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BORN: Nov. 26, 1958, Rensselaer EDUCATION: The Citadel, B.S., 1980; Valparaiso U, J.D., 1984 FAMILY: Wife, Joni; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Army Reserve, 1980-84, 1987-90, 1991-; Army, 1984-87, 1990-91 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 712, Monticello...
Anders' one good idea was to paper the movie with music--not from the period, but newly written by '60s veterans (Burt Bacharach, Joni Mitchell and, oddly, Goffin himself) and a few younger ringers (Elvis Costello, Los Lobos, Sonic Youth) working in the old spirit. These fine tunes recall what was best about that era and point to what this movie should have been. Radio...
...AFTER READING THE MANUscript of a novel submitted by Joan Collins, Random House editor Joni Evans wrote a letter to the actress saying, among other things, "My biggest problems have to do with asking, 'Could this be real?'--and thinking it could not be." Problems? What problems? A steamy novel by a glamorous celebrity that read as if it were not "real"? Faced with such an object, many editors and publishers would have immediately ordered up a dust jacket and a print run of 200,000 copies...
Music: Turbulent Indigo finds Joni Mitchell steeped in blue...
...BEEN 23 YEARS since Joni Mitchell released Blue, a lapidary album that used vivid poetry and sun-washed melodies to enrich the palette of contemporary folk music. Now and then, over time, Mitchell's commercial fortunes have stalled, but her determination has never wavered. Her forays into jazz (Mingus, The Hissing of Summer Lawns) cost her some fans but cemented her reputation as a provocative innovator, and by 1985 her lyrics had taken on an increasingly political bite...