From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2000 #392 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 15 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 392 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: No More American Politics, NJC ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Joni's World View ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] RE: Joni's World View ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: No More American Politics, NJC ["John van Tiel" Subject: Re: No More American Politics, NJC Since we are all agreed on a total prohibition against American politics, and in the spirit of multi-nationalism, let's tip our cyber-hats to the French who remembered "Bastille Day" yesterday, July 14. This was a grisly, bloody, hand-to-hand fight for a prison, right Marcel? Also I understand that "National Day", was celebrated yesterday in Europe/Russia. John, would you fill us in? All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu near Cincinnati ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 00:59:16 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: Joni's World View In the never-ending introduction to Painting With Words and Music, Joni says that her design for the audience's area was round, to bring the four directions, which represent the four major races, together. It sounds, as she explains in her own voice, like a Native American concept because it's Earth-centric. Ground-based. Some times she gets too metaphorical for her own good and leaves reality, logic, and sense behind. So, what she intends as a call for non-divisionalism _sounds_ like a racial slur. (Amazing in itself!!) Joni is not "anti" any race. But she does think in terms of race sometimes. (Doesn't everyone _think_ in terms of race- I mean if you are able to _comprehend_ the concept of "race" then by definition you are guilty of "thinking in terms of race".) Joni is not a bigot. Period. Ask Carey (Greek), Don Alias (African American), Larry (Russian American), etc, etc, etc. All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu near Cincinnati Now Playing In My Head: "I don't hate nothin' at ALL 'cept hatred." That nice Jewish boy from Minnesota, USA ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 02:22:11 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Joni's World View i don't know that joni is so open minded when it comes to certain issues. when dog eat dog came out, she said in an interview that one of the signs that contemporary culture was in decline was its relatively open acceptance of homosexuality. i'm going to search on les's site for the article. i'm almost sure it was musician magazine. maybe joni can relate to a lot of different people and still in her heart of hearts be kind of square. she does come across as a somewhat conservative person at times. wallyk ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 07:11:15 +0200 From: "John van Tiel" Subject: Re: No More American Politics, NJC Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: > Since we are all agreed on a total prohibition against American politics, > and in the spirit of multi-nationalism, let's tip our cyber-hats to the > French who remembered "Bastille Day" yesterday, July 14. This was a grisly, > bloody, hand-to-hand fight for a prison, right Marcel? > > Also I understand that "National Day", was celebrated yesterday in > Europe/Russia. John, would you fill us in? Yes, it was. Basically it's just an ordinary day-off in France, whereas the rest of Europe had no idea or couldn't care less. Our National Day is on April 30th, the birthday of the queen. And again, that's just an ordinary day-off, a day on which all brass bands get to play their annual concert and we eat orange cakes that make your teeth fall out. I don't think that there is such a thing as a National Day for Europe. We'd probably need at least two centuries to agree on any such thing (and I haven't even included the British, because that would probably mean that another two centuries would be needed). We're a funny lot over here, Jim (and I haven't even included the British...). John (The Netherlands) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 01:56:41 EDT From: Relayer211@aol.com Subject: "Free to be you and me" I grew up on the wonderful children's album "Free to be you and me".I listened to it through out my childhood.wouldn't have been nice if Joni could have sung on it? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 02:42:58 EDT From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Current Top 5(JC) if only to prove to some that I'm still listen to and appreciate JM: Here are my Top 5 as of 2am July 14,2000 1. Hejira 2. For the Roses 3. Blue 4. HOSL 5. Mingus and Top 5 Favorite Songs >> Refuge of the Road Last time I saw Richard Goodbye Pork-pie Hat Shades of Scarlett Conquering Edith and the Kingpin Paul I ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2000 #392 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe joni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?