From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #99 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, March 2 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 099 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Starbucks & Welsh BSN [ric.pompeyfan@tiscali.co.uk] Re: Happybirthdaytoyou, Chris -- NJC [Chris Marshall ] Re: Happybirthdaytoyou, Chris -- NJC [Chris Marshall ] LAST CHANCE! Giveaway Joni's Starbucks CD [est86mlm@ameritech.net] Happy birthday, Chris! ["Anne Sandstrom" ] NJC Beyonce at the Oscars ["David Henderson" ] RE: was: academy award party njc/now: Sideshow and Antonio's hairdosnjc [] Re: Happybirthdaytoyou, Chris -- NJC ["Steven Polifka" ] Starbucks and digipacks [Randy Remote ] Re: Hello from UK & Starbucks ["mike pritchard" ] Remember this at the post office, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Joni and the Christmas Tree (news article) [Brian Gross ] Re: Sherelle's post NJC ["Sherelle Smith" ] All I Want Two ["willytheshake100" ] Joni Art Cards [Lindsay Moon ] Re: Joni Art Cards [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: was: academy award party njc now Razzies ["Mark or Travis" ] A Girl Called Eddy njc - brilliance content ["Azeem" -- Original Message -- >Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:52:13 -0800 (PST) >From: Bob Muller >Subject: Re: Hello from UK & Starbucks >To: Ric Robinson , joni@smoe.org >Reply-To: Bob Muller > > >Hello Ric, and welcome to the JMDL...funny you should ask, I just mailed >one of the "Artist's Choice" CD's across the pond to my good pal Jacky. I'd >be happy to do the same for you - the cost breaks down like this: > >CD: $14.95 >Airmail: $4.00 >Padded Mailer: $.40 > >Hearing Joni's fave tracks...priceless! > >If that offer interests you, let me know. I do have a Paypal account so you >can transfer funds that way or just mail cash. > >And as the Joni covers Wiz of the group I'm interested in your Welsh BSN...who's >the artist may I ask? I wonder if it's one of the 390 I've already identified >(2 more today!) > >Bob > >NP: Big Yellow Taxi, "Black Crow" > Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. ___________________________________________________________ Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005. Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/ Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:08:46 +0000 From: Chris Marshall Subject: Re: Happybirthdaytoyou, Chris -- NJC Well Helleau! Thanks for the b/d wishes that have floated my way - much appreciated. I'd love to say my tardy response is that I was out partying myself into oblivion like any other 21-year-old should, but that might be stretching the truth a bit. Reality was drinking beer and single malt trying to celebrate my birthday without ever thinking of a number the sum of whose digits yields 7, and the first digit is one less than the second. > PS: Thanks for fixing Queen Lulu's computer. And where > have you been? Well: thank Les Ross for the physical computer itself, all I put in was time to make it fly. And blow all the dust out. As to where I've been... well... I seem to have been suffering a scarcity of time. Which is a crap excuse I know. I will try to be better. Could take some time though: I'm messages posts behind... Cheers all, - --Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:40:54 +0000 From: Chris Marshall Subject: Re: Happybirthdaytoyou, Chris -- NJC On 1 Mar 2005, at 10:08, Chris Marshall wrote: > Could take some time though: I'm messages posts behind... Which should have read: I'm 6803 messages behind. D'uh C - --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, 01 Mar 2005 06:06:48 -0600 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: LAST CHANCE! Giveaway Joni's Starbucks CD You have TWO ways to win! I'm giving away TWO of Starbuck's Joni Mitchell - Artists Choice CD (Music that matters to her) and/or Songs Chosen By Her Friends & Fellow Musicians. (Winner's choice of one of these CDs!) Enter to have this CD delivered right to your door. No coffee purchase or tips required! There are two ways to enter the contests. And, yes, you can enter & win both contests. FIRST WAY TO WIN A CD: How many references to the following can you find in songs released on Joni's albums: Coffee Coffee-related item Cafe or Cafes PLEASE NOTE: TEA does not qualify as a coffee-related item. Name the song, and list the word(s) you are entering for each song along with how many times the word appears. The words: cafe and cafes count as two seperate words. The person who finds the most words.... wins a CD. If more than one person finds the same amount I'll put the names in a hat, a bowl or some other container and have my son pick the winner. Email your Answers by Tuesday, March 1st. Winner chosen March 2nd. est86mlm@ameritech.net SECOND WAY TO WIN A CD: For every BOX TOP for Education you send me I'll enter your name in a drawing for the CD. (NOT labels-for-education. Cannot use these) One BOX TOP gets one entry, Two BOX TOPS gets two entries, etc. These are those little pink squares you see on various food products hanging out in your kitchen. Example: http://www.boxtops4education.com/ http://www.yadkin.k12.nc.us/schools/fes/Box%20Tops%20for%20E ducation%20-%20Products.htm Mail-In entries need to be received by Saturday, March 5. Winner chosen March 6. Email me for address to send entries to @ est86mlm@ameritech.net If you don't enter........you don't win! Laura ***************************************************************** Not Starbucks but still offers caffeine Senseo. City Sensations Sample Pack Vienna Hazelnut, Paris Vanilla Blend, Killarney Irish Cream http://www.senseocitysensations.com/ Two weeks supply includes 14 NESCAFI TASTER'S CHOICE(R) single serve packets, a $1.50 coupon & 2 recipe cards. The individual packets you'll receive are great for travel. http://www.tasterschoice.com/sweepstakes.htm Folgers 10 Minute Calling Card. You can do this 3 times from the same email address for three 10-minute calling cards. Codes: BFXLU-YPBBC WNWAE-FA7DG GFQBG-FU7XB http://www.folgers.com/_callhome/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 07:30:35 -0500 From: "Anne Sandstrom" Subject: Happy birthday, Chris! Hope you have (had?) a wonderful birthday, Chris!!! See, that's what happens. You get the birthday folk together, and the whole birthday thing goes to hell in a handbasket... lots of love, Anne ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:24:25 -0500 From: "David Henderson" Subject: NJC Beyonce at the Oscars >KATE WROTE: >loved >beyonce's black dress but hated her gaudy jewelry... & why, with so many >great singers out there, did she get to sing 2 songs? I think she sang THREE songs, and I wondered the same thing. I like her, but with all of the singers in that town alone . . . It seemed kind of weird. (Plus she wasn't so good on that interesting foreign language song.) There must be a back story here. I always like the Grammy's better too, but this year the Oscars were especially boring I thought. It was hard not to think, I have to miss Desperate Housewives for this?!! Jeez . . . NYC is BEAUTIFUL this morning . . . all the trees hung with wet snow, breath taking, reminds of my years in New Hampshire . . . David NP Phoebe, I Wish I Were A Willow ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:52:46 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: was: academy award party njc/now: Sideshow and Antonio's hairdosnjc >Rock introduced Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as "a couple of old >Fockers." Is it just me, or is a little bit of the >magic gone? I agree and I think a lot of the magic is gone. Marianne and I watched Mommie Dearest the other night. ...she had never seen it and I saw years ago on the big screen. Anyway.. say what you will about the truthfulness of the movie..Joan Crawford personified what a Hollywood star was. And she played that up to the hilt. I'm thinking with all the outlets today..the mass media... this has taken so much of the mystery away. I don't know...it's so nice to have a little decorum because is so lacking in the real world. But the Hollywood of today is just too much like real life: you could see most of these people in your local grocery store and not even turn your head. So like you..Bob..the awards were just playing in the background. WHere are you Norma Desmond?!! Bree >-- Smurf > >NPIMH: "I AM BIG! It's the pictures that got small." >-- Norma Desmond > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. >http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:53:50 -0600 From: "Steven Polifka" Subject: Re: Happybirthdaytoyou, Chris -- NJC >>> Chris Marshall 3/1/2005 4:08:46 AM >>> >Well Helleau! >Thanks for the b/d wishes that have floated my way - much appreciated... >...Reality was drinking beer and single >malt trying to celebrate my birthday without ever thinking of a >number the sum of whose digits yields 7, and the first digit is one >less than the second...>>> You look awesome for 43!!! I hope I look as good when I get there... ;-P Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:03:35 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: was: academy award party njc/now: Sideshow and Antonio's hairdosnjc > I agree and I think a lot of the magic is gone. Marianne and I watched > Mommie Dearest the other night. ...she had never seen it and I saw years ago > on the big screen. I will stop doing anything else when this movie comes on. Won a Razzie for worst movie, and Faye Dunaway hates it, but I love this movie. Anyway.. say what you will about the truthfulness of > the movie..Joan Crawford personified what a Hollywood star was. And she > played that up to the hilt. I'm thinking with all the outlets today..the > mass media... this has taken so much of the mystery away. > > I don't know...it's so nice to have a little decorum because is so lacking > in the real world. Olivia DiHaviland come on a few years ago at 82 years of age. She had more grace and charm in one finger than the whole lot put together. Too much realism admired today. Hollywood and movies are about escapism and illusion. If I want realism I'll watch the news. But the Hollywood of today is just too much like real > life: you could see most of these people in your local grocery store and > not even turn your head. So true, Bree. > > So like you..Bob..the awards were just playing in the background. > > > WHere are you Norma Desmond?!! A GREAT movie. BTW, the musical is soon to be filmed, supposedly with Glenn Close. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:55:17 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: was: academy award party njc now Razzies --- Jerry Notaro wrote: > > I agree and I think a lot of the magic is gone. > Marianne and I watched > > Mommie Dearest the other night. ...she had never > seen it and I saw years ago > > on the big screen. > > I will stop doing anything else when this movie > comes on. Won a Razzie for > worst movie, and Faye Dunaway hates it, but I love > this movie. > Speaking of Razzies, Halle Berry showed up in person to receive her Razzie for "Cat Woman" which, I think, shows a fair bit of class and a good sense of humour. My daughter and I decided that her acceptance speech might have gone something like this, "Thank you for this award for this incredibly crappy film. Not only did I laugh all the way to the bank, but now I have this lovely award, which means so much more than an Oscar." ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:05:58 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: academy award party NJC Referring to Million Dollar Baby, Julius wrote... >>I prefer to think of the other characters theatrically...like the three witches in Macbeth, for example...of limited signifcance...as enjoyable for comic relief and contrast as they are ignorable. They just represent known evils. They appear during act or scene changes. They are for "meanwhile, back at the ranch...". MDB succeeds because it is effective at mood shift and emotional reversal of expectation. As for Danger, he was there to accentuate and reenforce the to-the-bone goodness of Freeman's character, nothing more. This penniless old black half-blind, recovering alcoholic who coulda been a contender, is perhaps half the man he once was: he's been battered and bloodied, sometimes even by Eastwood's character, but he's not embittered and his head is unbowed. He's a living blues song: all heart and hurt. And he won't stand by to see anyone beat down a weaker man for cruel sport. Danger's dream to be champ is a constant reminder of how he squandered his own. Also, Danger represents the can-do don't give up, don't give up, don't ever get up ethic, which I take heart in. It has nothing to do with brightness. Freeman's character is his little mentally challenged brother's keeper. What's more beautiful than that? In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. I hope this clarifies my meaning.<< Yes Julius, your post is clear as a bell. I have not read 'Rope Burns' (has anyone out there read it?) but I guess, and it's only a guess, that perhaps the finished screenplay included elements of more than one story in the collection, rather like some Galician films that only Emiliano and Gill on this list have ever heard of. Maybe 'Danger' had more to do in another story? mike in bcn np patti smith trampin' - - -Julius ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:05:18 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Starbucks and digipacks The new CDs, like all of Joni's CDs from TI on are digipacks- you know, cardboard books instead of plastic jewel cases. Digipacks suck because 1) There is no protection for the cover, we are back to the LP days when the artwork gets worn and scuffed. 2) The CD can easily fall out. 3) If the little tabs in the center of the CD holder break, there is no way to replace it. Digipacks are promoted as being more enviromentally friendly. I have my doubts. A case of empty jewel cases weighs almost nothing, and a digipack uses the inside portion anyway. It's the CDs that are heavy. And cardboard is made from trees. RR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:09:54 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: Hello from UK & Starbucks CD: $14.95 Airmail: $4.00 Padded Mailer: $.40 40 cents doesn't sound much for the padded Muller... mike in bcn np strings - (happy birthday chris) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:26:22 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Remember this at the post office, njc Breast Cancer Stamp Booklet We need those of you who are great at forwarding on information with your e-mail network. Please read and pass this on. It would be wonderful if 2005 were the year a cure for breast cancer was found!!!! This is one email you should be glad to pass on. The notion that we could raise $35 million by buying a book o f stamps is powerful! As you may be aware, the US Postal Service recently released its new "Fund the Cure" stamp to help fund breast cancer research. The stamp was designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland. It is important that we take a stand against this disease that affects so many of our Mothers, Sisters and Friends. Instead of the normal 37 cents for a stamp, this one costs 40 cents The additional 3 cents will go to breast cancer research. A "normal" book costs $7.40. This one is only $8.00. It takes a few minutes in line at the Post Office and means so much. If all stamps are sold, it will raise an additional $35,000,000 for this vital research. Just as important as the money is our support. What a statement it would make if the stamp outsold the lottery this week. What a statement it would make that we care. I urge you to do two things: 1. Go out and purchase some of these stamps. 2. E-mail your friends to do the same. . Many of us know women and their families whose lives are turned upside-down by breast cancer. It takes so little to do so much in this drive. We can all afford the $0.60. Please help &pass it on. Return-Path: Received: from rly-yi06.mx.aol.com (rly-yi06.mail.aol.com [172.18.180.134]) by air-yi01.mail.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILINYI12-7dc4224a69137b; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:30:24 -0500 Received: from smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.65]) by rly-yi06.mx.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYI66-7dc4224a69137b; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:29:53 -0500 Received: from [66.32.147.106] (helo=Guy) by smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D6BBw-0002xo-Qg; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:29:53 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=test1; d=earthlink.net; h=Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority :X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=E9UMdTbjP3PBzPrvzjvWjneOmtMlFM4JPE+od8+qHKlD4gt3G/4CUacUq2+OM0bo; Message-ID: <002801c51e84$3be818f0$0a0110ac@Guy> From: "Guy Ulrich" To: "Laura Stanley" , "Tom & Paulette Spivey" , "William & Michele Baker" , "Ethel Audet" Subject: The Stamp Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:29:31 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2741.2600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2742.200 X-ELNK-Trace: 638d3d2cc643573afa747de3e47b93b77e972de0d01da940abb7475a44 6e798133ba34a51500e9e9350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.32.147.106 X-AOL-IP: 209.86.89.65 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Please read the following story and follow the instructions at the end! Thank You . Like most elementary schools, it was typical to have a parade of students in and out of the health clinic throughout the day. We dispensed ice for bumps and bruises, Band-Aids for cuts, and liberal doses of sympathy and hugs. As principal, my office was right next door to the clinic, so I often dropped in to lend a hand and help out with the hugs. I knew that for some kids, mine might be the only one they got all day. One morning I was putting a Band-Aid on a little girl's scraped knee. Her blonde hair was matted, and I noticed that she was shivering in her thin little sleeveless blouse. I foun d her a warm sweatshirt and helped her pull it on. "Thanks for taking care of me," she whispered as she climbed into my lap and snuggled up against me. It wasn't long after that when I ran across an unfamiliar lump under my arm. Cancer, an aggressively spreading kind, had already invaded thirteen of my lymph nodes. I pondered whether or not to tell the students about my diagnosis. The word breast seemed so hard to say out loud to them, and the word cancer seemed so frightening. When it became evident that the children were going to find out one way or another, either the straight scoop from me or possibly a garbled version from someone else, I decided to tell them myself . It wasn't easy to get the words out, but the empathy and! concern I saw in their faces as I explained it to them told me I had made the right decision. When I gave them a chance to ask questions, they mostly wanted to know how they could help. I told them that what I would like best would be their letters, pictures and prayers. I stood by the gym door as the children solemnly filed out. My little blonde friend darted out of line and threw herself into my arms. Then she stepped back to look up into my face. "Don't be afraid, Dr. Perry," she said earnestly, "I know you'll be back because now it's our turn to take care of you." No one could have ever done a better job. The kids sent me off to my first chemotherapy session with a hilarious book of nausea remedies hat they had written. A video of every class in the school singing get-well songs accompanied me to the next chemotherapy appointment. By the third visit, the nurses were waiting at the door to find out what I would bring next. It was a delicate music box that played "I Will Always Love You." Even when I went into isolation at the hospital for a bone marrow transplant, the letters and pictures kept coming until they covered every wall of my room. Then the kids traced their hands onto colored paper, cut them out and glued them together to make a freestanding rainbow of helping hands. "I feel like I've stepped into Disneyland every time I walk into this room," my doctor laughed. That was even before the six-foot apple blossom tree arrived adorned with messages written on paper apples from the studen ts and teachers. What healing comfort I found in being surrounded by these tokens of their caring. At long last! I was e ll enough to return to work. As I headed up the road to the school, I was suddenly overcome by doubts. What if the kids have forgotten all about me? I wondered, What if they don't want a skinny bald principal? What if . I caught sight of the school marquee as I rounded the bend. "Welcome Back, Dr. Perry," it read. As I drew closer, everywhere I looked were pink ribbons - ribbons in the windows, tied on the doorknobs, even up in the trees. The children and staff wore pink ribbons, too. My blonde buddy was first in line to greet me. "You're back, Dr. Perry, you're back!" she called. "See, I told you we'd take care of you!" As I hugged her tight, in the back of my mind I faintly heard my music box playing . . . "I will always love you." Subject: Breast Cancer Stamp Booklet We need those of you who are great at forwarding on information with your e-mail network. Please read and pass this on. It would be wonderful if 2005 were the year a cure for breast cancer was found!!!! This is one email you should be glad to pass on. The notion that we could raise $35 million by buying a book o f stamps is powerful! As you may be aware, the US Postal Service recently released its new "Fund the Cure" stamp to help fund breast cancer research. The stamp was desi! gned b E thel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland. It is important that we take a stand against this disease that affects so many of our Mothers, Sisters and Friends. Instead of the normal 37 cents for a stamp, this one costs 40 cents The additional 3 cents will go to breast cancer research. A "normal" book costs $7.40. This one is only $8.00. It takes a few minutes in line at the Post Office and means so much. If all stamps are sold, it will raise an additional $35,000,000 for this vital research. Just as important as the money is our support. What a statement it would make if the stamp outsold the lottery this week. What a statement it would make that we care. I urge you to do two things TODAY: 1. Go out and purchase some of these stamps. 2. E-mail your friends to do the same. . Many of us know women and their families whose lives are turned upside-down by breast cancer. It takes so little to do so much in this drive. We can all afford the $0.60. Please help &pass it on. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:59:25 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: Joni and the Christmas Tree (news article) http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/mitchell%20prayed%20to%20christmas%20tree MITCHELL PRAYED TO CHRISTMAS TREE Folk legend JONI MITCHELL prayed to a Christmas tree to overcome her childhood polio - and recovered in time to celebrate the festive period. The tree was brought to her by her mother while she was in a hospital in Saskatoon, Canada, and the singer still believes it was responsible for her miraculous recovery. She says, "I don't know who I prayed to. I addressed it to the Christmas tree. "I said, 'I'm not a cripple. I'm going home for Christmas.' "I walked. I went home for Christmas. So polio, in a way, germinated an inner life and a sense of the mystic. I'll always be thankful for that beautiful tree." Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:23:50 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: The need to delete-NJC Hi Everyone, I'm a little sad because I do read my digests at work and unfortunately, I have to delete the entire thing when "really " bad words are used because they could jeopoardize my job which means I have to miss out on anything else that may have been in the digest. So if I don't respond to your post, that may be the reason. Sorry. Love, Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:27:23 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Sherelle's post NJC Hi Mack, Geez...now I am confused! It seemed to signify something else to my friend Ray too. Please tell me what it signifies to you because I want so much to understand. I appreciate your honesty Mack. Love, Sherelle Mack wrote: I am in no way a racist and I repeat I love that flag. Signifies something else to me. I don't show it or use it because of the feelings about it. Sad that some do so. mack ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:21:42 -0000 From: "willytheshake100" Subject: All I Want Two Joni's 'Blue' gets a brief mention during BBC Radio 4's review of Rufus W's Want Two, still not out here goddamn! Their leader ran: How Rufus Wainwright is changing the face of popular music. Can't remember the details exactly but paraphrasedly it went, "...imagine sitting down and writing the words for an album like JM's 'Blue'...". Went on to say how uncategorisable Rufus is - sound familiar? - and ask why he doesn't put the radio-friendliest song up at the front of the album. Not sure if the programme can be heard again on the Beeb's radio player. Anyway, Front Row at 19.15 today, St David's Day if you're interested. Not sure if it's worth the effort unless you want to hear about Want Two, the Matisse textile exhibition, and some other bits. WtS NP - Joni's Choice ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:31:33 -0800 From: Lindsay Moon Subject: Joni Art Cards See what you think of this. I was recently in an upscale card shop where they had lovely cards such as black and white 1950's Vogue fashion shoots with info on the photographer, model, dress designer, etc. on the back. A nice idea and a little fashion history lesson about things maybe forgotten. Here's my idea: blank cards with Joni's art (album covers) on them, a nice boxed set of assorted cards, maybe the cover of C&S, the inside fold of FTR, the cover of Blue, her still lifes, etc., etc. They would be square, like an album or CD. They could each have a little blurb on the back with the year of the album, a little history of it, maybe a short quote from Joni. Printed on beautiful paper. They are beautiful art already. They would be a lovely gift in a nice box tied with some grosgrain ribbon. Maybe the box is copper colored and the ribbon is turquoise like the colors of Paprika Plains. They would be easy as pie to produce since the artwork already exists. She could give the proceeds to charity if she wanted. It's probably too commercial an idea for her (and we must not let the evil Hallmark people produce them!) but, heck, I'm not talking about keychains (yet.) Lindsay (maybe I should take on a third job to avoid thinking up these silly ideas) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:49:20 EST From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni Art Cards Lindsay wrote: > Here's my idea: blank cards with Joni's art (album covers) on them, a > nice boxed set of assorted cards It is a great idea, and it has been done. There was a lister from NYC or DC about 5 yrs ago that sent me a card that had one of Joni's album covers on it. I can't remember which cover it was, but it was really nice. Still your idea of the entire package is great. I'm not sure how well the sales would do commercially, so we'll just have to make some on our computers. There used to be a website that made coasters from the center part of different artists albums. They had Joni's C&S among their stock. I thought that was a good idea too! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:06:33 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: was: academy award party njc now Razzies Catherine McKay wrote: > Speaking of Razzies, Halle Berry showed up in person > to receive her Razzie for "Cat Woman" which, I think, > shows a fair bit of class and a good sense of humour. One of Chris Rock's better jibes of an otherwise fairly dull evening was his introduction of Halle Berry. Something like 'soon to be starring in Catwoman 2'. Mark E. in Seattle who has only seen 'Finding Neverland' among the nominated films ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:12:20 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: academy award party NJC mike pritchard wrote: > Referring to Million Dollar Baby > Yes Julius, your post is clear as a bell. I have not read 'Rope > Burns' (has anyone out there read it?) but I guess, and it's only a > guess, that perhaps the finished screenplay included elements of more > than one story in the collection, rather like some Galician films > that only Emiliano and Gill on this list have ever heard of. Maybe > 'Danger' had more to do in another story? mike in bcn I'm not sure I will see 'Million Dollar Baby'. I have a real problem with any movie about boxing. To me it is a barbaric sport. If we will outlaw cock fighting and fox hunting, why oh why will we tolerate boxing? Just one man's opinion. Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:11:17 -0000 From: "Azeem" Subject: A Girl Called Eddy njc - brilliance content I cant stop listening to this album, which came out last year and which I just acquired, and thought Id punt it the way of you fine Joni fans. AGCE is apparently from the Big Apple, and thats about as much as I know her. Her self-titled album is produced by the estimable Richard Hawley, and its ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! Beautiful, world-weary songs, great arrangements and playing, and all of it exquisitely sung in a soft yet strong voice that has hints of a few other singers (for me, Gemma Hayes most prominently) but doesnt really sound like anyone else. If youve got Richard Hawleys album Late Night Final, thats closest to the sound and feel. I really cant recommend this highly enough - her website has some snippets and a great review from Mojo magazine - its HYPERLINK "http://www.agirlcallededdy.com/"www.agirlcallededdy.com End of public service announcement. Azeem in London NP: still savouring the strains of the last song, Golden - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.1 - Release Date: 27/02/2005 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:18:06 -0000 From: "Azeem" Subject: And while I'm at it - any Nick Cave fans here? njc Right after Id posted my top whatever it was from last year, I bought the Nick Cave twin set, The Lyre of Orpheus and Abattoir Blues, which was right up there. I cannot remember ever seeing his name here, and assume there must be other fans on the list, simply as he is so damn good and you all have such good taste. These two albums capture him on peak form: the songs are strong, robust and memorable, the lyrics outrageously wordy and fecund (not many people manage to rhyme hysteria and wisteria in a song in such a way that it works) and the band purrs along like a Rolls Royce in cruise control. If the famously insular (musically speaking) Joni cared to lend an ear, I wonder what she would make of it. I like to think shed be mightily impressed, and - we can dream - inspired. Azeem in London - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.1 - Release Date: 27/02/2005 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:58:37 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Joni Covers, Volume #62 - here we go again... Hello to all you Joni cover fans and also to you, Smurf! Once again the time has come to whip out another collection of covers as I have done for these last...heck, I don't even remember when this crazy treadmill started, but I DO know that I'm up to Volume 62, and that's a pretty cool accomplishment; I mean, Harry Potter has - what, 5 or 6 volumes, Star Wars will have 9 at most, I can't think of too many collections that go up to 62. Well, there's the "Dark Shadows" episodes on video, there's a mess of them. But anyway, back to my beloved Joni covers...I have to say that at first I was feeling kinda sorry for 62, after all it had to follow 61 which was so nice, it's a tough act to follow-up. But the more I spun 62, the more I realized that it's got nothing to be sorry about, it's a dang fine CD in its own right. So I'm excited to be debuting it here for y'all, and before I start yakking about it, I need to send a BIG shout-out to one of my bestest JMDL buds and a most excellent assistant, Mr. Paul Maggio. Thanks for your help Paul! Now, let's get inside, buckle in, and take it for a spin, shall we? 1. Madeiros & Sagmeister - Both Sides Now: No cheese here - this is a beautiful voice and guitar duo to get things started. Very pretty, I even don't mind that the singer pronounces "bows & flows" like "how" (since English is not their native language). 2. Milk & Honey - Big Yellow Taxi: From Western Iowa comes this talented lot, their BYT is spirited and features some nice acoustic & slide guitar. Hear a sample at: http://www.milkandhoneymusic.com/Sound%20Clips.htm 3. Brian Setzer & The Tomcats - (You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care: This one's hard to come by! Brian Setzer was in this band even before the Stray Cats, and this CD was only released in limited quantities. The rockabilly song is of course right up Setzer's alley and he rocks it right. 4. Charlie Carr - The Circle Game: When this one starts you think it's going to be a cover of Turbulent Indigo (which would be pretty cool) but it quickly morphs into TCG. It's from a 70's vinyl, don't have any background on the performers, it's a trio of two guys and a lady, and they trade off lead vocals which breaks up the song a bit. 5. Paul McDermand - Both Sides Now: This instrumental is a little muzak-y, but they throw in some steel drum with the piano and string section that makes it interesting, and it's well-paced as well. 6. Mecolico - Woodstock: Not much to say about this one; yet another ripoff of the Mathews Southern Comfort version for one of those K-Tel "Hits of the 70's" compilations. 7. Ten+1 - A Case Of You: 8. Ten+1 - River: These are MUCH better; a fairly new release from a very attractive Denmark trio; lovely & jazzy. The "River" here is inspired by Holly Cole's recording from a decade or so ago. You can hear some samples at: http://www.tenandone.de/start.html (click on the tab that says "Klange" at the lower portion of the screen, then click on the link that says "Short Stories") 9. The Welwyn Garden City Band - Both Sides Now: If you like lots & lots of brass, then you'll dig this one. The arrangement is very original, at times it reminds me of the brass arrangement in Maynard Ferguson's version of "The Theme From Shaft" but then again that's a real obscure reference so why mention it? Anyway, this British organisation has been around since 1934 so that certainly counts for something. 10. Maria Friedman - Twisted: This is the answer to the question "what if the analyst is right, and you really ARE out of your head?" 11. Get Lucky - Big Yellow Taxi: Don't know much about this one, it's just your basic BYT with all the standard "Shoo-Bop-Bop-Bops" and the high-low-laugh at the end. Not MY idea of getting lucky, I can tell you that. 12. Max Leake - Both Sides Now: This one is much better! If I'm going to take a Leake, it'll be this one for sure! Pittsburgh's finest, Max's slow, jazzy Guaraldi-like tickling of the ivories is simply loverly. And it's a fairly new release, coming out in '04. Here a 2-minute segment at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/maxleake 13. The Rubber Band - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: From Italy, this one is a really nice solo acoustic take on the Mingus composition by Renato Banino. Hear it all at: http://www.rubberband.it/mp3.html 14. Chillage People - Woodstock: From Sheffield, England, Chillage People is a duo, Andy Vonal and Rupert Chill. This nearly 9-minute version contains some clips from the original Woodstock and some trip-hoppy music too. Hear the whole deal at: http://www.chillagepeople.co.uk/page3.html 15. Captain Vic - Big Yellow Taxi: Now this BYT has some ENERGY! These guys crank up the amps and let it rock. Makes me want to mosh with a pitful of JMDLer's, but not Walt as I'm afraid I'd break him. 16. Almeta Speaks - Both Sides Now: Almeta's usual style is blues and gospel, and she sings BSN in a reverent, gospel-y manner, while sounding like Bette Midler simultaneously. 17. Sunday's Problems - The Circle Game: Another Kiwi entry! This one from NZ is so obscure even Hell didn't know of it (or she wasn't telling, which I find hard to believe). This was the B-side of their 45, and that's about all I know. Sounds like a trio, with 2 girls and a guy. 18. Gail Rundlett - A Case Of You: 19. Gail Rundlett - Conversation: Here's another nice pair (probably not a good way to introduce a lady) from Gail Rundlett from Minnesota. What makes the ACOY interesting is that she accompanies herself on dulcimer, ala Joni, sound to me like the identical Blue tuning as well. And her voice is very nice, she glides up and down the melody as if it were a snowy Minnesota sleigh ride. Her take on Conversation is equally as nice, featuring guitar and bass in lieu of the dulcimer. 20. Paul Mauriat - Both Sides Now: Ah, well, we all remember Paul Mauriat's "Love Is Blue", don't we? It was the #1 song in the US for umpteen weeks way back when, probably around 1968 as I remember singing it (along with BSN) in Mrs. Galvin's 6th grade class. And this one has that same harpsichord-ish feel to it. So there's your Top 20 Joni cover hits for March, coming in like a Mama Lion and holding her head up with pride... See you again in a month! Bob NP: AC/DC, "Hell's Bells" Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:14:26 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: A Girl Called Eddy njc - brilliance content Thanks for link & the music, Azeem...I hear Dusty Springfield, Beth Orton, and even a touch of Chrissie Hynde. My favorite track is the snippet that plays when you first get to the website, but the full track "Tears All Over Town" is also quite tasty. It took me a bit to figure out to click and drag the tonearm to the record to get the other samples, but I did. Definitely worthwhile stuff. Bob NP: Earth, Wind & Fire - "Rock That" Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 00:03:25 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: And while I'm at it - any Nick Cave fans here? njc I've got this set, Azeem. Very nice. My 24-year old son is a Nick Cave fan & first turned me on to him with "Murder Ballads." I've listened to a lot (though I must confess that Birthday Party stuff is just a bit extreme for my taste). Richard - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com] On Behalf Of Azeem Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:18 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: And while I'm at it - any Nick Cave fans here? njc Right after Id posted my top whatever it was from last year, I bought the Nick Cave twin set, The Lyre of Orpheus and Abattoir Blues, which was right up there. I cannot remember ever seeing his name here, and assume there must be other fans on the list, simply as he is so damn good and you all have such good taste. These two albums capture him on peak form: the songs are strong, robust and memorable, the lyrics outrageously wordy and fecund (not many people manage to rhyme hysteria and wisteria in a song in such a way that it works) and the band purrs along like a Rolls Royce in cruise control. If the famously insular (musically speaking) Joni cared to lend an ear, I wonder what she would make of it. I like to think shed be mightily impressed, and - we can dream - inspired. Azeem in London - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.1 - Release Date: 27/02/2005 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:51:05 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: academy award party =?ISO-8859-1?B?oE5KQw==?= Julius>As for Danger, he was there to accentuate and reenforce the to-the-bone goodness of Freeman's character, nothing more. This penniless old black half-blind, recovering alcoholic who coulda been a contender, is perhaps half the man he once was: he's been battered and bloodied, sometimes even by Eastwood's character, but he's not embittered and his head is unbowed. He's a living blues song: all heart and hurt. And he won't stand by to see anyone beat down a weaker man for cruel sport. Danger's dream to be champ is a constant reminder of how he squandered his own. Also, Danger represents the can-do don't give up, don't give up, don't ever get up ethic, which I take heart in. It has nothing to do with brightness. Freeman's character is his little mentally challenged brother's keeper. What's more beautiful than that? In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.< What a beautiful inspired piece of writing Julius... I haven't seen the movie yet (not cuz I'm uninterested but because I've been so busy) but after reading your essay I really must see it... 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