From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #431 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 Thursday, November 16 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 431 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20beauty?= ["=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" ] Re: JMDL Digest V2006 #427 [missblux@googlemail.com] Re: A Case of You- Youtube.com [Bob Muller ] RE: that guy on youtube sings joni [Danilo Monno ] As for Joni's beauty [missblux@googlemail.com] RE: that guy on youtube sings joni [notaro@stpt.usf.edu] Re: that guy on youtube sings joni [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: A Case of You- Youtube.com [notaro@stpt.usf.edu] Re: Kakki's visit with Joni (now joni again) ["Bree Mcdonough" ] sorry...njc [Danilo Monno ] Kate's visit with Joni ["Kate Bennett" ] RE: Neil Young's 6 songs njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Re: Performing Songwriter: Vote for Greatest Song Ever - yes, joni content! [J Kendel Johnson ] My Pictures from green flag song Opening ["Helena Ruffin" ] Re: "Roses Blue" [Lady Isadora ] Joni's beauty [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:25:10 -0800 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20beauty?= "Patti Parlette" said >You are BEAUTIFUL, mon amie! many thanks patti. but, i felt bittersweet about this compliment. i sure as hell look very little like I used to. and working in west la surrounded my 50 year old barbie dolls i'm fighting to accept myself. i find myself taking comfort in the old saying my mother used to control my wild child self: " pretty is as pretty does". or as grace slick used to sing: you're only pretty as you feel....only as pretty as you feel inside.. pat cliches for sure, but true too. i'm not sure i got this at 20.. in light of the recent discussions, started by ever thoughtful nuri, i too was pondering the descrption of joni as a brentwood housewife. my friend had described joni just like that 25 years ago when she saw joni at a museum opening, snottily, like she had somehow lost her grace or shouldn't have taken off off the halo or jumped off the pedestal. (I don't mean YOU were snotty, Helena). it is cool that joni can blend in like that. that is until she opens her mouth or writes or picks up a paintbrush. there is something ghastly about holding us to the standard of the beauty of 15 year olds.. joni said it well in her recent interview with paul starr. it's in the library. and that nuri, is who paulie starr is, joni's make-up artist. i'm sure kakki and kate were talking about joni's vibrance, and patti about my sharing. beauty and god are they the same? surely ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:26:00 -0800 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20Kakki=27s=20visit=20with=20Joni=20=28now =20joni=20again=29?= oops bree i hadn't read your post..it says it all - ---------- Original Message ------------- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:54:46 -0800 From: "Bree Mcdonough" To: nurielt@yahoo.com, joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Kakki's visit with Joni (now joni again) >Interesting thoughts here..Nuri. As far as Joni being a beauty? When >I think of Joni just on solely her appearance ..I think of her not looking >so ordinary. She certainly doesn't have those classic beauty >features.....which bore me..the late Grace of Monaco comes to mind. I >think of the pretty faces of today...again ..boring to me...I don't look >twice...we all know them...in the entertainment news daily...of them .... >"pretty as pretty does". I think Joni has one of the most interesting >faces..and so NOT ordinary...she fits her music. > >I think of the documentary ..FACES....in one segment they showed babies >reaction to pictures of faces.. the "prettier" the face.. the more favorable >reaction from the baby. Or a dimensional mold of what is considered a >beautiful face..that it seems all beautiful faces fit those exact >dimensions. Now that is scary to me. ....only a fraction off... this way >or that way...and your NOT considered a pretty person. > > >"beautiful as a foot".....forgot the artist here... anyway...I saw Annie >Lebowitz (sp?) recently...now definitely not your classic beauty....but what >she had to say was so interesting...and the way she presented herself....I >found everything about her very attactive. Not in under the covers sort >of way either...just her whole persona. What am I trying to say..she >became pretty in her OWN way. > > >I guess there are more important things to rail against..not that I'm >railing...but just another pretty face ..I turn off as quiclly as I can >change the TV remote. > > >Bree > > > > > > > > > >> As for Joni's beauty - >> Can you imagine the very same gifted Joni (with the very same artistic >>quality) only with a slight change of being "ugly", managing to start a >>career, appealing both to guys like Crosby and the industry that followed >>and the smaller crowd she had when she was a young woman? I guess we would >>say something like, sure, she was brilliant enough to make even if she had >>a moustache, or that she was always too honorable to bend to that part of >>the game and always above it, (and in our case, now, many years since then, >>we would probably say that we're too hooked on her to even care about her >>looks that much) - but is that really the case? > > >> > Nuri > >_________________________________________________________________ >Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces >http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:48:49 EST From: Wtking59@cs.com Subject: Re: Cilla Black...and White (njc) Reminds me of something similar I noticed recently while watching Robert Altman's 'Nashville' (1975) again: I hadn't seen the movie in nearly 30 years (since it was first released), but in the film Karen BLACK's character is named "Connie WHITE." ;-) Does Altman do this kind of thing often? I ask, because I also just saw his 1972 film 'Images' (which I LOVED) recently. In THAT one, the lead character--played by Susannah York--is named "Cathryn," while another young actress named Cathryn Harrison plays a character named "Susannah." (all with the exact same spellings as listed in the end credits). Rather interesting, I thought. XXXOOO, Billy NP: 'Take A Picture' (1968) by Margo Guryan. =================================== In a message dated 11/15/06 anima_rising@yahoo.ca wrote: > Cilla Black - now there's a blast from the past. I > decided to look her up on google and discovered that > her real last name was White (Cilla is short for > Priscilla). Her name was misprinted in a newspaper as > Cilla Black, but Brian Epstein liked the sound of it, > so White became Black. > > Catherine > Toronto ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:59:46 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: that guy on youtube sings joni that guy on youtube does a wonderful interpretation of chelsea morning, case of you and morning morgen town.. here's chelsea...the rest are close by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siqdjr07fwc&mode=related&search= bring the stars home www.stardome.ca - --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Degrees for working adults in as fast as 1 year. Bachelors, Masters, Associates. Top schools ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:40:52 +0000 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2006 #427 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:57:13 -0700 From: Les Irvin Subject: RE: NJC Paranoia on the list.... Moni wrote: The archived postings could be stored on the JMDL server and require a log-in, additionally they could be marked as to not be indexed by Google or any other search engine. All of the above are precisely in place and have been for a few months now. 1) On the JMDL server. 2) Are "invisible" unless logged in 3) Are marked as to not be indexed by search engines. Les - ------- Dear Les! This would be really great. There is a problem though, because when I google myself and "Joni Mitchell", I still get 47 hits, which are links to postings I've made in the past. Could this have something to do with the split-up between JMDL and Jonimitchell.com? That some things on the other site are still freely available...? Sorry to have sent two almost identical emails the other day! I thought the first one didn't get through because I wasn't registered under the email address I sent it from, so I wrote another one.... Thanks a lot for maintaining the site - and sorry that I am being bothersome. I would really appreciate it if this problem could be solved. Best Bene ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:39:51 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: A Case of You- Youtube.com And enjoy it I did, Sue - boy that guy has a great voice. Thanks for sending the link, ya silly ol' goofball you. Bob NP: The Beatles, "Michelle" _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $510k for $1,698/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:03:22 +0100 From: Danilo Monno Subject: RE: that guy on youtube sings joni This guy is awesome!So much better than me...Should I be sad? But I can't! I'm so impressed by his interpretation and the sound of his voice.Awesome!DaniloNP Dalida "Histoire d'un amour"> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:59:46 -0800> From: magsie_h@yahoo.com> Subject: that guy on youtube sings joni> To: joni@smoe.org> > that guy on youtube does a wonderful interpretation of chelsea morning, case of you and morning morgen town..> > here's chelsea...the rest are close by> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siqdjr07fwc&mode=related&search=> > > bring the stars home > www.stardome.ca> > ---------------------------------> Sponsored Link> > Degrees for working adults in as fast as 1 year. Bachelors, Masters, Associates. Top schools _________________________________________________________________ Prova Live.com: il tuo mondo on line, con notizie, sport, meteo e molto altro ancora. http://www.live.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:25:15 +0000 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: As for Joni's beauty Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:30:04 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: Kakki's visit with Joni (now joni again) Nuri said.... As for Joni's beauty -..... ...... we would probably say that we're too hooked on her to even care about her looks that much) - but is that really the case? - ---------------------- I had never thought of her beauty before someone on this list (Bob?!?) said he was initially attracted to her... singing or guitarplaying or something, and her beauty. I always thought she looked fascinating because she looks sophisticated and vulnerable and strong at the same time. When I first saw the Hejira cover I was a teenager; and she didn't look like anything we were trying to look like in these days. She looked intelligent. If there was anything sexy about her it was a kind of sexy that I had not figured out yet. I think if there was anything about her looks I wanted to have myself it was - - not her physical looks, but the look in her eye. I can see now that she was really cute and charming when she was young, I guess being a man around her it must have been hard not to fall for her. But somehow, I still think there is something slightly awkward and intimately embarrasing about her looks. This is something I can't explain. But for instance, that photo of her and Morrissey (or another singer?) that people were discussing last week - it came as no surprise to me that she was wearing socks in her sandals. At least in Europe, you'd have to be German to do that.... Maybe it's some sort of over-earthlyness that she has that doesn't care about certain things. I dunno. But just to say: no, I got hooked to her music without considering her to be beautiful. - ------------------------------------------- ...And then Nuri asked: As for the youthful part, i don't know when this "you look so much younger" thing that is often said to older ladies (and gents) as some sort of a blessed-mantra has taken over the world, but why should older people look younger anyway and how come that even those who go for natural in every other aspect still view aging as a bad sign and wrinkles of an older body as a problem? - ----------------------------------- I think there is some idea that staying young at heart makes you look young. That if you stay open-minded, open-hearted, curious about life, then that will manifest itself in your appearance. In the way you move and the way you talk etc. So I don't think it's all bullshit when they praise people for looking young! Not that I don't get your point about our youth-obsessed culture. It's a hard one to crack sometimes, I really have to sit down and think about it from time to time: why was it that I once realised that your looks are the least important about you? How exactly did that work??? I just read a portrait of Tom Waits in Word, and they noticed that he looks ten years younger than his 56. Now there's a miracle! - ------------------------------------------------ Nuri again: Looking at Joni's self-portraits, the paintings that she used as album sleeves for her later works, i sense that she's a bit torn between youth-aging/beauty-oddness and undecided herslef, and even though painting yourself allows you to present yourself in any way you wish to, the woman i see on the sleeves of TTT, TI, The Beginning of Survival and Dreamland, is older and proud about it and sometimes, as mentioned in one of this week posts, isn't too pretty at all, and that's the way Joni the painter chose it to be and that's her brutally honest art. - ---------------------------------------------------- Yup. Bene Oh NB: where is the link to those photos of her with big toothy smiles? I must have missed that one! I'd really like to see them... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:06:55 -0500 (EST) From: notaro@stpt.usf.edu Subject: RE: that guy on youtube sings joni I think Joni would be bowled over by this guy's incredible interpretation. Incredibly heartwarming to know someone so young has such a deep understanding of both her music and lyrics. Jerry > This guy is awesome!So much better than me...Should I be sad? But I can't! > I'm > so impressed by his interpretation and the sound of his > voice.Awesome!DaniloNP > Dalida "Histoire d'un amour"> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:59:46 -0800> From: > magsie_h@yahoo.com> Subject: that guy on youtube sings joni> To: > joni@smoe.org> > that guy on youtube does a wonderful interpretation of > chelsea morning, case of you and morning morgen town..> > here's > chelsea...the rest are close by> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siqdjr07fwc&mode=related&search=> > > bring > the > stars home > www.stardome.ca> > ---------------------------------> > Sponsored > Link> > Degrees for working adults in as fast as 1 year. Bachelors, > Masters, Associates. Top schools > _________________________________________________________________ > Prova Live.com: il tuo mondo on line, con notizie, sport, meteo e molto > altro > ancora. > http://www.live.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:16:20 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: that guy on youtube sings joni so nice to see the yunguns digging Joni! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:11:59 -0500 (EST) From: notaro@stpt.usf.edu Subject: Re: A Case of You- Youtube.com So wonderful to see talent mean so much more than all the technological wizardry available out there. Jerry > > > And enjoy it I did, Sue - boy > that guy has a great voice. > Thanks for sending the link, ya silly ol' goofball > you. > > Bob > > NP: The Beatles, "Michelle" > _____________________________________________________________________________ > _______ > Sponsored Link > > Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. > $510k for $1,698/mo. > Calculate new payment! > www.LowerMyBills.com/lre ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:41:19 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Kakki's visit with Joni (now joni again) I think your mother was very wise... but I goofed...it should have been "pretty IS as pretty does" > >oops bree i hadn't read your post..it says it all > >---------- Original Message ------------- >Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:54:46 -0800 >From: "Bree Mcdonough" >To: nurielt@yahoo.com, joni@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Kakki's visit with Joni (now joni again) > > > >Interesting thoughts here..Nuri. As far as Joni being a beauty? >When > >I think of Joni just on solely her appearance ..I think of her not >looking > >so ordinary. She certainly doesn't have those classic beauty > >features.....which bore me..the late Grace of Monaco comes to mind. I > >think of the pretty faces of today...again ..boring to me...I don't look > >twice...we all know them...in the entertainment news daily...of them .... > >"pretty as pretty does". I think Joni has one of the most interesting > >faces..and so NOT ordinary...she fits her music. > > > >I think of the documentary ..FACES....in one segment they showed babies > >reaction to pictures of faces.. the "prettier" the face.. the more >favorable > >reaction from the baby. Or a dimensional mold of what is considered a > >beautiful face..that it seems all beautiful faces fit those exact > >dimensions. Now that is scary to me. ....only a fraction off... this >way > >or that way...and your NOT considered a pretty person. > > > > > >"beautiful as a foot".....forgot the artist here... anyway...I saw >Annie > >Lebowitz (sp?) recently...now definitely not your classic beauty....but >what > >she had to say was so interesting...and the way she presented >herself....I > >found everything about her very attactive. Not in under the covers >sort > >of way either...just her whole persona. What am I trying to say..she > >became pretty in her OWN way. > > > > > >I guess there are more important things to rail against..not that I'm > >railing...but just another pretty face ..I turn off as quiclly as I can > >change the TV remote. > > > > > >Bree > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> As for Joni's beauty - > >> Can you imagine the very same gifted Joni (with the very same >artistic > >>quality) only with a slight change of being "ugly", managing to start a > >>career, appealing both to guys like Crosby and the industry that >followed > >>and the smaller crowd she had when she was a young woman? I guess we >would > >>say something like, sure, she was brilliant enough to make even if she >had > >>a moustache, or that she was always too honorable to bend to that part >of > >>the game and always above it, (and in our case, now, many years since >then, > >>we would probably say that we're too hooked on her to even care about >her > >>looks that much) - but is that really the case? > > > >> > Nuri > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces > >http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us _________________________________________________________________ Stay up-to-date with your friends through the Windows Live Spaces friends list. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:16:27 +0100 From: Danilo Monno Subject: Congrats! njc Even though a little bit late, I want you to know how happy I am about the Republicans total defeat at the mid term US elections.It's paving the way to the White House for Democratics.So what do you think about making things faster?How long will it take to impeach Bush?Danilo from ItalyNP Nina Nastasia "Regrets" _________________________________________________________________ Prova Live.com: una sola home page per avere a portata di mano tutte le tue informazioni. http://www.live.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:26:31 +0100 From: Danilo Monno Subject: sorry...njc I'm sorry, I don't know why my messages don't show spaces between the lines.Maybe it's because of firefox.Danilo _________________________________________________________________ Prova Live.com: il tuo mondo on line, con notizie, sport, meteo e molto altro ancora. http://www.live.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:17:45 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Kate's visit with Joni And! (Just to keep these good memories from last weekend alive)... when I exited from the 'backstage', the first person I saw was Jeff who knew from my expression (& I fell faux fainting into his arms) that I'd met her. Then I floated towards Kakki & told her that I'd met Joni & that she was so beautiful... to which she grinned & said she'd had the same experience when first meeting her, then said something like, congratulations, now you've been initiated. LOL but true! And I am certain that it is not a star struck thing, I can testify to that having met a half gazillion or stars over the years... Joni has an aura, a light, coming from her in some subtle way (some people are cackling I can hear you! but I don't care, it is true) - --which is why perhaps so many wanted to be close to her whenever she came out into the gallery--- not all celebrities have that or are swarmed like that >Howevah..I said almost the same exact words the first time I met her at the taping in '98. Joni absolutely IS much more beautiful in person than photos or film portray. It's amazing. And I loved hearing Kate B. having the same reaction of many of us who have experienced this. Kakki< ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:28:05 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: RE: Neil Young's 6 songs njc The local classic rock station lets you hear all of the new Neil Young, "Live At The Fillmore East" for a limited time at www.wtue.com This is the whole 44 minutes, not 30 seconds of each track. The down side is you have to sit through one "fast food" commercial. Jim L. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:03:06 -0800 (PST) From: J Kendel Johnson Subject: Performing Songwriter: Vote for Greatest Song Ever - yes, joni content! You can follow the link below to vote for the best songs ever written in Performing Songwriter magazine's online poll. You can vote multiple times (for a different song each time), but I think it would be awesome if all JMDLers could agree to cast one vote for the same particular Joni song, to help her chances of securing a solid ranking. Even before hearing about the poll, I would have said that Hejira is one of the very finest songs ever written, and that would be my choice for the one we all vote for. What do you guys think? J If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. November 13, 2006 PERFORMING SONGWRITER READERS' POLL CALLS FOR THE GREATEST SONGS EVER! Vote for your all-time favorites through December 15 Ambitious? Audacious? Arrogant? Absolutely. But that's not stopping Performing Songwriter from divining the 99 greatest songs of all time! The magazine has just launched an online Readers' Poll at performingsongwriter.com, with results to be published in its 99th issue in January. "It's more than a bit outrageous to name the 99 greatest songs ever," says Performing Songwriter Editor & Publisher Lydia Hutchinson, "but we're just the magazine to do it. Our readers -- both those who make music and who follow it passionately -- have a keen appreciation of what it takes to create a truly great song. We also want to hear the reasons behind the songs they love, and will include their comments in our feature story." Voting is open to the public at www.performingsongwriter.com; submissions will be accepted until noon on December 15. *Please share this email with fellow music fans -- we want to hear your greatest hits!* About Performing Songwriter Performing Songwriter magazine is designed for those who create or simply love music. Each issue features exclusive interviews with top artists, producers and musicians across all genres; special reports and issue-focused stories; spotlights on the latest gear for the studio and stage; album reviews; and other features devoted to the craft of songwriting. Established in 1993, Performing Songwriter is published eight times a year and distributed internationally. For more information or images, contact: Caroline Davis Director of Communications & Special Projects 615.385-7796 x 31 Caroline@performingsongwriter.com Performing Songwriter 2805 Azalea Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37204 P: (615) 385.7796 | F: (615) 385.5637 www.performingsongwriter.com This email was sent to jkendel@ix.netcom.com. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or safe list. manage your preferences | opt out using TrueRemove.. Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. powered by ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:39:53 -0600 From: Kate Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #327 Nuri: > isn't too pretty at all I wouldn't say Joni is pretty or beautiful in any kind of classic way; as a matter of fact, her jaw/teeth are almost grotesque in some film I've seen. But to see her in person, she has a glow that is noticeable, and that glow makes her beautiful, and that's the kind of beauty I'm talking about. (or maybe it's just rich people can afford really good makeup the rest of us can't even imagine) Kate du N. http://xoetc.antville.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:41:19 -0800 (PST) From: J Kendel Johnson Subject: Re: Performing Songwriter: Vote for Greatest Song Ever - yes, joni content! In case it isn't clear below, here's the link: www.performingsongwriter.com J Kendel Johnson wrote: You can follow the link below to vote for the best songs ever written in Performing Songwriter magazine's online poll. You can vote multiple times (for a different song each time), but I think it would be awesome if all JMDLers could agree to cast one vote for the same particular Joni song, to help her chances of securing a solid ranking. Even before hearing about the poll, I would have said that Hejira is one of the very finest songs ever written, and that would be my choice for the one we all vote for. What do you guys think? J If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. November 13, 2006 PERFORMING SONGWRITER READERS' POLL CALLS FOR THE GREATEST SONGS EVER! Vote for your all-time favorites through December 15 Ambitious? Audacious? Arrogant? Absolutely. But that's not stopping Performing Songwriter from divining the 99 greatest songs of all time! The magazine has just launched an online Readers' Poll at performingsongwriter.com, with results to be published in its 99th issue in January. "It's more than a bit outrageous to name the 99 greatest songs ever," says Performing Songwriter Editor & Publisher Lydia Hutchinson, "but we're just the magazine to do it. Our readers -- both those who make music and who follow it passionately -- have a keen appreciation of what it takes to create a truly great song. We also want to hear the reasons behind the songs they love, and will include their comments in our feature story." Voting is open to the public at www.performingsongwriter.com; submissions will be accepted until noon on December 15. *Please share this email with fellow music fans -- we want to hear your greatest hits!* About Performing Songwriter Performing Songwriter magazine is designed for those who create or simply love music. Each issue features exclusive interviews with top artists, producers and musicians across all genres; special reports and issue-focused stories; spotlights on the latest gear for the studio and stage; album reviews; and other features devoted to the craft of songwriting. Established in 1993, Performing Songwriter is published eight times a year and distributed internationally. For more information or images, contact: Caroline Davis Director of Communications & Special Projects 615.385-7796 x 31 Caroline@performingsongwriter.com Performing Songwriter 2805 Azalea Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37204 P: (615) 385.7796 | F: (615) 385.5637 www.performingsongwriter.com This email was sent to jkendel@ix.netcom.com. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or safe list. manage your preferences | opt out using TrueRemove.. Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. powered by ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:52:38 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Performing Songwriter: Vote for Greatest Song Ever - yes, joni content! > Even before hearing about the poll, I would have said that Hejira > is one of the very finest songs ever written, and that would be my > choice for the one we all vote for. > > What do you guys think? > > J I would vote for Amelia. V ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:51:40 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: youth beauty talent Commenting on a couple of recent posts- When I speak of beauty it isn't the superficial kind... bree, you nailed it when you spoke of annie lebowitz (sp?) who I think is incredibly beautiful in her unique way.. (haven't seen her in person which I imagine is only more striking) no, beauty is truly something that comes from inside someone (pardon the clichi but cliches are born from truth)... that is what I saw in joni... and that kind of vitality creates a youthfulness, an energy- perhaps the better word would have been vitality- that is what she had in spades .... and now, for talent- not sure I've ever seen as an amazing show as the one neil young played here a couple of years ago... some of the most seasoned concert goers were shaking their heads in disbelief saying it was the best they'd ever encountered anywhere... he has 'something' that in my best guess is an ability to plug into the source & let it rip... if you analyze it he sings off key & can't play guitar all that well but he when he performs he burns... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:09:24 -0800 From: "Helena Ruffin" Subject: My Pictures from green flag song Opening Greetings all, I've posted some images to my website from Joni's opening to my website (cut and paste the link into your browser): http://ruffprints.smugmug.com/ Look for the gallery in the upper left hand corner. You can't miss it. Enjoy! - -- Helena ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:13:00 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: FW: ART w/ Jackson Pollock NJC or is it? This is neat & it's a great stress reliever. Don't forget to click on the mouse periodically in order to change the color. http://www.jacksonpollock.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:58:59 -0800 (PST) From: J Kendel Johnson Subject: Re: Performing Songwriter: Vote for Greatest Song Ever - yes, joni content! Yeah, I see Amelia is #2 in the JMDL.com song poll. A Case of You is #1. Victor Johnson wrote: > > Even before hearing about the poll, I would have said that Hejira > is one of the very finest songs ever written, and that would be my > choice for the one we all vote for. > > What do you guys think? > > J I would vote for Amelia. V ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:40:03 -0800 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20My=20Pictures=20from=20green=20flag=20so ng=20Opening?= these are great pictures. the one of joni, and as kakki says the gorgeous val, joni's friend. the really cool security guard that talked philosophy to us. the images! and joni, wearing what look like her chinese puzzle earrings, which she told me are hard to figure out how to take off. thanks for sharing with us! - ---------- Original Message ------------- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:09:24 -0800 From: "Helena Ruffin" To: joni@smoe.org Subject: My Pictures from green flag song Opening >Greetings all, > >I've posted some images to my website from Joni's opening to my >website (cut and paste the link into your browser): >http://ruffprints.smugmug.com/ > >Look for the gallery in the upper left hand corner. You can't miss it. > >Enjoy! >-- >Helena ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:48:58 -0800 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20youth=20beauty=20talent?= vitality ! that's it isn't it? neil and joni would still have that flash in their eyes even if they were tied immoblized to their chairs.yes! i was at that show and neil's passion was totally infectious. he had me on my feet dancing for the entire show. - ---------- Original Message ------------- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:51:40 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" To: Subject: youth beauty talent >Commenting on a couple of recent posts- > >When I speak of beauty it isn't the superficial kind... bree, you nailed it >when you spoke of annie lebowitz (sp?) who I think is incredibly beautiful >in her unique way.. (haven't seen her in person which I imagine is only more >striking) > >no, beauty is truly something that comes from inside someone (pardon the >clichi but cliches are born from truth)... that is what I saw in joni... and >that kind of vitality creates a youthfulness, an energy- perhaps the better >word would have been vitality- that is what she had in spades .... > >and now, for talent- not sure I've ever seen as an amazing show as the one >neil young played here a couple of years ago... some of the most seasoned >concert goers were shaking their heads in disbelief saying it was the best >they'd ever encountered anywhere... he has 'something' that in my best guess >is an ability to plug into the source & let it rip... if you analyze it he >sings off key & can't play guitar all that well but he when he performs he >burns... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:55:55 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: youth beauty talent Yes! (is it a Canadian thing?) Lesli>>vitality ! that's it isn't it? neil and joni would still have that flash in their eyes even if they were tied immoblized to their chairs.yes! i was at that show and neil's passion was totally infectious. he had me on my feet dancing for the entire show.<< ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:26:27 -0800 (PST) From: Lady Isadora Subject: Re: "Roses Blue" LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: >Good morning my favorite cackler! I'm honored, really, but, er, how many cacklers do you have, anyway?? >Sooooo are >you saying Witchiepoos and Ocultist-toos lay stuff >on people but not any more than the no fun >fundamentalists, etc.? No. :-) I'm saying Witches (leaving aside "occultists" for the nonce) have usually done it far less than many kinds of Christians in general, and on far less "grand" a scale. Bearing in mind the Salem "Witch" Trials, the Spanish Inquisition, and a cast of heavily persecuting thousands, don't you know. >Yes, and I've also seen sign-based resentments >that happen during such relationships... Hmmm, yeah, you're right, after all... I just remembered how many Sagittarius guys I've had "issues" with through the millennia... :-) >gotta >blame it on something I suppose. Abso-bloomin'-lutely, yes, too true... on Sag guys! Not to mention all those other signs and seasons that don't suit us, eh? One of my friends is a Roman Catholic who I swear is more pious than the Pope. His idea of a good time is to go into a divinity library and pile the most obscure tomes he can find as high to heaven as he possibly can, poring over them in total ecstacy for hours on end. He reportedly got kicked out of a monastic retreat weekend for instructing the good brothers in their devotions. Heh. Cackle. >I think this is just the kind of person Roses Blue >was written about even though the mysterious >devotions are RC. Ha... But my friend isn't putting anybody in a "black" spell. He isn't laying anything on anybody. Certainly not Tarot cards, or blue roses. Or even rain on shingles. In fact, he once gave me a beautiful framed portrait of a medieval-looking Virgin Mary, in appreciation of my seeing her as one face of the Mother Goddess. I hung the pic over my desk, very pleased, but then my friend's priest actually told him he should try to get it back-- that it was "blasphemy" to have given a picture of Mary to a Witch. I suppose he assumed I'd be hanging it upside down or using it to perform unclean acts on during a black mass, or something. Sigh. My poor friend was very distressed-- his beautiful and genuinely Christian gesture was turned by his supposed spiritual shepherd into a thing of "sin". Spooked for his immortal soul, my friend offered me anything else I wanted instead. I said I was sorry, but that I couldn't return the picture, for that would have been to acquiesce to a force promoting falsehood and fear, at least in that instance, but that I would have given the thing back if I'd thought for one minute my friend's soul were in any kind of jeopardy. Do I presume to judge such things for myself? Yes, I absolutely do. Haven't sung it for awhile, but I've thought of recording a cover version of it sometime on a future album. That and "Pirate of Penance", yo-ho, yo-ho... >Cool... go for it! Hey, I will! I just thought, you know, it'd be kind of cool to record the thing, being an actual priestess myself and all. Though anybody can ask ME how to think any time, anywhere, honest, without being too terribly daring. For the album, I could have a funky far-out cover photo of myself sitting on a roof playing a balalaika amid a bunch of blue roses on some shingles in the rain, or something. :-) >I didn't get "scary" out of Roses Blue, not as in >"boo" scary anyway. It is more of a wake up call >song in my opinion. Not BOO scary-- just "Roses BLUE" scary. I still think some of Joni's lyrics are a bit overwrought and perhaps a wee bit alarmist, however much I love them. Hey, occasional melodrama can be good for the soul-- if only it WOULD be occasional! Cackle. Let's hear it for Nature's Blueprint: the fun & fearless female! You know, with all human embryos being female to start with, and all... >Lots of little Roses Blueprints... Really, they aren't >exactly all "female to start with." The phenotype >during development actually looks more male at >one point even for female embryos. I'm sure that's so, appearance-wise, but from what I've read, ALL embryos are essentially biologically female at the beginning. It's considered fact nowadays, I believe. So... no more chaining us with that "Serpent" to that Ethiopian wall, "anybody"! That bogus Adam's Rib myth is the clearest case of womb-envy and psychological reversal I've ever seen! If you'll all pardon my passionate forthrightness. :-) >All for the roses, >Laura Songs are like tattoos... or are they? Penance Crane might know the answer... Yes, "She knows the answer" "I don't know"... Isadora http://www.ladyisadora.com "Well-behaved women rarely make history." - --Laurel Thatcher Ulrich - --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near historic lows - Refi $200k loan for only $660/ month - Click now for info ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:57:38 -0800 From: Subject: Joni's beauty You know when I think of it, if one were ever to say to Joni or anyone that they look so much more beautiful in person than in their photos it could be taken as a slight insult or backhanded compliment! And of course, that is not how it is meant! True beauty is not about "looks" at all whether it be a woman or a man. Joni's beauty in person is startling because it is like her entire inner beauty, spirit and personality just bursts out of her pores. She has a glow around her, light sparks brightly from her eyes and her countenance is very soft. The bright burst of inner beauty you experience when you meet her in person transcends her physical features. She has presence and is fully animated and engaged. I think when people say someone looks so youthful it is not because they have been dieting or had botox or nips and tucks. I think it is because all the trials of life have not completely conquered their spirit. Rather than having, for instance, a hard, cold, hollow or weary look in their eyes, their eyes still have some of the sparkle of a teenager or the innocence of a child. Rather than having a tired, grim or resigned bearing, they look spunky! That's what makes them look youthful or what can be regarded as beautiful. And that's what Joni has going on ;-) Kakki ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #431 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------