From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #445 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 Friday, December 2 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 445 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Pretty Green, perhaps the last word [Gary Z ] Desktop pic #25 [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Desktop pic #26 [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Desktop pic #27 [Mark-Leon Thorne ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:50:23 -0500 From: Gary Z Subject: Re: Pretty Green, perhaps the last word Joni's talking about Los Angeles staying green, right? "Well, it don't snow here, it stays pretty green...." Los Angeles is one of my favorite cities and in the winter, I don't believe it stays "pretty" or "rather" green, it stays very green. I always took the line to mean pretty as in lovely. When you come from a place where it snows in the winter, Los Angeles is a very pretty green to see in December. I never even thought about Joni meaning i.e., "rather." Those of you who think it refers to "rather" as opposed to "lovely" (using these two words to just try to differentiate) may well be right. I've just never interpreted it that way. It would be a great question to ask Joni! Best regards, Gary Bryan wrote: >>Well, the response, while modest, has been decidedly pro-"rather." >> >> >I'll vote > for "lovely" however. It just seems more Joni-like to me, especially >in the > somewhat-precious language she sometimes used in her early work (yes, >Blue is > early). It also seems more visually, emotionally and poetically >descriptive to me than the "rather" option. > Bryan > >Your idea of poetic language pretty much differs from mine! If a poet >used "pretty green" in the way you see it, I would think she was being >pretty lazy! LOL >Kate in Saskatchewan, >where it's pretty chilly right now > > Well, in the context of a light-pop song like "River" (it starts out as Jingle Bells, remember), "pretty green" might work as "poetry" In "Amelia," no, in "River," perhaps. > Bryan > In Ohio, where only the Christmas trees now are "pretty green." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:13:36 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Desktop pic #24 Here is Hejira #3: http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0E34XLXMZYYJK3PHOBNWSG2CSF Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:35:24 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Desktop pic #25 Here is Hejira part 4: http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0AB9W5ZFD5GU72YPIAFRVH9F8N Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 17:54:17 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Desktop pic #26 Here is Hejira part 5: http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=02MFI6ZDQ2RYH2ANBQ2V922H5W Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:18:55 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Desktop pic #27 Here is Hejira part 6: http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0S62779ZBV0452NY9Q4R20LLH7 This one is dedicated to Australian citizen, Van Nyuen who was hanged today in Singapore. I am not usually political but, this appalled me and broke my heart. Drug trafficking must be stopped but, no one, not even a government should have the power to end a human being's life. It is murder whichever way you look at it. Get behind Amnesty International. He is the first Australian to face a death penalty in 12 years. It should never happen again. I feel comforted to see so many of my countrymen out in the city at vigils. I'm grateful that I live in a country of compassion. I for one will boycott Singapore. I'm so upset right now, I need to go listen to some Joni. Mark in Sydney. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2005 #445 ***************************** ------- 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)