From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #207 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 Tuesday, May 30 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 207 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Such a friendly welcome! [MoVFTYite@aol.com] RE:njc, Welcome, Angela; Thanks, Kate; 1967 [Allmanfan54@aol.com] Re: njc, 1967, Batman and Lesley Gore now just Catherine's boring sh*te [] njc, protest songs today ["Patti Parlette" ] Fwd: Tour Dates Cancelled NJC [mags h ] Re: njc, 1967, Batman and Lesley Gore ["Kate Bennett" ] Memorial Day njc ["Mark Scott" ] Two Days (Doris Day and Anita O'Day) [Joseph Palis ] Re: Jonifest? (NJC) [Patti Witten ] Re: Memorial Day njc ["gene" ] Re: Jonifest? (NJC) [Michael Paz ] re: Top 40 Hits of 1967 ["mia _" ] re: Top 40 Hits of 1967 [Bob Muller ] Re: youtube / lets impeach the president NJC [Bob Muller ] Re: njc, protest songs today ["Cassy" ] Re: Jonifest? (NJC) and Suzzy Roche dream [Patti Witten Subject: Re: njc, 1967, Batman and Lesley Gore now just Catherine's boring sh*te - --- Patti Parlette wrote: > So, what's new, pussycat? How is your move going? > Still tossing stuff? > Getting ready for Sara's graduation? Bonne chance > et bon courage, > Joniamiga, during these busy days. > Sold a bunch of stuff from the basement and garage over the weekend, so that's more junk rid of. Ah yes, and tomorrow is garbage day which I look forward to these days. Sarah's not going to OCAD after all. There's the little issue of her not having enough university-level credits. Um, you'd think she would have known that, but I guess the fact that she got the letter saying she was accepted on the strength of her portfolio, misled us. It's not the end of the world. She was also accepted into a couple of other places and will be going to Sheridan College in Oakville instead. It's also a very good school for the arts as well as technology and animation and, in many ways, I had kind of hoped she might choose it. It will be a longer commute for her, but there's a good commuter train that will take her there. And, speaking of commuting, our Toronto transit workers went on a wildcat strike early this morning, so we can't get to work! They've been ordered back, but we may not have service until noon. I guess if I had bothered to listen to the news this morning, I wouldn't have walked to the subway station and wondered why the doors were locked! Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 16:00:09 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, protest songs today There is an interesting article in the Hartford Courant today: Flood Of Protest Songs Reflects Growing Anger May 29, 2006 By ERIC R. DANTON, Courant Rock Critic The thin trickle of protest music seeping into the marketplace since the Iraq war began in March 2003 has become a roaring torrent in recent weeks, as artists from across the musical landscape vent their fury and disappointment in song. Pop singer Pink, the alt-rock band the Flaming Lips, grunge mainstay Pearl Jam, classic rocker Neil Young, the heavy-metal band Tool, the rap duo the Coup, folk singer Mark Erelli and country's Dixie Chicks have all released songs - or albums - with deft critiques of the Bush administration, the war in Iraq or the current cultural climate in America. Young's album "Living With War" is the most trenchant of the bunch, with a song titled "Let's Impeach the President" that calls for exactly that. Pink addresses Bush directly, too, on a song called "Dear Mr. President," which takes the commander-in-chief to task for the war and his stance on reproductive rights and gay marriage and makes reference to his past substance-abuse problems. The Coup isn't particularly subtle, either, on "Head (of State)," which is full of conspiracy-minded speculation on the links between the Bush family and the Iran-Iraq war in the '80s. (SUBTITLE on next page: Today's Protest Songs Lack Cohesive Impact of Ages Past) Each makes a pointed statement, but to whom? The role of protest music has changed since the 1960s. Popular culture, once something of a monolith, has broken into stratified niches, and audiences have a seemingly infinite number of distractions vying for their time and attention. "Everything in the culture is fragmented, and therefore it's very hard for anything in the culture to be the big voice in the way that, say, songs that came out during the civil rights movement could be in the early '60s," says Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University and author of "The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage." Gitlin points to another key difference. "Forty years ago, there was a social movement, or a collection of social movements, and people gravitated to the music because they thought the music spoke for them," he says. "So the music ... was an anthem for armies that were already on the march. Today, the armies are not so much on the march, if there are armies. So necessarily, the place of the music is going to be different. It's more often out ahead of what people are doing in their political lives." Yet the sudden spate of angry music coincides with the president's plummeting approval ratings. There were a handful of protest songs soon after the Iraq war started, then not much for several years, which raises an obvious question: What took so long? Several factors. For one thing, "protest music hasn't been a shortcut to moving up the charts," Gitlin says. Mike McCready, guitarist for Pearl Jam, cites another reason when he says that people gradually realized President Bush wasn't the uniter he claimed to be after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "It had a lot to do with the amount of fear and kind of intellectual repression that was put into the press and to the mainstream media at large, and people buying into that and how our president didn't really bring our country together after 9/11," says McCready, whose band's recent self-titled album includes a song about the war in Iraq called "World Wide Suicide." Erelli, a folk singer who came up on the Northampton, Mass., scene, says it would have been inappropriate not to acknowledge current events in the songs on his latest album, "Hope and Other Casualties." "I've got to think that if those kinds of bigger issues, and the intellectual and emotional complexities that come with those, are not being addressed in your art right now - I don't know that could happen to anyone," he says. "I can't imagine that not affecting what I do." - --------- Me neither, Mark. When I first saw the title, I said to myself: "Yeah!!! Bring 'em ON!", but then I got a little discouraged as I read the comments from Prof. Gitlin. "Today, the armies are not so much on the march, if there are armies." Where are the armies? Where have all the flowers gone? Why was I the lone clapper at Michael's graduation ceremony in an arena filled with 10,000 people when Congressperson DeLauro said we need to "get out troops out of Iraq"? I still can't get over that. And this fragmentation he talks about....is it perhaps partly the iPod culture? Almost every student I see walking on campus has wires coming out of his/her ears, walking alone to their own beat. They can't hear me blasting Neil's new CD as I drive through campus! (NPIMH: "....one thing I can tell you is you got to be free, come together right now...." -- JL & PM) Today is Memorial Day in the U.S.A. I am going to a picnic across town. At this picnic will be my good friends Judy and Steve. We are family. Their son Andy was Michael's best friend since first grade, but sadly they have fallen apart. Andy joined the Air National Guard, and then switched to the Army because it was tougher. He is not the same sweet boy we once knew. And to add insult to injury, right now, Andy is in Afghanistan. I don't know how Judy and Steve can stand it. I would be up in some sterilized room, or in jail for kidnapping my own son. So, as deeply grateful as I am that my son is safe and sound today, believe me it is not lost on me the fear and the heartache and worry that Judy and Steve feel. I feel it, too. That's my both sides now today. It's unravelling me...the worry over the Andys and the grief over the Caseys undoes all the joy that could be over the Michaels. Love and peace (I said it like it was something to strive for), Patti P. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT) From: mags h Subject: Fwd: Tour Dates Cancelled NJC hey y'all, just a quick note...wanted to spread this around the list in the event that anyone here might see the following guitars/equipment around. so many of you are musicians and i am sure you will feel their pain, as it were. if you have any thoughts or ways of assisting Keith and Renee, as well as Kyle et al, please write me off list. Ive put in a plug for K&R many times; they are wonderful, sweet and hard working musicians trying to get their foot in the door. more than heartbreaking....please see forwarded message mags Note: forwarded message attached. let us go then you and i ~t.s.eliot~ I'll keep on moving Things are bound to be improving these days These days- These days I sit on corner stones And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend Don't confront me with my failures I had not forgotten them ~jackson browne~ - --------------------------------- Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2"/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. 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X-Apparently-To: pm_holden@yahoo.com via 206.190.48.194; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:38:10 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [205.214.86.13] Authentication-Results: mta290.mail.scd.yahoo.com from=easilyamused.ca; domainkeys=neutral (no sig) Received: from 205.214.86.13 (EHLO megs23.100mwh.com) (205.214.86.13) by mta290.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:38:10 -0700 Received: from easilyam by megs23.100mwh.com with local (Exim 4.52) id 1FjPOl-0002uS-PO for pm_holden@yahoo.com; Thu, 25 May 2006 17:37:47 -0600 To: pm_holden@yahoo.com Subject: Tour Dates Cancelled Received: from mailer by www.easilyamused.ca with HTTP (Mail); Thu, 25 May 2006 17:37:47 -0600 Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 17:37:47 -0600 From: Easily Amused X-Priority: 3 X-mid: cG1faG9sZGVuQHlhaG9vLmNvbSAsIDI0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - megs23.100mwh.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - yahoo.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32157 32157] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - easilyamused.ca Content-Length: 1102 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain TOUR DATES CANCELLED May 25, 2006 We have some bad news for you. Easily Amused and Kyle Riabko's "Come Together Tour" came to an unfortunate halt this morning when they woke up to find their van and trailer stolen from a Philadelphia hotel parking lot. As a result, we have had to cancel the remaining dates on the tour and both bands are busy trying to find a way home. The trailer was filled with everyone's equipment, including Keith's custom-made acoustic guitar, Kyle's 1966 Fender Jaguar, Dylan's vintage Ludwig drum set and Brent's Elrick MJS5 bass guitar. That's just the beginning of an entire trailer full of gear that has been stolen, so, if you are in the musical scene, please keep an eye out for this stuff to pop up in stores, specifically within the Philadelphia area. We are so sorry to have to cancel this tour, but we thank you for being understanding. Peace and Love, Easily Amused - -------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe, please click here: http://www.easilyamused.ca/newsletter/box.php?funcml=unsub2&nl=1&email=pm_holden@yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 10:04:26 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: njc, 1967, Batman and Lesley Gore AND... for more synchronicity... the show was often filmed in Santa Barbara! >Holy Synchronicity, CATwoman! (Sorry, I meant CATherine.)< ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 19:14:38 +0200 From: "ron" Subject: Re: Jonifest? (NJC) hi while the train idea sounds really good - i would prefer full moon just seems to me that being cramped up in a train could get quite artificial & claustrophobic i just love the environment at full moon - so natural & peaceful & the pool room is just unbeatable - for me that was the highlight of jonifest ron ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 11:52:47 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Memorial Day njc I am feeling horribly conflicted today. I understand that there have been times when people have had to lay down their lives to put an end to tyranny and evil. I understand that Saddam Hussein committed many of the same crimes as Adolf Hitler. Maybe not on the same scale, but how do we measure what's acceptable when it comes to the numbers of people who are subjugated, tortured and killed? I understand that the politics of appeasement enabled Hitler to do what he did and that removing psychotic tyrants from power is not a bad thing. But today the television is full of what seems like blatant glorification of war and it upsets me. Last night there was a piece about a soldier who has been seriously wounded several times but has gone back into combat and wants to go back again to Iraq. Why? Another piece today is about a man who was a medic in Viet Nam. He has two sons who enlisted and want to serve in Iraq. One of them talked about his reasons and he mentioned seeing movies. Our culture is still full of movies, games, television programs that seem to encourage aggressive behavior particularly in males and some glorify war. It perpetuates itself. Then I think about Patti's son and how some of this plays to young people struggling with growing up and making decisions about what direction to take with their lives. A lot of them don't have the advantage of a loving mother who is willing to put up a stiff battle to dissuade them or maybe they come from disadvantaged backgrounds and see the military as a way out of poverty. I honor the men who died on Omaha Beach. When I saw 'Saving Private Ryan' I was a wreck during the first part of the movie, literally sobbing, thinking about the horrible sacrifice those men made and the unbelievable courage it must have taken to jump into the surf and run up onto that beach into almost certain death. I certainly don't mean to dishonor any soldier who lost his or her life fighting for something they believed in. But not all wars have been fought for noble causes and both sides believe they are in the right. It's a tragic thing when some maniac gets enough power to make it necessary to send people out to die to stop them from doing further evil. The people who make that sacrifice deserve to be honored. But war itself is not romantic or exciting. It is ugly and horrific and tragic and is not something to be glorified or wished for. Rambling here. Time to stop. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 21:58:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: Two Days (Doris Day and Anita O'Day) Hi Jonilistas~ So I went to my favorite indie record store (don't we all have one we like to frequent?) yesterday and listened to interesting albums. Two of the recent albums are from Doris Day and Anita O'Day. Doris Day's "Love Album" has an interesting cover of Joni's BSN. Not sure if this is the same track as the one in Bob's Covers Project but I am guessing it is the same. But I am quite impressed by former Calamity Jane's version of BSN. It was clearly sung her way, her key, her style. Although I ended up buying something else, I made a mental note to revisit Doris Day and buy this album. I don't know if the "Love Album" is the last record Doris Day cut but her voice never became a shadow of her former self. I was studying her timbre and phrasing and wished she also covered another Joni song of that era. Maybe "The Dawntreader". Sadly I cannot say the same thing for one of my favorite jazz/swing singers -- Anita O'Day. Whoever engineered the idea of recording the 86-year old O'Day is cruel. The voice is no longer there. And what could be more hurtful for a fan to listen is how she can no longer "keep time" the way she used to with effortless grace. While O'Day has never been known to possess a perfect pitch, this latest album of hers called "Indestructible" made me cringe and wince while listening via headphones. Anyone else heard this album. Her "Rules of the Game" album in 1993 showed that she can no longer control her voice, but the swing and the sass is still there. But this latest one is painful to listen. Made me appreciate Ella Fitz's last record "All That Jazz". Joseph in Chapel Hill np: Aqualung - Another Little Hole" - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail riinvente le mail ! Dicouvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface rivolutionnaire. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 15:51:20 -0400 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: Jonifest? (NJC) Paz wrote: > It is a diversion of the cruise theory but I am liking it. > This is actually a sub chapter of a conversation I had with Jerome on tour > talking about a Singer/Songwriter pass that would put you on a train headed > on a route that they do all the time anyway. It would allow you to get on a > train and have the best possible accommodations available at the time > (understanding that you might night have a sleeper on a leg or two of your > tour if NOT planned properly. BUT for so many cats like Gregg Cagno, Victoe > Johnson. The Divine Ms. Claudia, Jack Neilson, (add your name here cause I > don't have that much time). All trains would have a club car where musicians > could utilize and open mic policy and play music in the club car and pimp > their cd's and other travellers would have great enetertainment and > musicians could get around on tour for a lot less money than gas would have > you do. Anyways am I making sense? Shee-it yeah, you making sense! I will try to keep up with posts on the topic. I'd like to help if I can :))) PS we start tracking my guitar this week for the new CD, Tell the Wind. I am WAY excited! xo Patti - -- http://pattiwitten.com Dark, semi-sweet and lingering ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 14:06:41 -0700 From: "gene" Subject: Re: Memorial Day njc "But war itself is not romantic or exciting. It is ugly and horrific and tragic and is not something to be glorified or wished for." Mark Scott hi mark, i'm a vietnam combat vet and your above words hit the nail right on the head. war is even more odious when it is fought for someone's profit. such as the case we have in iraq. memorial day is truly a sad holiday that we masked by bbqing, picnicing, camping, and whatever and i wonder how many people really think about the people that died in war. not just the soldiers but the civilans as well. war is not the answer, never has been, never will be. and i greived not only for the dead and their families but for the returning soldiers as well. because after all is said and done, history will show that their efforts, however heroic, were needless, their sacrifice senseless. they'll come back to homes where there is probably no well paying job, rising health care, and public apathy for their sacrifice. what of the ones who come home without limbs and worse yet, come back home with injuries the eyes cannot see. what of them? we can find millions of dollars for public projects name in honor of some congressman, but try to get addittional funding for veteran's healthcare is like pulling teeth. so today i think about the one's who died and the ones who are living as well----and why we always end up fighting someone else's war. gene ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 17:03:28 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Jonifest? (NJC) Hey Patti Great to hear from you. I have received a lot of positive responses on the Train idea. Well it IS a possibility till old Ashara gets around to doing another Full Moon one. I agree with Ron that the train could get a little cramped, but we are working on some ideas to stop over at a couple of places along the way. I will keep you all informed as this idea works its magic. Great to hear about the new album Patti! Will you be using those Burns Sisters for some back ground vocals?? Best of luck with production. Best Paz NP-Martha My Dear-Laurence Juber > Paz wrote: > >> It is a diversion of the cruise theory but I am liking it. >> This is actually a sub chapter of a conversation I had with Jerome on tour >> talking about a Singer/Songwriter pass that would put you on a train headed >> on a route that they do all the time anyway. It would allow you to get on a >> train and have the best possible accommodations available at the time >> (understanding that you might night have a sleeper on a leg or two of your >> tour if NOT planned properly. BUT for so many cats like Gregg Cagno, Victoe >> Johnson. The Divine Ms. Claudia, Jack Neilson, (add your name here cause I >> don't have that much time). All trains would have a club car where musicians >> could utilize and open mic policy and play music in the club car and pimp >> their cd's and other travellers would have great enetertainment and >> musicians could get around on tour for a lot less money than gas would have >> you do. Anyways am I making sense? > > Shee-it yeah, you making sense! I will try to keep up with posts on the > topic. I'd like to help if I can :))) > > PS we start tracking my guitar this week for the new CD, Tell the Wind. > I am WAY excited! > > xo > Patti > -- > http://pattiwitten.com > Dark, semi-sweet and lingering ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 18:23:05 -0500 From: "mia _" Subject: re: Top 40 Hits of 1967 From Patti's list of Top 40 Hits of 1967: Come To the Sunshine - Harpers Bizarre (#37) Hey, didn't Joni write a song with the same title? Does anyone know if the two songs are either the same or similar? Just curious... Mia ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 16:45:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: re: Top 40 Hits of 1967 > Hey, didn't Joni write a song with the same > title? Does anyone know if the > two songs are either the same or similar? Hi Mia - Believe me, my eyes bugged out when I first saw that...especially given that HB did do a cover of BSN. However, their version was written by Van Dyke Parks. There is a cover of Joni's "Come To The Sunshine" coming right around the bend, however. Stay tuned for the news. Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen, "Back In Your Arms" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 17:01:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: youtube / lets impeach the president NJC Thanks for these, Ron - the first one was obviously inspired by Chaplin's "The Great Dictator", a great film that I believe was banned for awhile. Bob NP: Volker Niehusmann & Christiane Weber, "All I Want" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 17:15:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Peep Richman Subject: Demons in my computer!!!!!!!!!!!1 Hello to everyone, Short line or two about a big problem. I wrote a Posting two days ago that included many personal feelings I have about Joni. When I clicked on "Send" it took so long and then.....BIG DRUM ROLL...a screen pops up "This Page Cannot Be Displayed". GGGRRREEEEERRRR. Frustrating? You can safely make a huge bet on that, my friends! Here's some of what I remember: I realized that it seems to me there are approximately 75% of the people who are in this gorgeous family who are either professional musicians or play piano...guitar...and I was thinking that this is fabulous..... but many times I really don't understand the meaning of some of the content of postings. I remembered, sadly, that I studied piano for a few years...very few...and actually I liked my teacher who told me I could sing as well as "really" play the piano. Sometimes, more often than not for me, kids get a nasty virus that results in an often untreatable "jerk flu". Had it often! My mother studied at Julliard but never pursued the possibility of having a career. However, my home was always filled with the sounds of her magical fingers on the keys of our piano. Joni has been and remains a person who has the most amazing force in my life...my love for Joni began in 1968 with "Song To A Seagull" followed by "Clouds" and every 'album'since. The anticipation I felt/feel when I discover that Joni will release a new CD is so incredible that I ride high for days that tumble into weeks. And then the big day arrives and I'm first customer waiting for the door to open...at Borders...where you can usually find me....used to be Sam Goodies. I remember one of the most incredulous evenings in the '70's decade. A local station was playing the entire album (without interruption) of the day to follow release of "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns". I listen with a flawless capacity to "hear"....really hear....and within a week of my following day's purchase, I had memorized the entire album. I rambling here.....don't want to waste anyone's time. It's Memorial Day....I've had several hours today of quiet contemplation. Sadness overwhelms me and the tears flowed. Love to all from Bo Patti, how do you join AMP? One more very important sharing...in an e-mail (not sure if it was a posting)...that Laura sent me there were many sentences that Laura wrote with glorious style. Here are two that I adore: ...."conveying and entering into a realization of the union of the physical and spiritual" and "walking in the footsteps of her fingers". Thank you, Laura...thank you. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 22:04:48 -0400 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: njc, protest songs today A song I've listened to quite a bit lately is a song by singer/songwriter Jim Lesses. The song is called "No Blood for Oil" and was written in January of 2003 One can listen to it and read the words here: http://unionsong.com/u169.html It's a folk/protest song and says everything I feel. Not to everyone's taste but poignant. Warmly, Cassy NP: Women be wise - Bonnie Raitt and Sippie Wallace <<< Love and peace (I said it like it was something to strive for), Patti P. >>> Always something to strive for my friend. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 22:58:52 -0400 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: Jonifest? (NJC) and Suzzy Roche dream michael@thepazgroup.com wrote: > Hey Patti > Great to hear from you. I have received a lot of positive responses on the > Train idea. Well it IS a possibility till old Ashara gets around to doing > another Full Moon one. I agree with Ron that the train could get a little > cramped, but we are working on some ideas to stop over at a couple of places > along the way. I will keep you all informed as this idea works its magic. > Great to hear about the new album Patti! Will you be using those Burns > Sisters for some back ground vocals?? Best of luck with production. Heh, I just watched Festival Express again. Words fail! As for my CD there might end up being a Burns or two on there, it's quite possible. I don't know why, but I want to tell you that I had a dream just before I woke up this morning that I was hanging with Suzzy Roche. We were actually climbing a tree in the dark as we talked. Huh, that has to be a metaphor for the music biz. At first she was reserved and didn't remember me, but she warmed up when I mentioned the Roches' "Hammond Song." I just now realized that in the dream I had that song mixed up with the McGarrigles' "Goin Back To Harlan." That must be why in the dream Suzzy started to morph into Kate McGarrigle. (She was married Loudon Wainwright III before he started up with Suzzy. He and Suzzy have a daughter, Lucy, and he and Kate have two kids, Rufus and Martha. It's a ridiculously talented clan.) There is a beautiful guitar solo in that song by none other than Robert Fripp -- who actually produced that record ("The Roches," Warner Bros., 1979). I can still hear the sound of that guitar in my head. Hmmm. I have a song called "Goin Back To Moline." Maybe I subconsciously link it with both the Hammond Song and Goin Back to Harlan. But that's the subconscious for you. It works in mysterious ways. Suzzy comes to me in a dream when I am about to make another record despite misgivings about some aspects of the biz, and even though several years ago, in real life, Suzzy actually warned me away from being a singer-songwriter. Now I know what her enigmatic caution meant, I'm sorry to say. It can be pretty unforgiving out there, as many of you know. Nevertheless this life has chosen me so there I am and there you go. xo Patti - -- http://pattiwitten.com http://myspace.com/pattiwitten Dark, semi-sweet and lingering ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #207 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------