From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2000 #451 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 Tuesday, August 15 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 451 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: -------- Mendel things - NJC ["Helen M. Adcock" ] an introduction of sorts [evian ] Dylan Bio (NJC) [Leslie Mixon ] Re: an introduction of sorts ["Alan Lorimer" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:08:20 +1200 From: "Helen M. Adcock" Subject: Mendel things - NJC I've marked this NJC 'cos I just want to have a moan, and ask a question. Has anyone "not" received their order from the Mendel Gallery yet? I placed my order on the 5th of July, so I thought I would have received my poster and catalogue by now. I've just emailed the Gallery to make sure it was sent, but I have an awful feeling that they've been stolen from my letterbox. My postal delivery person seems to think if they just leave parcels on the front door-step (5 feet from a main driveway to 2 apartment blocks), everything will be perfectly safe for the next 5 hours, until I get home! I've also had some CDs and a parcel (birthday present!) from the UK not turn up too, so I'm pretty annoyed. Specially after spending NZD$100+ on the Mendel stuff! So if anyone out there hasn't received there order yet, please let me know, so I can calm down a bit! Thanks 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: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:53:05 -0600 From: evian Subject: an introduction of sorts Welcome Christen, Blue was also my first introduction to Joni, and I can still recapture the feeling I got when I heard the first few lines of "All I Want".... I have never been moved like that before or since from music (well, except for the first time I heard "When Doves Cry", but that's another story). Anyway, I played Blue over and over and over and then plotted and planned to get my next Joni. I think my next two purchases were Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm (it was just released) and Court and Spark. I got them both at the same time, and although they were playing "Snakes and Ladders" over and over and over on the radio here, I wasn't really that stuck on it back then except for "My Secret Place" and "Cool Water." It took me until about a year later to really get into that one, mainly because of all the other Joni I consumed in that time. Anyway, to get on track (I kinda got off on a Grandpa Simpson tangent, didn't I?), Court and Spark was, for me, the perfect second Joni album to get. It doesn't give you the same "hair standing on the back of your neck" feeling, but pretty damn close. It also marks how Joni moved from the intensely personal to being a little more guarded, and the introduction of the band makes it an interesting study. Anyway, Blue and C&S went hand in hand for me, and it took me years to find other albums that I considered their equal (or better). The first time I heard Hissing, I was disappointed -- apart from The Boho Dance and "Don't Interupt the Sorrow", I didn't care for it at all. Also, for some reason, FTR didn't do much for me at the time. I guess I just wasn't ready for them. However, I loved Dog Eat Dog throughout on first listen -- go figure... I still think it's in her top 5. Anyway, I'd recommend you doing this -- Run out and get Court and Spark, and play the hell outta it! Then, Pick up For the Roses, an album that blows me away now, and then I'd get Hejira and Ladies of the Canyon -- Hejira, the masterpiece for tons of people here, has a better effect once you absorb Blue, C&S, and FTR. Ladies is great just to hear what came before Blue and it acts as a bridge between STAS and Clouds and Blue and FTR. Then, skip ahead and get NRH, so you don't deprave youself of 90's Joni at her best, and then go back and get Hissing -- it takes getting used to for us Blue folk, but good Lord, I have to say that, this year at least, it is my favorite Joni album. It simply blows me away... and then get DJRD, which is so absolutely wonderful I can't even describe it -- but again, that was another one I didn't like at first -- now it's in the top 3. I don't know what I did before discovering the title track, "Off Night Backstreet", and "Paprika Plains". Anyway, this was long and rambling, but in any event, get Court and Spark next and savor each of these albums... I wish I could discover them all over again! Happy Tuesday y'all, Evian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:14:36 -0700 From: Leslie Mixon Subject: Dylan Bio (NJC) I'm wondering if any JoniPhiles recorded the Dylan bio on A&E? If so, would you be willing to make me a copy? Mr. Mixon received a job offer today that he simply could not refuse - so I guess we're staying in Northern California. Congratulations Stevie! Leslie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:55:30 +1000 From: "Alan Lorimer" Subject: Re: an introduction of sorts Cristen, I would tend to go along with Mark's recommendation of Miles of Aisles for your next purchase. This would have to be one of Joni's most "accessible" albums, and covers a large range of her early music. You get the impression from listening to this album that Joni had a lot of fun recording it. As Mark has pointed out, the live versions of 'A Case of You' and 'Blue' are absolutely stunning. As for further recommendations, Sue McNamara's recommendations of "For The Roses", "Court & Spark" and "Hissing of Summer Lawns" would be hard to beat. The important thing to note is that many of the albums do take a lot of time to really get into. Joni has covered a huge range of styles from "Folk", "Pop", "Rock" and "Jazz" even if much of her music can't easily be placed in a category. ps: It seems to be standard practice for us to all make completely different recommendations to new Joni fans. Welcome to the world of confusion :-) Alan Lorimer Hawley Beach Tasmania ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2000 #451 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe joni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?