From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #346 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org 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, September 7 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 346 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- getting the word out (njc) ["Anne Sandstrom" ] These people are not from this planet -- njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] US/Canada/NJC ["Mike and Alice Hicks" ] "Songs of a Prairie Girl" review, Exclaim magazine [Catherine McKay ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:14:03 -0500 From: "Anne Sandstrom" Subject: getting the word out (njc) I'm hoping that we can get the word out to the people displaced by Katrina. We're ready, willing, and able to welcome 2500 people here in Massachusetts. Apparently, no one is taking us up on the offer. So far, I know there are lots of people who are reluctant to go anywhere - to another state, on the cruise ships waiting for them, etc. I know this list isn't the right forum. And I'm sure there are people figuring this out (well, then again maybe not). But I just have to say this somewhere. We're anxious to help. We know it's not your home. And we know it's hard. But, please come. You'll be on Cape Cod, which is lovely. OK, it's a military base. But we're hand making quilts for all of you. The Celtics are donating sneakers for all of you. There are day trips planned. You'll see New England in the fall. There are recreatinal facilities for you. And a movie theater. There will be classes for your kids. Please come. We're waiting - hoping, ready to greet you with open arms. lots of love, Anne ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:05:47 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: These people are not from this planet -- njc If I remember correctly, President Carter offered to officially observe the cleaning of voter records and to monitor ballot counts in Texas and Florida. The Administration said thanks, we don't need no stinking observers. Maybe the Administration doesn't want to ever bolster his presence for fear of what he might say on "other" topics. Jim Em wondered, >Am I the only one that finds the Clintons' presence in this disconcerting? Where's Jimmy Carter? Wonder if he thinks things have worked out well.> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:27:54 -0400 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: These people are not from this planet -- njc > >Am I the only one that finds the Clintons' presence in this disconcerting? Doesn't bother me, other than I think www.bushclintonkatrinafund.orgshould be www.clintonbushkatrinafund.org . Afterall, Clinton was president more recently than Bush the Elder. I'm hoping everyone will be so pleased with Bill's performance that they realize how much they miss him, and will vote for Hillary when they get the chance to do so. Lori ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:35:03 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: New Orleans prophecy, njc I agree; it reads like prophecy. Thanks for the link, I think. Jim >From: "Laurent Olszer" Almost looks like a prophecy in this National Geographic article from October 2004 : http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:55:27 -0400 From: "Mike and Alice Hicks" Subject: US/Canada/NJC Lori, What I meant was that when the US citizens get tired of all the mess they have made and spent all the resources, and the white population grows tired of seeing the white population become greyish color, they will migrate to the north. It will not be in our lifetime. But I feel it will happen. Kind of like urban blight in the US. Just my philosophy. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:08:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: "Songs of a Prairie Girl" review, Exclaim magazine The September issue of Exclaim magazine (online version at www.exclaim.ca) has a mini-review of "Songs of a Prairie Girl", which reads thusly: - ------------------------------------------------ Joni Mitchell - Songs of a Prairie Girl Review in Exclaim, September 2005 by Eric Thom I admit to a lifelong lusting for Joni Mitchell, so this third in a series of thematic compilations is honey to the bee. Created as her personal contribution to Saskatchewan's Centennial celebrations, Saskatoon's most famous daughter has always written from a rich perspective of place and time, wearing her love for her native land on her sleeve, and Songs of a Prairie Girl revolves around the innocence of childhood and the awkwardness of adolescence, all drawn from one of history's richest back catalogues. At the same time, Joni's control of space and imagery delivers a strong sense of winter on Canada's snowy plains. From "Ray's Dad's Cadillac" to a symphonic version of "Cherokee Louise," Joni chronicles the laughs and the tears, the pleasure and the pain. Remixed versions of "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" and "Paprika Plains" highlight her abilities as a gifted composer, while her knack for surrounding herself with the complementary artistry of Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Larry Klein, Max Bennett and John Guerin guarantee her patented lush sound. At the same time, Blue's "River" remains the epitome of her solo craft, which is carried through to the cover art. It's so nice that this artful trailblazer not only hails from Canada but continues to celebrate it. (Asylum/Reprise/Nonesuch/Rhino) Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 20:45:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: 3 Duke students tell of 'disgraceful' scene -- njc Here's my favorite story of the day. - --Smurf By Ray Gronberg : The Herald-Sun gronberg@heraldsun.com Sep 4, 2005 : 9:36 pm ET DURHAM -- A trio of Duke University sophomores say they drove to New Orleans late last week, posed as journalists to slip inside the hurricane-soaked city twice, and evacuated seven people who weren't receiving help from authorities. The group, led by South Carolina native Sonny Byrd, say they also managed to drive all the way to the New Orleans Convention Center, where they encountered scenes early Saturday evening that they say were disgraceful. "We found it absolutely incredible that the authorities had no way to get there for four or five days, that they didn't go in and help these people, and we made it in a two-wheel-drive Hyundai," said Hans Buder, who made the trip with his roommate Byrd and another student, David Hankla. Buder's account -- told by cell phone Sunday evening as the trio neared Montgomery, Ala., on their way home - -- chronicled a three-day odyssey that began when the students, angered by the news reports they were seeing on CNN, loaded up their car with bottled water and headed for the Gulf coast to see if they could lend a hand. The trio say they left Durham about 6 p.m. Thursday and reached Montgomery about 12 hours later. After catching 1= hours of sleep, they reached the coast at Mobile. From there, they traveled through the Mississippi cities of Biloxi and Gulfport. They say they elected to keep going because it seemed like Mississippi authorities had things well in hand. Pushing on, they passed through Slidell, La., and tried to get into New Orleans by a couple of routes. Each time, police and National Guard troops turned them away. By 2 p.m. they'd wound up in Baton Rouge. Stopping first at a Red Cross shelter and then at offices of a Baton Rouge TV station, WAFB, they eventually made their way to the campus of Louisiana State University. By 8 p.m. Friday they were working as volunteers in an emergency assistance area set up inside LSU's indoor track arena. The students worked until about 2 a.m. Saturday, then slept on the floor of a dorm room. When they awoke, they went back to the TV station, which was hosting what Buder termed "a distribution center" for supplies. At 2 p.m., the trio decided to head for New Orleans, Buder said. After looking around, they swiped an Associated Press identification and one of the TV station's crew shirts, and found a Kinko's where they could make copies of the ID. They were stopped again by authorities at the edge of New Orleans, but this time were able to make it through. "We waved the press pass, and they looked at each other, the two guards, and waved us on in," Buder said. Inside the city, they found a surreal environment. "It was wild," Buder said. "It really felt like it was 'Independence Day,' the movie." The trio dodged downed trees and power lines until they happened upon Magazine Street, which runs in a semi-circle around the city parallel to and about four blocks north of the Mississippi River. They stopped to give water to a 15-year-old boy sitting beside the road holding a sign that said "Need Water/Food," then went to the convention center. The evacuation was basically complete by the time they arrived, at about 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. What the trio saw there horrified them. "The only way I can describe this, it was the epicenter," Buder said. "Inside there were National Guard running around, there was feces, people had urinated, soiled the carpet. There were dead bodies. The smell will never leave me." Buder said the students saw four or five bodies. National Guard troopers seemed to be checking the second and third floors of the building to try to secure the site. "Anyone who knows that area, if you had a bus, it would take you no more than 20 minutes to drive in with a bus and get these people out," Buder said. "They sat there for four or five days with no food, no water, babies getting raped in the bathrooms, there were murders, nobody was doing anything for these people. And we just drove right in, really disgraceful. I don't want to get too fired up with the rhetoric, but some blame needs to be placed somewhere." By about 7 p.m., the students made their way back to the boy on Magazine Street. He directed them to some people "who really needed to get out." The resulting evacuation began at a house at the corner of Magazine and Peniston streets. The first group included three women and a man. The students climbed into the front seats of the four-door Hyundai, and the evacuees filled the back seat. They left the city and headed back to Baton Rouge. There they deposited the man at the LSU medical center and took the women to dinner. The women later found shelter with relatives, and the students got about four hours' sleep inside the LSU chapel. At 6:30 a.m. Sunday, they made their second run into New Orleans, returning to the house at Magazine and Peniston streets. This time they picked up three men and headed back to Baton Rouge. Two of the men were the husbands of two of the women evacuated the night before. The students reunited them with their wives and put the two families on a bus for Texas. Buder is from Martha's Vineyard, Mass.; Byrd is from Rock Hill, S.C.; and Hankla is from Washington, D.C. ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:12:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Bryan Subject: NO needs Rudy? NJC >as a New Yorker, I must begrudgingly give Guiliani props b/c he was in >the FEMA headquarters all the time, making sure that things that needed to >happen, happened. Not a fan of Guiliana at all, but it sure seems that >NO could have used someone like him... >Kay But Guiliani wasn't in sewage up to his shoulders and had working phones, etc. Your point is probably well-taken, Kay, to some degree, but underlying similar observations in the media is an unspoken "If only they had a Republican in charge..." sentiment. There is some interesting info. here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/memo-to-the-media-stop-e_b_6889.html Bryan Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2005 #346 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)