[NewMusic] Mills article

[weasel walter]

fred frith says in this article: "The local scene, especially the local
improvising scene, is still heavily male-dominated . . ."

ESPECIALLY the improvised music scene? ugh. i beg to differ. if i'm going
to be pressed for evidence, i will proffer statistics, but i find having
to prove that point to be a waste of my time because it's so obvious.
there have been women musicians on pretty much every free music gig i can
remember playing here. if you want to see what a truly male-dominated
improvised music scene looks like, check out chicago some time. 

with all respect, methinks mr. frith does not make any particular scene
very often around here so he really wouldn't know. the only performances
i've seen him at in the last four years have been his own! 

ww