It all started when Bill and Hillary revealed the inspiration for their daughter's name, but didn't come to a head until Sheila Weller's book, "Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon -- and the Journey of a Generation," came out earlier this year. Although she's the least serious "artist" (or is it because?), I've been a Carly queen for as long as I can remember. I have EVERYTHING she's ever done -- no matter how awful. And singing along to "Anticipation" and "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" half-sleeping on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the back of my parents' station wagon on those long trips to visit relatives in Washington are some of my fondest music memories (despite near death by carbon monoxide poisoning thanks to my mom's smoking with the heat blasting and all the windows up). I'm also a big Carole King fan. One of the few albums my mom had when I was a kid was "Tapestry," and we played it over and over again, and although I don't collect King's albums, "Tapestry" definitely ranks high on my all-time fave list. (Although Mom's K-Tel album with Cher's "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" on it may have had a more, uh, profound effect on me.) But maybe even more so, I was a HUGE fan of King's songwriting (with Gerry Goffin). "Will You Still Love Me?" by the Shirelles, "One Fine Day" by the Chiffons and "Up on the Roof" by the Drifters are certainly three of the all-time great pop songs. But then we get to the book's third star, Joni Mitchell, who is unquestionably the most acclaimed and influential of the three. I've long admired her, but despite my estrogen-laden record collection, never had the urge to buy anything by her. Feeling guilty about this, I updated my Facebook status the other day to: "Kenneth is feeling guilty that he has no Joni Mitchell in his collection, but then remembers her voice is a bit grating ..." and waited to hear what my friends had to say. Do you have Dolly Parton's cover of "Both Sides Now"? That may alleviate some of the guilt, and put a spring in your ...