From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2003 #626 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 Tuesday, December 16 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 626 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Hillary on Joni and Joplin [BRYAN8847@aol.com] Happy Holidays to All [BRYAN8847@aol.com] Re: Habitats...njc [tantra-apso ] Re habitats NJC ["mike pritchard" ] Lord of the Rings, old movies and guitars....NJC ["ash" ] Re: Habitats...njc [Catherine McKay ] Re: Re habitats NJC ["mike pritchard" ] DVD's of JoniFest [PassScribe@aol.com] Re: december 16!!!! njc [magsnbrei ] Re: (njc) Old farts singing -- my 2 cents [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Diane Keaton is brilliant njc [Jerry Notaro ] Places I've lived (NJC) [Checked by NAI at US SMTP Gateway] ["Kay Ashley] Re: Moon at the window (NJC) [Chris Marshall ] Re: Habitats...njc ["Lori Fye" ] RE: Habitats...njc ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: kwanzaa njc [David Sadowski ] Re: December 16!!!! njc ["Donna Binkley" ] Re: New York Metro Mass Choir (NJC) [Checked by NAI at US SMTPGateway] [] Hejira & DJRD - good fit or misfits? [Chris Marshall ] RE: Re habitats NJC ["Wally Kairuz" ] Fw: Re habitats NJC (for AOL users) [Emiliano ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:34:10 -0500 From: BRYAN8847@aol.com Subject: Hillary on Joni and Joplin This from the Miami Herald. I wish she had used more "is" than "was" but whatever. JONI OR JANIS? For a woman who's holding her first elected office, Clinton is a seasoned politician. It's hard to think of a question that, in seven or even 14 minutes' time, she won't be able to turn into a mini position paper. So how about this one: Joni or Janis? Which seminal musician from Hillary's era does the Wellesley graduate favor, Mitchell or Joplin? ''I really like them both, and that's not a cop-out,'' Clinton sad. ``I liked Joni Mitchell because I thought she was a tremendously talented composer and performer. Her song Chelsea Morning served as the basis for my husband and I naming our daughter . . . But I also really admired the grit and the energy and the vulnerability that Janis Joplin displayed in her too short life. It would be great to know what she would be thinking and singing and how rebellious she would be today. It was a shame we lost her so soon.'' Bryan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:35:36 -0500 From: BRYAN8847@aol.com Subject: Happy Holidays to All And best wishes for the upcoming year. We ARE a community, ya know. Bryan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:41:22 +0000 From: tantra-apso Subject: Re: Habitats...njc Catherine McKay wrote: > I remember phone numbers and codes like >the key-code to get into some parts of the office >(those push-button things) and PINs not so much by the >numbers but by remembering the way my hands move over >the keys or the buttons. Same with phone numbers. > > >===== >Catherine >Toronto > > WOW!!! That is exactly how I do it too. I can remember really long numbers and codes(but not yesterday!). I was useless ate remebering historical dates etc but phone numbers and credit crad numbers and codes, easy. Sometimes, I go to phone someone and for some reason 'forget' the number. I then just pick up the phone, and try to think og something else and just let my finger go. It works. And your urge to clear up is like mine. I do it like you too and 24-48 hours am back in the mess. Maybe we were separated at birth.... - -- bw colin http://www.btinternet.com/~tantraapso/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:13:14 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re habitats NJC All you people who have time on your hands and curiosity to see where (some of ) we Spanish/Catalan jonilistas live, here are your instructions. Memorise and Destroy. 1. go to http://www.qdq.com/ 2. go to 'callejero fotografico' (left-hand side bar at top in 'area de interes' section) 3. make sure 'Barcelona' is in the 'ciudad' slot 4. in the 'nombre de la calle' slot, type 'villarroel' 5. in the 'numero' slot, type '3', then click on 'buscar' The building you see is where I live. My part is next to the letter 'C' on the school next door. This works for houses in Madrid too, so maybe Gill will reveal her address for us.. mike in villarroel, 3 np thrill jockey thrill - tortoise ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:10:28 +1100 From: "ash" Subject: Lord of the Rings, old movies and guitars....NJC > I'll > be spending Saturday with a couple of friends > > (you know who > > you are) watching the extended DVD versions of the > > first two, > > then going to the cinema to see the final part in > > the evening. > > I imagine our eyes will be out on stalks by the end > > of it. > > > > Is that sad? I dunno. But I'm looking forward to it! er NO! as my Tassie mate Gazzer has just shelled out $150 (Australian) for the 2nd part The Two Towers in DVD form and for that gets a Gollum figurine! but worse from the outdoor market.....on Sunday I got Fellowship (the 1st film) as a video and watched it last night...and thought.. this bit is missed out? and that bit is not there?! ..then realised I was film junkie (its people like me who are real stoopid!) What happened is, that I watched Gazzers DVD of the 1st film and it had the bloddy EXTENDED bits in it!...which are not on this video! So does this spoil the film?.....not really...but is that not a brilliant hook to buy the product??? i.e. the Geffen Joni, the extended version, the Directors cut, remastered, redux (???) etc! I also have spent the last 2 Boxing days, watching a Lord of the Rings film and hopefully this one (as with Star Wars and Harry Potter..okay Matrix, Scary Movie...did I do this with Rocky 1, 2,3 etc....mmmm..Yes!) but last year was funny as we all sat there in the cinema.......excitedly awaiting the LOTR film to start...a baby starts crying! This chap had brought a tiny baby in to see the film! Sorry but having waited twenty odd years to see this film......well I was getting a bit peed off.....but phew!..the man was led out....then I heard this muttering behind me and this young girl was talking into her mobile phone and was going to do a running commentary of the film for the next couple of hours to her mates in the lobby as they were to see the film in the next showing.....so before I could...my 11 year old at the time...turned around and in language that .....this girl would understand....to please turn off her mobile..,,which she quickly did....we still see this young girl in town and she still gives us the finger! Then 2 rows below me..this older woman who had a cold...started spluttering and a hacking cough was heard.....I thought mmmm this is fun!. Then the film started...and it was so loud..brilliant...but in the quieter moments...I thought I could hear coughing and a baby crying.......I seem to a fascist bastard??? But hey are we not all there to enjoy the film?...this from a man..when a boy/teen would have water/food/lolly fights in the cinema/flicks..I suppose revenge? but the best is when you are in the dark and staring at the screen and you lose your self to the vision and sound...now that is pure magic! I love the FILM..... I realised that I had to educate my children in this genre...when on a rainy Sunday .....4 years ago..I rented the scariest film ever.....CUJO.....when I 1st saw it...I almost wet myself. So I arranged the room around the TV.....curtains closed...press play .....and within seconds all 3 sprogs were in fits of laughter!! er no!..they are supposed to be hiding.???....but still the laughter continued..I stopped the video...as a father I have the remote..as is my sexist pig due and explained as Mr Spielberg, Mr Ford or more like Eric Von Stroheim...the art of this film..(so how did Dawson out of Dawson's Creek.....know all these films...okay its a TV series...but!!!).. could they not see how scary this film is...the lighting, the music score.....the speacial effects!!...but to know avail!..buggers! Had I been left behind in my tastes? Gawd forbid!.....I understand most films with sub titles...especially when they have the naughty bit....those Spanish make some good ones...Jamom Jamon!!..so I am an educated person and of some intelligence??? ..I put the loo seat down and apart from the couple of million braincells I lost in drinking!! So I endeavoured to get all the scariest older films I could out ....films that scared me......The Thing (both Versions) all Stephen King films, Exorcist, Omen, Halloween, Night of the living dead, Carrie, Rosemary's Baby, Shivers, Rocky Horror, Texas Chainsaw a lot of Hammer Horror..I had forgotten how good Vampire Lovers was..! House on Haunted Hill.....but to know avail..then I thought even older! and it worked!..Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Max Schreck (Nosferatu), Lon Chaney, Elsa Lanchester..so my children have now wanted to see ALL the older films and have been quoting facts back at me! The semi moral of this longwinded story is that if I can get them to more interested in the arts...the older stuff well it will develop them...as with music...one day I will not have to listen to my study door being slammed shut as I put on a Ms Mitchell CD..to point out that most of the family do not share my taste...they will! Tonight on TV is a 1/2 hour series called the guitar show...last week it had the lead guitarist out of AC/DC and Tony Joe White and other names I do not know...but the eldest 2 of my children thought it was...interesting! I looked on the desktop of the computer now and there was a file called 'Tabs'......and it was my 15 year old he had the chords for "Sweet Home Alabama".....!! I asked him.......he said after seeing the guitarist out of AC/DC (Angus Young) explain about his (Angus's) small hands as compared to my sons..who has long fingers like Eric Clapton and how easy to reach a note if you have long fingers...and it was better to strum up and not down and pick each note...well its given him a bit more confidence. I cannot play..( I however was lead Tiangle in a band..till I got stage shy!) so the above statement/paragraph is not mine! Chris my son can now play 6 seconds of the above tune...its a start.....and it looks like that Villa in Spain he will buy me when he is famous..well its almost there!!! Ash He can play smoke on the water!! I am.....VERY sun burnt...(tee hee) as most of you are in Winter...well its freezing here 9 months of the year...can't I gloat!! Ps..sorry I am not following any thread.... My next subject my sister in law in Costa Rica...you can choose your friends but not your family! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:41:37 -0800 (PST) From: Jenny Goodspeed Subject: Re: Lord of the Rings promotion (njc) Chris, you have know idea how excited I am. What a great idea to watch the first two before heading out to the cinema. Hmm...I'd have to take off work to do that (seeing it Thursday night). So *I* don't think that's sad at all! Unless of course, you're going to the theater in costume and then I'd have to reassess. ; ) xo Jenny Chris Marshall wrote: On 16 Dec 2003, at 1:58, Victor Johnson wrote: > "Parsonage Lane" features the song "Master of the Ring" a song > that captures the heart and passion of Tolkien's world. Just thought I'd chime in here and recommend that people check this song out - it ended up being one of my highlights from Jonifest 2001. (OK, partly because I played on it there, but hey :) Hands up who's hyped by the release (*finally*) of Return Of The King? Personally, after seeing the Ralph Bakshi live-action version I was left both excited at seeing Tolkien on the screen and dreadfully disappointed at its premature end 1/3 of the way through the saga. While Jackson has played fast and loose with the story to a degree I am so thrilled to see such a comprehensive treatment of LOTR. I'll be spending Saturday with a couple of friends (you know who you are) watching the extended DVD versions of the first two, then going to the cinema to see the final part in the evening. I imagine our eyes will be out on stalks by the end of it. Is that sad? I dunno. But I'm looking forward to it! - --Chris Marshall 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/ New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:03:02 +0100 From: Emiliano Subject: Fw: december 16!!!! njc (for AOL users) Wally says: > dear colin, > > have a wonderful birthday!!!!!!! > > love, LOTS OF LOVE, > wally Yes, Colin, Happy Birthday to you! With many many many happiness & joy's years to come! Have a Wonderful time! Emiliano ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:22:05 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Simon and Garfunkel Reunion (NJC) --- Janet Hess wrote: > Oh my goodness. If you have a chance to catch the > Old Friends tour, for the > sake of all that is good and holy, do so. Simon & > Garfunkel are simply > outrageously good. And the Everly Brothers! What a > treat. > > I've always loved the song "The Boxer." They did a > beautiful version of it, > and what really knocked my socks off is that one of > the band members plays > the Theremin on"The Boxer." I said, out loud, "MY > GOD! It's a Theremin!" > Nobody sitting around me was familiar with > Theremins, but that didn't stop me. By the time I figured out that S&G were coming to Toronto, their show was sold out. C'est la vie! And after checking that site you provided, http://www.thereminworld.com/learn.asp I've realized it's name after its inventor. All the time I thought it was related to the Greek word for "heat", but then I guess it would be a therman or a thermon and not a theramin. What would science fiction films have done without the theramin? ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:31:08 EST From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: Where we live (NJC) Buck asked: <> I'm in MA, about 30 miles north of Boston. Many listers have been to my house for the first 4 Jonifests I hosted here. Hugs, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:43:29 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Re habitats NJC --- mike pritchard wrote: > All you people who have time on your hands and > curiosity to see where (some of > ) we Spanish/Catalan jonilistas live, here are your > instructions. Memorise and > Destroy. They have pictures of everyone's house? Holy crap! I found one pic of my house that didn't get destroyed during the great disk krash of 03 and I've posted it here - go to the one that says "neighbourhood". My house is the last picture in this batch. The sunset ones were taken from my front porch and all the houses in my neighbourhood look more or less the same except some are a bit bigger and some a bit smaller, some are flip-flopped and the brick and roof colours are different. It's one of those post-WW II ticky-tacky neighbourhoods but I kind like it - it's only .5km to the subway (but I drive to work anyway because I'm a pig): http://ca.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/anima_rising/my_photos ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:45:47 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Habitats...njc --- tantra-apso wrote: > > WOW!!! That is exactly how I do it too. I can > remember really long > numbers and codes(but not yesterday!). I was useless > ate remebering > historical dates etc but phone numbers and credit > crad numbers and > codes, easy. > Sometimes, I go to phone someone and for some reason > 'forget' the > number. I then just pick up the phone, and try to > think og something > else and just let my finger go. It works. > > And your urge to clear up is like mine. I do it like > you too and 24-48 > hours am back in the mess. > > Maybe we were separated at birth.... > Maybe so, but I think there are lots of people that are like us. The rest are anal retentives ;-) And by the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD MAN! How oooold are you now? (Younger than me, durn!) ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:48:19 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: Re habitats NJC Yep, no paranoia here about all the houses in Madrid, Barcelona and some other cities in Spain being 'catalogued' for advertising purposes principally. Sorry my building is so boring, although it is above a bar, like all 7 of my dwellings in this wonderful city. Is that a comment on me or the influence of alcohol in Spain? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine McKay" To: "mike pritchard" ; "list" Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 1:43 PM Subject: Re: Re habitats NJC > --- mike pritchard wrote: > All > you people who have time on your hands and > > curiosity to see where (some of > > ) we Spanish/Catalan jonilistas live, here are your > > instructions. Memorise and > > Destroy. > > They have pictures of everyone's house? Holy crap! I > found one pic of my house that didn't get destroyed > during the great disk krash of 03 and I've posted it > here - go to the one that says "neighbourhood". My > house is the last picture in this batch. The sunset > ones were taken from my front porch and all the houses > in my neighbourhood look more or less the same except > some are a bit bigger and some a bit smaller, some are > flip-flopped and the brick and roof colours are > different. It's one of those post-WW II ticky-tacky > neighbourhoods but I kind like it - it's only .5km to > the subway (but I drive to work anyway because I'm a > pig): > http://ca.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/anima_rising/my_photos > > ===== > Catherine > Toronto > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- > We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:41:03 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: DVD's of JoniFest Hi, to all I just received my video discs from last summer's JoniFest and sampled a little of each one as soon as they arrived; very good optical quality although the sound is, of course, compromised due to the conditions they were filmed under. I then proceded to watch the first one, last night, in its (almost) entirety and was transported back to last August, reliving a wonderful weekend all over again. When I got to the last song on disc one (Claudia doing a GREAT version of "Conversation" with Anita on percussion & backing vocals and Chris on bass) and they hit that, "Why can't I leeeaaave herrr?", I got goosebumps all over. Thanks, again, to all who performed. I also see on this morning's posts that the dates for next summer's fest at Full Moon are confirmed... I'll have to ask my new boss (whenever I find a job) if I can take some time off to attend (it will help if he or she is a Joni fan, eh?) BTW, I meant to send some of my pictures of last year's fest in to the site where all the stories and people's photos are but I had a problem sending them in. I'm going to try it from the computer of a friend and see if that works. Kenny B P.S. Sorry for all those "b's" in place of apostrophies and quotes on my last post; the result of composing on PageMaker and then pasting into AOL's outgoing mail. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 06:01:32 -0800 (PST) From: magsnbrei Subject: Re: december 16!!!! njc Colin....sending you tonnes of love and hugs and all good things on this your birthday...today, especially today, we celebrate you and the uniqueness that you bring to our community. You are one of the tent pegs, part of our common threads, the very glue that keeps us together. much love always, MagsnBrei Wally Kairuz wrote: dear colin, have a wonderful birthday!!!!!!! love, LOTS OF LOVE, wally ***** your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle everything i do is stitched with its colour. w.s.merwin New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:50:06 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: (njc) Old farts singing -- my 2 cents > Hi, gang -- > > I've been reading digests, trying to catch up on what's going on, etc., so > sorry if some of this duplicates previously expressed sentiments... > > I've recently bought a bunch of CDs, some of them recently released, some > not, and also been listening to several CDs I've had for some time. > > (1) The Ron Isley/Burt Bacharach album -- exquisite. Isley's voice, > including his ever-astonishing falsetto, and his overall vocal skills are > perfect for > BB's amazing songs. Just got this one yesterday and I'm already in love with it. A cross between Little Jimmy Scott and Billie Holliday. A gem. Bacharach (75!) says it is his best work, and I agree with him. And Ron Isley's voice at 74 is incomparable. > > (2) Oddly, Isley *didn't* cover Walk On By, one of Bacharach/David/Warwick's > biggest hits of all time. But Cyndi Lauper does -- what a great approach to > the song! More tentative, if just as mournful, than the usual approaches. > I'm betting the general sentiment is the same as mine, but: The whole album > is > wonderful, packaging included! (The pix are great, and doesn't she look > fabulous.) My personal fave is the Aretha Franklin cover "That's What I'm > Gonna > Do". Again, sort of a tentative approach... I don't know why, but I was > shocked > to learn that Cyndi is 50! I'm somewhat guilty of forgetting that people, > including famous ones, age at roughly the same rate as I do, but I guess I was > unaware that CL was slightly older than I am... In my cd player constantly. Her Hymn to Love is just unbelievable. The cd won't sell well, but she has created one of the best of her career. > > (3) ...as is Annie Lennox. I had misgivings as I was reading the cover on > the way home -- heavens, Annie, brevity, brevity! (And this coming from me, > the > king/queen of rambling!!) I've read doctoral dissertations shorter than her > explanation(s) as to the content and cover photo. Jesus, Annie, how about > "The lyrics express my continued aggravation with the male sex, and the > picture > is because I look great naked; oh, and I wear fake eyelashes cuz i have > gorgeous fecking eyes..." I notice she doesn't explain the dog collar. > Anyway, it > sounds like a perfectly fine Eurythmics album to me. Annie seems depressed in > some of the songs: "Love don't show up in the pavement cracks/And all my > watercolors fade to black..." Laugh riot! Although Annie doesn't cover "Walk > On > By" (these are all originals), she does have "If you see me walking down the > street..." in one of the lyrics... A big disappointment to me. > > (6) I just today got in the mail Bette's Rosemary Clooney album -- great idea > -- looking forward to listening to it. You will love it. Whenever Slow Boat to China comes on at the club that I hang, the whole place stops and sings every word. Again, her best cd in years, and it only took her 2 days to record it! > > > (8) Caught Judy Collins on a couple of PBS specials, one of the "This Land > Is..." thingies, and also a re-broadcast of a concert from (?) 2000 or 2001 in > Colorado. She's as beautiful as ever, and her range is the same as it always > was -- but is it just me, or does she still have a little trouble with tempo > and control? If she sang BSN any faster, it'd be "Both Sides Last Week", and > I > swear, she slides up to about a quarter-step sharp a little too often, a > problem I first noticed back in the '70's... That is when she developed throat nodes, has a very serious operation where she really thought her singing was over. Her middle range was affected, so she wisely worked with a voice teacher (and still does) to clarify her upper range. The result is a delight, especially from a voice over 60 years of age. Jerry, happy to hear happy thoughts from Walt ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:40:07 -0800 (PST) From: magsnbrei Subject: Fwd: Re: Where we live (NJC) Buck asked: > Love this thread... at present, I live in Woodbury NJ , also known as South Jersey. The city is across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I venture to say we are considered a part of the north east part of the country. although we do miss out on much of the really bad weather that massachusetts and the rest of new england are often hit with. our flat or apartment is on the second floor facing east. the morning sun bursts through the windows in all her glory and casts a warm glow everything in her path. outside the window, there are decidous and coniferous trees, oaks and maples and hemlocks and blue spruce, there's a church steeple in the distance which looks much like some mideval castle, with gargoyles and turrets, and a bell tower. i can see the court house building which also has the appearance of something mystical and ancient. the sunlight sprinkles diamonds on the ivy that clings to the trees this morning. everything is still. no wind today. calm prevails. deep peace. many varieties of birds and wildlife make this area of town home. i've seen owls, an eagle, rabbits. oh i do hear a symphony which begins at sunrise and continues on until dusk, and well into the night, when the hush of the evening, comes and the minor chords begin to dance and swirl. reminds me of a lark ascending. the creatures are chirping and singing in harmony as i listen. all is well in my world, for now. the outside of the building is a golden brown brick...and there are about 18 apartments , all in a row. 9 up and 9 down. there's a small parking lot out front to accomodate the cars, however, i dont see that from where i sit, here in my dining area, facing east, the world, the sun, moon and stars. you know they dont go away dont you, they are always there, sparkling along with the morning dew. woodbury is an old and small city, filled with many historical properties. conservation is a big thing here. i am originally from, as they say down here, canada. and now , after a year of residing south of the border, i find my self assimilating into that language when i am asked. i like to be more specific, after all, canada has a land mass larger than the us of a, however, i see the glaze in the eyes as i try to explain st. catharines or hamilton . oh canada, terre de ma coeur. i've lived mainly in southern ontario, st.catharines,london,hamilton,brampton, as well as halifax, nova scotia and winnipeg, manitoba. i've travelled to the west coast and the east and many places in between. i especially love vancouver island, vancouver itself (where i plan to live one day), the rocky mountains, northern bc, the flatness of the prairies, the farmlands and heartfelt cultural experience in quebec, old quebec city itself, and then there's my beloved nova scotia. i do love it here where i am . it's a constant surprise and nothing like i expected. i'm still searching for good hiking trails off the beaten path. there's nothing compared to the bruce trail up in southern ontario in my mind and in my heart. especially around the spencer gorge, webster's falls area. i long to travel to so many other parts of this world...perhaps only in my mind, vicariously, through all of you. as i write this, i am reminded of all the people that i know from the jmdl who live inside my heart, across the many miles of my life, and in the still of this fine morning, i feel blessed to know you . love, mags. ***** your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle everything i do is stitched with its colour. w.s.merwin New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ***** your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle everything i do is stitched with its colour. w.s.merwin New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:51:35 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Diane Keaton is brilliant njc > Ashara posted: > >> >> I saw this movie over the weekend, and though not a Jack Nicholson fan, I >> enjoyed it very much! It really appealed to me, being in that "older" >> catagory. >> (Plus, Keanau Reeves was NOT hard to look at for 2 hours!!) :-) >> > Yet she has been complaining about having to kiss him - she says it is > not right for a woman of her age to kiss a guy of Reeves age - that one > I do not understand. Well this 53 year old will volunteer, anytime! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:59:28 -0500 From: "Kay Ashley" Subject: New York Metro Mass Choir (NJC) [Checked by NAI at US SMTP Gateway] Hey All! As Patrick has posted, the NYMetro Mass Choir will be on Good Morning America on Xmas morning. Look out for us! Patrick should be pretty much dead center, look for him in Charles Osgood's vicinity, perhaps a bit to Osgood's right, in the 2nd row; and I am in the right section 2nd row, look for me behind Diane Sawyer and the other female commentator whose name I can't remember (I'm not big on the morning shows). I think I am in one of the shots for quite a while, actually -- we were supposed to be looking at David Brown the conductor without fail, but I couldn't help but see myself for a bit in the monitor. I have on a new pair of totally bitchin' frames, and I want lots of compliments on Boxing Day! ;-) LOL I'm very happy to have been able to facilitate Patrick's entry into the choir. He's gonna knock your socks off at the 2004 JoniFest! Peace, Kay _____________________________________________________________ The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, copy or use this email for any purpose, nor disclose all or any part of its content to any other person. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:16:28 -0800 (PST) From: magsnbrei Subject: kwanzaa njc thanks to Julius, I am learning a lot about Kwanzaa and thought I'd post the link he sent which helps to explain and give meaning , which imho, is very timely given the concerns in the world, within and without. http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org from that site comes this very beautiful meditation: Let us not engage the world hurriedly. Let us not grasp at the rope of wealth impatiently. That which should be treated with mature judgment, Let us not deal with in a state of anger. When we arrive at a cool place, Let us rest fully; Let us give continuius attention to the future; and let us give deep consideration to the consequences of things. And this because of our (eventual) passing. with a wish for peace, love and healing, during the holidays and every day, Mags ***** your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle everything i do is stitched with its colour. w.s.merwin New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:18:14 -0500 From: "Kay Ashley" Subject: Places I've lived (NJC) [Checked by NAI at US SMTP Gateway] Wow! Another post from me, the notorious non-participant! I couldn't help but respond to this thread, because I now live in a NYC apartment (yes, Patrick, Park Slope Brooklyn is part of NYC) that is so fabulous, it should be featured in a TV show. ;-) It's the top 2 floors of a sandstone townhouse (Brownstone style, but the sandstone isn't the classic Connecticut River Valley dark sandstone) that was built around the turn on the last century. It's half a block from Prospect Park, which was designed by the same men that designed Central Park, and they actually considered Prospect Park to be their finest landscaping achievement. It's smaller than Central Park, but no less charming and lovely. I love living here, and I consider it Aparment Karma, because when I was in that special circle of Hell known as Graduate School, I was living on a pathetic grant stipend and living in a room that had NO WINDOWS. Yes, that's right. Then I lived in a studio apartment in Portland, Maine that actually had roaches. Up until that point, I had no idea that roaches even existed that far north. As a child, I was subjected to "summer fun" that entailed camping in a 100-year-old train car that my model-train-freak father had purchased and had hauled up into the woods of western Maine, at the foot of a mountain that blocked all the sunlight. (A point of interest: this is very near the place where Stephen King was nearly killed a few years ago by that yahoo driving a minivan and training his dog simultaneously.) My ex-Marine father took great pride in the Outhouse, which he dug himself with his Marine-issue folding spade. Let's just say that some extremely large spiders as well as the entire local porcupine population appreciated his creation a helluva lot more than me and my sister did. You've never experienced such darkness as trying to make your way off of the coupling at the end of a train car at night, climb down the boulders that served as "steps" and then walk 50 yards to the Outhouse, Unless, of course, you've lived in a room with no windows. Yes, I deserve my fabulous aparment. :-) Peace, Kay Kay Ashley Desktop Publisher Willis of New York, Inc. 7 Hanover Square New York, NY 10004-2594 tel: 212-837-0682 fax: 212-509-6487 kay.ashley@willis.com _____________________________________________________________ The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, copy or use this email for any purpose, nor disclose all or any part of its content to any other person. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:49:56 +0000 From: Chris Marshall Subject: Re: Moon at the window (NJC) On 16 Dec 2003, at 2:52, Catherine McKay wrote: > I wrote:- >> My efforts are here: >> http://www.hatstand.org/gallery/EOS300D/ > > Whoa! Decent, you say? Those are awesome shots - you > must have one of those REALLY expensive cameras - with > a telescope attached? It's a Canon EOS 300D - the cheap end of the digital SLR market. Cheap is, of course, relative. That said, I was lucky: I bought my previous digital cameara second hand, which got dropped and broken after Jonifest. My insurance payed on out on a like-for-like replacement basis. I *also* had $600 of vouchers for a film scanner that had broken twice in a row, as well as scratching (irreplaceable) negatives. The two things combined got me the Canon and a big telephoto lens. I was really bummed out when my previous camera got dropped, but it all worked out well in the end. I'm seeing photographs everywhere I look, but I either don't have the camera, or the time to do anything about it. - --Chris Marshall 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: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:41:45 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Habitats...njc > Prior to my second retirement I was a career USAF guy and lived in > Oregon, Oklahoma, California, Mississippi, North Dakota (where I met > the lovely Lori Fye!) Dunno about "lovely" but indeed Buck and I did meet (and hang out a bunch -- and wasn't I on your antenna crew for minute, Buck?) in ND in 1977. (26 years ago?!) Buck and I have recently been discussing the fact that we listened to DJRD together when it was first released. Having just discovered Joni via Hejira, I liked DJRD, but Buck was disappointed with it. Lori NPIMH: Chinese Cafe (Time goes - where does the time go I wonder where the time goes) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:18:47 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: Habitats...njc >My two weeks of lurking leads me to believe this is an extremely eclectic group of folks, in *every* sense of the word.< I have lived in a suburban nj home (with my suburban nj family), an old vegetable truck (in my travels across the usa) with two cats (that I used to take hiking) & my boyfriend, in a trailer behind a one bedroom house with about 10 (!) people who shared the house or backyard (living under a parachute, in a dry-docked boat, under a pepper tree), in a tipi up a canyon by a river, in a dome, in a variety of small wood hobbit like structures on an organic farming cooperative of several hundred people , on a 126' sailing schooner, in a house by the sea, & many many more... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:39:16 -0600 From: David Sadowski Subject: Re: kwanzaa njc Kwanzaa... is that anything like Kazaa? I prefer WinMx myself. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:17:20 -0600 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: December 16!!!! njc Happy Birthday Colin!! db >>> magsnbrei 12/16/2003 8:01:32 AM >>> Colin....sending you tonnes of love and hugs and all good things on this your birthday...today, especially today, we celebrate you and the uniqueness that you bring to our community. You are one of the tent pegs, part of our common threads, the very glue that keeps us together. much love always, MagsnBrei Wally Kairuz wrote: dear colin, have a wonderful birthday!!!!!!! love, LOTS OF LOVE, wally ***** your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle everything i do is stitched with its colour. w.s.merwin New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing This message has been scanned by the E250. This message has been scanned by the E250. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:21:37 -0600 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: New York Metro Mass Choir (NJC) [Checked by NAI at US SMTPGateway] Kay and Patrick congratulations!! I will be sure to watch and tape it on Christmas morning, it will be just wanted I wanted from Santa. love db >>> "Kay Ashley" 12/16/2003 9:59:28 AM >>> Hey All! As Patrick has posted, the NYMetro Mass Choir will be on Good Morning America on Xmas morning. Look out for us! Patrick should be pretty much dead center, look for him in Charles Osgood's vicinity, perhaps a bit to Osgood's right, in the 2nd row; and I am in the right section 2nd row, look for me behind Diane Sawyer and the other female commentator whose name I can't remember (I'm not big on the morning shows). I think I am in one of the shots for quite a while, actually -- we were supposed to be looking at David Brown the conductor without fail, but I couldn't help but see myself for a bit in the monitor. I have on a new pair of totally bitchin' frames, and I want lots of compliments on Boxing Day! ;-) LOL I'm very happy to have been able to facilitate Patrick's entry into the choir. He's gonna knock your socks off at the 2004 JoniFest! Peace, Kay _____________________________________________________________ The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, copy or use this email for any purpose, nor disclose all or any part of its content to any other person. This message has been scanned by the E250. This message has been scanned by the E250. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:55:10 +0000 From: Chris Marshall Subject: Hejira & DJRD - good fit or misfits? On 16 Dec 2003, at 17:41, Lori Fye wrote: > Buck and I have recently been discussing the fact that we listened to > DJRD together when it was first released. Having just discovered Joni > via Hejira, I liked DJRD, but Buck was disappointed with it. I'm interested in this. DJRD, for me, continues right where Hejira left off, mainly due to the sound and feel of the thing (back to the words or music first thread then...) In fact I think the lyrics to Jericho and Off Night Backstreet could easily have found a home on Hejira, come to think of it. Anyway, some people have already heard this, some won't have done. So I'll repeat it. :) If you don't think Hejira and DJRD are in any way complimentary, do this (you'll need a computer and a CD writer, BTW). Take Hejira and drop two tracks: Furry and Blue Motel Room. On the end, add the following from DJRD: Cotton Avenue, Talk To Me, Jericho, the very end of Paprika Plains, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Off Night Backstreet. Cram that all on a single disc, listen from end to end. Two things spring from this: yes, I'm a bit of a Jaco fan. Secondly, it all goes together very well in my humble one. Awaiting the slings and arrows... - --Chris Marshall 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: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:08:41 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Re habitats NJC how very cool, mike! i have lived in eight places in (almost) 43 years -- always in the same neighborhood: barrio norte. i am a typical barrio norte animal: i have a barrio norte accent (yes, different neighborhoods have different accents here) and an overwhelming fear that someday i will have to take a cab and visit someone in ANOTHER neighborhood!!! i went to five schools, all in the neighborhood. i started at the top and when i was expelled from one, my parents registered me in another. eventually, i ended up in the only one that would take me. for the last ten years i've lived in a belle epoque apartment building: i love my parquet floors! my street is lined with jacaranda trees (this is the blossoming season and the sidewalk is covered with blue jacaranda flowers). about five years ago, the landlord stopped letting the apartments to families and started using the building as office space (the apartments are huge, so he can make more money from law firms and the like). the cons: there's no one here on weekends, so you can get stuck in one of the ancient elevators and remain there until monday morning. the pros: i can play opera at 4 am and no one complains because i have no neighbors!!! there are bookshelves everywhere: in the kitchen, in the maid's room, in the bathroom. and of course there are books on the shelves. and yes, i have read them. i try to sort out my books by the room they're in, so if one is lying around i think for a while and then say, "oh, this is a bathroom book" or "this is a hall book". it is the best method i've found to keep some kind of order in my house. my natural tendency is CHAOS. so i make an issue of putting everything back where it belongs (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom) immediately after i've used it. if i don't do it at once, the thing (book, cd, pair of socks) will lie exactly where it is for ever and ever. i am apt to lose even very large objects such as chairs, pillows and volumes of the encyclopedia britannica if i don't use this method. there are two apartments per floor. i live in the one at the back on the 3rd floor. i have a balcony (with plants of the hardier kind, the sort that would survive having me as a totally inept caretaker). two of my windows look on the building's garden. now that day breaks so early, the birds won't let me sleep. in winter, the frost whitens the lawn downstairs and the bare trees and kills all these obnoxious little birds, so i sleep better from april to october than from october to april. i live on the world's widest avenue (it's true! look it up in guinness). it is so wide that it takes about five minutes to cross it. the wind is fierce. if i open all the windows at once on a windy day, my apartment feels like a wind tunnel. i should sublet my apartment to those companies that test airplanes for airworthiness. i have had to replace many window panes in the last ten years. buenos aires has very unpredictable weather. one minute it is sunny and calm; the next, there's a gale. as the street i live on runs north to south, you're always in the way of some storm or another. from the north come the torrential rains from brazil. from the south come the frigid fronts from patagonia. my apartment seems to be halfway between the amazon and antarctica. this situation keeps me on my toes, so to speak. i am trained to change from shorts to polartek in a matter of seconds. i have a compass in the room where i work and write these inane posts. the needle always points due north. next to the compass, there's an inuit figure i brought from canada. the legend says that this figure will always help me find my way back to canada. wally ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:48:03 +0100 From: Emiliano Subject: Fw: Re habitats NJC (for AOL users) Wally says: > how very cool, mike! > i have lived in eight places in (almost) 43 years -- always in the same neighborhood: barrio norte. i am a typical barrio norte animal: i have a barrio norte accent (yes, different neighborhoods have different accents here) and an overwhelming fear that someday i will have to take a cab and visit someone in ANOTHER neighborhood!!! i went to five schools, all in the neighborhood. i started at the top and when i was expelled from one, my parents registered me in another. eventually, i ended up in the only one that would take me. > for the last ten years i've lived in a belle epoque apartment building: i love my parquet floors! my street is lined with jacaranda trees (this is the blossoming season and the sidewalk is covered with blue jacaranda flowers). about five years ago, the landlord stopped letting the apartments to families and started using the building as office space (the apartments are huge, so he can make more money from law firms and the like). the cons: there's no one here on weekends, so you can get stuck in one of the ancient elevators and remain there until monday morning. the pros: i can play opera at 4 am and no one complains because i have no neighbors!!! > there are bookshelves everywhere: in the kitchen, in the maid's room, in the bathroom. and of course there are books on the shelves. and yes, i have read them. i try to sort out my books by the room they're in, so if one is lying around i think for a while and then say, "oh, this is a bathroom book" or "this is a hall book". it is the best method i've found to keep some kind of order in my house. > my natural tendency is CHAOS. so i make an issue of putting everything back where it belongs (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom) immediately after i've used it. if i don't do it at once, the thing (book, cd, pair of socks) will lie exactly where it is for ever and ever. i am apt to lose even very large objects such as chairs, pillows and volumes of the encyclopedia britannica if i don't use this method. > there are two apartments per floor. i live in the one at the back on the 3rd floor. i have a balcony (with plants of the hardier kind, the sort that would survive having me as a totally inept caretaker). two of my windows look on the building's garden. now that day breaks so early, the birds won't let me sleep. in winter, the frost whitens the lawn downstairs and the bare trees and kills all these obnoxious little birds, so i sleep better from april to october than from october to april. > i live on the world's widest avenue (it's true! look it up in guinness). it is so wide that it takes about five minutes to cross it. the wind is fierce. if i open all the windows at once on a windy day, my apartment feels like a wind tunnel. i should sublet my apartment to those companies that test airplanes for airworthiness. i have had to replace many window panes in the last ten years. > buenos aires has very unpredictable weather. one minute it is sunny and calm; the next, there's a gale. as the street i live on runs north to south, you're always in the way of some storm or another. from the north come the torrential rains from brazil. from the south come the frigid fronts from patagonia. my apartment seems to be halfway between the amazon and antarctica. this situation keeps me on my toes, so to speak. i am trained to change from shorts to polartek in a matter of seconds. > i have a compass in the room where i work and write these inane posts. the needle always points due north. next to the compass, there's an inuit figure i brought from canada. the legend says that this figure will always help me find my way back to canada. > > wally ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2003 #626 ***************************** ------- 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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