From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2008 #120 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 Tuesday, July 1 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 120 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: barrel full of monkeys...week full of concerts (njc) [Michael Paz ] RE: Lyrics of the day [Susan E McNamara ] sjc? jmdl slowdown [Patti Parlette ] Re: njc, TV Alert: Emmylou on Charlie Rose right now ["Randy Remote" ] njc, Webcam on Beach Boy Bob [Patti Parlette ] All is well --njc [David Sapp ] Joni cookbook [claud9 ] sjc, My happiest Joni moment ever [Patti Parlette ] NJC Clegg's guitar [Em ] Re: njc, TV Alert: Emmylou... [Bruce Eggleston Subject: Re: barrel full of monkeys...week full of concerts (njc) Victor Please send me a set list of what Dave does on Monday. Wish I could be there but oniy day off b4 we head to UK and Europe on Tuesday. Want to know what new tunes he is doing. Have a tour report involving my bud Warren Haynes and the Mule, but gotta wait till tomorrow cause I be brain dead at the moment and sensory overload prevents me from sharing at the moment. Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Jun 29, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Victor Johnson wrote: This week is going to be crazy sick.... Monday - test in music history Tuesday-drive to Jacksonville to see Tom Waits Wednesday- meet Jody and [that guy] for early breakfast then drive back home Thursday- drive to Birmingham for Tom Waits and then drive home Friday-perform w/ Sons of Sons, opening for Hair of the Dog (local cajun band) Saturday- Tom Waits at the Fox in Atlanta Sunday- take some time to catch a breath, do laundry, study Monday- Dave Matthews Band at Lakewood Ampitheater in Atlanta I don't think I've ever had a week so full of music...I'm already super inspired and rejuvenated from the weekend I just experienced so hopefully this will send my inspiration into hyperdrive. Victor NP: Cubs at White Sox 1-3 top of 8th ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:32:55 +0000 From: Michel BYRNE Subject: Bush and Joni Dear Patti, fear not - as far as I remember, all Dubya said was that he really liked Joni's You're So Square. It wasn't even the WTRF album, just that cover. Joni in interview found it hilarious, and thought it was a pity he couldn't instead be listening to 'Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savoured long enough to really understand...etc' (or maybe it was 'Where the wealth's displayed thieves and sycophants parade...' but the middle eight section from Dog eat Dog anyway). M _________________________________________________________________ Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. Search, bid, find and win on eBay today! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:04:34 -0400 From: Susan E McNamara Subject: RE: Lyrics of the day Hi Rian: Ask people how they are doing. Pick up little things that they are into and ask them about it. Kids especially ... people love to talk about their kids. I actually have a person in my office who found out I like Joni Mitchell so now she always sends me information about folk music. I don't have the heart to tell her that Joni isn't folk, but the fact that she noticed something about me and likes to talk to me makes me feel good. :-) Take care, Sue (who is making a resolution to post to this list more often!) PS listening in the car this morning: Dog Eat Dog: especially Good Friends...favorite line: "no hearts of gold, no nerves of steel ... no blame for what we can and cannot feel." ___________________ /___________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ http://www.jmdl.com/guitar http://www.cloudheights.blogspot.com "It's all a dream she has awake." - Joni Mitchell Subject: Re: Lyrics of today I don't know why but today I woke up with All I Want on my mind. Oh, wish I could play that song here, in my new office... But I'm just a newbie. Anyway, Do you have tricks how to get along with people in a new place? Rian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:10:33 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: sjc? jmdl slowdown RR asked: ps is there something wrong with the jmdl? Hardly any posts and taking hours to post something **** I think it's just the normal summer slowdown, RR. People are traveling, traveling, traveling. Plus Papa Muller took his other family to Surf City and there go a quarter of the posts, so maybe Les powered us down a little. Yeah, BM wrote last month: "And in another Dawntreader link - the beach house that we go to at Pawley's Island every year is named "The Periwinkle". http://www.pawleysislandrealty.com/sitepages/pid211.php?dbProperty=PERIWINKLE " *** 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 Jealous lovin'll make you crazy, so in my mind I'm going to Carolina. Let's all pack our suspenders and go rolling rolling rock and rolling and crash The Periwinkle! I call the room in picture 15 & 16 (up on a small white bed). Leave behind your streets he said and come to me Come down from the neon nights Come down from the tourist sights Run down till the rain delights you You do not hide Sunlight will renew your pride Skin white by skin golden Like a promise to be free Dolphins playing in the sea All his seadreams come to me We could be a river of changing faces on Muller's ocean! And now , while the cover cat's away, the moldie oldie mouse will play! "People whose behaviour is strictly controlled go over the top when the authority is not around, which is why most teenagers have parties when their parents have gone on holiday. The parents are the scary authority figures, but the cat's away and the kids are the mice partying and enjoying their freedom." Now who's got the band's beers and the Singapore Slings? We love our loving, but not like we love our freeEEEeeeeDOM to toss around moldie oldie golden eggs! Let's see......what can I unearth today? I know! (bright as a neon light) Let's go back to -- not the 70s -- but 1963! Hit it, Beach Boys! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbRKfieMsdQ Laughing it all away on a manic Monday, Patti P. P.S. Also AWOL is Marianne. Her computer died. She needs to get a new one. C'mon Marianne, c'mon Marianne! The government gave you six hundred dollars...did you just let it fly away? Whoa-ho-ho here I am on my knees again I'll do anything just to make it right Say you'll understand, oh I know you can C'mon Marianne (baby) C'mon Marianne (baby) C'mon Marianne (baby) Say you can understand My Marianne (baby) C'mon Marianne (baby) C'mon Marianne (baby) _________________________________________________________________ Earn cashback on your purchases with Live Search - the search that pays you back! http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=earncashback ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:14:26 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: njc, TV Alert: Emmylou on Charlie Rose right now > That's one hell of a line-up they got for the Kate Wolf Fest-----I was > hoping to get up there this year but had other issues. Was there a U Utah > Phillips tribute? > take care, gene Yes, Wavy told me the entire weekend was dedicated to Utah P- and that he was going to perform "Mooseturd Pie" as a tribute. Of course Phillips was a friend of Kate Wolf's, and served as MC at many of the KW festivals. RR ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:27:15 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Carlinisms njc 7 Can vegetarians eat animal crackers? 7 Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines? 7 How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign? 7 What was the best thing before sliced bread? 7 Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have a "S" in it? 7 Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:28:36 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: njc, Webcam on Beach Boy Bob I must have beach lust today. Look what I found surfing around: "Welcome to Pawley's Island Webcam!" http://pawleys.org/ I'm looking way out at the ocean, love to watch that green water in motion, and -- listen! You can hear the waves crashing, too. I think Muller, cast upon a beachtown, should stand on that little bridge there with a big sign that says: HELLO JMDL! (You can run, but you can't hide, BM.) And see that cartoon lady underneath the beach cam picture? Guess why she keeps moving her feet? She's kicking off the sandflies, honeys! Just having fun, Patti P., needing either a vacation or a sterilized room (Countdown: 203 more days, and they still won't give peace a chance, talking about Iran now, oh My Sweet Lord, deliver us from this evil! These men love war.) _________________________________________________________________ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_062008 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:06:53 -0700 (PDT) From: David Sapp Subject: All is well --njc Thanks for your concern... we live far away from all the flooding... all is well...... signing off for now, Peace, David ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:25:12 -0400 From: claud9 Subject: Joni cookbook Doing some cleanup and came across an extra copy of the joni cookbook - -- a collection of JMDL recipes inspired by Joni's songs. Since I still have one, I thought someone else might like to own a copy. Please email me and I'll be happy to send it to the first person who responds. Note: This edition is spiral bound. Claud9 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:40:30 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: sjc, My happiest Joni moment ever Bon soir, Joniami(e)s! Since this is the one year anniversary of my happiest Joni moment ever, I'm finally going to write about it. I think Monika posed this question a few months ago, but I wasn't ready. Apologies if this should be njc; sometimes I just don't know. In the spirit of "love is a story told", here goes. On June 30th, 2007, my son got married. If you've never experienced this, let me just say that there is a lot of build-up and preparation and family stuff (sometimes stressful) involved. Plus, this wedding was far away (Kansas City), so there was a little sadness that many of my friends and family were unable to attend. Now, I've shared a few stories about this boy -- that first-born son, that special one -- who has been a joy and a terrible Joni tease and so much more. He's very independent and rather stubborn. A sweetheart (senior "class cutie"), but cool -- fifty-fifty fire and ice. Gee, it's really hard to put him in just a few sentences. You give so much to your child and, like Leonard Cohen said, you lose a little part of yourself, or rather, you just sacrifice so much so that they will be happy and turn out well. As Sherelle sings: "You are my heart." All those hockey and baseball games, dislocated shoulders, won't eat his vegetables, knee injuries, proms, car wheels through the town (what, me worry?), terrible twos, teen-age insolence (You don't know ANYTHING about life!), etc. Okay, enough of that. If you are a parent, you know what I'm talking about. There is no purer love. Up and down, and still somehow, you really DO know love at all. Anyway, in the months leading up to the wedding I would casually ask: "What song are we going to dance to?" Chris: I don't know Me: How about Circle Game? Wouldn't that be perfect? You know, the lyrics are so.... Chris: MOM! NO JONI AT MY WEDDING! Another time: Me: So what are we going to dance to? Chris: I'm trying to find the theme song from "Throw Mama From The Train". (BRAT!!!) Another time: Me: So what are we going to dance to? Chris, nonchalant: It's NOT that big a deal, Mom. We'll just let the DJ pick something. I shared these conversations with some of his friends at the rehearsal dinner and at the wedding, and no one really had a clue what Chris would do. One of his female friends, Jamie, was *sure* he would have Circle Game, but I really didn't think he would. I was trying to have no expectations and just enjoy his happiness. This was his day, after all. Not mine. (Not mine, these glamour gowns.) The father of the bride went first and, despite his plans with my new daughter-in-law to dance to a different song, he sang a capella (sp?) a song he used to sing to her when she was a baby. It was beautiful and there was not a dry eye among the 250 people there. (I knew about 50 of them.) Then, all in a dream, all in a dream, the DJ said: "And now the groom will dance with his mother." As my little boy, all six foot five of him, stepped down from the head table, I suddenly heard THAT VOICE. "Yesterday, a child came out to wonder..." I think I gasped and said OH MY GOD and my hand flew to my mouth. I froze. I was overcome. Then my brothers and nieces and nephews said: "Get up! Get up there!" Still in a dream, I walk out to meet my son in the middle of the dance floor, and HE is CRYING! And he says: "I love you, Mom." (He said: "I love you, Mom!") Through tears, I said "I love you, too, honey. I can't believe you picked this song! You did it!" and put my arms way up high (he's a foot taller than me) on his shoulders and we went round and round and round in the circle game. At one point in the dizzy dancing way you feel when every fairy tale comes real I saw his friend Jamie and gave her a huge beaming "thumbs-up" (which the photographer caught). Later my younger son said: "Mom! Did you know that you were SINGING the whole song?" (LOL, I wasn't even aware.) A year later I still get goosebumps and tears of joy. It was the ultimate sign of love and respect for him to pick this song. And to have Joni's voice accompanying the happiest four minutes of my life was just....well, I'm sure you understand. And the perfect words....I really felt like we had come full circle. I bore him, and raised him, and now my work is complete. He married a lovely young woman, from a really nice family. Amen. When I floated back to my table, I grabbed my cellphone and told everyone I'd be right back. One nephew said: "Where is Aunt Patti going?" My youngest brother said: "I think she's going to call one of her Joni friends." LOL! Darn right! One of the best writers I know -- someone we all know and love -- posted for me: Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:40:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: "Circle Game" it is . . . NJC For those of you playing the home version of "What Song Will Patti's Son Pick to Dance with His Mother to at His Wedding" -- the results are in! As many of us were betting, it was indeed "Circle Game!" Patti, very stylishly dressed in her 30s evening gown, was promptly reduced to a puddle. Captive, - - --Smurf And now you know the REST of the story. Wishing you all such Joni joy, and love, the greatest beauty, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ Introducing Live Search cashback . It's search that pays you back! http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=introsrchcashback ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:51:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: NJC Clegg's guitar is this one of the Parker Flies? http://tinyurl.com/49zvyt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:50:17 -0600 From: Bruce Eggleston Subject: Re: njc, TV Alert: Emmylou... Dear Mark, We were at the Sunday show at the Gorge, and you missed a really great performance by Van. Thanks to you both for writing. Bruce > check out this article in today's ny times with emmy lou talking > about who > she's listening to... > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/arts/music/29play.html? > _r=1&ref=music&oref > =slogin > > about rickie lee, emmy lou says: > > Rickie Lee Jones > > How to talk about The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard (New West)? > Rickie > Lee is an artist that from the very beginning Ive been fascinated > by her. I > will listen to anything she does. Shes so fearless and completely > un-self-conscious. I love when she does beautiful harmonies with > herself > that sound like horn sections. This album doesnt have the dreamy > stuff she > normally does; most of it focuses on guitar. Shes got a smoky > saxophone > voice, and she also sounds like a little girl, and shes dealing > with very > dark things. I find it an irresistible combination. Shes one of > our most > original artists. > > she also says nice things about the new robert plant/alison krauss, > which > i've not got yet, but am looking forward to buying. > > patrick, who thinks 'wrecking ball' is one of the best albums of > the decade, > and 'spyboy' up there with it. > > np - audra mcdonald, 'i think it's going to rain today' > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > Mark > Scott > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:26 PM > To: Bruce Eggleston; joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: njc, TV Alert: Emmylou on Charlie Rose right now > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Eggleston" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: njc, TV Alert: Emmylou on Charlie Rose right now > > >> You are correct about the Blade Brothers, two of the finest drummers >> I have had the pleasure to have seen and heard. I saw Brian with >> Joni >> at the Gorge at George, Washington with Van the Man and Mr. Dylan. >> (For the record, Van took the prize that night. He was out-of-body >> for most of the show. When Van is on, there is none better.) Joni >> was >> very personable and somewhat chatty, but it was difficult to >> overcome >> the storm that hit during her set. It was darn cold and wet, so they >> set up large heaters on stage that distracted from the sound a bit. >> Joni played a beautiful Parker Fly electric that was going through a >> synthesizer that digitally changed her tunings. Cool. Bob soundly >> rocked and played his Strat like Chuck Goddamn Berry. A magic >> evening >> was had by all. > > Hey Bruce! Which concert at the Gorge did you go to, Saturday or > Sunday? I went both nights because I had waited more than 20 years > to see Joni in concert and who knew if the chance would ever come so > close to me again? I remember clouds threatening almost the whole > time during both concerts and the heaters on the stage. But in my > memory it did not rain either night. > > I can't say that I'm a fan of Van Morrison's so I'm not really a fair > judge of his performance. In fact I think we skipped Van on Sunday to > avoid the traffic. Getting in and out of the Gorge Amphitheater is a > bit of a clusterf**k. I don't think I've been back there since. > > Joni had Larry Klein, Greg Leisz and Brian Blade with her and they > made some beautiful music. My main complaint was the rudeness of the > crowd many of whom insisted on talking or getting up and down during > Joni's set. Really had to concentrate on Joni to keep from being > majorly pissed off. But it's an experience I'll never forget. It > also helped to open me up to Bob Dylan's records. I liked his music > performed by other people before that concert but always had a hard > time with Bobby's singing. Now I have several of his classics on cd > and have developed a healthy respect for him as a performer. >> >> I saw Brady five times with SPYBOY and Emmylou and he was inspiring. >> I got his autograph in Lehi, Utah, and he said, "What you want my >> autograph for?" I said, "Good Gawd, Brady, you the hottest drummer >> out on the circuit right now." He wouldn't hear of it, he was very >> surprised that I'd even said such a thing. For those of you who >> might >> not have had the pleasure, check out "SPYBOY-LIVE From the Legendary >> Exit/In" dvd. It is the essence of the Emmylou experience. It was >> one >> seriously rockin' band with THE GREAT Buddy Miller on all things >> six- >> string and eight-string and Daryl Johnson on bass and percussion. > > I saw Emmylou with Buddy Miller and Brady Blade at the Pier in Seattle > several years ago. Julie Miller was also there singing backup. And > I'm pretty sure it was Daryl Johnson on bass and percussion as well. > It was after the release of "Red Dirt Girl" and it was a magical > concert. Buddy Miller is truly an amazing talent. But the topper was > toward the end when they did 'My Antonia' and Dave Matthews walked out > on stage to sing the duet with Emmylou. A lot of material from "Red > Dirt Girl" and "Wrecking Ball" that night with some wonderful older > stuff from Emmylou's catalogue thrown in for good measure. Emmylou is > such a class act and I agree that she is a first class songwriter. I > am looking forward to getting her new cd. > > Mark in hot Seattle > (we put our window a/c's in today. Yay!) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:02:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: sjc, My happiest Joni moment ever Now NJC Aww, what a sweet story. Thanks for sharing! - --- On Tue, 7/1/08, Patti Parlette wrote: And now you know the REST of the story. Wishing you all such Joni joy, and love, the greatest beauty, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ Introducing Live Search cashback . It's search that pays you back! http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=introsrchca shback ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2008 #120 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------