From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #40 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 Sunday, January 28 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 040 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Re :Live recluse [Norma Jean Garza ] Re: downloading joni's parents [Moni Kellermann ] NJC what? [missblux@googlemail.com] Joni at Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame welcome [Catherine McKay ] Re: Live or on record? now Frampton, njc [notaro@stpt.usf.edu] Re: H a P p Y B i R t H d A y , J o D y ! ! ! [Victor Johnson ] Re: Joni at Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame welcome [RoseMJoy@aol.com] CP news item on Joni Mitchell at Canadian Songwriters reception [Catherin] a link to a variety of joni interviews and articles [Kate Johnson ] RE: Subject: Joni's parents, short ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: Live or on record? now Frampton, njc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Re: Big Sur Festival ["Randy Remote" ] Re: Subject: Joni's parents, short [Doug ] Joni documentary on CBC radio today - listen online! [Brian Gross ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:16:30 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: Re :Live recluse How you doing, Laura? No Laura, I am certainly am not defending Joni Mitchell against another JMDLer here or anywhere. Why do you come to conclusions before reading on a tiny bit more just to get whole jist. Read on a little more before you tell me Joni doesn't need me to defend her.. I said I would defend family, friends, Joni, animals and Earth, and Any-One if unjustly judged and ridiculed. You prefer, I turn my back, Laura Would you? I could give you several examples at other rock-n-roller artists.org website e-mail lists, where I experienced vicious attacks about Joni's music. It was absurdity. But, there's no way I want to join the crowds at Fellini's circuses in Satyricon. I know very well Joni can defend herself, Lauran just as I know damn well I defend myself alone! But it's nice to know you have friends that cover your back with truth and lots of love! But you know what? Sometimes, certain woman, may melt when a man defends her when he tells those women who hang on his boom-boom pachyderm that the woman of heart coming to town to take care of him because he got German measles. Then they must get furious, Laura! njgk > > Norma Jean wrote: > > > > I'll defend Joni as I would my own son, > > mother, siblings and the rest of my family and > > everyone, including animals and Earth. > > > > Hi Norma, > > Are you defending Joni against another JMDLer? > > > I'm sitting here looking at the photo inside > For The Roses album where > Joni needs no defending of herself against the waves > and the sun in her > nakedness. > > St. Teresa of Avila? Interior Castle or Way > of Perfection or > Autobiography perhaps? Ever read San Juan de la > Cruz? "O living flame of love that > tenderly wounds my soul in it's deepest center!" > > Love, > Laura > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:18:07 +0100 From: Moni Kellermann Subject: Re: downloading joni's parents LESLI A WATTS schrieb: >> me either pointers anyone? >> "Patti Parlette" >>> P.S. I couldn't open Joni's parents on my home computer. Merde. I can't >>> wait to hear them! Well, please be kind to those old people. You may not want to download them. And to "open" them "on your home computer"? We haven't watched too much Crossing Jordan lately, have we? ;))) Okay, seriously: The audio files on those pages are in Real Audio format. This format requires the Real Player which is some kind of spyware disguised as a media tool. There is an alternative, called "Real Player Alternative" :) http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm The audio links on those pages directly link to the Real Audio files, i.e. if you have Real Player installed, the program will start automatically. If you already have the player installed and it doesn't work, there may be some firewall/security setting with your browser or internet connection that prevents you from opening applications on your computer by clicking on a website link. moni ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:23:46 +0000 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: NJC what? NP: BranVan3000 "Montreal" "And I'm gonna turn this red light Into a block party So we can get down in basics of what?" Bene ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:12:48 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Joni at Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame welcome I've just got back from the Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame welcome cocktail party at the King Edward Hotel (after stopping for a pint at P.J. O'Brien's with my partner in crime, Pat.) Joni did show up, but at the very last minute, just as the inductees and guests were about to head from the lobby cocktail party to dinner. We had been milling about taking pictures of various celebrities and wondering who many of them were, and wondering if it might be time to just leave, when there was a bit of a buzz and hum and hotel people asking us, very kindly, to step back behind the velvet rope. We lined up with camera people and photographers from various media with cameras at the ready, when Joni whirled in, accompanied by a very tall man, walked very quickly down the corridor, stopped very briefly to smile and wave and then continued on to the dining hall. I was about to take a picture as she passed by, but her companion was between her and the cameras and then someone else stepped in between them, so I lost my chance. Pat did get a picture on her digital and I'm sure she'll share it. That was it for my Joni moment for this evening. We did see James Taylor, David Clayton Thomas, Sylvia Tyson, Measha Brueggergosman and Herbie Hancock. All of them were interviewed by ET Canada. I think the woman interviewing them was Rosey Edeh. I'm sure parts of these interviews will end up on Global TV. I did get a chance to ask Rosey if she would be interviewing Joni, but she said that, unfortunately, Joni wasn't going to be doing any interviews. More later on the performances tonight. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:15:02 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Joni mentions in Toronto Star, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007 Here's the url: http://www.thestar.com/article/175634 and here's the story: - ------------------------------------------ O Canada, we pen great songs Glorious and free, this gift of ours for telling stories in three minutes. By Greg Quill January 28, 2007 We are a nation of songwriters. More than any other art form, the song has for generations been the thing Canadians make best. It could even be argued that the simple song provides the common language that binds and illuminates the nation more richly and completely than any other of our cultural endeavours in literature, film, drama, symphonic music, opera and even the visual arts. Songs are everywhere in this country, in every nook and cranny. Pop songs, traditional songs, art songs, rock and country songs  everything from Ian and Sylvia to the Arcade Fire  have, since the great surge of cultural nationalism in the 1960s, been our most popular and passionate form of self-expression. So it's no surprise that the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame annual event has, in four short years, become the focus of national pride. The brainchild of veteran music publisher Frank Davies, the gala induction ceremony in Toronto  this year's honoree, Joni Mitchell, will be feted tonight at the John Bassett Theatre with performances by James Taylor and Chaka Khan and a presentation by famed U.S. composer Herbie Hancock  now looms so large on the musical calendar that it threatens to overshadow the industry's more established horse race, the Junos. The absence of a business agenda and political manoeuverings elevate the Songwriters gala to the status of a generous and benign national celebration of song craft and the Canadian identity. There are no losers, only winners, and lots of great music to enjoy  much of it being repatriated for the first time and lacking a lasting place on commercial radio playlists. Canadians know about hitmakers like Paul Anka and Neil Young. But there were countless Canadian songwriters from decades earlier  the creators of still-instantly-recognizable songs like "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" to "Ain't We Got Fun" to "What A Friend We Have in Jesus"  whose names have faded from memory. As long as there has been popular music, Canadians have been writing it and writing it well. Of course, for many contemporary songwriters, the benchmarks were set during the golden age of the 1960s and '70s, when Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, Young, Ian and Sylvia Tyson, Bruce Cockburn and countless others reached the world music market with songs that were distinctly and unself-consciously Canadian. "A disproportionate number of Canadian songwriters have touched the world," says Toronto composer John Capek, an Australian expat whose songs have been recorded by the likes of Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Joe Cocker, Cher, Olivia Newton-John, Heart, and Manhattan Transfer. "Canada has produced hit songwriters going back 100 years. But before the folk era and the emergence of Canadian story songs, they had to go to the States to get work and recognition." Our songwriters owe a lot to Yorkville, Toronto's music crucible in the 1960s and '70s, says Vancouver-based roots/pop composer Joel Kroeker. "What made Canadian songwriters different after that  for me, at least  was the quality of their stories. They looked into their own psyches to find universal feelings and ideas that others shared. "It's too easy to go with the first rhyme that pops into your head. There's nothing superficial about Leonard's lyrics, or Joni's. They often went into very dark places in their souls to find a poetic view of life. That's the standard I hold myself to." Acclaimed songwriter Ron Hynes, based in St. John's, says, "It's almost second nature for us to document ourselves in song. We've been doing it for hundreds of years, long before there was a music industry. Songs were written  still are, as far as I'm concerned  to document who and where people were and what happened to them. In Canada, if you scratch a lawyer, a doctor or an Indian chief, they'll tell you, `I wrote a song once.' "Some songs become so entrenched that they simply move like the air from generation to generation. `Four Strong Winds' (written by Ian Tyson in 30 minutes in his manager's New York apartment in the early 1960s) defines the Canadian West. And the beautiful thing is, like so many great Canadian songs, it defies the conventions ... the chorus has the same melody as the verses, there's no bridge, no artificial construction. It's the native approach ..." Respect for the traditions in Canadian song craft is paramount for her, says Juno-winning roots/country songwriter Jenny Whiteley, of the prolific musical clan. "The writers who first amazed me  particularly Willie P. Bennett and Robbie Robertson, and my dad  all tapped into the older idioms, whether rural American music, southern ballads, blues and jazz, that embodied storytelling. They could tell a whole story, create a life or a character in a three-minute song." Whiteley believes Canadian songwriters are motivated by factors beyond fame and wealth. "If you look at the work of Barney Bentall, Tom Cochrane, Jim Cuddy, Stephen Fearing, Gord Downie and so many others, you can see it's not just the hit song they're going for, it's something bigger, something nearer the truth. Their bullshit detectors are all working. That may have something to do with peer respect, or an awareness of the work already out there." Toronto songwriter Ron Sexsmith, on the phone from his tour bus in Colorado, says this high standard of songwriting is "a tradition I'm always trying to uphold. So many of the most influential songwriters in the history of popular music are Canadian. I'm constantly reminded of that. It's a matter of national pride." Raised in St. Catharines, Ont., Sexsmith  whose songs are openly adored by fellow pros ranging from Steve Earle to Coldplay's Chris Martin  started out wanting to be a pop star in a rock band. He remembers being unimpressed by the famous 1960s National Film Board documentary on Cohen when it was screened at school, dismissing the Montreal troubadour as "a poet who couldn't sing." But a few years later, when he was exposed to full-blown Cohen-mania during a stint in Quebec, he listened again and the experience changed him forever. "It made me want to be a songwriter, not just another musician," says Sexsmith. "It's the standards set by those guys  and Joni Mitchell, and k.d. lang  that I try to reach. Everything they write has such a distinctive personal stamp. They're not writing for the marketplace. "Those are the standards every songwriter I know in Canada tries to live up to. You hear that respect in the work of (Toronto composers) Bob Snider, Kyp Harness and Sam Larkin, writers who have their own way of saying what they need to." Nova Scotia rocker Joel Plaskett, who seems poised to crack the international music market in the near future, believes migration and isolation have a lot to do with the unique quality of Canadian songs. "Immigrants brought their music from Scotland and Ireland and Europe," he says. "And those origins are reflected in the melodies and song forms of each region of the country. They've stayed with us, partly because they connect people to their past. But also, I think, because our songs give us both a real sense of place and time and some kind of collective sensibility. "The first time I played in Glasgow (Scotland), I felt as if I'd gone home. Everything was so familiar to me  the people even looked like Nova Scotians, and songs gave us a common language. We understood each other through songs. "You could make an argument that climate and distance make a difference as well. The sense of aloneness, the need to connect can be pretty acute in most small Canadian communities. So details are important in a lot of Canadian songs, as personal points of reference. We also have a lot of time indoors during the winter. We read, we make music, we think a lot about ourselves and our circumstances." Big landscapes, long winters and endless roads are consistent elements in the songs of Alberta roustabout Corb Lund, who will sing the late Wilf Carter into the Songwriters Hall of Fame tonight with a performance of the 1940s country star's signature song, "There's a Love Knot in My Lariat." "Climate and distance are things we deal with in a lot in our songs," Lund says. "Canadians are generally more artistically inclined when writing songs, I guess because we're so far from the centres of the commercial music business in America. We don't necessarily think about writing hit songs ... more about writing songs that communicate. "Communication is what motivates me. I'm a natural introvert, so songs give me a platform and instant feedback when I play them." The focus shifts slightly when it comes to writing pop songs, says Carl Newman of Vancouver's New Pornographers, on the phone from his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. "What makes Canadian bands great is they go about their work quietly. Arcade Fire is one of the best bands in the world, but they're humble people with good heads. You could say that about Blue Rodeo, the Tragically Hip, Barenaked Ladies." In pop, motivation often comes down to keeping up with the Joneses, Newman says, "the way the Stones did with the Beatles, and the Beatles with Brian Wilson. "But for me it's always the song that comes first. I'll hand over a song to (vocalist) Neko (Case) if she can make it better. "That's not a decision most performers would make. And it makes me a Canadian songwriter, I guess ..." - ----------------------------------------- Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:49:50 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Re :Live recluse In a message dated 1/28/07 2:16:57 AM, normajeanne1957@yahoo.com writes: > How you doing, Laura? > Fine Norma, jist fine. Love, Laura In a message dated 1/28/07 2:16:57 AM, normajeanne1957@yahoo.com writes: > How you doing, Laura? > > No Laura, I am certainly am not defending Joni > Mitchell against another JMDLer here or anywhere. Why > do you come to conclusions before reading on a tiny > bit more just to get whole jist. Read on a little more > before you tell me Joni doesn't need me to defend > her.. > > I said I would defend family, friends, Joni, animals > and Earth, and Any-One if unjustly judged and > ridiculed. You prefer, I turn my back, Laura Would > you? > > I could give you several examples at other > rock-n-roller artists.org website e-mail lists, where > I experienced vicious attacks about Joni's music. It > was absurdity. But, there's no way I want to join the > crowds at Fellini's circuses in Satyricon. > > I know very well Joni can defend herself, Lauran just > as I know damn well I defend myself alone! But it's > nice to know you have friends that cover your back > with truth and lots of love! But you know what? > Sometimes, certain woman, may melt when a man defends > her when he tells those women who hang on his > boom-boom pachyderm that the woman of heart coming to > town to take care of him because he got German > measles. Then they must get furious, Laura! > > njgk > > > > Norma Jean wrote: > > > > > > > I'll defend Joni as I would my own son, > > > mother, siblings and the rest of my family and > > > everyone, including animals and Earth. > > > > > > > Hi Norma, > > > > Are you defending Joni against another JMDLer? > > > > > > I'm sitting here looking at the photo inside > > For The Roses album where > > Joni needs no defending of herself against the waves > > and the sun in her > > nakedness. > > > > St. Teresa of Avila? Interior Castle or Way > > of Perfection or > > Autobiography perhaps? Ever read San Juan de la > > Cruz? "O living flame of love that > > tenderly wounds my soul in it's deepest center!" > > > > Love, > > Laura ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:54:33 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: corking, njc > > >And Catherine replied: "Put a cork in it!" > > >>Put a cork in what, mon amie? > > > > >It is whatever "it" means to you, mon amie! ;-) > >Catherine > > > > fyi: I need to be uncorked. > > : -) > > Hi Bottle, Are you corky? Love, Fizz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:12:35 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: H a P p Y B i R t H d A y , J o D y ! ! ! Happy Birthday Jody! Hope you have a wonderful day. Many many more. Love paz On Jan 27, 2007, at 4:18 PM, Smurf wrote: A little black crow told me that it's that Jody Johnson time of year! Best birthday wishes for my favorite rrrrr-pronouncing wench! XO, - --Smurf NPIMH: "The note said 'Mrs. Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high . . .'" . ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:26:03 -0500 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: Live or on record? now Frampton, njc I saw Peter Frampton in about 1977 and I must say this was one of the best concerts I have ever been to. he was just a very good performer. . he really was at one with the audience. That was a long time ago. I don't know how he is now. From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com And the flip side of that is Peter Frampton...his solo albums couldn't have been more limp-dishraggish, but on Frampton Comes Alive the songs exploded with power and energy and even his vocals became stronger. As soon as he went back in the studio (with "I'm In You") the wimp factor reappeared and lo and behold, stick a fork in him he's done. _________________________________________________________________ Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:39:44 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: There's a sucker born every minute(not me) (njc) I got a new tv the other day at Best Buy and was trying to load it into my car until I figured out that you have to take it out of the box because the box adds about 5 inches...anyway I digress. Two guys pulled up in white van, said they just got off of work, and asked me if I wanted a pair of speakers that they had in the back. I told them I wasn't interested, tried to pretty much ignore them and they drove away until they found someone else to bother further up the parking lot. This is one of the oldest scams in the book. I can't believe people still fall for stuff like that but apparently they must or they wouldn't be driving around trying to pawn off piece of crap speakers on people. I hear about people losing their life savings, believing outlandish investment scams and am befuddled at how naive/foolish they are. The bottom line is, if something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Victor NP: Joni Mitchell - Refuge of the Roads DVD ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:50:20 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Mandolin update! (njc) I know its been awhile since I posted about the new mandolins my friend Mark Richard was making but I spoke to him the other day and he has finished two of them. He says they are gorgeous and is incredibly happy with the way they turned out. I am working on getting some photos to post and send to any interested parties. I can't say enough about his craftmanship and artistry. He is truly a genius and built a truck recently from scratch. Anyhow, look for some photos soon. Victor NPIMH : Marge: Homer, I don't want you driving around in a car you built yourself. Homer: Marge, you can stand there finding faults or you can knit me some seatbelts. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:16:12 -0500 (EST) From: notaro@stpt.usf.edu Subject: Re: Live or on record? now Frampton, njc Funny you should mention him. His recent concert has been broadcast couple of times on HD channels and it was quite good. Not at all overblown or hyped (which I hate) but down home and acoustic. Catch it if it comes up on your broadcast schedule. Jerry > I saw Peter Frampton in about 1977 and I must say this was one of the best > concerts I have ever been to. > > he was just a very good performer. . he really was at one with the > audience. > > That was a long time ago. > > I don't know how he is now. > > > > > > > From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > > And the flip side of that is Peter Frampton...his solo albums couldn't > have been more limp-dishraggish, but on Frampton Comes Alive the songs > exploded with power and energy and even his vocals became stronger. As > soon as he went back in the studio (with "I'm In You") the wimp factor > reappeared and lo and behold, stick a fork in him he's done. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. > http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:43:13 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: H a P p Y B i R t H d A y , J o D y ! ! ! A proper Happy F U C K I N G Birthday to mrs. Jody Johnson! Would rather give you a proper birthday serenade live but this will have to do. I remember the first time I ever played HFB at Pazfest in New Orleans and it became an instant classic, to add to the lore and the mystique that the JMDL is. Written by Mr. Mark Richard. Victor ps. Looking forward to hanging with "that guy" in Atlanta in a couple of weeks while he's here to install some high tech NASA gadgetry at G.Tech. On Jan 28, 2007, at 9:12 AM, Michael Paz wrote: > Happy Birthday Jody! Hope you have a wonderful day. Many many more. > > Love > > paz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:08:40 EST From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Big Sur Festival Well I got around to seeing Woman of Heart and Mind and I must say it was fantastic from start to finish. I didn't want it to end. It was such a thoughful and informative dvd with such lovely performances (in which all should be released in their entirety!!). Anyway not to veer off subject too much, what song was that that Joni was singing/playing at the '69 Big Sur Festival with Crosby and Nash clapping along, and Stills playing along on guitar? The first line if I heard it and remember it correctly may be "love is but a song we sing." Man did that song sound fantastic just from the couple lines and notes that were played. I thought Joni's and Stephen's guitars sounded magical (sorry for using such a corny word but my mind is so full right now with a whole bunch of crap that has happened I can think of no other) together. Joni's singing was top notch from what I heard! And everyone looked like they were having fun even if it did look a bit chilly. So what song is this? I didn't recognize it and is there a full version available anyway? Or is the Big Sur Festival available on DVD? - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:27:59 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Big Sur Festival This song is "Get Together" written by Jesse Collin Young and the Youngbloods. It's been recorded several times...there's a nice version on the first Indigo Girls release " Strangefire". Victor NP: Joni Mitchell - Woodstock from RotR On Jan 28, 2007, at 11:08 AM, Motitan@aol.com wrote: > Well I got around to seeing Woman of Heart and Mind and I must say > it was > fantastic from start to finish. I didn't want it to end. It was > such a > thoughful and informative dvd with such lovely performances (in > which all should be > released in their entirety!!). Anyway not to veer off subject too > much, > what song was that that Joni was singing/playing at the '69 Big > Sur Festival > with Crosby and Nash clapping along, and Stills playing along on > guitar? The > first line if I heard it and remember it correctly may be "love is > but a song > we sing." Man did that song sound fantastic just from the couple > lines and > notes that were played. I thought Joni's and Stephen's guitars > sounded magical > (sorry for using such a corny word but my mind is so full right > now with a > whole bunch of crap that has happened I can think of no other) > together. > Joni's singing was top notch from what I heard! And everyone > looked like they > were having fun even if it did look a bit chilly. So what song is > this? I > didn't recognize it and is there a full version available anyway? > Or is the Big > Sur Festival available on DVD? > -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:49:19 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni at Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame welcome In a message dated 1/28/2007 8:15:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, anima_rising@yahoo.ca writes: I was about to take a picture as she passed by, but her companion was between her and the cameras and then someone else stepped in between them, so I lost my chance. Pat did get a picture on her digital and I'm sure she'll share it. That was it for my Joni moment for this evening. Awe, too bad, but at least you caught a glimpse of her....I wonder who the tall escort was? ;~) Thanks for sharing Catherine....and I do hope we get to see Pat's foto.... Looking forward to hearing about the performances... Rosie in nj ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:47:28 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: CP news item on Joni Mitchell at Canadian Songwriters reception This is from yahoo news. I guess when they say "the spotlight was shining..." they mean it in the figurative sense! - -------------------------------------------------- Joni Mitchell honoured by music industry greats at Toronto reception Sun Jan 28, 12:34 AM By Amanda-Marie Quintino TORONTO (CP) - The spotlight was shining on Canada's Joni Mitchell Saturday evening. Singers, songwriters, producers and composers from every musical genre shared cocktails and memories at a downtown Toronto hotel while paying tribute to the Canuck songstress and her unique career. Measha Brueggergosman, a classical soprano singer who grew up listening to Mitchell's music, says she is a "multifaceted artist" who deserves to be honoured for her unique talents. "She taught me to value poetry in music," Brueggergosman said. "She taught me the importance of text, that words above all else are important. She is such an amazing poet in addition to writing unbelievable songs." Colin MacDonald, lead singer and guitarist for Canadian rock band The Trews, describes Mitchell as "brilliant, very ahead of her time and progessive" and says her creativity puts her in a class of her very own. "(She's) completely original, completely heartfelt and that's almost an impossible bridge to get over as a songwriter," MacDonald said. "It's one thing to push the form ahead, it's another thing to keep it so that people could still really relate to it - and she seems to be able to do that perfectly. Stephan Moccio, who writes songs for Celine Dion, Sarah Brightman and Josh Groban, says Canada is lucky to have an artist so willing to embrace any and all types of music. "She's nurturing, brave, and very giving to have given back to us her sort of song and her honest body of work." On Sunday, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame will recognize Mitchell as one of Canada's most successful songwriters, after swooning audiences with forays into folk, pop, rock and jazz for over 40 years. Singer/songwriter James Taylor, jazz innovator Herbie Hancock, country singer Corb Lund and funk legend Chaka Khan are among those set to honour the reclusive artist and five of her songs. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:45:27 -0600 From: Kate Johnson Subject: a link to a variety of joni interviews and articles Joni Mitchell: All Sides Now http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-68-2462/arts_entertainment/joni_mitchell/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:08:44 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Live or on record? now Frampton, njc He was on PBS soundstage last night. He rocked out- Les Paul and a stack of Marshalls behind him. Of course he did the hits, voice sounded the same, guitar playing was awesome. He also used the talkbox/tube thingy. What did they say in Wayne's World? If you lived in the suburbs in the '70's you were *issued* "Frampton Comes Alive". RR - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marianne Rizzo" To: Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:26 AM Subject: Live or on record? now Frampton, njc >I saw Peter Frampton in about 1977 and I must say this was one of the best >concerts I have ever been to. > > he was just a very good performer. . he really was at one with the > audience. > > That was a long time ago. > > I don't know how he is now. > > > > > > > From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > > And the flip side of that is Peter Frampton...his solo albums couldn't > have been more limp-dishraggish, but on Frampton Comes Alive the songs > exploded with power and energy and even his vocals became stronger. As > soon as he went back in the studio (with "I'm In You") the wimp factor > reappeared and lo and behold, stick a fork in him he's done. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. > http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:32:48 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Subject: Joni's parents, short Joni laughs more like her father than like Kilauren. Jim L. Michael pointed us to: > http://www.cbc.ca/jonimitchell/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:09:09 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 71-83 of JM Covers Hi all, I have finished copying this fine group of covers (Volumes 71-83) sent to me by Jill Haas. Thank you Jill! Anyone who is interested in receiving these next can contact me offline with your address, and I will send them to the first person I hear from. See below for details of the fifteen-disc set, promise to re-offer, etc. And a huge thanks to my bro Bob Muller for this wonderful covers project! take good care, Brian >>In order to enable latecomers to the list or new traders have a chance of listening to Bob Muller's incredible compilation of covers of Joni's songs here is the latest round of the Perpetual Joni Covers Train. Volumes 71 - 83 (taking you right up to this month's release). These are uncompressed WAV files for those who care about such things -- they are not the MP3 versions. For those not familiar with trading trains, here is how they work: When the disks come to you, you make copies of as much of the contents as you want, and then you post back to this list offering to pass the disks along to the next person. You do not keep the originals -- you keep the copies you made for yourself. On most trains, the convention is that you make the copies and send the masters along within two days. For these trains, you must agree to turn them around within two weeks. Sometimes the offer goes unclaimed. Bob and I expect that to happen from time to time. So, by participating, you agree to just hang on to the disks and then make another offer a month or so later (or to respond if somebody posts a grovel looking for them). In theory, if everybody takes good care of the disks, wrapping them well, not letting them get scratched, etc. and passes them along, these covers will run on the tracks for years. Nobody is going to monitor the progress of these trains so if you participate and then lose the disks or fail to reoffer them, you will have kept others from enjoying them. When you post an offer, please include these "rules". One final note, I know a few folks like to compress these into MP3s. If you want to, go ahead but please do not send MP3s to the next person - MP3s permanently delete some of the "data" and sound quality degrades so please pass the masters along. So, anybody who would like to receive volumes 71-83, please send me: 1. Your mailing address and 2. Your promise to reoffer, etc. P.S. If you are sitting on any of the earlier rounds, please offer them up again as its been a while and new folks might be interested. Thanks. - ----------------------------------------------------------- Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. And usually for the same reasons. - ----------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:13:55 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Big Sur Festival Glad you enjoyed WOHAM, Monika - it's a great DVD. Kinda leaves you wanting for more though, dunnit? Dino Valenti wrote "Get Together", and as Victor said it was a hit for The Youngbloods. Joni sang it a number of times and in at least one concert called it the greatest song ever written. Big Sur is not commercially available on DVD but it's been recorded off TV and transferred to VHS & DVD over the years. Bob NP: Julia Rich, "Both Sides Now" _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:39:14 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: Subject: Joni's parents, short I don't know.. but was wondering that too... Joni's parents..short?? If indeed Joni is somewhere about 5'6.. her mother could be about the same height? Dad...who knows? Anybody out there stood next to them? Bree >Joni laughs more like her father than like Kilauren. > >Jim L. > >Michael pointed us to: > > http://www.cbc.ca/jonimitchell/ _________________________________________________________________ Laugh, share and connect with Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:55:19 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Live or on record? now Frampton, njc I agree..Jerry...I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think he is quite charismatic...and an awesome guitarist. And...in 1977 in Cincinnati..I worked at the Hilton where he stayed on his tour. Never dreaming he would live here some thirty years later. He was a prodigy when he was with Humble Pie..turned things around for that band. Yes..Bob...his studio stuff just didn't cut it. Bree >Funny you should mention him. His recent concert has been broadcast couple >of times on HD channels and it was quite good. Not at all overblown or >hyped (which I hate) but down home and acoustic. Catch it if it comes up >on your broadcast schedule. > >Jerry > > > I saw Peter Frampton in about 1977 and I must say this was one of the >best > > concerts I have ever been to. > > > > he was just a very good performer. . he really was at one with the > > audience. > > > > That was a long time ago. > > > > I don't know how he is now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > > > > And the flip side of that is Peter Frampton...his solo albums couldn't > > have been more limp-dishraggish, but on Frampton Comes Alive the songs > > exploded with power and energy and even his vocals became stronger. As > > soon as he went back in the studio (with "I'm In You") the wimp factor > > reappeared and lo and behold, stick a fork in him he's done. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. > > >http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG _________________________________________________________________ Get live scores and news about your team: Add the Live.com Football Page http://www.live.com/?addtemplate=football ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:01:58 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Big Sur Festival On Jan 28, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Randy Remote wrote: > From: "Victor Johnson" > >> This song is "Get Together" written by Jesse Collin Young and the >> Youngbloods. > > It was written by Quicksilver Messenger Service's Dino Valenti > under the pseudonym Chet Powers. > > A name made up by the Youngbloods who recorded it not long after Dino Valenti was imprisoned for marijuana possession....:) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:06:13 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Live or on record? now Frampton, njc Yeah..I wore mine out..I tell you. I liked the effect from apparatus he used to sustain the notes on "Black Hole Sun". What a great sound! Bree > >He was on PBS soundstage last night. He rocked out- >Les Paul and a stack of Marshalls behind him. Of course >he did the hits, voice sounded the same, guitar playing >was awesome. He also used the talkbox/tube thingy. >What did they say in Wayne's World? If you lived in >the suburbs in the '70's you were *issued* "Frampton >Comes Alive". >RR >----- Original Message ----- From: "Marianne Rizzo" > >To: >Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:26 AM >Subject: Live or on record? now Frampton, njc > > >>I saw Peter Frampton in about 1977 and I must say this was one of the best >>concerts I have ever been to. >> >>he was just a very good performer. . he really was at one with the >>audience. >> >>That was a long time ago. >> >>I don't know how he is now. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com >> >>And the flip side of that is Peter Frampton...his solo albums couldn't >>have been more limp-dishraggish, but on Frampton Comes Alive the songs >>exploded with power and energy and even his vocals became stronger. As >>soon as he went back in the studio (with "I'm In You") the wimp factor >>reappeared and lo and behold, stick a fork in him he's done. >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. >>http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG _________________________________________________________________ Search for grocery stores. Find gratitude. Turn a simple search into something more. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_gratitude&FORM=WLMTAG ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:18:36 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: Re: Subject: Joni's parents, short I remember the first time I watched Woman of Heart and Mind dvd, and it was astounding to me how much Kilauren's voice is so much like Joni's. So much so that I thought it was Joni speaking. That huskyness. I thought Joni's parents sounded adorable. Love the old story clips. Sweet. Mags np: Butterfly, by Dale Willis (an Aussie who deems Winnipeg his Canadian home) :-)) "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" wrote: Joni laughs more like her father than like Kilauren. Jim L. Michael pointed us to: > http://www.cbc.ca/jonimitchell/ ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:24:46 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Big Sur Festival From: "Victor Johnson" > This song is "Get Together" written by Jesse Collin Young and the > Youngbloods. It was written by Quicksilver Messenger Service's Dino Valenti under the pseudonym Chet Powers. The Festival at Big Sur movie still gets shown infrequently on cable, it's worth checking out. It doesn't seem to be available on DVD. Joni does "Woodstock" and has a few other brief camera appearances in addition to the above song with CSNY. RR ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:44:06 -0500 From: Doug Subject: Re: Subject: Joni's parents, short This documentary on CBC today is very good, Narrated by Karen O'Brien. Starts at 2:00 PM on Radio 2. and 8:00 PM on radio 1. 2 hours. I'm recording it. Doug mags h wrote: > I remember the first time I watched Woman of Heart and Mind dvd, and it was astounding to me how much Kilauren's voice is so much like Joni's. So much so that I thought it was Joni speaking. That huskyness. > > I thought Joni's parents sounded adorable. Love the old story clips. Sweet. > > Mags > > np: Butterfly, by Dale Willis (an Aussie who deems Winnipeg his Canadian home) :-)) > > "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" wrote: > Joni laughs more like her father than like Kilauren. > > Jim L. > > Michael pointed us to: > >> http://www.cbc.ca/jonimitchell/ >> > > > > ***** > ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ > > ***** > > > --------------------------------- > Need Mail bonding? > Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:29:40 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: Joni documentary on CBC radio today - listen online! You can listen to the rebroadcast on CBC-Radio One at 8PM EST tonight at: http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html# - --- Doug wrote: > This documentary on CBC today is very good, Narrated by Karen O'Brien. > Starts at 2:00 PM on Radio 2. > and 8:00 PM on radio 1. 2 hours. I'm recording it. > > Doug > Michael pointed us to: > > > >> http://www.cbc.ca/jonimitchell/ - ----------------------------------------------------------- Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. And usually for the same reasons. - ----------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:44:04 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: NjC for Joni Content, JC for Jimi Content: SSP for Shameless Self-Promotion A new anthology is about to be published in March and I have a poem in it: Kiss the Sky: Fiction & Poetry Starring Jimi Hendrix ltd. ed. 1000cc ISBN 0-931181-24-0 (due 3/21/2007) 350pp (ed. by Richard Peabody) Featuring: Matt Agosta, Sherman Alexie, Brian Ames, Mark Ari, Lester Bangs, Bruce Bauman, Robert Bixby, Todd Carter, Robert Cooperman, Jarvis Q. DeBerry, Barbara DeCesare, Matthew Dillon, Kevin Downs, Richard Flynn, Jessica Hagedorn, Reuben Jackson, George Kalamaras, L. A. Lantz, Nathaniel Mackey, Graham Masterton, Adrian Matejka, Nancy Mercado, Steve Messner, Martin Millar, Matthew L. Moffett, Rick Moody, Michael Moorcock, Rebecca Motil, David Nicholson, James Norcliffe, Erik Orsenna, Gerry Gomez Pearlberg, W.T. Pfefferle, Meredith Pond, Doug Rice, Tim Seibles, Lewis Shiner, Rozanne Gooding Silverwood, John Sinclair, Michael Spann, Chris Stevens, D. E. Steward, Darrell D. Stover, Sara-Jayne Townsend, Jeremy Trylch, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Michael Ventura, and Walter Williams. http://www.gargoylemagazine.com/books/paycock/hendrix.php ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:39:18 -0800 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20downloading=20joni=27s=20parent=20=20njc ?= thank you for the tips. real player offered a free download and then wanted my credit card number...whoa! oxymoron! - ---------- Original Message ------------- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:18:07 -0800 From: Moni Kellermann To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: downloading joni's parents >LESLI A WATTS schrieb: >>> me either pointers anyone? >>> "Patti Parlette" >>>> P.S. I couldn't open Joni's parents on my home computer. Merde. I can't >>>> wait to hear them! > >Well, please be kind to those old people. You may not want to download >them. And to "open" them "on your home computer"? We haven't watched too >much Crossing Jordan lately, have we? ;))) > >Okay, seriously: > >The audio files on those pages are in Real Audio format. >This format requires the Real Player which is some kind of spyware >disguised as a media tool. There is an alternative, called "Real Player >Alternative" :) > >http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm > >The audio links on those pages directly link to the Real Audio files, >i.e. if you have Real Player installed, the program will start >automatically. > >If you already have the player installed and it doesn't work, there may >be some firewall/security setting with your browser or internet >connection that prevents you from opening applications on your computer >by clicking on a website link. > > >moni ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:09:08 -0800 From: Subject: Joni exclusive not reclusive ;-) Patti wrote: >Hanging on my wall, right next to my blue-screened computer, is the gorgeous photo of Julius and Joni in the elevator in SF, >where Julius is "pawing" at her (more like mauling her!). It's a beautiful picture that I treasure. It stand out like a ruby. Joni looks shining as >Julius reels her in and she leans her head against his. His "magic moment", for sure. (Although you know, there may be more.) Ah, but that's different...he is in the "inner circle." ;-) LOL Indeed, Mr. Julius had yet another private audience with her at the gallery and she made some witty remarks about his ruby earring. I begged Julius to relate some of the conversation here but he is shying out on us, I guess. She had some very quick and funny back and forth with him. Julius knows how to work it well ;-) Kakki ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #40 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------