I have a friend in San Francisco who's best friend is one of those three guys
who hang out with Joni and shoot pool on Sunday afternoons and who sing with
her on PWWAM. And I heard from him that more than a few of Joni's inner
circle of young LA musician and actor friends are, indeed, gay.
Her Lesbian comment seems to be bashing American culture, where grown women
are encouraged to sound like vapid little girls. I had a wonderful voice
teacher in college who studied with Edith Skinner, a prominent teacher of
American Standard Stage Speech who said that most women in this country place
their speaking voice about three notes higher than their "ideal" pitch. I'm
sure this is what Joni is addressing.
Besides, who was it that wrote..."Fuck it! Tonight I'm going dancing with
the drag queens and the punks..."??? Doesn't sound like homophobism to me...
Ken
