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http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22635854-born-to-drum
The chapter on attitudes to female drummers is great. Short extract:
One of them, Michèle Drees, a regular at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club, struck a chord when she talked about the phenomenon of “the before and after face.” Often, she said, when she was about to play the drums, she would see facial expressions registering shock or incredulity: this was a woman? Playing the drums? But after she had performed, demonstrating her proficiency on the instrument, these expressions would be replaced by looks of pleasant surprise and appreciation: this woman really can play! I had seen this expression metamorphosis firsthand when I watched Drees give an impromptu performance at the 2012 London Drum Show. Dozens of men were aghast as she sat behind a kit and laid down some cool jazz grooves, before switching to another kit and pounding out rock beats.
Mindy Abovitz had her own before-and-after-face story, demonstrating the assumptions that are sometimes made about female drummers before they have even struck a note. “I was going to play a show, opening up for another band,” she said, “and a guy walked up to me before I’d started playing and said, ‘You know, I give drum lessons.’ I was like, ‘Do you?’ And then I sat down on the kit and I played my set—probably harder than normal—and when I got off he was like, ‘Oh, you don’t need drum lessons.’”
Got Jack Kerouac lined up next.
Love his books so much.
I didn't mind the Ash Henderson books TBH but I agree,they're not to the same standard as the Logan books.I think we can identify with the characters in the Mcrae books more.They just seem more real with more realistic dialogue,whereas the characters in the Henderson books are a bit more caricature like.
You're right about DI Steel though.Possibly one of my favourite ever written characters.
I'm reading Planet Ponzi a book on economics by Mitch Feierstein.
Also thinking of starting on Proust again. But I'm a very lazy reader so my attempt will probably fail again.
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Spanish Grammar <-- not fun
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