From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2004 #495 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, December 17 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 495 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: NJC Congratulations Michael Paz!! [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: NJC Smokestack Lightning - mystery solved - NJC [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: NJC Smokestack Lightning - mystery solved - NJC [Smurfycopy@aol.com] Re: Voices that grate - NJC ["Ruth Davis" ] December 16th njc [Brian Gross ] Re: Bored with Christmas Carols? (NJC) ["Paul Castle" ] Re: Scott Peterson (NJC) [Smurfycopy@aol.com] Michael Ball sings River [Chorando6@aol.com] Judy Sill (NJC) ["Paul Castle" ] Winter is a difficult time of year... (njc) [Brian Gross ] Re: [NortheastJonifest] dec 16!!!!!!!! (njc) ["Donna Binkley" ] Re: dec 16!!!!!!!! (njc) [colin ] Re: Scott Peterson (NJC) [tantra_apso ] Re: [NortheastJonifest] dec 16!!!!!!!! (njc) ["Anne Sandstrom" ] NJC Congratulations Michael Paz!! [] Re: NJC Stevie Wonder and skin-crawlers [AsharaJM@aol.com] NJC (Sadly so) Year-end wrap up [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Judy Sill (NJC) [Catherine McKay ] Re: NJC Congratulations Michael Paz!! [Michael Paz ] RE: NJC Congratulations Michael Paz!! ["hell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:43:30 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC Congratulations Michael Paz!! Jimmy teases: P.S. Bob, I know you're feeling down since Anna Kournikova got married today Oh, she didn't really - she's just toying with me, I tell ya - toying with me! PS: I KNEW my penis gourd comment would bring you out of lurkdom! LOL Bob NP: Paul McCartney & Wings, "Junior's Farm" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:46:27 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC Smokestack Lightning - mystery solved - NJC Smurf praised: Bob! You're a net-surfin' wonder! Believe it or not, it wasn't on the net, but rather it was on the printed page...the latest Rolling Stone has a little write-up on their top 500 songs, and Smokestack was # 285 (or somewhere around there). Bob NP: CCR, "Travelin' Band" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:42:04 EST From: Smurfycopy@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC Smokestack Lightning - mystery solved - NJC Mr Muller writes: > Believe it or not, it wasn't on the net, but rather it was on the printed > page... > Dang! There goes that sweet image I had of you working away at the keyboard, slavishly trying to find the answer somewhere in Googledom, all the while thinking to yourself, "I gotta find this out. Smurf really wants to know." But thanks. It is still the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. - --Smurf ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:50:10 GMT From: "Ruth Davis" Subject: Re: Voices that grate - NJC Regarding Dylan, I recently read that he recorded Nashville Skyline to drive his fans away, because he was tired of fame and being followed around. That sure backfired, because that album has a haunting beauty, and didn't really drive anyone away. Dylan was never interested in being a "pretty" singer - his voice is more like a crusty wholegrain roll than a sweet piece of cake. Just like John Malkovich doesn't care about being some pretty faced actor. Sorry, I just had to slip that in. I have a new "JM" obsession, since I just saw "Being John Malkovich" and "Of Mice and Men." He has such an aura of quietly controlled menace, and a kind of egoless self-confidence. He makes pretty boys like Brad Pitt seem utterly superfluous. Ruth ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:58:40 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: December 16th njc Happy Birthday Ludwig! May you shake your fist at lightning for eternity. (By the way, how does it feel to be 234? Not a day past 110 I'll bet) Happy Holidays everyone, Brian in chilly South Jersey np: part of the 9th on npr ===== Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone --Roberta Joan Anderson, who never lies __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:35:19 -0000 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: Re: Bored with Christmas Carols? (NJC) Ashara wrote: > I know, I know. I'm chiming in waaaaay late, but only because I was playing > with Patrick and Kay in the Big Apple and it made me behind in everything. I > also bought this CD, Paul and second your recommendation!! and Deb wrote: > And I third it! This is a beautiful album, although some of it makes me > kind of sad. Still finding it hard to believe that I'm actually listening to melancholic Christmas carols 'by choice' this year. But her voice and acoustic guitar playing are so very fine. I was pleased to read this from Diane > "December in Vermont" [ www.dianezeigler.com ] has > been my fastest selling album to date, is getting national > and international airplay (admittedly, in the under-the-radar- > dubious-subculture-ghetto of contemporary folk where this > music resides...) and, best of all, I can personally promise > you that it doesn't suck. For what it's worth, Ashara, Deb and I can vouch for that. best to all PaulC (groovin' to the dobro solo in Good King Wencelas and singing "Ye who now will bless the poor shall yourselves find blessing") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:09:24 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Scott Peterson (NJC) I can't believe I'm chiming in on this because I avoided the media circus of this horrible event as much as possible.... so maybe I'm missing something in the details... I see a big difference between finding him guilty & giving him the death penalty... there is something horrific to me about a jury having the power to make this kind of decision & then choosing a death penalty... aside from that I think the death penalty for the one who is charged (only), is far less of a punishment than having to live for the rest of his life locked up & dealing with what he did & others who know what he did & with no chance of parole... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:38:30 +0000 From: Smurfycopy@aol.com Subject: Re: Scott Peterson (NJC) Kate wrote: << I think the death penalty for the one who is charged (only), is far less of a punishment than having to live for the rest of his life locked up & dealing with what he did & others who know what he did & with no chance of parole... >> Boy, Kate, you would have been a drag at the Coliseum! I agree, by the way, and I also can't believe I am contributing to this manufactured 'news'. If Scott Peterson and Lacy had been a little less glamorous, few of us would have ever heard of this case. - --Smurf ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:00:54 EST From: Chorando6@aol.com Subject: Michael Ball sings River How utterly appalling it was too. The other morning I was cleaning my knickknacks, watching fern and what's his name doing their Goodmorning Britain thing from a country house, when bloated Mr Michael Ball slithers in front of a grand piano to close the show . With a beautiful winter scene behind, the pianist begins to gently play the opening of Jingle Bells. I stop mid sweep and stand frozen in the middle of the lounge floor. Beads of sweat start to collect on my temples and i feel my soul freeze. Time stands still as the Musical theatre star and Darling of the mediocre masses starts emoting River. Into his marvellous interpretation he managed to somehow give a jazzy, loungy feel with a slight cheesy throw away attitude coupled with overly sincere platitudes come the line 'I wish I had a river.' There and then with marigolds on and feather duster in hand I puked straight into his face, Coffee, oats and masticated toast slithered down the back of the Television as Mr Ball started to fizz and flicker with a face full of Sick. My TV is fucked and so is River. You Bastard Mr Ball, thanks for nothing. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:42:24 -0000 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: Judy Sill (NJC) There was an article (out of nowhere, it seems) on Judee in last Sunday's (UK) Observer - it is up on the web - but personally I find it very hard to read, not just for the sadness of the content, but also the flashing advertising currently appearing down the side of the page @ http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,13887,1369079,00.html Here are a few extracts, some Joni-related : > While Joni Mitchell and her willowy sisters worked > their way round the folk circuits of Greenwich Village, > Judee was in reform school in Ventura, California. > While Joni was warbling of Chelsea mornings in > Manhattan, Judee was being arrested for stick-up > jobs in the corner stores of LA's San Fernando Valley, > driven to such desperate measures by a $150-a-day > heroin habit......> > Sill did manage to kick heroin. When her mystical, > intricate songs started to attract admirers in the LA > of the late Sixties, she was clean and keenly focused > on her career.....> > On the sleeve of her first album Judee gushed 'David > Geffen, I love you', the innocuous gratitude belying a > genuine crush she had on him. But by the release of > Heart Food her feelings towards the diminutive mogul- > in-the-making had changed. The disappointment that > neither album had made her a star slowly edged her > back into the shadow-world of smack......> > If her songs share a complex delicacy with Joni Mitchell's, > the two really sound nothing like each other. In fact, Judee > Sill sounds nothing like anybody except Judee Sill, though > echoes of her peculiar melodicism can be heard in the > songs of Liz Phair. > 'Judee was so different from everybody,' says Bill Straw. > 'Everybody was writing oblique lyrics back then, but her > oblique lyrics had a character of their own.' .....> > My contention is this: had she been male and as pretty > as Nick Drake, Sill would now be as big a cult figure as > St. Nick himself. Songs such as 'The Pearl', 'The Phoenix' > and 'Soldier of the Heart' are as beautiful as Drake's but > far more schooled and complex.........> best to all PaulC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:14:39 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: Winter is a difficult time of year... (njc) Hormones have different effects with differing outdoor temperatures, so read on: Being Held Hostage by Hormones (or how to ask your partner) DANGEROUS: What's for dinner? SAFER: Can I help you with dinner? SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner? ULTRASAFE: Have some chocolate DANGEROUS: Are you wearing that? SAFER: Wow, you look good in brown. SAFEST: WOW! Look at you! ULTRASAFE: Have some chocolate DANGEROUS: What are you so worked up about? SAFER: Could we be overreacting? SAFEST: Here's my paycheck. ULTRASAFE: Have some chocolate DANGEROUS: Should you be eating that? SAFER: You know, there are a lot of apples left. SAFEST: Can I get you a glass of wine with that? ULTRASAFE: Have some chocolate DANGEROUS: What did you do all day? SAFER: I hope you didn't over-do it today. SAFEST: I've always loved you in that robe! ULTRASAFE: Have some more chocolate (thanks to joke-of-the-day) Brian in south jersey ===== Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone --Roberta Joan Anderson, who never lies Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:30:18 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: dec 16!!!!!!!! (njc) happy birthday, colin, mon p'tit frere!!! love, wally ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:53:49 -0600 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: [NortheastJonifest] dec 16!!!!!!!! (njc) Happy Birthday Colin, hope you had a wonderful day! love db >>> wallykai@fibertel.com.ar 12/16/2004 1:30:18 PM >>> happy birthday, colin, mon p'tit frere!!! love, wally - ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM - --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NortheastJonifest/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NortheastJonifest-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ This message has been scanned by the E250. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:44:13 +0000 From: colin Subject: Re: December 16th njc Brian Gross wrote: >Happy Birthday Ludwig! >May you shake your fist at lightning for eternity. >(By the way, how does it feel to be 234? Not a day past 110 I'll bet) > > > Are you stoned? My name is not Ludwig and I am only 46. - -- bw colin http://www.btinternet.com/~tantraapso/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:45:21 +0000 From: colin Subject: Re: dec 16!!!!!!!! (njc) Wally Kairuz wrote: >happy birthday, colin, mon p'tit frere!!! > >love, >wally > > > Thank you, Wally. Is this 'mon p'tit frere' rude? - -- bw colin http://www.btinternet.com/~tantraapso/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:52:28 +0000 From: tantra_apso Subject: Re: Scott Peterson (NJC) Kate Bennett wrote: > there is something horrific to me about a jury >having the power to make this kind of decision & then choosing a death >penalty... > I agree. No matter the crime, the death penalty is worse because it is cold blooded and pre meditated and brings everyone involved down to the level of the killer. In fact it seems worse to me than any crime it is supposed to 'correct'. It is evil. - -- bw colin http://www.btinternet.com/~tantraapso/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:25:55 -0500 From: "Anne Sandstrom" Subject: Re: [NortheastJonifest] dec 16!!!!!!!! (njc) VERY happy birthday, Colin!!!!!! I know you know this already, but it's also Beethoven's birthday. You're in great company, Colin. So we'll be singing Ludwig's Tune for you today. lots of love Anne ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:47:23 -0500 From: Subject: Bob can sing. No, really, he can. was voices that grate njc Ya know, Mr. Dylan's right, in a way. His voice ain't mellifluous but he's rarely flat. He can hit notes but it's like he doesn't "hear" melodies anymore. It's like the colors have been bleached. Who in their right mind would criticise Louis Armstrong for his singing voice? Sure, Louie could sing harmony and I don't think I've ever heard Dylan do that, but the analogy still holds, for me. Lama Bob Dylan said, >Dylan: But, he's a pop singer . . . and I'm just as good a singer as Caruso. . . . Have you heard me sing? Have you ever heard me sing? Interviewer: I like Caruso better Dylan: Ohhh . . . well, you see right there now, right there we have a little disagreement. I happen to be just as good as him . . . (laughter) a good singer, have to listen closely . . . (laughter) but I hit all those notes and I can hold my breath three times as long if I want to.> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:49:28 -0500 From: Subject: Bob can sing, njc How many great songs did Caruso write? All the best, Lama ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:03:38 -0500 From: Subject: NJC Congratulations Michael Paz!! Gees, Bob. Ya just had to play the race card, didn't ya? :) Isn't it nice that a Detroit native can be so successful in reaching out to the hispanic community? I guess from now on, I'll have to say Paz is a credit to Hispanics everywhere. Did you know that 4 out of 5 hispanics are latino? Paz, I never had a friend who's hispanic before. Does this change things or can we still sing Yessongs? I mean, now that you're in touch with your roots, you're not gonna try to force Astrud Gilberto on us, right? Sure hoping I can jest about this shit, Lama From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com >I received in the mail today a copy of the latest edition of "La Prensa", which is New Orleans' Latin American Newspaper, and who's the cover boy? Why, it's the muy guapo y sympatico Michael Paz! The caption reads "La Prensa spotlights five Hispanics whose talents and efforts reap benefits for our community".> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:46:46 EST From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC Stevie Wonder and skin-crawlers Hell asked: <> I repeat: Maggie, Richard, Les, I am *STILL* biting my tongue! Can you see me?? I am being SOOOOOOOOOOO good! I'm not saying ONE WORD!!!!!!!! :-x Hugs, Ashara, tongue now almost bitten off ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:37:50 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: NJC (Sadly so) Year-end wrap up I say sadly so, not that it's the end of the year, or that it's been a sad year for music..far from it. It's been a great year. Only sad that it's an NJC year (I suppose one in an upcoming looooooong string of them). But lots of good stuff DID come down the pike - here's some of what rocked my world in 2004: Album of the year: Todd Rundgren - Liars - -This one really came out of left field and blew me away across the board; musically, lyrically, conceptually, and just the urge to play it again and again. Runner up & Rookie Of the Year: Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me Wow - great songs in an array of styles, she writes, sings, plays piano like it's nobody's business, and her lyrics are way beyond her years. If she can maintain the level of this debut, she will be one to watch for sure. Comeback Of The Year: They Might Be Giants - Spine Finally, they got back to writing more rock-oriented songs chock full of hooks and dropped the side projects. Elvis Costello - The Delivery Man After the overwrought and dismal and forgettable North (his stab at being Cole Porter), Elvis reunites with the Attractions and kicks up the jams a bit. Fabulous duets with the likes of Emmylou and Lucinda too. Best Compilation: Future Soundtrack For America Rather than just a collection of throwaways, this collection (benefiting Moveon.org) featured a lot of my faves throwing some excellent tracks into the mix. Also contains my favorite "infectious pop song of the year" which was Mike Doughty's "Move On". Best singer-songwriter (male) - -Stan Ridgway - Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs More great Carver-esque short stories in musical form from one of our best-kept secrets. - -Tom Waits - Real Gone: Tom challenges himself stylistically and rhythmically, but still excels in his brilliant inaccessibility. And try to listen to The Day After Tomorrow without getting a tad misty-eyed, best Iraq song yet. - -Chuck Prophet - Age Of Miracles: Boy, this one sneaks up on you and gets under your skin, great songs and great production, really easy to get into. - -Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now: He just keeps getting better & better, and you have to admire to say whatever the hell he thinks. "Rich Man's War" gives Waits a run for the money in the Iraq song dept. Best singer-songwriter (female) - -Amy Correia - Lakeville: Haunting & beautiful - -Jolie Holland - Escondida: a totally unique vocal style, she sounds like a female Leon Redbone or something. Very folksy and Iris Demented. Best Jazz Vocals that I got just for the Joni cover but the whole thing is great: - -Diana Krall - The Girl In The Other Room: If you passed this one by when it came out, don't do it again. Besides sporting the Joni cover of the year (Black Crow), she puts some new spit & polish on some other writers and her "Departure Bay" is the best thing on the record. And she's a great pianist too, and don't get me started on those legs... Karrin Allyson - Wild For You: I really like what Karrin does here; rather than tackle the same old same old Gershwin/Rogers/Porter stuff, she pulls Joni songs, James Taylor songs, Elton John and Carly Simon and Cat Stevens songs, and treats them like standards. Such an expressive voice - I'm anxious to hear what's next from her. Best quirky indie record: Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News: Didn't care for it the first time I heard it, but the second time hooked me - a neurotic, jangly barrel of fun. And some others from some always-dependable names: - -U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb: Nice re-teaming with Steve Lillywhite and a return to their roots - -Patti Smith - Trampin': Always dependable, this one fell short of Gung Ho for me, but on her worst day Patti still buries almost everyone else. - -The Cure - The Cure: Who'da thought that Robert Smith still had this much anger & energy? - -Wilco - A Ghost Is Born: A bit excessive, but if you take off the 12-minute guitar feedback it's much better. And "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" wins the "air guitar song of the year" award. - -Sonic Youth - Nurse: Very little excess, just great melodies and rocking rhythms, maybe their most accessible record ever. - -Green Day - American Idiot: A roller coaster of a record that throws you to the ground and kicks you around a bit. Probably the best drumming I heard all year. And that doesn't even cover some of the other stuff that I got and dug...Prince, Loretta Lynn (older than Joni but still going strong), The Hives, The Vines, REM, Keane, John Fogerty...whew! If 2005 keeps up this pace it's gonna be something to behold. Bob NP: The Doors, "Light My Fire" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:16:03 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Judy Sill (NJC) --- Paul Castle wrote: > There was an article (out of nowhere, it seems) on > Judee in last Sunday's (UK) Observer - it is up on > the web - but personally I find it very hard to > read, > not just for the sadness of the content, but also > the flashing advertising currently appearing down > the side of the page @ > http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,13887,1369079,00.html > What a puzzle Judee Sill is. She's fascinating and irritating. How does a person who lives this sordid lifestyle create this uplifting spiritual music, with its very odd evangelical lyrics and baroque music? I'm so glad they released those two CDs ("Judee Sill" and "Heart Food") and I snapped them up right away. One of the most irritating things about her, IMO, is that she had the nerve to die so early and it doesn't seem anyone ever really had the chance to figure out what the hell was going on in her head; and yet, I doubt she'd have let anyone in - sounds like she mistreated a lot of people and was very angry a lot of the time... and yet - yeesh! If there is a heaven and I go there when I die, and she's there, I'd certainly want to look her up and ask her just what the bloody hell she was all about! ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:47:17 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: NJC Congratulations Michael Paz!! Thanks Bob! frightening thought isn't it? I still can't get over it. I was very honored to be chosen out of some 100,000 Latinos and Hispanics in the New Orleans are. I was kind of pissed that they did not recognize me as a Latino (someone from the Caribbean Basin as opposed to Spain) it is more descriptive of my heritage. Anyways you can read the whole story here on line for those of you who need a good laugh or other entertainment ( http://www.neworleanshispanic.com/148.html ) and ( http://www.neworleanshispanic.com/739.html ) What's really funny is they don't say if I am a GOOD influence or BAD!! The penis gourd thing is interesting Bob since I DO own one. My friends brought me one back from Jakarta. Jimmy there were not any halters in sight. Lama we will always play yes songs come hell or high water. One funny note though. I was 45 minutes late for the group shot that was taken inside the Cabildo on New Orleans' famous Jackson Square. The little doctor lady on the far right in the picture was very disturbed by my tardiness. I shook it off in unbroken English that it only proved my Latino roots that I could be late for a photo session yet actually be considered on time because I made it within one hour of the designated time. She just looked at me real funny like and muttered something under her breath. I still mange to piss people off in 2 different languages. They had a lovely reception for us last night and I got a very nice plaque and a bottle of Chivas Regal (they obviously don't know me that well. They could have given me 5 bottles of Gordon's Gin for the same price) The entire Board of Directors for International Hospital for Children came out to support me as well as about 15 other friends. I managed to maintain decorum during the entire proceeding and actually made sense during my short acceptance speech. Anyways thanks for the kind wishes. I hope everyone has a lovely holiday season! Love Paz NP-Same Old World-Ivan Neville Bob Writes: > I received in the mail today a copy of the latest edition of "La Prensa", > which is New Orleans' Latin American Newspaper, and who's the cover boy? Why, > it's the muy guapo y sympatico Michael Paz! > > The caption reads "La Prensa spotlights five Hispanics whose talents and > efforts reap benefits for our community". > > Barely recognized the boy with the necktie on, though...the "penis gourd > centerfold" in the middle is more the Paz we all know & love. > > Congratulations, Michael. I know that you've certainly made THIS community > richer for your presence too. > > Bob > > NP: Bob Dylan, "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" (sounds just fine to > me...) > Jimmy "The Hurricane" Stewart writes: Bob writes: > Barely recognized the boy with the necktie on, though...the "penis gourd > centerfold" in the middle is more the Paz we all know &love. > >Yayee Paz! I'm so glad you still have the penis gourd. Did you have the >halter top on too? :) >Seriously though, congratulations on this wonderful recognition buddy. >You're the best. >Jimmy >P.S. Bob, I know you're feeling down since Anna Kournikova got married today LamaDamaDoo writes: >Gees, Bob. Ya just had to play the race card, didn't ya? :) >Isn't it nice that a Detroit native can be so successful in reaching out to the hispanic community? >I guess from now on, I'll have to say Paz is a credit to Hispanics everywhere. >Did you know that 4 out of 5 hispanics are latino? >Paz, I never had a friend who's hispanic before. Does this change things or >can we still sing Yessongs? I mean, now that you're in touch with your roots, >you're not gonna try to force Astrud Gilberto on us, right? >Sure hoping I can jest about this shit, >Lama From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com >I received in the mail today a copy of the latest edition of "La Prensa", which is New Orleans' Latin American Newspaper, and who's the cover boy? Why, it's the muy guapo y sympatico Michael Paz! The caption reads "La Prensa spotlights five Hispanics whose talents and efforts reap benefits for our community".> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:52:56 -0600 From: "mackoliver" Subject: Re: NJC (Sadly so) Year-end wrap up What Bob? No Melissa Manchester. mack - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:37 PM Subject: NJC (Sadly so) Year-end wrap up > I say sadly so, not that it's the end of the year, or that it's been a sad > year for music..far from it. It's been a great year. Only sad that it's an NJC > year (I suppose one in an upcoming looooooong string of them). > > But lots of good stuff DID come down the pike - here's some of what rocked > my world in 2004: > > Album of the year: Todd Rundgren - Liars > -This one really came out of left field and blew me away across the board; > musically, lyrically, conceptually, and just the urge to play it again and > again. > > Runner up & Rookie Of the Year: Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me > Wow - great songs in an array of styles, she writes, sings, plays piano like > it's nobody's business, and her lyrics are way beyond her years. If she can > maintain the level of this debut, she will be one to watch for sure. > > Comeback Of The Year: > They Might Be Giants - Spine > Finally, they got back to writing more rock-oriented songs chock full of > hooks and dropped the side projects. > Elvis Costello - The Delivery Man > After the overwrought and dismal and forgettable North (his stab at being > Cole Porter), Elvis reunites with the Attractions and kicks up the jams a bit. > Fabulous duets with the likes of Emmylou and Lucinda too. > > Best Compilation: Future Soundtrack For America > Rather than just a collection of throwaways, this collection (benefiting > Moveon.org) featured a lot of my faves throwing some excellent tracks into the > mix. Also contains my favorite "infectious pop song of the year" which was > Mike Doughty's "Move On". > > Best singer-songwriter (male) > -Stan Ridgway - Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs > More great Carver-esque short stories in musical form from one of our > best-kept secrets. > -Tom Waits - Real Gone: Tom challenges himself stylistically and > rhythmically, but still excels in his brilliant inaccessibility. And try to listen to > The Day After Tomorrow without getting a tad misty-eyed, best Iraq song yet. > -Chuck Prophet - Age Of Miracles: Boy, this one sneaks up on you and gets > under your skin, great songs and great production, really easy to get into. > -Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now: He just keeps getting better & > better, and you have to admire to say whatever the hell he thinks. "Rich Man's > War" gives Waits a run for the money in the Iraq song dept. > > > Best singer-songwriter (female) > -Amy Correia - Lakeville: Haunting & beautiful > -Jolie Holland - Escondida: a totally unique vocal style, she sounds like a > female Leon Redbone or something. Very folksy and Iris Demented. > > > Best Jazz Vocals that I got just for the Joni cover but the whole thing is > great: > -Diana Krall - The Girl In The Other Room: If you passed this one by when it > came out, don't do it again. Besides sporting the Joni cover of the year > (Black Crow), she puts some new spit & polish on some other writers and her > "Departure Bay" is the best thing on the record. And she's a great pianist too, > and don't get me started on those legs... > Karrin Allyson - Wild For You: I really like what Karrin does here; rather > than tackle the same old same old Gershwin/Rogers/Porter stuff, she pulls Joni > songs, James Taylor songs, Elton John and Carly Simon and Cat Stevens songs, > and treats them like standards. Such an expressive voice - I'm anxious to > hear what's next from her. > > Best quirky indie record: Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad > News: Didn't care for it the first time I heard it, but the second time hooked > me - a neurotic, jangly barrel of fun. > > And some others from some always-dependable names: > -U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb: Nice re-teaming with Steve Lillywhite > and a return to their roots > -Patti Smith - Trampin': Always dependable, this one fell short of Gung Ho > for me, but on her worst day Patti still buries almost everyone else. > -The Cure - The Cure: Who'da thought that Robert Smith still had this much > anger & energy? > -Wilco - A Ghost Is Born: A bit excessive, but if you take off the 12-minute > guitar feedback it's much better. And "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" wins the "air > guitar song of the year" award. > -Sonic Youth - Nurse: Very little excess, just great melodies and rocking > rhythms, maybe their most accessible record ever. > -Green Day - American Idiot: A roller coaster of a record that throws you to > the ground and kicks you around a bit. Probably the best drumming I heard > all year. > > And that doesn't even cover some of the other stuff that I got and > dug...Prince, Loretta Lynn (older than Joni but still going strong), The Hives, The > Vines, REM, Keane, John Fogerty...whew! If 2005 keeps up this pace it's gonna > be something to behold. > > Bob > > NP: The Doors, "Light My Fire" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 2:12:10 -0500 From: Subject: Extend a Dylan collection: CHEAP, njc I bought a ton from Columbia House again today. Buy 1 CD/SACD hybrid at 10% off regular price, get 4 more CD/SACD hybrids for the cost of shipping. They have 15 Dylan hybrid CD/SACDs to choose from. You'll find Mister Dylan in both the Rock section and the Easy Listening section. If Dylan's too challenging, they also offer choose Celine Dion, the Doors, & Air Supply. Sorry, Kakki. Lama ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:36:22 +1300 From: "hell" Subject: RE: NJC Congratulations Michael Paz!! Paz wrote: Anyways you can read the whole story here on > line for those of you who need a good laugh or other entertainment > ( http://www.neworleanshispanic.com/148.html ) and > ( http://www.neworleanshispanic.com/739.html ) Congratulations Michael! Since I don't speak Spanish, I decided to translate your page using the Babelfish site. I got the general gist, but it came up with a number of interesting sentences. This was my favourite: "At the moment, the organization is collecting bottoms to establish a unit of burns in San Pedro Sula." 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