From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #394 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 Monday, October 17 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 394 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language ["mike pritchard" ] Re: A Case of You Explained ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language ["Suze Cameron" ] Re: Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language [vince ] Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc [Smurf ] Re: Sopranos NJC /Six Feet Under ["Suze Cameron" ] Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc [Em ] Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc [Smurf ] Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc [vince ] Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc [Em ] Re: Calling Fred Simon! Calling Fred Simon! (njc) [Em ] Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc [FMYFL@aol.com] Night Ride Home question... ["Les Irvin" ] Re: A Case of You Explained [Catherine McKay ] Re: A Case of You Explained [hell@ihug.co.nz] First Post, Greetings, "Triple Threats" challenge, lots of Joni content-very long [Bruce Eggleston Subject: Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language Anyone out there consider themselves big Soprano fans? I recently started watching the first series and have some questions for anyone who can answer them. The simple question is about who sings the theme tune. The DVD pack I have has very little info (typical of Spain) and I'm surprised that even the leading characters are not identified in the credits (who knows if Edie Falco is Carmella or La Doctora Melfi?) and extremely surprised about the language used in the series. It doesn't bother me to hear it, but I have never heard the 'c' word (one vowel, four letters, rhymes with 'front') in a tv series before. I'm on episode 6 and I've heard it twice. The 'fucks' (and variations) are already off the scale. Was there any cuntroversy over this on the tv showings? My other question is about one of the episodes (it's probably a long time ago for you guys) in Series 1 where Uncle Jun warns his girlfriend about talking about their oral sex, and he later breaks up with her because she discusses it with her friend. Tony and Carmella also discuss it and T explains that (and I'm quoting from memory here) 'anyone who sucks pussy will suck anything'. This is the aspect that interests me for my 'masculinity' thesis. Does being manly depend only on phallic sex? Does giving oral sex make you less than a man, at least in the eyes of the Mafia, or maybe Italians in general? Lots more to discuss but that's enough for today. Replies on- or off-list, as you prefer. mike in bcn np - Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 06:04:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language About the 'C' word and the 'F' word, Mike asks: << Was there any cuntroversy over this on the tv showings? >> Ha! This may be my favorite JMDL typo of all time! I was loaned the first two seasons of 'The Sopranos' on DVD when I was first recuperating from my broken bones in August. I credit this excellent series with helping me follow doctor's orders to keep my foot elevated for the first two weeks after my injury. Like you, Mike, I was surprised by the use (and overuse) of profanity. Although I had never seen 'The Sopranos" and people had been talking about the series for years, I don't remember ever being told that there was a lot of swearing, some of it very colorful and creative. So if you're wondering if Americans have become that blase about what was once considered extremely vile language, I guess the answer is fuck, yeah! I wondered who did the theme song, too, and I don't remember that being on the DVD packaging here, either. I just googled "sopranos theme song" and that leads to a group called Alabama 3 or A3. Here's their website. http://www.alabama3.co.uk/ I also noticed lots of fan sites for the show, which might help fill in some of the empty spaces on the DVD package. I also have trouble remembering who's who when it comes to the names of the actresses who play Carm and Melfi and all the thugs. I recently talked about an Italian-American friend (Joe) who will not watch any Mafia-related entertainment. Well, his Italian-American wife and I both love 'The Sopranos', so when I saw them a few weeks ago we talked about the show. I told Joe about the near-death experience one of characters had on the show, during which he went to hell and hell was an Irish bar on St. Patrick's Day! Joe liked that so much, I wouldn't be surprised if he gives the show a watch. - --Smurf NP: The sound of no rain for the first time in about a week. I gotta get out. The sun is pouring in like you-know-what . . . __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 06:35:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language morning, Smurf and all...I thought the "theme" some, "Woke Up This Morning (and got myself a gun)" was Leonard Cohen??? Maybe I was deluded. As to the language..it doesn't shock me at all. I've run in circles that talk like that. As far as Italian Americans liking or not liking the show..I find it about evenly split....some are very offended. And some are like yep thats us. And I have to say, it very closely mirrors some people I've known. I grew up in a society of men in undershirts wearing St Christopher's and smoking cigars. But the horrendous violence wasn't quite at the Sop. level. Sheesh, I can't BELIEVE some of the stuff that ends up happening! Not gonna say anymore and spoil it. I was not at all prepared to be fascinated by this show, and yet, it happened! The music is always interesting. I own one of the soundtracks. And one of my fave rock tunes of recent times (featured in the Sops), is by Steven VanZants (aka Sylvio) band "The Lost Boys" - and the tune is called "Affection" and I have it tattoo'ed on my left arm with a girl monkey swinging through it. http://www.littlestevensundergroundgarage.com/ After the end of the last season of the Sops, we quit HBO, cuz I didn;t want to pay for premium cable anymore...but we may start it back up again in the Spring, for season 6. Em - --- Smurf wrote: > About the 'C' word and the 'F' word, Mike asks: > > << Was there any cuntroversy over this on the > tv showings? >> > > > Ha! This may be my favorite JMDL typo of all time! > > I was loaned the first two seasons of 'The Sopranos' > on DVD when I was first recuperating from my broken > bones in August. I credit this excellent series with > helping me follow doctor's orders to keep my foot > elevated for the first two weeks after my injury. > > Like you, Mike, I was surprised by the use (and > overuse) of profanity. Although I had never seen 'The > Sopranos" and people had been talking about the series > for years, I don't remember ever being told that there > was a lot of swearing, some of it very colorful and > creative. So if you're wondering if Americans have > become that blase about what was once considered > extremely vile language, I guess the answer is fuck, > yeah! > > I wondered who did the theme song, too, and I don't > remember that being on the DVD packaging here, either. > I just googled "sopranos theme song" and that leads to > a group called Alabama 3 or A3. Here's their website. > > http://www.alabama3.co.uk/ > > I also noticed lots of fan sites for the show, which > might help fill in some of the empty spaces on the DVD > package. I also have trouble remembering who's who > when it comes to the names of the actresses who play > Carm and Melfi and all the thugs. > > I recently talked about an Italian-American friend > (Joe) who will not watch any Mafia-related > entertainment. Well, his Italian-American wife and I > both love 'The Sopranos', so when I saw them a few > weeks ago we talked about the show. I told Joe about > the near-death experience one of characters had on the > show, during which he went to hell and hell was an > Irish bar on St. Patrick's Day! Joe liked that so > much, I wouldn't be surprised if he gives the show a > watch. > > --Smurf > > NP: The sound of no rain for the first time in about a > week. I gotta get out. The sun is pouring in like > you-know-what . . . > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:51:32 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained >I don't think that a person who is truly an artist, be it in music, paint or words, can maintain a lasting relationship with a human lover. It seems that the muse demands too much.< Often times creative folks attract those who want to be that way but aren't quite yet & thus demand too much from the creative partner... so the relationship becomes stifling for the artist... but if two creative people are in a relationship then it can work out nicely... each understands how the other needs their space... there are quite a few well known artists I can think of who have long term relationships... more than the demands of the muse, I think it is the celebrity trappings that can harm a relationship... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:05:53 -0500 From: "Suze Cameron" Subject: Re: Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language Here are some credits for you Mike: James Gandolfini .... Tony Soprano Edie Falco .... Carmela Soprano Jamie-Lynn DiScala .... Meadow Soprano (1999-2006) (also as Jamie-Lynn Sigler) Robert Iler .... Anthony "A.J." Soprano, Jr. Nancy Marchand .... Livia Soprano (1999-2000) Aida Turturro .... Janice Soprano (2000-) Lorraine Bracco .... Dr. Jennifer Melfi Michael Imperioli .... Christopher Moltisanti Tony Sirico .... Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri Steve Van Zandt .... Silvio Dante (as Steven Van Zandt) Vincent Pastore .... Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero (1999-2000) Dominic Chianese .... Corrado "Uncle Junior" Soprano Drea de Matteo .... Adriana La Cerva (1999-2004) John Ventimiglia .... Artie Bucco (1999-2006) Kathrine Narducci .... Charmaine Bucco (as Katherine Narducci) Song information: Woke Up This Morning" (Opening Credits) Written by Larry Love, The Mountain of Love, Mississippi Guitar Love and The Very Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love Performed by A3 (Alabama 3) Courtesy of Geffen Records, Inc. Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc. Contains a sample from "Standing At The Burial Ground" by Mississippi Fred McDowell Contains a sample from "Mannish Boy" Performed by Muddy Waters Used courtesy of Sony Music Contains elements from "Tell Me" Performed by Chester Burnett Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc. - -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:08:05 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Oddmund's Deep Complaint Dear Joniamigos and especially Oddmund: Woke up, it was a Chelsea Morning (it's been a Rainy Night House of Eastern Rain here for 8 days a week and it's finally "Good Day, Sunshine!") and the first thing that I knew was that I just *had* to write to our dear strange strange boy. Poor Oddmund and his deep complaint....a Joniman must have every CD, a Joniman must have every CD! Beauty and madness to be praised, 'cause it is not easy to be brave, to walk around in so much need of Joni CDs! Our strange strange boy is sad -- now he's gone and lost the best CD he ever had! I'm sorry you lost your discman and your Songs of Prairie Girl...but we must look at this misfortune from both sides now, of course. There is a silver lining to these Clouds. Darn right! You will get a new music-listening device, and it will be better than your old one. And then there is the deeEEEEeeeper meaning, which Joni's papa taught us: some lucky soul will find your discman in the tube when something strange will happen - -- Joni-Glory train will pass through him! Oh, the dizzy dancing way you feel when you first hear la Joan. Remember? When every Joni tale comes real, like the turn of a page of your own life. This person (a woman with that teased-up kind of hair? a man smoking a fat cigar? a kid with a coke and chocolate bars?) will think it is their lucky day just to find a discman, not knowing how REALLY lucky they are, because when he or she turns it on, there will be SIQUOMB in all her glory on the THAT train just like THIS train and then we will have another Joniphile in this world. Joni will spread her love light blazes all across the Northern Sky. So don't be troubled, child. You have just unknowingly made this world a better Joni place. It's a warm arrangement, seems to me! Love, Patti P., just another silly girl when JMOCD makes a fool of me today...LOLing it all away...laughing it all....laughing it all away....How Do You Stop? Again and again the same situation! I could do this all day, especially with the great jmdl lyrics discography link at my blood-red fingertips...there are more lyrics I could add on this Sunny Sunday -- you KNOW there may be more! Help Me! I've fallen and I can't shut up! Not To Blame, Oddmund, but then again, perchance to blame: my JMOCD is all your fault! You started it with your post here many dim months ago when you confessed you had a problem and asked if anyone else here had Joni lyrics going through their head all the time. HELLO!!!!!! I came on as bright as a neon light. So now, I must say I love you, right out loud! There is your song from meeeee: Oddmund from Norway, Go where you will go to Know that I will know you Someday I may know you very well Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:33:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Oddmund Kaarevik Subject: all fellow jmdler's sings songs of a prarie girl, now Hello Yesterday - a child came out to wonder- - - - No, that was not the case. Yesterday, on my way to work. As ususal I was in a hurry. I was going to the swimming pool Toyen to take a good swim, before taking the tube and cathing my bus for work. In this hurry, this stress, although it was sunny and all the lovely yellow leaves were brighten up the ground, I lost my discman. . . Probably left it on the tube, and it's gone, faraway, yesterday. . . Well, that was not the main problem. The discman was old and needed replacement soon anyway. The problem is with lay within. . . My newest Joni Mitchell cd. My favourite cd at the moment: "Songs of a prairie girl" So I have the cover, I have the cd-inlet with all those crazy and cheerful pictures of Joni skating away. But I don't have the most important the content, the cd. and I really miss it! Do an of you fellow jmdlers have an extra copy to sell me, or files that can burn to a blank cd. Please contact me offlist: okaarevik@yahoo.no Tthanks a lot! As Patti says: Bon week end to all of you! Love Oddmund ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:23:30 -0400 From: vince Subject: Re: Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language mike pritchard wrote: >It doesn't bother me to hear it, but I have never heard >the 'c' word (one vowel, four letters, rhymes with 'front') in a tv series >before. I'm on episode 6 and I've heard it twice. > Keep watching.... > Does giving oral sex make you less than a >man, at least in the eyes of the Mafia, or maybe Italians in general? > > > hell no! Vince, an Italian by the way, the Mafia does not exist. What does exist is the Mothers and Fathers Italian Association, rather like the PTA... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:24:03 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Calling Fred Simon! Calling Fred Simon! (njc) Hi everyone!!! I'm a couple of feet above the ground right at the moment!!! Imagine my complete surprised as I was listening to Smooth Jazz 105.9 Sunday Brunch just now when my friend and host Al Santos announces the next set of music would include a song by Fred Simon from Wyndham Hill Records doing "Scarborough Fair" Yahoo!!!! Yahoo!!!! After the song was over, Al got back on to tell everyone how to get the CD and what it was all about. It was from a Wyndham Hill compilation called "Cinema" (am I right Fred?). It was very good press for Fred!!!! Yahoo!!!!! I emailed Al immediately to let him know that I knew Fred and how proud all of the Jonilistas are of him! (Al is a Joni Mitchell fan too!) Oh! I am so happy right now!!! I feel like a sister who is extremely proud of her brother!!!! The Sunday Brunch has a HUGE listening audience and they like to buy!!!! Fred, I am so proud of you!!! Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:26:58 -0400 From: vince Subject: Re: Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language also, one can spend hours at hbo.com getting all the credits and music info... and being descended from a bunch of Italian born Italians, the family scenes (language included, definitely included) always remind me of Christmas Eve... working at my great uncles drug store when relatives came in... Vince ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:41:13 +0000 From: "Michael O'Malley" Subject: Re: Chris Botti (KKSF) talks about Joni Interesting - a bit of the DIVA emerges! Michael in Quebec ``Found this while looking for some information on Chris Botti. It's an older interview, I believe (can't find the date). http://www.kksf.com/theartists4.html Didn't find this in the JMDL library so don't know how many have read this before. Chris answers the question: Who was the most difficult and the most demanding of all those people? I mean in a professional way. Who's the stickler?" CB: You know, one of my favorites, and that would be probably Joni Mitchell. But she is very, very detailed and very, very specific about what she wants, and at the same time it's very open ended. There's so much freedom, but yet there's no freedom. She's an artist and I think that she really sees things like a painter, and she sees music as if it were being painted. And she's right all the time, you know. And I would consider her, probably, to be the most demanding person that I have worked with and one my most gratifying tours. ******************************* Thought someone might find this interesting (and the whole interview) like I did. Enjoy! Laura O.`` _________________________________________________________________ Scan and help eliminate destructive viruses from your inbound and outbound e-mail and attachments. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN. Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:50:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Debra Shea Subject: Re: Sopranos NJC sexual content some bad language - --- mike pritchard wrote: > The 'f*cks' (and variations) > are already off the scale. Was there any cuntroversy > over this on the tv showings? (Are there still some email programs that won't let certain words get through?) The Sopranos was shown on a cable station, specifically HBO, and viewers who want to see HBO's shows pay their cable company extra each month in order to do that. The other type of tv is supposedly "owned by and for the good of" the public, and those are the channels overseen by the FCC and available to anyone with a tv (and loaded with commercials). Whenever there's controversy about language or types of shows or Janet Jackson's breast being bare for a millisecond, it's because those things have been on public tv. People uptight about such things have been trying to get the FCC to regulate cable also but so far without success. The best shows are on cable so I hope they are never successful. It's probably best to watch the Sopranos on DVD because there were such huge gaps between seasons (sometimes a year or more), I never knew when it was on so I never saw it regularly enough to get hooked. It was one of those shows that people were either fanatics about or they never watched it. The few bits of shows I did see were intriguing but the violence was too much for me. Maybe if I'd watched more often and knew the story line and cared about the characters, the violence wouldn't have seemed like the main thing about the show. The characters' language didn't even stand out to me as unusual. I hear that on the NYC streets all the time, and it's not always rough characters speaking that way. The cable show I did get hooked on was "Six Feet Under," which wrapped up a couple months ago in a very satisfying way. Except for one wacky, what-in-the-world-is-this? season, that was a great show, also with plenty of raw language and situations that would never be covered on public television. Debra Shea, like other northeasterners... very glad it has finally stopped raining! __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:53:07 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained > >I don't think that a person who is truly an artist, be it in music, paint > or words, can maintain a lasting relationship with a human lover. It seems > that the muse demands too much.< > A funny coincidence in connection with this subject. I watched the movie 'The Red Shoes' yesterday. I had never seen it before. If there is anybody who has not seen this movie (it's an old movie from the 1940s) and you think you might see it or want to see it, you should probably not read anymore of this post. 'The Red Shoes' is about a ballet dancer who falls in love with and marries the composer/conductor for the famous ballet company she dances for. The impressario of this ballet company has vowed to make her a great dancer but insists that neither she nor the composer/conductor can do their work when distracted by their love for one another. The dancer and the composer leave the company and marry. The composer goes on and writes an opera. Circumstances send the dancer back to Monte Carlo where the ballet company is and the impressario persuades her to perform for the company again in a ballet called 'The Red Shoes'. This ballet is based on a Hans Christian Anderson story of the same name about a dancer that puts on an enchanted pair of red shoes that take possesion of her and eventually she literally dances herself to death. The dancer's husband composed the music for this ballet. The dancer's first performance of this ballet made her into a star and led to her falling in love with the composer. Anyway, the dancer is scheduled to open in 'The Red Shoes' on the night the composer's opera is debuting in London. The composer, however, leaves London and shows up in Monte Carlo to find his wife preparing to go on stage. He insists that she leave and come back to London with him or their marriage is over. The impressario insists that she cannot be a great dancer and be married as well and if she leaves with her husband, her career will be over. The dancer is so torn in two by this conflict that she runs out of the theatre and leaps off of a terrace onto the railroad track below where her husband has gone to catch the train back to London. In many ways this is a beautifully made movie. The sequence that portrays the first performance of 'The Red Shoes' ballet is a wonderful, imaginative piece of film-making that takes the audience in and out of the dancer's imagination as she performs the ballet, making it partly a film of a dance performance and partly an extended dream sequence. Of course, the film's plot is an updating of the fairy tale and the end of the movie parallels the end of that fairy tale. But my reaction as a 21st century viewer of this film was 'Oh please! How stupid! Why can't she dance in Monte Carlo while he opens his opera in London? Why can't they each have their separate careers?' I suppose audiences in 1948 were more willing to accept this ending than a contemporary audience would be. It was less common for women to have careers then and even if they did, if they were married it was expected that the husband's work took priority. I do find it sad that as late as the early 70s, Joni felt forced to sever her relationship with Graham Nash for fear that her work would end up being subordinate to his. There have been a few marriages in the performing arts field that have lasted. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward come to mind. Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn were both respected stage and film actors who had a long and successful marriage. Cameron Crowe and Nancy Wilson have been married for some time now. I think it would take a special kind of person to be partnered with somebody as gifted as Joni is. And I agree with Kate that the whole celebrity thing has to be hard on a relationship. I think that there are many ways of maintaining a relationship, many different kinds of marriages or partnerships. Some people prefer to be in close proximity to their partners as much as possible. Others can maintain the relationship and go along seemingly separate paths. I don't think being a creative artist is mutually exclusive of being in a committed relationship. My 2 cents, anyway. Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:41:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc Mark wrote: << I don't > think being a creative > artist is mutually exclusive of being in a committed > relationship. >> I agree. This made me curious about same-sex couples in which both partners are/were 'creative', whatever that means. Anyway, I looked around and found a very long list of gay and lesbian couples. I have cut and pasted some of the more well-known couples below. In most cases I can't swear they were all actually schtuping or that they were together for many years, but I think it makes for an interesting list. And what about Sigfried and Roy? Ismail Merchant (film producer, chef and author) James Ivory (film director) Gertrude Stein (poet, author) Alice B. Toklas (author) W.H. Auden (poet) Chester Kallman (poet) Christopher Isherwood (author) Don Bachardy (painter) Ned Rorem (composer, author) James Holmes (organist) Leonardo da Vinci (artist, inventor) Giacomo Caprotti (Leonardos apprentice) John Schlesinger (filmmaker) Michael Childers (photographer) Allen Ginsberg (poet) Peter Orlovsky (poet, gardener) Sylvia Beach (bookstore owner, publisher) Adrienne Monnier (writer, publisher) Billy Strayhorn (composer) Aaron Bridgers (pianist) Jean Cocteau (author, poet, painter, filmmaker) Raymond Radiguet (poet, playwrite, author) Jasper Johns (artist) Robert Rauschenberg (artist) Serge Diaghilev (impresario) Vaslav Nijinsky (dancer) Paul Verlaine (poet) Arthur Rimbaud (poet) Susan Sontag (author, critic) Annie Liebovitz (photographer) Lily Tomlin (actor) Jane Wagner (writer, director) Domenico Dolce (clothing designer) Stefano Gabbana (clothing designer) Sir Elton John (singer, songwriter, activist) David Furnish (film producer) Richard Chamberlain (actor, author) Martin Rabbett (producer, director) - --Smurf __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:14:16 -0500 From: "Suze Cameron" Subject: Re: Sopranos NJC /Six Feet Under Mike, I, too, would recommend Six Feet Under. It was a show that I would make time for, and there aren't too many of those on for me now. In fact, there are few shows that I watch on a regular basis now. Reality seems to have taken over, to the point of reality shows mocking reality shows, reality shows featuring former reality show 'stars', etc. Sadly for me, I had to travel when the Six Feet Under final episode aired. There was no cable tv at my destination, so I missed the last show. I have been hoping that HBO will rerun the episode, but as of yet they haven't. I also enjoy 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and if anyone is or was a Seinfeld fan this show is reminiscent of that as Larry David, the show's start, was Jerry's co-writer. The Amazing Race is the one reality show that I would sometimes watch, since I enjoyed seeing the locations the teams were racing to. This season they are in the US, and while it is a new dynamic having family teams of four race, I miss the interesting geography. Suze - -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:20:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc OMG are you saying Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns were pelvic affiliates????? for real???? I had nooooooooooooooooo f-ing clue, but I am tickled pink. But then, I thought the Sopranos theme was by L Cohen, lol, so what do I know. very interesting! Em - --- Smurf wrote: > > Jasper Johns (artist) > Robert Rauschenberg (artist) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:34:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc - --- Em asks: > OMG are you saying Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns > were pelvic > affiliates????? for real???? I had > nooooooooooooooooo f-ing clue, but I > am tickled pink. I had never heard that either, Em, and *I'm* not saying anything, really. I'm going by what I read at http://www.buddybuddy.com/famous.html, some of which I've heard before. There are lots more couples listed there, if you're interested. - --Smurf __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:35:22 -0400 From: vince Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc find pictures of them when they were young and you see why they collaborated on more than art, they were both hot, hot, hot Vince Em wrote: >OMG are you saying Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns were pelvic >affiliates????? for real???? I had nooooooooooooooooo f-ing clue, but I >am tickled pink. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:54:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc wow, realizing how very young they were, when what they were doing first took root. (and how long ago it already was) thx for the perspective.... Em - --- vince wrote: > find pictures of them when they were young and you see why they > collaborated on more than art, they were both hot, hot, hot > > Vince > > Em wrote: > > >OMG are you saying Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns were pelvic > >affiliates????? for real???? I had nooooooooooooooooo f-ing clue, > but I > >am tickled pink. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:57:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: Calling Fred Simon! Calling Fred Simon! (njc) btw Sherelle, my mom loves your CD and thinks you have an awesome and a gorgeous voice. :) I haven't heard much of it myself, since it was a gift for my Mom, but what I heard (snippets through a car window) felt very good indeed. Em - --- Sherelle Smith wrote: > Hi everyone!!! > > I'm a couple of feet above the ground right at the moment!!! Imagine > my > complete surprised as I was listening to Smooth Jazz 105.9 Sunday > Brunch > just now when my friend and host Al Santos announces the next set of > music > would include a song by Fred Simon from Wyndham Hill Records doing > "Scarborough Fair" Yahoo!!!! Yahoo!!!! After the song was over, Al > got back > on to tell everyone how to get the CD and what it was all about. It > was from > a Wyndham Hill compilation called "Cinema" (am I right Fred?). It was > very > good press for Fred!!!! Yahoo!!!!! > > I emailed Al immediately to let him know that I knew Fred and how > proud all > of the Jonilistas are of him! (Al is a Joni Mitchell fan too!) Oh! I > am so > happy right now!!! I feel like a sister who is extremely proud of her > > brother!!!! The Sunday Brunch has a HUGE listening audience and they > like > to buy!!!! Fred, I am so proud of you!!! > > Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:23:06 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained -- njc Bob Ruaschenberg is an aquaintance/friend of mine, and even though he's talked to me about Jasper, I had no idea that they were *more* than friends. He's done a lot for our community, and even though we all know that he's gay, he's never discussed his love life. I just saw him a couple of months ago, and I don't think he has much time left on this earth. Personally, I don't care for his art, but he really has done quite a bit for the arts and for the abused women and children here locally. If I get a chance next time I see him, I'm gonna ask him about Jasper. (he won't mind) Jimmy In a message dated 10/16/2005 4:23:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, emzdogz@yahoo.com writes: > OMG are you saying Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns were pelvic > affiliates????? for real???? I had nooooooooooooooooo f-ing clue, but I > am tickled pink. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:52:13 -0600 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: Night Ride Home question... Joniphiles - Does anyone have any promotional ads from the Night Ride Home era? As I remember it, already when this disc came out, the ad campaign was billing Joni a "classic." Can anyone confirm this? Thanks, Les ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:22:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained - --- Mark Scott wrote: > I suppose audiences in 1948 were more willing to > accept this ending than a > contemporary audience would be. It was less common > for women to have > careers then and even if they did, if they were > married it was expected that > the husband's work took priority. I do find it sad > that as late as the > early 70s, Joni felt forced to sever her > relationship with Graham Nash for > fear that her work would end up being subordinate to > his. That's what I was thinking about - the fact that he, apparently, wanted a wife who would stay at home and look after him and the house, and she remembered her grandmother who gave up her art and was ultimately frustrated by that. It would be a hell of a waste of Joni's talent - and ironically, wouldn't her talent have been one of the things that drew Graham (and others) to her in the first place? You'd think they'd have had the foresight to just hire people to do all that stuff. I don't know what kind of background Nash comes from, but Joni didn't come from a family where you were used to having maids and so on, so I guess at the time, even the idea of hiring a housekeeper would have been strange. > I think it would take a special kind > of person to be > partnered with somebody as gifted as Joni is. And I > agree with Kate that > the whole celebrity thing has to be hard on a > relationship. I think that > there are many ways of maintaining a relationship, > many different kinds of > marriages or partnerships. Some people prefer to be > in close proximity to > their partners as much as possible. Others can > maintain the relationship > and go along seemingly separate paths. I don't > think being a creative > artist is mutually exclusive of being in a committed > relationship. My 2 > cents, anyway. > It certainly shouldn't be but in many cases, it does end up being that way. A lot of people think they can handle it, but often one ends up jealous if their partner is more successful or talented. Or, if one always needs their partner near, but the partner is more independent and needs their own space, that's hard on both. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:02:35 +1300 From: hell@ihug.co.nz Subject: Re: A Case of You Explained Catherine wrote: > You'd think they'd have had the foresight to just > hire people to do all that stuff. I don't know > what kind of background Nash comes from, but Joni > didn't come from a family where you were used to > having maids and so on, so I guess at the time, > even the idea of hiring a housekeeper would have > been strange. I'm not an expert on Graham Nash's life, but from what I've read, he had a very working-class upbringing in Manchester, England. I know his father was jailed for a short time for buying a camera from a "questionable" source, ie. off the black market, although he was ignorant of this fact. (This probably - all IMO, of course - had some bearing on Nash's interest in photography) Nash's mother probably struggled to make ends meet during that time, and I suspect some of that "I want you at home with the kids" attitude was related to that. As an aside, and some more specific Joni content, if you go to www.grahamnash.com, and open the gallery from the "Photography" page, there's a great photo of Joni I've never seen before. Scroll right to the end of the images, and it's about the 5th to last shot. Hell ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:25:33 -0600 From: Bruce Eggleston Subject: First Post, Greetings, "Triple Threats" challenge, lots of Joni content-very long Greetings fans of Joni Mitchell! I am known as Bonneville Bruce and I have been a fan of Ms. Mitchell since the beginning of her trail of gifts to the heart. I recall hearing "Night in the City" on AM radio in Salt lake City, my hometown, in late 1968. I was at once smitten and have been healed thousands of times since by the purity of spirit that she fashions into songs. I will be 55 years old on November 8th, seven years and one day younger than Ms. Mitchell, but a very kindred Scorpio and artist. I can certainly attest that Joni's words, voice and music have comforted, guided, consoled and inspired me for these 37 years. Her music is a muse, an oracle, a mentor and a source of passion for me. All of my great love affairs have been illuminated by her music both as the soundtrack of those times and as a sub-text to my comprehension of what it means to be loved, in all its joy and sorrow. The song that was playing when I proposed marriage to my bride of these 29 years two months and six days was "The Last Time I Saw Richard." Believe me when I quote, "Oh love can be so sweet, love so sweet." Just before that song, we listened to Donovan's "For Little Ones", and we shared a vision of our family-yet-to-be. When "Richard" came on, the walls of doubt and restraint were breached, and Joni's words made it clear that little else matters more than love so sweet. Thanks, Joni, you were right. Just a bit more history, I live on a small farm south of Caldwell, Idaho where we raise hay and horses, the family business. I'm an urban planner and have been since 1983. My lovely bride, Juli, is a special education teacher saving one classroom of children at a time. She is also a big Joni fan, but chooses to appreciate just the pre-DJRD catalogue. We have two wonderful children, a son 21 years old, a theater major, and a daughter 19 years old, in her second year of general education. I am a very amateur guitarist, having started only a few years ago, but love to play those Fender Telecasters and Stratocasters. I am trying to break into the music recording business where my partner and I specialize in concert recordings (as opposed to studio recordings). We also write, play and record our own songs. I was made aware of this list by a mention from ron (?) on the Emmylou Harris listserv (Thanks, Ron). I love Emmylou as well. What I want to offer with this introduction is three posts I made to the Emmylou list in December 2002. I hope this doesn't violate tribal etiquette, but couldn't resist. The first post is my rhapsodizing about La Mitchell. It ends in a challenge to come up with a list of ten "Triple Threats" which I'll state here to save you the trouble of reading the rest of this post. [Who are the top ten "Triple Threats" in your pantheon, the great singers, songwriters and players who performed almost exclusively their own material?] The second post is my lengthy response to my own triple threat challenge. The third post was sent to a Mr. Montgomery, who has some sort of Joni database on her performances, regarding a concert I attended on March 10, 1974 in the Highland High School Auditorium, Salt Lake City. Mr. Montgomery, are you out there? Please forgive me if this is way around the bend for this forum. It won't happen again. Sincerely, Bonneville Bruce From the verdant farm lands of Sunnyslope, Idaho near the banks of the mighty Snake River. __________________________________________________________________________ December 9, 2002 Re: Joni Mitchell Dear Friends of Ms. Luharis, La Mitchell is a very complex read. She's Joyce's "Ulysses" and Homer's "Odysseus" and Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" all at once. She has steadfastly followed her vision in a manner that is at once pure and deep to the soul, and difficult for her fans to track. She states her own conundrum in "For Free," where "I slept Last Night in a good hotel / I went shopping today for jewels / . . . / And I'll play if you have the money / Or if you're a friend to me / But the one-man band / By the quick-lunch stand / He was playing real good for free." How does one deal with the "record-making machine" and maintain as a "Woman of Heart and Mind?" This is just the outer layer of the public struggle she's had to deal with for the last 34 years. Ms. Mitchell has faced deeper demons and exposed them glaringly and painfully to herself and her public from her first songs to the most recent. Someone on the list mentioned the song "Little Green" on "Blue" with reference to the child she gave up. "Child with a child pretending / Weary of lies you are sending home / So you sign all the papers in the family name / You're sad and you're sorry, but you're not ashamed / Little green, have a happy ending." She sings this as a hymn to a child and a lament at the horrible thing she had to do. Yet she is not ashamed. This is the essence of the blues, breaking down the hurt and putting it into art work. The revelation is that art had to triumph in order for her to face the ignoble thing she had done. Otherwise, if she had not wrestled her muse to the writing table, the giving up a child would have been for naught. Hers was a time and place where these were the choices were all grim and fraught with danger for an unwed mother. She chose her muse and has stood her ground for that choice. The men and love affairs in her life are legendary, and all have been vessels of love and ink for her pen. Seemingly none of them have gone the distance for her. They fill her songs with the riches of love and the loneliness of unfulfilled wanting. "Oh, will you take me as I am, Will you take me as I am? Will You?" ("California" - "Blue") La Mitchell has always asked the wrenchingly difficult questions and has received few comforting replies. Again, she steadfastly paces her muse at the expense of love and intimacy. Unfortunately, she has a habit of falling for music men, a fleeting bunch at best. These relationships have inspired many of the greatest love songs in western culture. Each in turn seeking the inner truth of a relationship and finding a universal truth, "You're in my blood like Holy Wine / You taste so bitter and so sweet / Oh, I could drink a case of you darling / And I would still be on my feet." I am trying not to make this a college term paper, but the songs of La Mitchell beg for the deepest empathy from the listener, and if her voice finds that core it is impossible to resist. The joys of Joni are broad and deep for those who make the time in their lives to connect with her art. I have followed her joys and sorrows lo these many years and have always come away with moving and challenging experience. She is a difficult one to love but I invariably feel the better for it. I hope the folks on this list do take the time to seek out her art, both musical and visual, to experience one of the most original artists of our time. Joni's art needs no apologies, nor any defense from the likes of me. It stands the test of time and scrutiny of her peers. She is the consummate artist who writes, plays and sings at a level matched by only a few in history. Until her last album, "Both Sides Now," she wrote 99.9% of the lyrics and music on 20 albums in 34 years (an album every 18.5 months, for three and a half decades, including the two greatest hits/misses albums). She sings like a flock of angels with, formerly a five octave range, and her guitar and piano playing are excellent. In comparison, for example, Mr. Dylan is a timeless and monumental writer, a darn good player and a passing singer. Van Morrison is a great writer, a fabulous singer and a good player. Lennon and McCartney fill the bill with their Beatles work, but not as much as solo artists. Ms. Emmylou Harris is a fabulous singer, a good but infrequent writer and a good player, and a good person. Paul Simon is a great, but not prolific writer, a decent singer (he fired the voice in the band), and a very good guitarist. Aretha sings like the entire Heavenly Host at once, her piano playing is excellent, but she wrote little of her music. Mr. Springsteen is a great writer, a decent player and a bombastic singer, more nervy than melodic. Stevie Wonder is the real deal in all three categories and a great producer as well, but we haven't heard much from Mr. Wonder lately. I haven't seen anyone in the last 20 years even worth mentioning in this context. (Ms. Ani DeFanco does score high in this context, but her customary rancor leaves me flat.) I worked my way to a challenge for the list members. Who are the triple threats in your pantheon, the great individual singers, songwriters who performed almost exclusively their own material, and players? I mentioned ten, so this is the challenge. Peace, Love and Happiness Bruce Eggleston Caldwell, Idaho __________________________________________________________________________ December 9, 2002 Dear Fans of Ms. Emmylou, I have been thinking about my own challenge to name your pantheon of triple threats. I named the following (in no particular order). 1. Joni Mitchell 2. Mr. Dylan 3. Van Morrison 4. John Lennon 5. Paul McCartney 6. Emmylou Harris 7. Paul Simon 8. Aretha Franklin 9. Mr. Springsteen 10. Stevie Wonder When I wrote that I was trying to make the point that there are few musicians of our time with the depth of talent, on average, in the areas of singing, song writing and instrumental performance possessed by Joni Mitchell. I used my list, and presumably that of majority of the members of my generation (the "hope I die before I get old" [Townsend] generation), of musical icons to demonstrate the point. I did not intend these fabulous musicians to necessarily represent my pantheon of musical triple threats. I am not recanting that august list, even though only one of them, Mr. Steveland Wonder, approaches instrumental virtuosity. I named these ten superlative artists primarily for their song writing artistry and their singing abilities over extended careers. I want to add to my list some who haven't received mention, and for whom I share the same passion as I do for the first ten. James Marshall Hendrix has been perhaps the most heartfelt inspiration of any musician I have had the experience to have experienced. I was one of the fortunate 1,500 to see him up close and in his prime on August 28, 1968 in the Lagoon Amusement Park (just north of Salt Lake City). The hall was so small, that their amps were only about 75 feet from the back wall. And they were loud. The Experience were in top form, feeling good and played nine to the universe. It was literally a transcendental experience, without the aid of intoxicants of any kind, this was Salt Lake, you know. Jimi, Noel and Mitch played like the possessed, as, indeed they were. I read decades later in Mitch Mitchell's book that they had dropped a good hit of acid that day and toured the stunning Wasatch Mountains which loom over the Salt Lake Valley. They played all of their first two albums, "Are You Experienced" and "Axis: Bold as Love," which was about to be released. The man could sing in the tradition of the great blues shouters, he wrote some period-defining songs, and, do I have to come right out and say it? That man could play the guitar. Amen. The group phenomena that we became that night had everything to do with raw, unadulterated lust, and bluesy sex. The good Mormon teenagers of Salt Lake respectfully removed the clothing from one another and danced wildly in various states of their altogethers. Swear on a stack of Bibles that is what happened. The Patio Gardens hall, now a video game shed, became a writhing den of teen lust at the behest of astounding artistry of the Experience. It was not due to any urging by the band other than their otherworldly playing. As John Lennon quipped, "There was not a dry seat in the house." It started out that most of us were in formal prom-wear, suits and ties and starchy dresses, and needed some boogie room in those clothes. One thing led to another, and we got back to the garden that night. The sexual aspect of Hendrix's persona has been underplayed, but it became an integral part of who he was and how he performed without it becoming the focal point of his act, no pun intended. He was all about music, but he made that sexual energy part of the mix. Which brings up Mick Jagger, who said, when asked if rock 'n' roll was dirty, "Only if it is done right." Apologies to Woody Allen. I offer this tale of pure musical magic as an example of that thing for which we all strive to find in the art that moves us, and I don't mean the disrobing part of the story, that is just what happens when it gets too hot to handle, yes it does. Only music has had this profound of an affect on me, the ability to inspire transcendence. That is the true test of a triple threat, one(s) who can elevate the participants to another spiritual level through their art. I have had that experience with all the performers that I have mentioned, each in their own realm and degree. I had an equally emotional/spiritual epiphany with Joni Mitchell and the L. A. Express at the Highland High School Auditorium (capacity 2,000) in Salt Lake in 1972. They were on the "Miles of Aisles Tour." La Mitchell poured out her heart and soul and we were transported by the sight. My friends had to restrain me from throwing myself at her feet and begging for her hand in marriage. Joni was in her full five octave range and used every part of it that night. She was truly inspirational in the way she bared her innermost secrets, yet drew strength from the catharsis. One does not weep for Joni, one is elevated from the enormous inner reserve in her voice and phrasing. I have had these transcendent concert moments with Ms. Emmylou Harris and Spyboy, 1997, and the original Hot Band in 1975. The 1975 show opened with Willie Nelson and his superb band of heavy players, sister Bobby on Piano, Paul English on drums, etc. I thought their playing was somewhere between Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys and Miles Davis' band on "Bitches Brew." They were one of the best jam bands I've ever heard, where they had that uncanny ability to telepathically make changes that distinguish the best bands in jazz, rock or bluegrass. Willie's guitar playing is extremely musical and to the point. He is certainly a triple threat, a great singer, a very talented guitarist and a foundation writer in the country/alt.country-before-it-was-cool genres. I did not know anything about Ms. Harris and the Hot Band that night, and I couldn't imagine anyone topping this Willie gig. Well, I was wrong about that. Ms. Emmylou burned like the cleansing flame of God that night, as did the Hot Band. I became a complete convert in about the first 30 seconds after she started to sing. And you know the rest of the story, I've been a devotee and rabid follow of Ms. Harris since. Definitely Mr. Eric Clapton, in his many incarnations, has inspired that sensation of transcendence. I had the holy grail experience of seeing Mr. Clapton with Derek and the Dominos, in the Dirt Palace (seating capacity approx. 3,000) in Salt Lake, on their only tour in 1972. After they played the entire "Layla ... " album and some Cream and Blind Faith material, he closed the show by, "Bringing out a guy, some of you might know, to play with us, Mr. George Harrison." They played "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" while we all went to rock 'n' roll heaven. The sublimity of the moment was only exceeded by the beauty of the music pouring from the hearts of the five musicians, Eric Clapton: guitar, vocals; Carl Radle: bass; Bobby Whitlock: keyboards and vocals; Jim Gordan: drums, George Harrison: lead vocals, hand-painted Fender Stratocaster, second lead/rhythm guitar. I had the great good fortune to see Mr. Clapton August 2, 2001, and I swear he has become a better guitarist and singer than he was in 1972. His passion in playing has evolved to different (acoustic blues) realms of the instrument, but his technical and emotional chops are second to none. Mr. Clapton is still quite capable of dominating any musical conversation with any room full of contemporaries one might care to gather together. To put it more to the point, Eric would kick ass and take names later, no doubt. Mr. Donovan Lietch has high place in my triple threat pantheon. The man has a gorgeous, if idiosyncratic, voice, his guitar playing is inventive and spot-on and his writing stands up to the test of time. I had the opportunity to see him in concert in 1967, and again in 1982. Those shows were musically and spiritually compelling The man has followed his own muse, the hip/psychedelic one, faithfully and without compromise. Thank you Emmylou for bringing Buddy and Julie Miller out of obscurity. I will treat them as a quintuple threat, as they are somewhat a musical unity, and soul mates, and Julie is not a world class instrumentalist. Buddy is easily one of the most talented musicians, in all regards, on the scene today. His guitar playing is as multidimensional and as focused as anyone you could name. He seemingly can play anything with strings on it very well. I love how Buddy sings, an unrepentant born-again honky-tonk hero with Philly Soul. It doesn't get much cooler than that. Their song writing, both together and separately is married in time when they sing the words. As Emmylou said they do many little things vocally that are usually associated with family like the Carters or the Everly Brothers. I am in the group who find Julie's vocals charming and innocent, which often belies the seriousness of her lyrics. This makes her vocals and lyrics even more attractive to me. She and Buddy are the embodiment of all that is distinct and vital in Americana style music. They write with social awareness and conscience that keeps their work vital to music lovers who need more than tone or beat in their music. What they write is every bit as essential to the scene today as all those poseur spanky boys and girls who rap their way to fortune as the flav of the week at the beck and call of the record-making machine. Julie's writing has drawn from the best and brightest who have wielded a pen for a social cause, Mr. Dylan, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, Woody Guthrie. Janis Ian and others and tempered it with her deep religious beliefs to find her own spiritual center. I believe their voices shall endure like the many other triple threats named on this listserv. I could not end this novella without paying homage to the multifaceted and perversely obscure Neil Young. Ms. Harris named him several times as her favorite song writer. When it comes to song writing, Ms. Emmylou is the authority. Mr. Young's vocal stylizing are usually on the edge, they are second to none in the depth-of-emotion department. I find his playing both simple and endlessly fascinating. His concerts are to be cherished as whole works of art conceived and delivered as a whole to his fans like the tablets from Moses. His working of the rock 'n' roll canvas has no equal, due in part to his longevity as an important artist, roughly 37 years of one challenging record after another. I love the many Neils, the blues man, the rocker, the country picker, the big band leader, the folkie, the space cadet, the Godfather of Grunge, the CSN&Y linchpin, the heart of the Buffalo Springfield, the stallion in Crazy Horse, the loving father of the Bridge concerts, friend of Emmylou. Neil is the real threat in triple threat, as one never knows from whence he is coming. Mr. Young is a scary guy, but one you'd like to try to get to know, because you might learn something from him you need to know. Love Peace and Happiness, Bruce Eggleston Caldwell, Idaho December 28, 2002 __________________________________________________________________________ Joni Mitchell concert in Salt Lake City, Utah Dear Mr. Montgomery, I attended a Joni Mitchell concert in Salt Lake City, Utah, backed by Tom Scott and the L. A. Express on the "Miles of Aisles" Tour. The date was March 10, 1974 in the Highland High School Auditorium, Salt Lake City. The Auditorium seated approximately 1,500. I found the reference to it in my journal, and I quote: "March 10th was the first annual Joni Mitchell Day at Snowbird (Ski Resort). She was in attendance, holding forth on Chickadee (beginners ski run) and the Plaza Restaurant." This was hours prior to the concert at 8:00 p.m. that night. La Mitchell performed almost verbatim the set list from the "Miles of Aisles" album. For most the show she sat at black concert grand piano adorned with one red rose in a vase, and sang like the Heavenly host for two hours. The venue was very intimate, the acoustics were superb in a very "live-hard-sufraced" hall. Everything about the show was magnificent. The highlight was "The Last Time I Saw Richard". When she sang "love's so sweet" I thought I was going to die and go to rock 'n' roll heaven. So did everyone else there. Ms. Mitchell was magnificent in her beauty and her pain, every broken love poured from her heart that night. We were at once humbled and renewed by her transcendental artistry, she gave us all "a river to skate away on" that night. Sincerely, Bruce Eggleston Caldwell, Idaho ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2005 #394 ***************************** ------- 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)