From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #41 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, January 29 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 041 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Joni exclusive not reclusive ;-) [Em ] Joni at Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame welcome [] Corks (njc) [] new rickie lee - njc ["patrick leader" ] Re: Frampton, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re:Live reclus/Teresa & John of The Cross [Norma Jean Garza ] Re: Re:Live reclus/Teresa & John of The Cross, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Frampton, njc [Doug ] Re:Frampton--Ry Cooder/PBS njc [Norma Jean Garza ] Re: Re:Live reclus/Teresa & John of The Cross, njc [Norma Jean Garza ] Re: Frampton & Santana, njc [Norma Jean Garza ] Re: joni on the cbc radio one now [Brian Gross ] Re: Re:Live reclus/Teresa & John of The Cross, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Re:Frampton--Ry Cooder/PBS njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Re:Live reclus/Teresa & John of The Cross, njc [Norma Jean Garza ] Herbie Hancock interview before CSHF awards show [Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni exclusive not reclusive ;-) where is Julius? I miss him.... I know the photos - they are wonderful. Em - --- kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > 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", ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:55:12 -0800 From: Subject: Joni at Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame welcome Great that you got to be there, Catherine! And what a great group of attendees. It's nice that Joni has all these wonderful events happening in Canada. Thanks also to Michael for the link to the interviews with Joni's parents. I had a time trying to hook up - had to download another version of Real Player and I'm only getting the audio and no video. But I was amazed how sharp her folks sound and got this feeling that she sounds like a cross (in her nature) beween both parents. I can hear Joni's voice in both her dad's and mom's way of speaking. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:03:08 -0800 From: Subject: Corks (njc) Earlier today I was in a doctor's waiting room and the only magazine to read was the January 2007 House Beautiful. I cracked up when I saw an article on some guy who came up with an idea for his surplus 500 wine corks. He bought a cheap plastic looking round table from Ikea and then glued each cork with Elmers wood glue in a circular pattern on the top. He also glued corks hanging down around the edge. The he had a special round glass table top made. It had a nice look. The article then gave tips on where to buy corks on eBay and a website that sells them for 10 cents each. So there you go Marianne! ;-) A pretty easy project. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:34:34 -0500 From: "patrick leader" Subject: new rickie lee - njc hey, here's the first single from her new album, called 'falling up' http://dwt.crooksandliars.com/01-FallingUp.mp3 and i hope everyone heard this very political song, 'have you had enough' that she did with the squirrel nut zippers. it got played all over last fall, including at ned lamont rallies. http://movies.crooksandliars.com/HYHEMix.mp3 there's a long description of the new album and a discussion with rickie lee at http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/rickie-lee-jones-sermon-on-exposition- blvd/ the album sounds like a very strange ride, which i'll take because, she is rickie lee, after all. another article about the album here: http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/01/28/she_has_faith_in_latest_a lbum/ happy sunday, everyone. patrick np - stryngs, press your hands ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:35:09 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: 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. > > I went to lots of concerts in 1977, but I didn't see any of them. I missed so much that year. Did a lot of driving while blind also. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:40:44 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re:Live reclus/Teresa & John of The Cross Laura, You ask: Do I know John of The Cross? Do I know about the Interior Castle? I'm their biggest fan! I know the Cross and the Castle very well. I live there. After Joni Mitchell's words which paint my world with truth and love, St. Teresa's and St. John of The Cross' words of Absolute Love are my favorite. I know them and love them like I know and love Joni and everyone! ...and it's all about love and nothing else! Even suffering is Love when suffered in Love. I even went to Avila just to hang out at the places Teresa and Juan hung out, when I had that Joni/Carey experience in Algerciras in Southern Spain and none of it was planned...it just happened that way. Only mine was Jean/Curel! Silent Music (for tonight) In this silence and tranquillity of the night, and in this knowledge of the divine light, the soul discerns a marvellous arrangement and disposition of God's providence in the diversities of his creatures and operations. Each and all of them have a certain likeness to God, wherewith each, in its particular voice, tells of the God within it. This forms a concert of sublimest melody, far beyond all the harmonies of the world. This is silent music because it is knowledge, tranquil and calm, without audible voice; and thus the sweetness of music and the repose of silence are enjoyed in it. The soul says the Beloved is silent music because in him this harmony of spiritual music is understood and experienced. As every one of the saints received the gifts of God in a different way, so every one of them sings his praises in a different way, and yet all harmonize in one concert of love. ~John of The Cross~ If St Teresa and St. John were alive, I'd be a participant of Teresa' s TADL and Juan's JCDL, which would probably be something close to Joni's JMDL, complete with shadows and light. Joni would probably be a participant, too. They were so cool and everybody said they were 'crazy' and so they put them into sterilized rooms trying to keep them hidden and lazy and silent while the prosecutors probe by opening and closing you and they talk like they know you but they don't know you. And they think your attitudes all wrong because all you want to know is Love! ~Norma Jean~ PSII. Oh by the way, the main reason I was in Algeciras, Spain, when I had a Carey, Get Out Your Cane experience, was because of Paco de Lucia and his brother, Ramon! Oh, those Spanish Flamenco Guitars around a Gypsy campfire, do something to me that cannot be explained! > > 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 > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:42:25 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's parents, short An Enquirer wrote: > > 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? > What? Huh? Who? Them? No? Really? Wow. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:46:38 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: new rickie lee - njc Oh, my Lord! Rickie Lee's back! I love her. Thanks for posting this! I'm happy on this Sunday evening! Norma Jean - --- patrick leader wrote: > hey, here's the first single from her new album, > called 'falling up' > > http://dwt.crooksandliars.com/01-FallingUp.mp3 > > and i hope everyone heard this very political song, > 'have you had enough' > that she did with the squirrel nut zippers. it got > played all over last > fall, including at ned lamont rallies. > http://movies.crooksandliars.com/HYHEMix.mp3 > > there's a long description of the new album and a > discussion with rickie lee > at > http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/01/28/rickie-lee-jones-sermon-on-exposition- > blvd/ the album > > sounds like a very strange ride, which i'll take > because, she is rickie lee, > after all. another article about the album here: > http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/01/28/she_has_faith_in_latest_a > lbum/ > > happy sunday, everyone. > > patrick > > np - stryngs, press your hands > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! 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At the time I didn't care for most of the 70s rock bands, the focus had shifted from the music to Rock Stardom. Doug LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: >> I saw Peter Frampton in about 1977 and I must say this was one of the best >> concerts I have ever been to. >> >> >> > > I went to lots of concerts in 1977, but I didn't see any of them. I missed > so much that year. Did a lot of driving while blind also. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:00:05 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re:Frampton--Ry Cooder/PBS njc I appreciate Frampton as a human, but I can't get into his music at all. Wasn't he on PBS, these past days? My mom called me last night to let me know Ry Cooder was on PBS, too. I missed most of it, but I did see Ry a little bit and he looks healthy, very good and has lost that needed weight. I'm so glad he's right back on track with Lalo Guerrero, his family, Susan and Joachim, Don Tosti, Flaco Jimenez, Little Willie G., and all of the Chavez Ravine Family. "Finally, as always, saludos a todos los musicos. Who could ask for anything more? Not I, friends and neighbors!" ~Ry Cooder~ in Chavez Ravine. I say the same thing.. nj - --- LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: > > I saw Peter Frampton in about 1977 and I must say > this was one of the best > > concerts I have ever been to. > > > > > > I went to lots of concerts in 1977, but I didn't see > any of them. I missed > so much that year. Did a lot of driving while > blind also. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:09:36 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: joni on the cbc radio one now the show is on the cbc radio one, now. a wonderful collage. mags ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:11:51 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: Re:Live reclus/Teresa & John of The Cross, njc Laura, that's called communion with the saints. I once wote a dying musician that I could not understand how two souls can be so connected, though separated from each other in space and time by 500 years like St. Teresa of Avila and myself and still be one and that him and I would be eternally one, too. He started to take Catholic conversion classes, even though his father was Jewish and his mother had been a practicing Mormon. It didn't matter...all that mattered was his love and he needed another and new way to channel it, that's all. That's the power of love! NormaJean - --- LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/28/07 7:41:06 PM, > normajeanne1957@yahoo.com writes: > > > > If St Teresa and St. John were alive > > > > Hi NormaJEAN, > > They are alive... I channel them. > > Love, > Lauramelite > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:14:32 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Big Sur Festival I haven't heard a full length version of Joni & CSNS singing it, no. The movie didn't have the whole song either. As I recall, the movie didn't have any whole songs at all because it was a student-made documentary. The film-maker didn't have the funds to pay for rights to use whole songs. It's a shame because there appeared to be some good rockin' that day. Now playing in my head: Francis Ford Coppolla saying, "Ultimately, it's the moments I catch that matter, not the moments I miss." Jim L. Monika said, >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?> ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:21:16 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: Frampton & Santana, njc Yeah, Santana has a nice superficial sound, but it's the same thing over and over and over and over and it's just gotten old with the same old commercial song and dance commercialism since back from way back when artists are bought and sold like at the meat market. Norma Jean - --- Doug wrote: > Apparently I saw Frampton in the 70s and didn't know > it. I went to see > Santana in Ottawa , Frampton was the > opening act. That was one of the shows used for > Frampton Comes Alive. I suspect it came alive with > the help of studio > overdubs. > BTW, Santana wasn't too good that night, - my friend > agrees. I think it > was the first show of his tour. > At the time I didn't care for most of the 70s rock > bands, the focus had > shifted from the music to Rock Stardom. > > Doug > > > LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: > >> I saw Peter Frampton in about 1977 and I must say > this was one of the best > >> concerts I have ever been to. > >> > >> > >> > > > > I went to lots of concerts in 1977, but I didn't > see any of them. I missed > > so much that year. Did a lot of driving while > blind also. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:03:25 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: Re: joni on the cbc radio one now - --- mags wrote: > the show is on the cbc radio one, now. a wonderful collage. Yes, it was. Two solid hours of heaven. A wonderful audio companion to WOHAM. I hope the CBC makes it available in their archives so that those who couldn't listen to the broadcast can download and listen to it. Eerily, I felt the presence of Wally Breese (who I never had the pleasure to meet in person), Kenny Grant and Mary Grace while glued to my pc listening to the streaming broadcast. I know their kind and gentle souls were witness to this recounting of the plucking of our collective heartstrings. Murray McLaughlin's comments about his first meeting with Joni in 67 or 68 made me laugh out loud, as did Joni's own rejoinder to someone who wanted her to play acoustic rather than electric ("Sit on a tack!") All in all, an absolutely wonderful show. I hope everyone gets to hear it. And don't forget the radio/web broadcast of tonight's awards show on Monday night from 8 to 10 PM EST on CBC Radio Two. take care everyone, Brian - ----------------------------------------------------------- Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. And usually for the same reasons. - ----------------------------------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:51:01 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: Trivia answer I have the five winners on the trivia question. They will each get a copy of the new book in the 33 1/3 series "Court and Spark". Question: What is the name Joni gave to her 1983 touring band? Answer: Dog Cheese Discuss! Les NP: Mike Marshall and Chris Thile "Desvairada" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:09:53 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Re:Live reclus/Teresa & John of The Cross, njc In a message dated 1/28/07 8:12:15 PM, normajeanne1957@yahoo.com writes: > He > started to take Catholic conversion classes > Hi Norma, Why Catholic? Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:12:35 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Re:Frampton--Ry Cooder/PBS njc In a message dated 1/28/07 8:00:22 PM, normajeanne1957@yahoo.com writes: > I appreciate Frampton as a human, but I can't get into > his music at all. > Hi Norma, I can get into Frampton's body too. His music is icing on the cake. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:21:30 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: Re:Live reclus/Teresa & John of The Cross, njc Hi La-La Love, Because he felt like it, that's why. Why do you do the things you do, La-La? Why not, Catholic? What would you have preferred he studied? Amor, Nuriya Jeanne - --- LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/28/07 8:12:15 PM, > normajeanne1957@yahoo.com writes: > > > > He > > started to take Catholic conversion classes > > > > Hi NormaJEAN, > > Why Catholic? > > Love, > Laura Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:28:59 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: Re:Frampton--La, la, la Hi Again Lala, To each her own. Getting off to his body is alright by me, but, uh, I can't relate there, Lala. Why icing on the cake? Sounds more like a shiny sexual innuendo since you're talking physical. Jeanne Garza-Arias - --- LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/28/07 8:00:22 PM, > normajeanne1957@yahoo.com writes: > > > > I appreciate Frampton as a human, but I can't get > into > > his music at all. > > > Hi Norma, > > I can get into Frampton's body too. His music > is icing on the cake. > > Love, > Laura Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:36:26 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Herbie Hancock interview before CSHF awards show Herbie Hancock did a question and answer period at the media cocktail party before the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) show tonight. One reporter asked him how he got started working with Joni Mitchell. Hancock said that he was hanging around with Jaco Pastorius and others at the time, when he was asked to do a project with Joni Mitchell. He was aware of her at the time, because she was very popular, but didn't really know her work and wondered how she was going to fit. But, when they met, they hit it off right away. Hancock said, "I'm not Canadian. I'm not rock and I'm not a folk musician. At the time, Joni wasn't known as a jazz musician." Then he paused and said, "I *know* she's a jazz musician." Another reporter asked how he felt when he was asked to be at the gala, and he replied, "I wouldn't miss the chance to be here." A report asked if he was familiar with other Canadian artists, and Hancock said, "I don't look to see what country they're from." Before he met Joni, he said, he didn't listen to words before, but only to the music. After listening to Joni's lyrics, now he notices the connection between the music and the words. He said, "At first, I try to have a basic understanding of what the words are about in general, if not every particular phrase, and I hope it marinates in my soul." Another reporter asked Hancock what he felt about Joni's contribution to the musical landscape. He said, "She sets a really high bar. She's a painter, an incredible poet. She is involved. She is the best of what a human being has to offer and a hero of mine. I hang on every word she says. I listen and I do not judge." Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:44:15 -0800 From: "Jill Haas" Subject: CBC documentary 1/28 and Songwriters Hall of fame 1/29 Help me I think I'm falling apart. I spent the whole 2 hours of the CBC show trying to get my gol darn !%#$!!#*#%#^^*!! computer to let me listen to the streaming audio. I updated software. I begged and pleaded with the gods of computer goombah and voodoo. Yet, every time I tried to listen, my computer shut down. I was, to say the least, farklemt, and I expect that the same thing will happen tomorrow if I try to hear the Hall o' Fame thing. Anyone have any suggestions? I live in Washington State in the ol' US, so perhaps CBC is exacting it's revenge on us for our political foibles of late? Anyhoo, I remember that Doug, for one, is taping it. I would love to have a copy of both shows, and would be more than happy to supply the medium to copy it on to, if this is legal, or at least only slightly shady. Please let me know if anyone out there would be willing to do this. Jill (looking at my haggard face in the bathroom mirror...) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:13:07 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: LCStanleyC/St. Teresa & John of The Cross Hi Again Laura, I just want to clear the air in case you misunderstood my original post claiming I went to Spain. When I wrote that I went to Avila, I took it for granted that you knew that I was referring to Avila, Spain. Maybe you didn't and thought I was saying I go into St. Teresa of Avila's body. Thus, those questions concerning channeling and whatever. I then figured that was probably the reason you started talking about getting into Peter Framton's body and I just scratch my head and think, "What is she talking about? Lord, help me understand." So, there. May we understand one another as He understands us. Love, Normie PS. I'm really gonna get into Don Juan's Reckless Daughter tonight and then maybe take her over to Chavez Ravine. > suffering is Love when suffered in Love. I even went > to Avila just to hang out at the places Teresa and > Juan hung out, when I had that Joni/Carey experience > in Algerciras in Southern Spain and none of it was > planned...it just happened that way. > Only mine was Jean/Curel! > ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:26:25 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame gala - the show - very long post Pat and I were in the media room, and not in the concert hall itself. This meant that we were able to see things that people in the audience might not, since the TV cameras could show you scenes from every angle. So, we did get to see Joni's reaction to things. The whole show was really well done and the performers were all amazing. I thought about trying to describe the entire performance and maybe I will cover the non-Joni parts in a separate post. The main inductees were Jean-Pierre Ferland and Joni Mitchell. Jean-Pierre Ferland is very well-known in French Canada and in France as well. Michael Buble sang "How about you?" the lyrics of which was written by Canadian Ralph Freed. This is the one that starts off, "I love New York in June - how about you?" In the final verse, he changed the lyrics to, "I love BC in June..." and then later, "joni Mitchell's looks, they give me a thrill." Jean-Pierre Ferland was inducted along with his songs, "Le petit roi," "T'es mon amour, t'es ma maitresse," "Je reviens chez nous" and "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin." When he was giving his thank-you speech, he said that he was delighted to be here and that he had wanted to meet Joni Mitchell for a long time. He was seated next to her in the front row. Ferland said, "Music has no law, no religion, no politics, no solitude. It's just a noise - a wonderful noise - and I'm proud to be part of it." Now it was time to honour Joni Mitchell. Host Andre Craig said, "Joni't songs took us places. Her words challenged us to feel." He said he was proud to induct her songs, "Big Yellow Taxi," "Both Sides Now," "Help me", "You turn me on, I'm a radio" and "Woodstock." The first song was "Help me" performed by Chaka Khan and Herbie Hancock. Joni look absolutely thrilled to see them there. Herbie Hancock's piano was brilliant but I wasn't really impressed by Chaka Khan's singing. She sounded offkey and either didn't know the words or chose deliberately to mumble them. I found hers to be the most disappointing performance in the entire show but fortunately Herbie Hancock's playing more than made up for that. After they were finished, Herbie and Chaka went down off the stage and hugged Joni. Next up was "Big Yellow Taxi" sung by Andrew Craig, but he did it as a singalong, with the orchestra seats singing along on the chorus and the balcony doing the, "Shoo bop bop" part. He even did the falsetto, followed by deeeep voice at the final, "Paved paradise... put up a parking lot" line and Joni laughed. Margaret Atwood then came on stage to do a little speech. She started off saying, "Don't worry. I'm not gonna sing" and then said that she and Joni had a lot in common, "but I'm older and she's blonder." She said they belonged to the lunatic generation - if you were Canadian and said that you were going to do something and be famous, people would say, "You're a lunatic". She said that before there was writing, there was singing and that we are hard-wired for singing. Next, James Taylor came on stage. He said that there were not enough words to explain his admiration and gratitude for Joni. He said that they had first met in Toronto at the Mariposa Festival in 1970 or 71, that Joni is a dear friend and a wellspring of inspiration. He then went on to sing a beautiful rendition of Woodstock and received a standing ovation. Next, Herbie Hancock came on stage to salute Joni. He said it was his pleasure, that she was an artist and friend whose work and ethic he deeply admires. Before he met her, he was a devout jazz musician, spending too much time in his own ivory tower. He said, "In 1978, I got a call from Jaco Pastorius regarding a project of songs with Charlie Mingus. 'Not bad,' I thought." The project opened his mind to what Joni was all about. "It's like having a cup of coffee with an intimate friend. Her music comes from a place that is in or around the sublime." Hancock said that the music industry at the time didn't get that album, but that Joni will never stay in one place for long. "She is unbridled." Following Hancock's speech, there was a brief history of Joni's life and music, similar to and with some sections from the "Woman of Heart and Mind" video. I noticed that, throughout the entire segment, everyone in the media room was still and quiet. Then, host Andrew Craig said, "For taking the mundane and turning it into Chelsea Mornings, we induct Joni Mitchell." Joni then came up on stage to accept her award. She was wearing an outfit I think I've seen before and it is most probably an Issey Miyake design. It was hard to tell the exact colour, but I think it was charcoal grey with a sort of pinstripe, or perhaps very tiny pleats throughout. It was either a long jacket or a sort of over-dress in silk, and under it she was wearing a blouse or under-dress of a purple colour. The outfit had a scarflike thing or sash around the neck, which fell forward a few times and she kept having to toss it back. She was wearing a sort of backpack as well. In her speech, she said, "When I was 18 years old, I met a man who wrote a song... It took me about three years until I wrote one and, as you know, I wrote a lot of them. It's in my stars. There's nothing I can do about it." She said that tonight she had friends with her going back to the fourth grade. "We're building a great heritage in this country. Anyone who receives this award should be - I know they will be - very proud." She then asked, "Have you done the Sons of the Pioneers yet?" and then, "I guess I'll just take my award and run now." The grande finale was opera singer Measha Brueggergosman, described by Andrew Craig as "our own, made-in-Canada, sumptuous chocolate experience", who sang "Both Sides Now." Brueggergosman has an amazing range and can sing both very low and very high. I would compare her to Jessye Norman. It was a brilliant and beautiful way to end the concert. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:32:53 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: Re: CBC documentary 1/28 and Songwriters Hall of fame 1/29 It was a fantastic show and Im glad that Doug has taped it for those who could not get the connection. I enjoyed hearing Karen O'Brien's narrative voice, as well as hearing, again and again, the same situations about Joan that I've loved hearing about, over a span of more years than I care to admit to ;-)) Something about that woman. What is it? What makes her shine straight into my heart? yea, what he said. discuss. Mags. Jill Haas wrote: Help me I think I'm falling apart. I spent the whole 2 hours of the CBC show trying to get my gol darn !%#$!!#*#%#^^*!! computer to let me listen to the streaming audio. I updated software. I begged and pleaded with the gods of computer goombah and voodoo. Yet, every time I tried to listen, my computer shut down. I was, to say the least, farklemt, and I expect that the same thing will happen tomorrow if I try to hear the Hall o' Fame thing. Anyone have any suggestions? I live in Washington State in the ol' US, so perhaps CBC is exacting it's revenge on us for our political foibles of late? Anyhoo, I remember that Doug, for one, is taping it. I would love to have a copy of both shows, and would be more than happy to supply the medium to copy it on to, if this is legal, or at least only slightly shady. Please let me know if anyone out there would be willing to do this. Jill (looking at my haggard face in the bathroom mirror...) ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #41 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------