From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V4 #566 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk JMDL Digest Saturday, December 18 1999 Volume 04 : Number 566 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: -------- Re: Seasonal Films (NJC) ["Catherine McKay" ] TO A HEALTHY NEW YEAR! [mann@chicagonet.net] Re: LA Weekly Art review (LONG) [Susan McNamara ] Re: The Hissing of Summer Lawns [Susan McNamara ] DJRD cont. [Emily Kirk Gray ] Seasonal Movies (NJC) [Emily Kirk Gray ] Holiday fils: Capote ["Chuck EIsenhardt" ] Re: Calling colin njc [CaTGirl627@aol.com] A Christmas Story NJC [CaTGirl627@aol.com] RE: scary movies [again] (NJC) ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: A mind is a terrible thing to waste [zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny)] Re: A mind is a terrible thing to waste ["Kakki" ] HAPPY HOLIDAYS! [pat ] Re: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! [CaTGirl627@aol.com] the Joni Mitchell Companion [evian ] Joni Mitchell interview on KCSN 88.5FM [Les Irvin ] Re: DJRD cont. [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: They're Cutting Down Trees (NJC) [Catherine Turley ] Re: Joni Mitchell interview on KCSN 88.5FM ["Kakki" ] Re: They're Cutting Down Trees (NJC) ["Kakki" ] Cassandra Wilson (NJC) [TerryM2442@aol.com] Solstice Moon (NJC) [JRMCo1@aol.com] Re: the Joni Mitchell Companion [JRMCo1@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 20:53:09 GMT From: "Catherine McKay" Subject: Re: Seasonal Films (NJC) Don and Jerry clarified US cable. You know what? We probably do get it. It may not necessarily be called by the same name, but we have a whole bunch of cable channels I don't even pay attention to. We have that superstation from Atlanta (at least, I think we do? that's Turner's). By the time you figure out what's on what channel and that channel 6 is actually on cable 5, or channel 57 is cable 7, or whatever, the show you wanted to watch is half over. I usually just channel surf and wonder what the hell all that other stuff is - like that one channel that's basically a TV guide on TV, but the reception is always really crappy - I never could figure out the point of that. Or those ones where they've got 5 or 6 things going on at the same time in a split-screen technique. I've got a short attention span, it's true, but even I can't handle that! I'll check the TV guide - the Stewart/Christmas carol thing is probably in there somewhere - if I start looking now, I may be prepared for the time it really does come on. I think Patrick Stewart is one hell of a sexy guy - and a fine actor to boot. Catherine (in Toronto) cateri@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 15:18:28 -0600 From: mann@chicagonet.net Subject: TO A HEALTHY NEW YEAR! Here's to a happy and healthy new year to everyone! http://www.vitamins.com/ First time customers get an automatic $25 off your 1st order (see box at the top of home page) PLUS use code BACK105 to get an additional $10 off. PLUS shipping is free!! $35 for your healthy new year! Laura ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:40:50 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: Re: LA Weekly Art review (LONG) Mark said a long time ago: >I'm curious about something. Did some of you who have studied art >find this article informative? Hi Mark: Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to this email, but I just got a chance to catch up on the list today. I thought that article was full of artistic hyperbole, and I haven't gotten through the rest of the responses to my question, but I basically think that assumption about Joni changing her name is crap. I know Joni can be pretentious at times, but if she changed her name in art school when she was 19 it was probably because she thought Joni sounded more like a ukelele player than Joan. You also said a long time ago: >Now just what the hell does 'gestural biomorphic abstraction' mean? >Does anyone know? Does anyone besides the author of this article >know? My father used to call this "neo-barfism." :-) ____________________ /____________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ "It's all a dream she has awake" - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:42:04 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: Re: The Hissing of Summer Lawns Ah, I love these 'what do I think' questions!! The Hissing of Summer Lawns is also one of my favorite albums. I like to think of it as Joni peeling off the layers of suburban life. Ironically when I first heard this album I was a bored teenager living in a surreal suburban development on Long Island. Every lawn was perfect, every family was perfect and at night all the teenagers would go down to the park behind the community pool, get high and and play music. So the theme of Joni's album was perfect for the mood I was in. I was already a joni-acolyte at that time and bored all my friends with repeated playings of my Blue 8-track in my vw bug as we would ride to Jethro Tull concerts. (this is not an episode of "that 70s show" this was really my life, guys) My favorite song to play off that album is Don't Interrupt the Sorrow! Damn right! I also love Harry's House/Centerpiece. Joe Sample's piano solo is amazing. hope this isn't old news...take care, sue np: trail of broken hearts...kd lang ____________________ /____________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ "It's all a dream she has awake" - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 17:42:31 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Kirk Gray Subject: DJRD cont. Russ wrote: "Silky Veils, to me is another Peak of Genius that Our Queen saw fit to offer us...Young, Old and Joni yet to come in that one..." i agree, i agree! that song ends a work of art more perfectly than most things i can think of, especially the last two lines, "It's just in dreams we fly In my dreams we fly." putting those two sentences back to back to me is the entire message of the album (if not joni's oeuvre) in its entirety. this joining says -- reality is here, we can never pretend it is not, including all the violence and stupidity and racism in the world (i.e. "it's only in dreams that we escape") but then comes back immediately to powerfully answer that idea with: art is the beautiful madness in which anything is possible, in which we can imagine other lives, solutions, situations (i.e., "in my dreams we can fly -- isn't that wonderful and amazing!") i don't know if i am making clear what these lines mean to me -- all i know is that in their stunning simplicity (capping an album of gorgeous confusion and complexity) they speak truth to me (my truth, anyway). thanks for prompting me to think more about this song, and album! - -- emily ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 17:50:04 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Kirk Gray Subject: Seasonal Movies (NJC) first off, i have to admit (yikes!) that i have NEVER, NOT ONCE EVER seen either "miracle on 34th street" or "it's a wonderful life." not because i've avoided them -- i'm not sure why, really! isn't that strange? usually when i tell people that in person i observe them shrinking back ever-so-imperceptibly, as they reconsider a friendship with this weirdo. what can i say? in terms of what i HAVE seen, a sentimental favorite for me (and aren't all seasonal movies chosen for this reason, at least in part -- defensive, anyone? let it go, emily!) is this Sesame Street Christmas videotape that my family plays on christmas eve. it reminds me of when my younger brother and sisters (and me, too, i guess) were electric with excitement about snow and christmas trees and the turkey cooking and presents, and most of all -- my grandparents visiting for a long time (too short of a time, now, i realize after they've passed on). best wishes to all for a lovely holiday season, in whatever ways each of you do or do not celebrate! - -- emily ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 17:52:24 -0500 From: "Chuck EIsenhardt" Subject: Holiday fils: Capote The Capote film about the fruitcake-making, I know as a book, called 'A Christmas Memory'. I didn't know there was a film, or if it's so called. It's an incredibly touching story mainly sketching his relationship with a spinster cousin, Miss Sook Faulk down in Alabama, with whom he spent much formative time. This book may completely change the way you think about fruitcake! It's a slim little thing, a 30 minute read, and nice read aloud. There is a companion Capote book about Thanksgiving called 'A Thanksgiving Visitior'. They are around in Random House editions from the mid-fifties done up in nice bindings and slipcases. They are also in print in a Modern Library hardcover with a third story called 'One Christmas'. Highly recommended. np: Dee Carstensen 'Regarding the Soul' now wondering: what's Paz' big surprise? Hmmm... chuck ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 19:09:20 EST From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: Calling colin njc In a message dated 12/17/1999 6:44:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, catman@ethericcats.demon.co.uk writes: << Thank you Wally. I spent the evening with my friend Molly. An American from Virginia. She is a dog nut too, as well as into horses. We get on like a house on fire. She is also into breeding herself-has 3 daughters and a son! And she is only 36. Couldn't have thought of a better way to spendd my day-sitting around and gossiping! love colin >> Hi Catman!~ Happy Birthday Sweetie! Sounds like you had a grand ole time! Big Hugs! Catgirl ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 19:28:17 EST From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: A Christmas Story NJC Subject: A Christmas Story Author: Val Frazier/Kevin Porter at Internet Date: 12/17/1999 1:03 PM Not sure where this originated, but it's amusing and I'm sure something like this COULD happen - probably a little inflated... Love, Val ************* As a joke, my brother used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas morning, although Jay's kids' stockings were overflowed, his poor panty hose hung sadly empty and grew increasingly threadbare. One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put on sunglasses and a fake beard and went in search of aninflatable love doll. Of course, they don't sell those things at Wal-mart. I had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. If you've never been in an X-rated store, don't go. You'll only confuse yourself. I was there almost three hours saying things like, "What does this do?" "You're kidding me!" "Who owns that?" "Do you have their phone number?" Finally, I made it to the inflatable doll section. I wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll suitable for a night of romance that could also substitute as a passenger in my truck so I could use the car pool lane during rush hour. I'm not sure what a complicated doll is. Perhaps one that is subject to wild mood shifts and using a French accent for no reason at all. (That also describes a few ex-girlfriends.) Finding what I wanted was difficult. Love dolls come in many different models. The top of the line, according to the side of the box, could do things I'd only seen in a book on animal husbandry. I figured the "vibro-motion" was a feature Jay could live without, so I settled for Lovable Louise. She was at the bottom of the price scale. To call LOuise a "doll" took a huge leap of imagination. On Christmas Eve, with the help of an old bicycle pump, Louise came to life. My sister-in-law was in on the plan and cleverly left the front door key hidden under the mat. In the wee morning hours, long after Santa had come and gone, I snuck into the house and filled the dangling panty hose with Louise's pliant legs and bottom. I also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. Then I let myself out, went home, and giggled for a couple of hours. The next morning my brother called to say that Santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him VERY happy but had left the dog confused. He would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. I suggested he purchase an inflatable Lassie to set Rover straight. We also agreed that Louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional Christmas dinner. It seemed like a great idea, except that we forgot that Grandma and and Grandpa would be there. My grandmother noticed Louise the moment she walked in the door. "What the hell is that?" she asked. My brother quickly explained. "It's a doll." "Who would play with something like that?" Granny snapped. I had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. "Where are her clothes?" Granny continued. I hadn't seen any in the box, but I kept this information to myself. "Boy, that turkey sure smells nice, Gran," Jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. But Granny was relentless. "Why doesn't she have any teeth?" Again, I could have answered, but why would I? It was Christmas and no one wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, "Hang on Granny, Hang on!" My grandfather, a delightful old man with poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said," Hey, who's the naked gal by the fireplace?" I told him she was Jay's friend. A few minutes later I noticed Grandpa by the mantel, talking to Louise. Not just talking, but actually flirting. It was then that we realized this might be Grandpa's last Christmas at home. The dinner went well. We made the usual small talk about who had died, who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly Louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. Then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. The cat screamed, I passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and Grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. My brother wet his pants and Granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car. It was indeed a Christmas to treasure and remember. Later in my brother's garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of Louise's collapse. We discovered that Lousise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. Fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape, we restored her to perfect health. Louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. I think Grandpa still calls her whenever he can get out of the house. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:42:28 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: scary movies [again] (NJC) i saw it but it was too sad to scare me, especially the suitcase scene at the end. . wally > All the zombies and monster movies are good second-tier candidates, and the original Haunting is excellent, but if you really want to see a "scary" film, it's gotta be "Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer"...too scary to even think about... > > Bob > > NP: John Hiatt, "Pirate Radio" > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:46:36 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: open mics hey! five of my students have been accepted by unc so far!!! talk about synchro... wallyk > I've been to Chapel Hill plenty, Sarah...I went to NC State, my wife was a UNC grad. All us State people had to go to Chapel Hill for dates as the Engineering Schools And Agricultural Schools didn't attract the most appealing of date potentials...I've been to The Cat's Cradle a couple times and I also saw George Thorogood at Memorial Hall, and I saw U2 in Kenan Stadium on their "War" tour - pretty cool! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 17:06:02 -0800 (PST) From: zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny) Subject: Re: A mind is a terrible thing to waste Snip from Jamie's post: < Subject: Re: A mind is a terrible thing to waste Penny wrote: > And if I recall correctly, wasn't their one more Joni house that was > even closer than a stones throw, during a particularly nasty Feb storm, > from the breaking waves at Malibu. When was that (Kakki, Dulson?) that > Joni's beach house was in the national news because it was one of the > homes that had gotten water damage from the incredibly high waves? > Another of Joni's troubles from the mid-80's? Did she ever live there? > From what I can remember of the article they said the house was still so > new the smoke detectors didn't even work correctly yet. Wow, Penny, you have more tidbits on Joni that I didn't know about than anyone - you must have been paying much better attention than me during the pre-internet days! ;-) Yes, Joni does have a home in Malibu on the beach. In the Henry Diltz "Under The Covers" CD-Rom he has some photos of her sitting by an open glass door overlooking the sand, painting and with her leg in a cast. (Sounds like a great way to air out those painting fumes). I didn't know that home was damaged, but I'm not surprised because just about everyone who lives there goes through an almost annual cycle of various disasters from either waves, floods or fires. > And also, wasn't the Houdini house the one that she's still in? Is it true that this was Houdini's former house? My recall is that the "Houdini Mansion" is much grander and located closer to Hollywood. Maybe the place in Bel Air was his "starter house." Wonder if he ever pays a visit? ;-) Kakki NP: Otmaro Ruiz - Las Tres Marias ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 17:49:25 -0800 From: pat Subject: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! hi everybody, I've got a little too much on my plate these days and haven't been onlist for a while. Just wanted to write and say I miss you guys and hope you have a happy holiday season. Oh yeah, A Digital Greeting Card is waiting for you at our virtual post office! take care, pat The pick-up address is - -- http://www.all-yours.net/program/start20?read00&id=548176363-jo -- pick up number: 548176363-jo AOL CLICK - ----------------------------------- (c) The Digital Internet Postcard Provided as a free service by All-Yours Internet Solutions [0] http://www.all-yours.net/ webmaster@all-yours.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:02:03 EST From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! In a message dated 12/17/1999 8:52:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, badwolff@angelfire.com writes: << hi everybody, I've got a little too much on my plate these days and haven't been onlist for a while. Just wanted to write and say I miss you guys and hope you have a happy holiday season. Oh yeah, A Digital Greeting Card is waiting for you at our virtual post office! take care, pat >> Pat! That was a great card. I wish I could be right there right now!! GORGEOUS!!! Catgirl ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:31:17 -0600 From: evian Subject: the Joni Mitchell Companion Hey you wonderful listers, Just a quick question about the Joni Mitchell Companion. Wasn't it today it was supposed to be released? And if so, are the release dates (or whatever the hell you call the day when a book is published) the same for the U.S. and Canada? I've been keeping my eye on Chapters and Indigo's sites, but they have some dumb-ass wrong info. Chapters says it take 3 to 5 weeks to ship, which they have been saying for months (they somehow think it was released in June), and they are charging 35 bucks for it. Indigo also says it's been released in June, and they are charging 22 bucks or something. Since that info was so wacky, I went to Amazon, and they are charging like 12 bucks U.S. So anyway, I am just wondering if it is indeed out now, and if it is, let me know, because I'll call Chapters and tell them to get with the program. I asked at Titles in Saskatoon today about it, and the guy just looked at me and said "uhhh... we have that Joni Mitchell biography..." so basically, I am shit out of luck unless I find it online. Btw, I just realized I am swearing like a sailor, but forgive me... I braved the crowds today, and after dragging a cart with a broken wheel all around Costco this afternoon (the place was so crowded I basically had to park in a different time zone), I realized the 4000 lb bag of cat litter I had in my cart had a tear in it and I ended up leaving a lovely mess down the frozen food aisle). I wish I had a River... Evian ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:41:03 -0700 From: Les Irvin Subject: Joni Mitchell interview on KCSN 88.5FM Joniphiles - I received this message tonight: >From: "Laurence Cohen" >Subject: Joni Mitchell interview on KCSN 88.5FM >Tuesday, 12/21 from noon to 1:00pm in Los Angeles > >Joni talks about her exhibition of paintings currrently running at LACE in >Los Angeles. New tracks from her upcoming CD "Both SIdes Now" will have >their world premiere. Spread the word. Ok... who's going to tape it for the rest of us???? Les ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 23:56:08 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: DJRD cont. Emily says: << i agree, i agree! that song ends a work of art more perfectly than most things i can think of, especially the last two lines, >> Of course the whole of DJRD is genius, unrecognized by most. Ain't it cool that WE all get it... I love this phrase in "Silky Veils": "I wish I had the wings of Noah's pretty little white dove I would fly this raging river To reach the one I love But I have no wings And the water is so wide We'll have to row a little harder It's just in dreams we fly" What a gorgeous bit of poetry...anyone who's ever been separated by a great distance from a true love can feel the emotion of that. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:10:07 -0700 From: Catherine Turley Subject: Re: They're Cutting Down Trees (NJC) Penny wrote: > I was listening to the radio the other day and the DJ read a news story > about a guy from up here, in the USA, Pac NW that mailed his mom in > Arizona her Christmas tree. Tree plus postage cost him like $65, but > had she bought the same tree there it would have been $80. E-gad! > As a resident of the Heart of Whiteness (suburban Phoenix), I can confirm that this is true. I just about fainted when I went to the tree lot nearest my house. Six foot Noble Firs started at $85, and I guess since there are so many sprawling houses with vaulted ceilings in my general area, there were many nine and twelve foot Nobles for upwards of $200. I grew up in the the NW, in the environs of the Gifford Pinchot National forest, so I've always taken fresh trees for Christmas for granted, (and $30 seemed like a darn steep price, too). The fresh vs. fake issue has been on my mind since one of the other moms in my daughter's carpool picked her up at the door as I was unpacking Christmas decorations, and she announced to me that "You're the kind of person who will buy a REAL Christmas tree." (Still not sure how to take that). Then after I did get the real thing (a six foot Grand Fir for $30, which seemed like a steal after pricing Nobles) another neighbor turned up and said that she'd heard I had a real tree and could she come in and smell it. It occurred to me that I am the only person I know here who has a real tree--all the neighbors and even my relatives who live here have fake trees. I'm getting seriously weirded out by this. Seasons greetings! Catherine T. in AZ PS Penny: I love reading your reports about KINK's playlists--listened to that station religiously at home. In all the cities I've lived in KINK is the only station I've ever found that plays Joni regularly. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:14:47 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell interview on KCSN 88.5FM Les wrote: > >Joni talks about her exhibition of paintings currrently running at LACE in > >Los Angeles. New tracks from her upcoming CD "Both SIdes Now" will have > >their world premiere. Spread the word. Whoo hoo !!!! I think that's the really great local classic jazz station. I tuned it in once in my mom's car and it's all she listens to now. > Ok... who's going to tape it for the rest of us???? There's no better man for the job than our own Ken Corral and I'm forwarding this alert to him so he doesn't have to wait for digest ;-) It's difficult for me to plan my time well during work, but I will also do what's possible to get a least a copy off my humble player there. Maybe Clark and Steve can tune and tape in, too. ****Tuesday, 12/21 from Noon to 1:00 p.m. in Los Angeles. Yabba dabba doo!! Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:24:13 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: They're Cutting Down Trees (NJC) Catherine wroteL > The fresh vs. fake issue has been on my mind since one of the other moms in > my daughter's carpool picked her up at the door as I was unpacking > Christmas decorations, and she announced to me that "You're the kind of > person who will buy a REAL Christmas tree." (Still not sure how to take > that). You should take it as a compliment - someone who still cares enough to go through the bother of it all! I also laughed and shook my head when I saw the price of trees in Penny's neighborhood. Something comparable here is around $85, too. Most of my family and friends here gave up a few years ago and now decorate their indoor Ficus trees and they look fantastic with the lights and ornaments. My own Ficus is pretty limp this year, so I had to resort to dragging out the small fake Christmas tree ;-) >Then after I did get the real thing (a six foot Grand Fir for $30, > which seemed like a steal after pricing Nobles) another neighbor turned up > and said that she'd heard I had a real tree and could she come in and smell > it. It occurred to me that I am the only person I know here who has a real > tree--all the neighbors and even my relatives who live here have fake > trees. I'm getting seriously weirded out by this. That's seriously scary!! Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 01:05:40 EST From: TerryM2442@aol.com Subject: Cassandra Wilson (NJC) I hope I got the name right. I've heard her mentioned here before but never really knew who she was. Until I heard a song on NPR that just blew me away. It's on her new Miles tribute album that's either out now or on it's way. Does anyone know anything about it? Terry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 02:32:28 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: Solstice Moon (NJC) << Linda, looking forward to that solstice moon >> Yes indeed, don't miss the Solstice Moon, folks! Behold: - -Julius NP: Take Six, "Mary" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 02:51:12 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: Re: the Joni Mitchell Companion Haven't had a side-splitting belly laugh like this in a blue moon. You're an absolute panic, Evian!: << I asked at Titles in Saskatoon today about it, and the guy just looked at me and said "uhhh... we have that Joni Mitchell biography..." so basically, I am shit out of luck unless I find it online. Btw, I just realized I am swearing like a sailor, but forgive me... I braved the crowds today, and after dragging a cart with a broken wheel all around Costco this afternoon (the place was so crowded I basically had to park in a different time zone), I realized the 4000 lb bag of cat litter I had in my cart had a tear in it and I ended up leaving a lovely mess down the frozen food aisle). I wish I had a River... Evian >> ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V4 #566 ************************** The Song and Album Voting Booths are open! Cast your votes by clicking the links at http://www.jmdl.com/gallery username: jimdle password: siquomb ------- Don't forget about these ongoing projects: Glossary project: Send a blank message to for all the details. FAQ Project: Help compile the JMDL FAQ. 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