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When Myrtle Anderson's daughter Joan lived at home in Saskatoon, Sask., she was a rebel. She danced the wicked twist ignored her math, spent Saturdays sketching Indians and communed only with her celluloid idol James Dean. But Mrs. Anderson's girl turned out different from most of the teen-agers living for the rock-'n'-roll scene. She learned to play the guitar and discovered that she had a fluent talent for words. Today, as Joni Mitchell, she is a creative force of unrivaled stature in the mercurial world of rock. Help Me, a single...
Striving is easy for Joni Mitchell. Two collections of her sketches and poems are to be published next year. In the past month she has produced a song, two poems and several varied, expressionistic paintings. Because he was creative his entire life, Picasso is her idol now, and if his influence is as strong as James Dean's, Joni Mitchell will continue to be rock 'n' roll's woman of heart-and mind...
...unexpected visit by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) set the floor awash as half the delegates streamed over to the Massachusetts delegation to catch a glimpse of their idol. A fiery speech by Senator George McGovern (D-S. Dak.), given under dimmed lights, was a sharp reminder of the more embattled Miami Beach convention, a reminder that did not go unnoticed by his followers who voted for the party regular Charter down the line...
...clue as to whether or not he decides to go strictly commercial. If he has any integrity left, he should stick to his own inherent musical needs, as Charles Ives did at the turn of the century. On several of the Mothers' early albums, Zappa used to quote his idol, Edgar Varese: "The present-day composer refuses to die." I hope Zappa remembers these words...
...Resistance leader. Now, Lucien finds, he is suddenly and eminently acceptable to the pro-German Vichy regime's police. One of the collaborating cops, in fact, is a childhood hero of Lucien's, a champion bicycle racer. If the German side is good enough for such an idol, then it is good enough...