Well gang, I finally went to see "Almost Famous" and the brief Joni mentions in the movie sent me jumping up and down in my seat like a moron. Seeing the Cameron Crowe character thumb through his sister's albums and stopping at Blue brought back my memories of those years. I thought that the movie was well made and for me, really summed up what is missing from popular music today: the passion and love for music as a lifestyle, as a message and as a meaningful way of life. Joni also had a brief mention in the October 9th issue of US where Cameron Crowe interviews Kate Hudson and comments that playing Joni's "River" brought out some of her best performances in the film. Lastly, I've been on vacation all this past week and like a moron, did not unsub from the list. Thus, I am sitting here looking at 4,375 email messages in my inbasket. Of course, of them, 219 are AOL's own peculiar brand of spam: (xxxxxxxhottaylorham.com click here), but the rest is list stuff. Since I have to let my kids out of the holding pen soon, I'm about to delete a week's worth of postings. If anyone has sent me something off list, please resend it! If you haven't, well, now's the time to send me something! MG
