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JMDL Digest        Wednesday, April 16 2008        Volume 2008 : Number 033



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TOPICS and authors in this Digest:
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  Re: The Windfall (Everything For Nuthin) Discussion  ["Kate Bennett" <kate]
  RE: Girls Like Us (well, not me, but them)  ["Richard Flynn" <rflynn@front]
  Night Ride Home locus (no real jc)                    [<kbhla@fastmail.fm>]
  RE: (NJC) JMDL Obama supporters....  [Laura Stanley <sweetbirdur@yahoo.com]
  Re: Girls Like Us (well, not me, but them)  ["Mark Scott" <mark.travis@gte]
  Latest Joe Jackson Tour Review (njc)                   [PassScribe@aol.com]
  RE: Night Ride Home locus (no real jc)  ["Kate Bennett" <kate@katebennett.]

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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:02:25 -0700
From: "Kate Bennett" <kate@katebennett.com>
Subject: Re: The Windfall (Everything For Nuthin) Discussion

I had a maid in a Bel Air castle.  Lately she's taken to painting my piano
brown. :~} K

Em> But I just wonder how it occured to her to do that particular thing.
What would be the thought process by which one would arrive at the
decision to paint the piano brown.<

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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:38:17 -0400
From: "Richard Flynn" <rflynn@frontiernet.net>
Subject: RE: Girls Like Us (well, not me, but them)

It is right there in the author's preface:  Carly Simon cooperated to the
extent that even Weller was embarrassed by her candor; Carole King
cooperated & then tried to change her mind, and Joni said she didn't want to
be in a book with the other two women. 

That's Roberta Joan for ya.

It's a very readable, interesting book.  

I recommend it, even though it is occasionally flawed.   

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bob
Muller
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:52 PM
To: bworkman@woh.rr.com; PassScribe@aol.com
Cc: joni@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Girls Like Us (well, not me, but them)

<They didn't interview Joni.>

She probably turned the author down, don't you think? 

 < How can they suggest that the things they report are true and accurate. >

I would wager to say that they are MORE accurate. If you were to ask me
about my childhood, or school years, or career, or whatever, it would most
likely be personally biased to show myself in the best light, don't you
think? Whereas if you talked to people who grew up with me, went to school
with me, dated me, whatever, you'd probably get facts closer to the truth. I
don't think Joni is any exception to this rule of human nature. 

Sorry you hate the book - I find it a pleasant change from the other bios I
read that just gloss over things.

Bob

NP: Steely Dan, "Glamour Profession"


 
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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:23:01 -0700
From: <kbhla@fastmail.fm>
Subject: Night Ride Home locus (no real jc)

Hi Kate,

I think Hawaii's law is even stronger than California's law.  I think there
are a few situations where people can still have a private beach in California
but this is in a very few communities that were that way before the law.
There is one such community near my parents' house.  You can still get to
their beach but big "No Trepassing" signs will greet you.  It's funny because
I was down by there over the weekend and thought "hmmm, bet I could just keep
walking on the sand onto "their" beach." ;-)  I think ultimately their signs
don't mean much.

Now does the wealthy lady who moved to SB have the first name of Wendy?
Heehee.  I have heard a lot about her but this is a new one for me!  Yeesch!
If I had that kind of money I would just paint to my heart's content,
generously support local causes, have lots of big parties at my estate and
strive to be happy!

I would love to have a link to the SB filmakers DVDs about the Cal/Nev/Hawaii
cowboys!  Please send if you have it.  A friend here has a Portuguese
graqndmother who was born on Kauai.  My friend has never traveled there but it
turned out that I had in my photos shots of the very land where her
grandmother grew up.  She got teared up when she saw the photos.  Hawaii has
an endlessly rich and fascinating history.  It is still and always my favorite
place.

Kakki

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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:05:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Laura Stanley <sweetbirdur@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: (NJC) JMDL Obama supporters....

Bob wrote:

In a country that still pays WAY too much attention to a 
2000-year-old book of mythology, it's awfully tough to move things 
forward.


Hi Bob,

  What book?  If you are talking about the Bible, the first 5 books (composing the Jewish Torah) are much older than 2000 years.  You might find it amusing that the Torah begins with the Hebrew word, "bereshit." 

  Also, not all writing styles in the Bible can be classified as mythology. Non-narrative parts of scripture such as proverbs don't fit the definition of "myth." Records of lineage's of the Jews and Arabs in the Bible might be less entertaining but are relevant in regard to the present ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.  

Love,
Laura


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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:08:26 -0700
From: "Mark Scott" <mark.travis@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Girls Like Us (well, not me, but them)

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Flynn" <rflynn@frontiernet.net>

> It is right there in the author's preface:  Carly Simon cooperated 
> to the
> extent that even Weller was embarrassed by her candor; Carole King
> cooperated & then tried to change her mind, and Joni said she didn't 
> want to
> be in a book with the other two women.
>
> That's Roberta Joan for ya.

It certainly is.  Exactly what I would expect from her.  In fact, I 
seem to remember an interview where Joni said 'these women are not my 
peers' with reference to at least Carly Simon (I don't remember if she 
mentioned Carole King or not).

And Muller, I don't understand why you wouldn't read the Carly 
section.  Seems to me with the James Taylor connection there would be 
some of it that would at least be tangential to the Joni material.

Whatever.

Mark in Seattle 

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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:15:59 EDT
From: PassScribe@aol.com
Subject: Latest Joe Jackson Tour Review (njc)

     If anyone would like to read my review of this past Saturday's Joe 
Jackson show in Kingston, NY, please email me and I'll send it your way.

     Kenny B


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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:17:35 -0700
From: "Kate Bennett" <kate@katebennett.com>
Subject: RE: Night Ride Home locus (no real jc)

Kakki>Now does the wealthy lady who moved to SB have the first name of
Wendy?  Heehee.  I have heard a lot about her but this is a new one for me!
Yeesch!  If I had that kind of money I would just paint to my heart's
content, generously support local causes, have lots of big parties at my
estate and strive to be happy! I would love to have a link to the SB
filmakers DVDs about the Cal/Nev/Hawaii cowboys!  Please send if you have
it.  <

 

Aloha Kakki, My how bad news travels :~}, yes her name is Wendy.  She has
ruined so many lives with her money & continues to do so.  SB's own Leona
Helmsley.  The beach thing was her first way of introducing herself to the
community.  She tried to sue to keep the people off her beach.  It is so
sad- with that kind of money you could help so many people yet she is doing
the opposite.   

 

The link to the film is here http://www.tapadero.com/html/paniolo/pan1.html
The film about Hawaii seemed like it needed some more editing but enjoy it
for what it is (Tapadero is much better).   I visited one of those ranches
filmed in Holo Holo when I was staying in upcountry Maui last Thanksgiving.
Kate

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