From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2001 #531 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Friday, November 2 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 531 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. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Today's Articles: November 1 [les@jmdl.com] Today in Joni History: November 1 [les@jmdl.com] Re: children's & other books NJC [colin ] Re: books and more NJC [colin ] silly joni mention ["Deb Messling" ] Re: Keith Jarrett NJC [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] WTC paintings, & medicine wheel ["Ron Greer" ] Re: WTC paintings, & medicine wheel [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Today's Articles: November 1 [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Today in Joni History: November 1 [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: Athens performance (njc) ["Sybil Skelton" ] Re: Keith Jarrett NJC [Richard Stevens ] Re: Today in Joni History: November 1 [Nuriel Tobias ] Re: Joni's guitar tunings [Howard ] Another personal set back - NJC [Merk54@aol.com] oops on the last post NJC [Alison E ] Re: oops on the last post NJC ["Victor Johnson" ] Re: Another personal set back - NJC [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Another personal set back - NJC [colin ] Re: oops on the last post NJC [colin ] Re: Another personal set back - NJC [Vince Lavieri ] Re: Winnie the Pooh NJC [Catherine McKay ] Re: Children's Books (NJC) [Catherine McKay ] Re: maugham now Proust NJC [Catherine McKay ] Re: NZ film NJC ["hell" ] Re: BOO! - just when you thought it was safe (njc) ["hell" ] unfinishable books NJC ["Wally Kairuz" ] Wheels On Fire - Again (njc) [Susan Guzzi ] Re: unfinishable books NJC ["Victor Johnson" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 03:02:01 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Articles: November 1 On November 1 these articles were published: 1996: "Lady of the Canon" - Entertainment Weekly (Review - Album, with photographs) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/9610.cfm 2000: "Beyond the star-making machine" - Toronto Globe and Mail (Biography) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/001101tgam.cfm - ------------------------ The JMDL Article Database has 649 titles. http://www.jmdl.com/articles ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 03:02:01 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today in Joni History: November 1 On November 1 in Joni Mitchell History: 1968: From the Official Chronology: Joni performs the second of four nights at The Main Point in Philadelphia, playing two shows. 1969: Joni performs at the Centennial Auditorium in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The StarPhoenix previews the concert, saying "As a songwriter she plays Yang to Bob Dylan's Yin, equaling him in richness and profusion of imaginary and surpassing him in conciseness and direction." More info: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/691029ssp.cfm 1972: Joni performs at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. 1996: Joni is honored by her native Canada by receiving the prestigious Governor General's Award in a ceremony in Ottawa. 1998: Joni performs at Madison Square Garden on the tour with Bob Dylan. More info: http://www.jmdl.com/performances/docs/981101.cfm http://jonimitchell.com/RoadAgainNewYorkCity1098.html - ------------------------ Search the "Today" database: http://www.jmdl.com/today ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 09:19:00 +0000 From: colin Subject: Re: children's & other books NJC > Yes, I forgot about Priscilla. I enjoyed it too. Didn't know Wong Foo was > an adaptation. oh I don't think it was an adaptation! Just a rip off of Priscilla. There were quite a few similarities-mainly a road trip for 3 drag queens! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 09:27:54 +0000 From: colin Subject: Re: books and more NJC Yael Harlap wrote: > Sue said: > >You name your pets after favorite authors or characters. > >People regard you with consternation when you yell out > >for your dog *insert fictional name here*. > > Pets! > I've thought that it would be really cool to name a daughter Scout. > Or Phoebe because I love Holden's little sister One of my Apso's is called Tanra's Court and Spark, his call name beign Mitchell. The Yankee is called Phoebe and appropriately so as she is scatty but loveable! I have Daina(another apso), after Scully in the XFiles. Another Apso called Brad from The Rocky Horror, another Apso called Martha after Ms Stewart, And Dockyard Doris, also an Apso, named after a UK drag queen. Mnay years ago I had a Carly and Joni. Have neither now as both have become common names here in the UK, especially amongst 'trailor trash'! I think my next puppy will be called Ashara! If it si a girl. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 07:07:39 -0500 From: "Deb Messling" Subject: silly joni mention My husband gave me a Halloween featuring the 10 Scariest Celebrities, including people like Dwight Chokem and Morgue N. Freeman. One of the celebs was Joni Witchell. - ----------------------------------- Deb Messling =^..^= - ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 08:29:40 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Keith Jarrett NJC Thanks for the great review, Stephen...My, you are certainly making some great memories this fall! I'll just add that Keith also does a cover of "All I Want", it's on one of his earliest records, 'Mourning Of A Star'. I bought a brand new copy from E-Bay, and Keith's cover is coming up in a month or so. Bob NP: Marvin Gaye, "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 17:18:44 +0200 From: "Ron Greer" Subject: WTC paintings, & medicine wheel hi as far as the paintings go - she's obviously come full circle, and is looking at them from both sides now. but in view of the medicine wheel thing, should she redo the lyrics & change it to "four sides now"?? though changing "from up & down" to "from north, south, east & west" might just be a little clumsy. she updated big yellow taxi for inflation by increasing the charges for the tree museum. what other songs would/could benefit from being updated??? ron ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 10:36:22 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: WTC paintings, & medicine wheel <> That's a REALLY cool question, Ron! The one that comes immediately to mind is "For Free", when she sings: "I've got a black limousine And an entourage (updated from two gentlemen) Escorting me to these halls..." Bob NP: The Spinners, "I'll Be Around" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 10:38:59 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Today's Articles: November 1 <<1996: "Lady of the Canon" - Entertainment Weekly (Review - Album, with photographs) >> Am I to assume that the photos were taken by the above referenced "Canon" ? :~) Bob NP: The Main Ingredient, Everybody Plays The Fool" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:07:55 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Today in Joni History: November 1 In a message dated 11/1/01 3:05:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, les@jmdl.com writes: > 1998: Joni performs at Madison Square Garden on the tour with Bob Dylan. > More info: http://www.jmdl.com/performances/docs/981101.cfm > http://jonimitchell.com/RoadAgainNewYorkCity1098.html > Hey this was the first time I saw Joni live in concert thanks to Wally's website. I had purchased last minute tickets which were behind the stage, but hell I didn't mind. When I got home I emailed Wally with my behind the stage fotos and he surprised me... http://jonimitchell.com/RoadAgainNewYorkCity1098.html All was good. rosemjoy@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 10:48:14 -0600 From: "Sybil Skelton" Subject: Re: Athens performance (njc) >Sybil, aren't you in GA? We Suthun JMDLers need to meet up! Nope, afraid I'm in Texas. As much as I'd love to see Victor perform, it's just too long a drive. Good luck, Victor, and we expect a full and glowing review from the listers who are able to make it. Sybil _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 18:48:12 -0800 From: Richard Stevens Subject: Re: Keith Jarrett NJC on 31/10/01 10:13 pm, Wally Kairuz at wallykai@fibertel.com.ar wrote: > interrupting work to chime in here. i do very highly recommend jarret's ECM > album of standards and improvisations [the title escapes my memory now and i > can't leave me desk]. simply stupendous! > now back to editing essays. > wallyK > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]En nombre de Stephen > Epstein > Enviado el: Jueves, 01 de Noviembre de 2001 03:10 a.m. > Para: joni@smoe.org; mepstein@sesmm.com > Asunto: Keith Jarrett NJC > > > Hi all! > > Last night I had the remarkable pleasure of seeing Keith Jarret live in > Vancouver at the Orpheum Theatre!!! Keith Jarret is great! Having said that, the only record i've got of his is "The Koln Concert", by I hear alot of his stuff on Jazz Fm in the UK R ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:50:54 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: Today in Joni History: November 1 Great Photos, Rose. looks like a shrine made of wood that's been washed with sunset colours. Just lovely. I must say that seeing Joni on Rose's pics holding the guitar nearly brought tears to my eyes. The thought about never hearing a new Joni song with Joni's guitar playing in it feels me with rage that just won't let go. Nuri - --- RoseMJoy@aol.com > wrote: >In a message dated 11/1/01 3:05:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, les@jmdl.com >writes: > > >> 1998: Joni performs at Madison Square Garden on the tour with Bob Dylan. >> More info: http://www.jmdl.com/performances/docs/981101.cfm >> http://jonimitchell.com/RoadAgainNewYorkCity1098.html >> >Hey this was the first time I saw Joni live in concert thanks to Wally's >website. I had purchased last minute tickets which were behind the stage, but >hell I didn't mind. When I got home I emailed Wally with my behind the stage >fotos and he surprised me... >http://jonimitchell.com/RoadAgainNewYorkCity1098.html >All was good. > >rosemjoy@aol.com _____________________________________________________________ Free email, web pages, news, entertainment, weather and MORE! Check out -------------------------------> http://wowmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 20:20:24 +0000 From: Howard Subject: Re: Joni's guitar tunings Laurent, In nearly all of Joni's songs where she is playing alternate-tuned guitar, any other guitarists playing on the track will play in standard tuning. The only example that I can think of where another guitarist plays on a Joni song and *does* use alternate tunings is Steven Stills playing on "Carey" (tab for this available at www.jmdl.com/guitar). Some of Larry Klein's bass parts (and maybe Jaco's?) go pretty low - this could be down to lower-than-normal tunings, or it might just mean they used 5 or 6-string basses. I think the fact that Joni always worked on alternate tunings, with the band used to "normal conventions" made it difficult for her in the early days to communicate her ideas. The band members were probably used to being told chord names and so on, but Joni's tunings made this difficult, and the complex sound of her chords also made it harder for the musicians to pick up the notes by ear. Howard From: "Laurent Olszer" > >Could a musician please help: When playing Joni with her alternate tunings on >guitar, does the rest of the band ALWAYS use standard tuning? > >Examples? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:08:20 -0800 (PST) From: Alison E Subject: lurking (NJC) well, i've been reading all the posts, i just havent been compelled to join in lately! i will soon, i'm sure. i hope you are well. go see victor! he's such a sweetie. and tell him i said hi, and give him a big hug from me. and tell him to sing in french! alison - --- cvickery@danielrealty.com wrote: > > <> > > and speaking of lurkdom, are you ever coming back?? > we miss you! > > cindy Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 17:13:27 EST From: Merk54@aol.com Subject: Another personal set back - NJC To all my friends on the JMDL, Well, my year of personal challenges is continuing. Sunday night, I went to a Halloween Party with a friend - he was dressed as Willie Nelson and I went as a clown. We both happen to like Karaoke (goofy, I know), and every Halloween for the past 5 or 6 years, our wives let us go out on our own, to whoop it up, and sing a few songs. Anyway, when it came time for the costume contest, they had everyone come up on stage from the left side. They then had us walk off the front of the stage. I was actually the first one to go off the front of the stage, and after stepping off with my right foot, I realized how far of a drop it was (about 20"). In order to compensate, I pivoted on my left foot, and as soon as I did that, I heard a loud snapping sound. To make a long story short, I ended up rupturing my Quadracep muscle - in essence, detaching it from the knee. A trip to the emergency room that night, led to a visit to an Orthopedic specialist on Monday morning, and by 1pm on Monday afternoon, I was headed fo r reconstructive surgery. The surgery went great, but I will be spending the next three months in a full length leg cast, and hopping around on crutches (I can't put any weight on my left leg for 2 to three months). I'm still coming to grips with all of this, but thought I would let everyone know whats going on with me. Jack ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:13:42 -0800 (PST) From: Alison E Subject: oops on the last post NJC ok, i didnt really mean to send that last post to the whole list, but what the hell. i'm suffering from the beginnings of a cold or flu or something which has resulted in my being unable to do anything today. so, cindy don't tell victor hi for me, it appears i've done it myself! as doctor nick would say... HI EVERYBODEEE! alison e. in slc np: rufus whineright, poses. yeah, i know i said how much i disliked him jerry! i really like this damn album, though. Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 18:03:11 -0500 From: "Victor Johnson" Subject: Re: oops on the last post NJC > so, cindy don't tell victor hi for me, it appears i've > done it myself! So that's how I caught this cold....I'm glad it's all clear now. :~} Hi Allison, I hope your ailment doesn't last long, mine's been dragging on for a couple of weeks now...I keep hoping it will clear up...I keep looking for the miracle cure...I have fond memories of sitting on Ashara's backporch on a Monday afternoon...and singing in French....alas... Victor Victor Johnson http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson "Velveteen rabbits and moonbeams, Come when you lay down your head. While you are sleeping, they kiss you and tell you, That you are the reason the sun lights the sky." Scarlet-V. Johnson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 18:24:55 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Another personal set back - NJC << I'm still coming to grips with all of this, but thought I would let everyone know whats going on with me. >> Ouch, Jack...you shouldn't have done that! Hope you mend swiftly and make the best of the down time. Bob NP: Bettie Serveert, "Tom Boy" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 01:22:18 +0000 From: colin Subject: Re: Another personal set back - NJC Shit1 I KNOW that hurt! I did soemthing very simliar years ago. Unfortunately i did not get the proper treatmetn and I now cannot move my toes on that foot. I did just the same as you-stepped off soemthing that was higher than I thought. Merk54@aol.com wrote: > To all my friends on the JMDL, > Well, my year of personal challenges is continuing. Sunday night, I went to a Halloween Party with a friend - he was dressed as Willie Nelson and I went as a clown. We both happen to like Karaoke (goofy, I know), and every Halloween for the past 5 or 6 years, our wives let us go out on our own, to whoop it up, and sing a few songs. Anyway, when it came time for the costume contest, they had everyone come up on stage from the left side. They then had us walk off the front of the stage. I was actually the first one to go off the front of the stage, and after stepping off with my right foot, I realized how far of a drop it was (about 20"). In order to compensate, I pivoted on my left foot, and as soon as I did that, I heard a loud snapping sound. To make a long story short, I ended up rupturing my Quadracep muscle - in essence, detaching it from the knee. A trip to the emergency room that night, led to a visit to an Orthopedic specialist on Monday morning, and by 1pm on! > Monday afternoon, I was headed fo > r reconstructive surgery. > > The surgery went great, but I will be spending the next three months in a full length leg cast, and hopping around on crutches (I can't put any weight on my left leg for 2 to three months). > > I'm still coming to grips with all of this, but thought I would let everyone know whats going on with me. > > Jack - -- bw colin DAK,BRO GC, 950i, 940,860,864,890, 260,Silver 830,860, 580 and 270, Passap 6000, Duo80. colin@tantra-apso.com http://www.tantra-apso.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 01:24:11 +0000 From: colin Subject: Re: oops on the last post NJC Victor Johnson wrote: > > so, cindy don't tell victor hi for me, it appears i've > > done it myself! > > So that's how I caught this cold....I'm glad it's all clear now. :~} > Hi Allison, I hope your ailment doesn't last long, mine's been > dragging on for a couple of weeks now.. I wonder if somthing sinister is going on! I was boasting a few weeks ago that i rarely get colds and I have not had one since moving to the country. Then wham! 4 weeks ago I cam down with a stinker and it lasted 3 weeks! I usually egt them for 3-5days. Most people I know have had this one. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 22:00:59 -0500 From: Vince Lavieri Subject: Re: Another personal set back - NJC Get a pair of brand new wash clothes and pin one around the part of the top of the crutch where it will press against your side below the armpit. That extra level of cushion is very important for preventing pain and bruises. I learned that from a friend who was crutches after an accident; he taught me when I was on them for a year, On the bright side - and you must find a bright side - using crutches is great upper body exercise. After my year on crutches, I had the most wonderful upper body like I've never had before or since. Gees, was my chest stunning! Also crutches burn a lot of calories and I was as slim as I always wanted to be - 28 inch waist. The one leg was of course a bit atrophied but with that chest and waist and hips, who cared? :-) I know how frustrating it is, but then again, you can get a handicapped parking sticker now just in time for Christmas shopping! Jack, it is all in the attitude! (the Rev) Vince, formerly known to my friends as "crip" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:15:31 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Winnie the Pooh NJC - --- hell wrote: > I always laugh thinking about the > story of when Rabbit > and Pooh kidnapped Roo, and Piglet took his place - > Kanga giving him a bath, > and Christopher Robin not recognising him because > he's a different colour, > and renaming him Henry Pootel! Oh yes! That was verrrrry funny - I still laugh when I read that. > > I guess it's not so surprising, though, given that > the stories were based > around his son's toys. I wouldn't imagine a > six-year-old boy in the 1920's > would have many "female" toys! And that would also > explain the "male" > orientation of the stories. His poems are far more > general. > My favourite is "James James Something-Something-Something-Something Dupree/ Took good care of his mother, though he was only three/ James James said to his mother, "Mother," he said, said he./ "Don't ever go down to the end of the town/ Unless you go with me." And of course, Mother does go out and James James goes all over London on his tricycle looking for her. Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:16:35 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Children's Books (NJC) - --- Leslie Mixon wrote: > I have a collection of Johnny Gruelle (with color > illusations) books > that I can't wait to share with the child (5-6 years > old) Steve and I > hope to adopt next January. Here's the list: > Raggedy Andy Stories (1960) > Raggedy Ann's Lucky Pennies (1932) > Raggedy Ann Stories (1961) > Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land (1960) > Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled > Knees (1960) > Raggedy Ann's Wishing Pebble (1925) > Raggedy Ann and the Golden Butterfly (1961) Oh, of course! I loved those too and had the dolls as well, Ann and Andy. Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:33:42 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: maugham now Proust NJC - --- Wally Kairuz wrote: > maugham is to me > what the madeleine cookie was to proust. I once tried reading that darn Proust thing and I got so sick of that madeleine that I just couldn't go on. I know Proust was supposed to be a great writer, but I just couldn't handle it - enough of the damn cookie! Get on with it, willya? Just eat the bloody thing and get it over with! Most of the time, I give a book a chance and if it doesn't grab me right from the start, I still give it a chance, and then I usually get right into it in a little while. There are few books that I actually STOPPED reading because I just didn't want to go on with it - Proust's is one of two; the other was something dealing with the Irish revolution (or actually earlier than that, I guess) and I can't remember the name or who it was by, but reading the phone book would have been more interesting. Probably the only two books in my life that I started but didn't finish. Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:55:40 +1300 From: "hell" Subject: Re: NZ film NJC Colin wrote: > Hell-I saw a film years ago, made in Nz. It was about some guys and a coffin. A > black comedy. can't remember much else about it! Sorry for the delay in replying - I've been a little side-tracked the last couple of days! I think the film you're talking about is "Carry Me Back" about two sons whose father dies while on a big rugby trip (as a spectator). The terms of his will state they only inherit the farm if he dies on the property, so they have to smuggle his body home. It's been a while since I've seen it, but I remember it being pretty good. It was made in 1982. Hell ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman hell@ihug.co.nz Hell's Personal Photo Page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/main/personal.htm Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:56:56 +1300 From: "hell" Subject: Re: BOO! - just when you thought it was safe (njc) Anne wrote: > I can't thank all of you enough for you prayers, thoughts and good wishes. I > really think we're onto something here! (The surgeons were basically saying > to each other, "We're done - but we're not supposed to be done so fast! What > else do you want to do to her???" They wound up taking some extra tissue > samples and doing probably one of the most precise sutures ever :-) Gee, if > I'd only known! My dentist could have come in and done all my dental work > for life. Or I could have ordered a cute little button nose (nah, I like my > nose...) I'm so glad to see you back home safe, and in such good spirits! Welcome back! Hell ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman hell@ihug.co.nz Hell's Personal Photo Page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/main/personal.htm Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:01:19 +1300 From: "hell" Subject: Re: Another personal set back - NJC Jack wrote: > The surgery went great, but I will be spending the next three > months in a full length leg cast, and hopping around on crutches > (I can't put any weight on my left leg for 2 to three months). Ouch! I bet my father would sympathise (if he was still around). He ruptured his quadracep muscle when he was young, playing basketball, and it was never fixed properly. He had a big hollow in his leg where the muscle should have been, and a big lump above where it had ended up! Very bizarre! He still carried on playing sport though (and at a representative level) so take heart! Take care of yourself, and be sensible on those crutches - a friend of mine swears you get the best seats in bars and restaurants if you're on crutches, so there is a bright side! Hell ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman hell@ihug.co.nz Hell's Personal Photo Page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/main/personal.htm Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 01:54:41 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: unfinishable books NJC oh catherine darling! if you knew how much i agree with you. i will never ever ever be able to finish a la recherche. it's a lost cause with me. ditto ulysses, ditto any paul auster book. i am so sorry to be such a lowbrow but give me maugham, give me robertson davies, give me nancy mitford. now i know i'll never try again. wallyK, life is simply too short, for god's sake - -----Mensaje original----- De: Catherine McKay [mailto:anima_rising@yahoo.ca] Enviado el: Viernes, 02 de Noviembre de 2001 12:34 a.m. Para: Wally Kairuz; joni Asunto: Re: maugham now Proust NJC - --- Wally Kairuz wrote: > maugham is to me > what the madeleine cookie was to proust. I once tried reading that darn Proust thing and I got so sick of that madeleine that I just couldn't go on. I know Proust was supposed to be a great writer, but I just couldn't handle it - enough of the damn cookie! Get on with it, willya? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 21:02:42 -0800 (PST) From: Susan Guzzi Subject: Wheels On Fire - Again (njc) Happy days are here again my fellow AbFab friends! I just saw a commercial on Comedy Central, announcing the return of Eddy & Patsy in 2 weeks and I'm doing the Happy Dance all around my living room! Oops didn't mean to rile the downstairs folks! I guess this means I'll have to start another AbFab marathon leading up to the day! Hell, Alyson have you heard ... are you dancing? Commence the countdown ... Peace Susan Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 00:50:30 -0500 From: "Victor Johnson" Subject: Re: unfinishable books NJC > give me maugham, give me robertson davies, give me nancy mitford. now i know > i'll never try again. Homer Simpson to Bart: "You tried and you failed miserably--the lesson is never try." Victor, looking forward to a new season of Simpsons beginning this Tuesday Victor Johnson http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson "Velveteen rabbits and moonbeams, Come when you lay down your head. While you are sleeping, they kiss you and tell you, That you are the reason the sun lights the sky." Scarlet-V. Johnson ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2001 #531 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she?