From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2005 #472 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, December 26 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 472 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- REQUEST re France Fest NJC [Lucy Hone ] Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #364 [patti@pattiwitten.com] Nellie on New Year's - njc ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Re: Ridin' On The City of New Orleans (LONG!) [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: artists, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: artists, njc [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: njc, seats, carnegie hall + [LCStanley7@aol.com] NJC - at last [david sapp ] seats, carnegie hall njc ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Re: seats, carnegie hall njc [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: seats, carnegie hall njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: seats, carnegie hall njc [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: flags, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re:blinkie Canadian flag pins, njc [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Merry Christmas and Happy Hannuka [Peep Richman ] Re: Riding on the City of New Orleans NJC ["mike laptop" ] FROM THE JERSEY SHORE WITH LOVE AND HOPE (NJC) [RoseMJoy@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:45:33 +0000 From: Lucy Hone Subject: REQUEST re France Fest NJC Did anyone take any video of Sam singing Hallelujah? If it is available on CD I would be grateful for a copy.. I cannot pay for this at the moment as I have no job, but Sam's Dad is really really ill and I would like him to see how beautifully his musical ability has been passed to his son. Please write to me off list if there is any possibility of this request being fulfilled. Christmas love to you all Lucy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 05:08:37 -0800 (PST) From: patti@pattiwitten.com Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #364 On Sun, December 25, 2005 12:00 am, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > Ridin' On The City Of New Orleans (LONG!) [Michael Paz > Subject: Nellie on New Year's - njc For you lucky NYer's: Nellie McKay: New Years Eve Concert $35 Ars Nova invites you to a special New Year's Eve concert with Nellie McKay. The reviews for her debut album (Get Away From Me) unanimously hailed her as a new musical genius. Join Nellie McKay for an evening of music and a special champagne toast to ring in the New Year. Champagne toast included! For tickets visit https://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=NEL0&aid=ARS85 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:24:43 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Ridin' On The City of New Orleans (LONG!) Paz wrote: Hi Everybody Well I am back and quoted: "Good night America, how are you? Say don't you know me? I'm your native son! I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans. I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done." Hi Paz! Welcome back! Didn't seem like a long post to me at all because it was such an exciting read. Wish I had been there to join the fun! Awesome to think one of our JMDL native sons was in on this thing. Are you coming to Carnegie Hall Feb. 1st? Love, Laura NPIMH: City of New Orleans ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:29:37 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: artists, njc A beret-phobic person wrote: Bree asked me this question yesterday. . so I thought I'd ask you. . "If you could bring three (visual) artists to the table, which three would you invite?" 1. Joni 2. you 3. Bob Ross 4. Van Gogh ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:45:30 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: artists, njc Bruce S. Joni Bob Dylan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:49:20 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: njc, seats, carnegie hall + An activist wrote: also. . we should all do something at a certain time or something. . . (I'm kind of queer, so bear with me) Kind of? That is an understatement. She continued: like at 7:55 or something we can all stand up and wave to eath other or something. looking for suggestions here. . . Hi Q, Beret's? Stand up and wave our Beret's then? Or when Joni makes a move? You are going to have a beret with you aren't you? Love, Lady in the red beret ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:01:15 -0500 (EST) From: david sapp Subject: NJC - at last well i finally switched...no more joni only for me - happy holidays. peace, david ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:05:10 -0500 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: seats, carnegie hall njc I will pass on the berets. . they are not for me.. . - ----Original Message Follows---- From: LCStanley7@aol.com To: joni@smoe.org CC: treegreen1@hotmail.com Subject: Re: njc, seats, carnegie hall + Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:49:20 EST An activist wrote: also. . we should all do something at a certain time or something. . . (I'm kind of queer, so bear with me) Kind of? That is an understatement. She continued: like at 7:55 or something we can all stand up and wave to eath other or something. looking for suggestions here. . . Hi Q, Beret's? Stand up and wave our Beret's then? Or when Joni makes a move? You are going to have a beret with you aren't you? Love, Lady in the red beret _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:26:51 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: seats, carnegie hall njc Or perhaps maybe we could do something more discreet, like wear JMDL name tags? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:31:17 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: seats, carnegie hall njc Rose wrote: Or perhaps maybe we could do something more discreet, like wear JMDL name tags? Dad gum who needs to be discreet? If not beret's then let's fly flags! Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:38:32 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: seats, carnegie hall njc how about this then? _http://www.windycitynovelties.com/EPaysoft/cart/product.asp?ITEM_ID=7194&CatI D=372_ (http://www.windycitynovelties.com/EPaysoft/cart/product.asp?ITEM_ID=7194&CatID=372) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:45:10 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: flags, njc Rose wrote: how about this then? _http://www.windycitynovelties.com/EPaysoft/cart/product.asp?ITEM_ID=7194&CatI D=372_ (http://www.windycitynovelties.com/EPaysoft/cart/product.asp?ITEM_ID=7194&CatID=372) Way Cool!!! We can get them cheaper by the dozen. So, do we send you our orders Rose? Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:49:22 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re:blinkie Canadian flag pins, njc yes, anyone interested, please email me off list. i will have to hand them out at the pre party though...wherever that may be ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:24:39 -0800 (PST) From: Peep Richman Subject: Merry Christmas and Happy Hannuka Hi Everyone!!! With this posting I send you all my very best and special wishes for a Mery Chistmas and a Happy Hanukka!!!!! As the New Year approaches, I feel grateful about many, many things....being a member of the Digest family certainly is high on my list!!! You are all very special, sensitive, musically and socially aware. The friends I have made on and off the list are daily reminders of the days when I felt so connected to the world! My hippie days that have lived on and I know will never abandon me (thank goodness). All the gratitude to Joni for helping me through, as well as helping me to enjoy this past year!!! She is a part of my daily life, always has been (since, gee, when was she at The Second Fret...don't remember if it was 1970 or 71) and always will be. Blessings to you all for a safe, healthy and very, very happy holiday and a fantastic New Year! Much love, Bo - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 20:05:26 +0100 From: "mike laptop" Subject: Re: Riding on the City of New Orleans NJC Happy Christmas, Michael. After the shite year you've had I'm delighted to read about your experience on the Arlo Guthrie tour. If anyone on this list deserves to have a good time, it's you. Enjoy it, mike in barcelona NP Prairie Wind - Neil Young ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:10:19 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Subject: Re: This Just In (NJC) yeah, playing cards with the old men in the club car. penny a point. ain't no one keeping score. Jim L'Hommedieu From: Randy Remote >Cool! It's our very own Mr. Paz (left), jammin'. Arlo (right) looks like he belongs on a train.> http://www.concertlivewire.com/jpegs/neworleans/memphisjam.jpg ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:14:54 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Happy Christmas and Hannakuh/Joni Tribute Happy Christmas and Hannakuh To Everyone I am finally having a little martini and catching up on some email and listness. My bird just came out of the oven and we are waiting for Mikey to get home from his girlfriends house. I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend. Thanks to all for your nice thoughts and emails. I was surprised by the evil duo of my wife Freda and Julius and I am apparently going to NYC in Feb to the tribute and I have Row A seats 21 and 23. I will also be staying with Julius. PARTY!!!!! I can't wait! This should be a lot of fun. I plan on arriving on the 31st of January and going home on the 3rd or 4th of Feb. I am really interested in seeing Lanois and Blade. Let's try to take over a listening room for Thursday night so we can have an all night jam. Kay can you make that happen? Be well! Love Paz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:19:52 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #364 Those goils can sing. We had such a good time jamming. And they are not just folkies either. We were playing all kinds of stuff and they kept up with all us old rockers. Are you coming to NYC for the tribute? Paz > On Sun, December 25, 2005 12:00 am, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: >> Ridin' On The City Of New Orleans (LONG!) [Michael Paz >> > Hi Paz, so happy to see your post! Didn't know the burnssisters were on > that tour, how fantastic! So graet to hear about all those magical > connections... Yes, I got the goosebumps. :)))) > xxoo > Patti > http://pattiwitten.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:37:56 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: FROM THE JERSEY SHORE WITH LOVE AND HOPE (NJC) a good read...thought you might enjoy this....Merry Christmas FROM THE JERSEY SHORE WITH LOVE AND HOPE The Year in Bruce Springsteen By Tim Donnelly The Seaside, N.J. boardwalk is a pretty desolate place this time of year. The bruised and battered boards are whipped by the sand and slapped by the surf. Save for the fishermen, joggers and the surfers, it's an isolationist's dream, a romantic yet melancholy muse. At E.J.'s, a tavern on the north side of the amusement promenade, four drunks are slumped on the bar, fishing poles at their feet. For two o'clock on a Tuesday, considering that E.J. will cash your government check, the place is empty. As I walk past, the smell of cheap, stale ale pales in comparison to the sound that emanates from it: Bruce Springsteen's "Backstreets." That, of course, is not highly unusual-a Springsteen song blasting from a Jersey boardwalk bar, but what accompanied it was. Two of the drunks were arguing, their voices drowning out the rising repetition of Springsteen singing, "hiding on the backstreets" 26 consecutive times. Their furor has spilled out, half on the boardwalk and half in the bar, two figures standing toe to toe in the fading autumn sun. "Hey, fuck you," screamed drunk guy A as drunk guy B moved in on the offensive. "You have no idea what you're talking about. Right now in 2005, he is much better than he was in nineteen-eighty-fucking-five. You tell me, pal, what's better? 'Dancin' in the fuckin' Dark' or 'Devils and Dust?' demanded A. "If you say 'Dancin' in the Dark' with Courtney friggin' Cox, dancing like a white girl, I'll kill ya," he said, frothing with sarcasm. "You don't know what the fuck you're talking about," retorted B, who looked like an extra from a Winger video, circa 1987. "He had the world by the balls, the best band in the world and now it's just him and his guitar singing about Mexicans crossing the river. He sucks now." In all of my years of witnessing boardwalk fights in this tough honky-tonk town, I have never seen an argument, altercation, disagreement or any hint of acrimony when it comes to Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen. In these parts, he is simply God. (Bon Jovi on the other hand, has sparked blood baths.) Totally enamored of the drunken verbal sparring, I took a seat on a bench next to the seagulls to watch the show. Watching the two mokes go at it with such passion (which, sad to say, didn't come to blows but instead ended in a sloppy, boozy hug) made me appreciate my year of writing about Springsteen. I covered his world tour for "our" hometown newspaper, the Asbury Park Press, was privy to a front-row seat for the VH1 Storytellers taping, the video shoot for Devils and Dust, the intimate Asbury Park rehearsal shows and several stops along the nine-month tour. Suffice to say, for a Jersey guy like me, it's been a great year. To be paid to stalk the Boss? Twenty years ago in my high school yearbook I think I may have put that down as a future plan. But I learned more about Springsteen in the past eight months than I have in the almost 30 years of being a fan (at 38, that ain't too bad) and my time as a music journalist. The more he revealed of himself and how he got to be "Bruce Springsteen," the clearer it became to me: he worked harder than the rest. The answer is not shrouded in a Dylan-like mystery, doesn't have a sad ending nor does it change my opinion of him. At 55, and like Neil Young, Springsteen is not acting, writing or performing as if he were less than ten years from reaping his Social Security benefits. Here are a couple of reasons: He is more punk rock than any of these "screamo" bands could dream of being. His guitar playing marvels Trey Anastasio. Artists like Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell were nervous this fall when they chose to sing "Atlantic City" in A.C. When was the last you heard a rock star say he was nervous covering a song without the original artist present? He continues to tweak the nipples of the status quo. His record releases are still an "event." Live, he plays what he wants to you to hear, not what you want to hear, but does take requests. He is just diving into his archives. He hasn't sold a song to advertise a product. He brings fans from the back row to the front row on a nightly basis. He hooks up the folks who wait for hours to stand in lines on show days. He shops at the local independent record store. He drives himself to local gigs. He's a helluva piano player. He raises money for local charities wherever he goes. Once a year he drinks beer with the nuns who taught him as a child. He's not afraid of looking or acting silly or joking about growing up Catholic. His guitar is never more than an arm's length away. He strums while he walks and talks. He loves James Brown and Chuck D. and does not like George W. He gives advice to younger musicians (ask Anastasio and Vedder). He admits to liking to write "pop" songs, and has Smokey Robinson's voice in his head when he writes them. He remembers where he came from and where you're from, too. He hooks up his friends and doesn't forget children's names. He looks you in the eye. He's The Boss. At a time when dudes his age are ready for Vegas or get back together for the obligatory "greatest hits" summer shed tour, Springsteen would rather turn his audience onto post punk-bands like Suicide (he closed every show with their "Dream, Baby Dream") or the genius of Link Wray. He'd rather play a place like Trenton in November (ever been to Trenton?) than a huge payday at Caesar's Palace. He doesn't do what fits, he does what's right. His tour for Devils and Dust took him all over the U.S., playing both larger and medium-sized venues and cities, including stops like Grand Rapids and Columbus. In Europe, he played established theaters, such as London's Royal Albert Hall and The Forum in Milan. Audiences both stateside and abroad were treated to the same dissertation before each show: He asked for complete and utter silence during his two-hour-plus performance, and got it. All concession stands were shut down and ushers held back bathroom goers until songs' end. Silence was his backing band, as he moved effortlessly between acoustic and electric guitars, ukulele, pump organ, piano, electric piano and the autoharp. Being able to keep a crowd for that amount of time from wandering into chatter was an amazing feat in itself. He wasn't being cocksure or flippant when he told a Florida crowd, "I can get along without being cheered during the song-I've been doing this for a while." He doesn't pander to the politics of the moment. As people scream for a wall to be built along the southern border to curb immigration, he called for a "humane immigration policy," and took to task the "dinosaur" views of the current administration when it comes to the creationism vs. evolution debate. He didn't show his face in the days after Katrina with other celebrities, he quietly went out night after night and worked. He sang the songs that spoke for the American conscience: the songs of lost hope and redemption and the struggle to get there. Songs like "Lost in Flood" will never sound the way they did before. In conservative Glendale, Arizona, he got a little political. After someone broke etiquette and yelled out, "Fuck the president," he chimed in, "That's right." At a Veteran's Day gig in the military-heavy town of Virginia Beach, he opened the show with "Born in the U.S.A." on the autoharp, using a bullet mike, and went straight into his song about the Iraq War, "Devils and Dust." For the second time ever, he performed the unreleased track, "The Wall," a tribute to the Vietnam War Memorial, dedicated to a high school friend who died in Vietnam. As the tour progressed, he dusted off songs that were right for the day and circumstance. He dedicated "The Promised Land" to folk music impresario Harold Leventhal in Rochester and "Highway Patrolman" was played for People of Faith against the Death Penalty in Charlotte. He busted out the rarely played "County Fair" on a hot, late-summer night at the Fox in St. Louis and had fun with the Philly and Jersey crowds toward the end of his run, playing songs for the first time since the Nixon administration: "Song for Orphans" and "Santa Ana." He took to the piano for the juke joint burner "Thundercrack"-the show stopper for Springsteen and the E Street band long before the days of "Rosalita." He revisited selections from Born to Run on several occasions, especially as the re-release of the seminal record neared in early November. "Meeting Across the River" was played on the piano for the first time, "Born to Run" on the electric and "Backstreets" on the ivories. His search for perfection and his work ethic are well documented on the Born to Run DVD box set, especially on the making of the record Wings on Wheels. The film reveals a 24-year-old workaholic Springsteen, who took six months to record the title track, losing vital band members along the way who could not handle the grueling, around-the-clock schedule. The documentary shed light on his habits while he worked with his back to the wall, as Born to Run was his last shot, critically acclaimed artist or not. A concert film recorded before the release of Born to Run at London's Hammersmith Odeon shows the drive and destiny. The stodgy London crowd was won over by the third song and has been in his hands ever since. It is safe to say that this footage makes it known for the annals that Springsteen and the E Street Band's live show was on equal footing with the biggest live acts in America at the time, The Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead. It's amazing and smart that Springsteen is just diving into his humungous archives. I can see multiple releases coming forth, like his shows at the Main Line outside of Philly and the historic gigs at Greenwich Village's Bottom Line from 1975. But it's the present that keeps him in the moment. He's been writing songs constantly and making old songs new again. He seems content with his past work and poised to make another run at expressing what we feel and think about. He's no saint, nor does he claim to be; he has his foibles like we all do. Just a couple weeks ago, New Jersey's Democratic Senators Frank Lautenberg and John Corzine tried to have a Congressional resolution passed to honor the anniversary of Born to Run and Springsteen's cultural contribution. These types of resolutions usually fly through without any bi-partisanship, but not when it comes to Springsteen. Senate Republicans are still pissed off at his involvement in the Kerry campaign in last year's election. True, there is more for politicians to worry about than passing an honor for Springsteen, but the myopic thinking of the ruling class is what spurs him on. I am sure the last thing he would want is kudos from the likes of Orrin Hatch or the indicted Texan, Tom DeLay. Yeah, I learned a lot about Bruce this year and I also gained a little something for myself as well: work harder than the rest, don't compromise your belief system and be nice to your mom. TIM DONNELLY, Seaside, NJ, 12.21.05 ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2005 #472 ***************************** ------- 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)