Just saw Aimee Mann and Michael Penn performing at a club in San Francisco. Aimee’s voice is just as gorgeous live as on her recordings. I did something I hadn’t done before: waited outside the club like a groupie. She eventually came out after doing an interview for Associated Press and sweetly signed autographs for the few of us still there. I had had only enough cash to buy one of her new CDs which I’m giving to a friend, so I rummaged through my purse, found my movie ticket from seeing Magnolia and had her sign that for me. She seemed amused.