Some Little Stories About China.

These are a few of the little stories and anecdotes I've collected from my friends on the 2400 Fulton mailing list concerning China. As more come to light, I'll add them as and when I get time, but I hope those here now raise a few smiles. Check out the bottom of the page for a very special story about Abbie Hoffman and one of China's birthday parties!

Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 16:38:10 -0700
From: Hal Broome
Subject: Brumus and other family dogs. . . .

Just an anecdote: a coworker at my last workplace was humored by my playing JA at work. Apparently she lived in the Haight in the 70s and was sitting on her doorstep as the person next door was offering free puppies to pedestrians passing by. A young girl came up, fell in love with one, but was told that she couldn't have it unless her parents approved.

Okay, she said brightly, and ran off. A while later she came back, tugging along a reluctant Paul Kantner. It was China, and she got the pet.

hal

Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 23:43:11 -0400
From: "J. Daly"
Subject: Re: Anyone Help Me Here?

I remember once that Grace was on MTV with her (during the time Grace was in Starship), and China said that she thought Starship's music was boring...Grace, looked kind of pissed off (but laughed)and said "that's just because you hear us so often" or something along those lines...

I remember thinking..."outspoken....like mother like daughter...."

Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:59:35 -0400
From: Alex Kendall
Subject: China on the tube

I finally got to see that really bad LA Firefighters show last night. China's great on it, though. As Entertainment Weekly said, she plays Flame, a firehouse groupie who gets turned on by watching guys slide down their poles (or something like that.) She's going for the dark hair now which is kind of spooky because she looks just like...

...Cher?!?

Anyway, check it out at least to see her performance.

-Alex-

Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 11:55:48 -0400
From: Trish Richardson
Subject: China- Holy freakout!

Sat, 12 Oct 1996
Paul Grandinetti wrote:

>How about China Kantner as Grace? It is a little BALLSY
>playing her own Mom, but from what I saw in that movie she did,
>she reminds me of her Mom (looks,too).

Wow! Thanks for the reminder Paul. I finally rented The Stoned Age (w/China Kanter of course! for those of you playing the home game) and was floored by the resemblance.

Seeing only one woman on the cover of the video box, I originally figured China must be the blond. In that scene where the door opens and the camera pans upwards, I just started shaking my head, wondering how on earth a cross of Paul & Grace came out looking like that......

Then the door opened again, and a second upward pan...... WOW! Grace! I mean China! And when she spoke and sounded just like her mom....YIKES!

I was truly unhinged and mesmerized for the remainder of the film (which was a good thing because, well, the movie......I've seen better).

Is that it for China? Anything else out there to track down?

Does she have any musical aspirations? : )
She would be great playing Grace if she could handle it.

Trish.

From: Terry Hook
Subject: China
Date: 30 August 2000 06:31

My first and only encounter with China Kantner came stagefront during a Jefferson Whatever show when she was maybe 3 ,mabe not??? The band was cranking when she wandered onstage, studied the situation and climbed up atop a monitor of some sort and began to dance in the unabandoned way kids have. Finally wearing down in the land of multidecibels, she curled up right there and went to sleep with the crowd on one side and the band on the other and the whole place rocking. If this is where mom and dad are and everybody loves them, it must be ok. So much for keeping things quiet so the baby can sleep!

Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 19:16:00 +0000
From: Paul Kantner
Subject: PK re: Abbie - Clown Extraordinaire

Abbie, while he was on the run and hiding out with Joanna at our house in San Francisco, dressed up as a marvelous clown and presided over China's 6th or 7th birthday party; while all of the matronly mothers of China's classmates had no idea who was greeting them at the door as they dropped off their children for the party.

He was spectacular as a clown and all of the children didn't want to leave at the end of the party because of his 'child-friendly' ways, games and antics that he 'entertained' them with...

"Pleeeeeze, let us stay just a little bit longer," they all wailed as their parents came to pick them up.

Paul
San Francisco

(And for those of you just wondering, Yes, this message REALLY did come from Paul!)