From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2002 #221 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 Sunday, May 19 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 221 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: -------- Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? [dsk ] Re: And now for A Case of You . . . [anne@sandstrom.com] Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? 100% NJC now [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] =?ISO-8859-1?B?UmU6IFJlOiJFbGVjdHJpY2l0eSIgV2hhdCdzIGl0IGFsbCBh Ym91dD8gMTAwJSBOSkMgoA==?= [] Re: JMDL Digest V2002 #220 ["O" ] Re: And now for A Case of You . . . [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni in Fiction ["Garret" ] Re: JMDL Digest V2002 #219 [Chorando6@aol.com] Re: Juliet stevenson [Chorando6@aol.com] May 17th (NJC) ["Kate Bennett" ] And now for A Case of You . . . ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: And now for A Case of You . . . [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? 100% JC now [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] "Blue" venue? [Scott Price ] Re: And now for A Case of You . . . ["Kakki" ] Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? ["Kakki" ] Re: "Blue" venue? ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Joni Mitchell's new guitar system ["Josh Eubank" Subject: Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? anne@sandstrom.com wrote: > > And this thread is great - and somewhat humbling! It > makes me want to rethink how I interpret all of Joni's > songs! Me too. Very interesting thread here. I've always taken this song as a straightforward faltering romance story, with the faulty electrical wiring being a metaphor for the energy no longer passing between former lovers. But now, after reading all the thoughts people here have shared about it... Since the song follows her "pack your suspenders" song about James Taylor, could Electricity refer to the James Taylor, Joni, Carly Simon triangle? Usually talking about who a song may be about isn't very interesting to me except as one small aspect of the story. I only wonder now about who the characters may be because of someone's mention of another woman in the story, and, yes, there does seem to be another person involved. I'd always taken the "she" as Joni looking at her own behavior from afar. Moving on... Reading the first four lines today I'm struck by what a cold guy this Minus must be to cause the leaves to fall and the pond to over-ice just by speaking. He's no Mr. Warmheart. Ok, so maybe it just happens to be almost wintertime when Joni wrote the song, but at the moment the image of him as cold and unwilling to connect fits the song. So Joni herself can be the proud headed (hasn't she often been called arrogant?) Queen Lizzie putting out little charges, and he's not returning anything. (The sparks and song he sang her to sleep are both in the past). The line "And she begs him to show her how to fix it again" is the saddest one in the whole song to me. It expresses the desperate attempt to get through to someone who's shut her out. Those warm memories cause her to beg, even though even she knows it's futile. And... Minus and the mention of a minotaur make me think of King Minos, who claimed to be such a powerful ruler that he could rule nature (and the gods) and showed his power by praying for a bull to be created from the sea. One was, and it turned out to be such a beautiful bull that instead of sacrificing him to Poseidon, Minos kept it for himself, which made Poseidon so mad that he caused Minos's wife to fall in love with the bull. She was able to consummate her relationship with this bull with the help of Daedulus, an inventor, who built a structure that she could get into and fool the bull, and so she gave birth to the minotaur. Minos was pretty darn mad about that, and had a labyrinth built to hide the minotaur away in. Not sure what any of this has to do with "Electricity", but what I do find interesting is that both myth and song include a Minus/Minos who controls nature in a destructive rather than nourishing way and, if another woman is involved in the song, it may also be about possessiveness and duplicity (as the myth is). Minos was so angry at Daedulus that he and his son Icarus had to get away quickly, and to do that Daedulus came up with the wings design, which Icarus then took too far (and we all know what Joni did with that story). I think Joni read the Greek myths or maybe Joseph Campbell who was getting a lot of attention in the 70s, and, like she has with other things, took a few clues from it and then came up with her own unique creation. And just one more thing... I love the way Joni uses images of light in this song. As a memory it was floodlights (overwhelming, input/output connecting), then a flashlight (focused and with its separate energy source), then a candle (not much illumination and no electricity at all). It's such a fine way of showing the mellowing down of a relationship to its present fragility. One slight breeze or one puff and there's complete darkness. That's it for my bits about this song. Along with all this I also agree with everything else people have written about it. It's such a pleasant surprise that after "knowing" this song for so many years, there are all these new ways of looking at it. Debra Shea ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 05:38:28 -0700 (PDT) From: anne@sandstrom.com Subject: Re: And now for A Case of You . . . > Also, what is the > significance of meeting the woman who "had a mouth like yours"? You raise some GREAT questions! I'll take a shot at this one. I'm pretty sure the woman she met was James Taylor's mother and the song is about James. I'll repeat my story about a former boyfriend of mine who visited with JT's mom on Martha's Vineyard. James and Carly were together at the time. BUT, there were no photos of Carly in the house, and yet practically an entire wall of Joni and James together. Anyway, this woman advises Joni that she has to 'be prepared to bleed" to be with him. lots of love Anne ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 09:10:20 -0400 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? 100% NJC now <> And I agree, and that interpretation is consistent with what I originally said about the "technical manual" not being a literal manual but rather another person that she had been consulting. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 09:20:45 -0400 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?B?UmU6IFJlOiJFbGVjdHJpY2l0eSIgV2hhdCdzIGl0IGFsbCBh Ym91dD8gMTAwJSBOSkMgoA==?= <> Thanks for the illumination on that, Mark & Warren...having never done recreational drugs I didn't get that reference. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 14:25:28 +0100 From: "O" Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2002 #220 Hi Matt, A cartoon coaster is the kind of thing you get to put your pint (of beer) on in a bar, like any coaster, only presumably with some sorta cartoon ad on it or something. And I take "constantly in the darkness" as a rebuttal to the lover saying she is constant as the northern star, i.e stable and ok, and she is saying no, I'm like the northern star not because I'm constant but because I'm in the darkness, so I'm not ok. The map of Canada is probably her thinking of home but his face on it twice just means to me she can't get him out of her head (sorry for the Kylie reference!). The woman with "a mouth like yours" I think is her lover's mother, whose mouth resembles his, giving her advice on what to do. Just my thoughts on it anyways! p.s forget relationships and go travelling instead - thats what I'm about to do, and it always seemed to work for Joni - "Maybe I'll go to Amsterdam, maybe I'll go to Rome"!!! Peace, Owen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 10:25:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: And now for A Case of You . . . - --- Buck - the - Dog > P.S. I feel like I should explain my e-mail address. > Buck-the-Dog > (hyphenated, like Julia-Louis Dreyfuss, or > Louis-Dreyfuss, or whatever it > is--sorry, only famous person with a hyphenated name > I could think of as an > example) is my dog for six years now and I gave him > his own e-mail address a > long time ago to blow someone's mind who sent him an > e-card to my e-mail > address on his birthday. I decided to send them a > reply from Buck-the-Dog's > address, and wound up using this address more than > any other ones. I thought you had just substituted a b for an f, so I'm actually kind of glad you explained it. I don't think having e-mail addresses for pets is weird at all. I have a friend whose dog is always sending e-mails to my dog; however, my dog is a bit technophobic and doesn't like using computers if she can help it. I'm also convinced my cats are running some kind of web-related scam when no one's at home, but i've never been able to pin anything on them. (I'm on the case though - I know what cats are like!) And by the way, stop asking all those complicated questions, willya? It's making my brain hurt! ;] ______________________________________________________________________ Find, Connect, Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 08:34:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Denny Giovanetti Subject: Re: And now for A Case of You . . . "Buck - the - Dog" e-woofed: >And besides that, what *is* a cartoon coaster? Ah, those were the halcyon (and non-existent) days, when drinking was a social endeavor, and bartenders could mix drinks, remember _your drink_ and your name (pre-fern bar, wine spritzers, bottle juggling, etc.). Rather than advertising the liquor or beer that your in the process of drinking, a coaster might've been emblazoned with the some nifty '50's sort of cartoon (say, a shapely martini come-on, or some such). A mint example would probably fetch a fortune on ebay =:~) (There might be more on this in Joseph Lanza's _The Cocktail: The Influence of Spirits on the American Psyche_.) >And what is >meant by "Constantly in the darkness, where's that at?" Her take on Willie the Shake (Willie with a twist): "But I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fixd and resting quality, There is no fellow in the firmament." (Julius Cfsar. Act iii. Sc. 1.) Denny ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 11:36:41 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: My Sister Catherine njc My sister Cathy suffered a devastating stroke yesterday evening as a result to diabetes and hypertension. The damage done by the massive hemorrhage in her brain and the damage to the brain cells are irreversible effecting her ability to understand language and to speak or use the right side of her body. Please keep her in your prayers that she may have a peaceful passing. ~rose ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 12:07:03 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? 100% NJC now In a message dated 5/18/02 12:30:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, guitarzan@direcpc.com writes: > this song has such a lovely melody, and a > wonderfully odd placement of chords beneath it, the little timing > eccentricities are awesome. The singing and background singing > are very cool, and how the bass and drum become a 'heartbeat' > during that part of the song You are so very right Randy! Although Joni uses some powerful lyrics, it is always the melody that keeps me playing this song over and over. In fact when I play "Electricy" in my car, I keep searching back to the last line of the song when she sings "She's not going to fix it up tooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesy". I play that line over and over and it brings chills up my spine everytime. She really knows how to use her voice as an instrument! Jimmy (I can't believe it was 2 years ago yesterday when I saw Joni in West Palm on her BSN tour) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:16:23 +0100 From: "Garret" Subject: re: natalie imbruglia sjc LXROSS@ctrl.co.uk wrote: she was interviewed and admitted she have liked to do a Joni Mitchell song but she was scared to because she's 'so amazing'. I remember when her album was released, i read an interview in Q magazine (i think), where Natalie Imbruglia said something to the effect that she could never listen to a full Joni Mitchell record because of all the album filler. ( and as far as i remember "filler" was teh exact word), and that her album didn't have that problem. She also dissed someone else that i thought was pretty good...That said, she is still utterly likeable, adn i still remember her as Beth in Neighbours. GARRET np- Patti Smith- When Doves Cry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:08:47 +0100 From: "Garret" Subject: Re: Joni in Fiction >So if anyone else knows of or comes across any Joni in the media, please let >me know about it Bob, does that include Join mentions in interviews with other musicians? and in reviews of other peoples albums? There is currently a "punk" special of NME on the newsstands, and there is a reprint of a great article about the release of Patti Smith's Horses. Im paraphrasing here, but it is connluded with a statement to the effect that (this is from 1975 rememeber) many fans of "good" music can easily accept female artists with a passive intelligence (such as Joni Mitchell) but find it difficult to accept the fericous in your face intelligence of Patti Smith {i don't know how accurate an assertion that was, but there you have...} IN Q magazine a month or two ago (can't remember) Boy George was asked to list his five favorite gay albums. he listed Court and Spark. (also listed tom waits and i think David Bowie too; i'm sure someone can check this out easily enough). GARRET ps- hope you had a really happy birtdhay:) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 14:09:51 EDT From: Chorando6@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2002 #219 hi all, joining the thread of others covering joni's songs i was pondering the idea of joni remixed. The other day I got hold of a cd of verve (the jazz label) Remixed by dance producers. Though all the songs don't quite cut the mustard there is a wonderful remix of Carmen Macrae singing how long has this been going on? The other artists tackled on this comp are billie holiday, nina simone, astrud gilberto and ella. Heres the question. If you were to wish for a joni remix what would it be and how would you imagine it being executed. The wonderful thing about the carmen song is the way held notes have been looped and certain phrases repeated seamlessly. For starters I would love to hear a remix of sweet bird. THe remix of Big yellow taxi for the friends soundtrack was a little dull and dare i say unimaginative. Was it joni that remixed it?? So if you've any ideas. With love clivex ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 14:19:01 EDT From: Chorando6@aol.com Subject: Re: Juliet stevenson Juliet Stevenson is starring in a new brit film at the moment called Bend it like Beckham. The film Centres around two girls who enjoy playing football. One british and one asian. The story is about acceptance, living our truth, pursuing our dreams and many other things besides. Its a lovely film, very british, and juliet has a wonderful comedic role to play, with great lines and a character you simply fall in love with. If you get the chance go and See it. It's on in U.K cinemas at the moment, so if it doesn't come out in the US you may have to wait a little while before you can get it on DVD or Video. xxclive ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 11:30:36 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: May 17th (NJC) Happy Happy Birthday Bob & thankyou for all the wonderful laughs!!! >>He claims he's not the *nice* Bob, but we all know that's not true! He brings a laugh to us all daily. He is someone I'm proud to have as a friend, and I can't wait to get lost in the Catskills with him for the third year in a row. Everybody please wish a big big big H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y T O BOB "The Smurph" MURPHY.<< ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 11:53:18 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: And now for A Case of You . . . Matt, we've had such fun with this one before...someone, rose i think, even magnified a section of one of joni's painting where it looked like she'd drawn a face...& we all tried to see just whose face it might be!!!! I think the cartoon coaster was a drink coaster that must have had a cartoon on the front, she drew the picture on the back of it (canada map & the guys face twice)...re: constant- he says he's constant as the northern star, in other words always there, steady, stable, etc...she tells him he's constant alright...constantly in the darkness (clueless)...i love the line about living in a box of paints...its one of my favorite of all her lines...the woman who had a mouth like hers...some thought it meant that her mouth looked like the man's...i think it could mean that she talks/sounds like him (as in mouthing off...) >>I have a question about "A Case of You" now...What exactly is the significance of drawing a map of Canada "with your face sketched on it twice." And besides that, what *is* a cartoon coaster? And what is meant by "Constantly in the darkness, where's that at?"...Also, what is the significance of meeting the woman who "had a mouth like yours"?>> ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 15:24:49 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: And now for A Case of You . . . Kate wrote: > Matt, we've had such fun with this one before...someone, rose i think, even > magnified a section of one of joni's painting where it looked like she'd > drawn a face...& we all tried to see just whose face it might be!!!! Wow Kate, that was a year ago today that we were disussing that map and the face. We all had our magnifying glasses out, and Kakki guessed Groucho Marx and I thought it was Jack Palance. LOL.........we never did figure it out. Does this mean we'll be discussing "Yankee Yachts" next? :~) Jimmy NP- Marcel Deste "Way Up High in the Mango Tree" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 15:53:08 -0400 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? 100% JC now <> After all, if the music doesn't SOUND good, then why bother to begin with. I was just thinking this week about the fact that if you look at these three components: - -lyricist - -composer - -vocalist So very few hit so high up on the scale in each category as Joni does. Add her ability as an instrumentalist, and she's a QUADRUPLE threat. How many of those are there? Not many, especially not over the time span she has covered. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 13:34:33 -0700 From: Scott Price Subject: "Blue" venue? Just received an email notice of the following Catie Curtis gig: 05/24/02 and 05/25/02 Crown & Anchor 247 Commercial Street Provincetown, Massachusetts VENUE# 508-487-1430 SHOWTIME: 8:30p.m. "Crown and Anchor"......coincidence, or a Joni influence? BTW Catie Curtis is a wonderful singer-songwriter from Maine. Scott ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 12:01:08 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: And now for A Case of You . . . Jimmy wrote: > Wow Kate, that was a year ago today that we were disussing that map and the > face. Wow! My best friend was here visiting from Seattle and was perusing the BSN litho and quickly saw the map of canada - once one views it from Joni's perspective. I saw a kind of Groucho face but then when you looked at it again, you saw a very handsome Tom Rush looking face. Those were the two faces, but I think someone spotted yet a third! > We all had our magnifying glasses out, and Kakki guessed Groucho Marx and I > thought it was Jack Palance. LOL.........we never did figure it out. > > Does this mean we'll be discussing "Yankee Yachts" next? :~) O.K., I'll discuss anything to do with FTR repeatedly! ;-) Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 12:12:25 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? Debra wrote: > Since the song follows her "pack your suspenders" song about James > Taylor, could Electricity refer to the James Taylor, Joni, Carly Simon > triangle? The first time I put on the album back in November 1972 and heard Electricity, I thought she was talking about Carly. The publicity about the triangle was fresh in my mind and Carly seemed to be exactly who Joni was talking to. In retrospect, Joni had a point. JT was a handful back then, and in a way I think Joni was saying "just you wait, Carly, he will be a handful for you, too." (Sorry to offend any for "gossiping" but from a female perspective, this is how I see it.) Besides the message, the music and the lyrics are among Joni's most astounding. This is my second favorite Joni song, next to Judgment of the Moon and Stars. I don't think I've ever heard music that more perfectly expresses the cycle of starbursting love and high passion, the emotional roller coaster down and the stark pang of loss. I'm convinced there is something magical in the water up in B.C. where Joni wrote the songs of FTR. They are so uniquely beautiful and apart from anything she wrote before and after. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 13:52:46 -0700 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: "Blue" venue? >Just received an email notice of the following Catie Curtis gig: > >05/24/02 and 05/25/02 >Crown & Anchor >247 Commercial Street >Provincetown, Massachusetts >VENUE# 508-487-1430 >SHOWTIME: 8:30p.m. > >"Crown and Anchor"......coincidence, or a Joni influence? Yeah,I wonder about stuff like this too. I was given a bottle of "Cool Water" perfume recently.. and of course I instantly thought of the Joni song. (it has a heavenly scent) Anybody know where Auntie Ruthie is from? Bree >BTW Catie Curtis is a wonderful singer-songwriter from Maine. > >Scott _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 17:22:58 -0400 From: "Josh Eubank" Subject: Joni Mitchell's new guitar system My name is Josh Eubank and I am a new member to the "Only Joni" list! I have a few questions I was hoping someone could answer for me! I know that on Taming the Tiger, Joni uses a new guitar system which I've heard called two things. Mainly most people who knew a lot about guitars said it was called the Roland VG-88, although when I read about it in her biographical section of jonimitchell.com, it was refered to simply as the Roland VG-8! Basically here are my questions! Are the Roland VG-8 and VG-88 two different things that Roland manufacture, or is it often just shortened to the VG-8 with the second 8 left out to save time or something? Also, what does it do, and what kind of guitar is Joni using it with, I've heard a custom-made strat! But how can you build a Strat? Didn't she already have the Strat and then send it off to Roland to have them do the modifications that were required before it could work with the system? Any info anyone has would be great. Thanks very much! Josh Eubank ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 17:29:43 -0700 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell's new guitar system Hi Josh!! Welcome to the list!! I know a little about your quandry....so I hope the following is helpful. The VG-88-is an upgrade of Rolands orig. VG-8. Among the differences: An expression pedal to control various paramaters in real time (to volume, distoration,delay, etc.) and a 1/4 input which allows you to use any guitar that does not have the special Roland pickup installed, although you won't be able to take full advantage of the units power to say the least. This pickup (GK-2A) is a hexaphonic type which allows each string to be processed individually. Therefore each string can have it's won user defined tuning assignable per patch. Also, the VG-88 uses computer modeling of various Amp/spkr/mic/guit combinations to reproduce classic guitar. tones or tones you design yourself. Joni uses a Parker Fly with factory installed GK-2A, but you can get a strat or some other guitars with factory GK-2A's as well. Another option would be to install the pickup on your own axe (they can be user-installed on many electronics) There are people here who use both the VG-8 and the VG-88...and might be able to add to what I have written. I'm not a musician per se....in fact....I'm pretty bad. But I know a little about this stuff because I helped my brother build a home recording studio.(and he has a lot of the gadgets and gizmos)So when I'm paying for something,I want to know ALL the details. :-) Hope this was helpful... Take care, Bree PS: I have been listening to TTT for the past week or so and am just loving it more and more.......WOW!!! Those guitar sounds....... >My name is Josh Eubank and I am a new member to the "Only Joni" list! I >have a >few questions I was hoping someone could answer for me! Basically here >are my questions! Are the Roland VG-8 and VG-88 two different things that >Roland manufacture, or is it often just shortened to the VG-8 with the >second >8 left out to save time or something? Also, what does it do, and what kind >of >guitar is Joni using it with, I've heard a custom-made strat! But how can >you >build a Strat? Any info anyone has would be great. > >Thanks very much! > >Josh Eubank _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:33:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Mags N Brei Subject: Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? 100% JC now - --- ms. magsie's southern bro Bob wrote: > > > << with. I was just thinking this week about the fact that if you look > at these three components:>>> > -lyricist > -composer > -vocalist To which I will add: -painter -poet (anyone else want to tag on some more dimensions of joni? how would you describe what Joni is all about and why you love her/her music so much to someone who was not familiar with her? Mags np: the humming of canuckian wires > > ===== You open my heart, you do. Yes you do. - JM LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:58:23 -0700 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? 100% JC now >--- ms. magsie's southern bro Bob wrote: > > > > > > <<begin > > with. I was just thinking this week about the fact that if you look > > at these three components:>>> > > > > -lyricist > > -composer > > -vocalist > >To which I will add: > -painter > -poet Thanks Mags, for the opportunity.... I would add: One of the most incredible human beings ever, ever to walk this earth...who never ceases to amaze me.....my world would be a lot dimmer if she were not in it.....and she helps make it rich and interesting. As I said in post today....I'm discovering new sounds on TTT.....nuances....(the libations don't hurt this discovery either ;-) ) A person I feel I must meet someday.....just to tell her thanks.....thank you for everything....thanks to Myrtle....(Shite...I forgot her fathers name...anyway....tell your parents thanks...for letting you express yourself the way they did. (drawings on her bedroom walls etc...) I'll stop....I hope other people chime in. Bree (who thinks Joni is terrfic. I can't stop.... >(anyone else want to tag on some more dimensions of joni? how would you >describe what Joni is all about and why you love her/her music so much >to someone who was not familiar with her? > >Mags > >np: the humming of canuckian wires >===== >You open my heart, you do. >Yes you do. > - JM >LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience >http://launch.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 22:01:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: "Electricity" What's it all about? 100% JC now - --- Mags N Brei wrote: > --- ms. magsie's southern bro Bob wrote: > > > -lyricist > > -composer > > -vocalist > > To which I will add: > -painter > -poet > > (anyone else want to tag on some more dimensions of > joni? how would you > describe what Joni is all about and why you love > her/her music so much > to someone who was not familiar with her? Storyteller extraordinaire. ______________________________________________________________________ Find, Connect, Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 20:25:05 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell's new guitar system Hi Josh & welcome to the party. Some of our members actually have the Roland system and can no doubt give you as many details as you can handle... > Also, what does it do, and what kind of > guitar is Joni using it with, I've heard a custom-made strat! But how can you > build a Strat? Didn't she already have the Strat and then send it off to > Roland to have them do the modifications that were required before it could > work with the system? I believe her first guitar for the Roland system was a modified Strat. One of the reasons she went with the Parker Fly was that it is very light weight-only about 3 pounds. The heavier guitars were hurting her back too much. As Bree said, each string can be processed independently, so at the touch of a footswitch, the user can change from any tuning to any other. I think it was Graham Nash who first introduced her to a prototype of the system, knowing it was the perfect thing for her. Besides the tuning, you can assign a different sound to each string if you want to. So you could, for example, make one string sound like a bass guitar, another like a drum, another like a trumpet, etc. RR ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2002 #221 ***************************** ------- 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?