To Deb Messling, God, thanks for writing on JMDL again. To all, I read about an hour's worth of Karen O'Brien's book last night and I'm hooked. She has tons of references from the past 3 years crammed into the introduction. Any author who quotes a Zen philosophy about every person is an Artist of Life, has my vote big time!
Yeah, she knows all about every single reference in North American culture (Ally McBeal/Joni trivia, "Almost Famous"/Joni trivia, etc, etc) but she doesn't just catalog these mentions but frames them according to what they signify to Joni or to our culture. In short, Karen O'Brien most definately "GETS IT". Lama np: Japanese pressing of THSOL.
