From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2000 #364 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe JMDL Digest Saturday, July 1 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 364 The 'Official' Joni Mitchell Homepage, created by Wally Breese, can be found at http://www.jonimitchell.com. It contains the latest news, a detailed bio, Original Interviews, essays, lyrics and much much more. --- The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. --- Ashara has set up a "Wally Breese Memorial Fund" with all donations going directly towards the upkeep of the website. Wally kept the website going with his own funds. it is now up to US to help Jim 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 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: We Met Joni!!! ["Lori R. Fye" ] Re: Drivers Wanted (NJC) ["Kakki" ] Re: GREETINGS FROM SASKATOON! (Very Long) ["Kakki" ] Re: COOL NEWS!!!!! [Phyliss Ward ] Ashara! ["Kate Bennett" ] Fred W updatel ["Kate Bennett" ] Mission Accomplished. [AngelinoCoyote@aol.com] [none] ["Michelle Lynn Lempert" ] Goodies from Mendel [Lindsay Moon ] COOL NEWS (revised) [AsharaJM@aol.com] ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! [AsharaJM@aol.com] One more thing.... [AsharaJM@aol.com] Special Joni songs [Steve Dulson ] COOL COOL WOMAN ["Wally Kairuz" ] Thank you Saskatooners! [PPeterson4@aol.com] RE: Special Joni songs ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: Your Pet Deadly Sins - NJC ["Helen M. Adcock" ] Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! ["Ken (slarty)" ] Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! ["Ken (slarty)" ] Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! ["cassy" ] My best birthday (njc) [FMYFL@aol.com] Saskatoon [Michael Paz ] Joni on national news [Scott Price ] Fwd: Mendel Opening [AngelinoCoyote@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:36:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "Lori R. Fye" Subject: Re: We Met Joni!!! Ashara wrote: > We didn't have much time with her, truly I only had > enough time to introduce myself and say that I had > traveled all the way from Boston for this, but it > was very special to see the Lady in person. I'll say!!! How very, very wonderful!!! I'm so happy for you all! Have a GREAT time! Hugs back at y'all, Lori in DC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:26:12 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Drivers Wanted (NJC) Paz wrote: >I have a very good limo driver/singer/songwriter/cuddly/all >around nice guy that would like to hitch a ride (help drive to >JoniFest) from the Chicago area. Any takers??? Oh yes, Chicago-ers please bring our dear Jack boy to Jonifest!! We all fell in love with him in New Orleans! Then Catgirl wrote: > The only reason why I am going is that I told Les that if >Michael and Kakki go then I will go too. But I told Michael I'll only go if all the non-U.S. jmdlers go, too! ;-) Catgirl, I'm so glad you are fitting it in. Kakki, wondering how she will get away, too, but am working on it. NP: Kate Bennett - Boy Blue ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:35:18 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: GREETINGS FROM SASKATOON! (Very Long) Happy Birthday dear Jimmy!! You wrote: >I was also told by David that he was on the plane with >Valentino (I think that's his name), who is the friend of Joni's >that dances with her on the PWWAM. Wow, yes, that is Charles Valentino, known as "Val". He not only dances, he has sung on a few of her albums, too - WTRF and TI, as I recall. How cool! >There is Joni-mania all over Saskatoon! I talked to Coyote Rick on the phone this morning and got a complete contact high!!! Kakki, still buzzed ;-) NP: Kate Bennett - Full Moon Ride ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:37:39 -0500 From: "Michael Paz" Subject: HFB (NJC) Happy Fucking Birthday to you Baldy! Big Butch HuG! Paz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:05:43 -0700 From: Phyliss Ward Subject: Re: COOL NEWS!!!!! YIKES! This is exciting! Does anyone know how to tune in??? Please help this non-technophile! AsharaJM@aol.com wrote: > The really cool news is that the program will be aired live on the internet on > Monday morning, starting at > 7:15 AM Saskatoon time, - -- Phyliss mailto:pward@datacourse.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:33:55 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Ashara! Woooo Hoooo Ashara! Wow, how totally cool & right that it would be you that would run into Joni!! And you're going to be a radio star! What is the name of the program you will be on, I want to try & listen in on the internet. And what a weird & wacky small world this is- this is the very same station, Saskatchewan CBC Radio, that has been playing my CD!!!!(thanks to Brent Nielsen on the Noon & Afternoon Editions). All you jmdlers, here is the url for the station- http://cbc.ca/ And there is a story up on the exhibit & a link to jonimitchell.com at the end!!!! Kate Bennett Singer/Songwriter www.katebennett.com Ashara writes: "The really cool news is that the program will be aired live on the internet on Monday morning, starting at 7:15 AM Saskatoon time, (which I believe is the same as Central time in the US, but you'd better check to be sure) so, any of you that would like to hear it, can just tune in via the internet!! I just think that is SO cool!! At 7:15 AM, their Arts reporter will talk about his views of the exhibit, and at 8:40 AM, I will be interviewed along with Rick Hobbs (Angelino Coyote) and I think some others. Of course, if anyone has a chance to tape it, that would be awesome! Reporting live from Saskatoon with hugs, Ashara - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:47:32 -0700 From: Louis Lynch Subject: Some surrealist invented this fourth of July Hi all, Before I leave for a long overdue four day break, I thought I'd pose a topic for discussion. Ever since Tuesday, I've been walking around singing "Night Ride Home." You know, the lines that end with the fourth of July. It occurred to me that it happens every year at this time -- the same song. And "River" at Christmas, and other songs at certain times of the year or on specific dates. I always sing "Twisted" on my ex-girlfriend's birthday, too, but that's more an issue for modern psychology than for this list. I named my daughter Savannah, with a more than indirect inspiration from "Blue Motel Room," and sometimes that line with her name in it pops into mind when I think of her in a certain way. Does anyone else do this, or is it because I'm certifiably insane? I sing to myself nonstop, as a rule, but some songs follow a distinct pattern. So here's a new thread topic... Any special Joni songs that you catch yourself singing when you do an activity, celebrate a date, see a certain person, etc? Harpy Independence Day to everyone (Brits may decline if you so choose)! Harper Lou Postscript question -- I'm on a bit of a vacation, with very few gigs in July. The burnout caught up with me, so I decided that maybe I should take a day off every six years or so. A Tarot reader friend told me that I need to start asserting more of what I really want out of life, instead of trying to please others and committing to every request made of me. She's right. So, I need to know if Joni is officially divorced from Larry Klein. If so, I ASSERT that I would like to run off and marry her and live happily ever after. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. If anyone is in touch with Joni Mitchell directly, please mention that I have a new Astro van and I'm a "pretty good cook." Thanks! HL - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:48:48 -0500 From: "Steve Polifka" Subject: Joni And Jackson Hello All! I'm not one to promote rumours or encourage them, but I have a story to share. In 1976 I became friends with a woman who was a very devoted Joni fan. We talked and shared (and sang) all things Joni. One day, during one of our usual stimulating conversations, she asked me if I had ever heard about a fist-fight that she and Jackson had on their tour together. I didn't believe it, but she went on swearing she had read it somewhere- and that it happened on-stage (not during the performance) and this was reportedly 'reported' by a stage hand. What really bothered me about this whole incident of her asking this, was that the woman worked for the city paper, and always had tidbits of news -(and promo stuff; we got Joni pics and books)- that never made it to print. So for years, I have been wondering if this is true and what the REAL story is-(maybe JM punched him in the arm jokingly, and now we have a fist-fight! LOL) So it goes... - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:55:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Rowe Subject: So long for a bit ... See you good folks the week of July 10. I'm on vacation away from the pc til then. Don't you dare get Joni herself hooked up from Saskatoon, or anywhere else via laptop in m absence! ;-D Don Rowe ===== "I do not object to others hiding from history. What I object to are others hiding history from ME." - - -- Shelby Foote __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2000 #363 ***************************** - ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe joni-digest" to - ------- Siquomb, isn't she? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:37:18 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Fred W updatel A message from the lee-shore list "To all concerned: Spoke to people at Westwood Music. Fred has had his surgery and is doing GREAT! He is working again, and can probablly still use the $, but he's gonna be around for a while. Enjoy the concert. BUY FRED!" Kate Bennett Singer/Songwriter Santa Barbara, CA www.katebennett.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:20:34 EDT From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Subject: Mission Accomplished. Hi Joni buddies! John Calimee here. With the gracious help of Coyote and his lap top, I am able to send you this Mendel update from the Quality Inn here in grand Saskatoon! Thanks, Coyote. So, on the short, here's what's up so far. Stopped by the Mendel first when I got into town. It's a beautiful gallery with a glass and steel two story Conservatory connected to the gallery. The exhibition space was closed, but one could still wander the lobby, gift and coffee shops. In this foyer is hanging the WTRF painting. Very nice painting. It's huge. At least six feet across. It's made of two panels. The colors are matte. The place was obviously buzzing, but no one from the list was around and we felt in the way. So Rich and I decided to take a walk along the river. The paths are lush and overgrown. The Donald and Joan paintings were evidently taken from these spots. On the way, we passed two women from Ohio who noticed my Joni shirt and stopped to say hi. It turns out they had just bumped into Joni by accident at the Bessbourough. So the two of us buzzed over to the hotel. We waited there for a few hours, then decided to walk the town. Well, we end up in a diner having fish and chips and this kid, college age 'frat' boy type starts chatting us up. He too noticed the shirt. It turns out he is the staff photographer for the Star Register and had just come from the Mendel taking photos of Joni during the time we were in the hotel. Argggghhhh!!!! He suggested we head back to the Mendel. So, zoom. We are off to the Mendel again. Again no one in sight so I wander about trying to be inconspicuous amid all the bustle going on. After an hour or so the gallery guards and shop staff are becoming friendly and enjoying my buzz about the whole thing. They begin to whisper that Joni is indeed in the building overseeing final details, and if I were patient she would pop out for a smoke. Well, I had worked feverishly for week painting and writing this huge letter to give to her as a gift. And stupid me did not bring it with. So I send Rich back to the motel to pick up the 'letter' while I wait by the door. So, I am breathlessly waiting, hoping he will get back. And sure enough, no sonner than he is out the door, one of the gallery people begins nodding to me to come back into the gift shop. They drag me into the shop and there she is with her back turned to me, checking out the display set up for her. Mike turns her around and says, "Joan. There is someone her I'd like you to meet. He's come all the way from Chicago and he's a big fan of yours." Joni this is John. John, Joni. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH, MY GOD! SHE IS SOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!! VERRRY GRACIOUS AND WARM. I began warbling about my letter fiasco and how much I wanted to have this gift to give her. She saw my nervous frustration and ended it by giving me a very sweet hug. (!!!!!) So, Joni heads back into the gallery and Rich returns with my letter. I pull Mike aside and he kindly offers to take the letter in to hand to her. He was going to take me in and allow me to do it, but some woman intercepts us, very perfunctorly says NO ONE can go in. She takes the letter and says she will deliver it. I return to vulture mode and wander the gallery. I connect with Rick from Vancouver and then, Ashara. Well we spend a long time engaging in hellos and info on the show. At one moment, Rich says to me, "There she is again." And there is Joni heading out the front door carrying my letter. (!!!). Well, we run outside and intercept her. We say hello and get our photos taken with her. That was thursday. Yesterday. Tonight is the opening. I will tell more, and in more detail as time goes on. But this has begun in a more awesome way than I ever imagined. --I will turn the batton over to Coyote now. Best to everyone. Wish you were all here. More info to come!!! John Calimee. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:42:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michelle Lynn Lempert" Subject: [none] as for singing joni songs in different situations; I have a bunch of them that i hum to myself. I hum a bunch of lyrics from Hejira when I break up with somebody; I work at a commercial real estate firm and I hum "They paved paradise" here a lot; "Just like Jericho" amidst a crush; "Taming the Tiger" when I feel subdued; "The Circle game" when I talk to my grandparents; and many many others :) Shellie-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:49:25 -0700 From: Lindsay Moon Subject: Goodies from Mendel Does anyone know how to find out what's for sale, Joni-wise, in the gift shop for purchase by mail order? I assumed they'd have some offerings on their web site, but I don't see anything. Would love a poster or something. Please let me know. I'm hesitating calling since I assume they're a lit-tle busy and how could they spend time on the phone with the likes of us asking questions about their stuff. If any lister is in Sask. let me know and I'll send you a certified check for something. That is, if you're not too busy chasing ladies in big floppy hats around the river ... Thanks, Lindsay P.S. I said I was unsubbing, but you know I can't kick the JMDL habit ... ; ) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 19:13:49 EDT From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: COOL NEWS (revised) Whoops! I forgot to put the information of how to access this!! Go to: www.sask.cbc.ca then go to "radio Saskatoon live" I wrote: < Subject: Special Joni songs Harper Lou wrote: >Any special Joni songs that you catch yourself singing when you do an >activity, celebrate a date, see a certain person, etc? Of course, I can't walk through the produce section of the supermarket without singing "Give me spots on my apples..." >Harpy Independence Day to everyone (Brits may decline if you so choose)! Oh, it's OK, we've learned to live with it... :) Super affectionate greetings to all the Saskatoonies, who are having a wow time RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!! - -- ######################################################### Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA steve@psitech.com "The Tinker's Own" http://www.tinkersown.com "Southern California Dulcimer Heritage" http://members.aol.com/scdulcimer/ "The Living Tradition Concert Series" http://www.thelivingtradition.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 21:51:44 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: COOL COOL WOMAN ASHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ADORE YOU. AND I WOULD NEVER LABEL THIS NJC SO STUFF IT AND I KNOW I'M IN ALL-CAP MODE AND IT'S BECAUSE I'M SHRIEKING!!!!!!!!!!!! ASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARA wallyk > Ashara, who wishes you could all be here with us, but trying to do my best to > get it all on video so you can all vicariously be here with us. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:52:51 EDT From: PPeterson4@aol.com Subject: Thank you Saskatooners! This is so much fun reading of the adventures of the Saskatooners. Thank you all for taking the time to send your reports out into cybermitchellspace. Paul Peterson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:10:52 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Special Joni songs > Harper Lou wrote: > > >Any special Joni songs that you catch yourself singing when you do an > >activity, celebrate a date, see a certain person, etc? > oh yes! i was talking on the phone with MR. X -- former lister and my current beau somewhere in the midwest, ahem -- the other day and i said that no sooner do i set foot in the village than i start singing tin angel. then i walk a few blocks north and break into chelsea morning. when i come back from queens and take the downtown train, i can't help it, i go "downtown with my darling dime store thief...". midtown, i hum harry's house; in the hamptons, the hissing of summer lawns; after mass at st francis xavier, just before i come back to argentina, i say my favorite prayer "i'm traveling in some vehicle, i'm sitting in some cafe, a defector from the petty wars until love sucks me back that way..."; i do twisted as i pile layer upon layer of trash at filene's. glory, and that's only new york. wait till i get to des moines! wally la Ka ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 14:00:25 +1200 From: "Helen M. Adcock" Subject: Re: Your Pet Deadly Sins - NJC Pat wrote: >you know, thomas aquinas wrote about temperance and continence. as far as i >can tell, teperance was about resisting ..general all around temptation. >continence was about resisting ...in the heat of passion, when the chips were >down, and the thing is is right there in your face..kind of temptation. so >maybe hell, this weekend, you should pray to thomas aquinas for some >continence, so that way if someone puts a fosters lager right in your face, >you'll have the power to resist it. I have no trouble at all resisting Fosters. It's the bourbon, wine, vodka, port, etc. that gets me into trouble! And the weekend did not start well, since I had a wine-tasting at my house this morning, and now I'm off to watch the rugby at my local. Things are not looking good... Hell _____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman hell@ihug.co.nz Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:03:21 -0400 From: "Ken (slarty)" Subject: Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! It's on tonight! Right now in fact in the east. I'll be taping it. AsharaJM@aol.com wrote: > I just got back from the Press Conference, which I got THE WHOLE THING on > video!!!! As well as the whole exhibit of paintings!!! You guys are in for a > treat!!! I'll tell you, I "must" be living right, because I was also > approached to be interviewed on CBC TV!!!!!! So, please, please, any > Canadians out there, can you tape CBC tonight at 10PM The National??? It will > either be on that, or on the Saturday report, not sure what time, but maybe > you can find out. You should tape both if you can, because the reporter > wasn't sure which it will be on. THANK YOU!!!!!!!! > > More to follow!!!! > > Your reporter 10 feet in the air, > Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:31:52 -0400 From: "Ken (slarty)" Subject: Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! They had the Joni Gallery Story on at about 10:25 my time. Along with Joni and the art critics and the curator there was Ashara. Though you asked for a couple of hours they gave you only about 30 secs I'm afraid to say but it was great seeing you. "Ken (slarty)" wrote: > It's on tonight! Right now in fact in the east. I'll be taping it. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:45:32 -0400 From: "cassy" Subject: Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! >So, please, please, any >Canadians out there, can you tape CBC tonight at 10PM The National Hi Ashara, Congratulations on your expedition to the wilds of Canada and your success in the hunt for "Joni." The Toronto BlueJays just finished a late baseball game and the CBC National News came on immediately following. I am in Detroit and we get Canadian TV here, so I had my VCR prepped, ready to go and am taping as we speak. They DID announce the Joni story at the beginning of the show! Hopefully my tape will turn out well! Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 00:54:42 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: My best birthday (njc) I just wanted to thank everyone on the JMDL for making my birthday a truly fantastic one. It's so nice to have such a great family, and I appreciate all of the wonderful messages I received. I just got a call from David Mingus in Saskatoon, and he's bringing me home the BEST birthday present. He bought me one of Joni's books and she signed it Hello Jimmy, Joni Mitchell. He said everyone in Saskatoon is on a cloud, and that Joni's art is wonderful. He got to meet her twice today, and he chatted with Myrtle and Bill for a little while. This has truly been one great birthday. I'll be unsubbing tomorrow night for a weeks vacation. We leave on Sunday morning and return the following Sunday, so everyone have a great week if I don't talk to you before I leave. Thanks again for making my day! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:15:20 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Saskatoon Come Saskatoon WAKE UP! Post damn it! We want details! What's happening? It must be a wonderful party. Michael (setting my alarm to wake up at 3am and see if there is any news) NP-Homeworld-Yes ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:34:04 -0700 From: Scott Price Subject: Joni on national news Just finished watching the CBC News segment on Joni's exhibit at the Mendel. It's great to see her get this nationwide recognition. Several panned views around the gallery gave a look at how the exhibit is set up, and the JMDL's own Ashara was given some air time as well. The story focused on how diligently Joni has worked on her visual art skills for many years and is deserving of this exhibit, although one reporter did mention that her "celebrity" status didn't hurt either. A professional art critic was given a few moments and came across, IMO, respectful yet lukewarm. Still, I'm glad to see Joni's art get such huge publicity. And to all those in Saskatoon right now, I hope this night has been as magical for you as I imagine it to be. Thanks for all your wonderful posts thus far and please KEEP THEM COMING! Scott ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 02:01:35 EDT From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Mendel Opening - --part1_15.5ee1b94.268ee33f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can't believe I screwed up the email address! - --part1_15.5ee1b94.268ee33f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Full-name: AngelinoCoyote Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 01:52:00 EDT Subject: Mendel Opening To: joni@smoe.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 110 Cub reporter Coyote Rick from the field. Tonight was perfect. As I told Joni tonight, I expected nothing less. Yep, I spoke with her twice today. The exhibit and she were wonderful. The JMDL gang gathered tonight between 6PM and 7PM expecting throngs of people to crowd the entrance to the gallery for the 8PM commencement of festivities. There was a pleasently sized crowd, but I wouldn't expect it to be more than 1,000 tops. Maybe our crack crowd estimator Rick (Rick+Susan) has a better estimate. At any rate, it was FAR less than reported. Even in today's local paper headlines screamed that 5,000 were expected. Nada. It was crowded, for being a small space, but was well organized and flowed well. It started with the chair of the Mendel board providing some opening comments, followed by the MC, the premier, the mayor, a couple of sponsors, then the director of the gallery, and finally Joni. I saw Ashara taping all the remarks, which were moving and, of course, highly complimentary. Our group was right up front, some standing a mere five feet from Joni during the half hour ceremonies. I was proud to be part of the group and Joni was radiant as the accolades were flying from the speakers. She sat next to Bill with Myrtle between Bill and the premier. I must say however, I cringed as the officials kept welcoming Joni and the Mitchell family. Chuck was no where to be found. And I looked. Ceremonies complete, the door opened and in we went. Many folks (myself included) headed straight for the museum shop to purchase the holy grails. That complete, I wedged my way through the admittedly crowded exhibit to get a good glimpse of the work. I'll leave it to others to fully describe the massive exhibit and their favorites, but will mention that my favorite, the DED cover art (Dog Eat Dog #3) took my breath away in it's mixed media execution. Unbelievable. Unforgettable. A less crowded afternoon of viewing is on my agenda for tomorrow. There was a VIP reception prior to the public opening that some of our representatives attended (David Mingus, Jim J, David from Austin, Leslie from Boston, and others I am forgetting). Some were there having scored invites, other more inventive representatives crashed the early party entirely unnoticed. I loved that! As it turned out, according to my spies, there were no real special privileges to being let in early, except being let in early and having easier access to the work and Joni. She commented that she signed 500+ autographs prior to the public opening. There were none of the rumored celebrities in attendance - no Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, or the like. Just rumors. Getting close to her at the public opening was nearly impossible. She was being interviewed by various media outlets and was surrounded (protected?) by her friends. However, for those lucky enough to get close, she was charming and attentive. A real pro. I did snag a moment as she exited the ladies room (I think). Introduced myself, she commented that she remembered me from earlier in the day at the hotel, but declined to sign my exhibit book, saying her hand was tired and hoped I understood. She then looked at my nametag and noticed I was from LA (she couldn't believe that I had come this far when "we were neighbors") and told me call her manager and she would be happy to sign it in LA, and to just attach a note that we had met in Saskatoon. Her friend then handed me a card with the necessary information. I told here there was no one in the world I'd rather go outside to smoke with than her and she gave me a big hug. I was incredibly calm. It felt good. The evening was not hampered by the thunderstorm that threatened the evening after dark (and that's late here in Saskatoon). It rained some at the end of the evening and the lightening was dramatic. I thought the skies lit up for Joni. What a peach. I snagged at least three new listers. Brian from Saskatoon, Gay from Fresno, CA, and David from San Francisco - watch for newbies! Great folks. By 10:30 PM, the exhibit halls were easily navigated and it was a snap to get a good view of the art. Well, that's it for now, again forgive the typos and horrid paragraph and sentence structure. If you need me, I'll be in the bar. No regrets, Coyote (Rick) Casa Alegre Hollywood, California I'll be dancin' on a pony keg. - --part1_15.5ee1b94.268ee33f_boundary-- ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2000 #364 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe joni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?