From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2008 #29 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 Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Sunday, April 13 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 029 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- New Yankee stadium cursed! (njc) [Victor Johnson ] Re: Immortal lyrics njc [Monika Bogdanowicz ] Re: Immortal lyrics njc [Victor Johnson ] njc, my Michael from Mountains [Patti Parlette ] Re: NJC Lyricists [mia _ ] re: lyrics that suck [David Eoll ] Re: lyrics that suck NJC [David Eoll ] RE: lyrics that suck ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: lyrics that suck [David Eoll ] Re: lyrics that suck (NJC) [Gary Z ] Joni movie reference [Monika Bogdanowicz ] Re: lyrics that suck njc ["Randy Remote" ] Re: lyrics that suck (NJC) [David Eoll ] Re: NJC Lyricists [David Eoll ] re: njc, How do you stop the Stop-Loss? [David Eoll ] Re: njc, Got MLK? in which David spouts off about politics again WARNING! [David Eoll ] Bob Dylan's Pulitzer Prize , njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: New Yankee stadium cursed! (njc) Worker tries to jinx Yanks with buried Red Sox shirt http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3341650 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:13:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: Immortal lyrics njc I don't know. I've seen some lyrics that could stand alone but yes, many could not. But they wouldn't be song lyrics if they were meant to stand alone, would they? Lyrics are half of a song....which scream out for music. However, I understand what you're saying. -M Catherine McKay wrote: We've had that discussion before about whether song lyrics can be poetry and I think now that, no matter how good some of the lyrics might be, they usually don't stand alone whatsoever. Can it be that hard to write good lyrics? Apparently. Catherine - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:30:17 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Immortal lyrics njc On Apr 11, 2008, at 5:17 PM, Catherine McKay wrote: > > We've had that discussion before about whether song > lyrics can be poetry and I think now that, no matter > how good some of the lyrics might be, they usually > don't stand alone whatsoever. > > Can it be that hard to write good lyrics? Apparently. Writing good lyrics is definitely not easy. The idea that writing poetry is difficult while writing lyrics "should be" easy is a misconception of what lyrics are. They are not "lesser" than poetry simply because they are melded with music, melody and chords. They are simply a different animal. Breaking apart a song, separating the lyrics from the music is really not a good way to evaluate how good lyrics are, as there are so many intangible qualities and nuances that are part of the magical bond between the lyrics and the music. Certainly, the term good is subjective, but in any case, writing lyrics is a whole craft within itself and should not be considered easier than any other medium within the world of art. Another factor in whether or not lyrics are successful is how they are sung, how the words are articulated, and enunciated. Though that starts to get into musicianship and performance which is a whole other avenue. Victor, looking forward to Red Sox/Yankees and seeing if Tiger can come back from a deficit of 7. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:39:32 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: njc, my Michael from Mountains Happy Saturday, everyJonibody! And it's special one for me. The years spin by and now the boy is twenty....four! And did I name him after the song? Ha! What do YOU think? He was born at 5:55 p.m. in Ashara's old hometown (that's near Baljennie, of course). So today I am celebrating his birth, and his very existence in this world. ("Thank you for your presence and for being here and everything. Thank you very much!") He's teaching the children well, and making a safe place for kids to play. Michael from mountains Go where you will go to as long as it's not a war zone! He needs you to care and you know you do. They all need us to care. Shine on ALL the children, including Kate's "other" son who is rocking the cradle (my vote is cast!), my "other" son in patriotic pain, Marlin and Daisy, DL & KB's grandbabies, Nate the Great and Sara and Matt and James and Julian and Mikey and you know, there may be more. Oh, yeah: my first born son, and my friend's little boy who once asked: "Mommy, what's a tree museum?" I also come out to wonder if there is a new Joni baby in Utah yet. Amelia, don't give your mama "false alarm" labor like I had! Bonne chance, Alison E in SLC! Love, Patti P. Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether our baptism be that of water or of fears! Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We women of one country will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says "Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice." - -- Julia Ward Howe _________________________________________________________________ Pack up or back upuse SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. Learn how. hthttp://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_packup_042008 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:10:47 -0500 From: mia _ Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists Monika wrote: << I've always thought that you could have a set of bad lyrics but STILL have a good song if the music is indeed good. However, you could never turn it around. If you had even a set of GREAT lyrics put to horrible music, the song sucks. Period. Of course, I'm not trying to push down the worth of a song's lyrics. I'd split the importance of lyrics to music (in my opinion) to 50/50 even if what I said above might seem a little strange now that I say it is 50/50. Now I wouldn't say that if someone consistently puts out good music with shitty lyrics song after song after song that I would like them....but I can give 'em a pass for a song here or there. Then again, the artists/bands I like generally put out quality songs--consistently good lyrics and music or atleast decent lyrics/good music. Sure, there are songs you don't like but I haven't come across an artist who I like who can only do one or the other. I suppose I wouldn't like them if they did! Here's an example of bad lyrics but in a good song. I love the Who. Big Who fan here. Pinball Wizard is a really good song...strong music....strong vocals...good melody......though the lyrics are all very silly. A pinball wizard? Really? However, I still consider that a good song.>> That's exactly the reason why I like Steve Miller's Abracadabra song so much. I like the music, it kinda matches the silliness and dorkiness of the lyrics, and I'm kind of a silly and dorky person myself. I'm also a big fan of early the Who songs. Love The Seeker especially! Mia _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_ Refresh_messenger_video_042008 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:34:11 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: re: lyrics that suck > From: Deb Messling > Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists > How could they omit Steve Miller? Abra abracadabra, I wanna reach > out and grab ya Thanks, Deb. Thanks alot. I had thoroughly forgotten that song. Which was a good thing, it was a very good thing. There was enough horror from the 80s which I'd love to forget but can't that it was nice to have one thing that I didn't remember. But now you've ruined that. F***. I don't know what else to say, David NPIMH: Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra PS I know that people can recall painful repressed memories under hypnosis. Is the opposite possible? What if I want to repress a painful memory that I don't want to recall anymore. Can I do that? Don't the spooks do stuff like that, erasing memories and stuff? Or is that just in the movies? I mean, if they can hypnotize a person into forgetting that they're really a Soviet agent living undercover, and not some normal Joe selling used cars in Lubbock, TX, surely they can make me forget one friggin' song, right? I'll start checking the Yellow Pages for hypnotists first thing Monday. And I'll tell them to send the bill to Deb Messling. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:35:10 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: Re: lyrics that suck NJC oops, forgot njc David Eoll wrote: > > From: Deb Messling > > Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists > > > How could they omit Steve Miller? Abra abracadabra, I wanna reach > > out and grab ya > > Thanks, Deb. Thanks alot. I had thoroughly forgotten that song. Which > was a good thing, it was a very good thing. There was enough horror > from the 80s which I'd love to forget but can't that it was nice to have > one thing that I didn't remember. But now you've ruined that. F***. > > I don't know what else to say, > David > > > NPIMH: Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra > > PS I know that people can recall painful repressed memories under > hypnosis. Is the opposite possible? What if I want to repress a > painful memory that I don't want to recall anymore. Can I do that? > Don't the spooks do stuff like that, erasing memories and stuff? Or is > that just in the movies? I mean, if they can hypnotize a person into > forgetting that they're really a Soviet agent living undercover, and not > some normal Joe selling used cars in Lubbock, TX, surely they can make > me forget one friggin' song, right? I'll start checking the Yellow > Pages for hypnotists first thing Monday. And I'll tell them to send the > bill to Deb Messling. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:55:36 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: lyrics that suck Some called him the Space Cowboy, some called him the Gangster of Love Som people called him Maurice (insert goofy whistle here) Because he spoke of the Pompatus of Love Now, them's lyrics, Bay-bee (Austin Powers voice) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of David Eoll Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:34 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: re: lyrics that suck > From: Deb Messling > Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists > How could they omit Steve Miller? Abra abracadabra, I wanna reach > out and grab ya Thanks, Deb. Thanks alot. I had thoroughly forgotten that song. Which was a good thing, it was a very good thing. There was enough horror from the 80s which I'd love to forget but can't that it was nice to have one thing that I didn't remember. But now you've ruined that. F***. I don't know what else to say, David NPIMH: Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra PS I know that people can recall painful repressed memories under hypnosis. Is the opposite possible? What if I want to repress a painful memory that I don't want to recall anymore. Can I do that? Don't the spooks do stuff like that, erasing memories and stuff? Or is that just in the movies? I mean, if they can hypnotize a person into forgetting that they're really a Soviet agent living undercover, and not some normal Joe selling used cars in Lubbock, TX, surely they can make me forget one friggin' song, right? I'll start checking the Yellow Pages for hypnotists first thing Monday. And I'll tell them to send the bill to Deb Messling. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:05:26 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: Re: lyrics that suck What the bleeping hell is a Pompatus? Richard Flynn wrote: > Some called him the Space Cowboy, > some called him the Gangster of Love > Som people called him Maurice > (insert goofy whistle here) > Because he spoke of the Pompatus of Love > > Now, them's lyrics, Bay-bee (Austin Powers voice) > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of David > Eoll > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:34 PM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: re: lyrics that suck > > > From: Deb Messling > > Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists > > > How could they omit Steve Miller? Abra abracadabra, I wanna reach > > out and grab ya > > Thanks, Deb. Thanks alot. I had thoroughly forgotten that song. Which > was a good thing, it was a very good thing. There was enough horror > from the 80s which I'd love to forget but can't that it was nice to have > one thing that I didn't remember. But now you've ruined that. F***. > > I don't know what else to say, > David > > > NPIMH: Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra > > PS I know that people can recall painful repressed memories under > hypnosis. Is the opposite possible? What if I want to repress a > painful memory that I don't want to recall anymore. Can I do that? > Don't the spooks do stuff like that, erasing memories and stuff? Or is > that just in the movies? I mean, if they can hypnotize a person into > forgetting that they're really a Soviet agent living undercover, and not > some normal Joe selling used cars in Lubbock, TX, surely they can make > me forget one friggin' song, right? I'll start checking the Yellow > Pages for hypnotists first thing Monday. And I'll tell them to send the > bill to Deb Messling. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:20:29 -0400 From: Gary Z Subject: Re: lyrics that suck (NJC) http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Pompatus Best regards, Gary Z. Detroit David Eoll wrote: > What the bleeping hell is a Pompatus? > > Richard Flynn wrote: > >> Some called him the Space Cowboy, some called him the Gangster of Love >> Som people called him Maurice >> (insert goofy whistle here) >> Because he spoke of the Pompatus of Love >> >> Now, them's lyrics, Bay-bee (Austin Powers voice) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of >> David >> Eoll >> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:34 PM >> To: joni@smoe.org >> Subject: re: lyrics that suck >> >> > From: Deb Messling >> > Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists >> >> > How could they omit Steve Miller? Abra abracadabra, I wanna reach >> > out and grab ya >> >> Thanks, Deb. Thanks alot. I had thoroughly forgotten that song. >> Which was a good thing, it was a very good thing. There was enough >> horror from the 80s which I'd love to forget but can't that it was >> nice to have one thing that I didn't remember. But now you've ruined >> that. F***. >> >> I don't know what else to say, >> David >> >> >> NPIMH: Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra >> >> PS I know that people can recall painful repressed memories under >> hypnosis. Is the opposite possible? What if I want to repress a >> painful memory that I don't want to recall anymore. Can I do that? >> Don't the spooks do stuff like that, erasing memories and stuff? Or >> is that just in the movies? I mean, if they can hypnotize a person >> into forgetting that they're really a Soviet agent living undercover, >> and not some normal Joe selling used cars in Lubbock, TX, surely they >> can make me forget one friggin' song, right? I'll start checking the >> Yellow Pages for hypnotists first thing Monday. And I'll tell them >> to send the bill to Deb Messling. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:27:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Joni movie reference I was eating my lunch today and flipping through channels looking for something halfway decent to a quarter percent decent to put on before I had to leave. I left it on "The Party Never Stops" which I think aired on the Lifetime Movie Network. The movie was about a female college student who indulges in binge drinking to the point that it negatively affects everything in her life. This girl was walking from class with a boy she just met before class and they were talking about music. The conversation with the Joni mention went something like this: College boy: You know who Nick Drake is? College girl: Live hard, die young, leave 3 brilliant albums. That's the way to music immortality. Singers like Joni Mitchell have to work for it. College boy: No way?!? You're a fan of hers too? Girl: What she did with Mingus was brilliant. It is still untouched to this day. END OF THAT SCENE -Monika Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:51:26 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: lyrics that suck njc > What the bleeping hell is a Pompatus? It lives in Australia, has a ducks bill....wait, ... never mind... actually, there is a movie called "Pompatus of Love" the best part of which is Sheryl Crow's cover of The Joker over the closing credits, and the characters in the movie asked the same question... ...somebody asked Steve Miller-apparently he just made up the word... RR, who thinks writing lyrics is the hardest part of the song ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:50:54 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: Re: lyrics that suck (NJC) Greeeat. So the definition is basically "see Joker, The, by The Steve Miller Band" Thanks, reference.com. That was a big help. :) Cheers, David Eoll PS Sorry again for the ommitted njc. Gary Z wrote: > > http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Pompatus > > Best regards, > > Gary Z. > Detroit > > > > > > David Eoll wrote: > >> What the bleeping hell is a Pompatus? >> >> Richard Flynn wrote: >> >>> Some called him the Space Cowboy, some called him the Gangster of Love >>> Som people called him Maurice >>> (insert goofy whistle here) >>> Because he spoke of the Pompatus of Love >>> >>> Now, them's lyrics, Bay-bee (Austin Powers voice) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of >>> David >>> Eoll >>> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:34 PM >>> To: joni@smoe.org >>> Subject: re: lyrics that suck >>> >>> > From: Deb Messling >>> > Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists >>> >>> > How could they omit Steve Miller? Abra abracadabra, I wanna reach >>> > out and grab ya >>> >>> Thanks, Deb. Thanks alot. I had thoroughly forgotten that song. >>> Which was a good thing, it was a very good thing. There was enough >>> horror from the 80s which I'd love to forget but can't that it was >>> nice to have one thing that I didn't remember. But now you've ruined >>> that. F***. >>> >>> I don't know what else to say, >>> David >>> >>> >>> NPIMH: Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra >>> >>> PS I know that people can recall painful repressed memories under >>> hypnosis. Is the opposite possible? What if I want to repress a >>> painful memory that I don't want to recall anymore. Can I do that? >>> Don't the spooks do stuff like that, erasing memories and stuff? Or >>> is that just in the movies? I mean, if they can hypnotize a person >>> into forgetting that they're really a Soviet agent living undercover, >>> and not some normal Joe selling used cars in Lubbock, TX, surely they >>> can make me forget one friggin' song, right? I'll start checking the >>> Yellow Pages for hypnotists first thing Monday. And I'll tell them >>> to send the bill to Deb Messling. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:54:57 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists > From: "Randy Remote" > Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists > > It occurs to me that if you took one line from each > of them, you could make one heck of a bad song. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da. I stand atop a spiral stair, An oracle confronts me there. When you are with me Im free, Im careless, I believe. Slowly walking down the hall faster than a cannonball. All the long, lazy mornings, In pastures of green. Guyute was the ugly pig, Who walked on me and danced a jig. Baby, lets put the X in sex, Loves like a muscle, and you make me wanna flex. Feeling your heart beating, And Im wondering what youre dreaming. In love pool eyes float feathers after the struggle. Breakfast where the news is read, Television children fed. Did you ever know that youre my hero? Youre everything I wish I could be. Must be because I had the flu for Christmas, And Im not feeling up to par. Now as the river dissolves in sea, So Neptune has claimed another soul. I met a girl down at the disco, She said Hey, hey, hey you, lets go. Someone always playing corporation games, Who carestheyre always changing corporation names. Your heart is a river that flows from your chest, Through every organ. A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace, And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace. Sitting on a park bench, Eyeing little girls with bad intent. Remember making love in the rain? Strange how laughter looks like - -crying with no sound. And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, And well, dont you see, Im the narrator, and this is just the prologue? Do you see everything as an illusion? But enjoy it even though you are not of it? My heart is like an open highway, Like Frankie said, I did it my way How years ago in days of old, When magic filled the air. Bullies always putting me down, Just a little skater boy they could pick on. See, cows live under fear and stress, Trying to think whats gonna happen next. Fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door, Dont say youre easy on me. The road is long and there are mountains in our way, But we climb the stairs every day. The arid torpor of inaction will be our demise. Timbaland, Dont you know I am the man. In Portuguese it means Bring your ass, On the floor and move it real fast. You walked into the party, Like you were walking onto a yacht. Me no want no sinsemilla, That would only bring me down. Come here girl, Let me creep in your world. I want to disconnect myself, Pull my brain stem out and unplug myself. The hint of these new tears are sharp, I try to choke them back, but its useless. Im your worst nightmare squared, Thats double for niggas who aint mathematically aware. Shes black coffee, little bit of cream, Sweet brown sugar, my midnight dream. Ebony and ivory, Live together in perfect harmony. Cause youre all whores and Im a fag, And Ive got no mother and Ive got no dad. Psychic spies from China, Try to steal your minds -elation. Updated Worst Lyricists: 1 Randy Remote 2 Sting 3 Neal Peart ... All the Beast, David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:55:41 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: re: njc, How do you stop the Stop-Loss? > From: Patti Parlette > Subject: njc, How do you stop the Stop-Loss? > > The movie (I'm trying not to be spoiler here) blew me away. I was holding back from crying -- without much success. (Have heart, will cry.) At least I held in the sobs. The ugliness of this war without end, the magnitude of it...the far-reaching consequences....160,000 of our troops coming home (if they ever do) with varying degrees of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is just.....unfathomable. > > (Deep breath.) Many of you probably remember the Marlboro Man. I don't mean the original Marlboro Man from the cigarette ads. I mean the Marine private from the Splendid Little War ads. During the Second Battle of Falluja in November 2004, this young man was used as a poster boy for how USA Rocks, and how we're kicking some Iraqi ass over there in Falluja, etc. How many people, I wonder, know that the young man who's image was used to sell the war is suffering from PTSD? Like many of his comrades from this war and wars past, he returned home a shadow of his former self: http://tinyurl.com/4vvzpj I urge you to watch the video that goes with this article: http://tinyurl.com/3m2e3k Its pretty heartbreaking. Much of the video is narrated by the young soldier, James Blake Miller, who also plays the score to it (he's a guitar player). He is obviously a very thoughtful and sensitive man, who has been wounded deeply by his experience in George & Dick's Excellent Iraqi Adventure. I think something that many people may not realize is that its not just things that happen _to_ a person in war that wound them, its the things that they _do_ in war. War is hell, even so-called just wars. Which is why it should always be an act of last resort, and which this war was definitely not. I have never killed another person, and I have no idea what that is like. Pvt. Miller has killed many people and he is now haunted by the people he has killed. In particular, he is haunted by a 6-year-old Iraqi boy he killed. Soldiers bear a terrible burden so that most of the rest of us don't have to. In return they deserve respect, they deserve to be cared for upon their return, and most of all they deserve to be able to trust their government, whose orders they must follow. They should be able to trust that they will not be sent needlessly into combat to serve some politician's hidden agenda. Their trust has been abused by the gang of criminals who have taken over the executive branch and started a war for reasons which have turned out to be lies. We need to end this, now. I am ashamed and saddened about what Miller describes in this video. Peace, David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:03:42 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: Re: njc, Got MLK? in which David spouts off about politics again WARNING! > From: "Kate Bennett" > Subject: Re: njc, Got MLK? in which David spouts off about politics again WARNING! > > Many disagree on the elected part. Kate > > >>seven years later we have what amounts to an elected-dictatorship where > > the president claims not to be bound by the law,< David > Correction: court-appointed dictatorship. Regards, David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:01:41 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: Re: NJC was Lyricists - now the Who > From: Monika Bogdanowicz > Subject: Re: NJC Lyricists > > Here's an example of bad lyrics but in a good song. I love the > Who. Big Who fan here. Pinball Wizard is a really good song...strong > music....strong vocals...good melody......though the lyrics are all > very silly. A pinball wizard? Really? However, I still consider > that a good song. Hey, Monika. Have you heard the 2001 re-release of Live At Leeds? They include the entire concert on 2 discs. They played Tommy pretty much in its entirety, which is on Disc 2. The downside is that the Tommy part is mixed differently somehow from the rest of the concert. I don't know what they did, but there is this annoying reverb that is not there on Disc 1. Makes them sound like they're playing in a giant tin can. But, if you can overlook that, its a fantastic set. Peace, David (who is a deadhead, and therefore used to listening to crappy recordings of great concerts) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:11:24 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Bob Dylan's Pulitzer Prize , njc No joke. He got a "special Pulitzer" on April 8th. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/business/media/07cnd-pulitzers.html?_r=1&st=cse&sq=dylan+pulitzer&scp=1&oref=slogin the last sentence on the 1st page is: >And a special Pulitzer went to Bob Dylan, citing the mark he has made on the culture over decades.> Jim L. When I told a co-worker about the award, he asked, "Why did they give him a Pulitzer? For his liberal politics?" After a slow take, I said, "No, probably because he spoke for a generation. That, plus he lifted pop songs from the level of Neil Sedaka's 'Calendar Girl'". Ya know, > I love > I love > I love my little calendar girl > Everyday > Everyday > Everyday of the yee-uh. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2008 #29 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------