Hey Sharon! > Several questions...dripping with envy as she writes >these questions...Is the Daily Grill a Joni place? And if >so, could you give me some history about it?
She has hung out there for years now. In the liner notes of Taming the Tiger, she only thanks (as I recall) Fred Walecki and the personnel at the Daily Grill and the parking attendants for the little mall there. She also mentioned it at the '98 concerts at UCLA. > This may be a silly question but did you happen to tell >Joni about our most recent Fest and how everyone loves >her music? And about Ganja Joni? Well, we were so amazed to be seeing her at all, much less having an hour long conversation with her! This is the third time I've been somehow magically blessed to speak with her. The second time was at her art exhibit in L.A. in Dec. 1999. At that time, we talked much about the list and she was raving on about the cookbook that we created for her (coordinated and put together by Marian) - She later in an interview actually mentioned us and that cookbook! I also gave her the 4 CD "box set" of Jonifest 1999 that night and she definitely knows that we get together each year and do our Fest thang ;-) > Did she indicate that her 'writer block' was because she >does not believe that people want to hear from her or >that she was simply blocked for other reasons? Did not get into specifics, but I was struck when she said "no one wanted to hear me anymore." Geez. Maybe she just means the corporate record companies. > And did she indicate how the 'war' had impacted her > need to write once again? Oh yes, very much, very much, very deeply. I hope that the upcoming L.A. Times feature of the paintings she has done may also give her comments. > Did she sign anything for you or make plans to see you >in Toronto? No, we did not go there. > I wonder if Stephen had on his red shoes? Indeed, of course he did!!! ;-) And he's mentioned a few times that he'd wished she would have noticed them - hahaha ;-D Kakki
