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JMDL Digest        Tuesday, February 14 2006        Volume 2006 : Number 059



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TOPICS and authors in this Digest:
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  Desktop pics                    [Mark-Leon Thorne <mark-leon@iinet.net.au>]
  Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever  [Bob Muller <scjoniguy@yahoo.]
  Re: Joni and Julius go to med school                   [LCStanley7@aol.com]
  Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever  [Jerry Notaro <notaro@stpt.us]
  Chuck Mitchell                   [J Kendel Johnson <jkendel2002@yahoo.com>]
  Re:njc,interrupting my sorrow  ["Sherelle Smith" <sherellesmith@hotmail.co]
  Townes Van Zandt: the Movie njc                            [JRMCo1@aol.com]
  Re: Townes Van Zandt: the Movie njc                [Em <emzdogz@yahoo.com>]
  Re: Townes Van Zandt: the Movie njc                        [JRMCo1@aol.com]
  Re: The Long and Winding Road...  ["Donna Binkley" <djb@binkleybarfield.co]
  Joni in movie to be shown on Showtime Mar. 8  [Randy Remote <guitarzan@dir]
  Sheryl Crow, The Grateful Dead and The Remote Bros   njc  [Randy Remote <g]
  Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #47         [Jahida Jorganes <juhiduh@yahoo.com>]
  FW: Help with identifying a Joni concert please  ["Les Irvin" <LesIrvin@jm]
  Re: Joni in movie to be shown on Showtime Mar. 8  ["Happy The Man" <cactus]
  easily amused NJC                             [mags h <magsie_h@yahoo.com>]
  easily amused NJC here's the web site         [mags h <magsie_h@yahoo.com>]
  Goodbye Pork Pie Hat podcast with JC     [Bob Muller <scjoniguy@yahoo.com>]
  Re: Chuck Mitchell                       [Bob Muller <scjoniguy@yahoo.com>]
  Re: Townes Van Zandt: the Movie njc      [Bob Muller <scjoniguy@yahoo.com>]
  Joni's excuse                     [Casey Certis-Milby <caseycm@cruzio.com>]
  Re: Joni in movie to be shown on Showtime Mar. 8  [vince <revrvl@comcast.n]
  Re: Joni's excuse                           ["Cassy" <Siquomb@Comcast.net>]
  Re: Various Ramblings                                  [PassScribe@aol.com]
  Re: Various Ramblings            ["Michael Flaherty" <mflaher3@triton.edu>]
  Re: Joni's excuse             ["Scott and Jody" <johnsonjs100@comcast.net>]
  Re: Joni in movie to be shown on Showtime Mar. 8  [Randy Remote <guitarzan]
  njc the veep shoots, he scores!                [vince <revrvl@comcast.net>]

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:55:35 +1100
From: Mark-Leon Thorne <mark-leon@iinet.net.au>
Subject: Desktop pics

Hi everyone. If you're wondering what happened to the desktop pics I 
was posting for you all to download. I stopped once the website was 
available to everyone. If you haven't checked it out yet, there are now 
42 to choose from. There are several from our own website creator, Les 
and a couple of contributions have come in from visitors to the site.

If you want to try your hand at some Joni related graphics, there is a 
link there to me.

Go to www.jonimitchell.com/wallpaper

Feel free to browse and download any that you like.

Mark in Sydney.

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:15:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Bob Muller <scjoniguy@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever

  <Second highlight is Judy Collins doing That Song About The Midway. I 
still like Bonnie Rait's version best though.>
   
  Bonnie's version is gonna be hard to top - I heard it before I heard Joni's and it remains my favorite. And would it kill Judy to cover a post-1970 Joni tune?

<NP Black Crow - Steely Dan
   
  You are surely toying with me, no? Shame, shame...
   
  Bob
   
  NP: Ben Folds, "Mess"




		
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:47:18 EST
From: LCStanley7@aol.com
Subject: Re: Joni and Julius go to med school

Yes Julius, you are parasympathetic.  Joni is too.   No drugs needed, just 
naturally good human chemistry.  Thanks for sharing  what Dr. Sands wrote.
 
Love,
Laura
 
In a message dated 2/12/2006 10:36:17 P.M. Central Standard Time, JRMCo1  
writes:

A wink and a nod right  back at you, Laura dear.  If you're calling me 
"parasympathetic," I'm  pretty sure that's one the nicest things anyone's ever said 
to me.  What  a beautiful human system...what a cool word!  Thanks for my 
enlivened  synapses. The following is an excerpt by Dr. Robin Sands of Stress  
News:

"Let's travel gently into the realms of the  Parasympathetic: the home of all 
relaxing, warm and contented feelings.   If the Sympathetic is what we need 
to be in the world, then the  Parasympathetic is what we need to be in Heaven.  
When it is in control  it immediately begins to manufacture a sense of 
well-being. It brings peace  where there was conflict.  Like Mother Nature 
nourishing Her offspring,  the Parasympathetic does everything in its power to restore 
harmony and  equilibrium.  As it relaxes muscles, blood vessels and internal 
organs,  so the flow of all body fluids becomes easier, smoother, fuller.  The  
intestines expand and the peristalsis (those gurgles of digestion) begins to  
process the waste products that the Sympathetic has created.  It slows  the 
heartbeat and deepens and softens breathing.  It calms and changes  the brain's 
waves and patterns, bringing the quieter, more expansive states of  mind that 
are so conducive to imagination and creative thinking.  Slowly,  under the 
right conditions, the Parasympathetic ensures that everything falls  or clicks 
back into place.  Everywhere that has been overstretched gets  pulled back into 
line. Everything that has been contracted, begins to  expand.  And this 
expansion is experienced as pleasure.  A really  good night's sleep is a perfect 
example.  As unusual as it might be for  most of us, waking up feeling refreshed 
from a thoroughly pleasant night's  sleep is solely the work of the 
Parasympathetic."

Sweet dreams, Laura  and all in JMDL-land.   :-)

- -Julius

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:10:07 -0500
From: Jerry Notaro <notaro@stpt.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever

>   <Second highlight is Judy Collins doing That Song About The Midway. I
> still like Bonnie Rait's version best though.>
>    
>   Bonnie's version is gonna be hard to top - I heard it before I heard Joni's
> and it remains my favorite. And would it kill Judy to cover a post-1970 Joni
> tune?
> 

Dog Eat Dog, maybe? Actually she would do a killer Ethiopia.

Jerry

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:25:34 -0800 (PST)
From: J Kendel Johnson <jkendel2002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Chuck Mitchell

Hello, all.  I am at the Folk Alliance conference in Austin -- looking forward to seeing several of you at the Joni tribute artist showcase this evening, if I can persuade my partner, David, to head back to Dallas a little later.
   
  I'm headed to a workshop I signed up for this morning, so I just have a sec, but wanted to report that Joni's ex-husband, Chuck Mitchell, played a 30-minute set at the conference last night, and he was quite good -- very "old school" troubadour and somewhat theatrical, but a very solid job as an entertainer.
   
  I will write more, and I took pictures I will post, but I wound up talking to Chuck afterward, and he also gave me his CD and asked for mine in exchange.  (Yes, I will post mp3's, too.)
   
  He sang Circle Game, but did not mention Joni on stage or during our conversation.  He says he has been working at buying, renovating and selling old houses for about 10 years and decided he needed to come to the conference to get his touring career restarted, if he was ever going to.  He was upbeat, friendly and confident -- nothing like the down-and-out and embittered guy I remember reading about in a review of one of his shows several years ago (but, of course, we did not talk about Joni!)
   
  If he was bitter, maybe he's turned a corner.  Who knows.  I will write more about his set when I get home, if you would like to hear about it.  It was an incredible experience for me to have the encounter with someone who knew Joni so intimately in the early days of her career.
   
  This is an incredible conference.  I've wound up chatting very casually with Lloyd Maines, Terry Hendrix, Judy Collins, Jeff Black, Sara Hickman, (okay, Jeff & Sara were already friends), Sarah Lee Guthrie (Arlo's daughter) and her husband, Johnny Irion (what a dynamic duo!), and I topped off my evening last night chatting sitting at the bar with Jonathan Edwards!  (I have his first 6 albums on vinyl!)
   
  More soon,
   
  J (in Austin, back in Dallas soon)

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:32:45 +0000
From: "Sherelle Smith" <sherellesmith@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re:njc,interrupting my sorrow

Oh Patti Parlette!

Even in sorrow, you give people joy through your words. Yes, I 
know...laughing and crying...

Thank you for being so kind about my luggage but folks, I have to tell 
you...I tried to pack up my entire house and bring it along to Strawberry 
Fields in a garment bag!!!! (Smile) Mary and Patti were so kind to help me 
with my burden. That's the kind of people they are. When we realized that we 
were heading in different directions to settle down into the clickety clack, 
we said hasty goodbyes and separated with me going to Penn Station and Patti 
and Mary going to Grand Central. Patti, I do hope your ride there was a 
better experience than mine! I gave the driver extra money for hazard pay! 
Yikes!

I think the three of us became friends of the heart and of the soul in that 
short time. Because of you and Mary, I will always think of Strawberry 
Fields and Central Park with joy in my heart. You two were the perfect 
ending to a perfect trip!

Love, Sherelle

Patti wrote:

Vince wrote:
>
Truth be known, Patti met Mike Krzyzewski , fell in love, and has
run off to Durham, North Carolina to bear all his children.

Then I could be Patti Duke for real!  <grin>

Ha ha ha!  Made me laugh!  I needed that.  Laughing and crying, you know....

*Actually*, I met Joseph Palis (in the Citigroup Cafe), fell in love, and
ran off to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to bear all of HIS children!  Patti
Palis, doesn't that sound nice!  (Hi Joseph!  I can still picture your
beautiful smile!)

Thank you for posting for me, Monsieur le Grand Smurfadelica, and thank you
all for your kind expressions of sympathy.  I treasure them all, and they do
help.  It's a warm arrangement.

I still want to write about the Tribute, not so much the show itself but all
the people, but it will have to be just one little vignette at a time.
First, though, I must say MERCI BEAUCOUP to Julius and Patrick for the pre
and post festivities.  Bon travail!  And there were so many of you I did NOT
get to meet.  Sigh.  Garret, Kenny B., and you know..... I figured whomever
I did not meet at Carnegie Hall or Seppi's, I would meet the next day, but
my trip was cut short a day because of my dad's situation.  When Mary and I
decided we needed to leave, I did not see anyone in the lobby of the Park
Central, so we just started to walk up the street with our heavy luggage
(now I know why they call it LUGgage!!!) and even heavier hearts.  We were
going to grab lunch, hit my numero uno tourist destination of Strawberry
Fields to pray for a little peace, and then settle back into the clickety
clack.  I was sad.  But then, soft!  What voice hails me from behind?
Cassy!  Cassy running after us, saying:  "Patti!  Where are you going?"
Cassy, I am so glad you did that!  I got to have lunch with you and Donna
and Gary Z. and Sherelle and it was so nice.  It was the first lunch I have
had with all JMDLers and I was humbled and in awe of all the Joni love and
knowledge at one little table.  I've told you before that before I joined
this list, no one in my little corner of the world knew more about Joni than
me, but you guys are toooo much!  Here I thought I was pretty cool because I
had some Joni buttons my son bought me from EBay....ha!  Ca n'est rien!  We
talked of someone who had an embroidered silk LOTC jacket, t-shirts, and you
know....   We talked about all kinds of things like divorce and dental
health, but it all came down to you (know who)!  When I quoted some lyrics
to Sherelle at the table ("I'm looking for affection and respect, a little
passion, you want stimulation, nothing more, that's what I think....")
Sherelle didn't know the song.  No problemo, Joniamigo!  Cassy whips out her
awesome iPOD that has EVERY SINGLE Joni CD on it!  She quickly located the
song and set Sherelle up with it.  I thought  that was awesome.  And Donna
let us store our LUGgage in her room -- that was much appreciated, db!  And
Gary Z was with us with his beautiful hair and wonderful Joni stories --
about giving her a flower (the name of which I forget).  After our bon repas
(Croques Monsieur et frites, anyone?) we all hit a little tourist shop which
was fun with Donna and Sherelle trying on the statue of liberty foam crowns
and Sherelle buying a "Carnegie Hall" sign and most of us buying magnets of
Big Yellow Taxis.

Then after some goodbye hugs in the lobby (sorry I missed you, Julius!) Mary
and Sherelle and I hopped into a big yellow taxi to Strawberry Fields.  They
were filming a movie at that entrance, so we had to drag the luggage down
the street and back to get to the Imagine mosaic.  We stopped and rested and
reflected and then left a voicemail for Marianne and Bree.  (I hope you guys
are holding up well.  Hugs to you!)  Okay, I'm rambling and a little
disjointed and racing away here -- not because I just picked up a hitcher,
but because I have to pack and get ready for, merde, a tough few days.
Tomorrow it's up go the flaps, down go the wheels....

I know everyone goes through this (bless you and your dads, Kakki, Donna,
Catherine, Cassy, and you know....) but until you get there yourself, you
never really know.

My papa's faith was in people, and so is mine.  Power to the people!  And
keep the flames of love and peace burning!  What else can we do?

With love and heartfelt thanks,

Patti P. in CT, where the weather outside is FRIGHTFUL.  Thank goodness this
didn't happen during the Tribute, eh?  26.9 inches of snow in Central Park!

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:24:41 EST
From: JRMCo1@aol.com
Subject: Townes Van Zandt: the Movie njc

A movie about this folk music great is coming to a theater near you.   I'll 
see it in the next few days and will report.

http://www.townesthemovie.com/index.html

- -Julius

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:59:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Em <emzdogz@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Townes Van Zandt: the Movie njc

wow thats gonna be too cool. Wish it were coming my way.
Anybody know an online movie rental place that rents sort of
undergroundish/not quite commercial stuff? I mean I realize this one
wouldn't be available for some time (as it is brand new), but still I
keep missing the good art house cinema stuff, and our local Ballbusters
only seems interested in stocking the latest crash and burn and/or
slasher stuff.
:)
thx for the head's up!
Em

- --- JRMCo1@aol.com wrote:

> A movie about this folk music great is coming to a theater near you. 
>  I'll 
> see it in the next few days and will report.
> 
> http://www.townesthemovie.com/index.html
> 
> -Julius

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:28:17 EST
From: JRMCo1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Townes Van Zandt: the Movie njc

Here's more about the film, Em.   I hope you get to see it.   I wish you
lived in Berkeley, somehow.   Don't know why...   ;-)

- -Julius
- ---------------
The ultimate songwriter's songwriter, Townes Van Zandt had a profound impact
on generations of musicians from Bob Dylan to Norah Jones, yet he avoided the
commercial success enjoyed by many of his own fans.   Labeled a problem child,
he was given shock therapy in his early 20s after he fell backward from a
four-story window "just to see what it felt like."   Director Margaret Brown
combines rare performance footage with heartfelt interviews as she focuses on
Van
Zandt's restless life and 30-year music career.   Includes appearances by
Willie Nelson, Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth, Lyle Lovett, Kris Kristofferson,
Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris and others.

Director: Margaret Brown

Cast: Joe Ely, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Donna Spence,
Ann Rice, Luke Sharpe, John Ruehl, Bob "Maverick" Myrick, Frank "Chito" Greer,
Fran Lohr, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kevin Eggers, Wrecks Bell, David Olney, J.T. Van
Zandt, Steve Earle, Susanna and Guy Clark, Peggy Underwood, Leland Waddell,
Cindy Van Zandt Lindgram, Katie Belle Van Zandt, Mickey White, John Lomax III,
Harold Eggers, Will Van Zandt, Jeanene Van Zandt, Dylan Ferrero, Kinky
Friedman, Emmylou Harris, Bob Moore, Steve Shelley, Tim Foljahn, Larry Monroe,
Lyle
Lovett

MPAA Rating: NR
Run Time: 1hr 39mins
Release Year: 2004
Country Of Origin: USA

In a message dated 2/13/06 7:59:20 AM, emzdogz@yahoo.com writes:

> wow thats gonna be too cool. Wish it were coming my way.
> Anybody know an online movie rental place that rents sort of
> undergroundish/not quite commercial stuff? I mean I realize this one
> wouldn't be available for some time (as it is brand new), but still I
> keep missing the good art house cinema stuff, and our local Ballbusters
> only seems interested in stocking the latest crash and burn and/or
> slasher stuff.
> :)
> thx for the head's up!
> Em
>
> --- JRMCo1@aol.com wrote:
>
> > A movie about this folk music great is coming to a theater near you.
> >  I'll
> > see it in the next few days and will report.
> >
> > http://www.townesthemovie.com/index.html
> >
> > -Julius

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:46:22 -0600
From: "Donna Binkley" <djb@binkleybarfield.com>
Subject: Re: The Long and Winding Road...

Welcome home Victor!  Missed you in NYC, you would have loved it!  
 
love, db

>>> <waytoblue@comcast.net> 2/10/2006 9:31:53 AM >>>

Hello,

I'm back on the jmdl.  I think a vacation did me well.  I heard about
the tribute in NYC...sounds like it was a lot of fun.  

I'm currently going to music school at GSU in Atlanta.  It's a little
weird with so many classmates who are 18, 19, 20...but after one full
semester I'm over the novelty of it and I'm going to just focus more on
my classes.  Honestly, I'm kind of tired of being around so many kids so
much.  At first it was funny but its starting to get kind of old.

The other weekend, I sang with the GSU singers at the new Georgia
Aquarium.  I hadn't been yet (even though I bought a yearly pass back in
November) and was blown away by just the small glimpse I got.  Hopefully
I'll find some time to make it back over soon.  The whale sharks and
rays were particularly exciting.

I was just down the street from where Coretta Scott King was laying but
I did not try to go to the courthouse or the Baptist church.  There were
lines going for blocks and blocks and several hour waits in the freezing
cold.  I understand why some people would stick the weather out and make
a pilgrimage but I can't afford to get sick and have too much work to do
anyway and plus I don't really like to see open caskets.  I did listen
to Stevie Wonder singing "His Eyes are on the Sparrow"- there's an 8
minute video you can stream at CNN.com .

I did not watch the Grammies but opted instead to watch the new LOST
episode which I enjoyed thoroughly.  I have gotten hooked on LOST and 
it is the one show I look forward to every week(besides the Simpsons.)
Next week looks particularly compelling.

Also, rumour has it that I'll be in the Boston area from March 8- 12th.
 There are already plans brewing for a mini fest that weekend.  Any
interested parties contact Jody Johnson at your leisure.  That's about
it for now.  Hope everyone is well.

Victor

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:59:25 -0800
From: Randy Remote <guitarzan@direcpc.com>
Subject: Joni in movie to be shown on Showtime Mar. 8

There was discussion some time ago of a movie made by actress Rosanna Arquette called "All We Are Saying", a documentary of face-to-face interviews with well known musicians, Joni Mitchell amongst them. I saw a promo clip for it last night that showed Joni speaking, also David Crosby and others. It will be shown on Showtime on March 8th. Looks like a winner.

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:17:21 -0800
From: Randy Remote <guitarzan@direcpc.com>
Subject: Sheryl Crow, The Grateful Dead and The Remote Bros   njc

Late notice: Sheryl Crow performs and talks on Ellen today

Grateful Dead vintage video from Playboy After Dark
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8007692297738853496&q=%22grateful%2Bdead%22 

The Remote Bros return to the radio for a special Valentine's Day show tomorrow, Tues Feb 14, 2:30-4:00PM PST.  Expect the twisted and depraved. Listen via streaming audio at:
http://www.kmud.org

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:42:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Jahida Jorganes <juhiduh@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #47

Hello everyone!!  I promise I will write my review and post my pictures of the show as soon as I have a moment to breathe.  I have been rehearsing and performing for the past 2 weeks nonstop!!  I am so exhausted and can't wait until the end of this week because next week is a well-deserved break for me.  
   
  Peace, Love,and Joni,
  Jahida
   
  P.S.  Who would've thought that my hometown of Guttenberg, New Jersey would get more snow than where I now live in Vermont?  It's truly comical.

			
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:24:35 -0700
From: "Les Irvin" <LesIrvin@jmdl.com>
Subject: FW: Help with identifying a Joni concert please

- -----Original Message-----
From: Joe Jones [mailto:joejones@onetel.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 1:36 PM
Subject: Help with identifying a Joni concert please

Hi, greetings from sunny (yet very cold) North Wales. Over a dimeadozen.org,
there's a debate about the time and whereabouts of a Joni concert. The
details are below. Can anyone help please.
Cheers -  Joe

NP - The Arctic Monkeys - Live in Koln.
Favourite Joni - Don't Interrupt The Sorrow

The details of the Joni concert so far are:

1) Joni Mitchell - 1968 or 69 - Germany Maybe.torrent 

This one is a mysterious but very high-quality recording of Joni in 1967,
1968, or 1969. Early Joni, featuring her beautiful 1960s voice and a
recording that is astoundingly good--crisp, clear, no static, very little
hiss. 

2) Joni Mitchell
Unknown Venue received as
Germany(?) 1968 (?)
Joni didn't play in Germany in 1968. She first played Fayetteville on
January 3rd, 1967 and again in May of the same year, so presumably this show
is after that (as she discusses her visit to Fort Bragg in the intro to "Dr.
Junk"). She says the visit was "about 2 years ago," which would suggest that
this performance took place in 1969, but the presence of "Dr. Junk" in the
setlist would argue against the show being as late as 1969. 

One real highlight of this is the Circle Game/Little Green medley. 

Any help identifying the particulars of this amazingly high-quality
recording is welcome.  

01 - Marcie
02 - Nathan La Freneer
03 - Intro To Dr. Junk
04 - Dr Junk The Dentist Man
05 - Roses Blue
06 - Circle Game/Little Green
07 - I Don't Know Where I Stand
08 - Go Tell The Drummer Man
09 - Michael From Mountains
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:37:44 -0600
From: "Happy The Man" <cactustreemotel@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Joni in movie to be shown on Showtime Mar. 8

I like the part where David Crosby says, "That's how Britni Spears who is a 
deep as a bird bath gets ahead of someone like Joni Mitchell.  I wonder what 
the context was?  Wanna Guess.

Just back from hanging with Paz and the Dulson's at the mini joni tribute.

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Remote" <guitarzan@direcpc.com>
To: <joni@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:59 PM
Subject: Joni in movie to be shown on Showtime Mar. 8


> There was discussion some time ago of a movie made by actress Rosanna 
> Arquette called "All We Are Saying", a documentary of face-to-face 
> interviews with well known musicians, Joni Mitchell amongst them. I saw a 
> promo clip for it last night that showed Joni speaking, also David Crosby 
> and others. It will be shown on Showtime on March 8th. Looks like a 
> winner.

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:35:12 -0800 (PST)
From: mags h <magsie_h@yahoo.com>
Subject: easily amused NJC

. please take the time to check out Keith and Renee of the band easily amused...they are a fantastic, sweet people who will appreciate the support....more of winnipeg's finest ;-)) 
   
  Their stage presence is not to be missed....the sound clips, as usual, dont do them justice .... 
   
  check out the tour dates for a location near you..
   
  Mags. 


let us go then you and i
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:53:49 -0800 (PST)
From: mags h <magsie_h@yahoo.com>
Subject: easily amused NJC here's the web site

www.easilyamused.ca
   
  again, pls check out the tour dates near you and give your support to two fine upancoming musicians from the Prairie. 
   
  tonnes of love,
  Mags
   


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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:33:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Bob Muller <scjoniguy@yahoo.com>
Subject: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat podcast with JC

http://straightnochaserjazz.blogspot.com/2006/01/podcast-31-goodbye-pork-pie-hat.html
   
  This guy, who does a jazz podcast, did a show about GPPH, and plays about 5 different versions of the song, including Joni's from Mingus, Mingus' original recording from "Mingus Ah Um", Jeff Beck's and Kevin Mahogony's, which features the alternate (and way inferior imo) Rahsaan Roland Kirk lyric.
   
  It's an enjoyable 30 minutes-or-so show. And you don't need any special equipment or anything to hear it, you can just download the fila and enjoy it through the media player of your choice.
   
  Bob
   
  NP: Kenny Loggins, "Set It Free"

		
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:42:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Bob Muller <scjoniguy@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Chuck Mitchell

<If he was bitter, maybe he's turned a corner.  Who knows.  
I will write more about his set when I get home, if you 
would like to hear about it.  It was an incredible experience 
for me to have the encounter with someone who knew Joni so 
intimately in the early days of her career.>\
   
  Hey, thanks for the nice reporting, J - sounds like you're having a grand time.
   
  I'd love to hear more details when you get back home - for now just kick back and have fun.
   
  Chuck, as you probably know, recorded The Circle Game for an album he released in the 70's. What you may not know is that he also recorded Joni's "Winter Lady", which was never released but will be coming to a Covers Volume in the near future.
   
  Bob
   
  NP: Hole, "Northern Star"




		
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:46:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Bob Muller <scjoniguy@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Townes Van Zandt: the Movie njc

<Anybody know an online movie rental place that rents sort of
undergroundish/not quite commercial stuff?>
   
  Em, Netflix is THE way to go. They have great service, flexible pricing plans, and what's best is their catalog of films! It looks like they have this Townes flick, check it out:
   
  http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=70029620&trkid=189530&strkid=5550495_1_0

Bob
   
  NP: Steely Dan, "Rose Darling"
   

		
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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:01:13 -0800
From: Casey Certis-Milby <caseycm@cruzio.com>
Subject: Joni's excuse

This from the most recent Tom Rush newsletter:

> The Carnegie Hall show (the Joni Mitchell tribute/fund raiser) was a 
> blast. As blasi as I try to pretend to be, getting a Standing O at 
> Carnegie is a buzz! But my favorite part of the evening (23 acts, AND 
> the show ran on schedule!) was Joni's excuse for not being there - she 
> emailed in to say her cat was sick.

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:07:51 -0500
From: vince <revrvl@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Joni in movie to be shown on Showtime Mar. 8

> I like the part where David Crosby says, "That's how Britni Spears who 
> is a deep as a bird bath gets ahead of someone like Joni Mitchell.

Apart from the fact that David Crosby's life does not speak to me as 
someone who has lived life with depth...

and apart from the fact that Britney Spears (who will slash her wrists 
when she realizes she could of spelled it "Britni") has given us, in 
Oops I Did it Again, one of the greatest pop songs ever...

is the fact that Joni chose a long time ago to not get ahead in the 
popular music, because she chose quite intentionally not to stoke the 
star maker machinery behind the popular song.

Joni could have been one of the great hitsmakers ever.  She chose a 
different path.

I am glad she did.

I think it is clear that she lives with occasional twinges of regret 
over that, but it was the only path that would be true to her inner core 
of being.  She has chosen the better way.

David Crosby may be plagued with all kinds of inner demons that have 
kept him from living his life to the fullest.   I can be very 
sympathetic to the weaknesses that he has that have led his life to be 
lived as he has done.   I am certainly no personal monument to a better 
way.

But there is something that grinds me that he feels compelled to rip 
another artist to extol Joni.  Joni does not need to be celebrated by 
diminishing other artists.  I am sure that Britney could do a great job 
of imitating some of the low points of Crosby's life.  Besides, it is 
too easy to use Spears as the example of "bad."  That is not creative.   
Unless Spears changes her career path, she will be  remembered with fun 
only by those who came of age when her music came out just as we 
remember fondly the fun music of our youth, fluff though it may be.  
Crosby will be remembered for some great music that he accomplished with 
others.  Joni will be remembered for the great music she did alone.   
That should be the ultimate reward and the ultimate  getting ahead - 
very few of us will ever be remembered.  Joni is so far ahead in the 
getting ahead game that we all have cause to celebrate.

Vince

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:10:43 -0500
From: "Cassy" <Siquomb@Comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Joni's excuse

Hmmm, I only recall one standing ovation and that was for Little Jimmy Scott.

From: Casey Certis-Milby

<< This from the most recent Tom Rush newsletter:

... As blasi as I try to pretend to be, getting a Standing O at Carnegie is a
buzz! >>

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:15:21 EST
From: PassScribe@aol.com
Subject: Re: Various Ramblings

     Just a few thoughts that I've neglected to pass along but, every time I 
read verious posts by other folks, I'm reminded that I meant to comment:

on losing a pet: without a doubt, the worst day of my life was the one when I 
had to put down my Spanial mix, Corky, after 14 wonderful years.

on Tom Rush: I recently found & bought his early album featuring "Circle 
Game", "Tin Angel" and "Urge For Going" at a flea market, happy to have an old 
record with three Joni covers. Upon playing it, though, I disliked his versions 
so much I haven't listened to it since. His performace at Carnegie was better 
but I wouldn't rave about it; guess I just don't like his style.

and, has anyone heard the cover of "Both Sides Now", by Iron & Wine on their 
Bloc Party CD? It's a v-e-r-y slow version, although respectably performed. 

     Kenny B 

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:31:55 -0600
From: "Michael Flaherty" <mflaher3@triton.edu>
Subject: Re: Various Ramblings

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:15:21 EST
  PassScribe@aol.com wrote:
> on losing a pet: without a doubt, the worst day of my 
>life was the one when I 
> had to put down my Spanial mix, Corky, after 14 
>wonderful years.

OK, my dog was not a Spanial, but he was a mix, his name 
was Corky, and we put him down when he was 14 ... one of 
the worst days of my life.

That's ... too weird.

Yes, I consider Joni's "excuse" (I don't like the word, 
but I'll let it stand) legitimate, and unless there is 
evidence to the contrary, believe her.

Otherwise, it's just gossip.

Michael Flaherty

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:53:11 -0500
From: "Scott and Jody" <johnsonjs100@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Joni's excuse

 she
> emailed in to say her cat was sick.

I have always been under the impression that Joni doesn't even own a 
computer.  Something is awry!

jody

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Casey Certis-Milby" <caseycm@cruzio.com>
To: <joni@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:01 PM
Subject: Joni's excuse


> This from the most recent Tom Rush newsletter:
>
>> The Carnegie Hall show (the Joni Mitchell tribute/fund raiser) was a
>> blast. As blasi as I try to pretend to be, getting a Standing O at
>> Carnegie is a buzz! But my favorite part of the evening (23 acts, AND
>> the show ran on schedule!) was Joni's excuse for not being there - she
>> emailed in to say her cat was sick. 

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:55:10 -0800
From: Randy Remote <guitarzan@direcpc.com>
Subject: Re: Joni in movie to be shown on Showtime Mar. 8

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "vince" <revrvl@comcast.net>
> Unless Spears changes her career path, she will be  remembered with fun 
> only by those who came of age when her music came out just as we remember 
> fondly the fun music of our youth, fluff though it may be.
Yeah, I think that's true, and we all have our guilty pleasures...(although 
I still feel that putting out a song by a young woman called "Hit Me One 
More Time" is unconscionable).
I don't think Croz has anything against BS per se, but sees her as an 
example of the mindless, souless pap that has been pushed and promoted by 
the big mu$ic powers-that-be. As someone who was on the crest of the wave 
that included Hendrix, Dylan, Joni et al, it must be even more sad for him 
to see that greed has triumphed over art. He had seen the mountain top-where 
art could affect people's lives in a positive way.
> Crosby will be remembered for some great music that he accomplished with 
> others.
Hmm...I've seen the man a few times with just a guitar...damn...he's written 
some fine songs...also witness the first 2 or 3 albums he made with Nash
> Joni will be remembered for the great music she did alone.
Some of it...then there's the LA Express, Jaco, Herbie... and not to forget, 
Croz brought Joni to the biz, and had the good sense to "produce" her 1st 
album by doing pretty much nothing but stay out of the way
> That should be the ultimate reward and the ultimate  getting ahead - very 
> few of us will ever be remembered.  Joni is so far ahead in the getting 
> ahead game that we all have cause to celebrate.
She has achieved an incredible amount in artistic and human terms...but 
surely knowing one has done good works, or helped others, whether they are 
ever recognized or not, must be it's own reward, Rev,
and good energy is never lost; like wisdom, it's passed along.
I don't think Joni regrets not being a hitmaker, so much as she regrets that 
the world did not have the good sense to recognize her as Queen. I think 
Croz would be the first to bow down before her. That a marginally talented 
pair of boobs like Brit is crowned instead is part of our sad world, I 
guess, like having a privileged moron for a president rather than someone 
like, say, MLK who could truly inspire and advance the people.
RR
ps did you hear about Cheney shooting that guy?  Do you think they hushed it 
up for 24 hrs so the alcohol could get out of his system? These people have 
their finger on the button? 

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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:07:37 -0500
From: vince <revrvl@comcast.net>
Subject: njc the veep shoots, he scores!

Randy Remote wrote:

> -
> ps did you hear about Cheney shooting that guy?  Do you think they 
> hushed it up for 24 hrs so the alcohol could get out of his system? 
> These people have their finger on the button?
>
>
Of course they had to get the alcohol out of his system, and maybe the 
meds he takes which would cause mixed reactions with the alcohol.

Guys who hunt, drink.  He was probably blitzed.

I live in a hunting area.  Very rarely does someone got shot, maybe once 
a season or so.  It is required to call the police immediately and check 
everyone for substance usage.  There were no cops called here, no blood 
tests runs.  I don't doubt it was an accident, just a substance 
influenced one, and the cover up is as always on.

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