From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #341 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, September 19 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 341 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: njc grammar, etc... ["bluejr@adelphia.net" ] Tom Robbins (njc) [waytoblue@comcast.net] Re: murderous intent njc ["Lori Fye" ] Re: JC on the wane ["Lori Fye" ] Re: NJC Blackmail, Poor grammar and poor spelling. [Chris Marshall ] Re: Political content in the digest and Diebold (njc) ["mack watson-bush"] Joni photo from 1998 NY Times ["Michael O'Malley" ] Re: Worthless waste of time njc ["Lori Fye" ] re: Joni Mitchell NJC ["mia _" ] Re: What would Joni do? ["Lori Fye" ] Re: JC on the wane (a few embedded Joni-questions!) ["Lori Fye" ] Re: Worthless waste of time njc [Victor Johnson ] Re: NJC Re: JC on the wane ["Mark Scott" ] Joni wine? [Kerry ] Joni wine? [Kerry ] sjc, TV alert: Madeleine Peyroux tonight ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Joni wine? [Victor Johnson ] Shadows & Light ["Cassy" ] njc, Elvis and Diana ["Lindsay Moon" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:46:50 -0400 From: "bluejr@adelphia.net" Subject: Re: njc grammar, etc... Wow! How and when and where did Tom Robbins (my FAVORITE author) jump into this conversation?! Or was it from his writing style that a parallel was being drawn? Anyone else read his latest book, the cobbled together short stories thing he put out called "Wild Ducks Flying Backward"? I'm in the middle of it right now, WHILE I'm reading two other books at the same time.... "Still Life With Woodpecker" is far and away the greatest thing I have ever read. JR in NH Original Message: - ----------------- From: waytoblue@comcast.net Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:50:35 +0000 To: guitarzan@hughes.net, joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: njc grammar, etc... -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Randy Remote" > Andeemac was stating an opinion. Three people jumped on her > writing style, while no one commented on the content. It came > across as a personal attack; I thought it was in poor taste. I'm sorry but I completely disagree. My comment was that in general (encompassing the president and any or everybody) both are pretty deplorable and neither is anything I would brag about. I was also directly answering the question that was asked by Andeemac, and by so, by my very answer, was commenting on the content. No one was attacked or jumped on. I don't see where anyone was personally attacked. In general, people are way too easily offended these days. It is my opinion, and the opinion of many others, educated or otherwise, that poor grammar,etc.. reflects poorly on the person writing, or speaking whether he is the President of the United States, a rock star, a teacher, or someone on a discussion list. On the other hand, I agree with Em as well...I love breaking rules whether in writing or music. Tom Robbins rocks! However, there is a difference between writing with intent and a sense of style as opposed to just being sloppy and not paying attention. Also, you can probably get away with a lot more if you are Tom Robbins but that's another whole issue... Victor NP: voices in the background in the student lounge - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:02:39 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Tom Robbins (njc) How is WDFB? I haven't read him in a while so I might have to check it out...I love his writing as well. I was on a bus trip in Mexico while living in Guadalajara (appropriately enough..) when a friend lent me her copy of "Another Roadside Attraction" which I totally devoured. I then went face climbing on a cliff at Barra De Navidad, consequently got totally drenched when trying to climb back to shore across a little ravine, and both the book and my camera(that had been in a fannypack) were both ruined. My favorite would probably be "Skinny Legs and All" though there are so many good ones, including the afore mentioned, "Still Life with Woodpecker." Victor, killing time before a test > Wow! How and when and where did Tom Robbins (my FAVORITE author) jump into > this conversation?! Or was it from his writing style that a parallel was > being drawn? > Anyone else read his latest book, the cobbled together short stories thing > he put out called "Wild Ducks Flying Backward"? I'm in the middle of it > right now, WHILE I'm reading two other books at the same time.... "Still > Life With Woodpecker" is far and away the greatest thing I have ever read. > JR in NH ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:22:18 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: murderous intent njc Mike and Lahm, your points are well-taken. I've decided to cease sharing my pov on this subject because it's one of those that just sets people off, and I don't want to get into that. I don't have enough time, anyway, to post these days. Thanks for sharing your opinions with me. Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:25:45 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: JC on the wane Well, you could always choose to share something about Joni that you've always been meaning to share but haven't, yet. Years ago we had a short story contest; the writers submitted stories that somehow included Joni or her music. That was fun. Just pull something out of the air. There must be a song or a phrase from a song, or a Joni painting, or something else that you've always wondered about, even if you've been a member of this forum for years. Go for it. (I'll try to come up with something myself, sometime soon, when I can catch a breath.) Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:56:58 +0100 From: Chris Marshall Subject: Re: NJC Blackmail, Poor grammar and poor spelling. On 18 Sep 2006, at 00:42, Gerald A. Notaro wrote: > Why not sub to the NJC list? Because there's way too much other interesting stuff on the NJC list - mainly music related but not exclusively - that makes it interesting. It's only politics that seems to set people against each other in a frothing rant. Uh, let me rephrase that. It's only USA politics that seems to set people against each other in a frothing rant. My post wasn't directed Andee specifically, despite the "listen to yourself" comment: it's the culmination of something that's been brewing for years now. - --Chris ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:10:02 -0500 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Re: Political content in the digest and Diebold Sorry Joni only's. Assumed that the original poster had put the tag on this. Should have known better. mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:28:17 -0500 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Re: starfish on the beach Mar wrote about the girl and the starfish: >I wanted to tell you this story: > (I did not write this) > > There is a story of the starfish on the beach. . > > A little girl is at the ocean and she is spending all her time tossing > starfish back into the water. . > > she knows that the starfish cannot survive out of the water for too long. > . > if they do not return to the water they will die. > > > For several hours she is walking up and down the beach. . . > she is tossing them back one by one. > > A woman is now watching her. . Then the woman walked up to the girl and > says, > "What are you doing? > There are so many starfish here, > DO YOU REALLY THINK you are going to make some kind of difference?" > > > The girl takes a starfish in her hand, tosses it into the water and says, > " I made A DIFFERENCE to *THAT ONE." Marvelous Marianne. mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:31:44 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Re: starfish on the beach This story reminds me of a quote from Homer Simpson. He's looking over at the Flanders house where Bart, Lisa, and Maggie have been taken and sees Lisa's head in the window. Homer Simpson: I think I see Lisa but it might be a starfish! By the way, the Simpsons was excellent again last night so that makes it two for two for the year. Victor - -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "mack watson-bush" > Mar wrote about the girl and the starfish: > > >I wanted to tell you this story: > > (I did not write this) > > > > There is a story of the starfish on the beach. . ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:39:06 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: NJC Blackmail, Poor grammar and poor spelling. > My post wasn't directed Andee specifically, despite the "listen > to yourself" comment: it's the culmination of something that's > been brewing for years now. This happens every so often when U.S. political discussions get heated, or seem to be most of what people are posting about. I, too, post way too much about politics, and in the past I've taken a break from it. This is a good place to vent sometimes, but no one here is going to change anyone's mind about politics. And the "venting" does get out of hand. When people begin to post about feeling insulted by what someone else has written, it's time to take a break from political posting to the main list. Alternate suggestions: Join JMDLPC, which has existed for years. (That's "Joni Mitchell Discussion List, Political Content.") http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jmdlpc Form a small "discussion group" of your own by addressing your political emails to just those who are actively engaged in a current debate, or to those you know to be interested in participating in such a discussion. You know who the interested parties are at this point. Two words of advice, though: 1) It's good to ask people if they want to be included, first, before hitting their Inbox. 2) If someone asks you to refrain from emailing them personally, honor that request immediately. Lori, aiming for peace before things get ugly Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:39:10 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Re: starfish on the beach Sorry...this has nothing to do with Joni but the original post was not labelled njc and I hit send before I remembered to add it. Victor, who appreciates the irony and believes that life is too short to not have a sense of humour ps. In another Simpsons episode where Homer has his own chiropractic practice in his garage using a garbage can, the head of the Chiropractors Association is demanding that he stop. Homer points out that the AMA is trying to shut the Chiropractors down and he refuses to stop until the man appreciates the irony. "Appreciate it!" he says with his fist in the air. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:03:41 -0500 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Re: Political content in the digest and Diebold Victor wrote: You agree with statements that have no factual basis or validity? That really enhances your credibility. Maybe you should run for office. - --I assume you are referring to my comments, the opinions. Opinions are thoughts or beliefs Victor, they are not facts. Everyone is well aware that you know what opinion means. mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:23:32 -0500 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: joni content or lack of, of late Was downloading some tunes and came across the newest version, or one I had not heard before, of Joni singing 'The Last Time I Saw Richard.' Had previously only heard the original version which I liked very much. While her voice has changed considerably from the earlier recordings I find that huskiness very appealing. I am aware that many of you, if not most, have that complete set of re-recordings. I chose not to buy it at the time but am reconsidering. Luckily don't have to choose but would be in quite a quandary, if forced to do so, if put to the test between early voice and the later one. mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:19:49 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Re: Political content in the digest and Diebold(njc) No, Mack. I was referring to facts you based your opinions on that did not support what you were trying to say. Opinions often have a factual basis behind them. The ones you stated clearly did not. You also failed again to add (njc) to the subject after you already apologized for not doing so. Victor, who find this whole thing rather amusing actually > > --I assume you are referring to my comments, the opinions. Opinions are > thoughts or beliefs Victor, they are not facts. Everyone is well aware that > you know what opinion means. > > mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:28:45 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: What would Joni do? - --excerpt from the CBC Penn panned for lighting up at Toronto film fest Last Updated Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:39:45 EDT CBC Arts Hollywood star Sean Penn has run afoul of Ontario government officials for smoking during an indoor event last weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival. Toronto film festival organizers must remind stars, like Sean Penn, about Ontario's smoking ban, health officials said Wednesday. Images of the Oscar-winner smoking during a news conference on Sunday were published by various media outlets. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Various newspapers and media outlets, including CBC Arts Online, published images of the Oscar-winning actor lighting up on Sunday during the press conference for his film All the King's Men, which had its world premiere in Toronto on Sunday evening and hits North American theatres Sept. 22. The press conferences are held inside a Toronto hotel ballroom. No one should violate the province's smoking ban  designed to protect workers from second-hand smoke whether it's Penn or an average bar patron, Ontario's minister of health promotion, Jim Watson, said Wednesday. - -- end of excerpt What would Joni do, anyone? Would she light up? Should Penn be ticketed? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:38:27 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Re: Political content in the digest and Diebold (njc) My mistake, the post Mack sent did originate before he sent his apology to the joni-onlies. I received the cc post later which seemed like another post, but actually wasn't. See, it's not that hard to admit when you are wrong. Victor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:31:38 -0500 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Worthless waste of time njc Victor wrote: > No, Mack. I was referring to facts you based your opinions on that did > not support what you were trying to say. Opinions often have a factual > basis behind them. The ones you stated clearly did not. - --Ok Victor, I see this is really important to you. You are right, I am wrong. I bow to your intellectual prowess. mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:04:15 EDT From: AsharaProducLLC@aol.com Subject: Logo contest Only 1 entry so far....I know there are very talented and creative people out there!! Send us your logos!! Great prizes!!! ;-) Information below: Once again, we are holding a logo contest, this time for Jonifest 2007! Go to Jonifest.com to see previous winning entries, then get out your pens, pencils, watercolors, crayons, pastels, paints, and your creative juices and send your entry (or entries) to: _logocontest@jonimitchell.com_ (mailto:logocontest@jonimitchell.com) All entries must be received by midnight October 3rd, EST. At that point, voting will then be open. (details to follow!) Please e-mail me with any questions. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!! Hugs, Ashara _www.jonifest.com_ (http://www.jonifest.com/) __._,_.___ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:13:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: What would Joni do? - --- waytoblue@comcast.net wrote: > No one should violate the province's smoking ban  > designed to protect workers from second-hand smoke > whether it's Penn or an average bar patron, > Ontario's minister of health promotion, Jim Watson, > said Wednesday. > -- end of excerpt > > > What would Joni do, anyone? Would she light up? > Should Penn be ticketed? > We've had that discussion at work already. Some think they show throw the book at him. I say, someone should have gently reminded him about our no-smoking laws, assuming he didn't know (ha ha, as if) and then, if he refused, treat him like anyone else. Joni would probably have just left in a huff and gone out on the sidewalk 6 metres from the building and it up. Just my opinion. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:50:19 -0500 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Re: Political content in the digest and Diebold (njc) > My mistake, the post Mack sent did originate before he sent his apology to > the joni-onlies. I received the cc post later which seemed like another > post, but actually wasn't. See, it's not that hard to admit when you are > wrong. > > Victor good grief. mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:24:42 +0000 From: "Michael O'Malley" Subject: Joni photo from 1998 NY Times Today I came across this amazing photo of Joni that I had never seen before. It's taken from a NY Times article by Neil Strauss (Oct 4 1998). Joni's in her mid-fifties. The photo is quite stark, not your typical glamour shot. It shows her close-up, crows feet and all. So beautiful. I'll say it again: so beautiful ! (Sigh, I think I'll go and pine for a while : ) http://www.flickr.com/photos/looking_for_a_cause/245427891/ There are other images here too. Thanks to Mike H for scanning them and posting them to Flickr. Michael in Quebec _________________________________________________________________ Dont waste time standing in linetry shopping online. Visit Sympatico / MSN Shopping today! http://shopping.sympatico.msn.ca ------------------------------ Date: 19 Sep 2006 00:38:49 +0100 From: Benedicte Nielsen Subject: JC on the wane (a few embedded Joni-questions!) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:29 EDT From: Subject: JC on the wane What I notice amid the heated political discussion is that there doesn't seem to be a lot said about JM and her music. Maybe it's because she is no longer creating new works; maybe it's because only once in too-long-a-while do we get an "introducing myself" from someone new to us who has just discovered JM and/or this list. DAVID LAHM - ----- Well, I'm new to this list, I discovered JM the year Hejira came out, but until a few years ago I only knew of that album and Dog Eat Dog. Man have I listened to Hejira many times! Perhaps four years ago I met someone - a gay guy (which brings about the question: why all the gay people on this list? what is it about her??? Am glad not all gay people are into Kylie Minoque, thanks you guys (and of course you are not)!!) who knew absolutely everything about her. He had just bought Travelogue; and opening it and seeing the paintings I thought, this is like CHRISTMAS for someone who likes Joni Mithcell (but I didn't like all of the songs on it I have to say, although some of them have been minor revelations)... So there was one question embedded in the paragraph above. Another one, which has to do with why I signed up to this list: those of us who like her, are obviously deeply affected. I am not surprised to find that she has been compared to Dylan, etc. But how come the world seems to be divided into those who have completely seen the light, and those who never even heard her name? I have two friends, apart for my gay expert, who are really fond of her, but they only know her music because I played it to them. They knew Rickie Lee Jones, but not Joni Mitchell. Same with most of my other friends, they'll play obscure French singers, and Bjoerg and Tori Amos, so they like their arty female singers, but JM - never heard of her. Is there an explanation? Or is it just one of those things, just like the gay thing perhaps? About the discussions on this list: yes, there was apoint last week when I thought, well, this just seems to be a private forum for people who are getting on each others nerves about American politics. But then I guess if it was 20 emails a day with news about Joni Mitchell I'd get enough of that too, I even think it gets a bit too Joni-intimate at times. I like the discussions about music - my first post was about people's favourite male singer because I thought it was interesting to know what other Jonilovers were into. But then I guess there are other things than music that would bind people together who like JM. I do think people should give it another thought before they post pages and pages of NJC at all. I get the digest and can't press delete you know! When somebody posted a link to a site full of JM quotations, I noticed most comments were about how she felt about US politics, and she obviously has strong opinions; and most comments to her comments, on this list, were about politics. But actually, the one that I am still thinking about was the one where she said (something like) "to write a god song about heart-ache (or something similar..) you need to reach a moment of clarity, otherwise it's just moaning". I wonder if that is part of what is so appealing about her songs, that painfully gained insight...? Or again, is it just another one of those things...? Enough for tonight (it's night in the UK!). Am happy to be on this list, it has a great atmosphere ...! Best Benedicte ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:51:01 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Worthless waste of time njc No again Mack. This is hardly important to me. But you chose to make several assertions about me that were wrong and I felt a need to respond to them. You turned a brief comment about grammar into some big to do. This was all your doin Victor, wishing I was still in DC hanging with Paz, Jerome(Amtrak), and the DC crowd, listening to awesome music. NP: Braves game at DC. On Sep 18, 2006, at 6:31 PM, mack watson-bush wrote: > Victor wrote: > >> No, Mack. I was referring to facts you based your opinions on >> that did not support what you were trying to say. Opinions often >> have a factual basis behind them. The ones you stated clearly did >> not. > > --Ok Victor, I see this is really important to you. You are > right, I am wrong. I bow to your intellectual prowess. > > mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:50:03 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Worthless waste of time njc Guys, please stop. Is it really necessary to stoop to personal insults? Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:53:30 -0500 From: "mia _" Subject: re: Joni Mitchell NJC << This is a diabolic plan that will drive them mad. I think we should be kind enough to send them at least SOME Joni-related posts WITHOUT the NJC tag every once in a while - but since we all know who WE are and what THEY are - the ONLY Joni-related posts WITHOUT the NJC tag we may send them should be "New Both Sides Now covers by Dolly Parton" posts.>> Be careful what you say about the Joni-onlies. There is still the archive! In fact, I used to be a Joni-only, and when I had some extra time during the day, I would pop into the archives to read all the posts. I can't be the only one... Mia p.s. When I first joined the list, I never got any digests. I thought the service was broken for several years. Then I played detective and realized all my digests were getting blocked because I had email filters on for sex ads. My server recognized "Les" as being in the word "Lesbian" - LOL! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:57:00 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: What would Joni do? > Joni would probably have just left in a huff Or ... left in a puff. ; ) Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:06:58 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: JC on the wane (a few embedded Joni-questions!) Benedicte wrote: > (which brings about the question: why all the gay people on this list? what is it about her??? My first thought was, "because we're so sensitive and appreciate of fine art," but of course sensitivity and art appreciation is not limited to gay people. Speaking only for myself, I think perhaps it's that many of Joni's songs are about painful longing. What she has written, played, sung (and painted) doesn't have to match exactly to any one thing or set of things that may have happened in the listener's (or viewer's) life. Rather, it's the FEELING that her work brings out of a person, and oftentimes it has to do with how to deal with longing. Again, it's not limited to gay people, but gays and lesbians certainly have known our share of longing ... to be accepted, to be loved, to survive, to [fill in the blank]. Just my nickel's worth for now. Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:15:36 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell NJC Mia wrote: > Be careful what you say about the Joni-onlies. There is still the archive! Yes, there is. For those of you who don't know how to find the archive, it's here: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni There is also an "only Joni" version, which is here: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni In both cases, scroll to the bottom for the most current digest. And, if you haven't visited the "Info" page in awhile (or ever), you can find it here: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni.info It's a good place to go for a "list etiquette" refresher or for information on how to change your s*ubscription settings. Lori, in a helpful mood Santa Rosa, CA P.S. - I like your idea, Nuri! : D ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:21:31 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Worthless waste of time njc Mack specifically singled me out and directed his posts at me and I responded. Since then he has directed several insults at me and I have responded, perhaps against my better judgement. My original posts were directed towards no one. Honestly I can't think of anything I have ever done to Mack to cause him to lash out at me like this. That's actually been baffling me all day. Victor, heading over to a friends house to watch the Steelers game! > Guys, please stop. Is it really necessary to stoop to personal > insults? > > Lori > Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:16:44 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: NJC Re: JC on the wane - ----- Original Message ----- From: > And after the intro, away they go, never to post again in lots of cases. And maybe that's because there are a group of people on here who, intentionally or not, respond to each other's posts almost to the exclusion of anybody else. I'm glad some of you have the time and money to travel and attend various gatherings and that you all are so fond of each other. Don't get me wrong. I think that's a lovely thing. But you have become a pretty tight knit group and it's not easy to break in. Back to lurkdom now. Mark E. in Limbo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:42:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Kerry Subject: Joni wine? A wine label inspired by Joni? https://secure1.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=mwc&BusType=BtoC&Count1=854976832&Count2=772117257&ProductID=7&Target=products.asp - --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:47:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Kerry Subject: Joni wine? I see that link didn't work correctly. Anyway, if you click on wines, they have one called Big Yellow Cab. (As in cabernet :>) It should be the official Joni wine! - --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1"/min. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:55:38 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: sjc, TV alert: Madeleine Peyroux tonight Hey Joni night owls: Madeleine Peyroux is going to be on Conan O'Brien tonight. And here's a review of her new CD for your reading pleasure. If nothing else, make sure to read the last sentence. Joni mention....vive la Joan! Bon reves. (Pleasant dreams.) Love, Patti P. MADELEINE PEYROUX Half the Perfect World Rounder Singing songs of love in a smoky, seductive voice, Madeleine Peyroux is an enigma, an elusive mix of melancholy and jaunty celebration on her latest. On the opening track, "I'm All Right" - one of four songs the singer and guitarist co-wrote - the melancholy optimist laments a recent breakup. Instead of just wearing her heart on her sleeve, she tempers her hurt with irreverent humor and the belief that heartbreak isn't a terminal affliction. Although Peyroux rues being lonely, she recounts funny recollections about her ex-beau's smoking smelly stogies in their bed and how her romantic ideal would get dead drunk and toss her things around in the bedroom. Whenever she approaches the edge of sadness with her spare but richly expressive voice, she sounds a defiant existentialist note about holding onto the present moment. Whether singing originals or familiar tunes such as "The Summer Wind" and "Everybody's Talkin'," she puts a deeply personal, intimate imprint on the words and melody in a way that's moving yet never over-the-top. Inevitably, her haunting voice is compared with Billie Holiday's, and there are hints of Holiday-like depths here, glimmerings in the bittersweet "The Summer Wind" and in the bright, syncopated "California Rain." Peyroux enjoys fine, varied accompaniment whose jazzy flavors range from country and honky tonk to a string quartet. As a bonus, there's a dreamy duet between Peyroux and k.d. lang who skate through Joni Mitchell's "River," a museful, soothing song stocked with poetic wishes. - - OWEN MCNALLY Courant, 9/14/06 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:14:51 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Joni wine? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry" >A wine label inspired by Joni? > I've seen it in a store-apparently vinted locally- try this link https://secure17.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/product_detail.asp?CS=mwc&RowID=7&All= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:07:31 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Joni wine? We've carried it at Whole Foods for quite some time...one of many clever wine labels that seem to pop up these days. Victor, sleepy and ready to say good night to the moonlit ladies > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry" > >> A wine label inspired by Joni? >> > > I've seen it in a store-apparently vinted locally- > > try this link > > https://secure17.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/product_detail.asp? > CS=mwc&RowID=7&All= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:25:22 -0400 From: "Cassy" Subject: Shadows & Light Can anyone tell me why Shadows and Light isn't available on i-Tunes? Other Joni CDs are available but not this one. Thanks Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:47:14 -0700 From: "Lindsay Moon" Subject: njc, Elvis and Diana <> Oh, yes! And I read in my People mag that Elvis loves to do laundry and irons too! Ha! Who'da thunk? 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