From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #576 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 Thursday, February 21 2008 Volume 2007 : Number 576 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Doing it for the ancestors (SJC) [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re; Doing It For The Ancestors NJC ["Anita Tedder" ] sjc? Blue Boy -- lyric interpretation page -- dang me! [Patti Parlette ] Re: Doing it for the ancestors (SJC) NJC [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] RE: SJC Joni for Obama or Clinton [anon anon ] SJC Joni for Obama or Clinton [Patti Parlette ] real or hoax? njc [Dflahm@aol.com] Re: real or hoax? njc ["Jerry Notaro" ] njc, Lunar eclipse tonight [Patti Parlette ] Robert Cunniff ["Jerry Notaro" ] Re: real or hoax? njc ["Cassy" ] Re: real or hoax? njc ["Cassy" ] John Brunious of Preservation Hall Jazz Band Funeral Services 2/22 and Second Line 2/23 [Michael Paz ] njc, Save the trees! [Patti Parlette ] Re: NJC All You Need is Hate, warning political content [Monika Bogdanow] Re: (njc) Music is a healer [] Re: (njc) Music is a healer [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:35:52 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Doing it for the ancestors (SJC) Hi Simone. Nice to hear from the west coast. You externalise your thoughts so eloquently. I was riveted to your post. WOHAM is full of interesting little snips of Joni's thought processes. This issue of correcting the things our ancestors couldn't is an interesting one. I can certainly understand Joni's way of thinking there and her fear of falling into the pattern of her grand mother and mother and not being able to take up the opportunities she was presented with if she chose a life of partnership. On the other hand, it may be short-sighted to think that one would exclude the other. Even in her time, could her grand mother not have taken up painting as well as being a wife? Many great artists have been self- taught. Could her mother not have taken a part time job to afford piano lessons? Granted, it would have been difficult during World War 2 but, they were not the same adversities that Joni would have faced in the late '60s. Our previous conservative government was so afraid of litigation if they were to use the word, "sorry" that they refused to be connected with previous wrongs and believed using the word would be an admission of guilt. I wonder what safeguards this government has put in place to protect themselves. I think it is the question on every Australian's mind now. How much will this cost? There is no doubt that the majority of Australians feel that it was well deserved by those who still have direct connections to the atrocities of the government of the day and the Christian missions and that this was needed to bring closure to them and bring us closer together. It is wonderful to see so many white people so fervently behind this decision and I truly hope this goes some way to a process of healing but, like Joni, isn't the true way to healing in the way we go forward, not a word to attempt to erase the past? There is only one life and no one will ever know if Joni made the right choice. My only hope is that people will be happier and learn from the past. Joni certainly never was afraid to try new things and change herself as she saw fit. Aboriginal Australia could learn from Joni. It's never too late to redefine yourself. Mark in Sydney NP Time To Begin - Katie Noonan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:32:53 +0100 From: "Owen Duff" Subject: Fw: A Free E.P. (njc) I posted this yesterday but it didn't appear in the last digest... Is it in breach of the rules? Hopefully not! O > From:: "Owen Duff" > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: A Free E.P. (njc) > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:18:17 +0100 > Hello, > I'm not one to really go in for self-promotion, but I thought some of you > might be interested to know that I just released a free seven-song E.P. The > songs are mostly piano based, with some guitar, ukulele and electronics > thrown in for good measure. This is my second release and precedes a debut > album which will come out later in the year. The E.P. (with artwork, lyrics > and notes) can be downloaded from www.myspace.com/owenduff - you can also > hear a couple of the tracks from the upcoming album on that page... > I'd love to hear what people think, so please go ahead and download! > All the best, > Owen > Lycos email has 300 Megabytes of free storage... Get it now at > mail.lycos.co.uk Lycos email has 300 Megabytes of free storage... Get it now at mail.lycos.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:22:56 -0000 From: "Anita Tedder" Subject: Re; Doing It For The Ancestors NJC Simone wrote: "Now that's interesting, I thought - because of course as a descendant you can indeed resolve unfinished business for your parents and grandparents, etc., retrospectively. I really do believe that." For those interested, I have been involved for several years in constellation work. It's a bit controversial - but I personally have found it (somewhat spookily) very healing. One site you can check out is http://www.systemicfamilysolutions.com/introductionto.html or look up anything about the work of ( as a young man)anti Nazi Youth, Catholic priest, Zulu missionary, psychotherapist, Bert Hellinger. Love Anita ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:19:00 +0100 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: WOHAM snips Thanks Simone, Mark in Sydney and Monika for interesting postings about Joni's explanation of why she did not marry Graham. I have been wondering myself and I think also posted about this a while ago. It puzzled me at first that Joni apparently did not consider the possibility of being both married and continue her career. I have been watching WOHAM a couple of times since and it struck me that her explanation cannot be fully appreciated without Graham's description of the relationship. He said that they were always wondering who would get to the piano first which to me suggests an element of competition. He also said that their relationship was an "interesting" clash between wanting to get at close as possible and wanting to be left alone to create. So I imagine Joni might have felt that she would lose the competition if they got married and had children. She might have felt that Graham was not prepared to give her enough space to continue her arts. Just my thoughts, Marion ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:12:13 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: sjc? Blue Boy -- lyric interpretation page -- dang me! Mark in Seattle wrote: Just one JMDLer's opinion. And you know there may be more. (Dang you, Pattie P! xoxox) **** Hey! HEY! I said "a hold on there, brother"! (That's telling you to hold on! Hold on!) *Dang* me? How do I interpret THAT? Dang me, dang me They oughta take a rope and hang me Hang me from the highest arbutus forest pink electric pinewood climbing banyan cactus treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Joni, would you weep for me? Mark, you just take all those trees and put 'em in a tree museum, okay? While you're so busy being free of JMOCD....ha! You laugh, he said, you think you're immune? Go look in your eyes, they're full of moon and Junes and ferris wheels and every shiny Joni thing. Dang me. "You make me smile, with my heart." Laughing it all away, Patti P., just another silly girl xoxoxo _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:27:21 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: Doing it for the ancestors (SJC) Well, yes, a relationship requires compromise or shall I say a serious relationship? Just dating or so doesn't require so much so but marriage, assuming it sprung from a serious relationship, requires a great deal of compromise and responsibility--being respectful towards your partner, being responsible within the relationship, being responsible getting out of the relationship if need be (going through the whole legal divorce whereas in a relationship you could easily just get up and disappear one day...not such a nice thing to do but it can be done). I'm sorry I did kind of get off your point! I understand what you said but sometimes I get one one thing, ramble on and on, and don't get to the next! Anyhow, as for "doing it for the ancestors," I can see some validity in that. Some people carry on the family tradition/business where others are desperate to break free from that. Joni, so she says, was desperate to carry on what the previous women in her family started but never finished. That is a good motivator but not all in itself I would think. As for her and Nash, or any relationship between two creative people, the struggle of creative time alone, the clashing of egos (we are only human!), and a million other little things could easily get in the way as Joni stated in the doc. Nice insight from Joni as always on Woman of Heart and Mind! -M Australian Seashells wrote: Hi Monika, Marriage = Compromise, right? ..or that's what it looks like when you're young and just starting out. As you get more experienced, you realise it should actually be: Relationship = Compromise ...and that a marriage certificate is more of a formality than anything else really. I'm sure even then she could "smell the rat' and ducked out before getting married again, because obviously with two forceful, rebellious and highly creative individuals together in a relationship, the likely problems ahead were plain. Of course it was an exciting prospect, but she'd have to sacrifice some of her own creativity to give her significant other some room for his. They both described it well, too - i. e. the daily struggle to see who would get to the piano first, write more and better - and so forth. It would have been very hard to make work - so she must have decided that her priority was her own muse. I just picked up on the reason she gave in hindsight, which was different! Cheers, Simone - --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:00:37 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: NJC All You Need is Hate, warning political content February 3, 2008, 8:02 pm All You Need Is Hate Tags: Hillary Clinton I have been thinking about writing this column for some time, but I have hesitated because of a fear that it would advance the agenda that is its target. That is the agenda of Hillary Clinton-hating. Its existence is hardly news  it is routinely referred to by commentators on the present campaign and it has been documented in essays and books  but the details of it can still startle when you encounter them up close. In the January issue of GQ, Jason Horowitz described the world of Hillary haters, many of whom he has interviewed. Horowitz finds that the hostile characterizations of Clinton do not add up to a coherent account of her hatefulness. She is vilified for being a feminist and for not being one, for being an extreme leftist and for being a warmongering hawk, for being godless and for being frighteningly fundamentalist, for being the victim of her husbands peccadilloes and for enabling them. She is, Horowitz concludes, an empty vessel into which [her detractors] can pour everything they detest. (In this she is the counterpart of George W. Bush, who serves much the same function for many liberals.) This is not to say that there are no rational, well-considered reasons for opposing Clintons candidacy. You may dislike her policies (which she has not been reluctant to explain in great detail). You may not be able to get past her vote to authorize the Iraq war. You may think her personality unsuited to the tasks of inspiring and uniting the American people. You may believe that if this is truly a change election, she is not the one to bring about real change. But the people and groups Horowitz surveys have brought criticism of Clinton to what sportswriters call the next level, in this case to the level of personal vituperation unconnected to, and often unconcerned with, the facts. These people are obsessed with things like her hair styles, the strangeness of her eyes  Analysis of Clintons eyes is a favorite motif among her most rabid adversaries  and they retail and recycle items from what Horowitz calls The Crazy Files: shes Osama bin Ladens candidate; she kills cats; shes a witch (this is not meant metaphorically). But this list, however loony-tunes it may be, does not begin to touch the craziness of the hardcore members of this cult. Back in November, I wrote a column on Clintons response to a question about giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. My reward was to pick up an e-mail pal who has to date sent me 24 lengthy documents culled from what he calls his Hillary File. If you take that file on faith, Hillary Clinton is a murderer, a burglar, a destroyer of property, a blackmailer, a psychological rapist, a white-collar criminal, an adulteress, a blasphemer, a liar, the proprietor of a secret police, a predatory lender, a misogynist, a witness tamperer, a street criminal, a criminal intimidator, a harasser and a sociopath. These accusations are supported by innuendo, tortured logic, strained conclusions and photographs that are declared to tell their own story, but dont. Compared to this, the Swift Boat campaign against John Kerry was a model of objectivity. When the heading of a section of the Hillary File reads Have the Clintons ever murdered anyone?  and it turns out to be a rhetorical question like Is the Pope Catholic?  you know that youve entered cuckooland. Horowitz warns that as the campaign heats up, this type of discourse will likely not stay on the fringes for long, and he predicts that some of it will be made use of by Republican operatives. But he is behind the curve, for the spirit informing it has already made its way into mainstream media. Respected political commentators devote precious network time to deep analyses of her laugh. Everyone blames her for what her husband does or for what he doesnt do. (This is what the compound Billary is all about.) If she answers questions aggressively, she is shrill. If she moderates her tone, shes just play-acting. If she cries, shes faking. If she doesnt, shes too masculine. If she dresses conservatively, shes dowdy. If she doesnt, shes inappropriately provocative. None of those who say and write these things is an official Hillary Clinton-hater (some profess to like and admire her), but they are surely doing the groups work. One almost prefers an up-front hater (although he tells Horowitz that he doesnt like the word) like Dick Morris, who writes in a recent New York Post op-ed of the Clintons reprehensible politics of personal destruction (does he think hes throwing bouquets?), and accuses them of invading the privacy of opponents, of blackmailing and threatening women, and of whatever slimy tactics they felt they needed. Morris calls Harold Ickes, a Clinton aide, a hit man for the president, and he calls the president Hillarys hit man. This is exactly the language of the most vicious anti-Hillary Web sites, and here it is baptized by its appearance in a major newspaper. Horowitz observes that there is an inexhaustible fertile market of Clinton hostility, but that the search for a unifying theory of what drives Hillarys most fanatical opponents is a futile one. The reason is that nothing drives it; it is that most sought-after thing, a self-replenishing, perpetual-energy machine. The closest analogy is to anti-Semitism. But before you hit the comment button, I dont mean that the two are alike either in their significance or in the damage they do. Its just that they both feed on air and flourish independently of anything external to their obsessions. Anti-Semitism doesnt need Jews and anti-Hillaryism doesnt need Hillary, except as a figment of its collective imagination. However this campaign turns out, Hillary-hating, like rock n roll, is here to stay - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hillary Clinton has had experience dating back to the 70's. This article makes a lot of sense. I tend to read quite a bit of nastiness about Hillary Clinton on the web and most of it, is completely irrelevant or sexist or senseless. For Christ's sake, there's a facebook group called, "Hillary stop running for President and make me a sandwich" (I've heard this "make me a sandwich quite a few times now). And there are always those who hate her because she's a "bitch" (so they say) or when she does show emotion, she's faking it or they wouldn't want anyone related to Bill to take office. It's quite absurd! If you don't like Hillary's views or the planned execution of the changes she wants to make, fine! That is perfectly acceptable! I'll discuss this with anyone but it seems a good number of people just hate her, plain and simple with no concrete reason behind it. I, for one, am behind Hillary Clinton. She has the experience to make changes for the better. She believes in healthcare, making it a necessity but making it affordable to your income level! I personally think healthcare should be mandatory (but affordable since it being free like in Canada is never going to happen *sigh*) whereas car insurance should be optional like healthcare is right now if you don't have benefits or a full time job (this coming from a girl with no healthcare at the moment!). I have no actual problem with Barack Obama. In fact, he and Hillary's views are quite similar with the exception of a couple of things and some of the executions of their plans. I think he's intelligent, articulate, says all the right things (quite the smooth talker but I don't fall for that sort of thing even in my day to day life), etc. I just hope with the little experience he has, that he knows what he is doing and will indeed stick by his word (as I hope Hillary would if she became Pres which is doubtful now that she will get the spot). I am more one for action as opposed to words or perhaps words followed by action! So since Obama will more than likely get the Dem spot, I just HOPE that he knows what he is doing and will stand by all his, "I will change this and that and we need this and we're tired of that" mumbo jumbo. Atleast we know that whoever is in office next can't be any worse than George W! -Monika - --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:03:06 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: SJC Joni for Obama or Clinton Has anybody wondered who Joni wishes would become President? Joni's not a U.S. citizen, is she (I know she's from Canada but I was wondering if she got her U.S. citizenship though I don't think so)? She is a resident though and has a right to say who'd she'd like as President. I wonder if Joni will mention anything in coming interviews...there's no way in hell she'd be for McCain or Huckabee with everything she says! -Monika JONI FOR PRESIDENT! Only kidding. - --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:27:03 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Doing it for the ancestors (SJC) NJC Oh, without a doubt - while you're a couple you are still simultaneously an individual, and it's critical as a married person to continue to nurture that and to allow your spouse to do the same. Part of what drives people apart is when they reach a point where they compromise so much that they have given up all of their individuality, whether that means activities, friends, hobbies, whatever. Or as a much better writer than me once said...."we love our lovin', but not like we love our freedom". Bob NP: Elton John, "Jamaica Jerk Off" PS: Simone, great to see your name again! - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Joni's not a U.S. citizen, is she (I know she's from Canada but I was wondering if she got her U.S. citizenship though I don't think so)? She is a resident though and has a right to say who'd she'd like as President. I wonder if Joni will mention anything in coming interviews...there's no way in hell she'd be for McCain or Huckabee with everything she says! -Monika> JONI FOR PRESIDENT! Only kidding.> > > - ---------------------------------> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:58:23 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: SJC Joni for Obama or Clinton Monika asked: Has anybody wondered who Joni wishes would become President? Joni's not a U.S. citizen, is she (I know she's from Canada but I was wondering if she got her U.S. citizenship though I don't think so)? She is a resident though and has a right to say who'd she'd like as President. I wonder if Joni will mention anything in coming interviews...there's no way in hell she'd be for McCain or Huckabee with everything she says!*** I know we've been kindly asked by some to stay away from politics (and I've restrained myself as much as I can), but we can't ignore a question from Monika now, can we? I come out to wonder this every day! To my recollection the only candidate she's ever endorsed was George McGovern in 1972, when she and JT supported him. I'd love to know what she thinks now. Caroline Kennedy, who's got a lot of class, doesn't usually endorse people, either. And we all know that Joni's got more class than Gomer Pyle and Richard Nixon combined! So maybe she will say something. Jeannie, how was your Obama rally? I saw it on TV and it got a round resounding for him, way up here. Did you even get in? When he came to Hartford it was crazy....I've never seen so many people lined up outside the Civic Center. I was channel-surfing returns last night and came upon this story, if you are interested, about Obamania. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Vote2008/Story?id=4313643&page=1 I'm not sure I like the insinuations about about cults and hysteria and all (as if we are mindless lemmings), but it's interesting to read if you've ever attended an Obama rally. I was discussing it w/ my good friend-of-spiritTed at work (super-smart Lakotan dude) and I mentioned how the piece compared all the excitement to Beatlemania, and how I wasn't sure about the comparison and he quipped: "Doesn't bother me! The Beatles changed the world, too!" Trying to be fifty-fifty fire and ice about it all, because it's a rough road to travel, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:44:59 EST From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: real or hoax? njc Anyone heard a virus alert as follows: "do not open anything containing the word "postcard?" DAVID LAHM **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:10:22 -0500 (EST) From: "Jerry Notaro" Subject: Re: real or hoax? njc It is real. As well as all of Hallmark Greetings. Of course, you could get a Mac :) Jerry Dflahm@aol.com wrote: > Anyone heard a virus alert as follows: "do not open anything containing > the > word "postcard?" > > DAVID LAHM > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:21:43 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: njc, Lunar eclipse tonight "We kissed the angels and the moon eclipsed...." There is a lunar eclipse tonight! It starts at 8:43 p.m. EST...more info here: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080220-eclipse-news.html Well, the moon is slowly rising... (JT wrote that for Joni.) It's a marvelous night for a moon dance. Moonshadow, moonshadow. It's the judgment of the moon and stars. Beware of the power of moons! Love, Patti P., with all of Joni's lyrics with the moon in them swirling in her heart and mind, bars in her head, frantic and snowblind, romantic and snowblind.... _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:45:51 -0500 (EST) From: "Jerry Notaro" Subject: Robert Cunniff Writer/producer Robert Cunniff dies Worked on 'Today Show,' 'Sesame Street' By ASSOCIATED PRESS Emmy Award-winning TV writer and producer Robert Cunniff died Jan. 20 in Brooklyn, N.Y., after a long illness. He was 81. Cuniff worked on influential news and talkshows including "The Today Show" and "The Dick Cavett Show," won his Emmy for "Sesame Street" and created "Mousterpiece Theater" for Disney Channel. A memorial service will be held at Saturday Feb. 9th at 5:30 p.m. at The Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Ave., Manhattan. As a writer for "The Today Show" in the mid-60s, he worked closely with Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters, and was credited with elevating that program's news reputation with coverage of the Vietnam war and the 1968 Chicago Convention. For the late night version of "The Dick Cavett Show" on ABC, Cuniff booked diverse and controversial guests including Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Salvador Dali, Lillian Gish and Satchel Paige. He also invited a groundbreaking selection of music guests on the show, including Woodstock performers Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Still & Nash and Joni Mitchell. He also worked on Cavett's shows when the host returned to public television in the early 1980s and then to CNBC in the 1990s. From 1972-75, he was a producer for "Sesame Street," writing numerous sketches and winning the Emmy for children's programming in 1973 along with the show's creator, Jon Stone. He became managing editor of "Good Morning, America" in 1976. The long running, Disney Channel hit "Mouseterpiece Theater," a deadpan parody of "Masterpiece Theater," was conceived, produced and co-written by Cunniff in 1983. The series featured vintage Disney cartoon shorts outlandishly introduced by George Plimpton in a saucy send up of Alistair Cooke. A lifelong jazz and classical music aficionado, he was as a writer with Live From Lincoln Center on PBS in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he wrote for ABC's revival of "Omnibus" and scripted a USIA international documentary "Let Poland Be Poland." Born in Chicago, he served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He graduated the U. of Chicago and went on to write for the Chicago Sun Times and TV Guide,, Show Business Illustrated and Show Magazine. His first job in television, in 1961, was as a co-writer and editor for CBS News' live, daytime series "Calendar," anchored by Harry Reasoner. Cunniff is survived by longtime companion Kate Resek; daughter, Jill Cunniff Gregoire, a musician; son Stephen Cunniff; three granddaughters and a brother. Donations may be made to the fund to preserve New Orleans' Jazz Heritage at the Tipitina's Foundation, 4040 Tulane Ave, Suite 8000, New Orleans, LA 70119. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:07:03 -0800 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: real or hoax? njc There is some info on this virus here: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=65961 Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:09:06 -0800 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: real or hoax? njc More info here, David: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp Warmly, Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:48:13 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: John Brunious of Preservation Hall Jazz Band Funeral Services 2/22 and Second Line 2/23 Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com > > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > PRESERVATION HALL HONORS JOHN BRUNIOUS WITH JAZZ FUNERAL SERVICE AND > SECOND LINE. > > "I consider New Orleans jazz to be a treasure, and it's wonderful to > be able to share that treasure." > -John Brunious > > (February 20, 2008-New Orleans, LA): John Brunious (October 12, 1940- > February 12, 2008), Leader of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band will > be honored at a funeral service on Friday, February 22nd, at the > Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home at 1615 St. Philip Street in the > historic Treme' section of New Orleans. Visitation is from 3:00 pm - > 6:00 pm with the Funeral service at 7 pm. > > Mr. Brunious will also be honored with a Jazz funeral second line > procession on Saturday, February 23rd at 1:00 pm. The Second Line > will begin at Preservation Hall at 726 St. Peter Street, go right on > Bourbon Street, left on Ursuline Street, onto Rampart Street where > it will pass the former site of Lu & Charlie's Nightclub, it will > proceed down Rampart Street and left onto St.Philip Street, right on > Royal Street, right on St.Louis Street, right onto Bourbon Street > where it will also pass the Famous Door and the procession will end > back at Preservation Hall. > > It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that Preservation Hall > announces the passing of one of our cherished band members, > trumpeter, Mr. John Brunious. An accomplished musician both on > trumpet and piano, John Brunious served as the bandleader for The > Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Growing up in a family of gifted > musicians, Mr. Brunious was introduced to New Orleans Jazz at a > young age, by his father, John "Picky" Brunious and others such as > drumming legend Paul Barbarin. He began taking lessons from his > father at age ten but mostly taught himself to play by listening to > records and emulating what he heard; inspired by Dizzy Gillespie and > Maynard Ferguson, he developed a flair for flashy, high-note solos > that earned him work at gigs and on record sessions in a variety of > styles. > > Dedicating his life to music, Mr. Brunious had a flourishing career, > spanning decades, multiple continents and some of the most > prestigious venues in the world, including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln > Center. His talent took him far and wide, landing him into the > halls of royalty and world leaders. Performing for British Royalty, > The King of Thailand, U.S. presidents and everyone in between, he > loved to share his passion for music. > > A pioneering member of the PHJB, John Brunious was with the band for > over 20 years as bandleader. He was an inspiration to his fellow > band members as well as his fans. As Mr. Brunious, carried on the > grand tradition and musical culture of his forebears in the Crescent > City, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will celebrate him in > continuing this incredible American art form for years to come. > Creative Director of Preservation Hall, Ben Jaffe remarks, "John > Brunious was living history. One of the last things John told me > was, 'There's another Louis Armstrong somewhere out there in New > Orleans. I'm going to find them and teach them all I got.' It's now > in our hands to carry on his message and legacy the way he carried > the torch for so many years." > > Mr. Brunious is survived by his wife Terry, 2 stepdaughters, a son, > a granddaughter, 2 brothers, and 4 sisters. > > # # # > For further information contact: > > New Orleans: > Laura Tennyson > Lura Belle Productions > 504-319-9943 > lauratennyson_2@msn.com > > National Publicity: > Carrie Tolles > Shore Fire Media > 718-522-7171 > ctolles@shorefire.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:59:49 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: NJC All You Need is Hate, warning political content I remember seeing a bumpersticker early in Bill Clinton's presidency that read "Impeach Clinton-And Her Husband, Too". The biggest excuse I can find for this kind of random Hillary Hate is a deep-seated fear by white males of loss of supremacy. A woman with power! Immigrants! Liberals! Oh my! But I disagree with the author in that I think the widespread detest for Dubya is different, since he is so clearly a spoiled rich kid-oilman-corporate shill, or as someone said, 'he was born on third base and thought he had hit a triple'. I scratch my head at the people who think Hillary is some kind of a Che Guevara commie or something-when her actions have been right of center consistently-not "her vote to authorize the Iraq war", her consistent, unrelenting *votes* to support it and it's funding at every stage. And health care-yeah I can't wait for that manditory $800 bill in my mailbox every month. Like her husband, she will run on a liberal/change agenda, and then turn into "Supercon", able to advance conservative policy in a single bound. And though I'm at this moment contributing to it, I think this whole election race is a huge, intentional distraction that consumes news time while the unseen architects of the new American third world continue to chainsaw away at what's left of the tree of democracy. Eight years later, we still have no idea if our votes are counted, if elections are rigged. We've swallowed two illegal presidential elections already. They should have a three month, intensive election campaign, it shouldn't take up two years of everyone's attention, and all that money. I will say this-anyone that wants to be president at this stage in the game must be insane. Even someone with a vision has such a huge mess to deal with that it may not even be do-able. RR ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:50:29 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: real or hoax? njc Low blow Jerry! PLEASE don't get Muller all fired up again you know how delicate he is. Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Feb 20, 2008, at 6:10 PM, Jerry Notaro wrote: It is real. As well as all of Hallmark Greetings. Of course, you could get a Mac :) Jerry Dflahm@aol.com wrote: > Anyone heard a virus alert as follows: "do not open anything > containing > the > word "postcard?" > > DAVID > LAHM > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:13:24 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: njc, Save the trees! ET wrote, in part: I will sign this, my millionth petition, Patti, & thank U for sharing it! But i've learned the hard way that petitions don't have much power. What i have learned is that if you really want something done then do it yourself because everyone seems far too self absorbed to even sign a petition which some politician will ignore anyway! **** Thanks, ET! Your millionth petition? That's half a million strong, times two! I understand what you say about "if you really want something done then do it yourself", and I applaud (applause, applause!) your planting so many trees. I'm just afraid that this administration will bull-doze them down faster than you can plant them. Not that you should stop though! It's like that old starfish story....the person who sees hundreds of starfish washed up on the beach, and s/he's throwing as many as s/he can back into the ocean. A passerby (TIC! the streets are filled with passersby...) asks: "What are you doing? You can't save them all.", and the starfish saver says: "I'm saving this one!" That's kind of how I feel about petitions. At least you are putting your thoughts out there. It just takes a few seconds, and who knows where it will lead. It certainly can't hurt. I had an experience recently that made me more of a believer in petitions. Moveon.org asked me to deliver a petition to my Congressperson's office. Joe Courtney. (In Congress they call him "Landslide Joe" because he won the closest race in the country, by a mere 83 votes. Always vote!) I called his office and spoke to one of his assistants who was very open and encouraging, and some of us planned a party for the press. Anyway, I was actually able to print out the petition (it was a petition against taking any kind of military action against Iran) (men love war) and I was excited to see so many names on it....many names that I knew. People who I didn't know who are "hooray for our side"....some neighbors, colleagues, and you know.... The comments were really good and inspiring. (I would encourage petition-signers to add comments whenever possible....it gives more power to the signature.) It was exciting to me to hold this 30-page petition in my hand. All I could think was "Power to the people! Power to the people, right now!" It's we the people who can make a difference, if we stand up, together, and let our little lights shine en masse, collectively spreading our lights like blazes, all across the sky. (Unfortunately I never got to deliver the petition in person because of a snowstorm. Merde, alors!) Signing a petition isn't the most the most powerful thing we can do, but it's baby steps in the right direction. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -- Confucius And, as our Barbara from Sesame Street's sig file says: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -- Martin Luther King Jr. Oh, speaking of MLK Jr., I attended a workshop/luncheon at our Afro-American Cultural Center today. There were beautiful photographs on the wall of MLK Jr, Miles Davis, Mandela, and Desmond Tutu gazing down on me, and I thought: "Joni would love it here. But where's Herbie? They need one of Herbie! Album of the year!" ("Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell -- thank you so much Joni Mitchell!") Wishing you all a pleasant dreamland, and bed peace, Patti P., going back outside one more time to look at the total eclipse of the moon, with the clouds and the stars to read "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." -- John Lennon http://www.imaginepeace.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:19:14 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: NJC All You Need is Hate, warning political content No problem and yes I did read Krugman's comparison of the Clinton and Obama health plans. I think alot of people are missing something very crucial in Hillary Clinton's healthcare plan (which this article points out)--in that her aim is to make it affordable (according to your income and such). I wish she/her campaign would stress that more since the idea of making EVERYONE pay for healthcare is taken as being wrong and Hillary/the gov trying to rip you off and make your life miserable...ah well. I just felt the need to post this article after reading it. I posted it here and on MySpace in which I received a couple of responses! One person basically thanked me for posting the article saying he was falling into that trap of illogically hating Hillary Clinton and that it scared him. I was so glad to have made a difference even in this miniscule way! My main goal in life is just to make a difference! Anyway, you see, the problem to me is not the people who just don't support Clinton but the people who despise her for all the wrong reasons....you are free to endorse or support anyone you choose afterall.... I am glad I read that article because I couldn't believe what I saw on Facebook. I recently joined a Hillary Clinton for President group on there and in doing so you have to search "Hillary Clinton." Of course there were many anti-Hillary groups which don't bother me...however there was one that really irritated me...that really made me see how much further this country has to go! There is a group on Facebook called something like, "Hillary, stop running for Pres and make me a sandwich" (a statement I've heard before referring to Hillary Clinton). Well I just thought, "oh there's some idiot who made that group" but I couldn't believe my eyes...guess what I saw?!?!?! It's not just SOME idiot who made the group....there are over 37,000 members in that group! Over 37,000 people willing to associate themselves with such a sexist remark, and presumably with such narrow minded thinking! This sort of thinking just frustrates me...and at the end of the day...saddens me. -Monika Deb Messling wrote: Thanks for this post Monika. It's taken the Clinton candidacy to remind me that misogyny is alive and well. There are a bunch of "liberal" men out there who I think have been keeping a lid on their sexism for many years, but the prospect of a woman as commander in chief has made their woman-hatred boil over. I assume you read Paul Krugman's comparison of the Clinton and Obama health plans. That's one of the main reasons I'm for Hillary, although like you I'll be content with Obama. Hell, I liked Biden and Dodd. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- dlmessling@rcn.com http://www.sensibleshoes.vox.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:18:14 -0800 From: Subject: Re: (njc) Music is a healer I know you all probably already know this but thought I would pass it along as ongoing proof of the power of music. This was sent to me from an longtime friend, my age, who is recovering from a moderate stroke. I will tell him, yes, listen to the music ;-) Kakki > Music speeds recovery from stroke: study > by Marlowe Hood > Tue Feb 19, 7:25 PM ET > > > > PARIS (AFP) - A daily dose of one's favourite pop melodies, classical > music or > jazz can speed recovery from debilitating strokes, according to a study > published Wednesday > > When stroke patients in Finland listened to music for a couple of hours > each > day, verbal memory and attention span improved significantly compared to > patients who received no musical stimulation, or who listened only to > stories > read aloud,the study reported. > > Those exposed to music also experienced less depression than the other two > control groups. > > Three months after a stroke, verbal memory was boosted by 60 percent in > music > listeners, by 18 percent in audio book listeners, and by 29 percent in > non-listeners, the lead author Teppo Sarkamo, a neuroscientist at Helsinki > University, told AFP. > > The differences held true after six months as well, said the study, > published > in the Oxford University Press journal Brain. > > Sarkamo's findings bolster a growing body of research pointing to the > benefits > of music and music therapy for conditions including autism, schizophrenia > and > dementia. > > But this is the first time music alone has been shown to have a positive > effect > on victims of brain injury such as stroke, he said. > > "Everyday music listening during early stroke recovery offers a valuable > addition to the patients' care, especially if other active forms of > rehabilitation are not yet feasible," Sarkamo told AFP. > > Sixty victims of left or right hemisphere cerebral artery strokes were > randomly > divided into the three groups in a single-blind trial between March 2004 > and > May 2006. > > Most of the patients, whose average age was just under 60, had problems > with > movement, as well as cognitive processes such as memory and focusing their > attention. > > Every day one group listened to at least two hours of self-selected music, > most > of it Finnish- or English-language pop. "The idea was to include only > music > with lyrics the patients could understand," said Sarkamo. > > A second group listened to audio books, and a third to neither. > > The 54 patients who completed the study were subjected to a battery of > cognitive and psychological tests. > > Sarkamo speculates that three mechanisms in the brain account for the > startling > impact of song and melody. > > One is an enhanced arousal of a part of the brain implicated in feelings > of > pleasure and reward that is stimulated by the release of dopamine, a > hormone > and neurotransmitter. > > Previous research has shown that increased dopamine enhances alertness, > speed > of information processing, attention, and memory in healthy humans. > > Music also directly stimulates the damaged areas of the brain, as well as > the > more general mechanisms related to "brain plasticity," the ability of the > brain > to repair and renew its neural networks after damage. > > Sarkamo cautioned that his findings should be replicated by other > larger-scale > clinical trials before music is systematically integrated into the > recovery > regimen of stroke patients. > > And music listening may not work for all stroke victims, he cautioned. > > But if validated, the study points to an easy and cost-effective therapy > for > recovering stroke patients. > > "Stroke patients typically spend about three-quarters of their time each > day in > non-therapeutic activities, mostly in their rooms, inactive and without > interaction," Sarkamo said > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:17:52 -0800 From: Subject: Re: (njc) Music is a healer I know you all probably already know this but thought I would pass it along as ongoing proof of the power of music. This was sent to me from an longtime friend, my age, who is recovering from a moderate stroke. I will tell him, yes, listen to the music ;-) Kakki > Music speeds recovery from stroke: study > by Marlowe Hood > Tue Feb 19, 7:25 PM ET > > > > PARIS (AFP) - A daily dose of one's favourite pop melodies, classical > music or > jazz can speed recovery from debilitating strokes, according to a study > published Wednesday > > When stroke patients in Finland listened to music for a couple of hours > each > day, verbal memory and attention span improved significantly compared to > patients who received no musical stimulation, or who listened only to > stories > read aloud,the study reported. > > Those exposed to music also experienced less depression than the other two > control groups. > > Three months after a stroke, verbal memory was boosted by 60 percent in > music > listeners, by 18 percent in audio book listeners, and by 29 percent in > non-listeners, the lead author Teppo Sarkamo, a neuroscientist at Helsinki > University, told AFP. > > The differences held true after six months as well, said the study, > published > in the Oxford University Press journal Brain. > > Sarkamo's findings bolster a growing body of research pointing to the > benefits > of music and music therapy for conditions including autism, schizophrenia > and > dementia. > > But this is the first time music alone has been shown to have a positive > effect > on victims of brain injury such as stroke, he said. > > "Everyday music listening during early stroke recovery offers a valuable > addition to the patients' care, especially if other active forms of > rehabilitation are not yet feasible," Sarkamo told AFP. > > Sixty victims of left or right hemisphere cerebral artery strokes were > randomly > divided into the three groups in a single-blind trial between March 2004 > and > May 2006. > > Most of the patients, whose average age was just under 60, had problems > with > movement, as well as cognitive processes such as memory and focusing their > attention. > > Every day one group listened to at least two hours of self-selected music, > most > of it Finnish- or English-language pop. "The idea was to include only > music > with lyrics the patients could understand," said Sarkamo. > > A second group listened to audio books, and a third to neither. > > The 54 patients who completed the study were subjected to a battery of > cognitive and psychological tests. > > Sarkamo speculates that three mechanisms in the brain account for the > startling > impact of song and melody. > > One is an enhanced arousal of a part of the brain implicated in feelings > of > pleasure and reward that is stimulated by the release of dopamine, a > hormone > and neurotransmitter. > > Previous research has shown that increased dopamine enhances alertness, > speed > of information processing, attention, and memory in healthy humans. > > Music also directly stimulates the damaged areas of the brain, as well as > the > more general mechanisms related to "brain plasticity," the ability of the > brain > to repair and renew its neural networks after damage. > > Sarkamo cautioned that his findings should be replicated by other > larger-scale > clinical trials before music is systematically integrated into the > recovery > regimen of stroke patients. > > And music listening may not work for all stroke victims, he cautioned. > > But if validated, the study points to an easy and cost-effective therapy > for > recovering stroke patients. > > "Stroke patients typically spend about three-quarters of their time each > day in > non-therapeutic activities, mostly in their rooms, inactive and without > interaction," Sarkamo said > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! 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