Hey Y'all,
I am sure this has been posted ages ago, but just in case, here it
is. While waiting for my coffee in Starbucks at Chapters yesterday, I
glanced at the closest shelves and saw the Toller Cranston
autobiography. I looked at the index and saw that there were 5 pages
devoted to our Joan. I quickly scanned them, and he goes into detail
about the Hejira shoot, and he said something like "Joni Mitchell was
the one who taught me how to ride in a limo" or something like that (he
recounts some story about meeting her in a limo in Toronto or
something). He also talked about going to a party at her house with a
bunch of famous people, and mentioned that Nicholson snubbed him, and he
said that basically everyone was higher than kites, but of course, being
the goody-twoshoes skater, he refused to partake. LOL, well, I know none
of this sounds interesting, but there was more, but I couldn't read it
because the Starbucks chick was having a breakdown because my coffee was
done and she couldn't see me, so I had to run and get my coffee before I
sent her into hysterics. I would have bought the book, but he seemed so
smarmy I could have puked.
On sort of the same note, I saw the other day some new Crosby book
that had Joni mentionings within it, but the new JT bio seems like Joni
content is sparse (of course, for forty-fucking-seven dollars, I just
refused to buy it yet again -- what the hell is up with a $47 book --
wait, maybe it was 42.99 -- anyway, it was over 40, and I was just
feeling too cheap).
Anyhoooo, just thought I'd share.
TGIF y'all (y'all, y'all, y'all, as my cough-syprup drinkin' buddy Liz
Taylor would say!),
Evian
