From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #457 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 Tuesday, December 13 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 457 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Brokeback Mountain -njc [Richard Goldman ] Desktop pic #33 [Mark-Leon Thorne ] RE: O holy night, njc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: O holy night, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Julia does Joni [JoniPD ] Joni painted [Kate ] Re: O Holy Night, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Julia does Joni and minor Joni mention in Diana Krall interview in Readers' Digest [Catherine McKay ] RE: NJC Podcasts ["Les Irvin" ] Charlie Brown Trivia NJC ["Sherelle Smith" ] RE: Joni Podcasts... [Smurf ] My Top 10 CDs/DVDs for 2005 sjc [Randy Remote ] Re: Test for Dementia, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Christmas songs and Joni [TremoloMojo@aol.com] njc, Cindy Sheehan ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] RE: njc, Cindy Sheehan ["Kate Bennett" ] RE: njc, Cindy Sheehan ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:20:52 -0800 From: Richard Goldman Subject: Brokeback Mountain -njc See it when you're able. I saw it tonight. It's been sold-out all weekend and into the coming week here in SF... A very mixed audience the showing I went to... nervous and ocassionally inappropriate laughter, I was glad for having read the short story beforehand, it deepened my appreciation for Ang Lee's exquisite rendering of it. The cinematography, acting, and design all add to the story, simple and poignant. ~Richard n.p. The Man That Got Away, Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:16:56 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Desktop pic #33 Here is desktop pic #33. Court and Spark. Download it here: http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2BFLPOMNYMI8E1MFHBXE498EAK Mark in Sydney. NP Court and Spark - JM ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:48:17 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: O holy night, njc No...she's not kidding. She did this ..fell on her knees...three to four times Saturday night. We had a little get together on Saturday night and I was plugged into my acoustic amp..trying to play it..every time I would get the part "Fall on your Knees"...down she went.....I would get the giggles and would have to start over... anyway...it was shear emotion on Marianne's part..nothing to do with the ONE Royal FLush she drank...(a festive holiday beverage) Bree >everytime you hear this song. . >and you hear the line: "fall on my knees" you actually fall on your >knees. > >and get right back up. . . >and resume. . > >(am not kidding.) > > >Love to you all. > >Marianne > >_________________________________________________________________ >Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! >http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:15:06 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: O holy night, njc bree_mcdonough@hotmail.com writes: anyway...it was shear emotion on Marianne's part..nothing to do with the ONE Royal FLush she drank...(a festive holiday beverage) Hi Flusher, My guess is all she needed was one Royal Flush because she probably stayed pretty green that night. Was she munching on anything as she did her falls? Love, Clean and Sober ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:58:22 +0100 From: JoniPD Subject: Re: Julia does Joni Hi, Bryan! I've just remembered one couple of beautiful Julia Fordham's DVDs that Adriano from Trieste (all the people from this year's Jonifest surely love this charming man and his wonderful family!). In a documentary called "Just Passing Through" (premiered on PBS in the autumn of 1995, I think) features some tidbits of her performance in Chicago's Schubas Tavern. Well, in this concert, Julia sings the first lines from A Case Of You. If you want to watch it, it's here: "JFplaysJoni.mpg" (47655 KB) http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1EUBP5Y1JXJ1O2Z5C4AGCDY4SB it's a large file (for 1 min 17 secs.), I know. If you can't afford to download it, just tell me, and we'll arrange something. Have a Wonderful time! Emiliano (who is sooo late in extracting the audio from the Jonifest DVDs, I'm sorry!) NP: Steve Harley: All The Men Are Hungry Bryan wrote: >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 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:43:39 -0600 From: Kate Subject: Joni painted Usually, since I'm on the Only-joni digest, I am the last to post anything new. Maybe not this time... we'll see! Saskatoon's Star-Phoenix on Saturday had a story about "young artists giving downtown a fresh face" and headlined it 'Painting outside the box.' They painted traffic control boxes, and one of them features Our Joan sitting, playing her dulcimer. I have scanned it and will put it up at my webpage, probably tomorrow. Kate of the North ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who does she think she is? Anaos Nin? http://xoetc.antville.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:52:04 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: O Holy Night, njc Lady Mar wrote: O holy night. . thanks for the clarification Chuck. . "*Fall on my knees. . and hear the angels voices. . .." yes, this is a truly beautiful song. . . I love it so much. . now I have a propostion: everytime you hear this song. . and you hear the line: "fall on my knees" you actually fall on your knees. Will she ever get the lyrics right? I think she's trying because her last words here were the correct lyrics, but she thought they were *her* words. See what happens when one tries to smoke their holiday tree rather than just decorate it? At least we won't have to fall on our knees because we won't ever hear the lyrics "fall on my knees." "Fall on my knees"... that is so funny!!! ROFL ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:05:25 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Julia does Joni and minor Joni mention in Diana Krall interview in Readers' Digest Everyone loves Joni. Sitting on a bench in my dentist's office Reading Readers' Digest, waiting for my daughter (you can try singing that to the tune of the opening bars of "California" if you want to) I started reading an interview with Diana Krall (Readers' Digest, December 2005 - this is the Canadian edition and I'm not sure how it compares with its US sister publication). RD asks DK whether she prefers radio or print interviews. DK says radio because "it's harder in print to be tongue-in-cheek. And those fearful descriptions - 'She arrived looking tired, with bags under her eyes.'" RD. For the record, you're looking like a million bucks. DK. Thanks. As Joni Mitchell said, "Happiness is the best facelift." There ya go. Be happy and avoid unnecessary and costly cosmetic surgery. P.S. I agree about Adriano e la famiglia Lucatello - lovely people, all. - --- JoniPD wrote: > Hi, Bryan! > > I've just remembered one couple of beautiful Julia > Fordham's DVDs that > Adriano from Trieste (all the people from this > year's Jonifest surely > love this charming man and his wonderful family!). > In a documentary > called "Just Passing Through" (premiered on PBS in > the autumn of 1995, I > think) features some tidbits of her performance in > Chicago's Schubas Tavern. > > Well, in this concert, Julia sings the first lines > from A Case Of You. > > If you want to watch it, it's here: > "JFplaysJoni.mpg" (47655 KB) > http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1EUBP5Y1JXJ1O2Z5C4AGCDY4SB > Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:30:18 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: RE: Joni Podcasts... Jim wrote: >Hi there - a Podcast is a funky >new term for a simple concept... >it's like a radio show on the Internet Right! With the new podcast section on the site, I hope to collect Joni-related "shows" from all over. These would be self-produced items from anyone who wants to contribute. Consider it an "audio blog". Anyone ever listen to "This American Life" or 'The Next Big Thing" or "All Things Considered"? A podcast is simply an audio snapshot much like you hear on those shows - or nothing like that if you prefer. A podcast could be, for example: - - Your analysis of a Joni song. - - Your Joni-related piece of fiction. - - Your favorite music from Jonifest. - - The story of when you met Joni. - - etc, etc, etc... The possibilities are endless and the only "rule" is that somewhere along the way, it be Joni-related. Contact me with any questions or comments. Thanks, Les ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:32:59 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: RE: NJC Podcasts Michael wrote:: >I'm sure there are more qualified people on >this list to talk about podcasts, but from >my understanding, podcasts are like mini >documentaries in a digital format. Thanks Michael! The info contained in your email is an excellent introduction to Podcasting. Good reading for anyone interested. Les ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:14:28 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Charlie Brown Trivia NJC Hi dear Joni friends! I tried to send my family the Charlie Brown Trivia link but somehow forgot to paste it on and lost it! I can't remember who sent it but would you be so kind to send it to me off list? I so appreciate it!!! I hope everyone is doing well. It's been a while since I've been active on the board and I miss you all! I have plans to go into the studio in January for CD#2 and I have a promotions person out of Washington State doing a bit of leg work for me in preparation for the Spring release (that has to happen!) He has had success in the past getting his artists on VH1.com and MTV.com. I'm hoping! Just staying busy and trying to get my recording and publishing ducks in a row. I hope everyone is well and I will now return to lurk mode! Love, Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:30:22 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: RE: Joni Podcasts... Les Irvin wrote: < The possibilities are endless and the only "rule" is that somewhere along the way, it be Joni-related. > So, does this mean we can't put death taxes podcasts there? --Smurf - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:41:12 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: My Top 10 CDs/DVDs for 2005 sjc 1 Fiona Apple "Extraordinary Machine" - Her third album sports wonderful melodies, weird harmonies, and her best lyrics yet. Get the DualDisc w/dvd and enchanced audio (which sounds great played on the dvd player) on the flip side of the CD. This album surfaced on the internet in a Jon Brion-produced version months before, but Fiona rerecorded it w/producer Mike Elizondo for the official release. "Tymps (the sick in the head song)" "O' Sailor" 2 Sheryl Crow "Wildflower" - More subdued but still chock-full of her best writing and vocals. Pretty, moody at times. Vocals almost too perfect (Sheryl, you didn't...) "Letter To God" 3 Paul McCartney "Chaos and Creation In The Backyard" - The good, the great, and the okay. Often in a darker vein and digging a little deeper, Paul plays most of the instruments, beautifully recorded. His best since "Flowers In The Dirt" "Jenny Wren" "Friends To Go" 4 Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang" - Also with something to prove, the Glimmer Twins remind why they've had so many hits. A nice looseness and some rough Keith vocals keep it real. And Jagger's not bad on harp. Mick skewers Bush on "Sweet NeoCon". 5 George Harrison and Friends "Concert For Bangladesh" - I don't have this yet. Remastered, restored, surround-sound on the DVD, an unreleased "Love Minus Zero" by Dylan on the CD, Leon, Clapton, Ravi Shankar, the historic first big benefit. 6 Jimi Hendrix "Live At Woodstock" - 2 DVD (11 bucks at Amazon) Beware, the same exact title was used for the 1999 single dvd release. Here's all the footage and more, newly mixed for 5.1 by Jimi engineer Eddie Kramer. 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy. 7 Paris "Sonic Jihad" - (Okay, released in '03, but you haven't heard of it) In-your-face Bay Area rapper's self-produced screed against the "Agents of Repression" and "house ni**ers" pulls no punches. Grabs your attention with deliciously aggressive beats and clever wordplay. 8 Queens of the Stone Age "Lullabies To Paralyze" - Guitar-driven garage psychedelic feedback and falsetto vocals remind at times of vintage Cream. Or, skip the rest of the album, and just download the oddly infectious "In My Head" 9 Bob Dylan - "No Direction Home" Scorsese's 4 hour film of His Bobness' early years is a no-brainer. There is also a 2 CD companion "bootleg series" release, side 1 acoustic, side 2 electric. 10 Joni Mitchell "Songs of a Prairie Girl" - I don't like to encourage redundant compilations, but this one has a newly remixed "Paprika Plains", Joni's 17 minute orchestra/jazz experiment. The sound is excellent: my exhaustive review of this new mix is here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007UMMHC/ref=pd_bbs_null_1/104-1895288-5967913?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130 There were also two Starbucks Joni releases in 2005 on their Hear Music label, available from their stores or annoying website: Joni Mitchell "artist's choice" - Joni chooses a CD's worth of music that matters to her. Ellington, Davis, Dylan, Dan and more "Spend an hour with Joni Mitchells record collection" http://www.starbucks.com/hearmusic/product.asp?category%5Fname=Artists+Choice&product%5Fid=815835 Joni Mitchell "Songs Chosen By Her Friends & Fellow Musicians" - what it says, an album of Joni songs chosen by Prince, Crosby, Nash, Fagin, Hancock, more...Costello chose the orchestral FTR http://www.starbucks.com/hearmusic/product.asp?category%5Fname=Opus+Collections&product%5Fid=816239 and don't forget: they remastered/restored The Wizard of Oz, which I have never watched while listening to Dark Side of the Moon Music event of the year: Live 8 concert for hunger relief (and Pink Floyd it'll-never-happen triumphant reunion) Disaster of the year: Pakistan/Afghanistan earthquake Glued to TV event: New Orleans flood Gone not forgotten: Rosa Parks, Eugene McCarthy, Richard Pryor, Shirley Horn, Luther Vandross, Bob Moog, Hunter S Thompson, Pope John Paul II, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Maxwell Smart & Gilligan Crumbling facade: Bush Administration Buzzword: ipod (I don't have one) Guilty pleasure: Desperate Housewives (the show!) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:05:34 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Test for Dementia, njc Jim wrote: Laura, "Sheee. That's is cold, mein." I'm laughing at myself. :) Hi Jim, Warm chow mein tastes better dude. Dem ain't cha gonna git cha if you keep eatin' it cold. Ain't no wonder yer blue. Love, Laura (an arky) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:09:20 EST From: TremoloMojo@aol.com Subject: Christmas songs and Joni Hello all -- I'm new to the Joni list and have been reading the digest with great interest and pleasure. The O Holy Night discussion made me wonder if you all are familiar with political satirist Roy Zimmerman. He's just put out a new CD of funny, compassionate, humanist, anti-war Christmas songs called Peacenick. There's a song on there called "Christmas in Crawford, 2004" about Bush and his non-response to the Indonesian Tsunami. It's quite stunning and reminds me so much of O Holy Night. In any case, I was perusing Roy's website and came on this quote from Joni herself: "Roy's lyrics move beyond poetry and achieve perfection." Quite a compliment from the lyric maestra! In any case, I highly recommend Roy's work if your political leanings are toward the left. (His website is royzimmerman.com) Happy Holidays to all! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:36:06 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: njc, Cindy Sheehan Kate B., whom I respect as my own mother, compared Cindy Sheehan in this sentence, "I think she is a modern day Rosa Parks." Whoa, seriously? Ms. Parks was entitled to the same dignity and respect as every other person born in the US. She was reminding the US that she had birth-right. Casey Sheehan discarded a peaceful career as a teacher to pick up a weapon. He chose to become a soldier. So, if his mom wants to second guess her son and protest the war, how is she like Rosa Parks? Okay, both Sheehan and Parks used non-violent means but their goals have nothing in common. As I understand her, Cindy Sheehan wants young people to be able to enlist in the military without actually risking harm. School teachers are entitled to a peaceful life, but Mr. Sheehan rejected that. Honestly, I don't get it, and I applied for C.O. status back in '73. Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:07:11 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: njc, Cindy Sheehan Jim it was my opinion & yes I am serious though not in a one to one exact kind of sense... in the sense that they both got tired & sat down in personal protest against the powerful status quo... I think to really get Cindy on a deep emotional level it helps to be the mother of a young son... I don't feel that Cindy is second guessing her son but that she is protesting the lies that went into this war & recruiting the kids that joined up to serve... The young (mostly poor) are being used as fodder for the rich (mostly old) with an agenda... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:59 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: RE: njc, Cindy Sheehan Got it. Thanks. Sorry about asking if you were serious. I agree that there were tons of lies. The Press had it right and told us for months and months and months, every night but too many people didn't listen. Middle America just "wanted blood" after 911 and it didn't matter that the Administration had it all wrong. Maybe we haven't come so far since the lynchings in the bad ole days. Is Iraq the 21st Century version of "Strange Fruit"? Jim > From: Kate Bennett [mailto:kate@katebennett.com] > Jim it was my opinion & yes I am serious though not in a one to one exact > kind of sense... in the sense that they both got tired & sat down in > personal protest against the powerful status quo... > > I think to really get Cindy on a deep emotional level it helps to be the > mother of a young son... > > I don't feel that Cindy is second guessing her son but that she is > protesting the lies that went into this war & recruiting the kids that > joined up to serve... > > The young (mostly poor) are being used as fodder for the rich (mostly old) > with an agenda... ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2005 #457 ***************************** ------- 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)