come to me ready and rude, bring me angel food

i am annoyed at whoever (Bill Ellis) wrote this article about the indigo girls in the 'playbook' section of memphis's newspaper, the commercial appeal. (they're playing here tomorrow night) i was reading along with only slight complaints at this guy's recognized female artists. he's trying to make a point that women write better music when theyre older i guess. i liked the part about "and here's hoping patti smith, if not yoko ono, makes records well into her 90s." and i read on and i was not bothered until the following statement: "the twosome [indigo girls] not only sired offspring from Ani DiFranco and just about every emerging artist on Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair......" .... what a dumbass. don't hire a stupid man to do the work of a musically intelligent anybody. ANYONE who knows ani difranco's work knows she made her first album when she was 18. EIGHTEEN! and since she was obviously not such a wondrous guitarist right off the bat, she had to have been playing before that. the point being. she was a musician long before the indigo girls first album came out with its massive commercial success. i can't list every artist on the lilith fair tour so i can't say about that but you know not all the music is the big acoustic guitar sound. BIF was on that tour and that should tell you something. oh and i have utterly nothing against the indigo girls. they rule as far as i can tell. but damn you, bill ellis, stupid man extrordinare! go read the damn article.