From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2008 #269 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, October 29 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 269 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: 50 Reasons to Vote Obama (NJC) ["Mark Scott" ] Joni song circle at FAR-West (NJC) ["Kate Bennett" ] 50 Reasons to Vote Obama (NJC) ["Kate Bennett" ] movies, Joni connections and the power of music as a memory trigger ["Mar] Blue & Barack the vote ["Kate Bennett" ] Speaking of "Blue".... (Arden) ["Barbara Stewart" Subject: Re: 50 Reasons to Vote Obama (NJC) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Stanley" > > Many opponents of the estate tax refer to it as the "death tax" in > their public discourse partly because a death must occur before any > tax on the deceased's assets can be realized and also because the > tax rate is determined by the value of the deceased's assets rather > than the amount each inheritor receives. Neither the number of > inheritors nor the size of each inheritor's portion factors into the > calculations for rate of the Estate Tax. > > The term was coined in the Gingrich period by Jack Faris of the > National Federation of Independent Business. [7]. It has been widely > but inaccurately attributed to Republican pollster Frank Luntz. In a > memo, Luntz wrote that the term "death tax" "kindled voter > resentment in a way that 'inheritance tax' and 'estate tax' do not" > [8]. > Progressive linguist George Lakoff alleges the phrase is a > deliberate and carefully calculated neologism which is used as a > propaganda tactic to aid in the repeal of estate taxes. However the > use of "death tax" rather than "estate tax" in the wording of > questions in the 2002 National Election Survey increased support for > estate tax repeal by only a few percentage points.[9] Thanks for posting this information, Laura. I found it most enlightening. And thanks for not taking my post personally as it was not meant to be taken that way. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:58:50 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Joni song circle at FAR-West (NJC) Waaaaaa, I SO wish I could have been there! Sounds like a major love fest from all the farwest reports coming in... & Wow the royal b'day at f'west! I have to start planning NOW! (also, I have a post hejira song!) kate Steve >Hello all! Just got back from Mesa, AZ, after a great FAR-West conference. One of the many highlights was Saturday night's (actually Sunday morning's) Joni song circle/jam. It started at 2 AM, I caved about 5:30 and I heard others were there until at least 6. ... Next year the event will actually be on Nov 7, so we will celebrate the royal birthday. I am going to dig thorough my Jonibilia and come up with a prize for the best POST-HEJIRA song performed - the only negative about the evening was the lack of these. :(< ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:01:57 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: 50 Reasons to Vote Obama (NJC) He has got so many of most remarkable minds of our lifetime who will be his advisors. Kate ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:01:42 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: movies, Joni connections and the power of music as a memory trigger - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Angelo" To: "JMDL" Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 7:17 PM Subject: NJC: Acoustic cover of Jann Arden's "Good Mother" (youtube) >I came across this searching for this song I've loved by Jann Arden >for so > many years. This fellow Canadian had a small role in "Shortbus" for > which he > also wrote and performed a song. Anyhow I love pure acoustic > renditions of > songs, and his voice is exceptional. What a coincidence that I happened to watch the dvd of 'Shortbus' this past weekend. I debated with myself about posting about it but finally decided to. I was not shocked by this movie since I had read that it contains footage of people engaging in actual, not simulated and very graphically depicted sex. It was directed by John Cameron Mitchell who directed and starred in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', a movie I did not especially care for. Some of you may remember when somebody created a stir amongst the good people of the JMDL by selling a copy of this movie on e-Bay and advertising it as starring Joni Mitchell. I was among those who sent the seller an angry email to get the error corrected. lol! 'Shortbus' isn't for everybody but I personally have to say that I was surprised by it. It uses sex as a metaphor much as Joni uses it in 'Come In From the Cold'. Two of the main characters in particular are unable to open themselves up emotionally and this is reflected in their sexual difficulties. In one of the extras on the dvd, John Cameron Mitchell talks about appearing in one of the scenes in the Shortbus club as one of the people going at it in a room full of copulating bodies, just to prove that he was not a hypocrite. He had some difficulty being that vulnerable and he said another actor that was nearby reached out and held his hand during the entire scene. Apparently most of the actors in the film had never performed on screen before. They sent in audition tapes, there was a process of elimination and a script was developed from improvisations with the actors that made the cut. The acting is amazingly good and the film has a true emotional resonance to it. This is not just a porn movie. I also watched Paul Newman's directorial debut 'Rachel, Rachel' this past weekend. I had never seen this movie before. I think my parents went to see it when it came out and decided it was a bit too 'M' for Mature for me at the time (I was around 14 or 15 years old, I think). Turner Classic Movies had shown it as part of their tribute to Newman after his passing and I had Tivoed it. What a beautiful film! Joanne Woodward is amazing. She must have been in her 30s when the movie was made and with her blonde hair and bangs, she reminded me of Joni in some scenes, especially when she thinks she's pregnant (and unwed). I loved the way we got glimpses of what was going on in Rachel's imagination from time to time. On a somewhat different note, I was at one of our local Subways (they are ubiquitous around here these days) and REM's 'Everybody Hurts' happened to play while I was in there. Almost immediately I got a lump in my throat and had to get a firm grip on myself to keep from looking like a fool with tears running down my face while telling the counter person what I wanted in my Subway wrap. The reaction was, at first, a sub-conscious one but it didn't take long to realize I was being transported back to 1993 when my partner Edward died. Edward was from a small town in Montana and had been raised on C&W music, a genre I resisted for many years. But after living with Eddy for 9 years, we had accumulated quite a collection of cds by people like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and Patsy Cline. Well, after Edward died, I couldn't listen to that music. I started listening to Seattle's alternative radio station, The End' when in the car instead of the C&W station we had always dialed in to. 'Automatic for the People' was out at that time and 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight' played a lot on The End. I liked the quirkiness and melody of that song so I bought the cd and came to have a great respect for it. I think 'Automatic for the People' is a musical masterpiece from a very talented group of musicians. But now I can't listen to 'Automatic for the People'. It represents a very painful period of my life, when I was struggling to keep from drowning in grief. And now, more than 15 years later, a particularly emotional cut from that album can still affect me in such a way that I have to fight back tears while standing in line at Subway! Music has always affected me on an emotional level. It is something that can be a very powerful force. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:17:14 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Blue & Barack the vote Gotta combine to save time. Monika your ROCK! For expressing the way you feel about Blue & River which I totally relate to although we are separated by decades (isn't that amazing?!), and for choosing Barack & being drawn to socialism as something that has some benefits to it. I can only laugh at how some people fear socialism as some kind of demise of our country. I lived in an experimental socialist world that turned out to be as corrupt as any capitalistic society but still find there is much value in some of the ideas. Kate Monika "Well I just sent in my absentee ballot yesterday with a vote cast for Mr. Obama. However, I've decided to join the Socialist party. Many of my Ideals coincide with theirs." Monika "The tone of Blue...the cover.. the essence...the vocals...the words...the guitar...the song River in particular. It just killed me. It absolutely killed me. I remember playing the song "River" for quite a few people in my car. I'd always introduce it as "the most beautiful song ever" waiting for whoever was listening's reaction." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:28:01 -0400 From: "Barbara Stewart" Subject: Speaking of "Blue".... (Arden) NYC: Michael Arden's interpretation of "Blue" at Joe's Pub tonite was a transport into another dimension!!!! Despite the occasional missed verse (eg: in "Conversation" he sings 'comfort & consultation' - consolation so much better..), Arden's vocal embellishments & depth of interpretation, and the band's arrangements, make this a must-see. I would buy a CD of this performance. You can still catch it Thurs & Fri nites.... 2:30am!!!!! Too late to give a full review - just trust me..... B from : Barbara L.Stewart, MLS Library - Sesame Workshop 1 Lincoln Plaza, 4th fl, NYC, NY 10023 USA tel: 212-875-6393 fax: 212-875-7309 barbara.stewart@sesameworkshop.org "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter." - ML King ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2008 #269 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------