From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #259 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, July 18 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 259 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: War [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Retro Covers: Volume 5 [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Joni Songbook Update [Michael Paz ] Re: International Disasters (real time), njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: International Disasters (real time), njc [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] NJC Weeds [Em ] Re: Retro Covers: Volume 5 [Smurf ] Re: Retro Covers: Volume 5 / Best of "Both Sides" [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: NJC Weeds [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: NJC Weeds [Em ] Re: International Disasters (real time), njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] RE: Retro Covers: Volume 5 ["Richard Flynn" ] RE: Retro Covers: Volume 5 NJC now "She Who Sings with Voice of Fingernails" [Bob.Muller@Fluo] RE: NJC Weeds ["anon anon" ] RE: NJC Weeds ["anon anon" ] Big Yellow Taxi contest [Bob Muller ] Re: NJC Weeds ["Mark Scott" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:40:23 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: War Top story on the news here every night has been updates on the situation in Israel/Lebanon. The bombing of Haifa made my jaw drop. Being the birthplace of my ex made me feel a little closer to home. Now I have a friend in the path of this destruction. Nuri, stay safe. The big concern here is the Australian government trying to get the hundreds of Australians out of both Lebanon and Israel. Last I heard, they were planning to send a war ship to evacuate a large number of Australians from Beirut to Cyprus. There is a childrens singing group in Beirut who are very scared. My thoughts are with you all in both countries. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:25:41 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Retro Covers: Volume 5 Thanks Mark - glad you enjoyed it. Buffy's voice is like fingernails on the blackboard to me. In some of Joni's earliest recordings (pre-STAS) I hear a lot of Buffy affectation. Bob NP: DBT's, "Never Gonna Change" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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Best Paz ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:11:41 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: International Disasters (real time), njc In a message dated 7/17/2006 7:15:47 A.M. Central Standard Time, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com writes: So how did you like that Neil Young DVD? Cool, eh? Hi Bob, It was moving. Neil is timeless. I was particularly touched that he dedicated the production "for Daddy." I thought of Paz and his dad who had dementia, and I thought of Marianne losing her father a few months ago unexpectedly to a brain tumor... and I thought of my husband's mother in the process of dying now from cancer that has spread to her brain. She's receiving home hospice care now so it won't be long. I thought of life. I asked myself the question what is life? and found the answer in relationship to people rather than achievement of any particular thing. Neil is all about people. I asked myself the question, what is performing? Neil is himself on stage, no airs. I was amazed with Neil's band, his friends. They are timeless too. Friendship with him is timeless. I thought about time. Like (real time) in the subject line. Is it ever "real," or is it more like "There you go, you're gone again." Like the water pouring over the edge at Niagara Falls. I tend to want to grip time, but I can't. If I try to, I miss life. I thought about going with the flow. Neil does this so beautifully. I wished for Joni that she could still give to us through her music like Neil... in the "now." I wondered about his health and if he had any sequela from the aneurysm and surgery... a surgery I'm familiar with and teach a little bit about. I wondered if he smokes cigarettes and thought no way with his voice still sounding like it always has. I thought about friends who smoke and the subtle loss of health that causes, a loss we sometimes write off as normal aging even though it isn't. Real time, get real time... or the damage is done. I thought about Martin guitars. I played mine with Neil for a good bit of the DVD because I couldn't just sit there. I thought about what it must be like to participate in the song circles at the fest, something I couldn't do last time because I'm shy. I thought about a friend of mine who met Neil and how all he could say was Neil is just a regular guy, a father like my friend. I thought about the song Old Man and how Neil is more like the old man now in age and is still the 24 year old too... timeless. I thought about my own family, my mother's sister who will turn 70 August 5th in Fort Lauderdale, and how we will be there with her. I missed my mother and did some more grieving. I thought about my ancestor's and the wind. I thought about the prairie and having spent my formative years in Nebraska where it is so prevalent. I remember playing in the tall prairie grass. That is an endangered species I don't hear enough about. I'm not a fan of Neil Young. I don't own any of his CD's, nor LP's, etc. His songs are part of my life in a different way. It is like I'm the vinyl or whatever the CD's are made of and his songs are written on me. His voice is like that... very clearly set in my memory. The DVD had the same effect. I don't know if I'll watch it again before I return it to Netflix. It reached me deeply the first time through. My oldest son is out of town until Wednesday night, so maybe I'll keep it until he can watch it. I definitely want him to see it. Thanks for asking. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:43:20 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: International Disasters (real time), njc Wow, that's a LOT of thinking, Laura...and your points are well made. I liked that Neil didn't turn it into some kind of pretentious "All-Star" event, instead he just played with the same friends he's been playing with for years. I recognized Emmylou, and....well, that was it. When I watched it I thought about how "the boys" are still going strong and Joni unfortunately chose to go out with a whiny whisper. Bob NP: Pink Floyd, "See Emily Play" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 17 Jul 2006 06:57:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: NJC Weeds anybody see this Showtime series?? I was amazed and delighted - we watched the whole first season over the weekend. Cool selection of music too! I love it when something on da tube introduces me to good music. And any show which features old school left wing anti-booj folk music for the theme song will tend to warm my heart right from the 'git. Anyway, I thought of you guys... lurv, Em ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:05:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Retro Covers: Volume 5 Muller wrote: << In some of Joni's earliest recordings (pre-STAS) I hear a lot of Buffy affectation. >> Before Patti beats me to this one, I have to say that Joni must have been "just another hard-time girl, with Buffy affectations." --Smurf, still Prestone-free and wondering when Muller is going to answer his "BSN" question from a couple of days ago . . . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:55:37 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Retro Covers: Volume 5 / Best of "Both Sides" Well, there are certainly enough to pick from! My favorite has to be Jason Falkner's version, but then again I probably wouldn't enjoy his propelled rendition if I didn't have the pop-balladish Judy Collins version as a template. I love Davy Graham's psychedelic take, Dianne Reeves' recording is breathtaking, Orlando's obscure version blew me away too, just pure emotive voice & harp, and he builds the emotion to a real peak. I do try to find something to like about all of them, in some cases it's just the delicious awfulness of them. Bob NP: Thom Yorke, "And It Rained All Night" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 17 Jul 2006 10:53:43 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC Weeds Em asks : > anybody see this Showtime series?? > I LOVE that show Em. Mary Louise Parker does such a great job playing the pot selling suburban mother. It's one of the best tv shows I've seen. Ed gets so pissed at me for singing the theme song all the time. "Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, Little boxes, little boxes, Little boxes, all the same" I can hardly wait til the second season starts on August 14th. I've also enjoyed that the Cartoon network has brought back Pee Wee's playhouse at night time. It's amazing the famous actors that were on the show.... Lawrence Fishburne, Phil Hartman, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jimmy Smits. I think Todd Rundgren had something to do with the music, and Cyndi Lauper singing the theme song. Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:05:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: NJC Weeds Hi Jimmy, I am so happy to hear that this show tickles you as well! GF loves the theme song, though she'd never heard of Malvina Reynolds and has never spent time listening to any of that old timey folk stuff. Its hilarious hearing her sing it! I heard the Cartoon Network was showing PeeWee's Playhouse. I've watched his old HBO Special a few times fairly recently but not the "series". Its been years since I've seen it. Does the series have the Jambie the Genie character, too? I love Jambie..... I was checking out the message boards for "Weeds" and there was a thread for people to tell their favorite lines from the show. Mine was "the coffee table". errrr, do you remember where that occured and the context??? lolololollll But just reading through what the others had written as their fav lines, it made me realize the show really IS truly well written...for there to be so many outstanding and memorable lines. :) Em - --- FMYFL@aol.com wrote: > Em asks : > > > anybody see this Showtime series?? > > > I LOVE that show Em. Mary Louise Parker does such a great job playing > the pot > selling suburban mother. It's one of the best tv shows I've seen. Ed > gets so > pissed at me for singing the theme song all the time. > > "Little boxes on the hillside, > Little boxes made of ticky-tacky, > Little boxes, little boxes, > Little boxes, all the same" > I can hardly wait til the second season starts on August 14th. > > I've also enjoyed that the Cartoon network has brought back Pee Wee's > > playhouse at night time. It's amazing the famous actors that were on > the show.... > Lawrence Fishburne, Phil Hartman, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jimmy Smits. I > think Todd > Rundgren had something to do with the music, and Cyndi Lauper singing > the > theme song. > > Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:56:12 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: International Disasters (real time), njc In a message dated 7/17/2006 8:53:04 A.M. Central Standard Time, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com writes: Joni unfortunately chose to go out with a whiny whisper. Hi Bob, I'm of the opinion that it ain't over till the fascinating lady sings. She's still got the option and evidentially some kind of intention given what she said to Julius about one song. I'll always listen and be fascinated regardless of number or style, etc. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:44:28 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Retro Covers: Volume 5 I love Buffy Sainte-Marie: http://www.creative-native.com/ - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Smurf Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:05 AM To: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com; Mark-Leon Thorne Cc: joni@smoe.org; owner-joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Retro Covers: Volume 5 Muller wrote: << In some of Joni's earliest recordings (pre-STAS) I hear a lot of Buffy affectation. >> Before Patti beats me to this one, I have to say that Joni must have been "just another hard-time girl, with Buffy affectations." --Smurf, still Prestone-free and wondering when Muller is going to answer his "BSN" question from a couple of days ago . . . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:10:52 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: RE: Retro Covers: Volume 5 NJC now "She Who Sings with Voice of Fingernails" It did strike me funny that her photo section was broken down into: Early Photos Middle Photos Later Photos Sesame Street Made me think of "One of these things, is not like the others..." And reminded me of Tom Waits' joke about the three ages of man...youth, middle age, and "You look good!". Bob NP: Ani, "To The Teeth (Shoot-Out Remix)" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 17 Jul 2006 17:06:12 -0400 From: "anon anon" Subject: RE: NJC Weeds >From: Em >Reply-To: Em >To: "joni@smoe.org" >Subject: NJC Weeds >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:57:56 -0700 (PDT) > >anybody see this Showtime series?? >I was amazed and delighted - we watched the whole first season over the >weekend. >Cool selection of music too! I love it when something on da tube >introduces me to good music. And any show which features old school >left wing anti-booj folk music for the theme song will tend to warm my >heart right from the 'git. >Anyway, I thought of you guys... >lurv, >Em "weeds" is indeed a funny, interesting show... speaking of weeds... I often wish I could smoke pot more often... the reason I don't is that I'm already in my own world too often as at is... the last thing I need is to go even more into my own world... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:06:24 -0400 From: "anon anon" Subject: RE: NJC Weeds >From: Em >Reply-To: Em >To: "joni@smoe.org" >Subject: NJC Weeds >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:57:56 -0700 (PDT) > >anybody see this Showtime series?? >I was amazed and delighted - we watched the whole first season over the >weekend. >Cool selection of music too! I love it when something on da tube >introduces me to good music. And any show which features old school >left wing anti-booj folk music for the theme song will tend to warm my >heart right from the 'git. >Anyway, I thought of you guys... >lurv, >Em ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:21:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Big Yellow Taxi contest A big THANKS to everyone who entered my CD giveaway - I sincerely wish I had enough to give to all who entered, but alas 'tis not the case. Congrats to Ric Robinson in the UK who is the lucky recipient. Ric, just let me know where to send it and it's on the way. And for those who didn't win, let me say again that this CD is fantastic - I played it in my car all day yesterday and while I like the simplicity of the first BYT CD, this one is just so much fuller and offers so much more. CDBaby has them in stock, so if you have some extra jack: http://cdbaby.com/cd/bigyellowtaxi3 And if you have it already and are digging it, go post a review - I know that Henning would appreciate it. Bob NP: Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Especially In Michigan" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:53:30 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: NJC Weeds - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Em" > Hi Jimmy, I am so happy to hear that this show tickles you as well! > GF loves the theme song, though she'd never heard of Malvina Reynolds > and has never spent time listening to any of that old timey folk stuff. > Its hilarious hearing her sing it! > > I heard the Cartoon Network was showing PeeWee's Playhouse. I've > watched his old HBO Special a few times fairly recently but not the > "series". Its been years since I've seen it. > Does the series have the Jambie the Genie character, too? I love > Jambie..... > > I was checking out the message boards for "Weeds" and there was a > thread for people to tell their favorite lines from the show. Mine was > "the coffee table". errrr, do you remember where that occured and the > context??? > lolololollll > But just reading through what the others had written as their fav > lines, it made me realize the show really IS truly well written...for > there to be so many outstanding and memorable lines. > :) > Em > I have to say Weeds is maybe the damndest thing I have seen on tv. (Although the IFC was running the uncut 'Pink Flamingos' the other night and some of that was stuff that, once upon a time, I would never have expected to see on broadcast tv in my lifetime.) Weeds is wickedly funny! The dealer Mary Louise's character buys her stuff from just cracks em up! It is very well written and so provocative I don't know what to think of it sometimes. But I like it and will watch when it starts up again. Does anybody know if 'Rome' is going to have a 2nd season on HBO? I thought that was really good too. Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #259 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------