From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #378 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, September 24 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 378 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- as we all tune into Joni's latest [Maggie McNally ] Re: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... ["Mark Scott" ] Re: njc, Sally Field speaks out ["Mark Scott" ] RE: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... ["Mark Scott" Subject: as we all tune into Joni's latest Hi all, I haven't posted in who knows how long, but just wanted to check in as we are all getting to hear Joni's latest gift of new music. I know many of us thought it would never happen again, and as I read the posts that are ringing out from around our globe I cannot help but smile at how this internet community brings us together to share the moment. Not like way back when Blue or For the Roses came out, oh no, not that kind of near isolation. This is shared in a way that is beautiful to me. Didn't get to go to 'fest 07 (one big boohoo), won't get to go to England, but will go to Starbucks to pick up my very own CD. Thanks to Bob for sharing the link to YouTube. Paz, so sorry to hear about Frieda...sending her healing vibes. Ditto to Kakki - don't know the backstory, but am sending her good wishes. As for your STAR, well, we knew you were a star long ago, so glad the rest of the world has caught on to our secret. Good on you! Thanks to the many of you who now make up the Inner Circle...it's a beautiful thing to keep this list going. Blessing on Les for providing us this place. Best, Maggie (Cambridge USA) - --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:54:04 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: VLJC Dinner with who? If you could have dinner with 5 people, living or dead, who would they be and why? As for me, I'll go with only those who have passed as there's a chance to still have dinner with those still around (here's lookin' at you Joni) and no chance with them. - -James Dean: I really like him as an actor. He was extraordinarily talented and a very troubled man who I find fascinating. He's also the prototype of "cool" or so they say. - -Gandhi: I've got many questions and I think he would be the one who could answer them or more likely point me in the right direction. - -John Lennon & George Harrison: I kind of cheated on this one but I would want them together. We'd start with tea and then talk it up. I think we would have a very enlightening and lively conversation. Perhaps I'd ask them to jam as well... - -Carl Jung: I've mentioned him and his work a few times on this list already. I agree with a good majority of what he has written---his ideas and such. - -Perhaps Hitler: Although there would be a language barrier so I don't know how that would go. Also, I doubt he'd be very civil since I'm Polish. According to him, because I'm Polish I am subhuman and am not worthy to live. Honorable mentions: Ralph Waldo Emerson as I enjoy his work and Emily Dickinson as she seemed so lonely and isolated yet produced some of the best poetry in my opinion. Oh, I'd also add the Buddha to the list for the same reasons as Gandhi. Also maybe Shakespeare and Nietzsche.... Ok, so I changed my mind. Here is a list of 5 living people I'd have dinner with: (I decided to split it up to include more people!) - -Joni of course, Neil Young, Roger Waters, Roger Daltrey, and maybe Bill Clinton. Or perhaps J.K Rowling as she wrote a great series. How about you? - -Monika ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:57:22 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Christgau & Joni In a message dated 9/23/2007 12:38:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mark.travis@gte.net writes: Although it's kind of nice that Christgau gave a brief profile of Joni and his take on her career up to that point in time, he leaves any discussion of For The Roses for the last 2 paragraphs. And then he doesn't say much. - ----------------------------------------------------------- Yes I did enjoy his profile of Joni but also was a little confused by the end. As you said, there was barely anything said about FTR. It makes you wonder. - -Monika ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:07:51 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Shine in Starbucks on Tuesday... "From 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, more than 6,500 Starbucks stores in the U.S. and Canada will participate in the event by playing "Shine" along with a retrospective of classics which have made Mitchell one of the most beloved singer/songwriters of our time" Hmm, I wonder which ones are indeed doing this? I'm navigating the site right now for information. Sadly I doubt the Starbucks in my city would have this Shine luncheon but I will call them to find out (and ones in nearby cities). If this is going on by me, I'm there! - -Monika ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:11:18 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Shine lyric of today!!!! "Holy Earth How can we heal you? We cover you like a blight... Strange birds of appetite... If I had a heart I'd cry." - -JONI! - -M ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:23:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... Of the four versions she's released, I WAY like the S&L version the best....so haunting and that pulsing chiming guitar ending. Superb. Nothing against the others, I like 'em all but I remember the first time I heard that S&L version, I was mesmerised. Bob NP: Joni, "Job's Sad Song" - --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:26:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Shine lyric of today!!!! Which was her original working title for the album - a little trivia for those who may not have known it. Calling it a night now - thanks to you guys for a great birthday. I love y'all. Bob NP: Rickie Lee Jones, "For No One" - --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:24:45 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... Funny you should mention this, Monika. I listened to Miles of Aisles on Friday night for the first time in a long, long time and I was thinking how I don't like the version of Woodstock that is on that recording. Never really did. The funky/jazzy/rocky thang doesn't work for me on that song. To each her/his own! I suppose my favorite officially recorded version is on Shadows and Light. Jazzy but reflective. My very favorite version would be the one she did on her 1998 tour of the West Coast with Bob Dylan and Van Morrison. But then I got to experience that live at the Gorge so it is very special to me. I also met Wally Breese at the Gorge along with Simon and several other JMDLers. Once in awhile in a big blue there comes a night like that. It was a night to remember, that one was. Mark E. in Seattle - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... > There have been a few versions of Woodstock as we know. I like > that Joni > likes to mix it up in concert and doesn't perform every song > note-for-note the > same throughout all these years. That being said, which version of > "Woodstock" is your favorite? The original studio one? The Miles > of Aisles one? The > one she's been known to do with just her and her guitar later on? > I would say I most prefer the MOA version and the Joni solo > guitar > rendition of "Woodstock." I do like the original studio version > but the MOA > version is electrifying. I love that funky/jazzy/rocky feel it > has. I also > really enjoy Joni alone on guitar singing the song. There's > something very > intimate about that. > What about you? > -Monika > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:31:59 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Jenny's progress, njc Goodspeed's site no longer says she has finished HALF of a CD. Now it shows 12 titles on the left. On the right it closes with "Check back in a few weeks to find out where to purchase "Under The Ash Tree". now playing in my head: a skiffle band on the brink of greatness singing >It won't be long / yeah / yeah / yeah / yeah >It won't be long, yeah. Jim http://jennygoodspeed.com/music.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:36:27 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: njc, Sally Field speaks out I would also add that being a professional actor does not necessarily make someone a good public speaker. There is a big difference between speaking in front of an audience, for yourself, in your own words and speaking in character, memorized lines that someone else wrote. I hated having to give a speech when I was in high school. But given a part in a play, although I would be nervous, I had no trouble getting on a stage and performing in front of an audience. I don't think Sally is the first professional actor with a lot of experience under her belt to stumble through an acceptance speech at an awards show. And yes, Patti, she did finally get the message out. At least the audience in the Shrine Auditorium got to hear it instead of the few seconds of stupid bleeped-out silence we got out here in TV-land. Mark E. in Seattle - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Parlette" To: Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: RE: njc, Sally Field speaks out > On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Bob wrote: > You'd think that a professional actor with 40+ years of experience could memorize a 2-minute award acceptance speech and not come off like a total airhead - it pretty much dilutes the message. > > **** She definitely had trouble composing herself -- stumbling deaf dumb and blind and Sybill-like for a few painful seconds -- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:43:13 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... For me the S&L version was only superseded by seeing her do it live on that same great tour. Single electric guitar--even better than electric piano, which is my second favorite version (on LOTC). But, to open up a can of worms-- I do not agree with Camille Paglia that is one of the 100 greatest poems of all time--because it DEPENDS ON THE FREAKIN'MUSIC! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bob Muller Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:24 PM To: Motitan@aol.com; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... Of the four versions she's released, I WAY like the S&L version the best....so haunting and that pulsing chiming guitar ending. Superb. Nothing against the others, I like 'em all but I remember the first time I heard that S&L version, I was mesmerised. Bob NP: Joni, "Job's Sad Song" - --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:39:03 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: VLJC Dinner with who? On Sep 23, 2007, at 10:54 PM, Motitan@aol.com wrote: > If you could have dinner with 5 people, living or dead, who would > they be > and why? As for me, I'll go with only those who have passed as > there's a > chance to still have dinner with those still around (here's > lookin' at you Joni) > and no chance with them. > Ummmm.... Ivan the Terrible Stalin Hitler Paul IV Just kidding! (inside joke) Jerry Garcia John Coltrane (happy birthday, by the way) Jimi Hendrix Miles Davis Stevie Wonder maybe we could have a good jam session after dinner! Victor ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:12:52 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... Geez, I forgot the Travelogue version. I like that one too. Mark in Seattle - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Muller" To: ; Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 8:23 PM Subject: Re: Woodstock vs. Woodstock. vs. Woodstock vs... > > > Of the four versions she's released, I WAY like the S&L version the > best....so haunting and that pulsing chiming guitar ending. Superb. > Nothing against the others, I like 'em all but I remember the first > time I heard that S&L version, I was mesmerised. > > Bob > > NP: Joni, "Job's Sad Song" > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! > Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at > Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #378 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------