From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #7 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 Sunday, January 8 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 007 Win a free VIP ticket to Carnegie Hall! details: jmdl.com/winvip.cfm ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: I am luckier than all of you [Mark-Leon Thorne ] NJC Pat Robertson is a flaming A$$HOLE [Bob Muller ] Re: I am luckier than all of you njc [vince ] Re: I am luckier than all of you njc ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Re: I am luckier than all of you njc ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Re: NJC Pat Robertson is a flaming A$$HOLE [Em ] FW: A One-Night-Only Celebration for The Public as low as $20! NJC ["Kat] heart of gold trailer njc ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Any Harry Potter fans? njc [Garret ] New Joni Tribute acts? [Garret ] Beat the blues, for January 2006, njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Re: New Joni Tribute acts? [Garret ] Re: Beat the blues, for January 2006, njc [Smurf ] Re: Cass Elliot's Sisotowbell Lane ["mack watson-bush" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:34:56 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: I am luckier than all of you Hi Vince. You are lucky indeed. Brokeback Mountain opens in Sydney January 26 (Australia Day). It's funny you should say, you knew you would get emotional. I was thinking the same thing. My employer gave us all a free open movie ticket to a local cinema as a Christmas bonus and I thought I'd see BB but, I really don't want to turn into a blubbering mess in public. I might have to wait for the DVD so I can sit at home with a box of tissues. :-) Hopefully, Aussie boy, Heath Ledger will come home for the premier. I'm also really happy to be part of this community. You have all been so selfless and encouraging in my time with this list. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 03:40:46 -0500 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: Any Harry Potter fans? njc From: "Chris Marshall" <<< There's about sixty-five books following on from that one, so you may be glad of those shares in Borders if you get addicted to his storytelling. >>> Or perhaps renew that moldering library card? Warmly, Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 06:51:34 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: NJC Pat Robertson is a flaming A$$HOLE Does this bastard have no shame? Someone needs to remind him that Jesus was all about love and compassion... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002723550_pat06.html Bob NP: Tom Waits, "A Soldier's Things" (playing on my Pandora TW station) - --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:52:45 -0500 From: vince Subject: Re: I am luckier than all of you njc Go see it right away whether you will cry or not, almost everyone was anyway - I would not recommend waiting for the dvd - I want to see it a bunch more times on the big screen Vince Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: > Hi Vince. You are lucky indeed. Brokeback Mountain opens in Sydney > January 26 (Australia Day). It's funny you should say, you knew you > would get emotional. I was thinking the same thing. My employer gave > us all a free open movie ticket to a local cinema as a Christmas bonus > and I thought I'd see BB but, I really don't want to turn into a > blubbering mess in public. I might have to wait for the DVD so I can > sit at home with a box of tissues. :-) > > Hopefully, Aussie boy, Heath Ledger will come home for the premier. > > I'm also really happy to be part of this community. You have all been > so selfless and encouraging in my time with this list. > > Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 10:16:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: I am luckier than all of you njc I went to see the Tampa Bay Premeire last night at the restored Tampa Theater. Got there at 6 for the 7 o'clock show and all 1200 seats were sold. Am going to try again tomorrow night. Jerry vince wrote: > Go see it right away whether you will cry or not, almost everyone was > anyway - I would not recommend waiting for the dvd - I want to see it a > bunch more times on the big screen > > Vince > > Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: > >> Hi Vince. You are lucky indeed. Brokeback Mountain opens in Sydney >> January 26 (Australia Day). It's funny you should say, you knew you >> would get emotional. I was thinking the same thing. My employer gave >> us all a free open movie ticket to a local cinema as a Christmas bonus >> and I thought I'd see BB but, I really don't want to turn into a >> blubbering mess in public. I might have to wait for the DVD so I can >> sit at home with a box of tissues. :-) >> >> Hopefully, Aussie boy, Heath Ledger will come home for the premier. >> >> I'm also really happy to be part of this community. You have all been >> so selfless and encouraging in my time with this list. >> >> Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:57:41 -0500 From: vince Subject: Re: I am luckier than all of you njc It is sold out everywhere I bought Sue's and my tickets online a few days in advance, got to the theatre 90 minutes early, and talked two women into holding our place in line until Sue and I connected - I think the marketing plan, to let anticipation build as the glowing reviews and all the award nominations came in, was a very risky gamble that paid off big time - if they had opened big everywhere might not be doing the business it is now I have been harassing the local theatre into getting it so I don't have to drive an hour to see it but worked out well for seeing it with Sue since we live equidistant to where we saw it Vince Gerald A. Notaro wrote: >I went to see the Tampa Bay Premeire last night at the restored Tampa >Theater. Got there at 6 for the 7 o'clock show and all 1200 seats were >sold. Am going to try again tomorrow night. > >Jerry > >vince wrote: > > >>Go see it right away whether you will cry or not, almost everyone was >>anyway - I would not recommend waiting for the dvd - I want to see it a >>bunch more times on the big screen >> >>Vince >> >>Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi Vince. You are lucky indeed. Brokeback Mountain opens in Sydney >>>January 26 (Australia Day). It's funny you should say, you knew you >>>would get emotional. I was thinking the same thing. My employer gave >>>us all a free open movie ticket to a local cinema as a Christmas bonus >>>and I thought I'd see BB but, I really don't want to turn into a >>>blubbering mess in public. I might have to wait for the DVD so I can >>>sit at home with a box of tissues. :-) >>> >>>Hopefully, Aussie boy, Heath Ledger will come home for the premier. >>> >>>I'm also really happy to be part of this community. You have all been >>>so selfless and encouraging in my time with this list. >>> >>>Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:08:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: I am luckier than all of you njc It is the plan, but enough, already. If they dont start releasing it to more theaters people will soon be tired of being turned away. I hope you all caught Maureen McGovern on this mornings Second Cup Cafi. She is my favorite singer of the American Songbook (now that Rosemary Clooney is dead, and close to Barbara Cook). Besides singing a song from her touring Little Women, she sang Help Is On the Way for Broadway Cares, the AIDS charity fund. It is a wonderful David Friedman song, recorded by Nancy Lamott, another favorite of mine who passed too young. I was introduced to her music by Steve and Rusty of the JMDL long ago. Jerry vince wrote: > It is sold out everywhere > > I bought Sue's and my tickets online a few days in advance, got to the > theatre 90 minutes early, and talked two women into holding our place in > line until Sue and I connected - > > I think the marketing plan, to let anticipation build as the glowing > reviews and all the award nominations came in, was a very risky gamble > that paid off big time - if they had opened big everywhere might not be > doing the business it is now > > I have been harassing the local theatre into getting it so I don't have > to drive an hour to see it but worked out well for seeing it with Sue > since we live equidistant to where we saw it > > Vince > > Gerald A. Notaro wrote: > >>I went to see the Tampa Bay Premeire last night at the restored Tampa >>Theater. Got there at 6 for the 7 o'clock show and all 1200 seats were >>sold. Am going to try again tomorrow night. >> >>Jerry >> >>vince wrote: >> >> >>>Go see it right away whether you will cry or not, almost everyone was >>>anyway - I would not recommend waiting for the dvd - I want to see it a >>>bunch more times on the big screen >>> >>>Vince >>> >>>Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi Vince. You are lucky indeed. Brokeback Mountain opens in Sydney >>>>January 26 (Australia Day). It's funny you should say, you knew you >>>>would get emotional. I was thinking the same thing. My employer gave >>>>us all a free open movie ticket to a local cinema as a Christmas bonus >>>>and I thought I'd see BB but, I really don't want to turn into a >>>>blubbering mess in public. I might have to wait for the DVD so I can >>>>sit at home with a box of tissues. :-) >>>> >>>>Hopefully, Aussie boy, Heath Ledger will come home for the premier. >>>> >>>>I'm also really happy to be part of this community. You have all been >>>>so selfless and encouraging in my time with this list. >>>> >>>>Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 11:35:15 -0500 From: vince Subject: Re: I am luckier than all of you njc Yeah, they have pushed that as far as possible - I heard from the local theatre guys that not many prints were made at first as the studio/distrubutor was not expecting it to do anything outside of the art house circuit - one of the challenges has been to get the prints made for the wider release - I agree with you that the time to have it in every multiplex is now I was amazed at the diversity of the audience in Grand Rapids last night - - folks who I expected to be there were there (it was boys night out of course) but lots of couples of the straight kind, one family that I saw (Mom and Dad taking the kids), and older women (I include my self as older for older men there too) - I need a few more folks to see it so I can discuss it - there as one interesting omission of dialogue from the short story, one of the few lines that did not make the screen as well as one crucial change towards the end - not sure how I feel about it - which is not to say that I don't love the movie passionately - yesterday was my wedding anniversary and I half expected to run into my ex and her current husband - some scenes hit home for me, would for her, because we lived that - she was the best post movie discusser I ever knew, other than the parts with huge emotional ramifications for us I'd love to dissect the film with her - and the double whammy is of course the resonance between Pete and me - the story and the film are not remotely analogous to our lives, but their particulars speak to the universal including what we experienced, and we did share some of the things portrayed on screen pretty eerily right on, we had a lot of those experiences and the ending is haunting me because for very different reasons I have ended up as Ennis, with my hidden monument to the one I love - present tense always remains - who (for different reasons) I'll never see again but on occasion go to that place and look at what was saved as a memorial to what once was, and cry with a prayer that if only we knew then... forgive me for being over emotional - I knew I would be, I should shut the computer off and cry Gerald A. Notaro wrote: >It is the plan, but enough, already. If they dont start releasing it to >more theaters people will soon be tired of being turned away. >Jerry > >vince wrote: > > >> >>I think the marketing plan, to let anticipation build as the glowing >>reviews and all the award nominations came in, was a very risky gamble >>that paid off big time - if they had opened big everywhere might not be >>doing the business it is now >> >>I have been harassing the local theatre into getting it so I don't have >>to drive an hour to see it but worked out well for seeing it with Sue >>since we live equidistant to where we saw it ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 09:27:43 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: NJC Pat Robertson is a flaming A$$HOLE yeah its really disconcerting how the most extreme Christian far right is aligning itself with the most extreme radical "kill'em all" Moslems. Thinking also of Phelps, the God Hates Fags guy. I feel they are trying to completely tear us apart. One thing that's freaking me out lately is this thing that's going on with some of the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq (or Afghanistan). Phelps and his sickos are picketing those funerals to show how god is punishing all Americans because he (god) hates fags. So NOW, the bikers are getting into it, and in a way I have to tip my hat to them. Now, notice please that I said "in a way". There is this thing called "Patriot Guard" where if the family of a dead soldier so desires, this group of bikers accompanies the funeral procession and forms a guard at the funeral to keep the Phelps people away. They also want to keep away any anti-war groups which may see fit to picket at a soldier's funeral. Its so confusing. Anyway, I can't join these bikers in this, much as I would like to protest Phelps and KEEP THEM AWAY from the funerals. Reason is, most of the Patriot Guard are totally hawkish and repubs. I can't do it, altho I have to question my reasoning. If I stand with the Patriot Guard people then I'm standing with right wing hawks. If I do nothing, then....umm I'm part of the problem. HARD to see good and bad anymore. Jesus is being crucified all over again, they are sticking spears in his side and making him drink vinegar. Thats how I see the disservice that those who make him out to be a hardass are doing. To me they are defaming Jesus by taking away his being as you say about "love and compassion". They are ripping Jesus off. Em - --- Bob Muller wrote: > Does this bastard have no shame? Someone needs to remind him that > Jesus was all about love and compassion... > > > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002723550_pat06.html > > Bob > > NP: Tom Waits, "A Soldier's Things" (playing on my Pandora TW > station) > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:07:26 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: FW: A One-Night-Only Celebration for The Public as low as $20! NJC An interesting evening before the Joni Tribute at Carnegie Hall! Jerry - - ------ Forwarded Message > Tickets as low as $20! Visit www.publictheater.org/thepublicsings > > A one-night-only event celebrating the rich history of musicals > produced by The Public Theater. > Very cool. Jerry or anyone who knows- could this be the off broadway place I saw Hair? I saw it before it was revamped into the broadway version & 1967 sounds about right. From their website: The Public Theater produces new plays, musicals, productions of Shakespeare, and other classics in its headquarters on Lafayette Street (the former Astor library, which opened as The Public Theater in 1967 with the world premiere of the musical Hair) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:35:25 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: heart of gold trailer njc > heres one i will definitely make a point of seeing > http://www.heartofgoldmovie.com/ > ron Thanks for the head's up on this ron, I can't wait! When I made my hejira to Nashville I spent a long time in the ryman (& because it is music city a song literally wrote itself about the place as I was journeying around!) I saw neil in concert (not greendale) about 2 years ago & it was one of the most amazing concerts I have ever seen... what is it about that guy that when he is on he is channeling the musical forces like no other? I have never been a neil young fan like some are & actually didn't pay attention to many of his experiments... so I feel somewhat objective... but I have finally come to accept the brilliance even among the less brilliant moments... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 18:59:01 +0000 From: Garret Subject: Re: Any Harry Potter fans? njc Well Chris, in celebration of your de-lurking momentarily i have sent you something in real post. I know - something posted with a stamp! An antique! It shouild arrive early next week;-) I must admit i really do enjoy the escapist nonsense. have you read His Dark Materials? I think you would like this trilogy. I know everyone talks about enjoying the Harry Potter books, but i really recommend them to anyone who has thought "kids books, not for me". I just don't want to have to wait for last one. GARRET Quoting Chris Marshall : > > Count me in... yes the first few were a bit simplistic, but for > hooking an entire younger generation in to books that grow > with them, perhaps a smart move. > > Anyway, since you seem to be enjoying escapist nonsense (tongue > firmly in cheek - I love escapist nonsense) I heartily recommend > that you seek out a book called Magician by Raymond Feist. > > There's about sixty-five books following on from that one, so > you may be glad of those shares in Borders if you get addicted > to his storytelling. > > Cheers, > > --Chris (look ma, a JMDL post from me. First one for.... er...) > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:47:56 +0000 From: Garret Subject: New Joni Tribute acts? This is not listed on the website yet Julius. I like ALison Krauss (thanks to Chris Marshall) but i have been a big Joan Osbourne fan since her first album so for me the potential of her presence is as exciting as knowing that Laurie bloody Anderson is playing! GARRET Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:12:27 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: New Joni Tribute acts? Forgot to mention that the latest press on the Joni Tribute says that two new performers are "confirmed" for the Carnegie Hall Tribute: Alison Krauss and Joan Osbourne. That would be nice, I think. - - -Julius http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=2554 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:25:00 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Beat the blues, for January 2006, njc >Oh it gets so lonely> >When you're walking> >And the streets are full of strangers> >All the news of home you read> >Just gives you the blues> ========================== Many people on the JMDL have had bouts of depression. Each asterisk (*) marks a strategy from a JMDL member. You'll find quotes from Joni's singing career between "greater than" marks (>). ========================== * Keep a gratitude list to refer to. Write down 5 things that you're grateful for every night before bed. * Stop drinking alcohol. Ask yourself if it's a good idea to flood your already depressed system with a depressant. * Eat a diet of healthy foods (reducing sugars and watching carb intake and overly-processed food "junk calorie" intake, especially) * Music works for me - always has. * Be a realist * Don't sweat the small stuff * Keep growing; never "retire" * Trust some sort of spiritual being * The herbal supplement St. John's Wort can work well for some. * Pray or meditate. Ask for strength, clarity, and fellowship. * Get a close support group of friends or family (or a more traditional support group) to talk with, and that you trust enough to listen to (and then take action) if they say they're worried about you. >The blues stepped up and met me> * Ultimately you have to come to some peace within. It all comes down to faith- about oneself- that 'you'll be alright', that the world is not totally mad (and you are the only sane one there- or visa versa), and that there is a reason, somewhere, for everything. * Talk to people who have depression. Talk to people who don't have depression, but who understand that it is a very real condition that effects you physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Ask them to let you know when they think your depression is starting to become a problem again - it's very sneaky and you may not realize it's happening. * Be willing to call in professional help if things start feeling truly hopeless * Take a hot, hot, hot shower or soak your feet in hot water * Eat something, especially protein and some complex carbs, even if you don't feel hungry * Go to a good movie and get lost in the story * Get to know your depression - are there triggers? does it take a certain form (ups and downs - or chronic)? does it happen during a certain time of the year? month? day? * See your physician, acupuncturist, herbalist, therapist, or other health practitioner of your choice (note it can take a LOT of legwork to find someone who is right for you - don't give up). * Get sleep. If you have a sleep disorder, see someone to help you treat it. You may be the kind of person who needs to exercise pretty hard almost everyday in order to sleep well. * Try "light therapy" in the fall, winter, and spring * Ultimately you have to come to some peace within. It all comes down to faith- about oneself- that 'you'll be alright', that the world is not totally mad (and you are the only sane one there- or visa versa), and that there is a reason, somewhere, for everything. * Leave the dangers of the inner city and move to the country. * Talk to people who have depression. Talk to people who don't have depression, but who understand that it is a very real condition that effects you physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Ask them to let you know when they think your depression is starting to become a problem again - it's very sneaky and you may not realize it's happening. * Ride a bicycle. >Chase off those stay-at-home blues> * Go for a walk for 1/2 hour at least. This works everytime for me. >I went running down a white sand road> >I was running like a white-assed deer> >Running to lose the blues> * Be kind to yourself. If you're beating yourself up, imagine saying the things you are saying to yourself to someone you love dearly. It sounds ridiculous doesn't it? So knock it off! * Take some risks. Challenge yourself. Do things that make you feel proud. Get involved in outside commitments that force you to participate in the world even if it's the last thing you want to do. * Force yourself to get some kind of exercise - - even for 5 minutes * Your mantra when you simply cannot get out of the hell that is your brain or you are thinking of suicide: AND THIS TOO SHALL PASS. Batten down the hatches and wait it out, doing the best that you can, and being very forgiving, understanding, and gentle with yourself. * And if you are feeling this way quite frequently GET HELP. * Don't count out antidepressants - they are not an easy way out, but a brave and difficult choice. They are not a miracle cure and can be a mixed bag. But they may greatly improve the quality of your life. * Listen to a lot of sad music (sad doesn't necessarily equal depressing - it's catharsis) so I can get good and blubbery and cry it out (cleans out the eyes and sinuses at the same time. Bonus.) * Listening to joyful music. Some of my all-time joyful music(s) are: Exultate, Jubilate by Mozart; Hungry Heart by Bruuuuuuccce (especially when played good and loud while driving, driving, driving, with the windows open) * See some live music. >I came out to the "Big Apple" here> >To face the dream's malfunction> * So be it, remind yourself it's temporary and rent a bunch of movies you love to get through the day/week/month. Get comfy and read a good book, magazine, or do crosswords. >Well I do accept the changes> >At least better than I used to do> * Volunteer: If at the end of the day the world is a better place because you worked in a soup kitchen, or helped teach someone to read, or picked up litter off the highway, you know that you've made a difference, that it matters that you're here, and that there are a host of others out there who are much worse off than you. >Mama and Betsy say, "Find yourself a charity.> >Help the needy and the crippled or put some time into Ecology."> >Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes> * Ride a motorcycle really, really fast. >And lovely landscapes to discover> * Do things you love. If you have lost interest in everything, do things you know you *used* to love. >All I really want right now is find another lover> Jackson Browne says, "let the music keep our spirits high". JT says "singing works just fine for me" * Get a pet. * Find happiness in what you have (instead of pining for what you don't.) but... * Do not become resolved to complacency. So, you're both finding happiness and actively looking & struggling towards it. There's a paradox in there, that makes it difficult, I suspect. >Damn these blues!> * Do several of them in a single day: Pray, then walk, then leave town, have a nice meal, then list your blessings. It works, if you work at it. ========================== All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu PS, I'm fine. I'm just passing this stuff on. Thanks to everyone who contributed. I try to keep a running list, so it grows each time. If you have an addition, (or if I've misplaced your addition) please send it along. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 14:36:56 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: New Joni Tribute acts? Hi Garret - as you know I'm a J.O. fan as well so the addition is good news to me. She has proven in her last 2 cd's to be a genuinely skilled interpreter, giving fresh versions of familiar songs, plus she can really belt it. I'm sending Laurie's emotional performance of BSN from Wall to Wall Joni; 3/22/03. I say emotional because this was the Saturday after Dubya invaded Iraq and there was a huge peace march scheduled in NYC - Laurie was scheduled for later but came on first so she could head back out in the streets. She plucked a violin with a programmed synth backing. And I love the intro speech she gives about people who "make things"... http://s56.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=35CE4P93DJ1X82QFF95SPA4Z2S Bob PS: Thanks to Harry Christian for the audio - Harry are you still out there? - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 22:57:43 +0000 From: Garret Subject: Re: New Joni Tribute acts? Jesus christ that was great! A nice, subdued rendition of BSN by Laurie Anderson. I am trying not to guess what songs each artist will sing (perhaps some of them won't sing though, they may presenting or talking or something) but this version is, in my opinion, astounding. And don't you just love Joan Osbourne's At Last?? Not quite a Joni cover, but still relevant. GARRET Quoting Bob Muller : > Hi Garret - as you know I'm a J.O. fan as well so the addition is good news > to me. She has proven in her last 2 cd's to be a genuinely skilled > interpreter, giving fresh versions of familiar songs, plus she can really > belt it. > > I'm sending Laurie's emotional performance of BSN from Wall to Wall Joni; > 3/22/03. I say emotional because this was the Saturday after Dubya invaded > Iraq and there was a huge peace march scheduled in NYC - Laurie was scheduled > for later but came on first so she could head back out in the streets. She > plucked a violin with a programmed synth backing. > > And I love the intro speech she gives about people who "make things"... > > http://s56.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=35CE4P93DJ1X82QFF95SPA4Z2S > > Bob > > PS: Thanks to Harry Christian for the audio - Harry are you still out > there? > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Photos > Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, > whatever. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:42:21 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Beat the blues, for January 2006, njc - ---About his 'Beat the Blues' list, Lama wrote: > If you have an addition, (or if I've misplaced your addition) please send it along. I do, in fact, have a couple of additions to the list, Jim. Here goes: If you can't ride your bicycle for whatever reason, or you don't like to ride in the middle of winter, take yourself to the public swimming pool -- indoor, of course -- and swim, swim, swim. Then do it as many times per week as you can stand it. Before you know it, you'll smell of bleach all the time, your hair will turn brittle, and your skin will start flaking -- but you'll be in better shape and much less likely to be hit by a car as you exercise. What's more, you can scare people with your new goggles and Speedo. Also, remember that not everyone you know has your best interests at heart. And everyone else is not necessarily in better mental health than you, just because you're depressed or going through a bad patch. Sometimes it's best for YOU to get the urge for going and to leave troubled family or other relationships behind, no matter how tough it may be to do move on. At the end of the day you need to answer to yourself or to yourself and your god or goddess or heaven full of astronauts or whatever; if you're not losing sleep over your decisions, you've either done the right thing or you're exercising way too much! - --- Lama also said: > * See your physician, acupuncturist, herbalist, therapist, or other health practitioner of your choice (note it can take a LOT of legwork to find someone who is right for you - don't give up). So true. It took me many years to find the right therapist, but the one I have now -- whom I have chosen to call Doogie Freud -- is a gem. Best of all, I get a captive audience upon whom I can try new routines for 50 minutes every week! And he laughs in all the right places! "A man walks into a psychiatrist's office . . ." Hey, I've got a million of them! The 'BtB' list is a good thing, Lama. It was a great idea to compile it. I somehow managed to get through the holidays without darkness, darkness dragging me down despite truly awful years -- in so many ways -- in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005. Here's to 2006! - --Smurf NPIMH: Lama said there'd be days like this . . . __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL  Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:23:06 -0600 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Re: Cass Elliot's Sisotowbell Lane I just listened to Cass' version. I like the lyrics but I hate the way Joni sings that particular song. I don't care for the melody. I can't say I care that much for Cass' version but it beats Joni's which I have deleted from my library. mack p.s. thanks Bob. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:03:09 -0500 From: "MIKE HICKS" Subject: Austin City Limits/Soundstage/NJC i just got blown away by Coldplay on Austin City Limits tonight. If there is a better band out there I need to see them. Their energy is incredible. Lyrics incredible. Then came America on Soundstage. They are one of my all time faves. Mike NP: America - Ventura Highway ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:10:43 -0500 From: "MIKE HICKS" Subject: Gretchen Wilson/NJC Sherelle, You know I totally respect your opinion. You have some very valid points, some that I probably miss because many times I don't delve enough into the artists background. Definitely a fault of mine. I usually know immediately if I am going to like someone or a piece of music immediately. With country music, I have very little patience for the honky tonk. Like any other music I listen to, it has to speak to me and that doesn't fit for me. I will usually know after about the first 5-10 notes if I will give it a listen or go to something else. I have always been very impatient with listening because I feel I could be spending that time trying out something else, or listening to something I know I like. Glad you acknowledged my dislike. I always pay close attention to your passages. Good to see you again! Mike NP: Sea and Cake - Do Now Fairly Well ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #7 *************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------