From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #352 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 Monday, September 25 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 352 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Buying singles online, njc [Victor Johnson ] Re: Photos from DC on snapfish! (njc) [Victor Johnson ] Cherokee Louise ["Marianne Rizzo" ] RE: chavez and chomsky NJC ["mike pritchard" ] Re: chavez and chomsky NJC [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Cherokee Lousy? [Smurf ] Re: njc, was V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N, now synchro seafood and sisters Andrews and otherwise [Smurf ] Re: Missing in Action - Personal - NJC [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] njc, Rob Fried ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Missing in Action - Personal - NJC ["ron" ] All I Want on the radio [Garret ] Re: Missing in Action - Personal - NJC [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Capos [michael@thepazgroup.com] Re: was V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N, now synchro seafood and sisters Andrews njc [Ros] Re: Hi All (VLJC) LONG! -- now Regina Spektor njc [Garret ] [none] ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Re: Contempt and disdain NJC ["Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Buying singles online, njc itunes gives you previews as well...if you double click on the song you want to preview, it should play a 30 second clip. Victor On Sep 24, 2006, at 10:44 PM, Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama wrote: > Where do you buy single songs on the internet? What are the > advantages/disadvantages where you buy? > > Today I found more than ten versions by Bobby Helms of "Jingle Bell > Rock" on > Wal Mart's site. Their site let me preview most of these, unlike > the iTunes > interface. Only two of those versions sounded like the familiar > take. It's > mono, he was overdriving the mic, and it's only 2:14 but it's > *right*. None > of the others had the right vocal, or that concise 60s-Nashville > guitar > riff, or that locked-in bass/drum part after "riding in a one-horse > sleigh". > Later versions added sleigh bells in stereo but it don't mean a > thing if it > ain't got that swing. > > Is there a site which specializes in the "original single" versions? > > Is there a trick to hearing previews at iTunes? > > Thanks, > Jim L. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:52:22 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Photos from DC on snapfish! (njc) Thanks Donna!! I want to attend jonifest....currently that's to be determined. Victor On Sep 24, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Donna Binkley wrote: > Hi Victor! > > Thanks for sharing these photos, you rock! It's nice to see your > smiling face again! Will you be joining us for Jonifest? Take care, > > Donna > ----Original Message---- > From: Victor Johnson > Sent: 09/24/06 03:16 PM > To: JMDL List > Subject: Photos from DC on snapfish! (njc) > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> From: Victor Johnson >> Date: September 24, 2006 3:28:51 PM EDT >> To: waytoblue@comcast.net >> Subject: You're invited to view my photos! >> Reply-To: waytoblue@comcast.net >> >> >> >> >> you're invited to view my photos! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> album 09/24/06 >> 16 photos >> >> >> Victor says... >> I hope you enjoy my photos! When you're done, you can order prints >> or add comments to the guest book. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Snapfish and the Snapfish logo are trademarks of the Hewlett- >> Packard Company. All rights reserved. >> Snapfish, 303 Second Street, South Tower, Suite 500 San Francisco, >> CA 94107. >> >> >> >> If the 'view my photos' button above does not work, copy and paste >> the link below into your browser >> http://www1.snapfish.com/share/p=93241159125745883/l=209269896/ >> g=73787558/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:36:48 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Andeemac2006 Subject: NJC The price of gas, the ABC doc & Mr Rove Some people think this issue is one big laugh, all I have to say is these people are most probably Republican, its a big laugh how Mr Rove has brain washed 100 million people into voting Republican. I mean how is it right that G W Bush and Cheney can control the Price of Gas to suit there election needs. You can fool the people some of the time / but you cant fool all the people all the time!!!. This administration will get sussed out and the Democrats will get power for 16 years or more. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:20:46 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Hi All (VLJC) LONG! NJC Thanks for the great expansive rambling report, Mikey - sounds like a good time was had by all. I'm heading out of town on the 12th so I'll miss this one (don't it always seem to go) but I WILL be back in time to catch the Richard Thompson/Amy Correia show 10/24. Pretty jacked about that one. Bob NP: Ani, "Fuel" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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Contact me off the list if you do have any or hear of anyone who does. Thanks, SP - -- Stephen Pelton Stephen Pelton Dance Theater London/San Francisco stephenpeltondance.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:28:53 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Cherokee Lousy? A Freudian typo? Or maybe a misspelling of the guy she ended up marrying - Cherokee Louie? Anyway, nothing lousy about this song, one of my favorites on NRH, and probably the worst selection to put on Tlog...ah yes, a lovely orchestrated song about teenage rape, betrayal and lost childhood. Your original post reminded me of the Christmas when my older sis (who really just wanted cha-cha heels) got some really cheap perfume called "Jealousy". She immediately took a knife and scraped the gold-painted "Jea" off the bottle so that it only said "lousy". Happy Monday all. 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Chomsky (widely regarded, even to some people on the left, as a dangerous, off-his-trolley communist) has also seen sales of some of his other books rise considerably. It all started when Chavez held aloft a copy of Chomsky's book while addressing the UN last week, urging his audience ('our brothers and sisters in the USA') to read it in order to understand the threat under their noses, mostly from the 'sulphurous' George Bush et al. I imagine that most of the sales were in the English language version and that the majority of sales were in the USA (that's just my imagination). Why a president widely-regarded as anti-American would support a book written by a writer widely-regarded as anti-American is clear. Why the US public, widely-regarded as pro-American, would buy this book is less clear to me. And could Chavez, and not Arianna Huffington, be the next Ophrah? mike in barcelona NP Noa - I don't know. It was belated recognition that his literary hero was alive. Last week the former paratrooper lamented not meeting Prof Chomsky before he died. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:04:20 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: Cherokee Louise definitely a typo. . the song is just so good. . I just didn't have the right adjectives for it at the time . . and still don't. . so I thought I would just jot down a few lines. . . and let the song speak for itself. that's all. Marianne - ----Original Message Follows---- From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com A Freudian typo? Or maybe a misspelling of the guy she ended up marrying - Cherokee Louie? Anyway, nothing lousy about this song, one of my favorites on NRH, and probably the worst selection to put on Tlog...ah yes, a lovely orchestrated song about teenage rape, betrayal and lost childhood. Your original post reminded me of the Christmas when my older sis (who really just wanted cha-cha heels) got some really cheap perfume called "Jealousy". She immediately took a knife and scraped the gold-painted "Jea" off the bottle so that it only said "lousy". Happy Monday all. Bob NP: Ani, "The Next Big Thing" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get today's hot entertainment gossip http://movies.msn.com/movies/hotgossip ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:03:52 +0200 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: RE: chavez and chomsky NJC Sorry for sloppy cutting and pasting in previous post. You may ignore the line which follows the NP tag. mike in bcn ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:36:44 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: chavez and chomsky NJC A bit of red baiting? Though we may not like him, Chavez was democratically elected in a closely observed election by the citizens of Venezuela. The United States has as close, if not closer, ties to Communist China. Does that make Bush a communist? As for Chomsky, only the most rabid right wing of the U.S. accuse him of being a communist. His own words: On Leninism: Western and also Third World intellectuals were attracted to the Bolshevik counterrevolution because Leninism is, after all, a doctrine that says that the radical intelligentsia have a right to take state power and to run their countries by force, and that is an idea which is rather appealing to intellectuals." On Communism: "Communism was a monstrosity," and "the collapse of tyranny" in Eastern Europe and Russia is "an occasion for rejoicing for anyone who values freedom and human dignity." Jerry > This is too funny for words. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, (widely > regarded, even to some people on the left, as a dangerous, off-his-trolley > communist) is responsible for making Noam Chomsky's 2003 book 'Hegemony or > Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance' a publishing sensation. > According to today's Guardian "one of Professor Chomsky's lesser known works > has surged to No 1 on Amazon's bestseller list, with bookshops making bulk > orders from the thousands of extra copies being printed." > Chomsky (widely regarded, even to some people on the left, as a dangerous, > off-his-trolley communist) has also seen sales of some of his other books rise > considerably. It all started when Chavez held aloft a copy of Chomsky's book > while addressing the UN last week, urging his audience ('our brothers and > sisters in the USA') to read it in order to understand the threat under their > noses, mostly from the 'sulphurous' George Bush et al. > I imagine that most of the sales were in the English language version and that > the majority of sales were in the USA (that's just my imagination). Why a > president widely-regarded as anti-American would support a book written by a > writer widely-regarded as anti-American is clear. Why the US public, > widely-regarded as pro-American, would buy this book is less clear to me. And > could Chavez, and not Arianna Huffington, be the next Ophrah? > mike in barcelona > NP Noa - I don't know. > > > > It was belated recognition that his literary hero was alive. Last week the > former paratrooper lamented not meeting Prof Chomsky before he died. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:39:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Cherokee Lousy? - --- Bob wrote: > She immediately took a knife and scraped > the gold-painted > "Jea" off the bottle so that it only said "lousy". Oh, Bob . . . please don't tell me you missed the opportunity to tell her how lousy she smelled! - --Smurf . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:33:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: njc, was V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N, now synchro seafood and sisters Andrews and otherwise - --- Patti wrote: NPIMH, a fun seafood song: Hold Tight - Andrews Sisters Sister, we are so in sync! I was just thinking the other day about how EIght to the Bar -- who, you may remember, played at your wedding! -- used so to sing that song. Anyhoo, BH once told me that her father didn't approve of his girls performing that song because it had been considered quite risque back in the day. And regarding Ciro & Sal's, I just saw an ad for them in a what-to-do-in-Provincetown type guide last night! I am sure they are an incarnation of the C & S (Court and Spark!?) that was on Boylston Street in Boston in the '80s. Sunny day here, but I am in the throes of my JMDL addiction, so . . . what'll it be . . . JMDL in a dark internet cafe or sunny P-Town . . . JMDL in a dark internet cafe or . . . Bye! XO, - --Smurf . Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:57:41 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: NJC Re: Cherokee Lousy? NJC I don't remember saying that, but I'm not sure if she even actually wore any. Kind of like when we used to visit my wife's grandparents in KY and I used to marvel at what I called "Fred's Aftershave Hall of Fame", a shelf crammed with full bottles of English Leather, Hai Karate, Brut, and every other Aftershave lotion produced in the last 30 years; Christmas gifts that never experienced the joy of being used. Bob NP: Tom Waits, "Gin Soaked Boy" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:26:37 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: a couple of new photos (njc) I added a couple of more photos to the snapfish page, one of Super Chikan( from Clarksdale, Miss) and one of my girlfriend, Ahdayneekay, seeing me off at the train. Victor > If the link above does not work, highlight the link below using your cursor. > Then copy and paste the link into your browser address window and hit the > "Enter" or "Return" key on your keyboard. > > http://www1.snapfish.com/share/p=185241159126098253/l=209269897/g=73787558/otsc= > SYE/otsi=SALB > > 3) If you'd like, you can easily order reprints or enlargements of my photos, > right from Snapfish for as low as 12¢ each -- every day! Just click the > "order prints" button while viewing my photos to place an order. > *First-time customers only. > http://www.snapfish.com/infothreefree/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB > > > > > > Snapfish - the best value in photography. From: Victor Johnson To: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Thank you for sharing your photos on Snapfish! Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:34:44 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from Multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/html [TABLE NOT SHOWN] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:54:32 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Re: NJC The price of gas, the ABC doc & Mr Rove HAhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Smurf > --- Andeemac2006 wrote: > > > Some people think this issue is one big laugh, all I > > have to say is these people are most probably > > Republican, its a big laugh how Mr Rove has brain > > washed 100 million people into voting Republican. > > > Not true. 124 million or so votes were cast in the > 2004 presidintial "election." There are no 100 million > people voting Republican. > > --Smurf > > . > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:16:18 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: (njc) Chicago Jazz Composers Collective concert Oh goodness! First of all, my deepest sympathy goes out to your bass player. I'm so sorry he lost his father. Fred thank you so much for sharing aobut your show. I'm so glad that everything turned out well despite the obstacles!!! Whew! It's definitely done for the love of music because I'm sure it was quite unnerving having so many things happen at the last minute. I had a similar thing happen at the concert I gave last October. It was so nervewracking and on some songs, I got the 75% note accuracy too but there also was a good vibe and everyone enjoyed the show. I can definitely relate to what you went through. Congratulations for making good music this weekend. I love your your comment, "and so goes the marriage of art and commerce in a declining civilization..." May we not go gently into that good night. Sincerely, Sherelle Fred wrote: > > Sherelle, thanks so much for your supportive words. > > The gig went well considering that the bass player's father died last >week; had to find Someone Good three days before the gig, and did. But the >only time he could rehearse was one hour before the gig, which was just as >well because that's the only time the drummer could rehearse, too. > > Two days before the gig, the pedal steel player called to tell me that >his road trip to Austin (20 hour drive) was leaving at 8 AM the day of my >gig, not at 8 PM (after the gig). So, no pedal steel player ... too late to >find another who could play in disparate bags of music. > > Rehearsed a little with the two remaining guitarists, and then we all >gathered to rehearse for the first and only time all together in the one >hour before the gig, right up until 8 minutes before the gig. Patrons had >already come in, the sound person was breathing down my neck. We took a >deep breath and jumped in. > > The notes were about 75 percent accurate, many layers of nuance were >unattended (under rehearsing is over rated for the kind of music I write). >But the vibe was good, and response was enthusiastic. And so goes the >marriage of art and commerce in a declining civilization. > > Thanks again, > Fred > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sherellesmith@hotmail.com > To: frednow@aol.com > Cc: joni@smoe.org > Sent: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 9:37 AM > Subject: (njc) Chicago Jazz Composers Collective concert > > You always have our support Fred! This sounds very interesting! I wish I >were close enough to check it out! Best of luck to you this weekend and >please let us know how it went!!! > > Sherelle > > Fred wrote: > > For anyone in Chicago this weekend ... > > Got some new music and some re-imagined old music played by a group with > multiple guitars. I'm really excited to hear how it's gonna turn out, and >I > hope you all can drop by and have a listen. > > As always, I'm grateful for your past and future support. > > Fred > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security >tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, >free AOL Mail and more. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:56:20 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: was V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N, now synchro seafood and sisters Andrews and otherwise Smurf, en vacances (fancy French for "on V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N"), with a headful of quandary, came out to wonder: > >Sunny day here, but I am in the throes of my JMDL >addiction, so . . . what'll it be . . . JMDL in a dark >internet cafe or sunny P-Town . . . JMDL in a dark >internet cafe or . . . > Why, the choice is easy, mon ami! You can have both sides now. In fact, you can have it ALL, baybeeee! You're a free man in P-town, unfettered and alive! Sunny day, you say? Ha! A big JMOCDed *DUH*!!!! Braid wildflowers and leaves in your hair and go paint the town smurfadelica BLUE! You're a brute you're an angel You can crawl you can fly too It's down to you It all comes down to you As Sherelle sings, "Do what you love." Look for the chic and the fancy to buy in the boutiques and the swinging hot spots. Go down to the pick-up station. Think what you'd like to have For supper at the C & S restaurant. Or take a walk A park (People's Park!) A bridge A tree A river (I wish I had a river.) Or go to the beach. Out of the city And down to the seaside To sun on your shoulders And wind in your hair. Maybe there is a shell for you. Get your body oiled and shining. (But kick off the sandflies, honey!) Fly, silly smurf bird! Love, Patti P., wishing she were in P-town, too P.S. Help me! I think I'm falling into full-blown JMOCD in the workplace. When I get this crazy feeling I know I'm in trouble again. I could spout Joni quotes all day (like Jonah in a ticking whale) but I have to do my best and do good business....there's a lot of people asking for my time..... but, really, If l had my way I'd just walk through these doors And wander Down Commercial Street Going cafe to cabaret Thinking how I'll feel when I find That very good friend of mine ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:04:29 -0400 From: "Cassy" Subject: Missing in Action - Personal - NJC I've been missing in action from the list for a little while now. The political content usually is cause enough for me to disappear as I tend to use my delete key frequently and may miss a good topic or two in the fray but there are a few people whose posts I read regardless and those keep me abreast of what's being said by who. Life has been busy for me. As a few of you know I am involved in the leather world (BDSM for those of you who aren't familiar with the term) and have been out and about teaching classes here and there. It's been a lot of fun and a big responsibility covering safety topics along with some technique. I have met some wonderful people and have learned a thing or two myself in the process. One of the frequent topics of conversation among kinky folk is "Community" I saw a reference here to "true community" from, I believe it was, Laura and it brought to mind something I heard at a BDSM conference recently about community: "'Community' is all about the last five letters of the word". I feel that applies here too. Unity doesn't mean everyone agreeing about everything, it's about a shared common bond and that we have in our love for Joni. During my sojourn deeper into what I do I met someone special in my life and find myself getting involved in a relationship that I swore I'd never have again. He insisted he didn't want a relationship either, just wanted to have a casual, mutually satisfying companionship... that was fine with me. After casually dating and playing for about two years, we were driving around a couple of weeks ago, stopped at a light and I turned to him and said "this is a lovely relationship we're not having". Opening ones self up to a new person is an interesting process, especially in a power-exchange situation. I didn't want to give up control of my life and I don't have to because I'm in charge. His input is both welcome and considered but ultimately choices are mine to make and it's working really well for me (and for him apparently). Yes, to a degree it's about kinky pursuits but it's also about a deeper level of trust than I've shared with any of my previous partners. It's about communication like one never imagined and sharing one's deepest fantasies and desires no matter how scary it is to share them. It brings people closer knowing they can talk about taboos and ultimately satisfy those cravings one never talks about for fear of being considered perverted. Whips and chains aside, the relationship is really about sharing... everything. The end result of this is that last month he surprised me by getting on his knees (not an unusual position for him so I had no idea what was coming) presented me with a marquise diamond ring and proposed. I have accepted even though I know it will be a long engagement. My partner was recently hired by Boeing and moved to Seattle last week. If things work out for him there and he is happy in his career I will be moving there too some time next year, definitely AFTER Joni Fest. I sincerely hope I haven't made anyone uncomfortable with my level of sharing but it's a big part of who I am. I'm out to all of my friends and family and am much more at ease knowing I can be myself among you. Cassy (teasingly termed the "Mistress of Pain" by Bob Muller during the spanking thread) NP: This is a Man's World - James Brown ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:56:17 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Missing in Action - Personal - NJC This gets my nomination for "line of the month" for September. Cassy (aka M.O.P.), congratulations on your good news! Funny how those relationships always seem to come along when you're determined to not initiate them. Life's always what happens to you while you're making other plans. Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen & Band, "Mrs. McGrath" 6.25.06 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 25 Sep 2006 17:57:50 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Rob Fried Here is a sad story. Maybe some of you in the music world knew him? xo, pp Rob Fried's Passion Was To Make Music That Moved You September 24, 2006 By CHRIS COWLES, SPECIAL TO THE COURANT In a life dedicated to performing, percussionist Rob Fried's energetic style of playing became the musical heartbeat for whoever shared the stage or studio with the longtime Simsbury resident. Fried's music was silenced when he died Sept. 8 of heart failure after a rare illness, but it will long reverberate. Best known for his work with the band Max Creek, in which he played and recorded for 25 years, Fried, 55, was also regarded as a versatile studio musician. But it was the warmth of his personality and his sensitivity that endeared him to fans and musicians alike. "Rob was undoubtedly one of the most emotional people you could ever find," said Max Creek keyboardist Mark Mercier. "He played emotionally, and he brought a tremendous sense of energy to the music - energy and color." Known for their extended improvisational jams, Max Creek and Fried proved a perfect match, especially on stage, said Mercier, who, along with bassist John Rider (the band's founder) and guitarist Scott Murawski, have been the core of Max Creek since 1973. "There would be times Rob would come out with some color that would be perfect for the occasion, and we would all turn around and just look at him," Mercier said. The band's concerts - a staple in New England, New York and the mid-Atlantic states for decades - have nurtured several generations of fans, many of whom moved to the West Coast and have been rewarded with rare Max Creek treks to California and Colorado. Fried, who joined Max Creek in 1979, most often played congas, snare drum or tom-toms, but it wasn't unusual for him to get behind a drum set, as the band often featured two drummers, similar to such influential contemporaries as the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band. Fried's handiwork stands out on each of the five Max Creek albums he played on: "Rainbow" (1980), "Drink the Stars" (1982), "Windows" (1986), "MCMXC" (1990) and "Spring Water" (1998). He regularly worked with other bands, too. He recorded and toured with former Roomful of Blues saxophonist Greg Piccolo and Heavy Juice and often sat in with Connecticut's Frank Zappa-influenced Dr. Juice and the blues-based Burt Teague Group. He played on more than 70 recordings. "Musically, [Fried] made his presence known and became part of the whole," said Dr. Juice guitarist Dennis Fancher, "instead of playing a sideline role that a lot of percussion players would feel more comfortable in. He was a true master." A self-taught player, Fried was influenced by Nigerian Babatunde Olatunji and Brazilian Airto Moreira along with studio greats Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner and Mickey Hart. He also counted Ringo Starr as an inspiration, said twin brother Gary Fried. "Ringo Starr was a simple player, but he could really accent things," Gary Fried said. "Most drummers, they're just into chops but don't have any taste. It all gets very tired if you don't put any human element into it." When it came to performing, Rob Fried never lacked the human elements. "Every time he played with us, he took it to the limit," said guitarist Teague, of Granby, who met Fried in 1969 and remained close friends and a musical collaborator for 30-plus years. Born in Englewood, N.J., on July 15, 1951, Fried and his family moved to Simsbury in 1959. In 1969, the Fried brothers were part of the first graduating class at the new Simsbury High School, but Rob opted not to go to college, instead focusing on drumming in a number of rock and soul bands. He did a short stint at the Hartford Conservatory in the 1970s but was more comfortable playing on stage or in the studio. "There was never a time when Rob was slouching," said Teague. "He was the consummate musician. Every time we played, he took the band to another level." Fried's last recordings are due to be released this fall on "An Edward Hopper Dream" by singer/guitarist Steve Vozzolo. Fried's love of drumming went retail when as he ran his own specialty store, the Rhythm Shop in Simsbury, for nearly eight years. Even with his elaborate stage setup, often with dozens of drums and percussion pieces, the mild-mannered Fried always stood out, thanks to his trademark Panama hat, Hawaiian shirt and dark glasses. It was his sincerity, however, that endeared him to so many people. "He was one of the most welcoming and friendly people you would ever find," said Mercier. "He made more friends at Max Creek shows than anyone [in the band]." Tina Weymouth, bassist with the Talking Heads, introduced Fried to the Heads' percussionist, Steve Scales, and the two had remained close since. Fried also enjoyed close friendships with drummers Jaimoe (Allman Brothers) and Richie Hayward (Little Feat). "He had huge friends in high places," said Mercier. "He remembered them, and they remembered him." Fried and Max Creek parted ways in December 2004 because of artistic differences, but Mercier was hoping for a future reunion. Fried's health declined during the past 16 months, however. His weight dropped, and his motor skills - vital for a drummer - deteriorated as doctors tried to pinpoint his ailment. Three weeks ago, a specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston diagnosed him as having a rare blood disease known as polyneuropathy organomegaly endocrinopathy monoclonal gammopathy syndrome, or POEMS. Battling depression afterward, Fried suffered a heart attack and was transferred to McLean Health Center in Simsbury, where his condition rapidly worsened. A day after his death, Max Creek played in Pulaski, N.Y., and dedicated the concert to Fried. "It's a very emotional period of time for us now," Mercier said. "It's like being in a family with a long-lost brother. You always thought of him as a member of the family. There was no question that we loved Rob." There is a memorial service for Rob Fried today at 3 p.m. at First Church of Christ, 689 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, followed by an open jam at the Maple Tree Cafe at 781 Hopmeadow St. Memorial donations made be made to "The Fried Fund - Second Church," are of Second Congregational Church, 139 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830. The fund will be used for scholarships for musically talented underprivileged youths. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:47:51 +0200 From: "ron" Subject: Re: Missing in Action - Personal - NJC hi >>>cassy wrote >>>> The end result of this is that last month he surprised me by getting on >>>> his knees (not an unusual position for him so I had no idea what was >>>> coming) presented me with a marquise diamond ring and proposed. I have >>>> accepted even though I know it will be a long engagement. .............> I sincerely hope I haven't made anyone uncomfortable with my level of sharing well - i think the acronym police (ap?) might be slightly bent out of shape :-), but im sure they will join in a great big congratulations & best wishes............ ron ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:24:55 +0100 From: Garret Subject: All I Want on the radio Flicking through the stations to find newstalk i heard Joni coming from my little radio in the kitchen. This was followed by Astral Weeks. Then the dj comes on and it was an Irish language station. She said, in Irish, "that was Astral Weeks by Van the Man Morrison and before that you heard a song called All I Want by Joni Mitchell from the album Blue which was recorded all the way back in 1971". She then introduced Break On Through by the Doors. I could not make out exactly what she said, but it had something to do with The Doors Of Perception by Aldous Huxley. It is good to hear All I Want on the radio. GARRET ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:30:11 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Missing in Action - Personal - NJC Congrats Cassy!!!! Rosie xxoo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:38:45 -0500 (CDT) From: michael@thepazgroup.com Subject: Capos I have 4 of the G7th Capos left if anyone wants one. $30 + $5 shipping in the U.S. Please contact me privately if you are interested. Thanks Paz NP-All You Need-Lynn Drury ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:39:23 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: was V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N, now synchro seafood and sisters Andrews njc speaking of rivers and vacations...I survived kayaking 7 miles down the pristine spring fed waters of the Weekee Wachee River!!! and not one alligator sighting!! LMAO!!! I did run into a few manatees and cypress trees though....I soon learned how to steer. lol I'll post some photos of the wildlife I came across. Rosie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:52:58 +0100 From: Garret Subject: Re: Hi All (VLJC) LONG! -- now Regina Spektor njc Hi Paz and Smurph (enjoy P-town) So there is this singer living in Brooklyn who was born in Russia it seems, who goes by the name of Regina Spektor. She starts writing songs to entertain her friends and she is eventually told she sounds like some woman called Joni Mitchell. She doesn't know who Joni Mitchell is and she really does not sound at all like Joni Mitchell. She records some albums independently. She builds up a loyal following in NYC. She gets a deal that releases her third album, Soviet Kitsch, internationally. It sells a lot and pleases some cricits while driving others to distraction. It's a fun album, if you allow yourself to interpret it as kitsch. It is perhaps cringeworthy if you are taking the lyrics as serious attempts at writing poetry. But i don't need to tell that to people on the JMDL. When that album was released i became hooked on some of her songs. I found her witty and enjoyed her playing around with styles. She was "kooky" enough to warrant comparisons with Fiona Apple and Tori Amos. I saw her live earlier this year and it was fun. She was very good at playing on her image. she was funny and her voice is much better live than on CD. I then bought one of her older albums from cdbaby. I just didn't get into it. The follow up to Soviet Kitsch was released a couple of months ago and it is the biggest disappointment of the year for me. There are three good songs on it and one of them is a song from one of the other albums. So, i am left wondering if Regina Spektor happily hit on a specific combination with Soviet Kitsch that pushed my buttons, you know the ones that float my boat and all of these good things. I don't want to be wrong, but i think that maybe, just maybe, she is not all that great. I still love Soviet Kitsch. And i still think her single, Us, is one of the best singles of last year. Or the year before. I can't remember. If you are on myspace listen to Regina and arrive at your own opinion. She is at least as good as a lot of the **** on the radio. A little Regina joke for you there. http://www.myspace.com/reginaspektor Kate Nash reminds me of Regina (when she managed to be fun). Listen to her if you don't mind her bad language. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=56725469 GARRET Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:49:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Hi All (VLJC) LONG! -- now njc Michael Paz wrote: << At dinner we sat next to an emerging artist by the name of Regina Spektor who was on her way to Atlanta to play a show. The kids from the Cajun band Feufollet were impressed that we were traveling with someone like her. I was not that impressed! >> This must be the very same Regina Spektor that Garret has been raving about for awhile. I keep meaning to check her out, but she never gets on my train. I just stopped in at the internet cafe in P-town to check my mail. Didn't read it all, but can never resist anything labeled "LONG!" that Paz offers me. - - --Smurf, cynical and sober and boring everyone in some internet cafe ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:31:06 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni talk A party girl wrote: I told him about the JMDL...the fests....and he talked about her open tunings. Hi Rock On: We are her open tunings in a sense, ain't we? Love, CGDFBbD ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:50:14 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: [none] Subjectlessness wrote: Cherokee Lousie Walking to the door Going out you get the 3rd degree And comin' in you get the 3rd world war Hi Sub, Who is Lousie? Poor soul. "All their doors are locked God she can't even come to our house But I know where she'll go" Love, Peacenic ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:10:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: chavez and chomsky NJC I found Chavez humorous, playing his part quite well. What other sort of communication with the masses is effective during these times of Bush-Cheney-Rummy-Rove-Wolfowitz Fellini circuses? Taming tyrannical tigers need touches of the likes of women like Joni, Mary, Teresa, Joan.... Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:22:46 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: [none] sorry to have desecrecated (sp?) the song with improper spelling it must have been the riesling I would like to take this autumn moment to tell EVERYBODY (once again) that my favorite winter squash is `~ ~ ~buttercup squash ! dark green it has a russet robust deep, rich flavor.. cut it in half, take out the seeds and bake it upside down until a fork tenderly slides through put generous amounts of butter and salt on it. Laura, this different kind of person said: >Subjectlessness wrote: Cherokee Lousie Walking to the door Going out you get the 3rd degree And comin' in you get the 3rd world war Hi Sub, Who is Lousie? Poor soul. "All their doors are locked God she can't even come to our house But I know where she'll go" Love, Peacenic _________________________________________________________________ All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial! http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwlo0050000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.windowsonecare.com/?sc_cid=msn_hotmail ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:23:17 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Contempt and disdain NJC Dear Laura, I am so sorry for the loss of your mother in law. I know it was a terrible loss for your husband. You were very gracious my friend. You are right that people react differently to grief. I've just never seen a reaction like hers. I come from a close knit extended family where even great aunts and uncles are cherished and wept for openly. Friends are adopted into the family and love is the only measure of closeness. I think as you do but am proud of you for your views and your strength during this time. Well done and well said. Love, Sherelle Laura wrote: Hi Rep, I like to take the "let it be" position. So, if you say something childish, it is as it is... adult, it is as it is. Sometimes people say things they wish they hadn't or things they don't wish they hadn't but know are "bad" and probably shouldn't be said but were and such is life. I had a situation of this yesterday, cut right to my core and tested my ability to love. And this was a good opportunity for spiritual growth for me. My mother-in-law died yesterday. My husband called me up to tell me and was all broken down on the phone so I went right over to be with him at his parents' house. I couldn't not go. I had to be with him that moment in time and space. After I'd been there for about 30 minutes, one of my husband's sisters came down on me and my husband's brother's wife who was also there. She basically told us we were NOT welcome there because we weren't blood related. Whooosssshhhh! She didn't just say it, she shouted it at us and motioned at us with her hands. Childish and from a place of deep anger and hurt over having just lost her mother, perhaps. It was real. It was revealing. She's different than I am. She is as she is. And she was speaking her mind graphically at a highly emotional time for all of us. She later called me to tell me she loves me and to say she knows she "acted badly" and was sorry for that, but she made it very clear that she doesn't feel regret for her view point and desire for us non-blood related relatives to not have been there. I don't regret having been there. She didn't act gracefully, but so what? Even if she hadn't acknowledged to me that she acted badly, so what? Even though she will probably never change to come to accept me as "family," so what? Even though I'll never change my view that I am family, so what? She is human and so am I, and we are different, but we can be who we are openly without regret and without reservation. We can accept each other as is. That in my opinion is true love. Lack of grace, childishness... let he who hasn't and won't do these things in the future cast the first stone. Yes, it would be nice if everybody acted "good" and never threw cheap shots, but I prefer seeing it all as is. I'm not into Utopia. I'm into community. If we live in an environment where we cast each other off or discourage blatant openness where certain graces are unmet, true community is unlikely to exist. A degree of chaos is good and healthy in my opinion. I don't agree with everything Scott Peck talks about this in his book The Different Drum, but some of this is in keeping with his concepts of forming true community. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:30:47 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Contempt and disdain NJC In a message dated 9/25/2006 8:23:46 P.M. Central Standard Time, sherellesmith@hotmail.com writes: I come from a close knit extended family where even great aunts and uncles are cherished and wept for openly. Friends are adopted into the family and love is the only measure of closeness. Hi Sherelle, This is the way I was raised too. Thank you. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:31:59 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: RE: "When the Levees Broke" a Spike Lee Joint, njc Hi Jim, I finally got the chance to see most of this documentary and you are right in everything you are saying about it. Our own John Van Tiel and I had a conversation Friday before last and told me about how meticulously kept that levy system is. Your words are especially eloquent about the need for Louisianna to have the revenues from production of natural gas and oil. Something is not right with the whole picture. It ripped my heart out but I needed to watch it. My desire to help has definitely been rekindled. Thanks for mentioning this important documentary. Sherelle Jim wrote: In the last hour, a civil engineer talked about the system of levees in the Netherlands. Their system is much better built. It's built to protect the country against a once-in-ten-thousand-year storm. It's meticulously maintained. It's the only moral way to have a levee system. Back the US, the federal government gets all of the royalty pennies from the production of natural gas and oil which flows thru the port of N.O., b/c the production is far off-shore. In Alaska, production isn't offshore and the state gets a cut. Louisiana needs that money to build levees, and to rebuild the wetlands. Oh, and their schools suck too b/c schools are supported by (wait for it...) STATE revenue. When people said the US Govt has abandoned Louisiana (in the early hours of the film) it might have *sounded* like a hollow complaint. It's not. The intellectual content is mostly in the last hour. Trust me. The last hour is too important to skip. Branford Marsalis is right. It's a pivotal time: in crisis you can see everything that's wrong and have an opportunity to change. We won't. The Corps swears they'll rebuild the levees to their pre-Katrina levels. I believe them. All the best, Jim ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #352 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------