From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #57 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 Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Sunday, February 12 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 057 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Keren Ann covers BYT [JoniPD ] Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever [JoniPD ] Carnegie Hall & Patti NJC [JoniPD ] Re: Joni guitar tabs [Patti Witten ] Re: Podcasts and Petula (njc) ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Patti NJC [vince ] Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever [Bob Muller ] Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever [Catherine McKay ] Folk Alliance Update (VLJC) [tinkersown@comcast.net] Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever [Bob Muller ] Pet Clark now with JC! ["Kate Bennett" ] The party's on ... as New Orleans rebuilds - Toronto Star travel article - NJC [Catherine McKay ] Re: bad news comes knocking -- njc ["Donna Binkley" ] Re: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday ["Mark Scott" ] Re: Podcasts and Petula (njc) ["Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Keren Ann covers BYT Hi, Catherine, Many Thanks! Yes: it's a beautiful performance... and the audience is having a wonderful time with it, too! Yours: Emiliano NP: Keren Ann: BYT (again) Catherine McKay wrote: >Some people here have mentioned the singer/songwriter >Keren Ann. I downloaded something from Dimeadozen >today, gave it a listen and lo and behold - she does a >cover of Big Yellow Taxi. This is from The Artrock >Festival at St Brieuc France, June 7, 2003, converted >to mp3 for your fairly instant gratification: > >Keren_Ann_Big_Yellow_Taxi_6-7-03.mp3 (6174 KB) > >If your email client does not accept HTML, please use >this link to download your file: >http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2GW45BMK2NNU718ILVAZ4IX38K > >Catherine >Toronto >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:33:56 +0100 From: JoniPD Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever Bob Muller wrote: > You can go get it here: > http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MR471M7WJHD12G2AUWYM6PBP3 Oh, Bob, !Muchas Gracias! I'm still having troubles downloading huge files from yousendit, though: I've put it downloading yesterday in the afternoon while I was taking a walk with the family; returning home and running to the computer... it failed (the same occured to me with the video from Judy Collin's performance of BSN in Carnegie Hall: fortunately, Ashara herself put it on dime.... and it went through here safe and sound: Thanks, Ashara!) Please, could someone upload it again, at least the mp3 of George Michael doing Edith and the Kingpin? I really love George's voice... Many Thanks! have a wonderful time! Yours: Emiliano ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:49:56 +0100 From: JoniPD Subject: Carnegie Hall & Patti NJC Hi! Many Thanks to all of you for your reviews (and photos!!!) of the NYC reunion! I was waiting to read the remaining reviews'n notes: Garrett ones came yesterday (Hi, Garret!)... I really enjoyed all your comments... made me feel like I was there, in some way... and two benefit concerts in line! The Rockwood Music one surely did rock (and with such a Great MC!); many thanks to Les (as always) for putting the comments in the brand new page! as many of you, I really miss Patti's posts: Patti, dear, it's a couple of weeks since you've written... Talk To Me! I'll speculate on this: I know that when one goes away from job, at the return the job has increased lot, so Patti's has been very busy, but... two saturdays and no chime in to say "hello"? hummm... Patti has gone to the Big City and has been lovingly kidnapped from some very handsome gentleman that instantly fell in love with her outstanding beauty (inner and the other). Consequence: Patti's now in the Barbados, or the Bermudas, or some caribbean island where the sun is always shining: she's still thinking of us... but it will take a couple of weeks before she goes near a computer. Till then... Have a Wonderful time! Emiliano NP: Caetano Veloso: Leaozinho ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:59:07 -0500 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: Joni guitar tabs Sue wrote: > Also, I must let you know that I'm waiting for a date this spring for our > 3rd Annual Only Joni Open Mic. This year we are holding it at Cornell's > Willard Straight Hall, the student union, and I'm really hoping the > students come out in force to play some Joni. > > take care, sue There she is! I was hoping Sue would speak up about her role in the guitar section of the site. I'm so proud to know Sue! We have a lot of fun hosting the Only Joni Open Mics, tho I have yet to fulfill my threat to wear the blond wig :) Here is a pic of Sue playing "The Priest" at Juna's Cafi in Ithaca NY on April 2 2005 http://www.pattiwitten.com/images/onlyjoni/onlyjoni07.jpg See the rest of the 2nd annual Only Joni Open Mic pix http://www.pattiwitten.com/images/onlyjoni/ Patti - -- http://pattiwitten.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:12:34 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: Podcasts and Petula (njc) Amazing how one song strikes such a chord with us all. I am a huge Petula fan. Many don't know of her veryy big successes as a child star, and at one time she lived in France and was their biggest selling recording artist. I think she did 12 albums all in French and some in German. I remember staying weekends at my grandmothers as young teenager. We'd sit at her kitchen table and stay up all night playing cards and she let me smoke cigarettes (she was a heavy smoker.) She had a small radio on top of her refrigerator that we would listen to and I can still heear Downtown blaring from the tiny speaker and my grandmother and I would join Petula in our best and most energetic harmonies. Very fond memories. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:45:03 -0500 From: vince Subject: Patti NJC Truth be known, Patti met Mike Krzyzewski , fell in love, and has run off to Durham, North Carolina to bear all his children. JoniPD wrote: > > as many of you, I really miss Patti's posts: Patti, dear, it's a > couple of weeks since you've written... Talk To Me! > I'll speculate on this: I know that when one goes away from job, at > the return the job has increased lot, so Patti's has been very > busy, but... two saturdays and no chime in to say "hello"? hummm... > Patti has gone to the Big City and has been lovingly kidnapped from > some very handsome gentleman that instantly fell in love with her > outstanding beauty (inner and the other). Consequence: Patti's now in > the Barbados, or the Bermudas, or some caribbean island where the sun > is always shining: she's still thinking of us... but it will take a > couple of weeks before she goes near a computer. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:50:46 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever Here you go, my friend - this one is just the GM tune - I know you will have a wonderful time when you hear it. http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZCHQY6OA4Y3E2MKH33XW10XY5 Bob NP: Wally Whyton, "Urge For Going" - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new and used cars. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:49:55 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: bad news comes knocking -- njc Our dear friend Patti Parlette wrote during the night to say that her father -- "the person who loved me the most out of all the people on this earth" -- died yesterday morning of congestive heart failure in Utah. Patti is, of course, distraught, but says she's okay. Right now she is either en route to Salt Lake City or attempting to leave Connecticut after last night's blizzard. (The snow is still falling here in Boston.) Patti also wrote: "Ummm, so what else do i need to say? Uh, could one of you tell the list why i have been incommunicado? I have really wanted to post about the Tribute and meeting all these crazy wonderful people, but I just could not. You can share whatever you deem appropriate...." With love for Patti and all the rest of you at this moment of the world, - --Bob Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:04:22 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever - --- Bob Muller wrote: > mp3 of George > Michael doing Edith and the Kingpin? I really love > George's voice...> > > Here you go, my friend - this one is just the GM > tune - I know you will have a wonderful time when > you hear it. > > > http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZCHQY6OA4Y3E2MKH33XW10XY5 > I'm not a big fan of George Michael, but I think he does a great job on this song. Thanks for uploading these covers, Bob - the good, the bad and the ugly! I particularly enjoyed George Michael's version of Edith, so I'm sure Emiliano will love it. And Judy Collins' "That song...", as well as Monica Borrfors' "Twisted." One thing you can say about the B. Toff Band's BSN - it definitely isn't the same old same old. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:09:51 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: bad news comes knocking -- njc - --- Smurf wrote: > Our dear friend Patti Parlette wrote during the > night > to say that her father -- "the person who loved me > the > most out of all the people on this earth" -- died > yesterday morning of congestive heart failure in > Utah. > > Patti is, of course, distraught, but says she's > okay. > Right now she is either en route to Salt Lake City > or > attempting to leave Connecticut after last night's > blizzard. (The snow is still falling here in > Boston.) > > Patti also wrote: > > "Ummm, so what else do i need to say? Uh, could one > of you tell the > list why i have been incommunicado? I have really > wanted to post about the Tribute and meeting all > these > crazy wonderful people, but I just could not. You > can > share whatever you deem appropriate...." > > With love for Patti and all the rest of you at this > moment of the world, > Oh no. I am so sorry to read this. Thanks for letting us know, Smurf. Patti, much love and courage to you. I've been missing my Dad a lot lately. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:22:41 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Mrytle's heart attack - --- peterh wrote: > I spoke to Joni last summer. She told me that her > mom had gotten > real sick but was much better now. I don't remember > her using the word > heart attack. Joni did say that she'd helped them > move into a > apartment. Her mom kept trying to keep up with > the big house and it was just too much. She said > her > dad was doing fine. Both 94 unbelievable! I think it's remarkable that both her parents are still alive and that only recently did they move out of their house. Good health to them both and to Joan too, of course. > So hello to you all. > I've been reading the jmdl since the beginning. Thanks for delurking. (Nasty-sounding word, but meant with best intentions!) > > I do have a corcern to share with the list > community. > > Both here and in the blondes in the bleachers exact > name places have > been given for where she frequently eats ( i know it > was on an album) and > the name of her town in Canada etc.. Do you guys > think that's wise? > Joni's a little reckless about her confidences. I am > always afraid that there > could be a wacko lurking. I feel the same way. She has had a stalker already, hasn't she? I think the vast majority of us (I'd love to say all of us) want her to be safe and healthy - and around for a long time to come. And she does have a right to privacy, as we all do. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:19:58 +0000 From: tinkersown@comcast.net Subject: Folk Alliance Update (VLJC) Hello all! It's beautiful and sunny in Austin today, although it's supposed to be 25 degrees F outside. Last night, Judy Collins put on a fabulous 50-minute show, backed by her long time musical director/pianist (I'm too brain dead to recall his name) and, surprisingly, by Eric "Duellin Banjos" Weissberg. The piano/ guitar/banjo combo on some numbers was a little odd, but Judy was in terrific voice (how does she DO that?) and finished her show with BSN, then encored with Bird on a Wire. From there to a bedroom showcase where Joni's ex-, Chuck Mitchell, did a typically entertaining set. Several Flanders & Swann songs were featured and Chuck said he rememered me from last year's FA in Montreal ("Oh - you're from California!"). Paz is everywhere and knows everyone, of course. It's great to have him here. I haven't seen Jack yet, but there is a Joni tribute tomorrow that I think he'll be at. I now have to go moderate a FAR-West meeting, on $%#$@^% hours sleep. It's why they pay me the big bucks. :) Best to all, *************************************************** Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA tinkersown@comcast.net "The Living Tradition Concert Series" www.thelivingtradition.org "Folk Alliance Region - West" www.far-west.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:27:55 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever hee hee...you said "B.Toff".... And you're right - you can't NOT have a reaction to it. I got another BSN about a month ago that's pretty punk'd up, and the singer closes with "I really don't know SH*T at all!", cracked me up. Glad you're getting and digging the downloads, Catherine - a painless way to do distribution for sure. Bob, sending out a positive vibe for Patti NP: Eminem & Dre, "Say What You Say - --------------------------------- What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:31:40 -0500 From: seulbzzaj@aol.com Subject: Re:Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever I tried to download Bob's new volume of covers, but received this on the web site: File Transfer: Unavailable Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not available. The file has most likely exceeded its allotted bandwidth or has been removed by the original sender or a recipient. :( Scott NP: Elvis Presley, "(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care" - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:46:37 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever You can go get it here: http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MR471M7WJHD12G2AUWYM6PBP3 Better late than never (OK, so some of you wouldn't agree...) Since I was preoccupied with that OTHER thing on the 1st of the month, I wasn't able to release this month's Covers Volume on the 1st as is my custom. So here it is, late but just as great. As always, you'll see some names you know, some you don't and everything in between since Joni reaches across the borderlines into so many different hearts and genres. As always, a tip of the Tam O'Shanter to the folks who helped me gather these goodies: Paul M & Jerry, thanks fellas! Now let's put it under the microscope and begin our dissection... Kelley Dolan - Woodstock: We start out with this interesting cover of Woodstock, a vocal accompanied solely by a bongo. The percussion is pretty steady, but Kelley wanders and winds around melodically - very Tori-like. We'll hear from the real Tori in just a few minutes. The Shawnee Choir - Both Sides Now: D'oh! Another high school choir, accompanied by piano and using the sheet music/arrangement as all the other school choir versions I've heard. Still, the voices are nice and they have a nice blend for the most part. Cornelia - The Circle Game: Hey, everybody - let's all twist around the pool to some Joni! Most TCG covers either take a slow (Joni) or fast (Ian & Sylvia) route, this one takes an even more frantic fruggy route - clocks in at an amazing 2:49! While it's a lot of fun, it does sorta strip the meaning from the song. Me And Them - Big Yellow Taxi: Acoustic group from Wisconsin - a download from their website. Kathleen A. Martin - Carey: One voice with strumming guitar, patterned after Joni's arrangement. Judy Collins - That Song About The Midway: We've previously released a live (Mountain Stage) recording of this track, this is Judy's studio track, released about a year ago on her 'Portrait Of An American Girl" album. Pretty song, lovely voice - makes for a very enjoyable recording. Drew Massicot - Both Sides Now: This is an instrumental (piano) version, fairly recent - 1999. Pleasant in a music-boxy kind of way. David Clayton-Thomas - River: Y'all remember David Clayton-Thomas, the singer for Blood, Sweat and Tears. I loved them and him, and that was long ago. There's a really pretty guitar on this track, but David's voice seems to have lost its fullness, it seems too fragile & thin, not to mention coming up flat on several notes throughout. It does have its moments though, and the piano-guitar interplay is very nice. George Michael - Edith And The Kingpin: What a pleasant surprise! George performed this as part of a BBC interview, he must have brought a backing track with him as the instrumentation is very complex and much more than you'd hear in your typical 'stop in and play on the radio' moment. GM's soulful voice really is a good fit with this song - two thumbs way up! Harvard Opportunes - Big Yellow Taxi: BYT has certainly inspired the college acapella people, both before & especially after the Counting Crows version. This one is the Crows' arrangement, with some interesting vocal flurries thrown in to simulate percussion and cymbals and such. Kelly Smith - Both Sides Now: This one has a simple beauty to it, almost like you're a fly on the wall just listening to a young girl play the guitar and sing in her bedroom. Monica Borrfors - Twisted: Euro-jazz with a walking bass and sax solo after the "no driver on the top" part. Pretty nice for the most part. Kirk Felix - The Circle Game: Reminded me of Jim Croce, both with the nimble guitar picking and the vocal quality. This one comes from 1972. Karin van Dam - A Case Of You: Not to be confused with Lydia van Dam, who gave us a whole CD of wonderful Joni covers, Karin is just as talented and even sounds very similar. This is a beautiful arrangement, slow, jazzy and moody. Beautiful acoustic guitar solo and soprano sax work - BUT - she does make a lyric change that rubs me the wrong way: "I am a lonely singer, I live in a box of music sheets..." Don't know why, but those who don't like the painter lyric maybe think of this as an improvement. That small detail aside, this is a Dam fine cover. The B. Toff Band - Both Sides Now: Back in 1976, a couple of Berkeley students recorded an album (probably after consuming some things they shouldn't have) and this is part of the result. For better or worse, we only get the first verse and chorus. This is great in a deliciously awful way. Tori Amos - The Circle Game: This one is twice as long as Cornelia's; Tori's live version (recorded at her April 15, 2005 concert in Chicago) is of course vocal and piano, and she really takes it and puts her own stamp on it as she did with her studio version of A Case Of You. Hopefully she'll continue covering Joni on future recordings, she really does a good job with it. Baby Jane Dexter - Two Grey Rooms: Baby Jane Dexter - Be Cool: BJD is an NYC cabaret singer, she was given a list of songs by a former JMDLer and picked these two. Good picks, and she certainly emotes properly, but her voice has a bit too much warble for my tastes, plus the recording is very lo-fi; she actually recorded these live using a cassette recorder, so there's more hiss than there should be. Still, it's nice to see 2GR becoming a song that's getting more and more attention. James Coane - A Case Of You: Vocal & guitar, Pennsylvanian James Coane sounds like a mix of Bobby Goldsboro and Glenn Yarborough. But it does bug me that he sings "YOUR taste so bitter and so sweet"...shouldn't but it does. Nice guitar, though, and at the end a banjo comes in along with a couple of other instruments. And that's that - 19 tracks, over 75 minutes of Joni covers - thanks for reading, hope you can get the download and that you like it if you do. And do let me know if would prefer to get a copy via the snail mail, we can work that out too. Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen, "Spirit In The Night" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:57:57 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re:Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever I was one of the lucky ones that got it and because it takes a heckuva long time to upload these things (far longer for me than it took to download it to begin with), and Muller shouldn't have to do all the work, I uploaded it again and hope you can grab it this time. Use this link: http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MVPTMYZ20WXL3GMCOK1TJVW99 - --- seulbzzaj@aol.com wrote: > I tried to download Bob's new volume of covers, but > received this on the web site: > File Transfer: Unavailable > Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not > available. > > The file has most likely exceeded its allotted > bandwidth or has been removed by the original sender > or a recipient. :( > Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:07:04 +0100 From: JoniPD Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever Catherine McKay wrote: --- Bob Muller wrote: Here you go, my friend - this one is just the GM tune - I know you will have a wonderful time when you hear it. http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZCHQY6OA4Y3E2MKH33XW10XY5 I'm not a big fan of George Michael, but I think he does a great job on this song. Thanks for uploading these covers, Bob - the good, the bad and the ugly! I particularly enjoyed George Michael's version of Edith, so I'm sure Emiliano will love it. Oh, Catherine, yes I do! Many Thanks, Bob!!! just one disappointement: the song is too short...but so it is, for me at least, the original... Have a Great Sunday! Emiliano NP: George Michael: Edith and the Kingpin (again, or should I swicth to his Love's in Need of Love Today, dedicated to Patti) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:02:01 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Pet Clark now with JC! Ya'll have had me singing that song in my head for days now! LOL. Do you think that song inspired Joni to write Night in the City (or the other way around?... not sure of the timing but I think Downtown came first?) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:12:31 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: The party's on ... as New Orleans rebuilds - Toronto Star travel article - NJC Here's an article from Saturday's Toronto Star. The newspaper itself also had several large colour photos. This was the main story on the front page of the weekend travel section. > The party's on ... as New Orleans rebuilds > > http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1139439011455&call_pageid=968867506610&col=969048867196 > > Sun Feb 12 13:06:46 EST 2006 In case the link expires, or you need to be registered, I copied the text below: - ------------------------------------------ The party's on ... as New Orleans rebuilds Residents search for something to celebrate in this devastated city that will never be quite the same, writes Susan Pigg Feb. 11, 2006. 01:00 AM SUSAN PIGG NEW ORLEANSbAs floodwaters rolled into the downtown, Brian Kern emailed civic officials, warning that some of the city's most colourful characters were stuffed in his warehouses and in urgent need of protection. There, spread through a handful of bright yellow buildings, was a crazy collection of Styrofoam and fibreglass Mardi Gras props that Kern knew would be critical to the rebirth of the battered city. "Everybody was worried about food and water and their homes, but one of the first things I was concerned about was people looting and burning down these buildings," says Kern, whose family has provided much of the creative force behind Mardi Gras' elaborate floats since 1947. "I just knew we couldn't let anything happen here that might hurt Mardi Gras or you might as well say, `New Orleans is gone.'" Less than six months after wind and water whipped up by Hurricane Katrina ripped 80 per cent of the city apart, those still trying to salvage their homes b and lives b are planning an 11-day party to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mardi Gras. And they're inviting the world. That may seem insane b and insensitive b with more than 200,000 homes in ruins, some downtown buildings still boarded up and just a quarter of New Orleans' 80,000 bellhops, waiters and other service workers back on the job. But much of the focus right now is on Feb. 18 to 28 and the dozens of Mardi Gras parades that have earned The Big Easy its reputation as The Big Party Town. Not to mention the fact that it traditionally brings in about $1 billion. "Some people ask, `How can you spend money on a party now?' But this is going to be a party with a purpose," says Arthur Hardy, a life-long resident who has chronicled three decades of minutia in his annual Mardi Gras Guide. "Mardi Gras is essential right now. Everybody's going to talk about how it will help the economy, and that's real big, but spiritually, this city needs Mardi Gras. It's like group therapy b something other than sheetrock and wet carpets. We need a little cheer and Mardi Gras is going to provide that." The New Orleans of today b less than six months after Katrina hit Aug. 27, knocking out major levees and killing more than 1,000 residents b is very much "a tale of two cities," in the words of one tourism official. "We have a city with outlying neighbourhoods with tremendous challenges that are going to take a lot of work. But we also have the city's historic core (the French Quarter) intact, open for business and thriving," says Stephen Perry, president of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau. Thriving is clearly an exaggeration. Downtown sidewalks are still eerily quiet because most of the street musicians b like more than 350,000 evacuated residents b are homeless. Many are pinning their hopes on plans for a Habitat-style musicians' village in the hardest-hit 9th Ward, says jazz musician Hack Bartholomew, who returned to his battered home, and downtown street corner late last month. Most downtown hotels have reopened except the Hyatt, Ritz Carleton and Fairmont, which were badly damaged or looted. Restaurants, bars and cafC)s, including the legendary CafC) du Monde and Antoine's restaurant, are serving up their trademark beignets and baked Alaska again b although Antoine's lost its valuable 22,000-bottle wine collection to water damage. Bourbon St. is still cluttered with garbage and middle-aged men wearing beads, but there are far fewer of them. And Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers and insurance adjustors are slowly clearing out of hotel rooms they've occupied since the fall. One major U.S. tour operator, Collette Tours, plans to start bringing tourists here again in May. And there's a new tourism catchphrase these days in this major convention city b "voluntourism" b as conventioneers, due to start returning in June, offer up a day or two of relief work as part of their meeting business. But the desperate shortage of workers is complicating the rebuilding. "Opening soon" signs on boarded up storefronts are posted next to "We're hiring" signs for fast-food joints reportedly offering signing bonuses of up to $6,000 U.S. There are other curious signs of a city struggling to get back on its feet. A controversial new Gray Line tour of the devastated neighbourhoods is proving to be a big draw for visitors, such as Alabama residents Sue and Perry Greer, who came here to witness Mother Nature's awesome power, and history in the making. "We've had more good than bad reaction," says New Orleans resident, evacuee and Gray Line tour guide Julie Gorney as she welcomes the nine people on this mini-bus tour. "Many residents want people to see what they're going through because they want the government to remember that they promised to help us fix this mess and that hasn't happened." Conceding right off that "this definitely isn't a happy tour," Gorney says Gray Line employees b most of whom returned to damaged or destroyed homes b felt the tour is both educational and a way to bring tourists back. "It's very hard," says Gray Line guide Joe Gendusa, a retired local high school teacher, of the tour route through the Gentilly neighbourhood where he grew up. "My parents' home, my brother's home were all destroyed. There are times...I'm getting better...but there are times when I can't talk (on the bus microphone). I just need a minute and I'll tell people, `What else can I say?'" Bus driver Sylvester Coston is living on the Sensation, one of two massive cruise ships still docked along the Mississippi River and housing the hardest-hit, so he can work while trying to rebuild his home. His wife is with relatives in another state. As our bus eases past block after devastated block b the buses are prohibited from going into the flattened 9th Ward b haunting water lines scar wooden siding and abandoned vehicles. Spray painted Xs, detailing when the home was checked by National Guard troops, and if anyone was found inside, invoke images of the plague. Once bustling blocks look like war zones, devoid of children and even squirrels. On a few are stunning reminders of Katrina's toll: "Two dead" sprayed in red on the front of a yellow bungalow. "Goodbye N'Orleans, we'll miss you" scrawled on another. But there also are glimpses of the indomitable spirit here: Homeowners who returned long enough to hang up Christmas decorations from a second-floor balcony. "For sale b needs some work," says a sign. It's scenes like that that catch Gorney's breath, as well as the white house-trailers, on loan from the much-maligned FEMA, where homeowners plan to live while repairing their flood-scarred houses. "Every time I see a FEMA trailer, my heart jumps because I see my city coming back," says Gorney. Three dollars of the $35 tour price is donated to one of four Katrina relief charities. And passengers are asked to sign a petition urging the Bush government to move quicker. There's mass confusion and anger about how b and if b some neighbourhoods will be rebuilt and universal acceptance that New Orleans will be lucky if its population climbs back to 250,000 b half its pre-Katrina total. Gray Line has been slammed by some for profiting from the grief of others. Clearly one resident agrees as he gives us the finger. But others, taking a break from gutting their homes so they can be treated for mould, happily wave. "I do respectfully ask you, if someone is gutting a house, please refrain from taking a picture," says Gorney. "It's kind of like being at a funeral." It's been a long period of mourning b and that's a big part of the drive to dust off the carefully crafted Styrofoam and fibreglass floats at Mardi Gras World, the Kerns' busy warehouses where the floats are undergoing some final touches. It's also part of the reason for T-shirts which hang in storefronts throughout the French Quarter, with the big letters N.O.P.D. and, below them, the words Not Our Problem Dude b a swipe at the hundreds of New Orleans police officers who hightailed it out of town as the flooding and looting started. "We're hoping to use Mardi Gras to help fuel the recovery. If we don't do Mardi Gras, we're announcing to the world that the city is closed for business," says Hardy. Almost as importantly, New Orleanians hope the world will see new images of their city b colourful floats and celebrating in the streets. "The national media are still showing film footage of people in row boats on Canal St.," says Hardy. "We need to show people that we have a different kind of floating going on here now." Within days of Kern's email to civic officials, National Guard troops set up a post and a feeding station just feet from the float warehouses, helping to keep them out of harm's way. Kern reopened Mardi Gras World for tours Oct. 17, although he's still seeing just about 50 visitors a day, a tenth of pre-Katrina levels. It took some time to convince dozens of "krewes" b the teams of locals who work on each float b that the party had to go on, even if for just 10 days instead of the usual six weeks, says Kern. "For us it was immediate. The show must go on," says Kern, who was evacuated but suffered relatively minor damage to his home. Remarkably, there will be just six less parades this year than last year's 34, says Hardy. Airlines that cut their flights from about 166 a week to just 19 after Katrina (that's since climbed to more than 70) have added more flights for Mardi Gras. And about 95 per cent of the 28,000 hotel rooms available downtown are expected to be vacated by construction crews and other relief workers. "I think this year's Mardi Gras is going to be more poignant than at any time in its history because it's going to be seen as a reaffirmation of the history of the city, of the culture of the city," says visitors bureau official Perry. "It's going to be a joyous celebration of having made it through a crisis that was unfathomable." - --------------------------------------- Susan Pigg is Associate Travel Editor at the Star. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:28:22 -0500 From: seulbzzaj@aol.com Subject: Re: Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever Dear Catherine, Thank you! I've downloaded and burnt the disc, and am listening to it now. I always enjoy listening to these covers, the good and the bad. I love the Judy Collins track, and thanks to Bob for continuing to collect and distribute this material. Scott - -----Original Message----- From: Catherine McKay To: seulbzzaj@aol.com; joni@smoe.org Sent: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:57:57 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re:Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever I was one of the lucky ones that got it and because it takes a heckuva long time to upload these things (far longer for me than it took to download it to begin with), and Muller shouldn't have to do all the work, I uploaded it again and hope you can grab it this time. Use this link: http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MVPTMYZ20WXL3GMCOK1TJVW99 - --- seulbzzaj@aol.com wrote: > I tried to download Bob's new volume of covers, but > received this on the web site: > File Transfer: Unavailable > Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not > available. > > The file has most likely exceeded its allotted > bandwidth or has been removed by the original sender > or a recipient. :( > Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:49:26 -0600 From: billdollinger Subject: Re: Joni guitar tabs Cheers for Susan for delurking on this, I also have been in lurker status for years, and have gotten so much out of the guitar tab section that I even bought a roland vg8. I send my thanks again to all who have contributed tabs, it really is by far the best artist tab site around! Bill Dollinger On Feb 11, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Susan E McNamara wrote: > Hi Karen, and thanks for the kind words, as always, Bob. > > I've been lurking for years it seems and it's time I pop my head > out and > let you all know that I appreciate this community and what's it > done for > my most obsessive passion, the music of Joni Mitchell. I have to > say that > I really owe a lot of the development of the guitar site to my > compatriots > Howard and Marian, also of course, Les and his generous offer of > housing > our questionably legal database. Who would have thought oh those > 10 years > ago that we would eventually wind up on the official Joni Mitchell > site? > I still get goosebumps thinking about it. > > This concept hatched in my brain after I started discovering > Howard's tabs > on OLGA (the On-Line Guitar Archive). He had wonderful tabs of > People's > Parties and Hejira which I started picking at trying to master. > Actually > People's Party is the first song that thrilled me to open tuning. the > opening bar chords when strummed sounded so much like the album I was > hooked. I thought that I needed a place to put all these tabs so I > could > use them. With Les's help Howard, Marian and I got to work and > started on > the catalog. It was a lot of fun to have these three way email > discussions going on about different tunings. I remember Silky > Veils of > Ardor was completed after some pretty darn good detective work. > It's been > a couple of years now that the database has pretty much been > completed and > it remains one of the things I am most proud of (except for my > marriage > and my daughter!) > > Please feel free to contact me about any questions you have about the > tunings or the tabs. We are still reachable at > guitars@jonimitchell.com > or you can email me at my new email address: SueMc@jonimitchell.com. > (awesome!) > > Also, I must let you know that I'm waiting for a date this spring > for our > 3rd Annual Only Joni Open Mic. This year we are holding it at > Cornell's > Willard Straight Hall, the student union, and I'm really hoping the > students come out in force to play some Joni. > > take care, sue > > > > > >> Karen asked >> >> >> "I have another question. Do you guys have a website for tabs for >> Joni's >> songs? For guitar. (I know she plays other things.) ... I am a >> relatively >> new player (a couple of years), and I know a couple of Joni tunes >> (mostly >> Neil, uh oh, there I go again, heh), but would love to play more." >> >> Forgive me if this already received a reply - but if it did, I >> missed it >> in >> the scan of my digests. >> >> Karen, allow me to introduce you to the most awesome guitar tab >> site in >> the >> world;. >> >> _http://jonimitchell.com/guitar/_ (http://jonimitchell.com/guitar/) >> >> >> 5 years ago it changed my life. A fair amateur guitarist, for 30 >> years I >> had >> abandoned all hope of finding out (much less figuring out) how >> sJoni did >> it >> - perhaps if I had devoted my life to it ........... >> >> Anyway, those more dedicated and talented than I actually did it (Sue >> McNamara, Howard Wright and Marian Russell - with a few miscellaneous >> contributors) >> - investigated, sleuthed, figured and reconstructed Joni's profound >> insight >> of yesteryear - to wit, "there must be 50 ways to tune your >> gittar". And >> shared it with us! Thank you so much, Sue, Howard and Marian >> (every year >> or so, I >> feel the urge to say 'thanks' publicly). >> >> Until then, I only knew Circle Game and Little Green (open G, real >> obvious). >> Now, I've got the whole world in my hands. As of now, I can do a >> decent >> or >> at least passable job on about 100 of Joni's songs. All that >> pleasure, >> because >> of this site. >> >> Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:00:56 -0600 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: bad news comes knocking -- njc Thank you Smurf for letting us know. Dear Patti, I am so very sorry for your loss. May you find the strength and courage to deal with this deep pain you are suffering. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I lost my dad 1/3/06, if you would like to talk privately please write me off list or feel free to call me (713) 695-2184. Love Donna >>> Smurf 2/12/2006 7:49:55 AM >>> Our dear friend Patti Parlette wrote during the night to say that her father -- "the person who loved me the most out of all the people on this earth" -- died yesterday morning of congestive heart failure in Utah. Patti is, of course, distraught, but says she's okay. Right now she is either en route to Salt Lake City or attempting to leave Connecticut after last night's blizzard. (The snow is still falling here in Boston.) Patti also wrote: "Ummm, so what else do i need to say? Uh, could one of you tell the list why i have been incommunicado? I have really wanted to post about the Tribute and meeting all these crazy wonderful people, but I just could not. You can share whatever you deem appropriate...." With love for Patti and all the rest of you at this moment of the world, - --Bob Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:47:27 +0000 From: "William Waddell" Subject: Joni in a book about Bob Just finished reading Clinton Heylins Bob Dylan: Behind The Shades, and not surprisingly there were quite a few references to Joni. Not sure if theyve been catalogued here (probably have but I'm too lazy to find out). Anyway heres some of what the book offers about Joni - very edited I might add. Tangled Up In Blue was inspired by Joni Mitchells 1970 album Blue The sessions may have had their low spots - few comparable to the one instance of Dylan Does Joni [BYT] [Re the Rolling Thunder and Renaldo and Clara period:] Not that Baez was alone in her refusal to go along with Dylans filmic conceit, Joni Mitchell refused to allow any footage of her to be included in the finished film because of how she felt she looked, a decision that, after seeing the film, she said she would have reconsidered had she realized how jaded everyone else looked. But then Mitchell had not been an integral part of either tour or movie, joining it in the middle, apparently at her own expense, simply to share in the experience Larry Johnson called it [The Rolling Thunder Tour] the Battle of the Berets, because Joni and Ronee [Blakely] and Baez all showed up wearing berets, and cause there was a lot of competition going on with those women. Baez, in particular, made little attempt to hide her distaste for Mitchell Nor would Joni volunteer to join up the second time around. In that sense, Baez triumphed in the Battle of the Berets Joni had already turned her own pen on Blakely, dissecting her Norma Jean-like persona in her disarmingly beautiful Shades of Scarlet Conquering, in which she mocked her Malka is not likely to have been the new lady in Dylans life, though he doubtless bathed in the powerful Eastern European vibe of the very woman Joni Mitchell once described as having a mouth like yours / She knew your life / She knew your devils and your deeds WtS NP - Rufus Wainwright 'With The Ladies' _________________________________________________________________ Are you using the latest version of MSN Messenger? Download MSN Messenger 7.5 today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:09:24 -0800 (PST) From: Peep Richman Subject: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday Good Morning to all and a hearty welcome back to Kate and Victor!!! Just finished reading the last two Digests and found my thoughts wandering to a wet, wet, wet August night in 1969. Yep....for those of you who did...you guessed it!!! I was at Woodstock (for my Honeymoon...can you dig it?). We hitched from Philly and just went with and where the drivers on the road were going...although we did have the destination of Woodstock. We arrived TEN days before the concert was scheduled to begin!!! TEN wondrous, amazing, joyous, tons of fun days. It felt as though you "bumped" into thousands of people all having the qualities you find in the very best people in your life...and your life to be. That wet, wet night was when Joan Baez was scheduled. It was raining as though the heavens had completely parted and all the wetness of tears of joy and tears of sorrow fell gently on our heads. I was sitting right up front beneath the stage. And with no particular entrance, Joan walked on stage and the magic of her voice filled the air. If I remember correctly, it was Richie Havens who officially opened the festival....and what an absolutely amazing launching-pad for the artists who followed. I know...ramblin' on....but when I was reading Garret's post I was reminded of how I adored Washington Square, made a pledge I'd someday live in Greenwich Village...a flood of cherished memories but not lost dreams. Does anyone know the song that Joni performed with Joan Baez? It has no lyrics....there's a long story I'll share about it one day but for now I'm trying to identify where I found it....for now it's only an distant memory...I need to find it. And one last question...when I first heard Craig Davis (it's Davis..not David, I hope) I immediately thought of Tracy Chapman. There's something similar in their style. Does anyone agree? Here's a hopeful note to end on....Joni's parents are 94....ah, the power of genetics! We just might have a few more generations of gifts Joni may want to share. Best love to all. Bo - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new and used cars. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:58:16 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday Hi Bo, glad you r feeling better...the song was Dida on her D&R album rosie in nj snowbound ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:07:11 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peep Richman" > Does anyone know the song that Joni performed with Joan Baez? It has no > lyrics....there's a long story I'll share about it one day but for now I'm > trying to identify where I found it....for now it's only an distant > memory...I need to find it. The only one I know of is 'Dida'. Please tell the story! Please? Please? Pretty please? I love your reminiscence of Woodstock. Kate Bennett was there as well. If either of you has any special memories of Grace Slick talking about 'morning maniac music' and 'It's a new dawn, people' and the Airplane's set, I would *really* love to read about those as well. Peace and Love, Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:12:12 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Podcasts and Petula (njc) What a great memory Jerry!!! I think I remember hearing Petula sing a song or two in French though I can't recall exactly where or when that was. One of my favorite movies is "Goodbye Mr. Chips with Petula and Peter O'Toole. I absolutely adore this movie!!!! She does a wonderful job as Mrs. Chips (sp?). My favorite scene is when Mr. Chips is behind the door while one of the school boys professes his undying love for Mrs. Chips and gets caught! Peter O' Toole's expression is priceless! (as is his performance as well) Sherelle Jerry wrote: >Amazing how one song strikes such a chord with us all. I am a huge Petula >fan. Many don't know of her veryy big successes as a child star, and at >one time she lived in France and was their biggest selling recording >artist. I think she did 12 albums all in French and some in German. I >remember staying weekends at my grandmothers as young teenager. We'd sit >at her kitchen table and stay up all night playing cards and she let me >smoke cigarettes (she was a heavy smoker.) She had a small radio on top of >her refrigerator that we would listen to and I can still heear Downtown >blaring from the tiny speaker and my grandmother and I would join Petula >in our best and most energetic harmonies. Very fond memories. > >Jerry ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #57 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------