From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #224 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, June 13 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 224 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Liz and Sam and I NJC [Lucy Hone ] MG - njc [Smurf ] Tom Rush concert (some JC) [Chuck Eisenhardt ] Re: Exciting News!! [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] LAURA NYRO Inquiry [MattJones ] Re: Gary Wright and Me (NJC) ["Sherelle Smith" ] Joni quote on PBS ["mia _" ] Re: LAURA NYRO Inquiry ["Ron" ] RE: ...suffer what they must [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Gary Wright and Me (NJC) [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Gary Wright and Me (NJC) ["Sherelle Smith" ] Re: re Folk Blues Country Afro- Celtic [Patti Witten ] Songs to Aging Children (aka Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke) sjc ["Kate] Gary Wright and Me (NJC) ["Kate Bennett" ] NJC Re: Songs to Aging Children (aka Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke) sjc [Bob.Muller@Fluor.co] RE: Shawn Colvin's next album - These 4 Walls (SJC) ["Azeem" ] Re: Exciting News!! [Nuriel Tobias ] njc, Garret & Sherelle's Good News ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Exciting News!! (NJC) ["Lori Fye" ] Mika Princ'esa Noastre and Tziganest Neboon [Nuriel Tobias Subject: Liz and Sam and I NJC Those of you that met my kids at Fest, or who have been to stay at our place will know that their Dad (my ex) has been very ill with a rapidly advancing leukaemia that transformed to Lymphoma (one of the many types).. Nick, who was a fantastic blues bassist, and harmonica player (he learned from Paul Jones of Manfred Mann becuase his cousin Mike Hugg was their drummer) has passed on last night and is probably up there with the best of them...... For all that we became ex's we had managed a civil relationship in the last year and had come to a calm place of friendship and respect. Liz and Sam loved their dad dearly and really I wanted those that know Sam and Liz to have a chance to send any thoughts to them. IF you want our home addy for a letter or card. please mail me off list... Liz particularly is having a hard time... This may seem like an odd way to contact everyone but my mail is playing up and I am never sure if this computer will die or not!!! Love to all of you Lucy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 03:34:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: MG - njc It seems hard to believe that two years have passed since our beloved MG died on this date in 2004. I think I will always miss her presence on the list. - --Smurf Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:31:36 -0400 From: Chuck Eisenhardt Subject: Tom Rush concert (some JC) Barb and I saw Tom Rush Saturday night at Sanders Theater @Harvard. Great show, wonderful room. Tom looked great, but not exactly like the Circle Game cover. Rush player 'Circle Game' early on. It was amazing to hear him do it. He told a story of being at a festival with Joni, and backstage he overheard B.B. King teaching Joni how to play 'The Thrill Is Gone' for a guest shot. He said, 'First, we play some shit, then you sing, then we play some more shit, you sing again, then we play some more shit.' Rush did 'Urge for Going' late in the program. Someone shouted out for it, and he said he was going to do it for an encore, but did it then and there. (He got all the words right!) My other favorite moment was when he was describing being a Club 47 rat hanging out and learning Blues from the folks coming thru town. He said he used to write down even colorful expressions he heard tossed off by the players My favorite quote related was from a New Orleans player: (referring to a piece of the male anatomy) '....so cold out there it shrunk me up like a stack of dimes'. (pause) ',,,,about 30 cents worth' Chuck ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:42:50 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Exciting News!! Happy to share the news, Kakki. I'm delighted to see that the first run is already gone, I figured that it would be. I haven't checked, but the songs are probably also available for download on itunes and other sources for those that don't want to wait until re-stocking gets done. I think that Henning might have been hesitant to give cdbaby lots of copies - last time 'round he sold lots of CD's at Jonifest and by the time he put it on cdbaby lots of us already had purchased copies. I hope he continues to shift major units with this one, I'd love to see them carry on and dip into Joni's 80's/90's work a bit and of course venture into more unreleased territory. Bob NP: Morcheeba, "The Sea" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:00:15 -0700 (PDT) From: MattJones Subject: LAURA NYRO Inquiry Howdy All, I should start off by saying that I am an extremely lucky person. By studying musicology, I've been able to devote my life's work to the music of so many wonderful women and men, particularly Joni. Now, I am in the formulating stages of a paper on Laura Nyro (Joni-Thesis will be completed sometime in the next year and hopefully worth the wait). Are there any other Laura Nyro fans out there? I know Joni said once that Laura was one of the few women musicians she felt honored to be compared with/ ranked alongside. Having said all that, does anyone here know of any Laura Nyro footage, aside from the Monterey clips? I managed to find one video of a song, Laura performing on a brightly lit stage. Pictures from this same performance are in the photo archive on lauranyro.net, and I wondered if anyone could tell me the story. Was this a whole concert recorded for television or broadcast on television? Matt J Athens, GA rats live on no evil star Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:29:49 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Gary Wright and Me (NJC) Dear Mack, I still think of your encouraging words as as well as all my other Joni friends who have been like a second family to me (my first family loves you all very much!) Thank you Mack! Bree, tell your sister hello for me!!!! She is so very special as you are too! I also love Victor's "Heavenly Eyes" as well...it's a beautiful song!!!! Lori, I love this..."Input...Output...Synchronicity..." Perfect!!! I think for me, the dam broke when I decided I would rather get out there and help encourage other musicians rather than being sad about what I'm not doing. The "Law of Reciprocity" really works! Plus, I feel so good about helping others! To me, this is what music and life is all about. Thank you for your "Constant as the Northern Star" support. Love, Sherelle Mack wrote: Sherelle, your news BLOWS ME AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:03:57 -0500 From: "mia _" Subject: re...suffer what they must - njc Yet it doesn't explain why the poor tend to leave more offspring than the wealthy do. This may be a wacky thought, but if this planet is ever nearly obliterated, I feel that people of the third world will be able to survive better than most of us in developed nations. After all, we are so dependent on treated water, whereas people of underdeveloped countries have immune systems that can handle certain types of untreated water. Will we who live in developed nations be systematically rotating ourselves out of the natural selection process due to the wars we ourselves create? Mia ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:22:14 -0500 From: "mia _" Subject: Joni quote on PBS Yesterday, I was watching a show on PBS called "Winnipeg in Bloom" (Mags - familiar?) from Prarie Public Television. The show featured beautiful gardens in Winnipeg and explored the passions of the gardeners themselves. The transitions between gardens featured slides with written quotes about gardens. Joni was even quoted: We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden. Although I'm not much of a gardener myself, I enjoyed this program immensely. The photography was incredibly beautiful and I loved listening to the interviews of the gardeners, especially about their artistic approaches. The show was also broadcast in high def which just made it more appealing to watch. Highly recommended. Mia ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:28:37 +0200 From: "Ron" Subject: Re: LAURA NYRO Inquiry hi matt > Having said all that, does anyone here know of any Laura Nyro footage, > aside from the Monterey clips? I managed to find one video of a song, > Laura performing on a brightly lit stage. Pictures from this same > performance are in the photo archive on lauranyro.net, and I wondered if > anyone could tell me the story. Was this a whole concert recorded for > television or broadcast on television? well - i cant help you with the story about that clip - but i can point you to some others. go to youtube: www.youtube.com & do a search on laura nyro. i found 8 clips listed. http://www.youtube.com/results?search=laura+nyro&search_type=search_videos&search=Search ron ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:30:50 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: RE: ...suffer what they must Catherine quoted: "It's not the earth the meek inherit, it's the dirt." - --- Lerner and Lowe Here are some quotes about the earth: A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. - - Franklin D. Roosevelt Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the hands in the earth, that ancient ceremony of which the Pope kissing the tarmac is merely a pallid vestigial remnant. - - Margaret Attwood Mud is the most poetical thing in the world. - - R. H. Blyth Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. - - Kahlil Gibran It is apparent that no lifetime is long enough in which to explore the resources of a few square yards of ground. - - Alice M. Coats All that we did, all that we said or sang Must come from contact with the soil . . . . - - William Butler Yeats, The Municipal Gallery Revisited Soil is a resource, a living, breathing entity that, if treated properly, will maintain itself. It's our lifeline for survival. When it has finally been depleted, the human population will disappear. .... Project you imagination into the soil below you next time you go into the garden. Think with compassion of the life that exists there. Think, the drama, the sexuality, the harvesting, the work that carries on ceaselessly. Think about the meaning of being a steward for the earth. - - Marjorie Harris, In the Garden, 1995 When you throw dirt, you lose ground. - - Texan proverb Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains. - - Author Unknown The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly, but living poetry like the leaves of a tree, which precede flowers and fruit - not a fossil earth, but a living earth; compared with whose great central life all animal and vegetable life is merely parasitic. - - Henry David Thoreau, Walden Soil . . . scoop up a handful of the magic stuff. Look at it closely. What wonders it holds as it lies there in your palm. Tiny sharp grains of sand, little faggots of wood and leaf fiber, infinitely small round pieces of marble, fragments of shell, specks of black carbon, a section of vertebrae from some minute creature. And mingling with it all the dust of countless generations of plants and flowers, trees, animals and b yes b our own, age-long forgotten forebears, gardeners of long ago. Can this incredible composition be the common soil? - - Stuart Maddox Masters, The Seasons Through Most of all one discovers that the soil does not stay the same, but, like anything alive, is always changing and telling its own story. Soil is the substance of transformation. - - Carol Williams The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the earth and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth. Their tipis were built upon the earth and their altars were made of earth. The birds that flew into the air came to rest upon the earth and it was the final abiding place of all things that lived and grew. The soil was soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing. - - Chief Luther Standing Bear You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. - - Native American Wisdom ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:38:20 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Gary Wright and Me (NJC) Sherelle wrote: I was actually listening to and singing along with "Love Is Alive" in the car five minutes before I got home. It was the most uncanny thing! Wow! Sounds like a perfect match Sherelle!!! Reminds me of Kate and Kenny Loggins. Enjoy the great feeling the harmonizing brings!! Love, Laura PS. A little birdie just reminded me it is Bree's birthday today! Happy birthday Bree!!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:47:47 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Gary Wright and Me (NJC) Thanks so much Laura! This is quite surreal! A friend of mine just sent a link with the air dates! I couldn't find the search button on XM radio to save my life!!!!! http://www.xmradio.com/exclusivemusic/then_again_live.jsp Love, Sherelle >From: LCStanley7@aol.com >To: joni@smoe.org >CC: sherellesmith@hotmail.com >Subject: Re: Gary Wright and Me (NJC) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:38:20 EDT > > >Sherelle wrote: > >I was actually listening to >and singing along with "Love Is Alive" in the car five minutes before I >got >home. It was the most uncanny thing! > > > >Wow! Sounds like a perfect match Sherelle!!! Reminds me of Kate and >Kenny >Loggins. Enjoy the great feeling the harmonizing brings!! > > >Love, >Laura > > >PS. A little birdie just reminded me it is Bree's birthday today! >Happy birthday Bree!!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:46:32 -0400 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: Songs to Aging Children (aka Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke) sjc Brian Gross wrote: > > Too old to die young > A generation that found meaning in rock 'n' roll now seeks guidance for aging > gracefully in a culture of youth. > By WILLIAM McKEEN > Published June 11, 2006 Thanks for sharing this! Fantastic article. I sent it on to my fellow Rosanne Cash songwriting workshops alumni. For me it was pretty male-oriented -- only 2 women were mentioned in the article, Janis and Joni - -- but close to my own perspective nonetheless. Wonder what Joni would say about that? Maybe, "Same old same old." Here's the link again for those who missed it http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/11/Perspective/Too_old_to_die_young.shtml#Anc hor-49575 Patti - -- http://pattiwitten.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:16:54 -0400 From: "bluejr@adelphia.net" Subject: RE: ...suffer what they must Or another quote, although this was in reference to acquiring real estate, from Will Rogers: "Land, they're not making any more of it". JR in NH - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:09:13 -0400 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: re Folk Blues Country Afro- Celtic ron wrote: > americana: > well - yes. blues, and folk, and jazz, and country, has been around for > ages. but not in the way it is blended together now. there are some truly > great artists out there. I didn't catch the beginning of this thread so forgive me if this only muddies the water (sorry!) AFAIK "Americana" is an industry-generated term often used to replace "alt-country" and intended to capture the radio listening demographic that likes Rock, AAA, everything-but-pop-Country, and genres from folk to bluegrass to all things Texas. I'm not knocking it -- I'm attracted to the related press and the radio format, and much of my own stuff falls into this bin -- but isn't it artificial in the sense that it's a marketing term, not a genre created by fans and bands, like punk or grunge? http://www.austin360.com/xl/content/music/xl/2005/10/music_10-13-05.html http://www.americanamusic.org/ http://www.americanaroots.com/content/index.php And, yes, there are some truly great artists in this format. I like these a lot: Rosanne Cash, Patty Griffin, and Eliza Gilkyson. Patti - -- http://pattiwitten.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:19:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul In MD Subject: Worm Traveling The Net Today Hi Jonilistas, There's a worm traveling thru Cyberspace today targeting users of Yahoo email. If anyone receives an email from an acquaintance with the subject line "New Graphic Site", DON'T open it. Here's a link to the story which you can open without fear. http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060612/tc_pcworld/126048 I inadvertantly opened an email before I realized what it was. If I've infected anyone, I humbly apologize in advance. Back to lurkdom ... Paul In MD Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:30:13 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Songs to Aging Children (aka Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke) sjc Nice to see an article remembering the band... they were brilliant & one of a kind... however the author's pov was a little one sided IMO or just didn't do all of his homework... robbie has released quite a few albums that I've enjoyed over the years (singing his own songs) & levon performs regular shows & invites his friends to join him in his studio in Woodstock ny... sounds like a great event! http://www.levonhelm.com/midnight_ramble.htm >The five members of the Band stood on that hillside, dressed - so one wag said - like frontier rabbis, giving us a calm, reasonable and reassuring voice in times of insanity. Where are these boys of summer now? Rick Danko, dead of a drug overdose; Levon Helm, his magnificent voice ravaged by cancer; Richard Manuel, dead of a suicide in a Florida motel room; Garth Hudson, musical genius and backwoods recluse; and Robbie Robertson, retired from performing, tinkering with a film score now and then.< ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:50:30 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Gary Wright and Me (NJC) Amazing & well deserved, congratulations! >This Wednesday, I'm going to be singing background vocals for Gary Wright ("Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive") at the XM Radio Studios here in Washington DC. It won't be live (Whew!) but it will air about thirty days from then. Okay..."how did this happen???" you may ask. Two years ago I signed myself on the DC Jazz website as a singer/songwriter and then promptly forgot about it. The night I got a call from the XM engineer, I was actually listening to and singing along with "Love Is Alive" in the car five minutes before I got home. It was the most uncanny thing!< ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:55:57 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: NJC Re: Songs to Aging Children (aka Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke) sjc And Garth Hudson has been musically active as well, releasing 3 cd's this century thus far. Not too shabby. And I'm not sure but I'll bet he's in large demand as a session musician as well. Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen, "Adam Raised A Cain" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. 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Paul continued: << She's also just announced more good news for us Brits - the probability of a UK tour in September! Whilst I've seen her several times since, the first time was at the Jazz Cafi in London - with Larry Klein on bass and Stueart Smith (now with The Eagles) on guitar, in 1994. It was absolutely brilliant - a Sony showcase promoting her then new album 'Fat City' which she'd not long recorded in Joni's home studio (The Kiva). >> Paul, I was there!! That was a stunning show indeed, one of the greatest gigs of my life. Shawn was on ripsnorting form as a singer, guitarist, between songs raconteuse and general funny woman. Steuart Smith, despite his regrettable inability to spell his own first name, was jaw-droppingly good, while Larry Klein played great bass and proved quite a comedian too. She finished with You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, the first time I'd heard her unimprovable rendition of Dylan's classic. I saw her a week or two later at a much bigger theatre in London, and that was, if anything, even better. She showed her ability to combine bathos with pathos with her hilarious - and perfectly timed - introduction to Shotgun Down The Avalanche, one of her greatest songs; Larry Klein did his Neil Diamond impression; Steuart Smith dazzled us again. Shawn in concert is a wonderful thing, dear people, don't hesitate if you get the chance. You will find out what you can't find from her studio records (thanks to John Leventhal, mutter mutter): that she really is a superb guitar player. Azeem in London - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/361 - Release Date: 11/06/2006 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:42:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Gross Subject: RE: Shawn Colvin's next album - These 4 Walls (now NJC) - --- Azeem wrote (in part): > Shawn in concert is a wonderful thing, dear people, don't hesitate if > you get the chance. You will find out what you can't find from her > studio records (thanks to John Leventhal, mutter mutter): that she > really is a superb guitar player. Having been among a very intimate audience at Appel Farm in Elmer NJ in June 2002 when Shawn did an all-request set, I wholeheartedly agree with Azeem. And she is one of a just a handful of artists with the ability to bring me to tears. take care all, Brian - ----------------------------------------------------------- Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. And usually for the same reasons. - ----------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:52:23 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Gary Wright and Me (NJC) Sherelle wrote: > This > Wednesday, I'm going to be singing background vocals for Gary Wright ("Dream > > Weaver", "Love Is Alive") at the XM Radio Studios here in Washington DC. It > won't be live (Whew!) but it will air about thirty days from then. > Congratulations Sherelle!!!! I've always loved the song "Dream Weaver". Actually, YOU should be singing the lead, and Gary in the background vocals :~) Let us know when it will be on XM. Luckily, I've got an XM radio so I'll be looking forward to hearing you. xo, Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:11:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: RE: Shawn Colvin's next album - These 4 Walls (SJC) - --- Azeem wrote: > Steuart > Smith, despite his regrettable inability to spell > his own first name, > was jaw-droppingly good, LOL! Blame his parents, I guess - but I'm also looking forward to a new Shawn. It has been a while. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:30:26 -0700 (PDT) From: mags h Subject: amazing mary grace njc it''s always a bit of a struggle as to whether to tag these notes with an njc , or not. how ironic, whilst wrapped up in a most deafening silence, i express my deepest sorrow on this day, the second anniversary of mary grace's passing. she's a bright light shining against our skye. always and in all ways. please send up a little thought or prayer her way. beautiful mary grace. miss you ever so. tonnes of love, mags. 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~ Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:59:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: Exciting News!! I've heard claims that Joni's next album, titled "Schpotz On My Appfles - A Tribute To Denmark's Songwriters", will not only include famous Danish songs as "Ik Druten ist Volk MERN Dast Moo-Moo in Deir Gloostbliken" ("I Do Believe That's MY Cow You're Holding in Your Barnyard"), "Wir Hosk Raufen Knookst Familust, Ort Das Klend Bersten Likrish Genbruten" ("We May Not Be The Danish Royal Family, But We Do Occasionally Enjoy Having Salted Liquorice For Breakfast"), "Flaus DRAGEN Dist Zauk Turkken Sloprauk MIR Blustruk Kooken Rezept?!" ("How DARE You Feed That Turkish Immigrant With MY Butter Cookies?!" and "Ner, Ik Dort Forkst Dost Svedska Whooren Ok Naturn Bloondska" ("No, I Don't Think That Swedish Bitch Is a Natural Blonde"), but will also include several unreleased Danish songs as "Var Erst Dost Noostrat Loofstar Ond Dok Hans Christian Andersen Urkfolt, Grostbist?" ("What Are Those Strange Stains I See In Your Hans Christian Andersen Book, Grandson?"), "Vir Hast Dut Flugen Raufst Copenhagen Zolt Vir Huslik Mer Zon Ik Hetrozezualist" ("We Had To Leave Copenhagen Once We Found Out That Our Son Is Heterosexual"), "Ik Flostska Mik Hoosbrok Hast Glooben Der Klinen Murmod, Doktur" ("I'm Afraid My Husband Has Gone To Visit That Little Mermaid Statue Again, Doctor"), "Vod Ik Zakst Du Miks Doks Glops Karen Blixen Oort, Bak Ik Zerbaloostrik NEI framski Afrikansksa Brosks!" ("When I Said That You Should Get Into Karen Blixen, I Most Certainly Did NOT Mean That You Should Start Dating African Men!", and last, op zog not least, the very unreleased song "Ik Nei Zankst Mit Kinst Os Van Gogh, Ust Task Dorn Zuren Gasks Muhammadska Karkooska!" ("I'm Not Saying That My Child Is Van Gogh, But He Sure Can Draw Some Excelent Muhammad Cartoons!") Love You Guys, Nuri Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:15:38 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Garret & Sherelle's Good News Wow, Sherelle and Garret! "It came to pass Like lightening striking from above Electric flash Just like lightening striking from above..." It sounds like neither one of you were expecting this, which makes it even more magical.....good news comes knockin' at your garden gates! I'm happy for you both! The dizzy dancing way you feel, when every fairy tale comes real! Especially when these fairy tales are born of hard work and determination..... Garret, you said: "I'm nervous and a bit scared - - - - this will be the most difficult thing i will ever have done." My two cents: this is good and healthy, I think, to feel like this. It shows you you wouldn't go in all arrogant -- that you are totally open to learning. And we all know what life is for! Heart and humor and humility will serve you well! "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T. S. Eliot Congratulations, and full-speed ahead! (And I hope you get your wild strawberry ice-cream to celebrate.) And Sherelle, Strawberry Fields Sister -- woo hoo!!!! "IMAGINE"! I just googled Gary Wright http://www.thedreamweaver.com/ to learn more about him and saw this on his website: "During his career he has collaborated with many great artists including George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Elton John, Graham Nash, Jeff Lynne, and Ringo Starr." Next up is Sherelle Smith...."She's hit the big time!" Heartfelt congratulations to you both. Love, Patti P. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:59:34 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Bonne Anniversaire, Bree! Bonne anniversaire, Bree -- le fromage favori de notre Marianne! (Translation: Happy Birthday to Bree, the favorite cheese of Marianne!) Just playing on your name, my dear...all in good fun! "So here's to you May your dreams come true May old father time Never be unkind And through the years Save your smiles and your tears They're just souvenirs They'll make music in your heart Remember this Each new day is a kiss Sent from up above With an angel's love So here's to you May your skies be blue And your love blessed That's my best to you." Love, Patti P. NPOMTV: that damned hockey game....O, Canada! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:14:35 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Exciting News!! (NJC) > "Vir Hast Dut Flugen Raufst Copenhagen Zolt Vir Huslik Mer Zon Ik Hetrozezualist" > ("We Had To Leave Copenhagen Once We Found Out That Our Son Is Heterosexual") THAT was funny, Nuri! : D Lori ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:37:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Mika Princ'esa Noastre and Tziganest Neboon On their way to swimming pool this morning, my parents decided to visit my place and surprise me with a fresh chocolate croissant. So me and my dad are sitting on the sofa while my mother, as usual, looks for anything she can clean. Since my CDs collection is, as usual, a total mess, my mother decides to oragnise it. So she's digging into that chaos of CDs with no covers, covers with no CDs, etc', when she suddenly spots the little lyric book that's included to the Turbulent Indigo CD with that tiny black and white photo of Joni holding her painting, wearing sandals and smiling to the camera. My mother glimps at Joni's photo, hands it to my father, and says to him in Romanian: "Nu, skumpi, che spui de-la mika princ'esa noastre?" - "Well, my dear, what do you say about our little princess?" He looks at the photo and says to her: "Oy-vey, dec'e TU nu pots se arets la-fel cu ya la virsta tine'?" - "Oy-vey, why can't YOU look like her at your age?" To which my mother replied "Da che krez, tempitule, ce yo sunt un tziganest neboon?!" - "And what do you think, moron, that i'm a crazy gypsy?!" I nearly choked on my croissant! Nuri Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #224 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------