From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #462 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 Wednesday, December 6 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 462 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: So what about that Stephane Dion? njc [Doug ] Re: simpler times njc ["Lori Fye" ] downbeat loved "MINGUS" ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Re: simpler times njc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] james taylor alert (njc) [Victor Johnson ] Re: So what about that Stephane Dion? njc [Catherine McKay ] njc, Peace signs during the holidays ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: "River" - the most exquisite expression of seasonal affective disorder [kjhsf@aol.] njc, Just Like This Train in Mansfield ["Patti Parlette" Subject: Re: So what about that Stephane Dion? njc I thought Stephane Dion looked more surprised than anyone. I like him, he's very honest and open - a big improvement over the last guy. This seems to put an end to the right wing shift in the party. The party establishment wanted Ignatieff, but grass roots democracy won out. Yay! He needs to work on his english diction though, I find him a little hard to understand sometimes. Doug Catherine McKay wrote: > Just thought I'd throw a little Canadian content in to > baffle everyone. > > Were the other Canadians as surprised as I was? > > Catherine > Toronto > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 18:27:14 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: simpler times njc Good points, Bob -- all of them. > Like the comedian said..."Parenting - now there's a tough job. Easy one to get, though." You know what I really wish for? I think I've probably written this here before. I wish for a year without procreation, on a global scale. Can you imagine the impact that would have? THAT would simplify things! However you want to do it, whether by contraceptive drug or device, or practicing abstinence (har har) ... give making babies a rest already. Just for a year. I know it will never happen but I wish for it anyway. Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 22:22:34 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: downbeat loved "MINGUS" I found downbeat's review of "MINGUS" on jm.com. If you've read some of Joni's interviews, you may be surprised to read their glowing appraisal. >They loved it. They didn't just love it; they lurved it. They luffed it. Love is too weak a word for how they felt. Of course they loved it, don't you know they did?> (after Woody Allen in ANNIE HALL) downbeat said, in part, >This is a wonderful piece of work.> Read the rest: http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=951 Jim L. Dayton, OH ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:43:28 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: simpler times njc I agree with you here....oh boy I do.....IF I had a child I would keep them a child as long as I could. Yes...have some fun..oh child of mine...toyland ...you can never return again... The rat race has already begun for little jane...we must get her in the best..the most exclusive pre-kindergarten school. Take her from my bosom and put her with a bunch of strangers ...then one day she will excel...she'll be smarter..more sociable. Now there are studies saying just the opposite is true...she isn't ahead of jan who stayed home and wasn't schooled at such an early age....jane ..in fact is less smart...and not as well-rounded as little jan. >This is at the expense of enjoying their childhood, which in my opinion is >about having a reasonable amount of school work, combined with enjoying >activities that have nothing to do with anything but having fun. > >Lori >Santa Rosa, CA _________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 22:52:41 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: james taylor alert (njc) There is a free download of James Taylor's single "Jingle Bells" from his new Christmas album at itunes. Victor NP: Tom Waits - Bastards ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 22:54:07 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: So what about that Stephane Dion? njc - --- Doug wrote: > I thought Stephane Dion looked more surprised than > anyone. I like him, > he's very honest and open - a big improvement over > the last guy. This > seems to put an end to the right wing shift in the > party. The party > establishment > wanted Ignatieff, but grass roots democracy won out. > Yay! > He needs to work on his english diction though, I > find him a little hard to > understand sometimes. > > Doug > > I was rooting for Rae, but am glad it's not Ignatieff. I think Dion may be a breath of fresh air. I agree that he needs some help with the English - I volunteer for the job! Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 22:49:24 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: River/Graham and Joni Kate wrote: > for the divergence in what > they both wanted (he a family > Wow... the thought of children from THAT union!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:00:13 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: sjc, Banquet But no mention of macaroni and cheese and pinto beans? Patti...how scrumptious... our holiday meals are always a mixture of midwest..and southern ...enjoy....how could you not.... Bree >>"Whitney Hall will ring in the holiday season with "A New England >Winter's Feast", Thursday, December 7th from 4:15pm  7:15pm. Connecticut >and New England grown foods will be featured in a delicious menu including: >Sesame Lamb Meatballs with Honey Glaze, Maple Baked Root Vegetables, >Whipped New England Potato Medley, Harvest Vegetable Shepherds Pie, Triple >Cranberry Sauce with Dried Apricots and Apples, Cider Braised Beef Pot >Roast, Maple Roasted Eastern Turkey with Apple Cider Gravy, Baked >Stonington Scallops with Nodines Smokehouse Bacon, Savory Vegan Herbed >Roast with Gravy, Hot Spiced New England Cider, Peppermint Hot Chocolate, >Holiday Wassail, Hubbard Squash Pie with Freshly Whipped Mountain Dairy >Cream, Apple Cranberry Pie, Baked Pears with Cranberry Syrup. We invite all >to enjoy a traditional taste of New England. Cash and meal plans are always >accepted." > >Hey honeys, I got lots of cash, so bring us round a bottle and we'll have >some laughs. > >Aren't you very hungry now for this sweeter fare? > >Don't you have the urge for going? > >Won't you please come to UConn? No one else can take your place. > >Love and peace, > >Patti P., from Morning UConn Town > >NP outside my window: hundreds of Canada geese (or some kind of geese, but >I prefer Canada -- oh Canada!) honking and squawking as they swoop and >swirl in synchopated time over Mirror Lake in graceful only-known-to-them >formations. They are soooo loud, and beautiful to behold. ("Seagulls come >down and they squawk at me.....") > >_________________________________________________________________ >WIN up to $10,000 in cash or prizes  enter the Microsoft Office Live >Sweepstakes http://clk..atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0050001581mrt/direct/01/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN Shopping has everything on your holiday list. Get expert picks by style, age, and price. Try it! http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8000,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=200601&tcode=wlmtagline ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:04:15 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Peace signs during the holidays Bon soir, Joniami(e)s: I just read this little editorial in the Hartford Courant and deemed it shareworthy: Pacified In Pagosa Springs December 5, 2006 If you should happen to ride into the town of Pagosa Springs, Colo., during the holidays, you might get the impression that the place is the most peaceful on earth. Giant peace signs are popping up everywhere, and a peace wreath hangs on the bell tower in the center of the small town 200 miles southwest of Denver. But that wasn't always the case. The prevalent peace symbols actually stem from a fight. Bill Trimarco and Lisa Jensen were threatened with fines by their neighborhood homeowners' association unless they stopped displaying an evergreen holiday wreath in the shape of the familiar divided circle from the '60s. Some board members said the symbol was divisive. Another took it to be a sign of the devil. Humbug. The wreath wasn't a political statement or an evil omen, said the couple. It was simply meant to convey a traditional holiday message: Peace on Earth. Reaction from other neighbors was swift and supportive. Free speech is free speech, peace signs included. The overriding message from townspeople was that the homeowners' association board was out of bounds. The fines were dropped. Board members resigned. Peace has broken out all over. **** Holy merde! It's hard to believe that this was controversial. Reminds me of that father and son who were arrested in some mall a while ago for wearing "controversial" t-shirts. One of them said: "Peace on Earth." Love and peace, Patti P., thoughtfully and gratefully remembering that it was one year ago tonight that I had dinner with Cindy Sheehan, who inspired me like no one I have ever met before _________________________________________________________________ MSN Shopping has everything on your holiday list. Get expert picks by style, age, and price. Try it! http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8000,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=200601&tcode=wlmtagline ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 20:17:41 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: stephane dion NJC canadian content for Cat hey Cat, thanks for bringing me out of the land of lurk. I, too, was very surprised at the win by Dion..what the heck? who whu??? oh. yea. right. Anyway, I woke up to my alarm thinking that Rae had won because the CBC was going on and on about his wonderful speech when ooops he noticed that he had delivered it mainly en anglais. Which was not a problem whatsoever for les francophones, n'est-ce pas? Of course not. hey Michael in Quebec, what do you think? What's the clime in the city? now I am waiting for our premier to step up to the plate and claim the Canadian Prairies a nation within a nation :-PPP I am just kidding.... hey, it's snowing out so it must be warmer. The temp the night I met Tom Jackson was -26 C and that's not including the wind chill. I know that Kate of the North has been experiencing the effects too. I love that she's so near by, relatively speaking. (hi Kate)... sorry to name drop there, but I was thrilled to meet one of my heros. And manohman is he tall!!! I fit snug under his arm. much ado in life. and life is brilliant looking forward to a few short months away....yay............ Mags........ Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:46:30 -0500 From: kjhsf@aol.com Subject: Re: "River" - the most exquisite expression of seasonal affective disorder Yes, the original does transend all the covers of "River". There is something about Joni's voice--I remember hearing her talk about the "thumbprint" of her voice being a very melancholy instrument. Seems like once every Holiday Season, I have a little melt-down and tear up while hearing River, usually while driving alone in my car. It happened last Sunday night after a day of travel with my mom and sister and niece to see my grandma in her nursing home. All day long, the tension kept building--the long drive to youngstown, the sadness of saying goodbye to grandma even though we would rather have her with us at home, the stress of traveling with family... After I dropped everyone off at the end this long, emotional day, I was driving home in the dark and River was on and I had a little sob, then dried my eyes and felt that bit of cathartic relief. Anyone else experience this at the Holidays? Back to Lurkdom Ken - -----Original Message----- From: hvnphun16@hotmail.com To: joni@smoe.org Sent: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:20 AM Subject: "River" - the most exquisite expression of seasonal affective disorder I'm running behind the times, so maybe this has been seen or mentioned previously. But just in case (from the LA Daily News): http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=537112 Mia _________________________________________________________________ Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live Messenger. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://get.live.com/messenger/overview ________________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:17:34 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Just Like This Train in Mansfield In the spirit of "love is a story told": This happened less than a 1/4 mile from my ranch house on the hill...it could have ended up in my backyard. Thank my lucky (judgement of the moon and) stars! Cars derailed in Mansfield December 4, 2006 Associated Press MANSFIELD, Conn. -- A freight train derailed Monday morning in Mansfield near the Coventry town line, state police reported. At least a few of the cars were reported on their sides, but there was no reports of injuries, according to state police spokesman, Lt. J. Paul Vance. It was not known immediately how long the entire freight train was. Vance said the report of the derailment came in about 8 a.m. He said that state officials had not determined if there was any hazardous material involved. The situation was causing traffic problems on nearby Route 31. ****** More from other combined wired (Electricity!) services: Boxcars were banging in the yards of Mansfield Morgentown. It was a crazy scene, and reactions from local residents were varied. The streets were filled with passersby who stopped to rubber-neck the scene. Papers lied, waiting to blow away. (Let the wind carry them.) An old man who had been sleeping on his bags underneath the trestle emerged with his sleeping roll and a madman's soul, rubbed his eyes, and said: "What are you gonna do now?" Women with that teased up kind of hair said that the train was always shaking into town with its brakes complaining. Kids with the jitters in their legs worried: "Was it that quarter that I put on the tracks yesterday? Is that what derailed the train? Am I a trouble child? My parents will get crazy. They won't know what to do!" Other townsfolk just stood there with those wide, wide open stares. The station master's shuffling cards, trying to figure out which engineers were on board. "I'll bet it's that Casey Jones again. I always told him: better watch your speed. Trouble ahead, trouble behind. And what, no driver on the top? No wonder this train is twisted. Shooby doo bop. Flip city!" There's a thin man smoking a fat cigar, staring a hole in the scrambled cars. "I blame Creerman", he muttered. "He pays no attention to this state. He's only in it for his own gain. His greed is our unravelling. I tell you it's the unravelling. He undoes all the joy that could be." Photo beauty gets attention, then her eyepaint's running down: "Sigh. I used to count lovers like railroad cars." A beauty parlor blonde with credit card eyes said she always enjoyed the reassuring clickety-clack as the train went by. "Now", she said, "I won't count on nothing. I"ll just let my card slide." Environmental protection expert/Earth Mother Ms. Tree Green (a.k.a. Marianne Rizzo) arrived on the scene, and her preliminary test results eased the worried onlookers. "No trouble in your faces, not one anxious voice. None of the crazy you get from toxic chemicals, folks. Don't worry. Its just grain and flaxseed oil. Hippie food! Here's to hippies!" Amid this ball of confusion, who comes tripping down the streets of flip city, smiling at everybody she sees, but the Madwoman of Mansfield! She's got cokes and chocolate bars for the kids, and buttons galore on her cape (JMDL Carnegie Hall 2006, Peace, Dumont for Senate, and you know there may be more), and a peace petition under her arm. "Peace, children! Don't worry, amigos! This is NOT the peace train! And it's not Arlo and Paz's train into the city of New Orleans, either. It's only a freight train. Everything is coming up for the roses! The Cat's back and Joni will be back soon. The Dems won, Bush is cooked." Sgt. Sunset Pig, aware of the commotion after the "One Adam Twelve, MoM alert" on his radio, rubbed his hands in glee. "Aha! I'll get you now, my little pretty, and your little dog eat dog, too!" After that night when all the summer lawns were hissing and townsfok complained she was out in the streets in her nightgown, by her ranch house on the hill, drinking seventeen glasses of Rhein wine, laughing and toasting to Joni's return, smashing her empty glasses down, pushing doorbells that came ringing up like Christmas bells and rapping up like pipes and drums, he finally has his chance. "Ha!, he chortled. "She's not gonna fix it up too easy THIS time!" ********* Okay, babes, that's a wrap for now. I wrote most of that this morning, re-read it now, not knowing if it sucks or not, but I have to stop as I'm fading in a suburban room. So I'll just click "send", hoping that this brings at least one of you a smile. You'll be my starfish for the day. When the curtain closes And the rainbow runs away I will bring you incense Owls by night By candlelight By jewel-light If only you will stay. Love, and pleasant dreams, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ Get the latest Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Beta version. Join now. http://ideas.live.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:05:30 -0800 From: "Richard Goldman" Subject: Re: "Borat"-extremly funny movie! [ABSOLUTELY NJC] I may be in the minority, but I found this Sacha Baron Cohen endeavor juvenile, and somewhat boring. Maybe I'm a jaded San Francisco queer, but for me there was nothing even remotely as funny and Candid Camera-esque as he tried to be. His character became annoying, and redundant, his side-kick irrelevant, and there was way too much filler between 'reality' scenes. Wait for the DVD, if I were you. ~Richard Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:00:47 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: "Borat"-extremly funny movie! njc - - --- Randy Remote wrote: > From: "anon anon" > > > If you're looking to laugh a lot, I definatly > recommend this movie... > > It contains some really funny scenes... > > The funniest movie I've seen in some time, and a > little scary in what it > reveals...the scene in the RV with the college jerks > for instance, or > the redneck at the rodeo who wants to string up all > the queers. > No Joni content, though. > RR > I kept wondering if those people were for real, or just actors. I'm inclined to think they were for real and RR you are right - it is very scary the things that people will say with a camera on them. Catherine ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #462 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------