From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2008 #65 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 Wednesday, May 14 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 065 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Girls like us ["Marion Leffler" ] New to the group [paulcastle@talktalk.net] Re: Born to the Breed - NJC [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Carly Simon/Girls Like Us [PassScribe@aol.com] Re: Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) [David Eoll ] Re: Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) [Jerry Notaro ] incredibly tragic (njc) [Victor Johnson ] Re: incredibly tragic (njc) [Michael Paz ] New spider named after Neil Young (njc) [Victor Johnson ] njc Robert Rauschenberg has died ["Vince Lavieri" ] Re: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died [Jerry Notaro ] Re: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died ["Vince Lavieri" ] new BYT cd ["joe farrell" ] Re: incredibly tragic (njc) [Victor Johnson ] re: beautiful songs ["joe farrell" ] NJC update, then JC -- Ladies of the Canyon & Across the Universe [Jahida] Re: new BYT cd [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: New spider named after Neil Young (njc) ["gene" ] re: annie's brownies [David Eoll ] Re: New spider named after Neil Young (njc) ["gene" ] Ladies of the Canyon-redux (njc) [Darice ] Happy First Mothers Day NJC [Patti Parlette ] njc, A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties" [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:52 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: Girls like us Hi all, I haven't read the Carole and Carly parts yet but I finished the Joni chapters and I doubt that Joni will find them easy to read, if she ever does. The lovers she counted on her side were not all good guys, three of them beat her, and Crosby is said to have treated women badly (though not Joni). Then again, the book is the product of an author, not an accurate account of these women's lives. She put the pieces together in a narrative of her own, I think one should remember this. Marion ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 07:01:40 -0400 From: paulcastle@talktalk.net Subject: New to the group o;?o;?o;?o;?Evelyn from northwest Canada wrote: > I lived in Matalla, Crete in 1970, when Joni came and lived there for > a short time. >I wonder if there is anyone else out there that was part of those 300 >people and that beautiful, crazy wild and tough time? Hi Evelyn - how I would have loved to have been!! I did meet a really good conga player (whose name I forget) in Winnipeg back in 1975 who claimed to have lived in the Matalla caves and to have jammed with Joni there. As Bob said, I'm sure that we'd all love to hear more about those times. Did you know Carey Raditz? I like Joni's description of meeting him for the first time ( http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=401 ) - > Some of the people that have remained in my life entered my life in a > colorful way. Carey Raditz [the inspiration for the song "Carey"] blew > out of a restaurant in Greece, literally. Kaboom! I heard, facing the > sunset. I turned around and this guy is blowing out the door of this > restaurant. He was a cook; he lit a gas stove and it exploded. Burned > all the red hair off himself right through his white Indian turban. I > went, 'That was an interesting entranceB I'll take note of that.' very best PaulC np Say a Little Prayer - Shawn Colvin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 07:44:54 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Born to the Breed - NJC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Notaro" > To: "Joni List" > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:37 AM > Subject: Born to the Breed - NJC > > >> Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) >> Release date: July 14, 2008 >> >> Tracks >> 4. My Father - Hynde, Chrissie But we can thank her for the cd. Chrissie is the one who convinced Judy to produce the cd through Judy's record company. She kept telling Judy how much she loved My Father and wanted to record it. Judy responded with this project. > > Don't get me wrong, I love Chrissie and really dig the early > Pretenders albums but I'm having a really hard time imagining her > singing this quiet, gentle, lovely song. It will certainly be a new > take on it. > >> 8. Albatross - Wainwright, Rufus > > I'm sure some hearts are a-flutter over this one! Including a certain > librarian who lives in Florida! Way too nelly for me, Mark. I love his talent, but I also like them butch :) Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:13:27 EDT From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Carly Simon/Girls Like Us If Carly Simon found it hard reading "Girls Like Us" ("I saw things in a way that to me seemed just too harsh, even if they were true.") then I wonder what she thinks of Ian Halperin's book, "Fire and Rain...The James Taylor Story" (Citadel Press, 2000). This was one of the most in-depth biographies I've ever read; it was like every nuance of his (and to an extent, Carly's) life was detailed... WAY deeper than it had to be, IMO. If she read this book, I'm sure she would have found it even more difficult to handle. Kenny B ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:48:41 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: Re: Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) > From: Jerry Notaro > Subject: Born to the Breed - NJC > > Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) > Release date: July 14, 2008 > > Tracks > 1. Since You've Asked - Baez, Joan > 2. Easy Times - Lauderdale, Jim > 3. Fisherman Song - Parton, Dolly > 4. My Father - Hynde, Chrissie > 5. Secret Gardens - Colvin, Shawn > 6. Song For Martin - White, Kenny > 7. Born To the Breed - Speace, Amy > 8. Albatross - Wainwright, Rufus > 9. Fortune Of Soldiers - Webb Sisters > 10. Fallow Way - Webb, Jimmy > 11. Trust your Heart - Peters, Bernadette > 12. Holly Ann (The Weaver Song) - Williams, Dar > 13. Song For Sarajevo - Eskandarian, Ali > 14. Che - Mudriczki, James > 15. Since You've Asked (reprise/dialogue) - Cohen, Leonard I must say, I'm more than a little disappointed that Bob Dylan didn't pony up for this. I kind of feel he owes her. She was an early promoter of his (along with Peter, Paul and Mary) and there are certainly more than a couple songs of his, lovely songs, that I probably wouldn't even be aware of if Judy hadn't covered them. "Farewell" and "Time Passes Slowly" jump to mind. "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" is another one. "Mama, You've Been On My Mind" C'mon, Bob! What gives? He's coming to the Worcester Palladium soon. Maybe I'll go and yell from the audience for some Judy songs. re: Born To The Breed. I'm assuming this song is about Judy's son, no? If so, then it is really sad, considering what ended up happening with him. She obviously had so much pride and great hopes for him in this song. And our hopes and dreams can suddenly be brought crashing down by events that we have no control over. I can't imagine anything more horrible happening to a parent. I want my son to bury me, not the other way around. But, if he were to take his own life, I don't know how I would ever carry on. But, Judy not only continued living, she continued making her music. Such strength. Such grace. Peace, David ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:12:27 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: In today's New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/arts/music/13roma.html?ref=music Music Trailblazers, but Selling a Romantic Kind of Love By STEPHEN HOLDEN Published: May 13, 2008 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:18:06 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) > re: Born To The Breed. I'm assuming this song is about Judy's son, no? > If so, then it is really sad, considering what ended up happening with > him. She obviously had so much pride and great hopes for him in this > song. And our hopes and dreams can suddenly be brought crashing down by > events that we have no control over. I can't imagine anything more > horrible happening to a parent. I want my son to bury me, not the other > way around. But, if he were to take his own life, I don't know how I > would ever carry on. But, Judy not only continued living, she continued > making her music. Such strength. Such grace. How right you are, David. She writes about dealing with his death in her wonderful book Singing Lessons, which comes with a bonus cd, BTW. I have a very close friend, an artist, who was in rehab with her son in the late 60's in Philadelphia. It was one of those very private, very expensive places. Judy would come and visit her soon all the time, and Chris, my friend, just adores her. He painted a gorgeous painting of Joan of Arc years later after he became very successful. He was too shy to ever write her, but I sent a her photograph of the painting. She sent him a lovely card and said she remembered him and how much she loved the painting. Nothing has ever touched him as much. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 16:40:00 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: Tribute to Judy Collins Dave wrote: I must say, I'm more than a little disappointed that Bob Dylan didn't pony up for this. I kind of feel he owes her. She was an early promoter of his (along with Peter, Paul and Mary) and there are certainly more than a couple songs of his, lovely songs, that I probably wouldn't even be aware of if Judy hadn't covered them. Doesn't that go for Joni, too? Marion ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:45:59 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: incredibly tragic (njc) Just found this morning a friend, and classmate, was shot and killed in Augusta this weekend. He was the principal cellist for the Augusta Symphony and had planned on auditioning for the Atlanta Opera. I actually ran into him this past Friday. I had been at Georgia State and passed him as I was walking to my car. We said hello but didn't really have a conversation. It's so hard to believe he is just gone now, a few days later. He was only 26. Apparently he was in a very shady part of town when he was shot, in what was perhaps a drug deal gone bad. So senseless. Just a few weeks ago, Sean Costello (29, incredible, phenomenal blues guitarist) died of a drug overdose in Atlanta, a day before his birthday. It's one thing to read about artists like Hendrix, Nick Drake, and Janis who died way too early but to see it happening around you is heartbreaking and just so tragic. It just leaves you asking why? Victor ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:24:00 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: incredibly tragic (njc) Victor I am so sorry for your loss. It is so tragic when it is a senseless killing like this. Hang in there bro. Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On May 13, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Victor Johnson wrote: Just found this morning a friend, and classmate, was shot and killed in Augusta this weekend. He was the principal cellist for the Augusta Symphony and had planned on auditioning for the Atlanta Opera. I actually ran into him this past Friday. I had been at Georgia State and passed him as I was walking to my car. We said hello but didn't really have a conversation. It's so hard to believe he is just gone now, a few days later. He was only 26. Apparently he was in a very shady part of town when he was shot, in what was perhaps a drug deal gone bad. So senseless. Just a few weeks ago, Sean Costello (29, incredible, phenomenal blues guitarist) died of a drug overdose in Atlanta, a day before his birthday. It's one thing to read about artists like Hendrix, Nick Drake, and Janis who died way too early but to see it happening around you is heartbreaking and just so tragic. It just leaves you asking why? Victor ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:32:20 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: New spider named after Neil Young (njc) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080511/wl_canada_nm/canada_young_col ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:39:01 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Ladies of the Canyon & Across the Universe AtU- I loved it because it really did capture the spirit of the time as someone said. Kind of like a metaphor is used in writing to get to the essence of something you are describing. No it wasn't an historic piece but I'm not sure why anyone would expect that from a musical. But trust me, in many ways it was very historically accurate (in the way historical fiction is). More so than anything I've ever seen on film about that time. And yes it was romantic but so were those times which were also very psychedelic (with or without the drugs). Almost every bit of what happened in the film happened to me or to people I know. It was an amazingly painful, profound & magical time that I feel so blessed to have experienced. Kate ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:34:21 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: NJC for doggie lovers I don't know if this website has already gone around the world, but I thought it was cute, especially since all my pups are Yorkies. http://www.idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html Jimmy ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:32:29 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Happy First Mothers Day NJC Congratulations Ali... I'm so glad your Mormon husband made it past second base...hehehehe, but 35 hours in labor??? (neener, neener, neener). Talk about doing the snail. You could have held out a few more weeks, so she could be born on Ed's and my 30th anniversary but I'm just glad she's healthy. I love her name too! Not just the Amelia/Joni connection, but you've kept a long Stewart family tradition with the middle name of Louise. My Great Grandmother's name was Louise, and passed it on as a middle name to my Grandmother, who gave it to my mother Minnie Louise, who gave it to my sister Linda Louise, who gave it to my niece Lesley Louise, who recently gave birth to my great niece Mandy Louise. Now that I've bored you with my ancestry, I'm truly happy for you and do send me some pics. Jimmy ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:51:04 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, njc > So it mesmerized them for Paz to be here and to share the > same Joni world I live in. He inspired my almost 13 year old who woke > up this morning and went right to his electric guitar before getting > breakfast. That's the coolest thing I've read here in a long time. Thanks for sharing this, Laura. Smiling, Lori Santa Rosa ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:12:22 -0400 From: "Vince Lavieri" Subject: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died he died last night I loved his work http://images.google.com/images?q=rauschenberg&gbv=2&ndsp=20&hl=en&safe=off&start=0&sa=N a sample of it can be found there Vince ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:38:58 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died Vince, I got a call from one of Rauschenberg's assistants this morning letting me know he passed away. He's been in and out of the hospital for the past two years. I've known Rauschenberg for about 20 yrs, shortly after he moved down here. I must say I'm not a huge fan of his work, but I do own a couple of his prints. He has done much for the art world, but I admire him for what he did for our community. He has donated so much money to help Ft. Myers have some art culture, not to mention the millions he helped raised for causes such as abused women and children, the AIDs clinic, medical research and the democratic party. He will be sorely missed in our community. Jimmy ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:41:07 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died I also knew him. The hospital next door to me has one of his works on the building. He had many close ties to the artists' communities her in St. Pete and Tampa. A true genius. Jerry > Vince, > I got a call from one of Rauschenberg's assistants this morning letting me > know he passed away. He's been in and out of the hospital for the past two > years. I've known Rauschenberg for about 20 yrs, shortly after he moved down > here. > I must say I'm not a huge fan of his work, but I do own a couple of his > prints. He has done much for the art world, but I admire him for what he did > for > our community. He has donated so much money to help Ft. Myers have some art > culture, not to mention the millions he helped raised for causes such as > abused > women and children, the AIDs clinic, medical research and the democratic > party. > He will be sorely missed in our community. > > Jimmy > > > ************** > Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on > family favorites at AOL Food. > > (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:49:41 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died He did an album cover or two for the Talking Heads...that was the first time I heard of him, back in the days when I had the time to read album covers. I saw a large piece of his at the Art Museum in Raleigh, very vibrant colors that seemed to distinguish his work. Bob NP: Ani, "Good, Bad, Ugly" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Jimmy In a message dated 5/13/2008 1:52:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com writes: > He did an album cover or two for the Talking Heads...that was the first > time I heard of him, back in the days when I had the time to read album > covers. > ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:15:37 -0400 From: "Vince Lavieri" Subject: Re: njc Robert Rauschenberg has died How much I envy those of you who knew him, as I long have loved his work, since high school days when I first discovered him. To me he was such an artist to be admired, I just love his work. I had heard he was a very good person and the various comments verify that and I am happy. Thank you. Those with prints or other copies of his art, you are lucky. And what a gift to have known him, as well as have his art to look at daily. Vince ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:47:26 +0100 From: "joe farrell" Subject: new BYT cd thanks for the link on this cd Bob. i just bought a copy. i have Unknown and Famous Songs of Joni Mitchell by them which is excellent. regards, Joe Farrell. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 15:49:20 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: incredibly tragic (njc) Thanks Michael, I'm still a bit shaken up, even though we were not close friends. He was always very friendly...a year or two ago, I remember I was talking to him about the cello and he said he would be glad to give me lessons if I was interested. I have band practice tonight so that will be a good outlet. We're taking our Jimmy Buffett tribute to a tavern in Tucker this Thursday, hopefully to an appreciative audience. One thing I've thought about today is to be thankful for people in your life and also to be thankful for every opportunity to play music...to embrace it with a passion. Victor On May 13, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Michael Paz wrote: > Victor I am so sorry for your loss. It is so tragic when it is a > senseless killing like this. Hang in there bro. > > Paz ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:51:31 +0100 From: "joe farrell" Subject: re: beautiful songs i think the live version of Cactus Tree on MOA is stunning. Joni's voice on that track is perfect, gets me every time. truly beautiful. regards, Joe Farrell. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:56:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Jahida Jorganes Subject: NJC update, then JC -- Ladies of the Canyon & Across the Universe Howdy there all you fellow Joniphiles!! Thanks to the ebullient Patti Parlette I was tipped off to the awesome convo about both LOTC and ATU. But first I would like to give you a mini life of Jahida update: 1a. I just got back from a 4 month stint at Florida International University, where I not only found out that I can make it as a jazz vocalist if I wanted to, but I also realized that I liked living in a warm environment (pretty mucht the complete opposite of where I live now huh?) and now plan to move to the Miami area once I am done with my last year of school. Plus, I thankfully kept my grades up and did even better! If I could get any freaking closer to a 4.0 without actually getting a 4.0...grrr.. 1b. Things that happened to me while in Miami: I lost 15 pounds! Got a crazy tan! Met my musical soulmate! Rediscovered my old self that I sort of missed and lost up here in Vermont! Finally recorded a song I wrote 2 years ago! I would really like to re-record it someday, but for a demo, it's not bad. You can hear it here: (yes, it's the requisite Myspace music page http://www.myspace.com/jahidinginvt 2. I have fun job this summer: Wedding singer!! My teacher asked me to sing for his band this summer and as a cheesy, funk and disco-loving chick I jumped at the chance. Here's The Funk Collection: (I am not singing on the webpage.) http://thefunkcollection.com/index.cfm 3. My out-of-print Joni songbook collection is slowly growing: I am still chasing the ever elusive Hejira. I came close a couple times on Ebay, but got outbid by a dollar. Err...still trying though. 4. For those of you still even remotely interested in the review of last spring's Cabaret. Here's the link: http://www.jsc.edu/images/BasementMedicine/BasementMedpdfs0607/BM_Spring07/bm_5-03-07.pdf It begins on page 7. And boy do I have some serious potato face going on in that photo! 5. This next year's (my last college year! Finally!!) musical in the spring will be "Evita." Guess who's been asked (hush hush of course) to play Evita? Holy shit!! That's gonna be some seriously hardcore practice, but I am looking forward to it, I think... And now for the Joni content: It is kind of funny that Patti e-mailed me about the message because just this morning I was lying in bed thinking about how much I wish that Cameron Crowe (one of my fave directors) should make a movie about Joni ala ATU. It would be absolutely awesome if both Julie Taymor and Cameron could direct it together, but I don't know, that might be kind of impossible. Maybe Taymor can at least sign on as art director. She has such an amazing eye and I think the fact that Joni's an artist would make her input extremely valuable. As for the cast, I would be highly insulted if I wasn't cast as Estrella. I mean, hello, I AM Estrella. ;-) On a serious note though, Patti, if you ever do make this movie with the mystery lister, please let me know. I don't live that far (I was actually just visiting my mom in CT for mother's day this weekend) and I would love to help out. As for my thoughts on ATU: LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! I would say it's in my top 5 fave films of all time. This happened after watching it for only about 5 minutes. Taymor has said that she could possibly do a sequel. Usually when I hear that I groan, but if done right I think that idea could turn out very well. As she said herself, Taymor only used about 33 Beatles songs. I mean how many are there? Countless and could be used for any situation. The character I most identified with was of course, Sadie. (Are you seeing a pattern here...yea, me too) I thought that every actor in the movie was amazing and had great voices with the weakest link being Lucy. I thought she was alright, but could've been better. I am in love with Jim Sturgess and even went to go see the movie 21 just because he was in it. If he does indeed do that Spiderman on Broadway thing, I will make sure I go see it, come hell or highwater! As for the puppet connection Patti referred to it's Bread and Puppet. B&P is a performance art troupe from Glover, Vermont and the puppets that were in the protest scene (Uncle Sam, etc.,) were all on my campus about 6 months before the movie came out, so imagine my surprise when I was in the audience at the Roxy in Burlington and saw them on the big screen. I looked over at my friend Merrick and she confirmed that they were in fact the B&P puppets (she had seen the movie already). Then I looked up Julie Taymor and found out that she had worked with the B&P theater when she was a college student. Nothing crazy, just pretty cool for this Vermont chick. Well, there you have it. If you've made it this far, congrats. I tend to talk a lot too. Love you guys! I read that this year's Jonifest was canceled...how about doing one this summer? If I found a great space up here in Vermont, how many of you would come? I would try to make it as affordable as possible, and if you've never been in Vermont in the summer then you don't know what you're missing! Jahida NP: Fleetwood Mac: The Chain >>>>>Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 13:59:54 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: Ladies of the Canyon & Across the Universe Kate wrote: A movie would be awesome if done right. Something as good as Across the Universe- I don't recall the conversation here about that movie because I hadn't seen it yet. ***** High five across the purple mountains majesties, Kate and Kakki! Great hearts and minds think alike. I posted about Across the Universe last fall. Here is the Julie Taymor interview by Charlie Rose when you have time on your hands (it's 27 minutes long). http://www.charlierose.com/guests/julie-taymor She was looking for affection and respect, a lot of passion for the Beatles, and I think she found it. When I saw this interview I knew I *had* to see this movie. Ain't no mountain high enough to keep me from gettin' to it, babe. No wind. No rain! I loved it. Most people either love it or hate it. My best friend hated it, and so did another one of our beloved listers. I saw it with a professor of film studies. She thought it was brilliant, although it's not her favorite genre. We exited the theater in totally apture, with all that beautiful music swirling through our souls. It stuck to all our senses. Jahida loved it, too, and had some Julie Taymor puppet connection from her school. Hey Jude Jahida, do you want to be Estrella? You have that exotic je-ne-sais-quoi. I have discussed doing a Joni movie like this with someone off-list. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. Ours had a lot more grandeur to it: it was a three-part opus -- the magnum opus Joni tribute! Let the Joni force be with you! I told this person to order two director's chairs. Do you want to step forward, cher Monsieur? Kakki, what you want, baby we got it! Joseph, hurry up and finish that dissertation so you can help us! The possibilities are endless. Just coming up with a title for the trilogy...how would we ever agree on one? And the choice of sub-titles boggles the mind. calendars of our lives, sweet bird you are, LOTC: The Holy Trinaty (no typo), a portrait of today, and you know there may be more. And the staging.... a bridge, a park, a tree, a river, green water in motion, a bowl of oranges too, a Chinese Cafe, Mermaid Tavern, this place, a blue motel room with a blue bedspread......omg.....how do you stop? Do you think Julie could make the sun pour in like butterscotch? Cinematic Joni lovers sway! Imaginez-vous! We could have parts for everyone. Kids with cokes and chocolate bars, the guy at the gas pump, Marcie in a coat of flowers, Coyote, ............ How do you stop? I could help Julie write the words the whole Joni world sings. Sometimes (ha!) I weave Joni's lyrics into my writing (sometimes we do, yes sometimes we do). And just imagine the soundtrack! Paz, RR, can you do it? Babies, can you dig it? Mais merde! I am now late for my day job. Another JRA! I could write about this all day. When I get this crazy feeling I know I'm in trouble again. How am I ever going to know my home (office) when I see it again? I'm like a black crow flying, in a blue blue sky amid the clouds of Mitchellangelo, diving down to pick up on every shiny Joni thing. Help me! I think I'm falling in love with Joni again. Deep breath. On second thought (both sides now), coming off this Joni ice-cream castle in the air, I don't think anyone, no matter how brilliant and talented, could ever do poetic justice to our SIQUOMB. Maybe this will just have to be a dream some of us had. Love, Patti P., impossible dreamer<<<<<<<<<<<< ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 16:03:26 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: new BYT cd You're quite welcome, Joe - I love the CD myself and have been enjoying it for about two weeks now as I got an advance copy. I've been patiently awaiting CDBaby to post it so I was glad when they did. They're all wonderful (could have done without TCG but that's just because it's been done and done), but the one that really blew me away was "Blue On Blue" (maybe I should say it blue me away). Anyway, I had heard it before of course but hearing it done in this setting just brought to the front of my brain how breath-takingly beautiful this song is. Please post back to the list when you get it and have the opportunity to absorb it a bit. I'm anxious to hear your thoughts. Bob NP: Joni, "Down To You" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:32 AM Subject: New spider named after Neil Young (njc) > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080511/wl_canada_nm/canada_young_col > > !DSPAM:144,4829b69d254391857051591! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 19:37:31 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Darice Subject: Ladies of the Canyon-redux (njc) Well, I have to confess that Trina told me about Les' search for the 3 Ladies. But I did not want to rush his announcement. I did respond to Kakki's call to write about the night.... These photography openings are awesome....I never know who will turn up...my friend who took the iconic photo of George Harrison and Patti Boyd in the Haight who came to see Patti's photos...my ex-business partner/thief who's spending the money the court ordered him to pay me on high-priced "art" photos and who ran out the door when he saw me.... Jim Marshall inviting 20 or so people to dinner at a local restaurant and including me since I am Robert Altman's "curator" (Robert donated 38 photos to my library in the Haight), Susana Millman (Grateful Dead photographer) and Dennis McNally (GD historian) and even some actors,models, singers, and other assorted beautiful people. Life is good in San Francisco. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 02:47:04 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: Happy First Mothers Day NJC Welcome to the world, Amelia Louise! And welcome to the Joni Parents' Club, Alison E. in SLC! I heard "Isn't She Lovely" on the radio today, and dedicated it to you and Amelia. (Side note: Stevie Wonder is 58 today. And so is my brother Richard. He's in SLC and I just talked to him. The last time I saw Richard was in January at my mother's deathbed at Alta View Hospital in SLC...death and birth and death and birth. Where was Amelia born? ) (Synchronistic logic that goes on in my head.) When my first son was born, my mother-in-law gave me a cross-stitched sampler that read: "Cleaning and scrubbing can wait for tomorrow, For babies grow up, I've learned, to my sorrow. So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust, go to sleep. I'm rocking my baby, and babies don't keep." It is true. The circle game goes so fast. (I'm a little bit corny I'm a wildwood flower waving for you...) I hope you have a comfortable rocking chair! (Jovial neighbors come down when they will With stories to tell Sometimes they do Yes sometimes we do We have a rocking chair Each of us rocks his share) All blessings on you and your family. Oh, yeah. And sleep. I wish you good sleep! Love, Patti P., who would love to get some pix P.S. Tell Amelia that some of us are working to make a better world for her. She will be a new sweet inspiration for me to carry on. P.P.S. Make sure to touch the back of her ears. A new baby's ears are the softest thing in the world. _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_052008 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 03:25:16 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: njc, A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties" Hi Loves: "Just a song before I go" to sleep...here's the link, and then the whole article. Sometimes the links disappear ( like the Arlo one I sent to Paz...sorry about that, hunney!) I think this will interest many of you, so voila: http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-musicdylan.artmay13,0,5170884.story From the Los Angeles Times The Girl On Famous Dylan Album Cover Writes A Book By JOSH GETLIN | Los Angeles Times May 13, 2008 It was one of the most iconic record album covers ever released, and Suze Rotolo was part of it: On a snowy day in 1963, she snuggled with Bob Dylan as the two walked down a Greenwich Village street. "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" became one of his best-known records, but the long-haired girl on his arm was always a mystery. Now, Rotolo has broken years of silence to tell the story of what it was like to fall in love with Bob Dylan when she was 17, to introduce him to civil rights politics and modern poetry, and to finally break up with him when the pressures of his stardom became too great. Her new book, "A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties" (Broadway, $22.95), in stores today, offers a revealing glimpse of the young artist, whom she calls with understatement "an elephant in the room of my life." "People will always identify Suze as the girl on the album cover, and she's lived with this since 1963, but that's not the reason to read her book," said Sean Wilentz, a Princeton University professor and historian in residence at Dylan's official website. "She evokes a time and place out of which a good deal of contemporary American culture sprang. It was a time of great freedom, when people were figuring out what they want to be. But freedom is scary." During their turbulent four-year relationship, Rotolo deeply loved Dylan, who was 20 when they met. She was there when classic songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" were new. She looked on with pride, then fear, as celebrity transformed him and other women pursued him. The author finally decided it was time for her to leave and become her own person. But not before an abortion and emotional breakdown shattered her. "We loved each other very much, and when it ended, it was mutual heartbreak," she writes. "He avoided responsibility. I didn't make it easy for him, either. ... I knew I was not suited for his life." Among the hundreds of books about Dylan and his career, Rotolo's memoir ranks as big news. "A Freewheelin' Time" is a rare history of the folk-music years written from a woman's perspective, and it goes beyond gossip to ask a pointed question: How did it feel? Rotolo writes that the era mattered because "we all had something to say, not something to sell." Their love affair blossomed in the hothouse of Greenwich Village, where a folk-music revival spurred on the civil rights movement and led to the modern rock culture. On any given night, tiny clubs presented talents such as Dylan, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Judy Collins and Peter, Paul & Mary. Rotolo, 64, recalls this era with dazzling anecdotes. But unlike most of the artists who traipse through her pages, she hasn't abandoned the neighborhood. The author, now an artist, still lives there with her husband, a film editor. "I can only imagine what it must have been like to stand in her shoes," said singer Maria Muldaur, who lived in the Village in this period. "Suze was her own person who loved this guy very much. Suddenly people were stepping over her, pushing her aside to talk to him. ... It must have been an overwhelming experience." **** Pleasant dreamland, Patti P., fading in a suburban room _________________________________________________________________ Make Windows Vista more reliable and secure with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. http://www.windowsvista.com/SP1?WT.mc_id=hotmailvistasp1banner ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2008 #65 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------