From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2000 #152 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk JMDL Digest Friday, March 24 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 152 Ashara has set up a "Wally Breese Memorial Fund," with all donations going directly into the upkeep of the JoniMitchell.com website. Wally kept the website going with his own funds, and it will now be up to Jim to continue. If you would like to donate to this fund, please make all checks payable to: Jim Johanson and send them to: Ashara Stansfield P.O. Box 215 Topsfield, MA 01983 USA ------- The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage can be found 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: -------- gas prices worldwide (NJC) ["Wally Kairuz" ] today's lyrics (sjc) [Anne Sandstrom ] Re: JMDL Digest V2000 #143 [Ginamu@aol.com] Chicago NJC [Vince Lavieri ] Joni playing live... ["Garret" ] SJC: "Dreary X-mas" [Kate Tarasenko ] Joni in Hartford, CT [luvart@snet.net] Joni in Hartford, CT [luvart@snet.net] Joni concert mention [luvart@snet.net] Joni Playing Live... [zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny)] Re: Saskatoon Mendel Opening [Brian Gross ] Rosemont Ticket Prices [mann@chicagonet.net] Joni gets a star [evian ] Re: BSN-orchestral accompaniment [MDESTE1@aol.com] chicago tix--SJC? ["H.D. Motyl" ] another talented JMDLer (NJC) [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: another talented JMDLer (3/10 Joni content) [FredNow@aol.com] Re: another talented JMDLer (3/10 Joni content) SJC [FMYFL@aol.com] Tix update Available ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Bay Area Tickets [Randy Remote ] Billboard BSN review [Randy Remote ] Re: another talented JMDLer (3/10 Joni content) SJC [FredNow@aol.com] Need tickets for Joni's Washington DC concert [Marian ] Joni Covers Project ["Kakki" ] RE: another talented JMDLer (3/10 Joni content) SJC ["Wally Kairuz" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:27:07 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: gas prices worldwide (NJC) i was so surprised a few weeks ago when americans complained about the price of gas in the us. in argentina, a country that has enough oil and natural gas to flood/asphyxiate the world [you choose], the price of gas is $1.30 per liter, almost as much as you pay for a gallon [quasi 4 liters] in the us!!!! count your blessings, yanks... wallyk, who finally learned how to drive [at the advanced age of 39] in a parking lot in orient point, long island > Just as a comparison, Petrol here is 96.7 cents per litre (about 60 cents > US), local phone calls from payphones are 40 cents (about 25 cents US). It > would be interesting to find out what people are paying in the US, UK, NZ > and Europe. > > > Alan Lorimer > Hawley Beach > Tasmania ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:36:58 -0500 From: Anne Sandstrom Subject: today's lyrics (sjc) Hi everyone. I'm still here! They just changed my email passwords at work so I've had no email. When it rains... First, here's some Joni content because I'm making a wish to be at her concert here in Boston at the end of May. (Figures. Joni finally is scheduled to appear here in Boston and I go and get diagnosed with cancer! By then I'll be in chemo, but who knows what shape I'll really be in - still it would be so amazing to see her.) Ah well, enough wishing. On with the lyrics. (btw, these are all copyrighted, I just don't have the dates here...) I SURRENDER I surrender my helpless heart To the shelter of your tender arms In the swinging and the sway Of the sweet sweet dance at the end of day I surrender my helpless heart Nimble and smooth we move like in a dream A gypsy dancer before his bohemian queen Waiver in the candle flame Whispering I pray your name Nimble and smooth we move like in a dream Sleepy eyes, you sigh a lover's lullaby Muted music in the private quiet of the night Purple curtains of the dark Close around us harboring the stars Sleepy eyes, you sigh a lover's lullaby repeat first verse ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:54:28 EST From: Ginamu@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2000 #143 In a message dated 03/19/2000 3:16:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, les@jmdl.com writes: << And there's the line in See You Sometime about "pack your suspenders", referencing the suspenders/braces he wore on the cover of Mud Slide Slim... Bob >> Someone on this list once suggested that the half moons and cats on those suspenders were embroidered by Joni for JT. Gina ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:07:09 -0500 From: Vince Lavieri Subject: Chicago NJC Diana, Personally, I have never shown up at masters graduations; my high school one was a riot - literally, it was 1969 in Chicago - and college was a bore, so I stopped attending after that. You lose a few gifts from some folks, but... I do feel for you, seriously. Ask the master's degeree gift givers to give you round trip tics back to Chicago for the day? Rosemont is so close to OHare... you could probably do it round trip in 12 hours or less! Good luck with the end of the grad work... (the Rev) Vince diana wrote: > Hi all, > I know I very seldom post but the new CD and now the tour has lured me out > of the shadows. > > I just wanted to say that I'm so jealous hearing about the group that is > going to get together for the Chicago concert. I can't believe it but I'm > going to have to miss this tour! > > I get my masters on the 13th of May, and leave for Calif. for a wedding > shower on the 19th. Plans and tickets are already bought. I won't be back > to the Midwest until after the wedding on June 3. Can you believe this! I > miss the Calif. concerts because of graduation and miss the others cause > I'll be in Calif! > > I've been having dreams of being there for a Joni concert every night this > week. Knowing that these dreams won't come true are turning them into > nightmares. Not really, they're great dreams as of course I'm her closest > friend and we have a great time after the concert. > > Laura, Jody, Howard, Doug, Simon? and the rest, think about me. If it > wasn't family obligations I'd be there. > > Diana, who's chin deep in graduate class work. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:28:09 -0000 From: "Garret" Subject: Joni playing live... All this talk about Joni playing in the USA and not over here in Europe is biting at my toes, folks. It just so happens that I *will* be in the states this summer. I am travelling to Cape Cod, Massachusettes for three months. I will spend some time in Boston before going to the cape. The only problem is that my flight leaves Dublin on May 30th, meaning that i miss Joni playing live by mere days! Wouldn't it be great if another appearence were scheduled in Boston at the start of June? It's probably my luck that Joni will play London in June or July, while I am in the sates!! :-) GARRET (wallowing in self pity!!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:37:49 +0000 From: Kate Tarasenko Subject: SJC: "Dreary X-mas" Patrick wrote: >The reference to "Have Yourself a Dreary Little Christmas" is a spin on Diana Krall's X-mas EP release of 1998, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Larry Klein and Diana Krall were dating for a couple of recent months which may have prompted this little dig.< I'm with Don -- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a famous American standard and Diana does not have dominion over the title -- why do you automatically assume that this is a catty dig by Joni? I'd like to think she's above this sort of thing, especially given that she and Klein are such good friends. Also, to my memory, Joni's had the idea for this album -- with this title -- in the works for some time. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:40:05 -0500 From: luvart@snet.net Subject: Joni in Hartford, CT May 27th date was publicly announced today for the Oakdale Theater. Ticket prices are $38.50, $48.50 and $68.50. She will be performing with the Hartford Symphony. I'M PSYCHED!!!!!! Heather ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:41:20 -0500 From: luvart@snet.net Subject: Joni in Hartford, CT Forgot to mention that tickets go on sale April 10th. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:46:34 -0500 From: luvart@snet.net Subject: Joni concert mention I'm so excited! This concert is only minutes from my house! A local radio station (WPLR) was giving their upcoming concert review today. They mentioned the Joni Mitchell performance on May 27th. Their comment was that if you are a Joni Mithcell 'hits' lover then don't bother going. If you are a 'die hard' Joni fan then this concert is for you. Gee ... any 'die hard' Joni Mitchell fans around? Heather ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:51:06 -0800 (PST) From: zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny) Subject: Joni Playing Live... Garret laments: <> Garret, you could do this. If I'm not mistaken, Joni is playing in Philly, June 2, only approx 200 (?) miles away from Boston. Can some East Coast JMDLers help Garret figure out how to get there relatively inexpensively? Penny :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Grace dies when it becomes us verses them......Philip Yancey ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:53:11 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: Re: Saskatoon Mendel Opening Kate from the North said: > < Will you be there? Of course you will. Anyone else coming?>> Ashara answered: > I just decided yesterday that I definitely want to be at this opening. I have > never met Joni before, and probably would be too shy to say anything. > (ASHARA.....SHY????????????) But I know I want to be there. So...I am > wondering who else is planning on being there as well. I'd really like to be there too. I haven't met Joni yet, either. The airport code for Saskatoon is YXE for those of us too far away by car. (http://www.cheapfares.com or http://www.travelocity.com are good reference points) Evian - have you figured out a way to scheme your way out of the family reunion thing yet? Have you considered allowing yourself to be kidnapped by a crazed cult of Jonists? Maybe we can even work some kimchee into the menu ;-) Later gang! Brian np: Alternate Blue ===== "No paper thin walls, no folks above No one else can hear the crazy cries of love" yeah, right __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:58:05 -0600 From: mann@chicagonet.net Subject: Rosemont Ticket Prices Rosemont Ticket Prices for Joni Mitchell Tuesday, May 30 $85 $65 $45 Regular Parking is an additional $10 Valet Parking is $15 FYI: Jim on the JoniMItchell.com page put up info on all the venues. Check out the main page. Laura ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:22:14 -0600 From: evian Subject: Joni gets a star Hey Listers, Was just reading the paper, and it had this thingy about Joni getting a star on the Canada Walk of Fame...now, my only question is... We have a walk of fame?? Evian ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:36:45 EST From: MDESTE1@aol.com Subject: Re: BSN-orchestral accompaniment Hey guys, put on any Frank Sinatra album, particularly with the 60's era stuff and THATS how it should sound with an orchestra. Or any Duke Ellington album while he was alive. Having said that, there was only one person IMHO who could have done the most with this project and that would be Quincy Jones. Its not that easy balancing orchestral with todays playbacks. marcel deste ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:53:00 -0600 From: "H.D. Motyl" Subject: chicago tix--SJC? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------7A8BB3FC9FA9A5FEFE21E0FE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ticketmaster still doesn't have the concert listed. Has any Chicagoan or neighbor heard an announcement of the concert yet? If so, we won't have a hard time getting the good seats. Nevertheless, I am trying to find out when the box office opens, so I am there as early as possible. Anyone who may want me to get tix, we should talk soon. Howard M. - --------------7A8BB3FC9FA9A5FEFE21E0FE Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="howard_scptv.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for H.D. 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I contacted Fred about purchasing his CD, and just received it in yesterday's mail. Besides covering Joni's BSN, For Free, and Michael from Mountains, Fred plays 4 Lennon/McCartney songs, a Dylan, a Beethoven, and one of his own songs. My favorite is his arrangement of "Blackbird." He is a skilled pianist, but he plays with *such* feeling. This is the perfect CD to listen to while swaying in a hammock on a nice spring day. It is so relaxing to hear his music, and I do get such a warm and cozy feeling while Fred's crisp piano playing fills the room. If I lived in Chicago, I would definitely catch one of his gigs. I played this CD at my office today and everyone wanted to know who it was. I said "It's Fred Simon, another very talented musician that is a member of the Joni list." Thanks again Kakki for the recommendation, and as you said to Fred "Bravo Bravo Bravo," Jimmy NP: Fred Simon "Ode to Joy" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:16:46 EST From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: Re: another talented JMDLer (3/10 Joni content) Wow, Jimmy ... thanks again and again for the supernova review of Songs of My Youth. I couldn't have imagined a more positive response ... I'm grateful. My only quibble, picayune as it is, is the designation of NJC -- technically, 3/10 of the album has Joni content, and I think the JC-only people on JMDL might enjoy it as well. But all in all, thanks so much for your kind words, which are greatly appreciated. - -Fred Simon In a message dated 3/23/00 7:34:13 PM, Jimmy wrote: >Kakki, you gave me another great musical tip and I thank you. A few weeks ago >you posted "Another Both Sides Now" the name you gave to fellow JMDLer Fred Simon's >"Songs of My Youth" CD. What an appropriate name to identify a brilliant piece >of work. I contacted Fred about purchasing his CD, and just received it in yesterday's >mail. Besides covering Joni's BSN, For Free, and Michael from Mountains, Fred >plays 4 Lennon/McCartney songs, a Dylan, a Beethoven, and one of his own songs. > My favorite is his arrangement of "Blackbird." He is a skilled pianist, but he >plays with *such* feeling. This is the perfect CD to listen to while swaying in >a hammock on a nice spring day. It is so relaxing to hear his music, and I do >get such a warm and cozy feeling while Fred's crisp piano playing fills the room. >If I lived in Chicago, I would definitely catch one of his gigs. >I played this CD at my office today and everyone wanted to know who it was. I >said "It's Fred Simon, another very talented musician that is a member of the Joni >list." >Thanks again Kakki for the recommendation, and as you said to Fred >"Bravo Bravo Bravo," >Jimmy >NP: Fred Simon "Ode to Joy" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:43:33 EST From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: another talented JMDLer (3/10 Joni content) SJC Fred writes: << Wow, Jimmy ... thanks again and again for the supernova review of Songs of My Youth. I couldn't have imagined a more positive response ... I'm grateful. You are certainly welcome Fred. I meant every word I said. The CD is wonderful! My only quibble, picayune as it is, is the designation of NJC -- technically, 3/10 of the album has Joni content, and I think the JC-only people on JMDL might enjoy it as well. >> You are absolutely right. I shouldn't have put NJC on the post and I prefer not to, but I do so intentionally as to not offend those JC-only people who expressed earlier this year that they don't want to read *any* posts unless it directly has to do with JM. ( I don't want to open that can of worms again) :~) Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:55:00 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Tix update Available JMDLers- Jim Johanson has posted some ticket availability info on Wally's site today, March 23 for Joni Mitchell's upcoming tour. http://www.jonimitchell.com/Frames1.html I'm catching up on Digests...... I just read that Joni's video PWWaM is now available...... Seriously, I'm glad that Ashara's daring to go to the bar again by hosting another JoniFest. Amazing! She's masochistic, yes? Nobody organizes like Ashara! np: on Cassette Deck #2- Making Tape Trees for my buddies... Finally. np: on CD player- CD Tree #2 which has a smokin' version of a rarely performed and under appreciated little number called "Edith And The Kingpin". What a great pair of characters! Did she invent these two out of whole cloth or did she steal the imagery from a novel? Does anyone want this on cassette? Not to mention the rockin' version of "You're So Square". This is the one to play for potential converts. Now if I can just steer them away from some other rock failures in Joni's catalog. This week's bout with depression waning at last, Jim L'Hommedieu near Cincinnati ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:36:52 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Bay Area Tickets KJHSF@aol.com wrote: > > In the SF Guardian, tickets for BSN at the Concord Pavilion go on sale Sunday > at noon. I would double check the time, as Ticketmaster and Bass events generally go on sale at 10AM.... RR ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:00:01 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Billboard BSN review BTW, at the Billboard site http://www.billboard.com if enter Joni Mitchell in the search, they have their reviews of Blue, For the Roses, and others....as well as past articles. This is from the March 25 issue: SPOTLIGHT After recording sterling albums like "Blue," "Ladies of the Canyon,""Court and Spark,""The Hissing of Summer Lawns," "Hejira," and "Turbulent Indigo," what's a four-time Grammy winner to do for her 20th album? Well, take a step back in time (again), naturally. On the breathtaking "Both Sides Now," Mitchell revisits classic love songs like "Stormy Weather," "Answer Me, My Love," "You're My Thrill," and "I Wish I Were In Love Again." Along the way, she also re-recorded two nuggets from her own oeuvre: "A Case of You," and the title track. Mindful listeners, as well as Mitchell disciples who hang on the singer's every word, will quickly realize that the song sequencing of "Both Sides Now" tells a tiemless tale of modern love. What's most rewarding about this collection, though, is the solid uniion created between Mitchell's emotionally rich vocals and the musically rich orchestral maneuvers of the 71-piece London Symphony Orchestra. Such sublime matches like this come along all too infrequently. RR, fresh from an amazing Fiona Apple concert in SF ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:02:25 EST From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: Re: another talented JMDLer (3/10 Joni content) SJC In a message dated 3/23/00 8:43:33 PM, FMY FL wrote: >You are absolutely right. I shouldn't have put NJC on the post and I prefer not >to, but I do so intentionally as to not offend those JC-only people who expressed >earlier this year that they don't want to read *any* posts unless it directly has >to do with JM. ( I don't want to open that can of worms again) :~) Well, in the interest of full disclosure, since I've been ingesting Joni's music for 32 of my 46 years, there is so much Joni content in me that if I were to be cut open her songs would flow out instead of blood. Fred ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 07:46:38 +0100 From: Marian Subject: Need tickets for Joni's Washington DC concert I will be travelling to NO Jonifest by way of Washington DC and would like to get two tickets to Joni's Maryland concert for me and my sister (she says the theatre is in Columbia, Maryland). Can anyone from the DC area help me out? Marian Vienna ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:51:17 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Joni Covers Project Thanks to Santa Bob, today I received Vols. 1 and 2 of the Joni Mitchell "Covers and Contributions." Excellent and very nicely done! Some of the covers which I had not heard before really surprised me. Some may hiss but I honestly think that one of the best is Barbra Streisand's "I Don't Know Where I Stand" in keeping to the beauty of the original and surpassing it at times. Other stand-outs in this regard are, of course, Sarah McLachlan's "Blue" and Brian Kennedy's (Hi Patrick ;-) "Case of You". I thought the most original (in a good way) was "The Priest" covered by Jesse Hultberg. Most humourous has to be The Supremes "All I Want" - anyone else hear the repeats of the bridge from the old Jimmy Webb chestnut "Up, Up and Away" throughout this one? Think Jimmy could have a case on this one. ;-) I found a revelation in the Paul Horn "Blue" and Tom Scott "Love Poem" - Joni's ideas for far-out beautiful jazz vocal accompaniment began over 25 years ago and not recently, as I supposed, with the new Brian Blade album. I think that some of the most beautiful covers are still by Christine Collister (Shades of Scarlett and Same Situation). I supplied the Collister cuts to the project but in my haste I neglected to attribute my source to our Azeem and apologize to both Azeem and Bob for the oversight! Thanks again, Bob for taking this on - it's really fantastic! Kakki NP: You're So Square - Joni in Tokyo 1983 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:32:09 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: another talented JMDLer (3/10 Joni content) SJC wow, fred! that's such a great image!!!!! not that i would want anybody to cut you open, though! where can one find your cd? is it available at amazon and the kind? wallyk >, there is so much Joni content in me that if I > were to be cut open her songs would flow out instead of blood. > > Fred > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 15:36:56 +0800 (JST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: BSN reached our shores I was a bit envious of my Iberian JMDLers for having the privilege of listening to BSN ahead of me. Yesterday I went to Tower and was surprised that BSN reached our shores. Initially desirous to buy a Wes Montgomery album, I decided to go for BSN as I have read so many glowing reviews of the album both by the members of the List as well as in magazines. The first track "You're My Thrill" has a darkly operatic start reminiscent of Wagner's "Gotterdamerung", and then THAT voice subtly interweaves itself to the orchestral arrangement. I was expecting a Billie Holiday-like voice but I discovered that its the phrasing that is more reminiscent of Lady Day. "Answer Me, My Love" is touching and I realized that Joni seems to have come from the mold of singers who are storytellers (Cleo Laine, Mabel Mercer, Abbey Lincoln) and her smoky voice reminds me of a lot of good jazz cabaret singers from Raven Snow to Ute Lemper to Susannah McCorkle. But the song that moved me a lot was "A Case of You". I was in a darkened room at that time I was listening to the album and somehow the heartache and the understatement in her voice created a huge lump in my throat. The way she sings: "...Canada... oh Canada" which is a far cry from her original rendition pulled at my heartstrings. This was the third song that moved me to tears (the two others were Rickie Lee Jones' "The Moon is Made of Gold" and Michael Crawford's "Not a Day Goes by") in my 31 years. I didn't even know it until I realized tears were streaming down my cheeks. How could Joni convey so much with so little drama? How could she touch a raw nerve in me and made me cry? Even for ACOY alone, the album is worth buying, but then all the songs were sequenced well and sung confidently. I can't say that some of her renditions were standard or eclipsed previous renditions of the same songs, but I can say that Joni can flesh out some aspects of a familiar song with such laser-precision that cannot be matched by any vocalist. Joseph (thinks AMERICAN BEAUTY will win best pictures in the Oscars on Monday, and hopes that the voters will notice how outstanding Catherine Keener's performance was in "Being John Malkovich") ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2000 #152 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe joni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?