From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #268 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 Saturday, July 14 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 268 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Politics and fall guys (njc) [] Re: Politics and fall guys (njc) [] SV: Just Like This Train sjc ["Marion Leffler" ] Politics and fall guys (njc) ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Re: Politics and fall guys (njc) [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Joni & Jaco [missblux@googlemail.com] Re: Joni & Jaco [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Politics and fall guys (njc) [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Joni & Jaco [Dave Blackburn ] Night Ride Home on YouTube [motitan@aol.com] Re: Joni & Jaco [motitan@aol.com] review of ATribute to Joni Mitchell by Jeff Monk [margaret elmtree ] Re: Sirens in the Ditch - NJC [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: SV: review of ATribute to Joni Mitchell by Jeff Monk [margaret elmtr] RE: Politics and fall guys (njc) ["Sherelle Smith" ] RE: Politics and fall guys (njc) ["Richard Flynn" ] RE: Politics and fall guys (njc) ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Just Like This Train sjc [jeannie ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:14:44 -0700 From: Subject: Politics and fall guys (njc) Mia wrote: <> She was indeed covert. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18924679/ I'm sorry to be late in responding - was out of state for a few days for an emergency. I have also read this article from MSNBC. A critical reading of it might question why it 1) contradicts itself, i.e., the first paragraph "An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame's employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was "covert" when her name became public in July 2003." This states the summary was attached to a brief in the Libby trial. Yet the last paragraph of the same article states "The nature of Plame's CIA employment never came up in Libby's perjury and obstruction of justice trial." So the sumamry was attached as an exhibit to the brief in Libby's trial but "the nature of Plame's employment never came up" during that same trial?? 2) Further down the article there is a pdf link to this exhibit. The summary is unsigned and undated and the corresponding declaration authenticating it and brief to which it is supposed to be attached to is not also included for the reader to peruse. We have no idea where this came from or how or why it pertained to the brief. To a keen legal eye this article is highly suspect. Nonetheless, there is testimony that the CIA itself confirmed Plame's employment there at the time of the original Novak article. If she was covert, the CIA public information officer would never have confirmed or denied anything. There is a transcript of Wilson speaking with Wolf Blitzer early on where WILSON said she was not covert. No one has ever been proscecuted for outing a covert agent and Fitzgerald's investigation was closed primarily on the basis that she was not covert and no one outed a covert agent. So how can anyone now say she was covert? Because MSNBC tells you so? Regardless of the findings of the investigation? I understand that there may be some confusion as to her covert status. There is a statutory legal definition of "covert" which specifies exactly what defines a covert agent. Her work did not rise to the level of the legal definition. She was found to be not covert under that law. She may have worked "under cover" on some assignments (I recall she worked for a front company of the CIA under her own name). But she was not covert under the law. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:53:45 -0700 From: Subject: Re: Politics and fall guys (njc) Another thing I just noted - in my 22 years of working on cases in U.S. District court, I have NEVER seen the court File Stamp an exhibit! They would File Stamp the brief and the Declaration, if the declaration was a separate document. Never, ever the "Exhibit A". Gawd, it must be a cut and paste job. The quality or lack thereof of our mainstream media reporting never ceases to amaze and disgust me. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:21:50 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: Just Like This Train sjc Have you seen her perform the song on the dvd PWWAM? She puts in a triumphant "ha" (not sure of spelling) after "dreaming of the pleasure I'm gonna get", and James Taylor is zoomed in by the camera...All in good spirit, of course. Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr jeannie Skickat: den 12 juli 2007 22:03 Till: joni@smoe.org Dmne: Just Like This Train sjc Patti got me humming and thinking JLTT lyrics. There's this line from Joni's humorous side: Dreaming of the pleasure I'm gonna have Watching your hairline recede My vain darling :) :) :) I wonder who she was referring to.. Plenty pleasure she must have received from all sides, now. jean - --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:35:39 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: Politics and fall guys (njc) this disgusting administration is making me sick everything you said here Mia is how I feel. Marianne >. . . .you want me to expound on my venting that I can't stand discovering >more bad news which is making me absolutely sick? Why? So I can get even >more sick by rehashing the excruciating details that have already been >discussed here before? Why do you need to be enlightened? You've heard it >all before. I was merely clarifying that Valerie Plame was indeed covert >(did that enlighten you?), but my built-up anger got the best of me, and I >needed to vent, not debate, which I've never been very good at because I >don't keep notecards of everything I've read or heard available at my >fingertips. But the conclusions I've come to is that this administration, >congress, and the corporate cronies that go with it, have sold us down a >river. All the lies, bullying, smug frat boy behavior, circumventing the >constitution, falsifying scientific reports (eg. climate change), >intimidating and firing those who differ and do not play along, Medicare >Part D arm twisting, testiifying "I don't know, don't recall" countless >times, endangering CIA agents and contacts, etc, .. Heckuvajob... The war >in Iraq was sold to us based on a lie. What? The administration did not >have accurate information? Oh, gee, well then I guess they are not >corrupt, they are instead inept. Each and everyday the lives that are >taken and affected by this corruption, er,, ineptness are mounting. The >debt to pay for this immoral occupation in Irag, which has become a haven >for terrorist recruits, has to be financed by China. We don't have the >money, because all Bush's "haves and have-mores" (yes, Bush really said >that, it's on video-disgusting behavior) have gotten huge tax breaks and no >money is coming in. Meanwhile, the corporate cronies, especially in defense >and oil, are making out like bandits. When Warren Buffet is shocked that >people like him are getting more corporate welfare, something is definitely >wrong. Each and everyday, the debt and deficit are mounting. Where is all >the money going to come from to take care of our elderly, disabled, >children's education, etc... when it's all been pissed away. Yeah, sure, >things appear fine now, but when we have to pay the piper, interest rates >will go thru the roof affecting the economy and jobs, ... all this stuff >makes me sick to think about. I'd like to say, oh well, we get what we >deserve; but it's our children, grandchildren, and so on that will have to >pay for our mistake - our blindness. What a waste! It really is, as Joni >said, the beginning of survival, unless we change course soon. > _________________________________________________________________ http://newlivehotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:57:05 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Politics and fall guys (njc) Kakki, you should alert the CIA immediately, considering THEY were ones, on September 16, 2003 that sent a letter to the US Department of Justice asserting that Plame's status as a CIA undercover operative was classified information and requested a federal investigation. It was not requested by any Democrats or left wing liberals. And Libby was convicted on MULTIPLE counts of obstruction of justice, perjury, and false statements to the grand jury and federal investigators. Jerry > Mia wrote: > > <> > > She was indeed covert. > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18924679/ > > I'm sorry to be late in responding - was out of state for a few days for an > emergency. I have also read this article from MSNBC. A critical reading of > it might question why it 1) contradicts itself, i.e., the first paragraph "An > unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame's employment history > at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by > Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was "covert" when her > name became public in July 2003." This states the summary was attached to a > brief in the Libby trial. Yet the last paragraph of the same article states > "The nature of Plame's CIA employment never came up in Libby's perjury and > obstruction of justice trial." So the sumamry was attached as an exhibit to > the brief in Libby's trial but "the nature of Plame's employment never came > up" during that same trial?? 2) Further down the article there is a pdf link > to this exhibit. The summary is unsigned and undated and the corresponding > declaration authenticating it and brief to which it is supposed to be attached > to is not also included for the reader to peruse. We have no idea where this > came from or how or why it pertained to the brief. To a keen legal eye this > article is highly suspect. Nonetheless, there is testimony that the CIA > itself confirmed Plame's employment there at the time of the original Novak > article. If she was covert, the CIA public information officer would never > have confirmed or denied anything. There is a transcript of Wilson speaking > with Wolf Blitzer early on where WILSON said she was not covert. No one has > ever been proscecuted for outing a covert agent and Fitzgerald's investigation > was closed primarily on the basis that she was not covert and no one outed a > covert agent. So how can anyone now say she was covert? Because MSNBC tells > you so? Regardless of the findings of the investigation? I understand that > there may be some confusion as to her covert status. There is a statutory > legal definition of "covert" which specifies exactly what defines a covert > agent. Her work did not rise to the level of the legal definition. She was > found to be not covert under that law. She may have worked "under cover" on > some assignments (I recall she worked for a front company of the CIA under her > own name). But she was not covert under the law. > > Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:05:49 +0200 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Re: Joni & Jaco Hey Mark, I thought I had heard Joni saying Yako in some interview, and that it had to do with his Finnish roots. But I wonder now if in fact she said "Jahco", and I added the rest, just because I noticed it doesn't rhyme with wacko.... I guess you are right! Benedicte On 7/12/07, Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: > Bene, I have been pronouncing it, "Jacko". The J is hard in English > and, since he was raised in the USA, I assumed it to be pronounced that > way. > > One area where Americans differ from Australians is on vowels. > Americans use long vowel sounds. Australians defer to the short vowel > sound usually. Therefore, "Jacko". Americans may pronounce it "Jahco". > Can the Americans confirm this? > > Mark in Sydney > > NP Morphing Thru Time - Enigma ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:29:00 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Joni & Jaco I've written to Ingrid and asked for the correct pronunciation. She is very good about responding to correspondence. Jerry > Hey Mark, > > I thought I had heard Joni saying Yako in some interview, and that it > had to do with his Finnish roots. But I wonder now if in fact she said > "Jahco", and I added the rest, just because I noticed it doesn't rhyme > with wacko.... I guess you are right! > > Benedicte > > On 7/12/07, Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: >> Bene, I have been pronouncing it, "Jacko". The J is hard in English >> and, since he was raised in the USA, I assumed it to be pronounced that >> way. >> >> One area where Americans differ from Australians is on vowels. >> Americans use long vowel sounds. Australians defer to the short vowel >> sound usually. Therefore, "Jacko". Americans may pronounce it "Jahco". >> Can the Americans confirm this? >> >> Mark in Sydney >> >> NP Morphing Thru Time - Enigma ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:36:03 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Politics and fall guys (njc) You know infinitely more than I do about the law, but this sure does sound kind of hinky to me. It's like when Clinton said "I never had sex with that woman", and in a LEGAL sense he was correct because his counsel advised that in a court of law, "sex" inferred intercourse and he only got a BJ. But regardless of any of that, it was pretty obvious that he had indeed engaged in sexual activity. Another case of justice being "just ice" or something like that. Bob NP: Ben Folds Five, "Selfless, Cold & Composed" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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I'm not so familiar with the song as I don't have the album yet but this performance/song brings me a good amount of comfort.? I'm excited to get the album in the future!? ? The performance itself is very intimate and Joni seemed to be enjoying herself which matters a great deal.? If a performer isn't enjoying him or herself, it shows.? So what more do you want?? What more do you need???? - -Monika, currently at the library, picking up a few items and watching some YouTube ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:22:28 -0400 From: motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni & Jaco ? I know on a cd of a live concert (is it Shadows and Light?) Joni introduces the band and says "Jocko" when introducing Jaco Pastorius.? I always thought it was pronounced "Jayco" until I heard Joni say?it and a few folks at this year's Jonifest pronounced it "Jocko."? - -Monika - -----Original Message----- From: missblux@googlemail.com To: Mark-Leon Thorne ; Joni LIST Sent: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 8:05 am Subject: Re: Joni & Jaco Hey Mark,? ? I thought I had heard Joni saying Yako in some interview, and that it? had to do with his Finnish roots. But I wonder now if in fact she said? "Jahco", and I added the rest, just because I noticed it doesn't rhyme? with wacko.... I guess you are right!? ? Benedicte? ? On 7/12/07, Mark-Leon Thorne wrote:? > Bene, I have been pronouncing it, "Jacko". The J is hard in English? > and, since he was raised in the USA, I assumed it to be pronounced that? > way.? >? > One area where Americans differ from Australians is on vowels.? > Americans use long vowel sounds. Australians defer to the short vowel? > sound usually. Therefore, "Jacko". Americans may pronounce it "Jahco".? > Can the Americans confirm this?? >? > Mark in Sydney? >? > NP Morphing Thru Time - Enigma? ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:30:20 -0400 (EDT) From: margaret elmtree Subject: review of ATribute to Joni Mitchell by Jeff Monk I just found this in our weekly entertainment rag, thought the list might be interested. Spelling errors have been copied verbatim ;--) Mags ***** reviewer Jeff Monk writes in the Uptown Magazine July 12, 2007. Winnipeg. A Tribute To Joni Mitchell D+ The scope of former-Canadian Joni Mitchell's musical reach is undeniable. From wan, folkie songstress to hybrid gin-and-smokes jazz composer and painter, Mitchell has never kowtowed to fashion, real or imagined. Tribute albs are dodgy propositions at best, more than mildly embarrassing for all involved at worst, and this dozen-tracker is pretty dodgy. The no-brainers are in short supply -- Emmylou Harris, kd lang, Sarah McLachlan and Annie Lennox all bring requisite amounts of respect for the orginal Mitchell versions while adding just a little of each of their own specialness to the tunes. The remainder - particularly excremental contributions by Elvis Costello, James Taylor, Prince, Sufjan Stevens and Bjork - make this one stinker of a release. Whoever dreamed up this conglomeration of crap should be made to breath Joni's second-hand smoke for a week while filling up her paint pots. ***** - --------------------------------- Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:03:48 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: review of ATribute to Joni Mitchell by Jeff Monk wicked! :-) A bad case of journalist with a misunderstood sense of "criticism" but quite amusing, imo. Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr margaret elmtree Skickat: den 13 juli 2007 18:30 Till: joni@smoe.org Dmne: review of ATribute to Joni Mitchell by Jeff Monk I just found this in our weekly entertainment rag, thought the list might be interested. Spelling errors have been copied verbatim ;--) Mags ***** reviewer Jeff Monk writes in the Uptown Magazine July 12, 2007. Winnipeg. A Tribute To Joni Mitchell D+ The scope of former-Canadian Joni Mitchell's musical reach is undeniable. From wan, folkie songstress to hybrid gin-and-smokes jazz composer and painter, Mitchell has never kowtowed to fashion, real or imagined. Tribute albs are dodgy propositions at best, more than mildly embarrassing for all involved at worst, and this dozen-tracker is pretty dodgy. The no-brainers are in short supply -- Emmylou Harris, kd lang, Sarah McLachlan and Annie Lennox all bring requisite amounts of respect for the orginal Mitchell versions while adding just a little of each of their own specialness to the tunes. The remainder - particularly excremental contributions by Elvis Costello, James Taylor, Prince, Sufjan Stevens and Bjork - make this one stinker of a release. Whoever dreamed up this conglomeration of crap should be made to breath Joni's second-hand smoke for a week while filling up her paint pots. ***** - --------------------------------- Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:37:42 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Sirens in the Ditch - NJC I9d like to strongly recommend Sirens Of The Ditch by Jason Isbell. He is with the Drive By Truckers and this is his first solo effort. He is a first class singer songwriter. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:07:44 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Sirens in the Ditch - NJC Thanks for the recommendation, Jerry - I was tempted by that one but was waiting on some reviews. Jason is actually an ex-Trucker; he split from the band earlier this year. And hey, speaking of the Drive-By Truckers, my son & I will be rockin' up the highway to the Orange Peel in Asheville to see them this very night. Whoo-Hoo, boy am I some kind of excited. Last time I saw them they played for 3.5 hours and cranked it out til about 1:30 in the AM. While I realize that Jason left huge shoes to fill I still feel like we're in for a big time. Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen, "Pink Cadillac" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:33:12 -0400 (EDT) From: margaret elmtree Subject: Re: SV: review of ATribute to Joni Mitchell by Jeff Monk my sentiments, exactly ;-) Mags. Marion Leffler wrote: wicked! :-) A bad case of journalist with a misunderstood sense of "criticism" but quite amusing, imo. Marion - --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail - - --------------------------------- Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:52:31 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: RE: Politics and fall guys (njc) Oh dear friend! Of course we bear all things with you and take you as you are. That's what friends do. We're all entitltled to a rough day every now and then! Love, Sherelle Patti wrote: > >Sherelle, ma belle: > >My thoughts, exactly! But you expressed them better than I ever could. >Merci mille fois. (NPIMH: And there are still more reasons, why I love >him/her....) > >You, too, Muller. What I just read in the latest digest from you...I was, >like: "Right on, Joni Brother!" (Pardon my teen-aged parlance: "I was, >like..."... I hang out with a lot of young ones...) > >Don't we all want the same thing? The peace and the star? The garden? > >I half-wrote a post today but was interrupted so many times that I never >sent it. Let me go dig it out and see if I can make it readable. It was >pretty inchoate (Hi Richard! Glad to see you back!) as I recall....bear >with me, and take me as I am, please. I had a rough day. > >Love, > >Patti P. > > > _________________________________________________________________ Local listings, incredible imagery, and driving directions - all in one place! http://maps.live.com/?wip=69&FORM=MGAC01 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:45:41 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC Stephen Stills release... In a message dated 7/13/2007 12:14:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kate@katebennett.com writes: Sorry if I missed any concert reports but has anyone seen Stills on his current tour? Is he playing solo or does he have backing musicians with him (who?)... - ------------------------------------------------------------------ I saw him back in June and typed out a full length concert report! Anyhow, I know that the drummer was Joe Vitale and the bassist Kenny Passarelli. There was also another musician (on keys/organ) whose name I didn't catch and can not find. The first set (minus the first and last song) is all Stephen Stills. It's just him and his acoustic guitar. Get ready for some fantastic playing there! On the last song of the set, the band jumps in towards the end and closes the set. This first set is about 50 minutes to an hour long. You then get a nice little break (get a drink, use the bathroom, do what you gotta do) and the full band comes on for a plugged in, ELECTRIFIED set. Get ready for some rock-n-roll there! All in all, you are in for a real treat. - -Monika ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:06:44 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Joni & Jaco & tribute, oh my! >? I know on a cd of a live concert (is it Shadows and Light?) Joni >introduces the band and says "Jocko" when introducing Jaco >Pastorius.?> -Monika I was about to point out the same thing. I think by the time S&L happened she knew the right pronounciation, so we can put this baby to rest. Mags wrote: >I just found this in our weekly entertainment rag, thought the list might >be interested. Spelling errors have been copied verbatim ;--) > reviewer Jeff Monk writes in the Uptown Magazine July 12, 2007. Winnipeg. >particularly excremental contributions by Elvis Costello, James Taylor, Prince, Sufjan >Stevens and Bjork - make this one stinker of a release. Whoever dreamed up this >conglomeration of crap should be made to breath Joni's second-hand smoke for a >week while filling up her paint pots. While I must question the credentials of a journalist that can't spell "breathe", I did hear Bjork's contribution on the radio the other day, and thought it was nearly as bad as Sufjan Stevens'. The decision to gut the chord progression on "Boho Dance" leaves Bjork essentially singing one-note monotones throughout the song. Seemed lame to me (and I like Bjork generally). Amazon customer reviewers mostly seem to either love it or hate it, averaging 3 stars overall. I'll probably pick it up on ebay someday for the price of shipping. RR ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:22:11 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Politics and fall guys (njc) It was >pretty inchoate (Hi Richard! Glad to see you back!) as I recall....bear >with me, and take me as I am, please. I had a rough day. > >Love, > >Patti P. Hey there Patti and Jonilistas. I have been lurking since I've been in super work mode. But I, too, have been reading the news and it all looks bad. In fact, it is utterly depressing. The other day, my partner Becky rolled over shortly after the radio alarm went off to NPR's Morning Edition and, half asleep, muttered, "Those lying sacks of shit." It would have been funny if it weren't such an accurate description of this whole administration. But I just haven't had the heart to interject my .02 into the NJC political discussion before this. Absolute power (unitary executive) corrupts absolutely. Richard NP: Alejandro Escovedo, _The Boxing Mirror_ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:50:42 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Just Like This Train sjc I dream of Jeannie dreaming dreamland wrote: "Patti got me humming and thinking JLTT lyrics." Did you say humming? Ha! TIC! Are you sure it's YOU humming and not A plane in the rain or The wires in the walls? Then Jeannie came out to wonder: "There's this line from Joni's humorous side: Dreaming of the pleasure I'm gonna have Watching your hairline recede My vain darling :) :) :) I wonder who she was referring to.." Hmmm....I'm not sure....some song some mysterious song...but if it was James Taylor, her dream was fulfilled. When I saw him last August at Mohegan Sun (Indian Land again), I was on the side of the stage, up high, with a sweet bird's view, and when I saw his receding hairline, I started humming those lyrics myself! Bon weekend, tout le Jonimonde! Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:26:39 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: RE: Politics and fall guys (njc) Hey Richard! Thanks for your .02. I try and I try, but I can't save myself from adding my own two cents in these lines from time to time. Depressing indeed. We have to wait until September for any change in "shtrategy"? How many more will be killed and maimed in two months? We've now been told that we have met 8 out of 18 benchmarks. In any class I've ever taken, less than 50% correct is an F. A big fat F. F for FAILURE. And he says we can't pull out because it would be a "recipe for failure." Mission already accomplished, you IDIOT! It's a f#$%ing disaster of mind boggling proportions. I think I heard him say yesterday that Al-Quaida has been considerably weakened. Then on CNN this morning one of those banner things at the bottom of the screen says that Al-Quaida is now much stronger. Of course it is. It's as if he said "Y'all come down now, ya hear?" Hello, George? Anybody home? Illumination? No, just corruption. I think we need a Department of Homeland Psychiatry. Peace, Patti P. NC: linguini with clam sauce and organic baby spinach....come up to my kitchen! P.S. I don't know exactly where you are in Georgia, but maybe you and Becky would be interested in this: Our next stop: Saturday July 14, 2007 Cindy Sheehan and the Journey for Humanity will be staging a protest at the Highway gate at Ft. Benning. Ft. Benning is the home of the School of the Americas where our military trains foreign governments to torture. Our own Government is currently torturing detainees in Guantanamo Bay Cuba and violating the Geneva Conventions by surrendering detainees to other countries which have no laws or restrictions against torture. These barbaric practices must be stopped. Please join us at Ft. Benning FROM 10AM-11AM where we will loudly shout "NO MORE TORTURE, NO MORE TERROR IN OUR NAMES" Highway entrance to Ft. Benning http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=114820301477324057117.0000011372f4e22f0be82&z=13&om=1 >Hey there Patti and Jonilistas. I have been lurking since I've been in >super work mode. But I, too, have been reading the news and it all looks >bad. In fact, it is utterly depressing. > >The other day, my partner Becky rolled over shortly after the radio alarm >went off to NPR's Morning Edition and, half asleep, muttered, "Those lying >sacks of shit." > >It would have been funny if it weren't such an accurate description of this >whole administration. > >But I just haven't had the heart to interject my .02 into the NJC political >discussion before this. > > >Absolute power (unitary executive) corrupts absolutely. > >Richard > > >NP: Alejandro Escovedo, _The Boxing Mirror_ _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:55:40 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Boogie-Woogie Krall Here's a little treat for Diana Krall & Elvis Costello fans. They seem to be very happy these days. Boogie-Woogie Krall With Her Twin Infants In Tow, Jazz Pianist Is Back In The Swing By OWEN McNALLY | Special To The Courant July 12, 2007 With her twin tots in tow, jazz superstar Diana Krall is on the road again, thriving on a grueling 38-city tour that sets down tonight at the Chevrolet Theatre in Wallingford. The Grammy Award winner whose recordings sell by the hundreds of thousands - staggering stats for a jazz performer - took a sabbatical after she and her famous husband, British musician Elvis Costello, were blessed with the arrival of twin boys last Dec. 6 in New York City. The rest is here: http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/reviews/events/hc-krall.artjul12,0,270689.story Love, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ http://newlivehotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:06:59 -0700 (PDT) From: jeannie Subject: Re: Just Like This Train sjc Well, Patti, it's actually humming in my head. I know pretty much all of Joni's lyrics and so what I do, is play the melody in my head. Then, I do the ta, da, da for the music, and that's when the her lines come back to me, again. Joni's lyrics make me laugh and cry, and at times, leave me in awe, especially when she gives a tough punch of truth and compassion stronger than any man or rowdy male musician I've experienced when my soul gets touched. jeannie NP; My Higher Self ~Van Morrison~ Patti Parlette wrote: I dream of Jeannie dreaming dreamland wrote: "Patti got me humming and thinking JLTT lyrics." Did you say humming? Ha! TIC! Are you sure it's YOU humming and not A plane in the rain or The wires in the walls? Then Jeannie came out to wonder: "There's this line from Joni's humorous side: Dreaming of the pleasure I'm gonna have Watching your hairline recede My vain darling :) :) :) I wonder who she was referring to.." Hmmm....I'm not sure....some song some mysterious song...but if it was James Taylor, her dream was fulfilled. When I saw him last August at Mohegan Sun (Indian Land again), I was on the side of the stage, up high, with a sweet bird's view, and when I saw his receding hairline, I started humming those lyrics myself! Bon weekend, tout le Jonimonde! Patti P. - --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! 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