From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2003 #355 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, July 11 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 355 Sign up now for JoniFest 2003! http://www.jonifest.com ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: me on the radio NJC ["Kate Bennett" ] Laura Nyro njc [AzeemAK@aol.com] Re: Laura In Concert (njc) [frasere@intergate.ca] Suzanne Vega NJC ["Tamsin Lucas" ] Re: Suzanne Vega NJC [AzeemAK@aol.com] RE: Suzanne Vega NJC ["Victor Johnson" ] Re: Suzanne Vega NJC [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] NJC - One of our own on a new compilation [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] (NJC) XM Radio [FMYFL@aol.com] RE: Suzanne Vega NJC ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: (NJC) XM Radio [FMYFL@aol.com] Led Zeppelin's "Going to California" on the new CD ["Tortorici, Frank" ] Re: S&L DVD [vince ] Re: another reason to love the jmdl -- njc [vince ] Today's Library Links: July 11 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] Re: july 9... TIMES THREE!!!!! -- NJC [vince ] to jody -- njc ["Wally Kairuz" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 01:10:17 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: me on the radio NJC yay alison! yay paul! yay eastmountainsouth! >Alison E writes: > i'm as big a dork on air as i am in person...tune in! > www.krcl.org >PaulC >PS Liked that Eastmountainsouth track! kate www.katebennett.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 04:50:09 EDT From: AzeemAK@aol.com Subject: Laura Nyro njc With all this talk about Laura, my fervent hope is that one or two curious souls will have decided to dip their toes in to the water, and discovered the incomparable maverick's wonderful music. After all, the Richard Thompson talk on the list seems to have been at least partially instrumental (!) in Chris's discovery of The Great Man - speaking of which, Chris, did your explorations delve any further? Azeem in London ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 02:03:37 -0700 From: frasere@intergate.ca Subject: Re: Laura In Concert (njc) Would love to hear the story Gary! I had the wonderful experience of seeing Laura @ Massey Hall in Toronto 32 years ago when I was 16 and she was in her prime. Absolutely amazing, and one of the highlights of my concert going career! Just she and the piano and magic all around. Best, Stephen in Vancouver Quoting Gary Zack : her show. > > I have another Laura story I'll share at another time. She was just the > greatest! > > Best regards, > > Gary ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:24:40 +0000 From: "Tamsin Lucas" Subject: Suzanne Vega NJC Did anyone else hear Suzanne Vega on radio 2 onTuesday evening? She sang Small Blue Thing and blew me away - it was a stop the car moment... i've been vaguely aware of her but never got any of her stuff, she has a new "best of" album out which looks like a must buy _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail on your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:37:40 EDT From: AzeemAK@aol.com Subject: Re: Suzanne Vega NJC In a message dated 10/07/2003 11:25:46 GMT Daylight Time, tamsinjanelucas@hotmail.com writes: << Did anyone else hear Suzanne Vega on radio 2 onTuesday evening? She sang Small Blue Thing and blew me away - it was a stop the car moment... i've been vaguely aware of her but never got any of her stuff, she has a new "best of" album out which looks like a must buy >> Suzanne Vega is a very fine artist, and a terrific live performer. Anyone expecting her to be wan and terribly serious and sensitive would be amazed seeing her in concert: she's a scream between songs, with a bone dry sense of humour and irony and an expert's way with an anecdote. She sings beautifully and plays a mean guitar too. If you're looking to get into her, the first, self-titled album is an essential purchase. To get the contrast between her early style and her more "modern" phase, I'd go for 99.9F as the next item. A high watermark of Mitchell Froom's prolific career as a producer, this captures the excellence of the songs and surrounds them with a variety of sounds, none of which jar in the manner that some of his later work did. Her most recent album, Songs In Red & Grey, isn't that convincing to these ears, and for me the least successful is Days Of Open Hand, although even that does have one chilling classic, 50-50 Chance. Azeem in London NP: New Order - Republic - watched "24 Hour Party People" on DVD yesterday, great fun, and it made me want to dig out some seminal Madchester stuff. My neighbours may yet get blasted with Pills'n'Thrills'n'Bellyaches next... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 07:40:27 -0700 From: "Victor Johnson" Subject: RE: Suzanne Vega NJC > Did anyone else hear Suzanne Vega on radio 2 onTuesday evening? > She sang Small Blue Thing and blew me away - it was a stop the car moment... Is this song about you smurphy? Victor Victor Johnson New cd "Parsonage Lane" available now Produced by Chris Rosser at Hollow Reed Studios, Asheville http://www.waytobluemusic.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:25:02 -0400 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Suzanne Vega NJC In a message dated 7/10/2003 5:24:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, tamsinjanelucas@hotmail.com writes: > i've been vaguely aware of her but never got any of her > stuff, she has a new > "best of" album out which looks like a must buy I guess if you're only going to get ONE Vega disc, this is the one to get - BUT you'll miss some really great stuff if you go this route, besides getting a disc that's not sequenced as well as the original albums. The first TWO albums are both amazingly good. The "Best Of" omits "Straight Lines", one of my favorite Vega songs and arguably her most Joni-esque, very similar to "Sunny Sunday" in its portrait stylings. Similarly, the best of comp gives you the 'single' of "Tom's Diner" where DNA jumps in and throws some hip-hop into the mix (and it IS a wonderful single) but omits Suzanne's original acapella version, where her rhythmic singing is a marvel to behold, and makes you fully appreciate the remake. (And speaking of "Tom's Diner" remakes, check out the CD totally devoted to covers of this song - "Tom's Album" - it's a fascinating & sometimes hilarious work. Anyway, my recommendations for "Suzanne Vega 101" would be the first two records (Suzanne Vega & Solitude Standing) plus Azeem's entry 99.9...again, my favorite song on that disc, "Bad Wisdom" is left off of the "Retrospective" release. I wish Gina were still here - she was an active participant on the Suzanne Vega list and loved to talk about her. (Suzanne herself was/is active on her own list). Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen, "My Beautiful Reward" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:48:14 -0400 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: NJC - One of our own on a new compilation Unless I'm wrong, this is the JMDL's own Kate Bennett, on a CD just made available today benefitting Children's International. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/homecd Kate, maybe you already mentioned this, but I don't recall it. Regardless, hat's off to you for your efforts towards this worthy cause. Bob NP: Bruce S, "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:50:05 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: (NJC) XM Radio Thanks for some of the replies I received on XM Radio! I bit the bullet yesterday, and bought one. I LOVE IT !!!!! I can't tell you how clear the music sounds. I'm like a kid in a candy store listening to all these stations. If only my Dad was still alive to listen to a station that plays nothing but 40's music with no commercials. He was a big Frank Sinatra fan (so am I), and there's one station called "Frank's Place" which plays Sinatra tunes, along with some other artists covering the standards. This morning I was listening to a station called "Ngoma", an African station which played some GREAT music. They have a station which plays nothing but unsigned artists. A great way to discover some new performers. They even have "live" XM stations where performers get to come into the studios. This Friday night on a station called "The Village", they're featuring this special: BBC in Concert Live performances from the vault of the BBC, including Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, Janis Ian, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. ( I wonder if they'll be playing any of the recent permavine disc) Christmas is less than 6 months away, so put XM radio on your wish list. For more info, check out www.xmradio.com. Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:05:06 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Suzanne Vega NJC i agree with bob. and it is true about the tom's diner special cd. the barbara eden spoof is so funny! small blue thing, by the way, is a great song. vega's lyrics are terrific for poetry appreciation. i've frequently used them with my english students because the words lend themselves to a variety of interpretations. vega is a very accomplished poet. wally - -----Mensaje original----- De: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]En nombre de SCJoniGuy@aol.com Enviado el: Jueves, 10 de Julio de 2003 09:25 a.m. Para: "Tamsin Lucas"; joni@smoe.org Asunto: Re: Suzanne Vega NJC I guess if you're only going to get ONE Vega disc, this is the one to get - BUT you'll miss some really great stuff if you go this route, besides getting a disc that's not sequenced as well as the original albums. The first TWO albums are both amazingly good. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:38:02 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: (NJC) XM Radio Sorry to go on about XM Radio, but I've had a blast with this all day. (my work will still be here tomorrow). Another feature that's really cool........what ever station you have it set on, the artist's name and the song scrolls across the display. If there's a song (or songs) you really like, you can hit the memory button. Later on you can hit the memory button again to see the artists and songs that you really liked for the day. Also (and this is my last on the subject), while you're listening to a particular station, you can scroll through the other channels to see what artist is playing at the moment. For instance, I was listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan on one of the blues stations and while listening to Stevie, I scrolled and saw where Bruce Cockburn was playing on the "Cafe" station, so I switched over to hear his song. Too cool. Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:40:02 -0400 From: "Tortorici, Frank" Subject: Led Zeppelin's "Going to California" on the new CD Hello all: I just got the new Led Zeppelin 3CD live set, How The West Was Won. Well I remember all the talk on the list a few years ago that "Going to California"-the "someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair" part-was probably about Joni. So I was floored when (on "GTC" on the new CD) right after Robert Plant sings "find a queen without a king well she plays guitar and cries and sings" he screams to the audience "JONIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!" Well, who else could that be? Unless I'm hearing it incorrectly and he's saying "JOEY" or something else. I don't know. I was just thrilled to hear it. It's a great version of the song too. It also reminds me that when I interviewed Page and Plant in 98 about their "Walking into Clarksdale" CD, Plant told me he thought Joni was a great artist and "quite a serious Scorpio." Frank Tortorici ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:46:03 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Led Zeppelin's "Going to California" on the new CD Wow- I haven't heard this new version- Page has also expressed his admiration for Joni....I wonder where it was recorded... "Tortorici, Frank" wrote: > Hello all: > > I just got the new Led Zeppelin 3CD live set, How The West Was Won. > Well I remember all the talk on the list a few years ago that "Going to > California"-the "someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her > eyes and flowers in her hair" part-was probably about Joni. > > So I was floored when (on "GTC" on the new CD) right after Robert Plant > sings "find a queen without a king well she plays guitar and cries and > sings" he screams to the audience "JONIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!" Well, who > else could that be? Unless I'm hearing it incorrectly and he's saying > "JOEY" or something else. I don't know. > > I was just thrilled to hear it. It's a great version of the song too. It > also reminds me that when I interviewed Page and Plant in 98 about their > "Walking into Clarksdale" CD, Plant told me he thought Joni was a great > artist and "quite a serious Scorpio." > > Frank Tortorici ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:39:52 -0400 From: "patrick leader" Subject: will ferrell gives a harvard commencement speech - njc - hi folks: i think this is hysterical... patrick np - laura nyro - christmas and the beads of sweat http://www.commencement.harvard.edu/ferrell.html 352nd Harvard Commencement Thursday, June 5, 2003 Class Day speech June 4, 2003 Will Ferrell This is not the Worcester, Mass Boat Show, is it? I am sorry. I have made a terrible mistake. Ever since I left "Saturday Night Live," I mostly do public speaking now. And I must have made an error in the little Palm Pilot. Boy. Don't worry. I got it on me. I got the speech on me. Let's see. Ah, yes. Here we go. You know, when Bill Gates first called me to speak to you today, I was honored. But when he wanted me to be one of the Roxbury guys, I -- Sorry, that's Microsoft. I'm sorry about that. Star Trek Convention. No. NRA. NAACP. Dow Chemical. No. But that is a good one. That is a good speech. The University of Michigan Law. Johns Hopkins Medical School. I'm sorry. Are you sure this is not the boat show? No, I have it. I do have it on me. I do. It's here. Thank you. Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Faculty, Administrators, Friends and Family and, of course, the graduating Class of 2003, I wish to say hello and thank you for bestowing this honor upon me as your Class Day speaker. After months of secret negotiations, several hundred secret ballots, and a weekend retreat with Vice President Dick Cheney in his secret mountain bunker, a Class Day speaker was chosen, and it was me. You obviously have made a grave error. But it's too late now. So let's just go with it. Today's speech is going to be a little different, a little unorthodox. Some of you may find it to be shocking. I'm not going to stand up here and try to be funny. Because even though I am a professional comedian of the highest caliber, I've decided to do one thing that a lot of people are probably afraid to do, and that's give it to you straight. As most of you are probably aware, I didn't graduate from Harvard. In fact, I never even got a call back from Admissions. Damn you, Harvard! Damn you! I told myself I would not get emotional today. But damn it, I'm here, and sometimes it's just good to cry. I'm not one of you. Okay? I can't relate to who you are and what you've been through. I graduated from the University of Life. All right? I received a degree from the School of Hard Knocks. And our colors were black and blue, baby. I had office hours with the Dean of Bloody Noses. All right? I borrowed my class notes from Professor Knuckle Sandwich and his Teaching Assistant, Ms. Fat Lip Thon Nyun. That's the kind of school I went to for real, okay? So my gift to you, Class of 2003, is to tell you about the real world through my eyes, through my experiences. And I'm sorry, but I refuse to sugarcoat it. I ain't gonna do it. And I probably shouldn't use the word "ain't" during this day in which we celebrate education. But that's just the way I play it, Homes. Graduates, if you will indulge me for a moment, let me paint a picture of what it's like out there. The last four or, for some of you, five years you've been living in a fantasyland, running around, talking about Hemingway, or Clancy, or, I don't know, I mean whatever you read here at Harvard. The Novelization of the Matrix, I don't know. I don't know what you do here. But I do know this. You're about to enter into a world filled with hypocrisy and doublespeak, a world in which your limo to the airport is often a half-hour late. In addition to not even being a limo at all; often times it's a Lincoln Towncar. You're about to enter a world where you ask your new assistant, Jamie, to bring you a tall, non-fat latte. And he comes back with a short soy cappuccino. Guess what, Jamie? You're fired. Not too hard to get right, my friend. A world where your acting coach, Bob Leslie-Duncan -- yes, the Bob Leslie-Duncan -- tells you time and time again that you will never, ever be considered as a dramatic actor because you don't play things real, and are too over the top. Amazing! Simply amazing! I'm sorry, graduates. But this is a world where you aren't allowed to use your cell phone in airplanes, during live theater, at the movies, at funerals, or even during your own elective surgery. Apparently, the Berlin Wall went back up because we now live in Russia. I mean just try lighting up a cigar in a movie theater or paying for a dinner for 20 friends with an autograph. It ain't that easy. Strong words, I know. Tough talk. But more like tough love. Because this is where my faith in you guys comes into play, Harvard University's graduating Class of 2003, without a doubt, the finest, most talented group of sexual beings this great land has to offer. Now I know I blew some of your minds with my depiction of what it's really like out there. But if anyone can handle the ups and downs of this crazy blue marble we call Planet Earth, it's you guys. As I stare out into this vast sea of shining faces, I see the best and brightest. Some of you will be captains of industry and business. Others of you will go on to great careers in medicine, law and public service. Four of you -- and I'm not at liberty to say which four -- will go on to magnificent careers in the porno industry. I'm not trying to be funny. That's just a statistical fact. One of you, specifically John Lee, will spend most of your time just hanging out in your car eating nachos. You will all come back from time to time to this beautiful campus for reunions, and ask the question, "Does anyone ever know what happened to John Lee?" At that point, he will invariably pop out from the bushes and yell, "Nachos anyone?!" At first, it will scare the crap out of you. But then you'll share a laugh with your classmates and ultimately look forward to John jumping out of the bushes as a yearly event. I'd like to change gears here, if I could. Talk a little bit about "Saturday Night Live." Now, during my 18-year stint on the show, I had the chance to play or impersonate some very interesting people, none more interesting than our current President, Mr. George W. Bush. Now in some cases, you actually have contact with some of the people you play. As a byproduct of this former situation, the President and myself have become quite good friends. In fact, I might even call him a father figure of sorts, granted a dim-witted father figure who likes to take a lot of naps and start wars, but a father figure nonetheless. When I told the President that I'd be speaking here today, he wondered if I would express some sentiments to you. And I said I'd do my best. So, if you don't mind, I'd like to read this message from the President of the United States. - ----- Students, Faculty, Families and Distinguished Guests, I just want to take time to congratulate you on your outstanding achievement as graduates of the Class of 2002. The great thing about being the Class of 2002 is that you can always remember what year you graduated because 2002 is a palindrome which, of course, is a word or number that is the same read backwards or forwards. I'll bet you're surprised I know that word, but I do. So you can suck on it. Make no mistake, Harvard University is one of the finest in the land. And its graduates are that fine as well. You're young men and women whose exuberance exude a confident confidence of a bygone era. I believe it was Shakespeare who said it best when he said, "Look yonder into the darkness for knowledge onto which I say go onto that which thou possess into thy night for thee have come with only a single sword and vanquished thee into darkness." I'm going to be honest with you, I just made that up. But I don't know how to delete it from the computer. Tomorrow's graduation day speaker is former President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo. Ernie's a good man, a deeply religious man, and one of the original members of the Latino boy band Menudo. So listen up to Ernie. He was at the beginning of the whole boy band explosion. As you set off into the world, don't be afraid to question your leaders. But don't ask too many questions at one time or that are too hard because your leaders get tired and/or cranky. All of you sitting here have the brightest of futures ahead. Many of you will go on to stellar careers and various pursuits. And four of you -- and I'm not at liberty to say which four -- will go on to star in the porno industry. One of the challenges you will be faced with is finding a job in our depressed economy. In fact, the chances of landing a decent job are about as good as finding weapons of mass destruction in the Iraqi desert. Slim and none. And Slim just left the building. In fact, the closest thing I found to looking like a weapon of mass destruction is the turd that Dick Cheney left in the Oval Office toilet about an hour ago. Man, that thing is a WMD if I've ever seen one. On that note, God bless and happy graduation. - ----- You know, I sincerely hope you enjoy this next chapter of your life because it's really going to be great, as long as you pay your taxes. And don't just take a year off because you think Uncle Sam is snoozing at the wheel because he will descend upon you like a hawk from hell. Let's just put it this way. After some past indiscretions with the IRS, my take-home pay last year was $9,000. I figured I'd leave you today with a song, if you will. So, Jeff, if you could come up here. Jeff Heck, everyone. Please welcome one of your fellow graduates. Jeff is, of course, from Eliot House. You know what you guys? You guys at Eliot House, give yourselves a nice round of applause because you had the head lice scare this year, and it shut you down for most of last semester. But you didn't mind the tents they set up for you, and you were just troopers. You really were. Anyway, here's a song that I think really captures the essence of the Harvard experience. It goes a little like this. [SINGING] I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone, All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity. Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind. Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea, All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see. Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind. Okay, you know what? I'm just realizing that this is a terrible graduation song. Once again, I'm sorry. This is the first time I've actually listened to the lyrics. Man, it's a downer. It's bleak. Boy, I want to finish this. Just give me a minute, and let me figure out how to fix this thing. Okay. I think I got it. [SINGING] Now don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the Harvard alumni endowment fund. It adds up, has performed at 22 percent growth over the last six years. Dust in the wind, you're so much more than dust in the wind. Dust in the wind, you're shiny little very smart pieces of dust in the wind. Thank you. Good luck. And have a great day tomorrow. [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 21:19:18 -0400 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: me on the radio NJC i forgot! In keeping with my long-standing JMDL tradition of "pimping for my friends"..... Try these words to the tune of Elvis Costello's song, as sung by Tuscon, Arizona's own Linda Ronstadt: "Alison, I know this world is dig- gin' you. Oh Alison........ your show is new. Your show is new. Your show is newwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww." Start times: 5am Pacific = 6am Mountain = 7am Central = 8am Eastern = 1pm (13:00) GMT Lama > alison e. in slc said, > www.krcl.org > 6 to 9 AM mountain time. > happy listening! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:41:12 EDT From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: S&L DVD I ordered the new S&L DVD version, which just arrived. I am very impressed with the sound in the Dolby set up. Blows the earlier version I have (the Japanese VHS, which I thought was quite good) away. What a value at $17 incl shipping. Brecker, Jaco and Joni's guitar, especially, are "right in the room" with you, crystal clear. Bobsart (happily exposing my naivete in this area) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:47:01 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: another reason to love the jmdl -- njc Jody Johnson. The JMDL has brought many wonderful people into my life . . . and Muller! But I did want to say how much I especially appreciate Jody. Even with her mother's recent passing, she still finds the time for special kindness and consideration for me that is just over the top. (She knows that I am starved for attention and gives it to me!) How lucky we are in the Northeast to have wrestled Jody away from the grasp of the Midwest and Guzzi! And what a lucky man That Guy is. I love you Jody! XO, --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:30:57 +0800 (PHT) From: Subject: RE: Suzanne Vega NJC Let me add my voice to a chorus of approval and appreciation for Suzanne Vega. I like her smoky voice, her minimalist lyrics (that echoes poet Raymond Carver sometimes) and the way she presents her songs in whatever musical setting. I got hold of her _Solitude Standing_ album and although "Tom's Diner" and "Luka" became hits, I was drawn to her the other songs in the album, notably "Language" and "Ironbound/Fancy Poultry". Then I got her _Days of Open Hand_ and it became my favorite album. "50-50 Chance" with the Kronos Quartet and Philip Glass-like repetitive motif was indeed chilling. "Rusted Pipe" and "Institution Green" connected to me in ways that's hard to appropriately convey in words. Then I got _99.9 F_ and the first thing that stuck me was the production of the album that's quite unlike her previous outings. Mitchell Froom I suppose was behind this, although Suzanne herself said that she was active in the way the final cuts were presented. The album was even nominated for production or something. "In LIverpool" was most evocative and so with "Song of the Sand". Then I bought her debut album and I agree with everyone who said that "Small Blue Thing" is a still beauty both in compositional quality and the way the lyrics caressed the sparse arrangements. My favorite though is "The Queen and the Soldier". The song is very powerful in imageries as well as very very poignant. I also got her _LIve at West(something)_ album that had her singing songs like "Luka" and "Caramel" in an acoustic setting. And although how she sings on record is almost the same as she sings live, there are more than enough delights in hearing her bend a note there and de-emphasize a lyric there and her spiels. I also liked her _Nine Objects of Desire_ especially "Caramel" and "The World Before Columbus". But I haven't bought her latest album _Songs in Red and Gray_. I never buy "Best of" albums of my favorite artists because in some weird kind of way, I like the way songs are arranged in the album the way it was conceptualized to flow from one to the other, and not some producer who rehashes hits for others. But if I am still being introduced to an artist, I usually go for a compilation "Best of" to be familiar with songs. My friend who is also a fan of Vega buys her two Best of albums for the added tracks. Joseph in Manila > i agree with bob. and it is true about the tom's diner special cd. the > barbara eden spoof is so funny! small blue thing, by the way, is a great > song. vega's lyrics are terrific for poetry appreciation. i've > frequently used them with my english students because the words lend > themselves to a variety of interpretations. vega is a very accomplished > poet. > wally ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:05:16 -0400 From: vince Subject: Re: S&L DVD where'd you get it from? credit card in hand, I ask as not trying to be over eager as I can... Vince Bobsart48@aol.com wrote: >I ordered the new S&L DVD version, which just arrived. > >I am very impressed with the sound in the Dolby set up. Blows the earlier >version I have (the Japanese VHS, which I thought was quite good) away. What a >value at $17 incl shipping. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:15:57 -0400 From: vince Subject: Re: another reason to love the jmdl -- njc oh, somehow I missed the news about Jody's mother - Rest eternal grant her O Sovereign and let light perpetual shine upon her - Jody, my love to you and Scott and all your family, oh I am trying to send you such love right now Jody is one of the most profoundly wonderful persons that I have met anytime anywhere and the JMDL is special because it was through here that I met her - and Jody, tell Scott happy late birthday - Jody, I keep the picture/portrait you sent me of Joni on my wall and every time I look at it I think of you and how when we met it felt like I had know you and Laura all my lives - how close we all felt together - what a wonderful night, all the work you did.. please know how tenderly cherished you are I'm a lousy friend, Jody, but not by intent, and you always overlook my lapses - I send you and Scott and all who grieved for your mother, I send you love Murphycopy@aol.com wrote: >Jody Johnson. > >The JMDL has brought many wonderful people into my life > >But I did want to say how much I especially appreciate Jody. Even with her >mother's recent passing, she still finds the time for special kindness and >consideration ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:18:37 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: July 11 On July 11 the following articles were published: 1994: "Just Me and My Guitar" - Vancouver Sun (Interview) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=409 2000: "Joni" - CBC News (Biography) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=529 2001: "Joni's Grrl?" - Los Angeles Times (Appreciation) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=652 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:27:56 -0400 From: vince Subject: Re: july 9... TIMES THREE!!!!! -- NJC some one said that Yael, Leslie and I are very different people sharing the same birthday - Yael is one of the few JMDLers I met, picked her up at her place in Ann Arbor not knowing if she were an ax murderer or not but trusting if she were a Joni fan maybe she wouldn't be - had a great time getting to know her as we made our way to the Detroit Joni concert gathering in 2000 - and remember her intelligence, sparkle, and beautiful voice and talent - and how much i have appreciated her ALL TOO INFREQUENT POSTS (hint hint) Leslie, we connected cyberly early on for me here because of our shared birthdays - Leslie I have always felt a special connection with - I hope you are out there lurking instead of being away for such a voice for reason and intelligence when Leslie spoke - so I think the three of us born on July 9th are wonderfully connected and thanks, gracious thanks to all for the greetings - the one who are very different are the others who share our July 9 birthday - Tom Hanks vs me - he has talent,. looks Oscars, money, great reputation, and a great career - no, he and I have nothing in common O J Simpson - ah, I KNOW there is nothing in common there! back to my lurkdom hole Vince ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 03:31:30 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: to jody -- njc i can't find jody's e-mail address but i know i can send her my love and my prayers anyway. jody has always been my late night companion at jonifests when everybody has long gone to sleep -- or to bed, at least -- and we have to talk and laugh in whispers. jody is the embodiment of friendship and warmth. her smile and the radiant look in her eyes fill me with peace and happiness. her name should be joy johnson. i love you, jody! wally ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2003 #355 ***************************** ------- 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? 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