From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #452 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 Thursday, December 8 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 452 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Happy Birthday NJC ["mike pritchard" ] Joni Covers On iTunes [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Joni Covers On iTunes [Bob Muller ] RE: holiday season, njc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: holiday season, njc ["JR" ] #449 NJC Oh Holy Night [Chuck Eisenhardt ] RE: Happy Birthday NJC [Joseph Palis ] Re: Joni Covers, Volume 71 - Fiddling About [JoniPD ] Joni at The Skip Weshner show, date unknown [JoniPD ] Mary Wilson sings Both Sides Now - njc [Richard Goldman ] Joni at Commonwealth Club ["Les Irvin" ] RE: Joni at The Skip Weshner show, date unknown ["Richard Flynn" ] stays pretty green (NJC to be safe) ["Richard Flynn" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:49:36 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Happy Birthday NJC Happy Birthday Tom Waits and Noam Chomsky: thanks for everything. mike in bcn np - tom waits - diamonds on my windscreen npimh 'colder than a welldigger's ass' ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 21:09:39 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Joni Covers On iTunes The iTunes Music Store recently opened in Australia and I just made my first purchases. I recall someone mentioning a Joni cover group called, Big Yellow Taxi. Aside from the stupid name for the group, they are actually very good. Musically and instrumentally. OK, for those who don't like covers that are too similar to Joni's original, you won't like it. I love it. especially the choice of songs. Songs on iTunes Australia are $1.69 each. I bought 3 from this group - The Dawntreader, Passion Play and Sunny Sunday. I also found another Joni cover on there and purchased it. Of course, as a gay man, I'm always intrigued by a male doing one of Joni's torch songs to a former lover such as Brian Kennedy's beautiful version of A Case of You and Kind of Like Spitting's stark version of The Last Time I saw Richard. Well, I found another gem - Willy by Richard Isen. I believe he is from San Francisco. The artist is listed incorrectly on iTunes as Joni Mitchell. Now, all I need is a male doing the only actual gay themed song Joni wrote - Two Grey Rooms. Bob, if you need any of these for the covers CDs, let me know. I do believe in sharing music so, that goes for everyone. Mark in Sydney NP A Case of You - Brian Kennedy. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 03:49:50 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Joni Covers On iTunes Thanks Mark - I do have those mentioned. I'll have to dig and see if I can find Steve Polifka's version of 2GR for ya. Bob NP: Ben Folds, "Adelaide" - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 06:51:05 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: holiday season, njc I'm thinking too: It's even more mind boggling IF there were two exactly alike. I'll check the PBS website..this documentary sounds fascinating. Thanks... Bree >My question about no two snowflakes being the same has always been: Are any >two ANYTHING the exactly same? > > Also, Bree, there was a man who made the study of snowflakes his life's >work and there was a book and PBS (I think) documentary about him. I've >forgotten the name of it, but if anyone knows, it's well worth checking >out. I think I once saw a website devoted to him, too. > > --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:40:03 -0500 From: "JR" Subject: Re: holiday season, njc Snowflake Bentley was his name, from Jericho, VT. JR - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bree Mcdonough" To: ; Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 6:51 AM Subject: RE: holiday season, njc > I'm thinking too: It's even more mind boggling IF there were two exactly > alike. > > I'll check the PBS website..this documentary sounds fascinating. > > Thanks... > > > Bree > > > >My question about no two snowflakes being the same has always been: Are any > >two ANYTHING the exactly same? > > > > Also, Bree, there was a man who made the study of snowflakes his life's > >work and there was a book and PBS (I think) documentary about him. I've > >forgotten the name of it, but if anyone knows, it's well worth checking > >out. I think I once saw a website devoted to him, too. > > > > --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:49:18 -0500 From: Chuck Eisenhardt Subject: #449 NJC Oh Holy Night I think the lyric is '.....fall on your knees....' This is an absolutely wonderful Christmas song. It's a high point of our annual solstice celebration (we do lots of caroling). One year, several women even wore knee pads (but of course, this was during the Clinton administration). ChuckE ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:45:01 +0100 (CET) From: Joseph Palis Subject: RE: Happy Birthday NJC I bought Tom Waits' "Blood Money" and "Franks Wild Years" yesterday in remembrance of this keenly perceptive, outrageously talented, ogre-voiced songwriter'sbirthday. mike pritchard a icrit : Happy Birthday Tom Waits and Noam Chomsky: thanks for everything. mike in bcn np - tom waits - diamonds on my windscreen npimh 'colder than a welldigger's ass' - --------------------------------- Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Tilichargez le ici ! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:05:18 +0100 From: JoniPD Subject: Re: Joni Covers, Volume 71 - Fiddling About Hi!!! Woke up / Get out of bed / Grabbed a comb across my hair... And there it was! Another volume of Joni's Covers and Contributions (71!) at my reach... A Thousand Thanks, Bob! I'm enjoying it right now... Joellen Lapidus' Carey is a very amusing cover: of course her voice isn't... but it's a very fine rendition, though (and some history from the dulcimer luthier!) Dennis Caplinger's Big Yellow Taxi: I really love these nice instrumentals... Artists in Resonance's Woodstock: oh! I'm getting old'n weaker but that brings me tears to my eyes. Very enjoyable a cappella cover, IMHO Ellen Metzger's Two Grey Rooms: the trumpet is very very beautiful! it's a pity it takes the place of the piano, but... you can't have everything! ... and Wait! I've still got a lot of Both Sides Now to listen to! I'm in Heaven! (but I've got to prepare to carry some 15 children to watch the Narnia movie so... Emiliano, you better go hurry) Many Thanks again, Bob! and if someone of oyu can't grab it, just let me know it and this time I'll upload it myself. http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31BEOGM6IPO1Z2SWE9PWCCM3YN Happily yours: Emiliano NP: Masaki Ueda: Both Sides Now ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:17:03 +0100 From: JoniPD Subject: Joni at The Skip Weshner show, date unknown Hi, dears! I can't find it in the web page of Joni's appearances, but it seems Joni did play at The Skip Weshner Show (Los Angeles, KRHM 102,7 FM) A friend of mine has just sent to me a bunch of his programs (Jose Feliciano -from 1962, no less-, Don McLean, Hoyt Axton, etc etc etc.... and a (very short) one from our SIQUOMB!!! well, you can have it via yousendit: "01 - Morning Morgantown.wav" (34234 KB) http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2JT3VKJU4ZSL23F1F798NEYP4T this is very large in Megabytes, so there's a .flac version, if oyu know how to handle it: "01 - Morning Morgantown.flac" (13670 KB) http://s62.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1MYC7CSEG6M8A32OJDN5FIF02N also.... "02 - (intro).mp3" (1337 KB) http://s56.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0C86HYH8L3BIH0QD6RKCITZ8VZ "03 - Morning Morgantown.mp3" (4515 KB) http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2K16L8T9K27W32SJYUC3UTBS0B (this is the same rendition, somewhat edited) "04 - (conversation).mp3" (23818 KB) http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3QHVDAATA9VTU375MTBQCRC0HH this is the interview, somewhat long... and a little artwork for it, too... "renamed_Joni Mitchell JMSkipShow.jpg" (322 KB) http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=130Q93A1EICN423RRNJ3P02VRJ "renamed_Joni Mitchell JMSkipShowB.jpg" (128 KB) http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1FYZJCJL2XU6V0T7EH637DZCKL and that's all (for now), folks! Have a Wonderful time! Yours: Emiliano NP: Shirley McDonald: Both Sides Now PS: if you have any trouble getting these... just tell me! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 11:16:09 -0800 From: Richard Goldman Subject: Mary Wilson sings Both Sides Now - njc I'm posting the entire review, but really only the bit about BSN is, I guess, relevant here? Maybe not. She's doing a one-woman show here in San Francisco ... it's been extended.... Enjoy! ~Richard n.p. Morning Becomes Ecclectic/kcrwfm streaming on the net..... ====== REVIEW A survivor and sensualist, Mary Wilson shares her love of life in intimate show Rachel Howard, Special to The Chronicle Wednesday, December 7, 2005 * * "Everyone wants to know, 'Why am I doing this kind of show?' " former Supremes member Mary Wilson said Sunday night, her diamond choker glittering as she surveyed the crimson-walled Empire Plush Room. "Because I realized at the age of 61 and one-half -- as my mother used to say -- 'Girl, it's high time you do what you want to do.'" And was she ever doing it. From the moment Wilson prowled onto the stage, dress sheer up to her thigh, silky tresses falling to her ample bosom, husky voice singing "Here's to Life," you could practically hear the crowd thinking "Diana Ross who?" As Wilson joked later, "It's all about me" -- and though the audience was stacked with Supremes fans, they walked out Mary Wilson admirers. How couldn't you fall for a woman with the spirit of a survivor, the sensuality of a cat, the bawdy humor of a show-biz vet? When her headset malfunctioned at the start of the show, she turned it into a phallic riff with one of the techies. That intimacy came with a wink, but much of the evening's closeness -- Wilson has titled this cabaret outing "Up Close and Personal" -- was no joke. Wilson talked of her early days with the Supremes, of drinking from the "colored" fountain and being denied hotel rooms during a tour with "The Dick Clark Show." She dedicated "I Am Changing," from the Broadway show "Dreamgirls," to the late Supreme Florence Ballard. She wove her way toward "New York State of Mind" with a rumination on returning to college at New York University in her 50s. And she explained that she had to sing Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" because it was the song that had gotten her through the death of her son. Her singing was as personal as her chatter. Though her excellent band was large for the Plush Room's confines -- Mark Zier on piano, Daniel Fabricant on bass, Donzell Davis on drums, Ray Pannell on guitar and even Winston Byrd on trumpet -- every song felt as though she'd wrapped an arm around your shoulder. Her voice was smoky, limited in range, but transparent and true. Her musicians rollicking, she made "New York State of Mind" an electric surge of nostalgia and slunk teasingly through "Girl From Ipanema." Lighter numbers like "Spring Is Here" and "Smile" were sparkling and fun, but it was Wilson's singular arrangement of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" that made the room go still with pain and longing. She didn't sing it as a diva, but as a woman with eight grandchildren, a woman who has known both fame and the scramble for money, a woman with enduring beauty and a sense of humor. With such vulnerability on display, her signature Supremes medley was just icing, but it got five male fans on the stage singing along with her, including one off-duty drag queen who professed that he'd lip-synched her music at a Trannyshack pageant. Wilson smiled warmly upon him with the tempered satisfaction of a star who, like all stars, has lived life as one of us -- but isn't afraid to admit it. - ------------------------------ Mary Wilson: Up Close and Personal has been extended through Dec. 17 at the Empire Plush Room, 940 Sutter St., San Francisco. Tickets: $47.50-$55. Call (415) 885-6800 - ------------------------------ To hear an interview with Mary Wilson, download the podcast at sfgate.com/blogs/podcasts ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 15:29:19 -0500 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: Happy Birthday NJC From: "Joseph Palis" <<< I bought Tom Waits' "Blood Money" and "Franks Wild Years" yesterday in remembrance of this keenly perceptive, outrageously talented, ogre-voiced songwriter's birthday. >>> And let's not forget Dave Brubeck, currently touring Europe, who turned 85 yesterday. (I hate to think about what the groupies look like in that age-range ) Warmly, Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 15:31:03 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: Joni at Commonwealth Club Joniphiles - Let's all help turn Joni's talk into a public radio broadcast! Les - -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Lawton Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:41 AM Greetings JMDL, Here is a very special holiday treat for the JMDL community. On Earth Day of this year, I had the rare pleasure of hosting Joni as a speaker at the Commonwealth Club of California, where she spoke to a sold-out audience of around 400. The audio of her speech has been posted on the Club's website at http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/05/05-04mitchell-audio.html I know that you and the rest of the JMDL community will enjoy this recording. I am working on posting a text transcription and will alert you when it is available. It is possible that the Club may broadcast this recording via public radio on or around Earth Day 2007, but this would depend on the level of interest that the program generates on-line, so I urge all JMDL members to spead the word, and point as many people to the Club's website as possible. Keep up the good work! Regards, Andrew Lawton San Francisco, CA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:15:54 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Joni at The Skip Weshner show, date unknown What a find! Thank you so much. Joni talking about Robert Louis Stevenson, childhood, etc. Don't miss it! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of JoniPD Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:17 AM To: Joni JMDL Subject: Joni at The Skip Weshner show, date unknown Hi, dears! I can't find it in the web page of Joni's appearances, but it seems Joni did play at The Skip Weshner Show (Los Angeles, KRHM 102,7 FM) A friend of mine has just sent to me a bunch of his programs (Jose Feliciano -from 1962, no less-, Don McLean, Hoyt Axton, etc etc etc.... and a (very short) one from our SIQUOMB!!! well, you can have it via yousendit: "01 - Morning Morgantown.wav" (34234 KB) http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2JT3VKJU4ZSL23F1F798NEYP4T this is very large in Megabytes, so there's a .flac version, if oyu know how to handle it: "01 - Morning Morgantown.flac" (13670 KB) http://s62.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1MYC7CSEG6M8A32OJDN5FIF02N also.... "02 - (intro).mp3" (1337 KB) http://s56.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0C86HYH8L3BIH0QD6RKCITZ8VZ "03 - Morning Morgantown.mp3" (4515 KB) http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2K16L8T9K27W32SJYUC3UTBS0B (this is the same rendition, somewhat edited) "04 - (conversation).mp3" (23818 KB) http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3QHVDAATA9VTU375MTBQCRC0HH this is the interview, somewhat long... and a little artwork for it, too... "renamed_Joni Mitchell JMSkipShow.jpg" (322 KB) http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=130Q93A1EICN423RRNJ3P02VRJ "renamed_Joni Mitchell JMSkipShowB.jpg" (128 KB) http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1FYZJCJL2XU6V0T7EH637DZCKL and that's all (for now), folks! Have a Wonderful time! Yours: Emiliano NP: Shirley McDonald: Both Sides Now PS: if you have any trouble getting these... just tell me! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 15:57:22 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Joni Covers, Volume 71 - Fiddling About Glad you were able to get it this time 'round Emiliano - and I agree with you, there's something about the acapella Woodstocks that just cut right through me - very emotional treatments. Lots of other fun acapella covers to come so stay tuned. Thanks for all of your reviews - I always love to hear the feedback and what everyone thinks. Bob NP: Joe Jackson, "'Round Midnight" - --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:40:57 -0800 (PST) From: Bryan Subject: Julia does Joni This was sent to members of Julia Fordham's email list, about an upcoming appearance by Julia and her sister, Claire. Be there or be square, Angelinos. Hello All  On Saturday, December 17th at 2.30pm sharp @ Barnes & Noble - 189 The Grove in Los Angeles (3rd & Fairfax, behind the Farmers Market) Claire will be reading a chapter from her fab book Plus One: A Year In The Life Of A Hollywood Nobody about the time when Her Royal Holiness Joni Mitchell came to our house. We will then be doing a rendition of Big Yellow Taxi where Claire is in fact uncannily good at the oooooooo bop bop bop bit. If only she could stick to the harmony part on the rest of my repertoire, as then she might actually be of some real use to me on the road, but oooooooooooooooh no, she just always HAS to start singing the melody at the top of her lungs  which is of course no use to man or beast, what with that being my job and all! Also, I am going to do a set of songs  some old faves, a new song, and a couple of Christmas carols, including a duet of Silent Night with the marvelous Judith Owen. So come on down and get Merry. In addition to all of this Holiday spirit, Judith and her ridiculously talented husband Harry Shearer, will be having a Holiday Sing-A-Long at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA on Wednesday, Dec 14. I will be joining Judith for Silent Night and I will be singing Have Yourself A Merry Christmas. For more information - http://wdch.laphil.com/tix/performance_detail.cfm?id=2426 Love and Tinsel-Tinged Kisses, Julia - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 22:13:45 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: stays pretty green (NJC to be safe) I was talking at dinner about the discussion of the interpretation of the lines from "River" with my partner, Rebecca, and she sang the lines "It don't snow here / It stays pretty green, " and then, in a perfect deadpan delivery, said "I think it means they don't have any cocaine, but just smoke pot." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:24:27 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Cindy Sheehan at UConn, Part I Kate B. wrote: Patti I am so excited for you & I can't think of anyone I'd rather see have dinner with Cindy than you! - -- Thank you so much, Kate! What a kind thing to say -- you make my heart sing! Bless you, Joni Sister! If it is appropriate, please share your own story (about your son & tossing his mail etc) as I think it is compelling. As far as what I'd want to share with her well I guess that I admire her so much for turning her grief into positive action. She is making a huge difference & she speaks for me. She is so courageous to stand up to this very corrupt administration - -- she used the very same words ("corrupt administration"!) & I hope she will have the energy & desire to keep at it until the troops come home. - -- I have no doubt that she will. No doubt whatsover. She is on a mission. I think she is a modern day Rosa Parks. And please, ask her what she needs from us. - ------ Oh, my dear Joniamigos! Sorry I didn't write sooner, but I couldn't find a working computer on Cloud Nine! You know how it is at those icy altitudes! I have so much to share with you, so I think I will need to write this in two parts: one about Cindy's speech (the part I am writing now), and the second about my dinner with Cindy before the speech (that one will have to wait until another day -- but it will be good, with some jmdl mentions!). And I will do it in reverse order, so I can answer Kate's last question, which is very important: "And please, ask her what she needs from us." About Cindy's speech: I have never been so moved, blown away, inspired, touched, empowered, saddened, filled with hope, etc. in my entire life. One thing I can say with absolute surety is that Cindy Sheehan is a gift in our troubled times. This woman is on a mission and is not to be deterred. I wish I could give you a transcript of her speech, but I don't have it (yet!). She started out talking about Casey -- what a sweet and wonderful son he was, how he wanted to be an elementary school teacher, how he had already completed three years of college. How he wanted to "serve his country" (and that's when the hecklers scattered throughout the audience started clapping. I'm happy to report that they stopped after that, and from my observations, finally started to LISTEN to Cindy, and I really think they began to "get it."). She went on to say how Casey was an Eagle Scout, an altar boy, a sweet and trusting soul who wanted to make the world a better place, and who trusted the recruiters who told him he could be a chaplain and would never be in a battle. He was only in Iraq for five days when he was killed. In a battle. In an ambush. I started dabbing at the tears welling up in the corners of my eyes, and then just gave up. I could not stop the tears from streaming down my cheeks. A quick glance around me assured me that I was not alone. To quote Joan Baez: "Cindy's is the final tear for the overflow and you can't stop running water." She spoke of her heartbreak. Her depression. How badly she wanted to just take the whole bottle of sleeping pills so as not to feel the pain. But she had three other children to live for, and she knew she had to muddle through somehow. She talked about coming home and seeing Casey's car in the driveway, and for a brief moment thinking: "He's not dead. Casey is home!", but then the cruel reality and truth would slap her. These moments happened over and over again. A few weeks after Casey died, her daughter Carly wrote that beautiful poem (I posted it a few days ago), and she started to get active in the peace movement. Kate, you asked "what she needs from us." Yes, this is the most important thing, obviously! What can we do??? She encouraged us to get involved. She reminded us that all good change (civil rights, women's rights, etc.) comes from below (gesturing with her hands), from the bottom up, from the people. She quoted Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." She talked about how wonderful Camp Casey was, how all the love and support spurred her on. She encouraged us to join peace groups (Veterans for Peace, Friends Committee, etc.), to form communities of love. She used one of my favorite quotes of all time, from Ghandi: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." "Be peace", Cindy said. She said people tell her she has great courage, and she rejects that claim. She said that to have courage, you need to have fear, and that she has no fear. To lose a child is the absolute worst thing that can ever happen to anyone, so how could anything be worse than that? What could she possibly fear now, since she has already experienced the worst? She said she is fearless. She doesn't care what people say about her. All she wants to do is to prevent other mothers (and fathers, of course) from experiencing what she has experienced. (Deep breath. I hope I am paraphrasing her correctly. Some of the anti-Cindy signs say: "Cindy, you DON'T speak for me." Well, of course, I am just the opposite. I say: "Cindy, you DO speak for me." I pray that I am speaking well for YOU right now.) It felt really good to be sitting with 480 people who could cry and nod with you at every word she said. The other 20 or so were hecklers, but we kept them quiet. To my heart and mind, this theater became sacred ground. You could hear a pin drop, and the photo in yesterday's local paper confirmed this: it showed everyone at rapt attention, many with their elbows on their knees, staring straight at Cindy. I wish you all could have been there. I was already a "believer", but now I feel stronger than ever that we all have to work together to give peace a chance, so it is not just a dream some of us had. As far as a more scholarly and critical, less biased, review of her speech goes, I offer you this. My friend's husband is a professor of communcation sciences AND psychology. He was very impressed with Cindy's content, and her delivery. Very impressed. She was just amazing. Amazing grace like I have rarely seen. I am so thankful to have been there. When she was done, she fielded questions, some not so nice, and she remained calm and purposeful through the whole lot of them. Then it was off to the lobby to buy her book: "Not One More Mother's Child." I had a brand new friend with me, a young undergrad who spied my camera and asked me if I would take a picture of him w/ Cindy, promising to return the favor. (He gave me back my smile, and he didn't keep my camera to sell! ). When he finally got to Cindy, she thanked him for his sweet smile. (I know she was thinking of Casey; they are about the same age.) Then it was my turn. She clearly recognized my face from the dinner, but not remembering my name, she asked for it, and I said: "Patti." She said: "Oh, Patti! Some of your friends were just mentioning you." So I sputtered: "Oh, no Cindy. Those people at our dinner tonight? I don't even know them! They were all strangers to me before tonight." She shook her head and said: "No, those were not people from our dinner party." I laughed and said: "Oh, they must be friends from my department. I've been excited about seeing you all week!" She then signed the book: "To Patti. Nice meeting you. Love and peace, Cindy Sheehan." And then she posed for two pictures which my new peace buddy Kody took for us. I then told her: "Cindy, I pray for you and Casey every day." She looked me straight in the eyes, with such sadness and gratitude, and grabbed my hand and kissed it for about ten seconds, with her eyes closed. I feel like our souls touched. No, I KNOW our souls touched. I will never forget it. And I will *never* stop sharing Cindy's message. Be peace. Love, Patti P., off to watch the local news to see Both Sides Now at UConn: what happened at the devil incarnate Anne Coulter's speech on campus tonight! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:40:20 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: stays pretty green (NJC to be safe) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Flynn" >I was talking at dinner about the discussion of the interpretation of the > lines from "River" with my partner, Rebecca, and she sang the lines "It > don't snow here / It stays pretty green, " and then, in a perfect deadpan > delivery, said "I think it means they don't have any cocaine, but just > smoke > pot." > ROTFLMAO!!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 04:46:20 +0100 (CET) From: Joseph Palis Subject: RE: Julia does Joni Wow this is absolutely good news! I am a fan of Julia Fordham and saw her in concert in Manila a few years ago. After Larry Klein's work on her "Concrete Love" CD, I thought that it wold only be a matter of time before she will cover a Joni song. Which is becoming a rare occurrence for singer-songwriters (i.e. to cover someone else's songs). Most songwriters, when singing their own compositions go the American Songbook route. I also like Judith Owen a lot. She, like Susan Werner, released a jazz album without resorting to singing the staples from the repertoire of Gershwin, Arlen, Porter, Berlin, etc. Hope Julia will record "Blue Motel Room" which will suit her lustrous contralto to a T. Joseph in Chapel Hill npimh: Tom Waits "Foreign Affair" Bryan a icrit : This was sent to members of Julia Fordham's email list, about an upcoming appearance by Julia and her sister, Claire. Be there or be square, Angelinos. Hello All  On Saturday, December 17th at 2.30pm sharp @ Barnes & Noble - 189 The Grove in Los Angeles (3rd & Fairfax, behind the Farmers Market) Claire will be reading a chapter from her fab book Plus One: A Year In The Life Of A Hollywood Nobody about the time when Her Royal Holiness Joni Mitchell came to our house. We will then be doing a rendition of Big Yellow Taxi where Claire is in fact uncannily good at the oooooooo bop bop bop bit. If only she could stick to the harmony part on the rest of my repertoire, as then she might actually be of some real use to me on the road, but oooooooooooooooh no, she just always HAS to start singing the melody at the top of her lungs  which is of course no use to man or beast, what with that being my job and all! Also, I am going to do a set of songs  some old faves, a new song, and a couple of Christmas carols, including a duet of Silent Night with the marvelous Judith Owen. So come on down and get Merry. In addition to all of this Holiday spirit, Judith and her ridiculously talented husband Harry Shearer, will be having a Holiday Sing-A-Long at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA on Wednesday, Dec 14. I will be joining Judith for Silent Night and I will be singing Have Yourself A Merry Christmas. For more information - http://wdch.laphil.com/tix/performance_detail.cfm?id=2426 Love and Tinsel-Tinged Kisses, Julia - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping - --------------------------------- Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Tilichargez le ici ! ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2005 #452 ***************************** ------- 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)