Aha, now I *see* it! Thanks, Deb. I think DJRD is her most mysterious
album - new layers are always being revealed to me in it. It is not an easy
one to get. I found this review from Rolling Stone on the JMDL articles
site amusing -http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/780309rs.cfm Janet Maslin
completely flicks it off (along with Hissing and Hejira, no less). I love
reading some of these old reviews and wonder if the authors ever
reconsidered their appraisals listening to the albums again years later.
Kakki
Deb wrote:
> I think that Joni is quite deliberately invoking both characters. The
> references to the Castaneda books are clear (one small example: the line
> "oh say can you *see*" with *see* printed in italics on the liner notes:
> that's a Castaneda reference). But she would of course be aware that
large
> portions of her audience would think immediately of the other Don Juan.
> When she calls herself Don Juan's reckless daughter, she's saying she's
the
> heir of the spiritual teacher AND the libertine.
