From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2003 #276 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, May 9 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 276 Sign up now for JoniFest 2003! http://www.jonifest.com ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- mark e njc [colin ] JONIS PERM [Cactustree78@aol.com] Hellish music njc ["Tamsin Lucas" ] 500 covers of BYT on the wall... [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Jonifest Scholarship Fund NJC [Jenny Goodspeed ] How to donate to the Jonifest Scholarship Fund NJC [Jenny Goodspeed ] RE: Bablau Theater in New York? ["Jerry Notaro" ] Re: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? [Murphycopy@aol.c] PRONUNCIATION AND PERIDOTS AND WORDS. NJC/grapes in the mouth ["Kate Benn] test njc ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Puttin' on the Dog ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: DED/joni's voice ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: win a smurf for the night -- NJC ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: "Ritual", in praise of, njc ["Victor Johnson" ] RE: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? ["Heather" ] RE: flatline njc ["Maggie McNally" ] Re: flatline njc [colin ] Re: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? [FMYFL@aol.com] Best/Worst Joni cover [Little Bird ] The Dawntreader, then and now ["Mark or Travis" ] Re: may 8!!!!!!!!!! njc ["Lori Fye" ] Re: Best/Worst Joni cover [KJHSF@aol.com] Re: Best/Worst Joni cover [Little Bird ] FW: Top Ten (NJC) [Michael Paz ] Re: "Ritual", in praise of, njc ["Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: win a smurf for the night -- NJC [Michael Paz ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 08:55:10 +0100 From: colin Subject: mark e njc I normally thank people for their kindnesses privately but this time wnated to do so publicly. In my post this morning I could see a cd package. It was from Germany. I was puzzled because i knew I had not ordered anything and don't know people there. I opened it and it was cd of Grace Slick's Dreams which I have been looking for years. I then read the invoice and there in small writing was a meassge fro Mark E!!!!! Mark had not only remebered I wanted this cd but he sought it out and oredered it for me! THANK YOU SO MUCH MARK. You brought a lump to my throat. I have also recieved cards from people I didn't know cared. The people on this list really are special. I am coping better than I would have thought. The trouble is that my neck disc problem causes shooting pains down my arm and across my shoulders and sometimes my chest. Well those symptoms are also connected to the heart. So it gets scary-which is it? still it has made my losing weight easier. 32lbs now. being scaredmakesit easy to stay on the wagon(which for me is low carb). Lost whole point on my cholesetral levels too which is good. bw colin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 04:30:24 -0400 From: Cactustree78@aol.com Subject: JONIS PERM Hello all!!!.. Ken wrote "It looked to me like a blind woman's home permanent. While she was suing her dentist, she should have sued her beautician as well.".. Im sorry y'all but I couldnt agree more...And Ken as always Im crackin up...I remember a couple of years back I bought Jonis RS 1978 cover..I was shocked when it came because I had never seen Jonis late 70s look in full effect..The makeup did Tammy Fae proud...and that hair...I mean please dont get me wrong there are Joni pics that make this gay man look twice so im not sayin that Joni is always busted just with that perm!! This feels like a negative post but believe me its meant to be funny..I hope you all have a great day....*****kevin**** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 09:17:43 +0000 From: "Tamsin Lucas" Subject: Hellish music njc Luci wrote: >My idea of hell would have to encompass really bad lift music (elevators to >you over there) played on a very thin Bontempi organ (remember them?) and >lots >of really bad SCAT type jazz, as preferred by Cleo Laine and Jonny >DAnkworth. Which made me wonder what music they'd play in the personal hells of JMDLers? For me at the moment it would be bloody Macy Gray, every time I hear that strangled minnie mouse warble on the radio I jump for the off button - it's like someone scraping their nails down the blackboard of my soul... Also pan pipe collections. They'd probably stick in a few novelty hits, a particular non favourite of mine being "Help me Dr Dick" by I do not know who which i heard x 1 million while living in Germany in 1996. Geesh, my teeth are grinding just thinking of this stuff.... _________________________________________________________________ Overloaded with spam? With MSN 8, you can filter it out http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&pgmarket=en-gb&XAPID=32&DI=1059 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 08:22:35 -0400 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: 500 covers of BYT on the wall... > Me (blithely): Well it's one of the most covered of her songs - probably > over 500 times now - a guy on the Joni list is collecting > them all and he's > up to forty volumes of Joni covers at this point 500?! Well no, not quite...not quite YET, anyway. You were correct in that it's her second most covered song - I've identified 89 covers of it so far, the most recent from North Dakota songstress Marsha DesLauriers, who included it as a hidden track on her collection of Christian praise songs...ah, just what the world needs, another Christian trying to make a buck with a CD. Well, Christians are an easy mark...buy a CD, get closer to God...but I digress...I talked to her about her inclusion of it, and she said she wanted to include a secular song amongst her more sacred songs. I responded that BYT can easily be construed as a spiritual song as it deals at least in part with man's stewardship of the earth (and our less than stellar track record thus far). I then challenged her to consider "Love" or "Passion Play" as an addition to her next CD. Besides guaranteeing her at least one sale (besides her Mom, I guess), it would show that she has a unique depth and understanding of the finest composer of her times. She of course said she had never heard of either of these songs in Joni's canon...BOY WAS *I* SURPRISED! Anyway, I told her that "Passion Play" was about the grace of Christ in a cruel & unfair world, and his crucifixion by same, and that "Love" was a rewrite (from a feminine perspective) of the 'Love Chapter' from II Corinthians. She seemed impressed...if either of those covers ever appear, I'll beam with pride at my power to influence the world around me. Bob NP: Kelly Joe Phelps, "Tommy" (live) Thanks Mr. van Tiel...as I requested this one from him and didn't get it, it's great to hear it now. A fascinating song. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 06:50:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Jenny Goodspeed Subject: Jonifest Scholarship Fund NJC This is a note to those of us who are faring a bit better financially than others. Last year I was a recipient of part of the Jonifest scholarship fund. Because I don't work full time, the money I received enabled me to attend when I otherwise would not have been able to. And little did I know what a tremendous gift that would turn out to be! I still work part-time, but the day after Jonifest 2002 I started saving for this year, and now I'm going to donate what little else I can to the scholarship fund. Because I know there are folks out there...students and people on limited or highly fluctuating incomes...who want to come...who even maybe paid their $100 deposit to guarantee a spot, but are waiting for the scholarship fund materialize so that can go for sure. I'm going to send a check to Ashara today! Do the same. $5, $10, $20, whatever you can comfortably afford - a little bit from a lot of people adds up. You may envision Sally Struthers at this moment...a drop in the bucket...a drop in the bucket... Okay! Shameless plea over and done with. Back to our regularly scheduled programming. Jenny ===== "Now I used to think that I was cool running around on fossil fuel, until I saw what I was doing was driving down the road to ruin..." JT __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 06:54:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jenny Goodspeed Subject: How to donate to the Jonifest Scholarship Fund NJC And here's how you do it: Checks should be made payable to: Ashara Productions, LLC send to: Ashara Stansfield 40 Parsonage Lane Topsfield, MA 01983 or the money can be paypaled to Ashara at AsharaProducLLC@aol.com. It's that easy. Jenny ===== "Now I used to think that I was cool running around on fossil fuel, until I saw what I was doing was driving down the road to ruin..." JT __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 09:57:39 -0400 From: Chihuahua50@aol.com Subject: Dog Eat Dog I have to say DED is probably my least favorite Joni CD, however, Impossible Dreamer is one of my favorite Joni songs. That song seems so different from everything else on the album. And DED seems so different from every other Joni CD. Does anyone know what was going on in Joni's life during the making of DED? Frank ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 10:59:30 EDT From: AsharaProducLLC@aol.com Subject: One more $75.00 Jonifest credit available!!! Martin Giles, being the incredible gentleman that he is, e-mailed me: <> So.......there is now another $75.00 Jonifest to be collected to the first new person to sign up for Jonifest. Will it be YOU????????????? Again, thanks Martin for you very kind offer. Hugs, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 11:24:17 EDT From: KJHSF@aol.com Subject: Re: Dog Eat Dog In a message dated 5/8/2003 9:58:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Chihuahua50@aol.com writes: > Does anyone know what was going on in Joni's life during the making of DED? > She was battling with the IRS. She was battling with the dentist who "butchered" her. She was spending a lot of time being a couch potato. She had been in a pretty bad car accident with Larry. (Sometimes change comes at you like a broadside accident). Oh and she was the plaintiff on The People's Court in "The Case of the Too Hot Curlers." Ken ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 12:10:32 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: Bablau Theater in New York? Has anyone ever heard of this place? It's not given a location in the review below, which mentions Joni. Entertainment - AP OtherLittle New in '70s Flashback Musical Wed May 7, 8:50 AM ET By JUSTIN GLANVILLE NEW YORK - In the good-natured but completely unnecessary "Streakin': A Musical Flashback to the 1970s," the fashions and pop culture of the Me Decade come in for yet another satirical beating. B If polyester, The Village People and "The Brady Bunch" still make you snicker, this show is for you. If not, it could be a long night in the Land of Travolta. The main problem with "Streakin'" is that it doesn't find much new material to skewer. Instead, writer-director Jamie Rocco lazily takes passing shots at the decade's most familiar cultural phenomena, without developing a new take on them. A paraphrase of the script might run like this: "Remember disco? Remember pet rocks? Ha!" Occasionally, a freshly observed detail adds much-needed bite. During a sitcom send-up called "27 Bubblegum Lane," for example, canned applause greets the entrance of each cast member, in the style of "Happy Days." And in a game show skit called "Scream That Theme," Christi Moore-Leslie is spot-on as a model who compulsively hails everything on stage with a florid gesture. (Incidentally, the show gets its name from a nude streaker who runs across the stage during this scene.) The musical numbers b the show's real reason for existence b suffer from the same shallowness that hampers the skits. Almost 40 songs rush by, most in abridged form, so you never get a chance to sink your teeth into anything before it's on to the next. A chorus and a verse are all you'll hear, for example, of Joni Mitchell's classic "Help Me." Still, you can hardly fault the song selection, a survey that covers both the decade's highest highs (Don McLean's "American Pie," Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side") and lowest lows (The Village People's "YMCA," The Captain & Tennille's "Muskrat Love"). And although the cheesier songs hardly cry out for virtuosity or nuance, the ensemble cast of six handles everything with verve. They all have beautiful voices that easily fill Babalu, the Theater District nightclub where the show is playing Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays after a five-month run in Wichita, Kan. Moore-Leslie is one of the brightest spots in the uniformly enthusiastic and talented cast. Besides her turn as the game show model, she plays the title character in a spoof of "Carrie," the 1976 Stephen King horror flick, zapping innocent patrons in a disco club. It's the night's funniest moment. Almost as impressive is Monte Wheeler, who does a fine "American Pie" and scores plenty of laughs in a variety of roles b everything from a perky nerd to a slick disco king. Essentially, though, you could replicate most of the laughs in this show by renting "Saturday Night Fever," digging out your old Olivia Newton-John records, and ruminating on the following thought: People once believed pet rocks were cool. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 09:11:25 -0700 (PDT) From: magsnbrei Subject: Re: How to donate to the Jonifest Scholarship Fund NJC and it really can be the smallest amount, even 5 dollars .. it all adds up as Jenny said..every little bit helps . thanks ever so much for the generosity of heart in this community. no wonder we tend to stick around. Mags.xo Jenny Goodspeed wrote:And here's how you do it: Checks should be made payable to: Ashara Productions, LLC send to: Ashara Stansfield 40 Parsonage Lane Topsfield, MA 01983 or the money can be paypaled to Ashara at AsharaProducLLC@aol.com. It's that easy. Jenny ===== "Now I used to think that I was cool running around on fossil fuel, until I saw what I was doing was driving down the road to ruin..." JT __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com You open my heart, you do. Yes you do. - JM The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 11:29:35 -0500 From: "J.David Sapp" Subject: : Re: I'll try to be Nice Ken this is available on Rock Master Class and an amazing (imo) live performance on one of the tape trees, the AI benefit I believe. I can't burn or copy but many listers could help you out. Don't delay it is gorgeous, as is the acoustic DED. My 2 cents on DED - it never hit my Joni spot but I like it more now than ever. It seemed to resonate with me after 9/11: "No tanks have ever rumbled through these streets and the drone of planes at night has never frightened me" Gives me the chills peace, david ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 12:18:09 -0400 From: "Jerry Notaro" Subject: RE: Bablau Theater in New York? Performances at Babalu Restaurant . Theatre . Night Club 327 West 44th Street (closer to 8th Ave.) NYC I hope it isn't like that horrible Donkey Show, the disco version of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the El Flamingo. Jerry - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com] On Behalf Of Murphycopy@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 12:11 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Bablau Theater in New York? Has anyone ever heard of this place? It's not given a location in the review below, which mentions Joni. Entertainment - AP OtherLittle New in '70s Flashback Musical Wed May 7, 8:50 AM ET By JUSTIN GLANVILLE NEW YORK - In the good-natured but completely unnecessary "Streakin': A Musical Flashback to the 1970s," the fashions and pop culture of the Me Decade come in for yet another satirical beating. B If polyester, The Village People and "The Brady Bunch" still make you snicker, this show is for you. If not, it could be a long night in the Land of Travolta. The main problem with "Streakin'" is that it doesn't find much new material to skewer. Instead, writer-director Jamie Rocco lazily takes passing shots at the decade's most familiar cultural phenomena, without developing a new take on them. A paraphrase of the script might run like this: "Remember disco? Remember pet rocks? Ha!" Occasionally, a freshly observed detail adds much-needed bite. During a sitcom send-up called "27 Bubblegum Lane," for example, canned applause greets the entrance of each cast member, in the style of "Happy Days." And in a game show skit called "Scream That Theme," Christi Moore-Leslie is spot-on as a model who compulsively hails everything on stage with a florid gesture. (Incidentally, the show gets its name from a nude streaker who runs across the stage during this scene.) The musical numbers b the show's real reason for existence b suffer from the same shallowness that hampers the skits. Almost 40 songs rush by, most in abridged form, so you never get a chance to sink your teeth into anything before it's on to the next. A chorus and a verse are all you'll hear, for example, of Joni Mitchell's classic "Help Me." Still, you can hardly fault the song selection, a survey that covers both the decade's highest highs (Don McLean's "American Pie," Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side") and lowest lows (The Village People's "YMCA," The Captain & Tennille's "Muskrat Love"). And although the cheesier songs hardly cry out for virtuosity or nuance, the ensemble cast of six handles everything with verve. They all have beautiful voices that easily fill Babalu, the Theater District nightclub where the show is playing Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays after a five-month run in Wichita, Kan. Moore-Leslie is one of the brightest spots in the uniformly enthusiastic and talented cast. Besides her turn as the game show model, she plays the title character in a spoof of "Carrie," the 1976 Stephen King horror flick, zapping innocent patrons in a disco club. It's the night's funniest moment. Almost as impressive is Monte Wheeler, who does a fine "American Pie" and scores plenty of laughs in a variety of roles b everything from a perky nerd to a slick disco king. Essentially, though, you could replicate most of the laughs in this show by renting "Saturday Night Fever," digging out your old Olivia Newton-John records, and ruminating on the following thought: People once believed pet rocks were cool. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:11:40 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? I found this in a newspaper that Boston area commuters get for free: Shatner's 'Lucy' is worst Fab 4 cover LONDON. William Shatner's version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has been picked as the worst Beatles cover of all time. Second place went to the singing piglets Pinky and Perky for their version of "All My Loving." - --- Questions: What's the worst Joni cover? Do we have a collective opinion on this? (HA!) Also, have Shatner or those other porkers ever covered Joni? --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 12:28:15 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: The four (five) J's njc > I got one > off-list response -- from Randy Remote, I think, but I didn't save it, so, > if I now misattribute, I apologize. That correspondent, Randy or not, said > that there is only one "Janis"; all others must specify -- and he meant > Janis Joplin. If I may clarify-I did say there is only one Janis, but I don't mean to say any particular Janis is better than any other. I just think it's common rock jargon, Janis=Joplin. For the record I think Janis Ian is fabulous and I have since "Society's Child". RR ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:34:00 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? Bubba Murphy writes: >LONDON. William Shatner's version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has been picked as the worst Beatles cover of all time.< Poor William Shatner, I was just reading where he is being sued by his ex-wife over frozen horse semen. True story! http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/local/5802732.htm - --- >Questions: What's the worst Joni cover? Do we have a collective opinion on this? (HA!) Also, have Shatner or those other porkers ever covered Joni?< As for Joni covers, IMO the worse would be any songs sung by Dave Van Ronk or any BSN covers done by high school choirs or camp fire girls. YUCK!!!!! Jimmy --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:45:30 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: Re: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? Scooter writes: << IMO the worse would be any songs sung by Dave Van Ronk >> Thanks, Jimmy! Those were my only contribution to the covers project! LOL, --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 12:28:27 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: PRONUNCIATION AND PERIDOTS AND WORDS. NJC/grapes in the mouth here in the usa (or at least ca) a valet is someone who parks car at a restaurant or party...its pretty common, nothing fancy...one of my first temp summer jobs was parking cars at a nj shore restaurant...beware of valet parkers if you have a fancy car...i know a few young men i worked with who took some cool cars for a test drive... >AS to the word Valet...... I prefer manservant or maid...... its much easier and avoids that wrong emphasis on either syllable. is it Va-lay or Val-ay. Alternatively fill your mouth with grapes (plums are just far too large) and try to speak... as a child i remember sitting around the kitchen table seeing how many grapes we could stuff in our mouths & still talk...:~} >I would love to know how many of you tried this.......Valet for me means the guy who cleans your car with a steam cleaner< www.katebennett.com "Lyrically, it's a work of art overall. Brilliant writing, absolutely." Indie-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 12:28:29 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: test njc what does this mean colin?...i thought your heart was okay, sending healing thoughts your way... >i had my haert test today. unfortunately it came up psotive. have no idea what is enxt. i feel numb. bw colin< www.katebennett.com "Lyrically, it's a work of art overall. Brilliant writing, absolutely." Indie-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 12:28:29 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Puttin' on the Dog i am not a completist so don't even have this record though eventually i will get all of them...i do remember hearing it back in the day...i find it so interesting that some really love, & some really dislike this record... i recall that decade being brutally disorienting for those of us who played or loved acoustic music (which up to that point i guess joni was mostly doing whether it was folk, pop or jazz)... i spite of a lot of stuff i didn't like, there was some music that i love to this day from that decade...i say hooray to joni for experimenting with it cuz that is the nature of art & you never what you got til you put it out there... ps...i too tried getting a perm...what a disaster for me... www.katebennett.com "Lyrically, it's a work of art overall. Brilliant writing, absolutely." Indie-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 12:28:31 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: DED/joni's voice no you are not, i know several who love her current voice more than in the past...i love them all...& to anyone who doesn't like her helium voice- try listening to stas ...i was amazed at how great she sounded & wasn't reaching for those super high notes back then... > Surely I'm not the only one who love's Joni's current smoky contralto at least as much as the mellifluous coloratura soprano of the early albums! I certainly don't think cigarette smoking is a smart thing to do, but I don't believe the years and the cancer-sticks have ruined Joni's voice - only changed it.Larry D< www.katebennett.com "Lyrically, it's a work of art overall. Brilliant writing, absolutely." Indie-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 12:28:31 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: win a smurf for the night -- NJC lolololol mr paz...so THAT is why victor was singing to the duck! speaking of music & ducks...i was at a music retreat a few years ago we were having our morning coffee on the deck watching the ducks in the pond when one got on the other & you know the rest...it was wild & crazy with wings & quacking & splashing! hysterical & out of my mouth spilled, "well f#ck a duck!" lol...now i know how that expression came to be... >Of course there is always the bestiality, which we were sworn to secrecy on, but let me just say this,the bears are begging for us to come back and they asked for Julius by name.< www.katebennett.com "Lyrically, it's a work of art overall. Brilliant writing, absolutely." Indie-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 20:55:26 +0100 From: "Martin Giles" Subject: Re: "Ritual", in praise of, njc Hey Lama I'm going to be a Jonifest debutant this year - can I book a place with you , Victor and Paz for that YES talk? For a clutch of albums they released in the early 70s, they're right up there with Joni as far as I'm concerned! Martin. In London. NPIMH that 'At all..' passage. > Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 00:28:22 -0400 > From: "Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu" > Subject: "Ritual", in praise of, njc > > Ya know what knocks me out everytime? The bass part on the YES suite called "RITUAL". Right after "Nous Sommes Du Soleil" during > the repeated > > "At all > at all > at all > at all" > > There's something electrifying about that bass line. When it's clear that the text is going to repeat, I expect Squire to move down > but he doesn't. Instead the line jumps up. I know it's coming, obviously, and yet it surprises me everytime. The trick is even > right there on the live version on YESSONGS. > > I'll bet 20 years from now, people are gonna be saying things like that about Alison Krauss and Union Station. > > Lama, > I hoping Victor and Paz come to JoniFest so I can talk about YES with someone. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 16:04:55 -0700 From: "Victor Johnson" Subject: Re: "Ritual", in praise of, njc > I'm going to be a Jonifest debutant this year - can I book a place with you > , Victor and Paz for that YES talk? For a clutch of albums they released in > the early 70s, they're right up there with Joni as far as I'm concerned! That's what I'm talking about.... Victor Victor Johnson waytoblu@mindspring.com Look for the new album "Parsonage Lane" this spring! Produced by Chris Rosser at Hollow Reed Studios, Asheville ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 16:02:12 -0400 From: lfye@cresapartners.com Subject: Re: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? Okay, I'll admit that I haven't heard this song in YEARS and barely remember it, but I still can't get my mind around Nazareth covering "This Flight Tonight." Lori ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 17:47:28 EDT From: Michaelpaz@aol.com Subject: Jazz Fest Mics Special (NJC) Just wanted to let you know that I once again am offering a great deal to musicians on the Audix microphones that we used on our stage at the Jazz Tent this year. All of the mics are being sold as new mics with full warranty. Most of the mics were not used at all so therefore virgins. All mics listed below will be sold at 50% off of the list price. 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Best, Michael Paz ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 18:15:09 -0400 From: "Maggie McNally" Subject: RE: [NortheastJonifest] may 8!!!!!!!!!! njc Happy birthday, dear Stephen, and many more filled with joy for your spirit, love for your heart and peace for your soul. I life my glass to you and look forward to the next time we can do it in real time/real space. love, Maggie -----Original Message----- From: Wally Kairuz [mailto:wallykai@fibertel.com.ar] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 12:44 AM To: frasere@intergate.ca; NortheastJonifest@yahoogroups.com Cc: joni@smoe.org Subject: [NortheastJonifest] may 8!!!!!!!!!! njc MAKE ROOM MAKE ROOM YOU MORTALS FOR THE BEJEWELED BIRTHDAY FAIRY'S GOSSAMER WINGS AND ITS ABUNDANT QUIVERING BUNS (my, is the BF camp this year of its rebirth!) LET THE MIGHTY BIRTHDAY FAIRY'S VOICE SHRIEK AND MURMUR SHRIEK AND MURMUR SHRIEK AND MURMUR (the BF is apt to be of a vacillating mind at times) the EPSTEIN DAY has come (at least on this side of the rockies) ALL RISE ALL KNEEL ALL BE SEATED ALL STAND ALL... (oops... mind pendulating again -- BF very stoned tonight) awright ALL SALUTE MR. STEPHEN EPSTEIN FROM VANCOUVER H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y STEPHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BiRtHdAy f HAS SPOKEN. ALL RISE ALL LEAVE ALL STAY ALL LIE DOWN ALL.... aw fuggeddit ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs Online - Over 14,500 titles. No Late Fees & Free Shipping. Try Netflix for FREE! http://us.click.yahoo.com/YoVfrB/XP.FAA/uetFAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------- ------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NortheastJonifest-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 19:00:07 -0400 From: "Maggie McNally" Subject: RE: flatline njc Oh Colin - so sorry for your troubles, but thanks for the laughs. Did you finally see a picture of your sweater (standing next to the big cock)? -----Original Message----- From: colin [mailto:colin@tantra.fsbusiness.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:24 PM To: joni Subject: flatline njc yet another appointment that got me no nearer the truth today. Today, my ecg reading showed I was dead. I argued with the dr and told him i felt fine, apart from the pain....... He hit the machine and it said I was alive. 'told you so', I said. I am having yet another ecg on wednesday, this time whilst excercising. This will be my 8th ecg. Maybe they are hoping it really will say 'dead' and they can forget about trying to figure this out. I am also beeing sent to see a rhuematologist and a neurologist. He really cheered me up by telling me I could have more than one thing wrong with me.....i.e the neck thing and a heart thing. apart from the pain, the worst thing is not being able to do the things love to do-my designing, knitting, sewing, and much typing. It is sooo hard reading and not responding but it hurts. Any serious illnesses i am asked. nope. oh how far back? all the way. okay, well i had typhoid and hepatitis. anything else? well,does being Bi Polar count? It seems to be a magic word. They don't leave you alone. they are very nice and soothing whilst checkning to see if security is close by.......especially after I answer their question 'what meds' with ' none'. any serious family illnesses? apart from psychosis? yes. no-bastards all lived to ripe old age and drank and smoked too. do you work? no my drooling and twitching puts people off.... well it could be your heart. we'll leave you waiting a while longer for more tests before we can tell you.........if you die in the meantime, please inform the clinic secretary....... If I can afford an air ambulance, a nurse and a general anaesthetic,I'll see you all at the Fest...... xoxoxoxo ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 19:07:53 -0400 From: "Heather" Subject: RE: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]On Behalf Of FMYFL@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 3:34 PM To: Murphycopy@aol.com; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? Jimmy exclaims: Poor William Shatner, I was just reading where he is being sued by his ex-wife over frozen horse semen. True story! What? He was seeing frigid Scandinavian sailors?? Ooooh ... frozen HORSE SEMEN. I thought you meant frozen norse sea men! hee hee Heather ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 00:05:37 +0100 From: colin Subject: Re: flatline njc Maggie McNally wrote: >Oh Colin - so sorry for your troubles, but thanks for the laughs. Did you finally see a picture of your sweater (standing next to the big cock)? > yes I saw the sweater and you filled it nicely. I didn't see the big cock tho, my eyes were on you.....whose was it? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 19:07:31 -0400 From: "Maggie McNally" Subject: RE: flatline njc Full Moon's, I assume (it's a picture of a rooster, Colin, and my reference was to smurph's sassy caption) and why are you typing?!? -----Original Message----- From: colin [mailto:colin@tantra.fsbusiness.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 7:06 PM To: Maggie McNally Cc: joni Subject: Re: flatline njc Maggie McNally wrote: >Oh Colin - so sorry for your troubles, but thanks for the laughs. Did you finally see a picture of your sweater (standing next to the big cock)? > yes I saw the sweater and you filled it nicely. I didn't see the big cock tho, my eyes were on you.....whose was it? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 00:10:29 +0100 From: colin Subject: Re: flatline njc Maggie McNally wrote: >Full Moon's, I assume (it's a picture of a rooster, Colin, and my reference was to smurph's sassy caption) > oh I thought it was probably a reference to Smurphy..... there is a pub in March called The Cock. The sign outside it has a pic of a blue man on it........ > and why are you typing?!? > cos I can't shout loud enough..... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 19:30:17 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: worst beatles cover of all time -- what about joni? Well I just heard the BEST Joni cover of all time. I just recieved Marcel Deste's new CD "My Secret Life", and he does a FANTASTIC job on "Dawntreader" with Steve Mixon doing a killer job on the mandolin! Jimmy NP: Marcel Deste "I am a Rock" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 17:04:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Little Bird Subject: Best/Worst Joni cover Best: Ladies of the Canyon as interpreted by Annie Lennox - layered vocals, Indian percussion, strong alto, a totally original and innovative interpretation. Worst: This Flight Tonight as interpreted by Nazareth - - screamed lyrics drowned by electric guitars, typical heavy-metal, no subtlety. When I first heard this one the radio announcer said after the song, "Joni Mitchell's version doesn't sound like that. Joni's version sounds like crap." Men. - -Andrew __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 18:45:38 -0700 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: The Dawntreader, then and now All the recent talk about peridots and peridoes and little lamzeedivey finally jump started my rapidly aging brain into writing something I'd been intending to put out there for a while now. First of all I love 'The Dawntreader' in both its incarnations. It is a personal favorite. It soothes me when I'm feeling beat up and calms me when I'm wound up. For me it is a warm, sunny day on a deserted ocean beach when the surf is calm and the waves are gently washing at the shore. There are rocks here and there with tide pools containing starfish and anemones. The mind's eye pictures ocean filtered sunlight glinting off of gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor. Someone sleeps in the sun nearby, someone whose very being seems to be the answer to some yearning in your soul. It is time to sit on a rock, watch the waves, smell the spray, feel the sun on your face and hands and let your mind wander into the deepest parts of the sea where your dreams live.... Currently I am quite taken with the Travelogue rendition of this song and one of the things I like about it is the few, subtle changes in language that Joni has made to the lyrics. They seem to suggest that she is less concerned with being grammatically or metrically correct and is aiming at a more natural and more mature expression of her feelings. Peridots with the 't' pronounced is a more careful and precise way of saying the word to my ears. Each consonant and vowel is sounded out as if all are somehow important and need to be heard correctly and precisely. Singing the word without the 't' sound might be considered lazy but to some ears it may just sound more natural and relaxed. Less self-conscious and therefore more intimate. Later in the song she changes 'city satins left at home, I will not need them', which may be the correct number of syllables for the melody but sounds a bit on the formal side, to 'city satins left at home, I won't need them' which is how most people would say it in everyday conversation. Maybe less poetic but also less affected. Then in the next line it's 'I believe him when he says he loves me' instead of 'I believe him when he tells of loving me'. The new version makes this whole verse so much more intimate for me. And then the clincher comes when 'Leave behind your streets he says and come to me' becomes 'Leave behind your streets he says and come *here* to me'. The way she sings that line in the new version is soooo suggestive and adding the word 'here' sounds so much more intimate and sensual. I think when she wrote 'The Dawntreader' she was much more concerned that her lines have the correct number of beats and she was much more inclined to use poetic license to preserve that poetic form. In the new version she has shed what may have seemed somewhat artificial to her ear in favor of more intimate, less formal and more natural sounding language. It brings a new warmth and sexuality to her vocal interpretation which I love. Musically the new 'Dawntreader' is maybe the best piece on 'Travelogue'. To me it is even more evocative than the original. The guitar on the original is magical at conjuring all of the images that the words suggest but in the 'Travelogue' version, the colors are more vibrant and I can see the light glinting off of those gilded galleons or the scales of a passing school of fish (or maybe a mermaid's tail?) with much more depth and dimension. At the same time it manages to be delicate and beautiful like the original and maybe that is the main reason why it works since most of it comes from Joni's guitar work on the STAS version. And then you can turn this around and marvel at the first version! Joni created all those lovely sounds with a guitar and nothing else when she first recorded this song. That version is more like something etched on colored glass or the ink & marker drawings on the cover of STAS. The Travelogue 'Dawntreader' is an oil painting with maybe a slightly broader scope. The two versions really enhance each other, imo, and once again show what a genius the woman is. Travis has been diagnosed with colitis and after a few weeks of unsuccessful treatment, he was admitted to the hospital today to see if some iv drug therapy will help. This particular hospital was the setting for my worst nightmares a little over 10 years ago so I was not particularly thrilled about having to go there again. When I was driving home from work to pick Travis up, I put 'Song To a Seagull' into the car's cd player and it worked its magic the way it always does. It soothed and calmed me. I kept it in rotation on the way home to this house that I will sleep alone in tonight for the first time in a very long time. But I know I will be fine and that this situation is different from the previous one. Sometimes our brains like to play re-runs, though, regardless (regardless? irregardless? which re-run is that? DED is lousy? that perm really sucked? where did I read that before?) of whether we want to see them or not. Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 18:53:41 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: may 8!!!!!!!!!! njc STEPHEN!! Happy 25th birthday!! ; ) Lori ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 23:15:25 EDT From: KJHSF@aol.com Subject: Re: Best/Worst Joni cover In a message dated 5/8/2003 8:05:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, littlebird3333@yahoo.com writes: > When I first heard this one > the radio announcer said after the song, "Joni > Mitchell's version doesn't sound like that. Joni's > version sounds like crap." > Andrew, I'm still laughing. That is priceless! Ken ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 20:34:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Little Bird Subject: Re: Best/Worst Joni cover > > When I first heard this one > > the radio announcer said after the song, "Joni > > Mitchell's version doesn't sound like that. Joni's > > version sounds like crap." > > > > Andrew, I'm still laughing. That is priceless! > Ken It's true - that's what he said! I was dumbfounded! :) - -Andrew __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 22:43:18 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: FW: Top Ten (NJC) This just in folks from the desktop of singer songwriter Jack Neilson. He is in the Top Ten!!!!! Along with Christina and Shania and Justin and Willie. Oh My Gawd. Somebody out there really likes him. Thanks for the support if any of you had anything to do with this. Best Paz - ------ Forwarded Message From: Jack Neilson Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:26:56 -0700 (PDT) To: Paz , paz Subject: Fwd: Top Ten goin styrofoam.......... "Home To Georgia" makes it to #10 this week. John Hester http://www.cafes.net/jhester/FreshBlend/ X-Apparently-To: meacoustic@yahoo.com via 216.136.131.57; 08 May 2003 12:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from 64.4.14.90 (EHLO hotmail.com) (64.4.14.90) by mta132.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 08 May 2003 12:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 8 May 2003 12:39:58 -0700 Received: from 207.65.185.51 by oe33.law10.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 08 May 2003 19:39:58 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [207.65.185.51] X-Originating-Email: [freshblendradio@hotmail.com] From: "FreshBlend Radio" To: "Jack Neilson" Subject: Top Ten Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 14:40:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 May 2003 19:39:58.0677 (UTC) FILETIME=[9BEE4850:01C31599] Content-Length: 501 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain "Home To Georgia" makes it to #10 this week. John Hester http://www.cafes.net/jhester/FreshBlend/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 23:43:38 -0400 From: "Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: "Ritual", in praise of, njc Wow, sure. Wait a minute. There's one "catch". You have to promise not to grimace when I sing falsetto on "I get up/I get down" in the billard room. It's been known to drive sane people out of the room...... leaving only Running Water for a bemused, tolerant moment. Lama np: David Crosby doing "in my dreams I can see. I can see a love that COULD be." repeated over and over. Hmm. I seem to be in "repeatition" mode. From: "Martin Giles" > Hey Lama > I'm going to be a Jonifest debutant this year - can I book a place with you > , Victor and Paz for that YES talk? For a clutch of albums they released in > the early 70s, they're right up there with Joni as far as I'm concerned! > > Martin. In London. > NPIMH that 'At all..' passage. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 22:49:30 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: "Ritual", in praise of, njc Count me in on this discussion. And how about I bring you guys burned copies from board mixes from the last tour. My boy Jeff Gex was the FOH engineer on the last tour and he has done some amazing work. Best live Yes I have EVER heard. I wanted to save this as a part of my Jazz Fest report but I am still overwhelmed and can't get the whole story out yet, so I had to let this out of the bag. Looking forward to meeting you Martin and well Lama, see you by the duck pond... Best Paz > Hey Lama > > I'm going to be a Jonifest debutant this year - can I book a place with you > , Victor and Paz for that YES talk? For a clutch of albums they released in > the early 70s, they're right up there with Joni as far as I'm concerned! > > Martin. In London. > NPIMH that 'At all..' passage. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 22:55:15 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: win a smurf for the night -- NJC Shit and I tried to protect the poor innocent ducks, but lo and behold a wicked red head (in sheeps clothing, but I digress) comes out of lurkdom to spin more on the sordid back woods stories of JONIFEST-The Dark Side. In next weeks episode we will catch up with Ashara and Stephen and the whole dating club scene (the untold stories).. Snicker, Paz > lolololol mr paz...so THAT is why victor was singing to the duck! speaking > of music & ducks...i was at a music retreat a few years ago we were having > our morning coffee on the deck watching the ducks in the pond when one got > on the other & you know the rest...it was wild & crazy with wings & quacking > & splashing! hysterical & out of my mouth spilled, "well f#ck a duck!" > lol...now i know how that expression came to be... > >> Of course there is always the bestiality, which we were sworn to secrecy > on, but let me just say this,the bears are begging for us to come back and > they asked for Julius by name.< > > www.katebennett.com > "Lyrically, it's a work of art overall. > Brilliant writing, absolutely." > Indie-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 20:39:46 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: win a smurf for the night -- NJC did you say sheep's clothing? no, i'm afraid that's julius... & there's more alright! what about jimmy, ed & that orange salamander! >Shit and I tried to protect the poor innocent ducks, but lo and behold a wicked red head (in sheeps clothing, but I digress) comes out of lurkdom to spin more on the sordid back woods stories of JONIFEST-The Dark Side. In next weeks episode we will catch up with Ashara and Stephen and the whole dating club scene (the untold stories)..Snicker, Paz< ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 23:45:46 -0600 From: Dan Olson Subject: Re: The Dawntreader, then and now Just two days ago, I listened to the two versions back to back, imagining playing the new one for someone (my older sister) who's ONLY Joni album was STASG (in 1969), who probably hasn't heard anything newer than C&S. As a 6th grader, I remember hearing those wonderful haunting songs (I had a king, michael from mountains, the dawntreader) through her bedroom door, little knowing that I would be experiencing her music continuously for the rest of my life. At 06:45 PM 5/8/2003 -0700, Mark or Travis wrote: >First of all I love 'The Dawntreader' in both its incarnations. It is >a personal favorite. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2003 #276 ***************************** ------- 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? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)