Liltih ... fare

It's been a while but I've been seriously busy.

I want to add anouther woman to the ongoing list of fantastic above average women. Today it is Sarah Mclachlan. I am going to confess I know only a couple of things about her.

1. She is a Canadian.
2. She sings that song "I will remember you." If that's it's real name.
3. She is the reason we have Lilith Fair.

The third reason is the reason she is being honoured on this less than fantastic blog. I know it's alas only a blog. But Blogs are serious things.

So she started Lilith Fair in the late 90's. This all female festival concert in name doesn't sound all that groundbreaking. But the thing is it had never been done before. There have been shows where the line-ups are 100% filled with Y chromosomes because the music industry is heavily male dominated not because they made a point of doing an all male show. So by intentionally producing this festival devoted to women they not only showcase some AMAZING talent. They by nature of what it is, draw attention to the fact that we need more women in this industry. And we need them to be more than Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and Taylor Swift. We need them to be taking stereotypes and flipping them on their asses. We really need anouther RIOT GRRRL revolution yet with maybe sweeter sounding music. Not to de-value the likes of Bikini Kill, Le Tigre and Sleater-Kinney I still crank "All Hands On The Bad One" every now and again. We need more Beth Dittos, more Elly Jacksons, more Jennifer Knapps, and more Tegan and Sara's. These people confront the mainstream and do what they want anyways and in doing so honestly represent themselves and the millions of women who don't fall into the generic female category.

So for this I thank you Sarah Mclachlan! Thank You!