At Joe Allen, first the wonderful Jackie Mason came in. He basically stopped by every table and said hello to complete strangers - what a hoot. Then, in a bit of wonderful serendipity, my old schoolchum Linda Hart came in. I've been trying to find her contact info re our fundraiser. As it turns out, she's doing a NYMF show at the Acorn, too - Gemini. It looks like she might be able to come to LA to do our fundraiser - we're going to have dinner and discuss it. A refreshing change of pace from another alumni I've been trying to get to do the show - she apparently has some "problem" with me because she's being a complete twit - answering me tersely (not available), not addressing my questions when I ask if there's a problem I'm not aware of (I honestly don't have a clew what the problem might be - I've known her since she was nineteen, put her on my first CD for Varese, used her many times and, when she asked me to do a solo album I said yes, and when she asked me to do a second solo album, despite opposition from everyone at Varese, I said yes again), and I'm sorry, but I don't need to be treated with disregard by the likes of her. It will come back to bite her in the ass, that's all I can say.