From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2003 #382 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, August 1 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 382 Sign up now for JoniFest 2003! http://www.jonifest.com ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: hiatus [tantra-apso ] Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) ["Stephen Toogood" ] Re: Playing live - what a buzz! (NJC) [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Playing live - what a buzz! (NJC) [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: mars in sight! (njc) ["David Rahall" ] RE: NJC Query emmy ["Rache A" ] Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) ["Brenda" ] Re: Emmylou can write, njc ["Kate Bennett" ] silly Joni dream [Deb Messling ] Re: Mercantile question ["Brenda" ] folk music fans, do me a favor NJC [Deb Messling ] Re: Playing live - what a buzz! (NJC) ["kerry" ] Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) ["mack watson-bush" ] RE: Bush is so awful (njc) (pc) ["Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" ] sam phillips, rip -- njc [Murphycopy@aol.com] Re:Learning to play at 42 [PassScribe@aol.com] hejira ["Marja Tensen" ] Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) [vince ] RE: mars in sight! (njc) ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: sam phillips, rip -- njc [Randy Remote ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:11:34 +0100 From: tantra-apso Subject: Re: hiatus I had one of those but since i lost weight, it doesn't rouble me anymore. even stopped taking the Protium. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:34:16 +0100 From: "Stephen Toogood" Subject: Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) Though I really do not like his "music", I must say that this kind of behaviour is very immature and plain nasty. They need to grow up! Steve NP: (I'll never be your) Your Maggie May - Suzanne Vega - ----- Original Message ----- From: "vince" Cc: Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:05 PM Subject: Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) > I think this is disgusting behavior. It is not at all acceptable > because someone doesn't like his music. In fact, he as moved away from > a backstreet boy thing to a harder, more creative sound but fuck anyone > who says they can pelt someone else with weapons because they don't like > their music. Those of us of my age who diss Justin timerlake - look > at your self in the mirror and discuss your affection for the Monkees. > Those younger - pick something from your past. > > I have been at concerts where things have been thrown and I have seen > people hurt. > > I have no respect for anyone who pelts someone else with garbage because > they don't like their music., > > What part of basic human respect do we not understand? > > What part of flaming hypocrites are we? > > > Vince > > Brenda wrote: > > >Well, I think it's amusing, not because people were trying to hit him but because > >MTV reported it. > > > > > >On 31 Jul 2003 at 16:07, Notaro@stpt.usf.edu wrote: > > > > > > > >>I hope no one takes any glee from this. I remember the first time I > >>saw the concert footage of Joni getting pelted with water bottles > >>while trying to perform The Three Great Stimulants and how awful that > >>was. Besides, I took my godson to see him and Christine Aguilera a few > >>weeks back and I very much enjoyed his (and her) performance. No, he's > >>no Mick Jagger, but neither is anyone. And that is no reason to treat > >>a performer this way. > >> > >>Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 00:34:27 +0100 From: Chris Marshall Subject: Playing live - what a buzz! (NJC) Stryngs just played its first gig tonight, I've just got home from London, and I am on *such* a high right now! Martin and I have been in various bands/musical collectives over the years, and Stryngs sings karaoke quite a bit, but this is the first time we've performed as a band, in a proper venue, with a 100 or so strong crowd that have come specifically to see *us*. It all went like a dream, we got ourselves a great "out front" sound, and got screamed at for an encore at the end. (Like we weren't planning one... :-) I'm just completely psyched (to quote Ashara) about this - it really was such good fun. The scary thing is that I've been playing bass guitar for something like 14 years now, and it's taken this long to hook up with like minded people where there's a great creative process and the feeling that it's damn well *worth it*. Wow. - --Chris Marshall (on a high, and babbling somewhat. Therefore, please excuse the bandwidth...) chrisAThatstand.org (AIM: Chr15Marshall) "If you're ever lost, I'll beat the world to finding you" Stryngs, "Bobblehats and Beer" Band website, with downloads, at http://www.stryngs.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:50:30 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Playing live - what a buzz! (NJC) In a message dated 7/31/2003 7:35:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, chris@hatstand.org writes: > Stryngs just played its first gig tonight, I've just got home > from London, and I am on *such* a high right now! > CONGRATULATIONS CHRIS!!!! I'm sure you won't sleep a wink tonight with all the excitement! I can't wait to here "Stryngs" live at Jonifest, and I'm looking forward to meeting Stryngs and Martin. See you in 1 week !!!! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:59:43 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Playing live - what a buzz! (NJC) In a message dated 7/31/2003 7:51:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, FMYFL@aol.com writes: > I can't wait to here "Stryngs" I meant HEAR :~) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:02:42 -0400 From: "David Rahall" Subject: Re: mars in sight! (njc) WHAT?! Oh, no...I hate when that happens... David - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wally Kairuz" > wally, announcing the next mercury retrograde in a few days ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:38:14 -0400 From: "Rache A" Subject: RE: NJC Query emmy I love "live at the ryman" with the Nash Ramblers. One of the best bands she's had. unfortunately it's out of print but worth looking on ebay. Fairly recently I got "Return of the Grievous Angel" - Gram Parsons tribute album. she sings on a number of songs, and also on (among many others) are Lucinda Williams with Crosby, and Gillian Welch. it's a great album. Rachel looking forward to seeing her later in august at the ottawa folk festival _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:46:23 -0700 From: "Brenda" Subject: Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) Nice to exchange with you again Vince. On 31 Jul 2003 at 18:05, vince wrote: > fuck > anyone who says they can pelt someone else with weapons because they > don't like their music. Agreed. Sort of. Except the f*&k part. It was not my intention to condone the behavior by posting about it. It just seemed to me that it might be a marker (similar to the burning of Bee Gees records) signaling the backlash against rhythmic pop music and that it was covered because there are a lot of companies and individuals who have been shut out of the teen pop bounty. People who would benefit by a new cycle - the "resurgence" of rock. And I think there may be one or two people here who, as music fans, wouldn't mind seeing this particular pop cycle end. The general public may be ready too, as most of the teen pop groups have seen a significant drop in sales. >Those of us of my age who diss Justin > timerlake - look at your self in the mirror and discuss your affection > for the Monkees. > Those younger - pick something from your past. > Why does the dislike of Justin's music have to be nostalgic? Can't it be that you just don't care for it musically? I like some of Justin's peers - Pink, Beyonce ("Crazy In Love" is off the chain; it converted me), Christina's first album was good - but I was disappointed with Justin's album. IMO, Usher does the whole "borrowing from the King of Pop's funky period" better than Justin does. And while the Neptunes did a good job on the production, there's nothing on Justin's album as good as "Beautiful," the tune Farrell did with Snoop. I think even *NSYNC's "Celebrity" is stronger than Justin's solo effort, especially "Girlfriend" (also produced by the Neptunes). I thought I would dine and dash with that post...but it appears I'm back. : ) B np: Dwele - "Subject" - -------------------------------------------- "Radio has no future" - Lord Kelvin, 1897 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:12:04 -0700 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: njc >> Ken Schram Commentary: Here Come The Brides >> >> July 31, 2003 >> >> By KOMO Staff & News Services >> SEATTLE - Boy, what are we going to do with those gays and lesbians? >> First they insist on not being thrown into jail because of their >> lifestyle. >> Then they finagle ways to keep their jobs, buy a house - even adopt >> kids! >> Now they want to get married? >> Well that got the Pope's AND the President's attention. >> The Pontiff has launched a worldwide campaign against the idea. >> The President wants to "codify" the issue, while pushing for a >> constitutional ban on it. >> But why stop at half measures? >> Why not just stone them? The Bible gives us plenty of support for >> that. >> Couldn't we just line up all those "fornicators" and pelt them into >> oblivion? >> Wait. >> Maybe there's more satisfaction with just continued condemnation: >> deny them their dignity; refuse to acknowledge their relationships. >> Let's stay with ridicule; mock them; isolate them socially and >> religiously. >> Why abandon the perfected way of judging them that's already been >> honed and developed! >> And here's the best part: It can all be done in the name of a loving >> God, under the guise of a tolerant and free nation. >> Yeah. That's what we can do with all those gays and lesbians. >> Sound sarcastic? >> Good. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:31:46 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Emmylou can write, njc >well, emmylou showed what she could do quite a few years ago when she wrote one of the most beautiful songs ever written, one thats quite possibly in the joni class - "boulder to birmingham". then she sang it with one of the most incredible, achingly beautiful vocal performances ive ever heard. a true classic.< amen to that, btb is one of the most amazing songs ever written or sung... kate www.katebennett.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:30:02 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: silly Joni dream Last night I dreamed that the town I live in was becoming a gay mecca. (Yeah, I wish...). Somebody opened a gay and lesbian bookstore on South Main Street, and in the window was a gay-oriented Joni Mitchell songbook called He-jira (as in the male pronoun "He" - get it?) Well, at least I don't dream flat tires. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- messling@enter.net - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:28:08 -0700 From: "Brenda" Subject: Re: Mercantile question It's a month later, but... On 26 Jun 2003 at 16:46, Randy Remote wrote: > Hopefully someone will correct the inevitable mistatements below: > > Ruth Davis wrote: > > > Actually two questions: > > > > Is there a source that lists the number of units sold for each of > > Joni's albums? > > I think, before Soundscan, the numbers were kept by the > record company-sort of the fox guarding the henhouse. I > think you have to have an industry "in" to get Soundscan numbers. > That is correct. Soundscan started in 1991. You can get a rough estimate of what Joni has sold over her career by taking the Soundscan number and adding the totals for her gold & platinum certifications. The certifications can be pulled from the RIAA web site: http://www.riaa.org/ You don't have to have an industry in to get Soundscan. You just have to pay for an account. It's very expensive. Most independent labels don't subscribe or they have one account that's shared by their whole staff. As for her current numbers, she has sold 3.6 million across all album titles since Soundscan started. Travelogue has sold 59,139. Both Sides Now has sold 264,345. She is currently selling about 4,500/week. Any other info desired, shoot me an email. B - ------------------------------ Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:33:50 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: folk music fans, do me a favor NJC This is silly, but if you love folk and acoustic music, can you help me out? Go to the site of my local music festival, http://www.musikfest.org/03home.asp and vote for Folk as your favorite type of music (the poll is on the left hand side of the page). Festival organizers have been booking fewer and fewer acoustic acts in recent years - someone on staff told me it's because the festival makes its money on beer and folkies don't drink enough. I'll do my part on that end of it, if you can help by stuffing the ballot in favor of folk! Thanks. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- messling@enter.net - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:48:47 -0500 From: "kerry" Subject: Re: Playing live - what a buzz! (NJC) > Stryngs just played its first gig tonight, I've just got home > from London, and I am on *such* a high right now! CONGRATULATIONS, CHRIS!!! Now you're all warmed up for Jonifest! :>) Just wanted to say that I CAN'T WAIT to hear Stryngs live!!!!! See you soon, Kerry NP - Stryngs - See You In The Puddles ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:30:30 -0500 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) I agree Stephen. I find his music and his videos laughable but that behavior isn't acceptable. mack np: candi staton-'what a feeling'- young hearts run free > Though I really do not like his "music", I must say that this kind of > behaviour is very immature and plain nasty. They need to grow up! > > Steve > > NP: (I'll never be your) Your Maggie May - Suzanne Vega > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "vince" > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:05 PM > Subject: Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) > > > > I think this is disgusting behavior. It is not at all acceptable > > because someone doesn't like his music. In fact, he as moved away from > > a backstreet boy thing to a harder, more creative sound but fuck anyone > > who says they can pelt someone else with weapons because they don't like > > their music. Those of us of my age who diss Justin timerlake - look > > at your self in the mirror and discuss your affection for the Monkees. > > Those younger - pick something from your past. > > > > I have been at concerts where things have been thrown and I have seen > > people hurt. > > > > I have no respect for anyone who pelts someone else with garbage because > > they don't like their music., > > > > What part of basic human respect do we not understand? > > > > What part of flaming hypocrites are we? > > > > > > Vince > > > > Brenda wrote: > > > > >Well, I think it's amusing, not because people were trying to hit him but > because > > >MTV reported it. > > > > > > > > >On 31 Jul 2003 at 16:07, Notaro@stpt.usf.edu wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>I hope no one takes any glee from this. I remember the first time I > > >>saw the concert footage of Joni getting pelted with water bottles > > >>while trying to perform The Three Great Stimulants and how awful that > > >>was. Besides, I took my godson to see him and Christine Aguilera a few > > >>weeks back and I very much enjoyed his (and her) performance. No, he's > > >>no Mick Jagger, but neither is anyone. And that is no reason to treat > > >>a performer this way. > > >> > > >>Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:34:43 -0400 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: Those Drums! Those Infernal Drums! Yeah, Joni "discovered" the track and sampled it because she "recognized a Bo Didley figure in there". If you play some Bo Didley it's pretty easy to see what she means. It's a.... kinda "Iko Iko" shuffle thing. The drums were on a documentary disc and that's all of the clues I'll reveal today. Lama >As I recall (I could swear I read this somewhere), the drums on Jungle Line weren't "professionally" recorded - - - it was, like, some Joe with an old portable Sony pointed at the drummers/dancers. The sound quality has never bothered me. At the time, I was so impressed that Joni was using African drums on her album - pop musicians just weren't doing that kind of thing back in the day. Remember?> From: Jenny Goodspeed >>- the drums sounded so awful and distorted on my LP - I couldn't enjoy it. It's less noticeable on the CD, but still to me they sound as if they were recorded poorly.>> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:34:51 -0400 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: "Dancin' close and slow" Not to mention landing onto exactly the right blue note and dropping off in Young-esque dissapointment and depression, slip-sliding to yet another precisely placed blue note. On top of that, the whole song comes to a full stop to immobilize the listener there for a moment, in a blue funk. Even as a grandmother, she couldn't do sing-song if we forced her. It's just not in her. Lama >From perhaps as early as _LOTC_, and certainly _Blue_, Joni threw in extra notes with her voice, and she threw in extra syllables with her lyrics. She could do the reverse, too: note the sheer time, and number of notes, she expended to great effect on one single word and syllable, "blue."> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:35:00 -0400 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: RE: Bush is so awful (njc) (pc) Hmmm. I've read posts from pacifists before but I've never read a post from an *aggressive* pacifist before. I think the Cabinet should be sitting two huge, gas-guzzling, American-made SUVs when you teleport them, Kate. From what I've read the SUV was invented to circumvent the regulations for mileage goals for fleets of passenger cars. I suppose it's possible that the Iraquis might kill each other in a bitter disagreement over who gets to kill the Americans. Maybe if we fail to impose lawfulness and harmony, we could bury the dead, put a fresh coat of paint on the Oil Ministry, and move right in. Naw. Lama Kate envisioned, >in my fantasy i see all of our troops safely home... & then i see bush & his mafia teleported over to iraq & plunked down in the middle of all the turmoil in their fancy suits & shoes & no protection... & everyone there of course knows exactly who they are... (thanks, i feel better now for sharing....)> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:37:50 -0500 From: "mia ortlieb" Subject: re: CSN <> How awesome! I'm going to see CSN this Sunday night - I wonder if we'll get the same treatment here in Milwaukee? Thanks for the report :) Mia np: Telectro, "Bitter Fable" _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:08:01 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: sam phillips, rip -- njc MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley and helped usher in the rock 'n' roll revolution, died Wednesday. He was 80. Phillips died at St. Francis Hospital, spokeswoman Gwendolyn McClain said. No details were available about the cause of death or how long he had been hospitalized. Phillips founded Sun Records in Memphis in 1952 and helped launch the career of Presley, then a young singer who had moved from Tupelo, Miss. He produced Presley's first record, the 1954 single that featured "That's All Right, Mama" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky." "God only knows that we didn't know it would have the response that it would have," Phillips said in an interview in 1997. "But I always knew that the rebellion of young people, which is as natural as breathing, would be a part of that breakthrough," he said. In 2000, the A&E cable network ran a two-hour biography called "Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock and Roll." Phillips was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. "When I first heard Elvis, the essence of what I heard in his voice was such that I knew there might be a number of areas that we could go into," Phillips said. Presley was good with ballads, Phillips recalled, but there was no need to challenge established balladeers such as Perry Como, Frankie Laine and Bing Crosby. "What there was a need for was a rhythm that had a very pronounced beat, a joyous sound and a quality that young people in particular could identify with," he said. By 1956, when Phillips sold Presley's contract to RCA for $35,000, the rock 'n' roll craze had become a cultural phenomenon and a multimillion-dollar industry. "It all came out of that infectious beat and those young people wanting to feel good by listening to some records," Phillips said. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:36:49 EDT From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re:Learning to play at 42 << From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Ms=20M?= Subject: whale rider & a wee bit JC Hi Scottish Maggie here, a newbie who has been lurking after diving in several weeks ago. Can anyone tell me their thoughts on this : do you think 42 is to old to try and learn guitar? I come from a very musical family, but I struggled with learning music while trying the piano. Am I dotty and is this the begining of a long and sad regression as part of my mid life crises? Or am I just inspired and a bit awed reading all your muso musings on the list? (-; Help me I think I'm.... Take care Metta Maggie in(V sunny today !!) ALBA >> Maggie: 42 is in NO way too old to learn to play ANYTHING- as long as you don't have a dibilitating ailment that would prevent you from moving your fingers and hands. I just started taking piano lessons about two years ago - at age 58!! - and, while I won't profess to be very good at this point, the personal satisfaction out of being able to play SOMETHING is exhilerating! (At least for me, who has been wanting to learn for so many years and never had the time - or never MADE the time - to learn.) If you really want to learn, even the smallest steps mean so much. Go for it! Kenny B ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:06:41 +0000 From: "Marja Tensen" Subject: hejira How is "hejira" pronounced? I've never heard anyone actually say it! - -marja _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:12:13 -0400 From: vince Subject: Re: justin timberlake pelted with garbage (njc) Brenda wrote: >Nice to exchange with you again Vince. > >On 31 Jul 2003 at 18:05, vince wrote: > > > >>fuck >>anyone who says they can pelt someone else with weapons because they >>don't like their music. >> >> > >Agreed. Sort of. Except the f*&k part. > Oh Brenda, that was not directed at you (unless you were personally assaulting Justin at the Stones concert). If I wrote so unclearly that that was not evident, my profoundest apologies to someone that I respect and have respected for many year. >It was not my intention to condone the behavior by posting about it. It just seemed to >me that it might be a marker (similar to the burning of Bee Gees records) signaling >the backlash against rhythmic pop music and that it was covered because there are >a lot of companies and individuals who have been shut out of the teen pop bounty. > I don't think that at all. It is just the times. Last week Fred Durst if Limp Bizket was belted with trash on stage in the Chicago area, such violence whipped up by a local morning disk jockey who is offended Durst is a yankees fan and made some disparaging comments on local Chicago baseball teams. But if this is truly some sort of revolt against a certain type of music - - these are Stones fans, maybe these are people who are just stick in their childhood just like their parents were once, music wise - then whatever new type of music is being supported by fascist violence tactics is not worthy of any support - IMHO. >People who would benefit by a new cycle - the "resurgence" of rock. > Rock resurgent through acts of violence? We could this new rock "Bush Rock"! > >And I think there may be one or two people here who, as music fans, wouldn't mind >seeing this particular pop cycle end. > I'd like to see various forms of music end - I can't stand jazz or country - well known - but I hope they never do as they bring joy to others. >The general public may be ready too, as most >of the teen pop groups have seen a significant drop in sales. > But everyone has. The cd industry took a huge hit last year. And now for my offensive comment: my last two concerts, Stones at Comiskey in September 2002, Eminem in Detroit July 2003. Both crowds seemed incapable of violence, But the Eminem crowds I have seen at various Em concerts - the sweetest, most polite, most drug less crowds I have ever been in. Em's audience appears to want to rock out and they do and they are polite before ad after wards, and too busy rocking out during. Cannot picture any anger at anyone - if fact Ashanti appeared as a surprise in Detroit and the audience loved it, and while Em has trashed boy bands in the past, the general attitude is the more musicians on stage the better - for a while Em, 50 cent, Obie Trice, D12, and who knows who else were all up there at once, with Kid Rock making an appearance by video. Vince ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 01:25:28 EDT From: Wtking59@cs.com Subject: Laura Nyro Poster Reservations! - NJC Okay Gang. For those of you who might be interested (and I KNOW there are several), I crawled out of lurkdom a few days ago to try and report on the following letter some of us received concerning the forthcoming Laura Nyro commemorative poster by renowned artist, Bob Masse. Unfortunately, the attachments I sent didn't transfer properly. Therefore, here's the text message (see below) that was included with instructions on reserving your own copy of this very special, limited edition print! CHEERS, Billy * * * * * * * August, 2003 SUBJECT: Advance Reservations for The Bob Masse/Laura Nyro Commemorative Poster, A Personally Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of 200: A Highly Rare Collectible We are happy to report to you that the great poster artist Bob Masse has completed a black and white rough draft of the poster, on speculation, with a view to completing it if and when a sufficient number of advance reservations to purchase the poster can be secured. One of the greatest legendary musical poster artists of our time, Masse observes regarding his work in-progress, the Laura Nyro Commemorative Poster, that you bmust be able to imagine it in color. Of course thatbs not fair because Ibm the only one that can do that! This is a very symbolic pieceb&at bottom are her dates, then working up an angel consoling herb&the ring around her photo becomes hands holding a heartb&and squeezing out musical notesb&this is to say her music has heart! On either side will be a color background which will have hearts in a slightly darker colorb&so that it creates a fadeb¬ shown is the floral border all way roundb&b Unfortunately, we received a disappointingly low number of badvance reservationsb during our initial solicitation from our web-site advertisement over these past two years. Therefore, in order to insure the economic viability of the project, this poster will now be offered as part of a rare and highly collectible limited edition printing of 200 posters that will be personally signed and numbered by Bob Masse. The shipping and handling charge is included, for a total of U.S. $50.00 per poster. Would you like to own one or more of these rare and highly collectible posters, a powerfully moving and more than deserved tribute to one of the leading American singer-songwriters and performers of our day, the late great Laura Nyro? TO RESERVE A POSTER(S): If so, by a separate e-mail reply to dboudreau@earthlink.net please (or you will overload my little PC!) let us know the following information just as soon as possible, because the odds are improving that demand for this poster will surge rapidly, now that Mr. Massebs concept for the poster has evolved: 1. Your name, 2. E-mail address, and the 3. Number of posters desired NOTE: You will be advised at a later date as to where to mail your advance payment money order in cover of payment for the poster(s). Thank you for your time and attention. We are looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yours in Nyro, Dr. Donald G. Boudreau, Bob Masse Laura Nyro Commemorative Poster Project ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 02:25:04 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: hejira merriam-webster's dictionary gives two alternative pronunciations (roughly transcribed): HEDGE-er-uh and hedge-EYE-ruh. joni, i don't know why, chooses to pronounce it hezh-EER-uh (the "zh" sounding like the "s" in "pleasure"). wally - ---9:--Mensaje original----- De: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]En nombre de Marja Tensen Enviado el: Viernes, 01 de Agosto de 2003 01:07 a.m. Para: joni@smoe.org Asunto: hejira How is "hejira" pronounced? I've never heard anyone actually say it! - -marja _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 02:30:20 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: mars in sight! (njc) my window looks almost due west, and i see mars at about 6 am every morning. i have to direct my gaze up at about a 60 degree angle. i'm not sure if this information will help at all in your part of the world, though! maybe the local observatory can help you. hey, come to think of it... you've got GREENWICH right there! love, wally - -----Mensaje original----- De: tantra-apso [mailto:tantra@lhasaapso.name] Enviado el: Jueves, 31 de Julio de 2003 07:09 p.m. Para: Wally Kairuz CC: joni@smoe.org Asunto: Re: mars in sight! (njc) okay, thnak wally. where do i look? Don't say up! i know that. but where exactly and what is the best time? thanks ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:15:13 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: sam phillips, rip -- njc Murphycopy@aol.com wrote: > MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley and helped > usher in the rock 'n' roll revolution, died Wednesday. He was 80. > > By 1956, when Phillips sold Presley's contract to RCA for $35,000, the rock > 'n' roll craze had become a cultural phenomenon and a multimillion-dollar > industry. > "It all came out of that infectious beat and those young people wanting to > feel good by listening to some records," Phillips said. Quite a character- I've seen some interview footage of him talking about the old days of Sun. He never bragged about Elvis, and never whined about selling his contract. The paragon of cool. He also launched the carreers of Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Whew! Play it again, Sam. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2003 #382 ***************************** ------- 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)