From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V3 #486 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk JMDL Digest Monday, November 23 1998 Volume 03 : Number 486 The Joni Tour Pages: http://www.jonimitchell.com/Tour98.html http://www.jmdl.com/articles/tour98.htm ------- JoniFest 1999 is coming! Reserve your spot with a $25 fee. Send a blank message to info-jonifest1999@jmdl.com for more info. ------- The Official 1998 Joni Mitchell Internet Community Shirts are available now. Go to http://www.jmdl.com/ for all the details. ------- The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage is maintained by Wally Breese at http://www.jonimitchell.com and contains the latest news, a detailed bio, original interviews and essays, lyrics, and much more. ------- The JMDL website can be found at and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Henry Lewy ["John Villasana" ] Re: Stephen Bishop...on and on NJC) [FredNow@aol.com] Re: Joni Covers, T-Shirts, etc. [RMuRocks@aol.com] STAS t-shirt idea ["Juerg Loeffler" ] Re: Joni and Seal [Sue ] Plug Of The Week #47 ["Peter Holmstedt" ] Plus [Wally Breese ] Piano Jazz [MmeDido@aol.com] Re: tour over? [IVPAUL42@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 04:03:52 -0600 From: "John Villasana" Subject: Re: Henry Lewy Mark said: He was interviewed in Mix magazine a couple of yers ago regaurding his work with Joni, especially DJRD. I have a copy of it somewhere. He appears to be doing better now. He did mention that he had to retire due to some illness. I'll try to find it and post it. John V ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 05:39:09 EST From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: Re: Stephen Bishop...on and on NJC) "Mark T. Klempner" wrote: >>I listened to nothing but "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" over and >>over again in my car today ... It's an instrumental version on a >>recent Pat Methany album; don't know the name but it's a >>collaboration with a bassist. But, if you want to check out some >>relatively recent Pat Methany, "Story Book" is incredible "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" is on Charlie Haden's record with Pat Metheny, "Beyond The Missouri Sky: Short Stories By Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny." The Metheny album is "Secret Story." - -Fred ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 09:05:03 EST From: RMuRocks@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni Covers, T-Shirts, etc. In a message dated 11/21/98 6:17:01 PM Central Standard Time, kakkib@att.net writes: << But I am very partial to the cover songs performed by Cassandra and thinks she surpasses the originals on many of them. >> F'rinstance, her take on "Last Train to Clarksville" absolutely blows the Monkees out of the water!!! ;>D ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 15:26:50 +0100 From: "Juerg Loeffler" Subject: STAS t-shirt idea For the first time in many many years I just listened to "Song to a Seagull". For several reasons I feared the reconfrontation with STAS, which I first heard in 1970, when I was 21, wearing flowers in my hair. Would the old momories hurt? Would the quality of the songs be disillusion? Yes, it did hurt a bit. But, strangely enough, the main impression was: these are really *good* songs! Maybe not as sophisticated as what came later. But, as for this special feel of calmness and purity, this intensity IMO has hardly ever been reached again. For me, the very rich Joni pallet would defenitely be poorer without STAS. So, my t-shirt idea for today, which, I believe, has not been mentioned so far is: front: "Someday I may know you very well" back: "Someday I will know you very well" - - Juerg - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 11:00:48 -0500 (EST) From: Sue Subject: Re: Joni and Seal You wrote: >Can anyone tell me the name of the song Joni sings with Seal?? Yes, it is called "If I Could" and it is on Seal's last release. Joni doesn't enter into the song until about a third of the way through. Sue Cameron (Suze) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 00:01:04 +0100 From: "Peter Holmstedt" Subject: Plug Of The Week #47 Hello In There, How are you? Feeling fine? Wanna hear about a new CD I've been playing lately? Wanna put it in your own CD-player? Freebo - The End Of The Beginning ( Bassline ) Freebo is primarily known as a bass and tuba player. For 10 years he recorded and toured with Bonnie Raitt. He also did record with Maria Muldaur ( "Midnight At The Oasis" ) and John Mayall ( "A Sense Of Place" ), as well as countless other artists and albums. Freebo has been writing his own songs in a variety of styles since the mid - 80's. Thirteen of them wound up on his current CD, which he co-produced with his drummer Michael Jochum, including the ballad "How Do I Say Goodbye", featuring his old partner Bonnie Raitt on accompanying vocal. Other players on this great album includes Mark T Jordan, Marty Walsh, Jerry Donahue, Walter Trout, Albert Lee, Paul Barrere, Catfish Hodge, Chuck Negron, Leo Nocentelli, Sam Clayton, Valerie Carter, Steve Forman, Tommy Mars and a cast of 1000's! If you're interested in a copy of Freebo's CD, you can get it from : http://www.freebo.com or mail Freebo himself at : freebo@freebo.com You won't regret it ! ! ! Take care, Peter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:08:00 +1100 (EST) From: michaelb@coolgold.com.au (Michael) Subject: bad photo Hi all I was wondering about that bad pic of Joni that was talked about a while back. I think it may have surfaced in Oz. The Sydney Morning Herald did a story on oni with her on the cover of their weekend magazine. I am quite impressed with their photo quality and content most of the time but the pic of Joni on the cover is a shocker Is it the same pic as was in the New York Whatever? She has a Green hat on ,left hand on her head,thumb near her ear and fingers up top.Purple velvet jacket by the looks of it and under that a green vest then an orange shirt. Later Michael ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 20:56:19 EST From: Marilune@aol.com Subject: CD Spree (NJC) took a CD spree today with money I've been saving for two months. Here's what I highly reccomend: Beck, Mutations: you now are commanded to get it because it's just so AWESOME! his last record, Odelay, didn't float my boat 'cos it was really sooper- produced, but Mutations is much more bare much more folkie. the tunes are amazing and i think loads you would enjoy it. Creeper Lagoon, I become Small And Go: sort of low-fi indie rock, or POWER POP as my friends in Soar would say. The Pixies, Doolittle -and- Surfer Rosa: very inventive college rock type band. they're not together anymore, but i really luv their tunes and lyrics. plus kim deal from the breeders and the amps was in it. i'm luvin Kim. Cake, Prolonging the Magic: John McCrea, who fronts Cake, has an interesting voice. Their newest record is really a trip with some funny lyrics (Satan is my Motor) and inspired melodies (the highly aired Never There). Blonde Redhead: futuristic bjork like independent rock. not for everyone. tripped me out too. Garbage, Version 2.0: i'm a little late getting on the Garbage truck (get it? ha ha), but their second album is post-apocalyptic techno rock. really interesting stuff. ciao and XO mariana ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 21:05:41 -0800 From: guitarzan@saber.net Subject: tour over? I heard the tour was over...is this true? Will Joni be playing any Northern California dates, if so, when? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 00:17:36 EST From: LuvnMyWrld@aol.com Subject: Thanks to all my Detroit Joni concert buds.... Hello Everyone, Just wanted to say a few things to my Detroit concert buds --first it was a supreme pleasure to have met all of you---and shared the "day" with you in its GLORY! You people were the ONLY people that understood why I was goin' to the concert at 39.5 weeks PREGNANT! You all were so nice to look out for me and help me when needed! Anyways---the next part of this message--is from earlier----- Drew and I are home safe and sound.....We are both doing quite well all considering. It was so nice to get home from the hospital to all your great messages. I'm sure my favorite buddy Amy had something to do with the news traveling THAT fast....:) I know that word travels fast over the super highway and even FASTER on the JONI-highway....but WOW! Amy was so nice to come and see us at the hospital....Brought my hubbie a Golf magazine (he was diggin' it), A big sister t-shirt for my 3 1/2 yr old, a box full of goodies for Drew - --a cute little outfit , socks to match and a sensible winter hat :) And the two most appreciated.....was a cold beer--(for nursing purposes only -of course) and her massage oil and gave me a great foot massage........AMY is awesome!. Now I have to caught up on my digests!!!! Maybe I'll even post one of these days....I DO have to tell you that my Doctor had no problem with my choice of c-section music in the operating room----TTT ! I was in there longer than we orginally thought---so we heard the full cd TWICE!!! Actually in the middle of the operation the cd had ended---and my doc looks over the sheet at me and said " Uh-oh...looks like we ran out of Joni " a few seconds later TTT started up again---I'm assuming a nurse cranked it up one more time for us!!! So my son was indeed born into Joni-- and at the concert a few days before! Wish I had started my life out like that---if I had--I'd be a much different person---! :) Lucky kid! Thanks for all the well wishes... Blessed Be... Kelly ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:24:15 +1000 From: t3100171@student.anu.edu.au (Mark-Leon Thorne) Subject: Siquomb??? Please excuse my ignorance but, what does Siquomb mean? I noticed that it's the name of Joni's publishing company and a lot of people here refer to it but, what does it mean? It sounds like a native American word. Would somebody clear this up for the newbie? Mark Canberra ****************** Mark-Leon Thorne 9/60 Henty street Braddon A.C.T. Australia 2612 Tel: +61 2 6230 1181 ****************** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 98 21:41:54 -0700 From: Wally Breese Subject: TR, IV CD, Dubs, Resolution Hi everyone, Someone recently asked about folk singer Tom Rush, and as it turns out, I've had some recent contact with him. In fact, come December 1st on JM.COM, I'll be launching Part 1 of my Conversation with Tom Rush from earlier this year. He recorded Joni's song, "Urge For Going" in 1967 and that version has more than once been credited by her as the first cover of any of her songs. He's still performing and he and I talk about that part of his life as well as other subjects such as the times he stayed at Joni and Chuck Mitchell's large apartment in Detroit in 1966, and the occasions when Joni opened shows for him on his tours. Tom does have a Website, but he's not directly involved in it's building or maintenance. Once the pages with my Conversation with Tom Rush are up, there will be a direct link between his site and mine. Reprise Records is putting out a promotional disc containing radio DJ Jody Denberg's IV with Joni from last September. This CD is apparently not a part of the record company's "Words & Music" series, but is called simply "A Conversation With Joni Mitchell," with a new self-portrait painting by Joni on the cover. This disc will be sent to radio stations around the world who hopefully will play it along with Joni's new album, Taming The Tiger. Some copies of the new IV CD will soon be given away in a contest sponsored by Reprise, and I'll alert you when the contest begins. Joni's new IV disc clocks in at over 69 minutes, so it's the full program that Jody aired back on October 4th. The disc itself is very similar in style and design to the Geffen Records release "A Special Conversation For Radio" (from 1988), which was put out to promote Joni's then-new album, Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm. Ginny from the JMDL wrote and asked for my opinion on her offer to dub copies of Joni's recent TV special. I told her this: "Hi Ginny, thanks for writing. I'm been thinking about this exact subject since I saw your post about the dubbing. I have always supported a "limited" distribution of archival JM material on video and audio; It's part of her history and the fans and scholars deserve the right to enjoy and appreciate it. In this case though, the video in question is being released for sale in the near future (I should have an exact date within a week). This could mean that your dubbing of a bunch of copies might cut into sales of Joni's video when it hits stores." It's just my opinion. A couple of people wrote here about wanting some Web images to be seen as larger. Well, you can increase the size of items on your computer screen by changing your "resolution" settings. On my MAC, I go to "Monitors & Sound" in the Control Panel, and there I can make temporary changes to my screen. Or, you could save the Web image and then open it up in an image-editing program such as Adobe Photoshop and enlarge and examine it there. Later, Wally Breese The Joni Mitchell Homepage http://www.JoniMitchell.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 98 21:51:11 -0700 From: Wally Breese Subject: Plus Hi all, In my last post, I forgot to mention that I have the image of the cover of the new Joni IV CD up on the JM.COM news page. It's a painting by Joni of herself and it's very cool! See it here: http://www.JoniMitchell.com/upcoming2.html Later, Wally Breese The Joni Mitchell Homepage http://www.JoniMitchell.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 01:12:41 EST From: MmeDido@aol.com Subject: Piano Jazz sorry in advance for butchering her name ( I've only heard it, not seen it) A few weeks ago NPR did a piece on Marian Macpatland's ("piano jazz") birthday and they did a mini interview with her. She mentioned that she would really love to have Joni Mitchell as a guest .... ...THAT would be so lovely, I love her show and it would be . such a wonderful forum for an artist like Mitchell. I hope this happens !!!!! (soon ! :) :) claire np: "Inside Betty Carter" "Claire, the world doesn't hate artists...the world hates YOU !!" (ultra queen) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 01:51:23 EST From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: tour over? In a message dated 11/23/98 12:08:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, guitarzan@saber.net writes: << I heard the tour was over...is this true? Will Joni be playing any Northern California dates, if so, when? >> Joni already played Northern California in May along with Dylan and Van Morrison. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V3 #486 ************************** Don't forget about these ongoing projects: FAQ Project: Help compile the JMDL FAQ. Do you have mailing list-related questions? -send them to Trivia Project: Send your Joni trivia questions and/or answers to Today in History Project: Know of a date-specific Joni fact? -send it to ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe joni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?