Re: Female Fans

["Stuart M. Castergine" <scasterg@cd.columbus.oh.us>]

On Wed, 10 Aug 1994, Sharon M Bailey wrote:

> Tree of Schnopia (as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu) wrote:
> 
> : Hmmm...I don't know of a song *about* menstruation per se, but "Strange
> : Phenomena" does make reference to it: "Every girl knows about the punctual
> : blues".
>  
> Well, the whole song is talking about the power of the moon and all the 
> cyclical things that occur because of it. She doesn't say anything 
> outright (other than the line quoted) but there is no mistaking that 
> she's talking about things lunar and feminine. Being a woman and all 
> that, I really get a kick (sorry) out of someone singing about these 
> unmentionables .. she turns it into something wonderful! Hear, hear.
> 

I think the whole album is wonderful. It has always struck me as an
intensely, overwhelmingly feminine album. Very sweet, very sexy, very
romantic, very strong. I love listening to it. When I write and I am trying
to get inside the head of one of my female characters, TKI is one of my
top choices for mood music. Tori Amos' _Little Earthquakes_ is also right
up there, but it produces a wholly different attitude, as you might
imagine. 

scasterg@cd.columbus.oh.us == Stuart Castergine            ---
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The serious night, promising as always,                     |\
age and moderation. And I am frightened" -- Jack Gilbert