From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V4 #210 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk JMDL Digest Tuesday, May 11 1999 Volume 04 : Number 210 TapeTree #8 is ready to roll. To sign up go to: http://www.jmdl.com/trading ------- Join the Joni Mitchell Internet Community Glossary project. Send a blank message to 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 http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Hi to all and Joni questions.... [Bounced Message ] Storytellers [Zapuppy@webtv.net (Rick & Penny Gibbons)] NJC -- Editorial from Boston Globe --NJC [al_date@email.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:11:44 -0600 From: Bounced Message Subject: Hi to all and Joni questions.... From: "M. Jessica Rankin" Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:21:24 -0700 Hello all, I am a newbie to this 'chat' list...however, I am not new to Joni and my love for her songs, lyrics, etc. SHE MOVES ME! I just wanted to share with everyone that I have certainly enjoyed reading your messages, bio bits, info of dedication, etc. since I discovered the site. I have been listening to Joni (via my parents at first) since I was about 3 (approx 1969) and have amassed quite the collection over the years on my own now. I remember her ability to move me even at such a young age (and ever since), and I must say that she has been one of my major influences in my own singing career (definitely in the top 3 as far as influences go). I relate to her very, very deeply--and her to me (although I haven't had the pleasure of meeting her--YET, but she must!). It is indescribable.... how refreshing to find a group of sincerely dedicated fans such as myself. There are few (if any) JM fans in my circle of friends---and I feel I am a musical outcast no longer! : ) Whenever I perform a JM song and my buds happen to be in the audience, they will come up to me after and say "Wow, what a beautiful song" and "where'd ya find that one?", or "did you write that?" and I reply simply: "It's Joni. See what you've been missing?" (Their enlightenment seems to be only temporary....alas) Anyhow, so glad I found y'all. Does anyone know where I might find a group of interested performers in the Portland, OR area that would like to jam some Joni (and others)---or who might need a singer with a similar vocal range and an undying interest in music?? I write lyrics as well. Any help connecting with interested party(ies) is sincerely appreciated---for music is my only escape from reality, and since I am new to the area (from San Francisco) my escapes from said reality seem to few and far between lately. Thanks for being here! - --notjenifer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:27:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Zapuppy@webtv.net (Rick & Penny Gibbons) Subject: Storytellers Catgirl wrote: Hey folks, My friend works for TV Guide and told me that Joni has already made a show for VH-1 storytellers. Has anyone heard of this yet or am I bring the *news* to all of you?? He will let me know when it will be aired so I will keep you posted. Does anyone know when she did this or where she did this at? I can't wait to see it. You all know how she loves to tell stories! Catgirl...getting the VCR ready and buying some high quality tapes! wooooohooooo! I soooo hope the guy wasn't funnin" ya. But I couldn't see how Joni could possibly sneak in an audience attending taping, without a JMDLer finding out about it. (and ya know each of us would squeal like a pig with that kind of news!) Was there enough left off the PWWAM video that could be aired for a VH-1 storytellers? I do hope you're right though, Catgirl! I'd personally rather see Joni do a storytellers than go to the next concert, cuz even if my memory someday goes south, I'd still have the tape!!!!! Penny ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 02:31:30 -0400 (EDT) From: al_date@email.com Subject: NJC -- Editorial from Boston Globe --NJC > Fatal vision (5/09/99 ) > > Friday night's intensive bombing of Serbia seemed to symbolize NATO's > entire campaign: ill conceived, badly executed, and counterproductive. > NATO has admitted hitting a hospital, a market, and the embassy of > China, a country holding veto powers in the Security Council and already > at odds with NATO over the war. Furthermore, NATO has admitted hitting > the hospital and the market with cluster bombs, those deadly > anti-personnel weapons that shower death from bomblets. In the same > night, NATO hit Bulgaria for the fifth time, a friendly country that > must be growing tired of all this accidental ordnance. > > Of course they were all mistakes. NATO didn't mean to hit a hospital, a > market, and the embassy of a very touchy great power, just as earlier on > NATO did not mean to bomb a passenger train, or a refugee convoy, or a > civilian bus. NATO spokesmen mouth the usual platitudes about collateral > damage, and mistakes being an unfortunate by-product of war, but the > problem runs deeper. > > NATO didn't mean to enhance Slobodan Milosevic's control over his > countrymen, destroy any democratic opposition, and rally the Serbian > Army to the dictator's cause. NATO didn't mean to make worse the refugee > problem in Kosovo, give patriotic cover to Milosevic's thugs or > destabilize neighboring countries either. We now learn from American > reporters in Kosovo that the bombing, too, caused Albanian refugees to > flee, not just the evil of ethnic cleansing. > > NATO did not even mean to have a bombing campaign that lasted 45 days. > In the hubris and miscalculation that encompassed Rambouillet, NATO > expected Milosevic to fold with the first whiff of cordite. > > Probably there have been some soldiers killed in this war, but it does > seem as if the only victims on either side are civilians. The Serbian > forces may have captured or killed some members of the Kosovo Liberation > Army, but the vast majority of victims in Kosovo are civilians, > harassed, beaten, murdered and driven across border in numbers not seen > in Europe since the Czechs and the Poles took their revenge on German > civilians after World War II. As for the Serbs, NATO keeps telling us > that their ability to make war is being degraded, but that the troops > themselves are ''hunkered down.'' Not so the civilians who happen to be > in the way of NATO mistakes. They are being degraded in a far more > personal way. > > This story ran on page E06 of the Boston Globe on 05/09/99. > © Copyright 1999 Globe Newspaper Company. > > - ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V4 #210 ************************** There is now a JMDL tape trading list. Interested traders can get more details at http://www.jmdl.com/trading ------- The Song and Album Voting Booths are open again! Cast your votes by clicking the links at http://www.jmdl.com/gallery username: jimdle password: siquomb ------- Don't forget about these ongoing projects: FAQ Project: Help compile the JMDL FAQ. 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