The A-list dissolved when the female presence fell below a critical mass. Alot of that was about attention and being noticed by the women (even for other women.) Now that it's only guys, nobody gives a shit about what anybody else thinks of them.

BUT...

There was an A-list in the Lesson too, but that was based more in deep musical knowledge and the ability to make interesting and deep arguments. But the range of music types that get discussed over there has narrowed so much, there's no longer that kind of status jockeying there either