From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #528 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, January 9 2008 Volume 2007 : Number 528 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- boom boom [Michel BYRNE ] Re: LSU wins National Championship! (njc) [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Roine Stolt - Sex Kills [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Rufus and Belinda (njc) [Jerry Notaro ] Roine Stolt - Sex Kills [Dave Blackburn ] Re: Roine Stolt - Sex Kills [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] stuff, njc [Marianne Rizzo ] peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ [missblux@] all for somehing lacy / lazy [missblux@googlemail.com] Re: peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ [B] Re: peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ ["Dan Olson" ] Re: peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ ["Randy Remote" ] moriarty (njc) [Dflahm@aol.com] Tim Curry Joni covers [Bob Muller ] OOOPS! (njc) [Dflahm@aol.com] Re: all for somehing lacy / lazy [Bob Muller ] Re: all for somehing lacy / lazy NJC ["Cassy" ] Re: Tim Curry Joni covers [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Hello from Bo [Peep Richman ] Re: all for somehing lacy / lazy NJC [Bob Muller ] Re: Tim Curry Joni covers [Bob Muller ] Re: Hello from Bo NJC [Bob Muller ] Clapton bio (njc) [Darice ] Re: From Bo/Saturday, NJC, a little bit vulgar, may not suitable for some of you [mia _ Subject: boom boom The drum kit? I never thought of that! Brings a nice new dimension in. I always had in mind a macho man, striking his huge chest with his fists: boom! boom!, King Kong style. Good to discover a very different interpretation! Michel _________________________________________________________________ Free games, great prizes - get gaming at Gamesbox. http://www.searchgamesbox.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 07:02:01 EST From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: LSU wins National Championship! (njc) Victor writes: > Hooray for LSU...I enjoyed seeing the Preservation Hall Jazz Band > playing the national anthem Go Tigers! I also enjoyed seeing the band. They did a great job, but Paz I looked for you, and unless that was you with the pom poms, I didn't see ya. Jimmy ************** Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:40:28 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Roine Stolt - Sex Kills I liked it, but better than Joni's live versions? Not by these ears. Jerry > EXCELLENT!? I would like to hear their take on Lead Balloon! > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Muller > To: JMDL > Sent: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 8:48 pm > Subject: Roine Stolt - Sex Kills > > > > Lots of you have already heard this one, but for those who haven't or who > didn't > want to take the time to download it, now you can hear it with a simple click. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNdt8MP1fsU > > It's my favorite version of "Sex Kills", including every version that Joni > has > recorded. It has the punch and angry energy that hers lack, with some fine > jamming to boot. Like she says herself (speaking of Tim Curry's cover of "Cold > Blue Steel & Sweet Fire"), it's a song that has to be spat out. > > Bob > > NP: Roine Stolt, "Sex Kills" > > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - > http://webmail.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:43:37 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Rufus and Belinda (njc) Sounds, FABOO, Kakki. Rufus really is one of a kind. And I'm so glad for the Pink Martini mention. I love them. The Fabulous Jimmy Scott, now in his 80's, performs with them in concert. Jerry > For the Rufus Wainright fans here. A friend invited me to this concert for > New Years Eve, but I didn't think I could sit still long enough on party night > and also had other engagements. After reading this review in the L.A. Times, > I kind of sighed. This sounded really fabulous. > Former locals Rufus Wainwright and Belinda Carlisle make French music pop. > By Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer > January 2, 2008 > PATRONS walking out of Walt Disney Concert Hall into the first moments of 2008 > early Tuesday morning, some of them bedecked with the gold metallic streamers > that had erupted at midnight, could hear the insistent thump of electronic > dance music from one of the evening's open-air downtown events. > > That sound, along with some hip-hop and assorted forms of rock, dominated the > L.A. entertainment landscape on New Year's Eve, but the Disney Hall experience > was altogether different -- a relatively sedate program of French pop music, a > party where everyone stayed in their seats and you couldn't even bring > Champagne into the auditorium. > > Serving a more sedentary and sophisticated audience, "A Night in Paris" filled > the niche that's been occupied in past years by acts such as Pink Martini, but > the real draw was the unusual pairing of two performers not particularly > identified with French music, Rufus Wainwright and Belinda Carlisle. > > It was a homecoming of sorts for the latter, who fronted the Go-Go's during > the Los Angeles band's rags-to-riches passage from punk-rock novices to > pop-rock princesses. She lives in France now, and her 2007 album "Voila," a > collection of French music, provided the five songs in her set, as well as the > version of Serge Gainsbourg's "Bonnie et Clyde" she sang later with > Wainwright. The two ended the night with the Go-Go's hit "Our Lips Are > Sealed," in French, of course. > > During the second of Monday's two concerts, Carlisle was somewhat formal in > manner and delivery, but the material was strong and varied, from the > swirling, carnival waltz of "Sous le Ciel de Paris" to the Velvet > Underground-like folk-rock of Frangoise Hardy's "Pourtant Tu M'Aimes." > Carlisle packed most of her concentration into Lio Ferri's hyper-dramatic > "Avec le Temps." > > A troupe of six dancers gyrated to her version of Frankie Laine's operatic > 1951 hit "Jezebel," and it periodically returned to romp through the plush > salon furnishings of the stage set. Both singers were accompanied by a > six-piece band led by local pianist Dave Palmer, a versatile and sharp outfit > that did some hot-jazz vamping during interludes. > > Wainwright had quite a run in the Southland in 2007, from his concerts at > Coachella and the El Rey Theatre in the spring to his high-profile tribute to > Judy Garland at the Hollywood Bowl and finally his year-ending duties Monday. > > The acclaimed singer-songwriter grew up in Quebec and is based in New York, > but he has deep roots in Los Angeles, where he lived when he recorded his > first album in 1997, and he was joined for a few songs by locally based > Frenchwoman Bernadette Colomine. > > Wainwright's adherence to the show's Parisian theme was somewhat loose, a fact > that he milked for some humorous mileage. His portion of the evening included > his recent English-language ballad "Leaving for Paris," a folky > French-Canadian "response" singalong, and a version of "Moon Over Miami" done > in French ` la Josephine Baker. > > Wainwright delivered some fiercely focused performances. His solo reading of > "La Complaint de la Butte" brought the audience to hushed attention, and he > sang his version of the Christmas song "Minuit Chretien" ("O Holy Night") in a > high register that made his voice pure and steady, without the signature > wobble that distinguishes his singing but can also distract from a lyric. > > But it was the sparkly-suited singer's ebullient personality that carried the > evening. Giddy and goofy, Wainwright made the room feel intimate and the > sentiments genuine. It might not have been a definitive exposition of French > popular music, and you might not have been able to raise your glass with his, > but you felt as if you were celebrating with a friend. And that's what > counted, in any language. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 07:09:23 -0800 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Roine Stolt - Sex Kills Yeah Bob that's great....cool voice, tasty guitarist and funky band too. Looks like that might be a live-in-the-studio-no-fixes take also, another rarity these days (what I like to call "an honest take".) Is he Dutch or German? Dave On Jan 8, 2008, at 12:00 AM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:48:30 -0800 (PST) > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Roine Stolt - Sex Kills > > Lots of you have already heard this one, but for those who haven't > or who didn't want to take the time to download it, now you can > hear it with a simple click. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNdt8MP1fsU > > It's my favorite version of "Sex Kills", including every version > that Joni has recorded. It has the punch and angry energy that hers > lack, with some fine jamming to boot. Like she says herself > (speaking of Tim Curry's cover of "Cold Blue Steel & Sweet Fire"), > it's a song that has to be spat out. > > Bob > > NP: Roine Stolt, "Sex Kills" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:04:36 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Roine Stolt - Sex Kills Swedish, actually - Roine is the guitarist for The Flower Kings. I'm not sure if this was a live studio take or not, but it sure looks that way. The track came out in 2005, the whole album is excellent - of course their take on SK is my favorite. I'm glad you like it, and it's funny that you responded to it because as I was listening to it last night I thought of the awesome Woodstock jam your band did. Bob NP: Dylan, "Spanish Harlem Incident" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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Given that love can be a spiritual experience of some sort, I agree with Moriarty, but I NEVER thought of BSN as a 'Stormy Love Affair with Christ'. Weird.... What does anyone think? Bene... lurking in the archives, hoping everyone is well ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:34:29 +0100 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: all for somehing lacy / lazy Hey again, last night, my friend and I discussed Song for Sharon. She had noticed the word lacy in Song for Sharon: Big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars All for something lacy I always thought it was lazy; I thought they had been on some lazy excursion (ehem... and oops). What do you think 'all for something lacy' means? Do people in general go to Staten Island to buy wedding dresses? Bn Almost delurked ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:10:28 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ Thanks for the laugh this article provided, Bene - calling it "peculiar" doesn't do it justice. I quote: "This second take on BOTH SIDES NOW is driving Mitchell out of her Christian closet. At least, Hanoi Jane Fonda openly admitted her conversion from Marxism to Christianity. God blesses Jane Fonda. Her father's Americanism held sway. Henry Fonda's ghost, with the help of Christ, brought Jane home." Just seeing the "Hanoi Jane" reference confirms that the writer is a neocon bible-thumping fundamentalist, the kind that Joni has always been so critical of and continues to be so. In interviews she confirms that she doesn't align herself with any one religion, taking something from a variety of doctrines, and that of the the major religions she is more Buddhist than anything. Joni is DEFINITELY NOT a born-again Christian. Tell your friend to buy "Shine" and read along with the lyrics. Then again, no one has ever accused Christians of an abundance of rational thought. The article is an interesting exercise in how you can take ANYTHING and interpret it to mean ANYTHING. Reminds me of a post I wrote long long ago with decisive proof that "Edith & The Kingpin" was Joni's salute to the TV show "All In The Family". Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen, "The Angel" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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I liked him in "Shiloh'. ~Dan On 1/8/08, missblux@googlemail.com wrote: > > Hey all, > > I wanted to find something on Joni and Christianity for my friend who > is convinced that Joni is a new-born Christian and stumbled over this > peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love > Affair with Christ. > > http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=963 > > We've had some interesting discussions earlier on on love and > spirituality. Given that love can be a spiritual experience of some > sort, I agree with Moriarty, but I NEVER thought of BSN as a 'Stormy > Love Affair with Christ'. Weird.... > > What does anyone think? > > Bene... lurking in the archives, hoping everyone is well ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:21:15 -0500 From: "rflynn@frontiernet.net" Subject: Re: peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ I think this is fundamentalist twaddle and utterly unconvincing. In any event, Joni is not a Christian. She describes herself as a Buddhist or as a Buddhist-Gnostic hybrid. There's a serious way to explore the theological implications of JM's music, but this essay doesn't cut it in the least. If one of my students had written it, they would have been sent back to the drawing board, with a firm reminder that we must use evidence properly in supporting our arguments. Quoting missblux@googlemail.com: > Hey all, > > I wanted to find something on Joni and Christianity for my friend who > is convinced that Joni is a new-born Christian and stumbled over this > peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love > Affair with Christ. > > http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=963 > > We've had some interesting discussions earlier on on love and > spirituality. Given that love can be a spiritual experience of some > sort, I agree with Moriarty, but I NEVER thought of BSN as a 'Stormy > Love Affair with Christ'. Weird.... > > What does anyone think? > > Bene... lurking in the archives, hoping everyone is well ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:09:28 +0100 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ Read the article and had a good laugh! The things these fundamentalists come up with! Yeah sure, dream on! The only meaning that made some sense to me - seriously;) - is the following: "It's clear that the only male left who could interest Mitchell is Jesus of Nazareth". If he was still alive, that is. I don't think Joni is into dead guys, really. Laughing it all away, Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr missblux@googlemail.com Skickat: den 8 januari 2008 19:15 Till: Joni LIST Dmne: peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ Hey all, I wanted to find something on Joni and Christianity for my friend who is convinced that Joni is a new-born Christian and stumbled over this peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ. http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=963 We've had some interesting discussions earlier on on love and spirituality. Given that love can be a spiritual experience of some sort, I agree with Moriarty, but I NEVER thought of BSN as a 'Stormy Love Affair with Christ'. Weird.... What does anyone think? Bene... lurking in the archives, hoping everyone is well ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:15:24 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: all for somehing lacy / lazy missblux@googlemail.com wrote:>>>What do you think 'all for something lacy' means? Do people in general go to Staten Island to buy wedding dresses? I have no idea where people go to buy wedding dresses, but in context it certainly seems like a good guess (that's what I've always assumed the "lacy purchase" to be, but I'm not sure by any means). Michael Flaherty - --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:27:21 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ If the devine hand of Christ was behind BSN, it begs the question of why it sucked so bad. Joni has said she is Buddhist (around the time of BSN's release). The writer is an idiot, first class. There is certainly Biblical imagery in many of Joni's songs. "Love" from WTRF is a rewrite of Corinthians. RR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:56:34 +0000 From: "Steve T." Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #421 Re: Roine Stolt - Sex Kills You're right Bob, I've always thought this song needs to rock more! Of course I do like the distorted guitar in Joni's, but this is a cool cover, Ah I'd be interested to hear any Joni cover by Tim Curry. - -- Steve T. www.vegansteven.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:44:30 EST From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: moriarty (njc) Moriarty has had his own blog for years: search mmuuuh DAVID LAHM **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:07:30 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Tim Curry Joni covers I'll check the stacks and see what I can find - he's done 2, "ALL I Want" and "Cold Blue Steel...". Not among my favorites but your mileage may vary. Bob NP: Ani, "Fuel" - --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:02:42 EST From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: OOOPS! (njc) I gave you the wrong address for Moriarty's blog it's mmuuuhp sorry LAHM **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:05:15 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: all for somehing lacy / lazy No, it's not like going to Vegas to get married or anything like that. Yes, the something lacy refers to a wedding dress. Joni was going specifically to the mandolin shop and passed a shop with a wedding gown in the window. The line that follows "something lacy" is: "Some girl's going to see that dress And crave that day (her wedding day) like crazy" The other lace-wedding dress connections: "And the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown" "But the ceremony of the bells and lace Still veils this reckless fool here" While a lot of Joni's lyrics are open to interpretation, this one is pretty straightforward. Bob NP: XTC, "Radios In Motion" - --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:44:13 -0800 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: all for somehing lacy / lazy NJC From: "Bob Muller" <<< No, it's not like going to Vegas to get married or anything like that. Yes, the something lacy refers to a wedding dress. Joni was going specifically to the mandolin shop and passed a shop with a wedding gown in the window. >>> I think it's serendipitous that this should come up now as I will be in Vegas on the 30th of this month getting married in an Elvis Chapel. 2:00 P.M. PST on the 30th could we get a chorus of "Love Me Tender"? Warmly, Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:04:54 EST From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Tim Curry Joni covers "All I Want" is on Covers #6, which is okay, but "Cold Blue Steel" is on Covers #1, and it's one of my favorite Joni covers of all time! I do the rock, myself! Jimmy In a message dated 1/8/2008 7:17:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, scjoniguy@yahoo.com writes: > I'll check the stacks and see what I can find - he's done 2, "ALL I Want" > and "Cold Blue Steel...". Not among my favorites but your mileage may vary. > ************** Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:09:02 -0800 (PST) From: Peep Richman Subject: Re: Hello from Bo Hey Joni-people! Just read the Digest...oh...forgot the number...anyhow, I think it was Rian who said he loved Annette Bening. I came across a little known movie that she was magnificent in: "Being Julia" based on W. Somerset Maugham's novel "Theater". I loved it and think you will too, Rian, and any other Annette Bening fans. Bob, where did you find "Angel-A" and "Once"...DVD's...Blockbuster? And, Bob, I loved your descriptive word for the interactions between Rian and Mike: "Skirmishes"....great word. Welcome Julie!!! You'll most likely find a lot of people who all love Joni but have similar interests to your own and you'll make friends...on-list and off-list. What do you think are some of the top movies Joni loves? What books? Oh...I had no clue what the definition of wanker is...thanks Rian....I thought it meant a real cad of a man...like , "oh, big surprise!!! He's a really lousy guy!" But NOW I know differently!!! Well, wank on, I guess!!!! Is anyone worried about Joni and the wild weather in California??? I wonder if she's in her house there or in Canada? Can you imagine? I spend a varying amount of time each day worrying about Joni...is she well? Is she okay? Is she happy? Anybody else experience this? About how much we reveal about ourselves...our REAL self...the authentic self...I guess it really has to do with the audience. And, I think it has to do with how much we each know about our authentic self. Sometimes I can live in dreamland, dreamland...but mostly, I can say I'm in-touch with the authentic me. Be well...safe and ubehpy2! Love and hugs from Bo - --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:47:39 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: all for somehing lacy / lazy NJC <2:00 P.M. PST on the 30th could we get a chorus of "Love Me Tender"?> You got it, Cassy - congratulations. Hopefully we will not have to break out "Heartbreak Hotel" anytime soon. Bob NP: Ani, "'Tis Of Thee" - --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:48:58 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Tim Curry Joni covers You're in good company, Jimmy - it's one of Joni's too - at least so she said in her 1985 Rock Master Class interview. Bob - --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:57:38 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Hello from Bo NJC I wouldn't go to Blockbuster on a bet.....nope...hate that Blockbuster. They screwed me once too many times with their bogus late fees and I swore that I would never go back. A promise I have faithfully kept, btw. 'Angel-a' came to me via Netflix (love that Netflix), and I saw 'Once' in the theater, an Upstate Film Society film festival. Matter of fact, I'm thinking that Once is the only film I actually saw in an actual movie theater this year. Bob NP: The Beach Boys, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" - --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:14:32 -0800 (GMT-08:00) From: Darice Subject: Clapton bio (njc) I "listened" to the Patty Boyd bio.....and had met her at an art gallery showing a few years ago..... I was astounded by her "insights", and her idea that she was the center of almost every man's universe. I recently read the Clapton bio....I found it very superficial...and his lack of respect for Cream, and other musicians (the San Francisco bands, for example)and anyone not doing what he called "pure blues" reinforced my gut feelings about Clapton. I have always considered his music (until his son's death) to be cold, and unemotional. I thought him technically very good, but soulless. I have seen Clapton with Cream, alone, with Derek and the Dominos (with Jesse Ed Davis doing all the guitar playing while Clapton was too loaded to even pretend to be playing), on the ARMS tour (where he had some real competetion on stage). I love Jeff Beck's playing, Mike Bloomfield, John Cippolina,Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, Alvin Lee. Clapton usually left me cold. Clapton's take on his own history seemed almost dispassionate. His rehab seemed a little too easy, too pat and he comes off like so many "reformed" addicts (smokers, junkies, alcoholics, etc) who have little time or compassion for the "weak ones" who are still in the throes of addiction There was no mention of Sheryl Crow nor my groupie friend from San Diego. Interesting but short on real emotion and insight. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:13:31 -0600 From: mia _ Subject: Re: From Bo/Saturday, NJC, a little bit vulgar, may not suitable for some of you Wankers are a dime a dozen here in Milwaukee. We have a pretty big heavy rock/metal scene (mullets and all)that seems to have never gone bye-bye. When a guitarist in one of these bands starts showing off with some loud and fast, but talentless, solo, he is referred to a wanker. I've seen many. It would make sense then that the guitarist wanker term evolved from Spinal Tap. We even have Shank Hall here (with a little stone henge)! :-) Mia From Doug: <> ) _________________________________________________________________ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista. + Windows Live. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_M ediaCtr_bigscreen_012008 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:26:05 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: peculiar article by Michael Moriarty: Joni Mitchell: A Stormy Love Affair with Christ Thanks! I thought the article was hilarious. I was laughing so hard my sister asked me what I was doing. I particularly enjoyed the comment about Joni and the cover of the album....Joni with her cigarette and a glass of wine and in that wine is Jesus! Anyway, let me get serious for a moment. This is by far one of the biggest stretches about anything that I have ever read. I suppose people see what they want to see or convince themselves so. Now I work at a conservative radio station in which one of the channels has religious programming with the hosts screaming and hollering about Jesus, the Devil, salvation, etc etc. Some of them, I have to be honest here, are just insane. I can't believe some of the content on some of these shows and what sorts of things they delude themselves into believing. Now I have no problem with anyone being very religious. I've met some very religious people before and they all mean well but sometimes...there are those...who cross a line between religion and reality. As it has been pointed out, Joni has said she prefers Buddhist principles and is in no way...a Christian, let alone a fanatical Christian. -Monika - --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:43:35 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: LSU wins National Championship! (njc) I was SO proud of my boys. Clint did a fantastic job singing the anthem and got so many compliments on his performance. Here is a link to a clip from the show. This was out of the air so the audio is not as good as it was on TV. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP4E7RglzEo Please post your comments for Clint. Check out his other video with our pal The Edge from U2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5FEjI1cmkE Best Paz P.S. Jimmy if you weren't such a selfish wanker beaotch you would have loaned me your baton and pom poms and I could have been part of the show! Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Jan 8, 2008, at 6:02 AM, FMYFL@aol.com wrote: Victor writes: > Hooray for LSU...I enjoyed seeing the Preservation Hall Jazz Band > playing the national anthem Go Tigers! I also enjoyed seeing the band. They did a great job, but Paz I looked for you, and unless that was you with the pom poms, I didn't see ya. Jimmy ************** Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:23:49 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Taylor Subject: Re: Thoughts from a new member in Oz NJC Newbe Julie Hollow shined >>Hi everyone, After having found this site a couple of weeks ago, I just have to write and say a huge "thankyou" to all the great people who have contributed to the song database. Even though I really wish I'd had access to this great library 20 years ago, I have to say it has come into my life at a great time now. I have finally picked up my dusty guitar after a long break, and now I find that I can't put it down. Hour after joyful hour, struggling and twisting my brain and my fingers around all this fabulous stuff. My head and my heart are reeling with the absolute joy of finally being able to play these beautiful songs. So, although I am driving my family mad with my incessant warblings and finger picking, to say nothing of the constant re-tuning and twanging of missed strings, I am having an absolute ball!!! Life is good! jmag57 Wandi', Australia<< Posts like this keep me lurking and sometimes contributing to the JMDL for 10+ years now. SHiNE continues to blow me away as a musician on SO many levels!!! Being a mere singer it has added a whole mew demension to my ability to harmonize which is like heaven on earth to me... THIS PLACE is the most original piece Joni has yet unleashed (the song has hooked me more than anything she'd done since Turbulent Indigo). Thank you for energizing my deep-down belief that Life Is Good beyond mere ads. Your post makes me tingle in a very wonderful way! ET NP: CNN (Hey it's between Hillary & Obama & i can't imagine a better choice!) ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #528 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------