I recall several years ago reading a magazine interview with Joni in which she said something like, "it's difficult seeing your imitators succeed". I wonder if she (rightly or wrongly - you be the judge) sees most of the younger generation of female pop musicians as her imitators.
As for Norah Jones, here's my two cents: I think she's a beautiful, talented young woman, but I also think her recent success is so vast and so fast that a backlash was inevitable. Personally, I prefer John Mayer and I think he deserved the best new artist grammy. But I begrudge Ms. Jones nothing - she is quite good. I bought her album over a year ago and by the time she was scooping up multiple grammy awards, I had pretty much been there and done that. Re: Ginsberg and NAMBLA. While I certainly acknowledge Ginsberg's artistry and his pioneering work for gay rights, the fact is that NAMBLA is an organization by for and about adult men who (at least) want to have sex with boys. Ginsberg made the choice to align himself with that group and I'm not surprised if that makes some people uncomfortable. BTW, pardon the naive question, but are there a whole lotta gay dudes on this list? Peace y'all. Larry D (the small and meek, who considers himself gay) www.larry-d.com
