at the Pitchfork site:

> Well, its certainly a little kitschily written but some woman with guitars
> *do* have a certain major coolness men don't have.  Beth Orton doesn't do it
> for me but that Liz Phair, Courtney Love, Patti Smith attacking 51st floor
> on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978...Women playing guitars have a whole
> different vibe from men.

Just to show that nothing is random, I spent some time
today leisurely browsing a Josie and the Pussycats web
tribute site.