From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2003 #400 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 Wednesday, August 13 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 400 Sign up now for JoniFest 2003! http://www.jonifest.com ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: survival njc [Catherine McKay ] Jonifest impressions, take 1, njc [Catherine McKay Subject: Re: survival njc --- tantra-apso wrote: > > we could gossip about the Festers while they are > away? I hope you did! I love it when people gossip about me - - it means they care (LOL) and I so enjoyed your "You Bastards" post that Mags read on Sunday night. It was fun trying to figure out, as she was reading, who wrote it because she didn't say who it was from until she had finished reading it - and of course, I guessed yours almost right away (by the way, she must have corrected the typos, because it sounded almost normal. Tee hee hee.) ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:32:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Jonifest impressions, take 1, njc Some of the wonderful things about Jonifest 2003 - I always worry about doing this for fear of leaving someone or something out, but who says we can post only once?: - - hiking with Lama - - the sound of the stream I could hear from my tent - - Bob Sart - you are SO cute! - - hearing what my guitar sounds like when it's plugged in to a good amp, coming back to me through the monitor (christ! was that MY guitar???) - - Gisele singing "Drift away" (or anything else for that matter) - - Suzzi Guzzi singing "Love me, leave me, or let me be lonely" - - Lucy Hone doing just about anything - no one has the right to be so funny, but to also have the voice of an angel when she sings - - chatting with Strings and listening to Stryngs - - young Rachel playing violin on stage with Stryngs - - Martin Giles singing John Martyn (yeah, baby! can you please do "Head and heart" next year? I love that one!) - - getting up on stage and singing and playing - and not either tripping over anything, or falling off, or passing out from fear or something like it; wondering who that woman was singing along with me, and how she managed to be right on tune and in time with me (d'oh! that was me!) - - the views - mountains, water (lots of it, more than necessary, really), sky, trees, wooden houses, you name it (no bears seen though - whew!) - - Les I's mandolin-playing - - Roberto Holliston's fabulous arrangements of piano bits - - Steve Polifka's smile - - Marianne Rizzo who, for some weird reason, thinks I'm funny - - Bette's red hair - - John Moore's laugh - - Bree's hat - - Miranda's company, esp. on the way home - - singing "Blue" with Jenny, Claud, Yael and Kay - - Sugarpants' beat poetry performance art thingamabob - - Victor singing Broadway - - the coffee at Full Moon - this must be the world's best coffee - oh yeah, the food was OK, too ;) - - watching Anita and Steph opening the package that contained Joni's Ibanez guitar - - Ron Greer's accent (what accent?) and you know... there may be... ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:58:19 EDT From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: Jonifest 2003 - 200X I have decided to post this message before reading any of the two dozen e-mails (including digests) backlogged in my inbox. This year I was a first-time fester. I joined the list circa March 2001. The first year I had already planned/used up all my vacation time before I even knew of Jonifest. The second year I made up some other phony excuses such as my wife might get aggravated about my running off to some place where I might have too much fun communing with a bunch of other people who also loved that "other woman" in my life. Finally, this year, I chucked all my excuses and decided to go. I had received the CD's of last year's fest from Bob Muller, and was very impressed with all the talent that was revealed on those tracks.And I knew about the uniformly high intelligence level of the JMDL'ers from my two + years as a lister. I didn't know exactly what to expect, but I formed what I thought was a pretty good guess about what Jonifest would be like. I missed the barn. I was simply not prepared emotionally for what I found - 65 people of different walks, backgrounds, preferences, sizes and shapes, with the common interest of Joni's music and life, coming together in a positive, supportive, loving way. Everyone rooting for everyone else, putting aside any petty differences. Pretty close to Pure. Maybe it's just me, but regular old everyday life is filled with a bunch of "stuff" - some of it interesting, some of it demanding, some of it stimulating, some of it tedious and some of it hateful - that I might classify as slightly negative or slightly positive on balance. At the end of a bad day, I might be inclined to veg out, hoping for a dose of nothingness to partially neutralize the negativity. On good days, I might have some joy on the tete a tete level - - a connection with my wife, or my family, or even on the golf course. But nothing genuine on a spiritual level with a large group of other people with a common passion. Au contrere - at the bridge tournaments I attend from time to time, the players pay lip service to the amenities: "how are your kids, etc, etc," but at the end of the night it's been Dog Eat Dog. This year I feel connected at last with my extended family. It feels really good. Everyone else connecting with everyone else, too. So, if you've never been to a Jonifest and are considering not doing so again next year, whatever your excuse (probably a lot better than mine were), please consider thinking again. You'll probably find - like me - that you've given yourself a priceless gift. I imagine there will be plenty of posts describing the details of what this year's fest was like, and thanking all of the people who extended themselves for the benefit of their Joni-family members. I'll probably post one or two later this week myself. But for today, the details might block out the principal message I am struggling to convey - as well as the glow I am feeling. We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden...... Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:17:07 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: August 13 1974: Joni performed the first of five nights in a row at the Universal Amphitheater in Universal City, California. The recordings from these five dates ended up as the material for the Miles Of Aisles album, released 3 months later. List-member Steve Dulson was there with his camera. More info: http://members.aol.com/tinkerjoni/joni.html - ---- For a comprehensive reference to Joni's appearances, consult Joni Mitchell ~ A Chronology of Appearances: http://www.jonimitchell.com/appearances.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:17:07 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: August 13 On August 13 the following articles were published: 1979: "The budding of a mighty force - Joni and Jazz" - Detroit News (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=839 1998: "A Joni-Come-Lately To Woodstock" - New York Daily News (Concert Preview) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=220 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:55:01 +0100 From: "Stephen Toogood" Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Best bit of Joni singing? How could I forget this one? "The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in 68 and he told me..." BLUE and TLOG versions! And you know there may be more... Steve - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Remote" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:00 AM Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Best bit of Joni singing? > "Down where the water skiers gliiiiiii-iii-ii-ide..." > > "Rain fell from midnight skies > It drummed on and galvinized" > > "She lit a candle for my love luck > and 18 bucks went up in smoke!" > > RR > > > bra811@aol.com wrote: > > > "Help me, I think I'm falling in love with you..." > > "Since I lost you, I can't get through the day > > without at least one big boo hoo..." > > "Every picture has its shadows..." > > Song For Sharon backgrounds... > > > > Robert ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2003 #400 ***************************** ------- 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)