From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #467 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, December 21 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 467 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Subject: Re: guess the song ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: NJC Re: Joni Tribute Line-up Change ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Carnegie Hall [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: Carnegie Hall [Em ] Re: Tribute site.njc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] line up! NJC [Em ] Re: Carnegie Hall ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: Carnegie Hall/ nebber mind sorry NJC [Em ] Re: In a "Hissing" Mood/Assorted Joni comments ["Sherelle Smith" ] JMDL on the radio, njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Joni Tribute [david sapp ] 2005 njc ["Azeem" ] Re: 2005 njc [Jerry Notaro ] RE: 2005 njc ["Azeem" ] Re: 2005 njc [Randy Remote ] Guess the Song [Peep Richman ] Re: The late John Spencer, njc [Lori Fye ] Joni in NY ["Cassy" ] njc a witness for the good side [vince ] Tribute Performers.... [RoseMJoy@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:18:20 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Subject: Re: guess the song >You mentioned that Joni made her major debut at Carnegie Hall. It's true. She walked out on that world-renowned stage, looked high and low, then said "It's a long way from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Carnegie Hall" to uproarious applause. That was on February 1, 1969.< My friend joyce, who I have known for decades was there... said she had no ticket but had to be there & stood by the back door until some kind soul let her in to listen... . ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:25:01 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: NJC Re: Joni Tribute Line-up Change Sedaka rocks! IMO >Joni is a rock'n'roll dancer chick. I bet she loves Sedaka. Jerry Notaro wrote: All right. We'll have no more Sedaka bashing! I've seen him live over the years and I'm a fan.< ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:09:41 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: In a "Hissing" Mood/Assorted Joni comments Here is my nomination for 'Understatement of the Year': Sherelle Smith said >>"Edith and the Kingpin" immediately struck me vocally because I also sing.<< mike in barcelona np Randall, Travel Songs ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:13:59 +0100 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: Seasons greetings, Joni's music, Live at The Hague and more .. >>Cheers and take care driving over the holiday season - Joe - St. Asaph, Wales, UK Joe Jones: 07771 625411 joejones@onetel.com<< Whoo hoo!! Another Welsh jonilistas!!.- Croeso. mike from barcelona, whose mother is from Llandyrnog, now living in Bangor, Gwynedd. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:14:59 +0000 From: "William Waddell" Subject: Carnegie Hall Dear JMDL buddies, Im always running behind... Ive just seen the Carnegie Hall thing and cant believe my luck. Im going to NYC end of Jan and will be in town for Feb 1st. I looked up the CH website and tickets available from box office. Is this the only way to secure a ticket? It might be my one and only ever chance to catch Joni live  she will be there, right? WtShake Overly excited for a man in his late 30s ;-) _________________________________________________________________ Are you using the latest version of MSN Messenger? Download MSN Messenger 7.5 today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:32:05 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Carnegie Hall Hey Willy the Shake??....dunno if she will be there, but we'll all be there....where are you these days? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 06:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Carnegie Hall did the date change?? was it not the 6th before????? hmmmm.... glad I didn;t book the flight yet Em - --- RoseMJoy@aol.com wrote: > Hey Willy the Shake??....dunno if she will be there, but we'll all be > > there....where are you these days? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:12:55 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Tribute site.njc I need your confidence..baby.. >Not to worry, Bree. It still says "20+" and "partial list of performers." >So, with exactly 20 performers listed...one has to assume at least one >someone else will be added, and perhaps never formally advertised. That >would not >surprise me a bit, given the low media profile Joni's been cultivating in >recent years. > >-Julius > >In a message dated 12/19/05 5:42:09 PM, bree_mcdonough@hotmail.com writes: > > > I went to the website of the tribute and I noticed " special guests" had > > been removed. > > > > > > That worries me a little. > > > > > > Bree ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 06:27:17 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: line up! NJC was SUZANNE VEGA on there before??????? didn't notice til now woo hoo! Em ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:29:36 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Carnegie Hall I thought the same thing..Em...until I was straightened out. No..it's February 1st..a wednesday. I can just picture you in front of Carnegie on the 6th....."Where is everybody..JONI!!!....Julius.....???....HELP ME!??" Bree >From: Em >Reply-To: Em >To: RoseMJoy@aol.com, williamwaddell@hotmail.co.uk, joni@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Carnegie Hall >Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 06:00:02 -0800 (PST) > >did the date change?? was it not the 6th before????? >hmmmm.... >glad I didn;t book the flight yet >Em > >--- RoseMJoy@aol.com wrote: > > > Hey Willy the Shake??....dunno if she will be there, but we'll all be > > > > there....where are you these days? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 06:25:55 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Carnegie Hall/ nebber mind sorry NJC got it confused in my mind (who me?) with a Marcia Ball concert here in Tampa, that I bought my Mom tickets for. Yay! now I can go with her! except there's a rumor Marcia cancelled. Will have to see. doh! Em - --- Em wrote: > did the date change?? was it not the 6th before????? > hmmmm.... > glad I didn;t book the flight yet > Em > > --- RoseMJoy@aol.com wrote: > > > Hey Willy the Shake??....dunno if she will be there, but we'll all > be > > > > there....where are you these days? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:32:26 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: In a "Hissing" Mood/Assorted Joni comments Mike, you are going to make me cry but they are happy tears! Thank you! You lifeted my spirits this morning! I am deeply honored!!!! Add these words to your "kindness" bank and make a huge withdrawal anytime you want! You deserve it my friend!!!! Love, Sherelle >From: "mike pritchard" >Reply-To: "mike pritchard" >To: "list" >CC: "sherelle smith" >Subject: Re: In a "Hissing" Mood/Assorted Joni comments >Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:09:41 +0100 > >Here is my nomination for 'Understatement of the Year': > >Sherelle Smith said > >>"Edith and the Kingpin" immediately struck me vocally because I also >sing.<< > >mike in barcelona >np Randall, Travel Songs ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:55:35 +0000 From: "c Karma" Subject: re: Joni Tribute Line-up Change Jerry wrote: Joe was a major highlight of Joni's Jazz in NYC a few years back. Yes he was. You never saw me so green as when he played the instrumental section of "Down To You" flawlessly. Someone had the brilliant idea of jmdlers playing at the benefit. I'll be happy to play Paprika Plains. Oh it's daydreams like that which keep a New Yorker going during a transit strike. My feet hurt. CC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:05:16 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: JMDL on the radio, njc Well, in a way. Today, on our local singer-songwriter station I heard "The Day It Snows On Christmas", played by Allen Toussaint. That's JMDL-content because Michael Paz produced that track (among others) for last year's "Christmas Gumbo" CD. Jim L'Hommedieu PS, I didn't get the JMDL Digest last night. Did anyone get it? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:29:51 -0600 (GMT-06:00) From: david sapp Subject: Joni Tribute I'M GOING cant believe it - a friend bought me a VIP seat. MS and wheelchairs have prevented travel for ten yrs....so an impossible dream comes true. SO EXCITED to meet JMDL'ers at long last....where's the PARTY? peace, david ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:48:51 -0000 From: "Azeem" Subject: 2005 njc First of all, many many thanks to all the kind wishes from you fine listers after Amelias birth - we both appreciated them very much, despite the complete lack of individual responses from yours truly... Music and movies have taken something of a back seat of late, though my favourite album of the year is one Ive only just bought: Kate Bushs quite stunning Aerial. Its not without some awkward moments, but nearly all of the second disc is solid gold, getting stronger as it goes. Shes obviously a genius, and to deliver such an extraordinary work after 12 years away merely confirms it. Others: Martha Wainwrights wonderful debut; and Keren Anns (if it was indeed her debut); Lost Cities by Doves; and A Girl Called Eddy, of course. Ones I havent got around to buying yet include Richard Thompson, Richard Hawley, Robert Plant, Madeleine Peyroux, Sigur Ros, St Etienne, etc etc. Best film of the year was Sideways, easily. Worst, by an equally big margin, was Crash. I know it was widely praised, but am I the only one who found it insufferably, repetitiously didactic? That its message could be written down on the back of an envelope (erm, like, people of all ethnic origins can be racist, no really)? That the editing was showy and meretricious?? Erm, rant over. Have a cool Yule yall... Azeem in London - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: 16/12/2005 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:10:40 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: 2005 njc > Best film of the year was Sideways, easily. Worst, by an equally big > margin, was Crash. I know it was widely praised, but am I the only one > who found it insufferably, repetitiously didactic? I held off seeing it because I thought it would be another Magnolia, which I hated, but I have to say I really liked it. Stayed with me a long time. Broken Flowers is high on my list, also. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:27:16 -0000 From: "Azeem" Subject: RE: 2005 njc Haha! I hated Magnolia too, although I did just about make it to the end; I didn't get to the end of Crash, making it only the third film I've walked out of. I was keen on Broken Flowers, though I didn't see it; would it be a bit too close to Bill Murray's performance in Lost In Translation? I may catch it on DVD. Azeem in London NP: Kate Bush - A Coral Room - -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Notaro [mailto:notaro@stpt.usf.edu] Sent: 20 December 2005 18:11 To: Azeem; Joni List Subject: Re: 2005 njc > > Best film of the year was Sideways, easily. Worst, by an equally big > margin, was Crash. I know it was widely praised, but am I the only one > who found it insufferably, repetitiously didactic? I held off seeing it because I thought it would be another Magnolia, which I hated, but I have to say I really liked it. Stayed with me a long time. Broken Flowers is high on my list, also. Jerry - -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: 16/12/2005 - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: 16/12/2005 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:37:36 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: 2005 njc Ah! Someone else who thought Magnolia sucked. Thought I was the only one. Like they gave him a pound of coke and said "Go make a movie". Same goes for Boogie Nights. Burt Reynolds' "acting" was embarrassingly, laughingly bad. Sideways was excellent. Madeleine Peyroux--I don't get it....she's so obviously a Billie Holiday imitator...not inspired by, but copying. Kiss tribute bands play at Howard Johnson's, yet she makes the charts? Maybe there are a lot of people who never heard Billie. She has a nice voice and all... RR btw-Happy Solstice ! Jerry Notaro wrote: > > Best film of the year was Sideways, easily. Worst, by an equally big > > margin, was Crash. I know it was widely praised, but am I the only one > > who found it insufferably, repetitiously didactic? > > I held off seeing it because I thought it would be another Magnolia, which > I hated, but I have to say I really liked it. Stayed with me a long time. > Broken Flowers is high on my list, also. > > Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:07:46 -0800 (PST) From: Peep Richman Subject: Guess the Song Seems to me the "Both Sides Now" is the 'appropriate' one. I'm still contemplating though..... Lots of emergency calls and walk-ins from my clients who find that this is not the season to be happy....I'm doing my best to respond, giving hope and comfort. Gotta go...for now. Love from Bo Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:29:43 -0800 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: The late John Spencer, njc Damn. Last year it was Jerry Orbach, this year John Spencer ... two of the greatest character actors I can think of ... gone. Damn. Lori ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:04:41 -0500 From: "Cassy" Subject: Joni in NY Today I got a cryptic e-mail from my brother who is involved in the music industry. It read: I'm working on something for you in NY, Joni is going to be there for sure... Standby for more.... So now I'm getting really excited (Like I wasn't already???) Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:26:06 -0500 From: vince Subject: njc a witness for the good side from the Chicago Tribune I am glad that I have met and worked with some of these people in the course of my life `Christmas scandal' outcry Hundreds of Christian activists gather in D.C. to protest bills granting tax cuts for the wealthy while slashing programs for low-income people By Frank James Washington Bureau Published December 15, 2005 WASHINGTON -- Christian activist Rev. Jim Wallis told hundreds of religious protesters gathered near the Capitol on Wednesday that there is a scandal this December, but it isn't the conservative-stoked controversy about retailers and others using "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." "The Christmas scandal is the budget out of this House of Representatives, a budget which is an assault on low-income people, on poor families," said Wallis, who was arrested by Capitol Hill police along with 113 other protesters--as they knew they would--for blocking the building's entrance. Budget legislation under consideration by House members and senators has angered many religious people who see caring for the poor as central to their faith, because of nearly $50 billion in spending cuts to programs such as food stamps and child care subsidies. That anger has been heightened by nearly $60 billion in tax cuts under consideration that critics say would largely benefit the wealthy. Wallis, leader of Sojourners, a Christian social justice group, invoked the Christmas story of Mary who, upon being told she would give birth to Jesus, thanked God for, among other things, humbling the mighty and exalting the lowly. `Reversing Mary's priorities' "They are reversing Mary's priorities," Wallis said. "This budget and the tax cuts fill the rich with good things and sends the poor away hungry. That's why we're here." For Wallis, an author who has argued that progressives have been passive and allowed conservatives to exploit faith as a potent political issue, the event was another chance to gain momentum in reclaiming the religious high ground in national policy debates. Wallis is the author of "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It." In recent years, the moral ground has seemed to be held mainly by the religious right, whose members have placed issues of personal morality such as abortion and same-sex marriage in the spotlight and helped determine elections as a result. Wallis and other progressive religious leaders who believe the poor have received short shrift hope that by emphasizing the religious obligation to help the poor they can reframe the debate. At the same time, that might lift the fortunes of Democrats, who have suffered political defeats because their party is perceived as less hospitable to people of faith. In the last two presidential elections, Democrats lost--by significant margins--voters who considered themselves deeply religious. "Arousing the nation's conscience is not an easy thing to do, but to the extent it does work I think it will help the Democrats because many of the people who would be influenced by that are likely to vote Democratic," said John Green, senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Laura Olsen, a political science professor at Clemson University in South Carolina, said, "The more you're able to inject your rhetoric, your agenda and your approach with the language of `it's immoral to have people living in poverty in this great country of ours,' the more you're going to be able to fight the slippage that the Democratic Party's been having since the Clinton era in terms of reaching out to middle America. " The appetite for such appeals seems to be growing. A Gallup poll conducted shortly after Hurricane Katrina indicated that 75 percent of Americans were dissatisfied with the federal government's anti-poverty efforts. And that dissatisfaction has held fairly steady. Four years earlier, 71 percent of those polled felt similarly. 70 such `vigils' across country Wednesday's "vigil" in Washington was among more than 70 like it held around the country, according to Sojourners. At times, Capitol Hill had the feel of a revival meeting in the frigid outdoors as the protesters gathered on the steps of the Cannon House Office Building. "Don't tell us about being faith-based, don't tell us about compassionate conservativism," said Frederick Haynes, pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church, a 10,000-member megachurch in Dallas. "When our government stands before God Almighty, Jesus will say, I was hungry but you cut food stamps," Haynes said. "I was thirsty but you cut Pell grants. When I needed surgery I was not part of your social class so I was denied access." Along with the Roman Catholic nuns and mainline Protestant ministers, the protesters arrested Wednesday included evangelicals such as Wallis and Ron Sider, president of Evangelicals for Social Action, and Mary Nelson, a founder and former president of Bethel New Life, a faith-based community group based in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood. Evangelicals, long considered insular and focused on issues of personal morality rather than social justice, recently have been broadening their list of concerns to include poverty. The National Association of Evangelicals, for instance, earlier this year adopted a document that cited as among God's concerns "justice for the poor." "I would issue a challenge to the congresspersons in this building and across the way to say come walk with me in my neighborhood," Nelson said outside the House office building. "Come talk to the folks in my neighborhood and they will tell you that they're working two jobs and falling farther behind. That they have kids who are sick and don't have health insurance. . . . Then see if you can with good conscience vote for this budget and these tax cuts that are going to make it even worse," Nelson said. - ---------- fjames@tribune.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:25:23 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Tribute Performers.... has changed from this..... Laurie Anderson Keren Ann Joseph Arthur Tracy Chapman Marc Cohn Judy Collins Cowboy Junkies eels (Ben Folds) Bebel Gilberto Amy Grant La India (Joe Jackson) Bettye LeVette (Matisyahu) Michelle N'degeocello Jimmy Scott Neil Sedaka Suzanne Vega Dar Williams Michelle Williams (of Destiny's Child) (& Surprise Guests) to this.... * denotes additions Laurie Anderson Keren Ann Joseph Arthur Assembly of Dust featuring Sonya Kitchell* Tracy Chapman Marc Cohn Judy Collins Cowboy Junkies eels Bebel Gilberto Amy Grant La India Bettye LaVette Me'shell N'degeocello Jimmy Scott Neil Sedaka Suzanne Vega Dar Williams Michelle Williams (of Destiny's Child) The Wood Brothers* ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2005 #467 ***************************** ------- 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)