From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2003 #565 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, November 14 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 565 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2003 #563 - Janis Ian NJ [BRYAN8847@aol.com] "That Song About The MIdway" [MINGSDANCE@aol.com] Re: Homework - Favorite song poll ["Ross, Les" ] Today in History: November 14 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] Today's Library Links: November 14 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] Re: Cory's choices [] Re: Artwork Archive [CDTraderJohn@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 01:13:36 EST From: BRYAN8847@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2003 #563 - Janis Ian NJ I just want a chance to rave about Janis Ian.She seems to me to be such a wonderful,caring person.How many other famous artists respond personally to people on thier website,and in such a warm,kind,real manner?very,very few,I'm sure... http://www.janisian.com I'm a frequent visitor to that site and a frequent poster on the bulletin board. It is an unusual experience to converse with the artist that way. I've chatted with JI online too, and she seemed to express genuine interest in my work, etc. Anyway, yes, it's cool, though sometimes it's almost as if the artist's mystique is eliminated (unlike a certain other singer/songwriter we all know, who has tons of mystique...that's OK too). Bryan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 01:53:57 EST From: MINGSDANCE@aol.com Subject: "That Song About The MIdway" Atlantic City Pop Festival August 1,2 & 3 1969 BB King, Procal Harum, Joni Mitchell, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chambers Brothers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Johnny Winter, Lighthouse, Paul Butterfield, Santana, Three Dog Night, Byrds, Chicago, Mothers-Zappa, Canned Heat, Dr.John, Little Richard, Miles Davis, AUM, Tim Buckley, Joe Cocker, Mother Earth and a few more _____________________________________________________________ Today at the ranch David and I hosted A Luncheon for his mother(79) and 14 of her more active friends. What I thought would be a slow day got to be a great trivia day for me. I was grilling burgers and hot-dogs when this woman probably about 73, started talking to me and said she didn't know Sally(David''s mother) but came with her friend Iris who his mother has known for 45 years, she said she had a son and a daughter, the son was a journalist and the daughter worked with the Native American tribes in health care in Shiprock OK. I told her I was a journalism major but got sidelined after Art School into landscape design for 26 years but I had the good fortune of renewing my photography and reporting for Joni Mitchell.com. She offered up a big gasp and said I went with my daughter to the racetrack in Atlantic City to see her in 1969 and that lady with the raspy voice was there and I said you mean Janis Joplin. She spoke quite fondly of Joni and how she enjoyed her set best of all of the other sets. I tried to drag as much as I could out of a foggy memory but I couldn't get to much more. She did remember Joni being a bit uncomfortable near the end of her set but couldn't recall the rest. She did say CSN, James Taylor and Jimmy Hendrix were there as well. She said the race track really wasn't in Atlantic City but in a town called Millville. She did say that her daughter did go on to Woodstock the following week and she wanted her to go but she didn't though and was glad because of all that rain. I said you know Joni wrote the song "Woodstock" and she said I know , I toId her I didn't get to the first one but I went in 98 to see Joni. She then said she watched her on the Dick Cavette show hoping to see clips from Woodstock to see her daughter. The energy was flowing heavy on my part badgering this poor old woman and then it hit me. I Also had a connection to her through Shiprock too. One of my favorite Paintings is called "Mamma and Papa Got The Going Home To The Shiprock Blues" by TC Cannon who was an American Indian artist who was killed in a drunken wreck in 1978. It show s an old Indian couple wearing rayban sunglasses sitting under a Greyhound Bus Stop Sign, the point being Indians see through the sun's rays and there fore don't wear sunglasses it's a social statement on the encroachment of western civilization brought upon the tribes and their desire to return to the old ways. I hope to reconnect with this woman so she can connect me up with her daughter so I can pick her brain for all the trivia I can dig up on these two events. and as they were getting in the car to leave I said you know I was really upset I didn't get to go protest Bush's arrival in Fort Myers today but felt I was well compensated by "The Great Spirit' for my good deed that day. As the car started she said oh yeah I used to go to Philly to see Joni there with my daughter. Well, my face hit the pasture as they drove away. Wait I thought we have to discuss that now. It left me wondering how long will I have to wait for that info from her and her daughter. I would say it was "A GREAT DAY". Something I confirmed today: "The moon eclipsed and you know and happiness is the best facelift"! Peace Mingus ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 07:06:34 -0000 From: "Ross, Les" Subject: Re: Homework - Favorite song poll Song To A Seagull: Most Favorite - Nathan La Franeer Least Favorite - Night in the City Clouds: Most Favorite - I Think I Understand Least Favorite - Songs to Aging Children Ladies Of The Canyon: Most Favorite - For Free Least Favorite - Morning Morgantown Blue: Most Favorite - Blue Least Favorite - This Flight Tonight For The Roses: Most Favorite - Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire Least Favorite - Barangrill Court & Spark: Most Favorite - Same Situation Least Favorite - Car on a Hill Miles of Aisles: Most Favorite - Jericho Least Favorite - You turn me on I'm a radio. Hissing Of Summer Lawns: Most Favorite - All (but The Boho Dance, for list purposes) Least Favorite - None (but Jungle Line, for list purposes) Hejira: Most Favorite - All (but Hejira, for list purposes) Least Favorite - None (but Black Crow, for list purposes) Don Juan's Reckless Daughter: Most Favorite - Silky Veils of Ardour Least Favorite - The Tenth World Mingus (the 'raps' don't count): Most Favorite - Chair in the Sky Least Favorite - The Wolf that Lives in Lindsay (the wolves that end over-stay their welcome a tad) Shadows & Light: Most Favorite - Hejira Least Favorite - Why do Fools fall in Love Wild Things Run Fast: Most Favorite - Love Least Favorite - Dream Flat Tyres Dog Eat Dog: Most Favorite - Impossible Dreamer Least Favorite - Shiny Toys Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm: Most Favorite - Secret Place Least Favorite - Dancing Clone Night Ride Home: Most Favorite - Passion Play Least Favorite - Rays Dad's f*g Cadillac Turbulent Indigo: Most Favorite - The Sire of Sorrow Least Favorite - Borderline (I'm intentionally leaving out Hits & Misses) Taming The Tiger: Most Favorite - Stay in Touch Least Favorite - Lead Balloon Both Sides Now: Most Favorite - A Case of You Least Favorite - Don't go to Strangers Travelogue: Most Favorite - None (Refuge of the Roads...maybe) Least Favorite - All...perhaps I'm being harsh. (Sire of Sorrow...gads) Les (london) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 02:18:58 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: November 14 1993: Joni received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association. The presentation was held in front of about 150 people at the Willows Golf Resort in Saskatoon. After the presentation Joni gave an hour long interview and performed a new song called 'The Magdalene Laundries" that she said she planned to record as a duet with Sinead O'Connor. More info: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=743 http://www.jonimitchell.com/jonihome.html#TheBio 1994: Joni was in London, England for a solo showcase for the media at a townhouse off Gloucester Road in South Kensington. Before the event, Joni was interviewed and performed two songs for the BBC series "The Late Show." She then went on stage and performed for more than an hour in front of 200 media and record company people. An amazing footnote is that Joni didn't smoke a single cigarette for the duration of her show! Mike Quinn posted to the JMDL: I have a press cutting from The Independent describing [this event] which Joni played at 41 Queensgate Terrace in Kensington, UK. According to the piece she played alone for an hour, the set consisting of 11 songs, 4 from TI and some that were then unrecorded (such as Face Lift). She started with Refuge from the Roads and finished with Just like this Train. She talked about Saskatoon, how she came to write The Magdalene Laundries and about Dave Crosby who was very ill at the time. The audience "became more appreciative" the longer she played. "No lighted matches and stomping feet but prolonged, insistent clapping at the end. And an encore". More info: http://www.jonimitchell.com/LondonShowcase94.html - ---- For a comprehensive reference to Joni's appearances, consult Joni Mitchell ~ A Chronology of Appearances: http://www.jonimitchell.com/appearances.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 02:18:58 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: November 14 On November 14 the following articles were published: 1991: "100 Greatest Album Covers of All-Time" - Rolling Stone (Appreciation) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=674 2002: "Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Trisha Yearwood Sing For Walden Woods" - Launch.com (Review - Appearance) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=968 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 2:21:30 -0500 From: Subject: Re: Cory's choices Yeah, Cory. BLUE is a terrific piece of work. She's very vulnerable on that one that one. When you've lived in that collection for awhile, it may also amaze you that she can talk about all that pain but it doesn't bring you (the listener) down. It makes you feel better to go through hell with her and come though it. It elevates you somehow. It's cathartic. In less skilled hands, it would have been a collection of songs by a person who lets herself be used (like a doormat) but that's not Joni. About BLUE, last week I wrote, "This is the album that defined for our generation, the pinnacle of songwriting when an artist is holding nothing back. She was hurting yet, luckily for us, she had some amazingly incisive and often breathtakingly cathartic skill with rendering a story. This is not navel-gazing. This is the sound of a phoenix crashing and beginning again." Yeah, discovering "BLUE" is a terrific thing. All the best, Lama Cory wrote: > Hey I'm new to this list and rather new to Joni, having "discovered" Blue last January. My Dad is a fan, but it took me awhile to really give her a listen (I'm 19, a sophomore at UC Berkeley); now she's my favorite recording artist.> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 02:21:25 EST From: CDTraderJohn@aol.com Subject: Re: Artwork Archive There was some mention here the other day of an Artwork Archive for Joni's live shows. I'd be very interested in that, should it come together. Please keep us posted. Thanks, John in Massachusetts ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2003 #565 ***************************** ------- 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)