From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2009 #12 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 Monday, January 12 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 012 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Southern California Jonifest 09 and Sharon answers [Lieve Reckers ] Re: Man on a Wire NJC [Laura Stanley ] Re: Joni vids on Youtube [Michael Paz ] RE: Joni vids on Youtube ["Michael O'Malley" ] RE: Joni vids on Youtube ["Les Irvin" ] NJC - Drummer Kenny Aronoff playing in the back up band... Inauguration 2009 ["Cassy" ] Re: Joni vids on Youtube ["Jerry Notaro" ] Re: Joni vids on Youtube [rflynn@frontiernet.net] Re: NJC - Drummer Kenny Aronoff playing in the back up band... Inauguration 2009 [Michael Paz ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:57:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Lieve Reckers Subject: Re: Southern California Jonifest 09 and Sharon answers Hello Jill! Maybe you have received the answers privately, but otherwise I'll quickly reply to your question about the SoCal fest.B It is indeed happening, Dave Blackburn it organising it on 24-27 September in Idyllwild. This is the website: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoCalJoniFest09/?yguid=2526198 Hoping to see you there! Lieve in London - ----------- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:04:09 -0800 From: "Jill Haas" Subject: Re: Southern California Jonifest 09 and Sharon answers JoniListas, ..been a long time gone, and I'm realizing how much I miss this JMDL community. I've been catching up on e-mail from y'all (about a year's worth), and this popped up...Excuse my ignorance if a So. Cal. Jonifest has come and gone, been given up on or is in planning stages, but I would definitely be interested if one is coming up.B I also have at least three Joni lovin' friends in So. Cal who would not even need their arms twisted to attend their first Jonifest. B B With help from some friends I still see in the JMDL posts, I was able to make it to Full Moon a couple of years back, and it was one of the best times I've ever had. I think I'll get my pictures out. B B Sooo...Please, anyone w/details about future North American fests, let me know where to find info!!! (cut) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:21:02 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Countdown to Bushlessness njc Comedians all over America are mourning the loss of the dweeb that made their jobs so easy. Perhaps it is time to reflect on Dubya's legacy of torture...of the English language. RR Greatest Quotes of GW Bush: http://tinyurl.com/9xk6kp "The fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there's jobs at the machine-making place." - May 27, 2008 "I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office." - June 26, 2008 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:37:52 -0800 (PST) From: Laura Stanley Subject: Re: Man on a Wire NJC Michael in Quebec wrote: However, what struck me the most in this movie, is the toll that this obsession/passion took on his personal life. SPOILER to follow - skip the next two bits if you're planning to see this movie. How can you not be moved by the ambivalence and hurt still felt, thirty years later, by his two closest friends at the time? Clearly this man had a profound influence on their lives. He somehow had the charisma to embark them in his passions, but they apparently paid dearly for the privelege of that intimacy. Thirty years later, their emotions around this event and their friendship are still so alive and raw. That really impressed me, in contrast to Petit, who only seemed to have positive things to say about the experience. This reminds me of the lines in Joni's song, Down to You, when she writes, Old friends seem indifferent I must have brought that on; old bonds have broken down, love is gone. When artists are catapulted to fame, their lives are changed in many ways. Often things must be left behind, including relationships.This scenario seems to be almost unavoidable: I've seen it ocur time and time again in the lives of many different artists. It seems to be part of the price they pay for their art and for their success. I must admit I've grown to become uncomfortable and ambivalent about this aspect of the artistic ego, how it consumes the artist and the people nearest to him or her. We are uplifted and moved forward by great art and great achievements, but these often come at a great price for the artists themselves or for those who share their lives. I'm not sure what to think about all this, just thought I'd throw it out there. Hi Michael, Are Petit's friends from the time of his walking between the WTC not still his friends today? I got the impression, especially from his old girlfriend, that it was a period of growth for both of them, and they equally moved on not because of Petit's becoming famous but because the task had been done. I understood that it was the immensity of the dream rather than the relationship that was the bone between them up to that point. It was like a fairy tale relationship. The scale of the fulfillment of the dream was much greater than is typically common, but this pattern isn't that uncommon in relationships is it? Petit's girlfriend said she personally sensed completion that set her free from him. Maybe it was just 'fox and the grapes' on her part, but it seemed to me that there was a moving on for all of them that wasn't just based on Petit's fame. By the end of the movie, I was left with a sense of how many times I've moved on in friendship. And I began to wonder about the life expectancy of my current relationships. People change, and all of the people in the movie changed after their shared goal was reached. I've heard that relationships based on need end when the need no longer exists. This is what it reminded me of. I started wondering if people are like Spring flowers that bloom close together and when they come up the next year there might be more space between them as other flowers appear, still in the same garden but further apart... It seems to be just life. This theme in the movie was more impressive to me than the circus act as incredible as it was. When Petit's friend cried as he recalled the events, I got the sense of it being because he was an integral part of was something so beautiful that there was never to be another event in his own life to top it. I didn't see it as tears of some kind of change in his relationship with Petit but rather tears in a great personal accomplishment of his own involving Petit. I got the feeling that Petit's friends saw him as an instrument they used to fulfill a goal they held very personal... they knew that without them it wouldn't have been possible. It was as much their's as his. They were not his puppets on string; rather it was more the other way around. This paradox was the genius of the circumstances. The wire walk wouldn't have been as incredible without what was behind it that the movie captured. So much of my life is based on my circumstances which are constantly changing, sometimes dramatically and sometimes imperceptibly. When Joni says she must have brought on the indifference of friends with whom love is no longer shared and bonds are broken, I can understand her thought and have had similar thoughts myself many times. But, I also am resigned to the fact that things are not solely dependent upon me. If I thought so, I'd not only be wrong but my perception of myself would be grandiose. Having gone through the experience of school, this bonding and then parting of friends is very familiar to me. After graduation, we drifted a part. This is what I sensed with Petit and his friends. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:39:19 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Joni vids on Youtube Michael Does the video for Night Ride Home skip a few lines at the beginning? I have never had that happen before but it does on mine. Best Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Michael O'Malley wrote: Hi gang, A couple of great Youtube videos I came across this weekend: Melody Gardot with Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter, redoing the Edith cut immortalized by Tina Turner here: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=XM6Mbv8hzH0 And a better quality vid of Joni singing Night Ride Home, in studio in Norway, from her Klein years, here http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCzKGRKGu8 I wish someone would repost a better quality vid of Joni singing NRH outdoors, by that canal, in the Netherlands. Enjoy, Michael in Quebec _________________________________________________________________ Keep in touch and up to date with friends and family. Make the connection now. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:08:56 +0000 From: "Michael O'Malley" Subject: RE: Joni vids on Youtube Hi Michael, Yes it is weird - that little skip at the beginning. Must be from the source material. Good thing it's just one little blip ! Michael Paz wrote: Michael Does the video for Night Ride Home skip a few lines at the beginning? I have never had that happen before but it does on mine. Best Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Michael O'Malley wrote: Hi gang,A couple of great Youtube videos I came across this weekend:Melody Gardot with Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter, redoing the Edith cutimmortalized by Tina Turner here: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=XM6Mbv8hzH0And a better quality vid of Joni singing Night Ride Home, in studio in Norway,from her Klein years, herehttp://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCzKGRKGu8I wish someone would repost a better quality vid of Joni singing NRH outdoors,by that canal, in the Netherlands.Enjoy,Michael in Quebec_________________________________________________________________Keep in touch and up to date with friends and family. Make the connectionnow.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/ _________________________________________________________________ Drag n dropGet easy photo sharing with Windows Live Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/photos.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:50:23 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: RE: Joni vids on Youtube Joniphiles - One of the new features of the revised JoniMitchell.com will be a database of all the Joni YouTube videos I/we can find. My goal is to correctly date each of them and have all the links together in one place on the site. Of course, I'm only looking for actually videos of Joni, not those photo collage things done while an album cut plays in the background. So... if you are cruising YouTube, I would greatly appreciate you sending me links to the Joni vids you find. Thanks, Les ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:44:22 -0800 From: "Cassy" Subject: NJC - Drummer Kenny Aronoff playing in the back up band... Inauguration 2009 Kenny Aronoff has played so many pressure-filled and prestigious performances that few things intimidate or rattle him. Last month's Kennedy Center Honors, where The Who, George Jones, Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman and Twyla Tharp were celebrated? Nice gig, but another day at the office, as it were, for the Bloomington-based musician. Next Sunday might be a little different. The former John Mellencamp Band member knows that he'll be sitting behind the drum kit for a nationally televised concert on HBO called "We Are One: the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial." He knows President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be there. He knows thousands will gather outside the massive and impressive Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., for the concert. And he knows he'll be playing with, as the Presidential Inauguration Committee phrases it, "some of the biggest acts in the world of entertainment." But Friday afternoon, driving on a Los Angeles freeway on his way to a recording session, he acknowledged by phone that he still didn't know exactly who he was going to be backing in the concert. At that point, he only had a list of songs to learn. "I'm learning 'Pride in the Name of Love' (a U2 song), so what does that tell you? We may be doing 'Pink Houses' (Mellencamp), so what does that tell you? We're doing a James Taylor song, so, like those other songs, you say to yourself, 'I can only imagine one person singing that.' "I'm learning Stevie Wonder's 'Higher Ground.' Who might sing that?" Aronoff asked. The only performer he actually knew he'd be backing was Bruce Springsteen, and that was only because Springsteen himself had already announced to the public he'd be playing the star-studded Obama celebration. "It's insane!" Aronoff exclaimed. "It's going to be really, really intense because there is so much work to be done beforehand." Even at that, Aronoff isn't intimidated. "You dream to get a gig like this. If you're into that sort of thing. And I am," he said. For Aronoff, learning the songs is merely the first step. He'll arrive in Washington on Wednesday and begin rehearsing with the backing band on Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, the 10-15 featured artists will rehearse with the band, and at that point, any number of musical changes and modifications might take place. Aronoff expects to be revising his musical charts deep into the night each night. "One of the reasons this will be so heavy is that it's going to be on television, and on television, you are literally working with seconds. If you are not right on it with timing, and I mean right on it, you have ads that people are paying millions of dollars for, cued up and ready to go. So you have to bring every song in on time," Aronoff said. To add to the pressure, musically, the drummer is the guy driving the bus. It will be up to Aronoff to start every song exactly on cue, keep a perfect tempo and end every song exactly on time. And there will be a producer, a stage director, a musical director and others operating under exactly the same, demanding scenario. "It's unbelievably complicated," Aronoff said. Fortunately, the Obama team hired the legendary filmmaker and producer George Stevens Jr. to coordinate it all. "He's the one who started the Kennedy Center Honors and he's the best there is," Aronoff said. "He has a team that is awesome. They can put anything together, they're such professionals." Aronoff was chosen for that same reason - his professionalism and breadth of abilities. "At times like this, I think back to my time going to school at IU, and the jazz guys were saying, 'Why are you playing classical, too?' The classical guys were saying, 'Why are you playing jazz?' And all of them were saying, 'Why are you playing rock and roll?' I've always liked all of it, you know, so I have to say, I stayed on that path, and it's paid off big time. Even within pop music, I can play rock or reggae or hip-hop. Whatever. So maybe there's a lesson in that; I don't know." Aronoff said that he's been told that the final rehearsal sessions will be recorded in case extremely inclement weather hinders the live performance. "Again, with television, you can't have any excuses," he said. "They have their time slot; they have their advertising; the show has to go on. So we could actually be playing on stage with our prerecorded rehearsal blasting through the loudspeakers. Nobody wants to play that way, but if it's 10 degrees and your hands are freezing, you have to have a backup plan. "The main thing for me to do is my job. I'm like a running back in football. My job is to concentrate on getting the ball into the end zone. To do my job. At the end of the day, you look at the scoreboard." The veteran drummer is confident he can handle the task handed to him. But he did acknowledge feeling a sense of awe at what the event means. "It's the inaugural concert for President-elect Obama. It's history. It's a once-in-a-lifetime event. So, yeah, that is something you can't help but know it's not just another gig," he said. "I've played with all kinds of famous musicians and entertainers, and so I'm used to that. But the president of the United States? That's a little out of my league." Tune in to show The Obama Inaugural Celebration concert will take place at 2 p.m. next Sunday in Washington, D.C. The event will be broadcast on HBO from 7-8:30 p.m. that night. HBO will unblock its signal so that anyone with cable, telcos or satellite television will be able to view the show for free, whether they subscribe to HBO or not. If Iraq's biggest export was broccoli, would we still be there ? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:48:37 -0800 From: "Cassy" Subject: Inauguration Announcements - NJC - Musical guests INITIAL TALENT LINEUP CONFIRMED FOR WE ARE ONE: THE OBAMA INAUGURAL CELEBRATION AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, KICKING OFF INAUGURAL OPENING FESTIVITIES, PRESENTED EXCLUSIVELY BY HBO JAN. 18 - -------- George Stevens, Jr. Executive Produces; Don Mischer Produces And Directs; Michael Stevens Is Producer And Writer - -------- WASHINGTON, DC - The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) is pleased to announce the producers and initial talent lineup for WE ARE ONE: THE OBAMA INAUGURAL CELEBRATION AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, the Opening Celebration for the 56th Presidential Inaugural, to be presented exclusively by HBO on Sunday, January 18 (7:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT). The event will be free and open to the public, kicking off the most open and accessible Inauguration in history. The special will be executive produced by George Stevens, Jr. (The Kennedy Center Honors), and produced by Don Mischer (Olympic Ceremonies) who will also direct the special, and Michael Stevens (The American Film Institute Salutes) who is also writing the special, and will be a production of The Stevens Company in association with Don Mischer Productions. Musical performers scheduled for the event include Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington. The Rt. Reverend V. Gene Robinson will give the invocation. Rob Mathes will be the music director and arranger for the backing band, which will support all of the artists. Additional performers will be announced as they are confirmed. "Our intention is to root the event in history, celebrating the moments when our nation has united to face great challenges and prevail," observed George Stevens, Jr. "We will combine historical readings by prominent actors with music from an array of the greatest stars of today." "This is a great opportunity to capture an historic event in a very meaningful setting," noted Don Mischer. "We will have the statue of Abraham Lincoln looking down on our stage and a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people lining the mall -- a tableau any director would relish." "We have found that the great artists are eager to take part and each one is working with us to find music that expresses the optimism and hope that people bring to the Obama inauguration," said Michael Stevens. Televised to the nation, the Opening Celebration will be a declaration of common purpose and new beginnings. The Sunday afternoon performance will be grounded in history and brought to life with entertainment that relates to the themes that shaped Barack Obama and which will be the hallmarks of his administration. HBO will televise the event on an open signal, working with all of its distributors to allow Americans across the country with access to cable, telcos or satellite television to join in the Opening Celebration for free. The 56th Inauguration promises to be the most inclusive in history, and the Opening Celebration is one of a series of inaugural events that reflect that commitment. On Saturday, the President-elect, Vice President-elect and their families will journey to the nation's capital via train, holding events that are free and open to the public along the way. They will be joined by a group of everyday Americans they met along their road to the White House. On January 19, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President-elect Obama will call on all Americans to make an ongoing commitment to serve their communities and their country. A new website, USAservice.org, makes it easy for Americans to organize service events or find existing events to participate in. To date, nearly 5,000 events have been organized across the country. That evening, Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, and their families will host a free "Kids' Inaugural" concert to honor military families, broadcast live on the Disney Channel and Radio Disney. This spirit of openness will continue on Inauguration Day, when, for the first time in history, the entire length of the National Mall will be open to the public for the swearing in ceremony. Local D.C. students have also been given the chance to receive tickets in front of the White House for the Inaugural Parade for themselves and their family members based on the submission of essays answering the question, "How can I contribute to my neighborhood through community service?" On the evening of Inauguration Day, the first ball that President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend will be the first-ever Neighborhood Inaugural Ball. The ball will be broadcast live on ABC and over the Internet, bringing together neighborhoods across the country in the spirit of unity and celebration. The sum of these public events is an Inauguration that allows more Americans than ever before to come together as one nation and one people, united in our resolve to tackle our greatest common challenges and move this country forward together. For the latest information on the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, please visit www.pic2009.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:11:58 -0800 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: Joni vids on Youtube A few to get you started, Les. Warmly, Cassy Night Ride Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCzKGRKGu8 Help Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4oY8ojxp_8 Sex Kills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlYXotKXe54 Goodbye Blue Sky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlxCP0fhsI Joni Mitchell Finding Her Daughter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLw8XZVlalA River with Herbie Hancock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3yYtciRkGs Urge for Going http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2NgDnX-Uwo&feature=related Girl of the North Country with Johnny Cash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1QO0jQ0PB0&feature=related The Fiddle and the Drum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOJLqdcJZJ0&feature=related Moon At the Window http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9wKL-J0SI&feature=related Furry Sings the Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3c-i9mUowo&feature=related Street Light http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPoG2pMBAOQ&feature=related Harry's House (Rosie O'Donnell appearance) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9K6Zoa7FY&feature=related My Old Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1_PIuEmj8s&feature=related ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:19:01 -0500 (EST) From: "Jerry Notaro" Subject: Re: Joni vids on Youtube Les, Please note that many of these are temporary,at best. You Tube addresses are a moving target. Jerry Cassy wrote: > A few to get you started, Les. > > Warmly, > Cassy > > Night Ride Home > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCzKGRKGu8 > > Help Me > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4oY8ojxp_8 > > Sex Kills > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlYXotKXe54 > > Goodbye Blue Sky > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlxCP0fhsI > > Joni Mitchell Finding Her Daughter > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLw8XZVlalA > > River with Herbie Hancock > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3yYtciRkGs > > Urge for Going > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2NgDnX-Uwo&feature=related > > Girl of the North Country with Johnny Cash > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1QO0jQ0PB0&feature=related > > The Fiddle and the Drum > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOJLqdcJZJ0&feature=related > > Moon At the Window > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9wKL-J0SI&feature=related > > Furry Sings the Blues > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3c-i9mUowo&feature=related > > Street Light > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPoG2pMBAOQ&feature=related > > Harry's House (Rosie O'Donnell appearance) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9K6Zoa7FY&feature=related > > My Old Man > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1_PIuEmj8s&feature=related ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:34:06 +0000 (UTC) From: rflynn@frontiernet.net Subject: Re: Joni vids on Youtube A few more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4oY8ojxp_8&feature=related Help Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XOV34vsjfg&feature=related Circle Game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg&feature=related BSN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg&feature=related BYT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bFgxKov8Ts&feature=related Amelia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZcK48cTiU&feature=related Coyote - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cassy" To: "Les Irvin" Cc: "JMDL" Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 5:11:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: Joni vids on Youtube A few to get you started, Les. Warmly, Cassy Night Ride Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCzKGRKGu8 Help Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4oY8ojxp_8 Sex Kills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlYXotKXe54 Goodbye Blue Sky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlxCP0fhsI Joni Mitchell Finding Her Daughter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLw8XZVlalA River with Herbie Hancock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3yYtciRkGs Urge for Going http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2NgDnX-Uwo&feature=related Girl of the North Country with Johnny Cash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1QO0jQ0PB0&feature=related The Fiddle and the Drum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOJLqdcJZJ0&feature=related Moon At the Window http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9wKL-J0SI&feature=related Furry Sings the Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3c-i9mUowo&feature=related Street Light http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPoG2pMBAOQ&feature=related Harry's House (Rosie O'Donnell appearance) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9K6Zoa7FY&feature=related My Old Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1_PIuEmj8s&feature=related ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:32:38 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: NJC - Drummer Kenny Aronoff playing in the back up band... Inauguration 2009 WoW! What a report Cassy. Do you have a day job?? LOL Thanks for the info. I will be tuning in. I am in TV heaven at the moment cause I had a two hour fix of 24 last night and more tonight. Luv Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Jan 12, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Cassy wrote: Kenny Aronoff has played so many pressure-filled and prestigious performances that few things intimidate or rattle him. Last month's Kennedy Center Honors, where The Who, George Jones, Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman and Twyla Tharp were celebrated? Nice gig, but another day at the office, as it were, for the Bloomington- based musician. Next Sunday might be a little different. The former John Mellencamp Band member knows that he'll be sitting behind the drum kit for a nationally televised concert on HBO called "We Are One: the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial." He knows President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be there. He knows thousands will gather outside the massive and impressive Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., for the concert. And he knows he'll be playing with, as the Presidential Inauguration Committee phrases it, "some of the biggest acts in the world of entertainment." But Friday afternoon, driving on a Los Angeles freeway on his way to a recording session, he acknowledged by phone that he still didn't know exactly who he was going to be backing in the concert. At that point, he only had a list of songs to learn. "I'm learning 'Pride in the Name of Love' (a U2 song), so what does that tell you? We may be doing 'Pink Houses' (Mellencamp), so what does that tell you? We're doing a James Taylor song, so, like those other songs, you say to yourself, 'I can only imagine one person singing that.' "I'm learning Stevie Wonder's 'Higher Ground.' Who might sing that?" Aronoff asked. The only performer he actually knew he'd be backing was Bruce Springsteen, and that was only because Springsteen himself had already announced to the public he'd be playing the star-studded Obama celebration. "It's insane!" Aronoff exclaimed. "It's going to be really, really intense because there is so much work to be done beforehand." Even at that, Aronoff isn't intimidated. "You dream to get a gig like this. If you're into that sort of thing. And I am," he said. For Aronoff, learning the songs is merely the first step. He'll arrive in Washington on Wednesday and begin rehearsing with the backing band on Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, the 10-15 featured artists will rehearse with the band, and at that point, any number of musical changes and modifications might take place. Aronoff expects to be revising his musical charts deep into the night each night. "One of the reasons this will be so heavy is that it's going to be on television, and on television, you are literally working with seconds. If you are not right on it with timing, and I mean right on it, you have ads that people are paying millions of dollars for, cued up and ready to go. So you have to bring every song in on time," Aronoff said. To add to the pressure, musically, the drummer is the guy driving the bus. It will be up to Aronoff to start every song exactly on cue, keep a perfect tempo and end every song exactly on time. And there will be a producer, a stage director, a musical director and others operating under exactly the same, demanding scenario. "It's unbelievably complicated," Aronoff said. Fortunately, the Obama team hired the legendary filmmaker and producer George Stevens Jr. to coordinate it all. "He's the one who started the Kennedy Center Honors and he's the best there is," Aronoff said. "He has a team that is awesome. They can put anything together, they're such professionals." Aronoff was chosen for that same reason - his professionalism and breadth of abilities. "At times like this, I think back to my time going to school at IU, and the jazz guys were saying, 'Why are you playing classical, too?' The classical guys were saying, 'Why are you playing jazz?' And all of them were saying, 'Why are you playing rock and roll?' I've always liked all of it, you know, so I have to say, I stayed on that path, and it's paid off big time. Even within pop music, I can play rock or reggae or hip-hop. Whatever. So maybe there's a lesson in that; I don't know." Aronoff said that he's been told that the final rehearsal sessions will be recorded in case extremely inclement weather hinders the live performance. "Again, with television, you can't have any excuses," he said. "They have their time slot; they have their advertising; the show has to go on. So we could actually be playing on stage with our prerecorded rehearsal blasting through the loudspeakers. Nobody wants to play that way, but if it's 10 degrees and your hands are freezing, you have to have a backup plan. "The main thing for me to do is my job. I'm like a running back in football. My job is to concentrate on getting the ball into the end zone. To do my job. At the end of the day, you look at the scoreboard." The veteran drummer is confident he can handle the task handed to him. But he did acknowledge feeling a sense of awe at what the event means. "It's the inaugural concert for President-elect Obama. It's history. It's a once-in-a-lifetime event. So, yeah, that is something you can't help but know it's not just another gig," he said. "I've played with all kinds of famous musicians and entertainers, and so I'm used to that. But the president of the United States? That's a little out of my league." Tune in to show The Obama Inaugural Celebration concert will take place at 2 p.m. next Sunday in Washington, D.C. The event will be broadcast on HBO from 7-8:30 p.m. that night. HBO will unblock its signal so that anyone with cable, telcos or satellite television will be able to view the show for free, whether they subscribe to HBO or not. If Iraq's biggest export was broccoli, would we still be there ? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:38:07 +0000 (UTC) From: rflynn@frontiernet.net Subject: Re: Joni vids on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCLOMBbRVB0&feature=related Just Like Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqtNaKEmJdg&feature=related Favorite Color http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp3lJg07u4w&feature=related Me & My Uncle There's zillions of them - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cassy" To: "Les Irvin" Cc: "JMDL" Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 5:11:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: Joni vids on Youtube A few to get you started, Les. Warmly, Cassy Night Ride Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCzKGRKGu8 Help Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4oY8ojxp_8 Sex Kills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlYXotKXe54 Goodbye Blue Sky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlxCP0fhsI Joni Mitchell Finding Her Daughter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLw8XZVlalA River with Herbie Hancock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3yYtciRkGs Urge for Going http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2NgDnX-Uwo&feature=related Girl of the North Country with Johnny Cash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1QO0jQ0PB0&feature=related The Fiddle and the Drum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOJLqdcJZJ0&feature=related Moon At the Window http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9wKL-J0SI&feature=related Furry Sings the Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3c-i9mUowo&feature=related Street Light http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPoG2pMBAOQ&feature=related Harry's House (Rosie O'Donnell appearance) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9K6Zoa7FY&feature=related My Old Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1_PIuEmj8s&feature=related ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:33:46 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: NJC - Drummer Kenny Aronoff playing in the back up band... Inauguration 2009 WoW! What a report Cassy. Do you have a day job?? LOL Thanks for the info. I will be tuning in. I am in TV heaven at the moment cause I had a two hour fix of 24 last night and more tonight. Luv Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Jan 12, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Cassy wrote: Kenny Aronoff has played so many pressure-filled and prestigious performances that few things intimidate or rattle him. Last month's Kennedy Center Honors, where The Who, George Jones, Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman and Twyla Tharp were celebrated? Nice gig, but another day at the office, as it were, for the Bloomington- based musician. Next Sunday might be a little different. The former John Mellencamp Band member knows that he'll be sitting behind the drum kit for a nationally televised concert on HBO called "We Are One: the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial." He knows President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be there. He knows thousands will gather outside the massive and impressive Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., for the concert. And he knows he'll be playing with, as the Presidential Inauguration Committee phrases it, "some of the biggest acts in the world of entertainment." But Friday afternoon, driving on a Los Angeles freeway on his way to a recording session, he acknowledged by phone that he still didn't know exactly who he was going to be backing in the concert. At that point, he only had a list of songs to learn. "I'm learning 'Pride in the Name of Love' (a U2 song), so what does that tell you? We may be doing 'Pink Houses' (Mellencamp), so what does that tell you? We're doing a James Taylor song, so, like those other songs, you say to yourself, 'I can only imagine one person singing that.' "I'm learning Stevie Wonder's 'Higher Ground.' Who might sing that?" Aronoff asked. The only performer he actually knew he'd be backing was Bruce Springsteen, and that was only because Springsteen himself had already announced to the public he'd be playing the star-studded Obama celebration. "It's insane!" Aronoff exclaimed. "It's going to be really, really intense because there is so much work to be done beforehand." Even at that, Aronoff isn't intimidated. "You dream to get a gig like this. If you're into that sort of thing. And I am," he said. For Aronoff, learning the songs is merely the first step. He'll arrive in Washington on Wednesday and begin rehearsing with the backing band on Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, the 10-15 featured artists will rehearse with the band, and at that point, any number of musical changes and modifications might take place. Aronoff expects to be revising his musical charts deep into the night each night. "One of the reasons this will be so heavy is that it's going to be on television, and on television, you are literally working with seconds. If you are not right on it with timing, and I mean right on it, you have ads that people are paying millions of dollars for, cued up and ready to go. So you have to bring every song in on time," Aronoff said. To add to the pressure, musically, the drummer is the guy driving the bus. It will be up to Aronoff to start every song exactly on cue, keep a perfect tempo and end every song exactly on time. And there will be a producer, a stage director, a musical director and others operating under exactly the same, demanding scenario. "It's unbelievably complicated," Aronoff said. Fortunately, the Obama team hired the legendary filmmaker and producer George Stevens Jr. to coordinate it all. "He's the one who started the Kennedy Center Honors and he's the best there is," Aronoff said. "He has a team that is awesome. They can put anything together, they're such professionals." Aronoff was chosen for that same reason - his professionalism and breadth of abilities. "At times like this, I think back to my time going to school at IU, and the jazz guys were saying, 'Why are you playing classical, too?' The classical guys were saying, 'Why are you playing jazz?' And all of them were saying, 'Why are you playing rock and roll?' I've always liked all of it, you know, so I have to say, I stayed on that path, and it's paid off big time. Even within pop music, I can play rock or reggae or hip-hop. Whatever. So maybe there's a lesson in that; I don't know." Aronoff said that he's been told that the final rehearsal sessions will be recorded in case extremely inclement weather hinders the live performance. "Again, with television, you can't have any excuses," he said. "They have their time slot; they have their advertising; the show has to go on. So we could actually be playing on stage with our prerecorded rehearsal blasting through the loudspeakers. Nobody wants to play that way, but if it's 10 degrees and your hands are freezing, you have to have a backup plan. "The main thing for me to do is my job. I'm like a running back in football. My job is to concentrate on getting the ball into the end zone. To do my job. At the end of the day, you look at the scoreboard." The veteran drummer is confident he can handle the task handed to him. But he did acknowledge feeling a sense of awe at what the event means. "It's the inaugural concert for President-elect Obama. It's history. It's a once-in-a-lifetime event. So, yeah, that is something you can't help but know it's not just another gig," he said. "I've played with all kinds of famous musicians and entertainers, and so I'm used to that. But the president of the United States? That's a little out of my league." Tune in to show The Obama Inaugural Celebration concert will take place at 2 p.m. next Sunday in Washington, D.C. The event will be broadcast on HBO from 7-8:30 p.m. that night. HBO will unblock its signal so that anyone with cable, telcos or satellite television will be able to view the show for free, whether they subscribe to HBO or not. If Iraq's biggest export was broccoli, would we still be there ? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:52:31 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Fw: Please VOTE for a Department of Peace NOW njc - ----- Original Message ----- From: Yoko Ono To: Randy Remote Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:35 PM Subject: Please VOTE for a Department of Peace NOW Dear Friends Hi. This is yoko ono. I fully support the idea of voting for a DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. Please read the following instructions and VOTE! VOTE for a Department of Peace NOW Make sure the BLUE VOTE BUTTON next to the title has turned to a RED VOTED BUTTON in order for your vote to be counted Vote HERE VOTE to appoint a Secretary of Peace in a Department of Peace and Non-Violence Our planet, our media, our social interactions, our homes all suffer from the epidemic of inter-personal violence and warfare that plagues America. With the establishment of a Department of Peace and Non-Violence, with a respected Secretary of Peace in the PresidentBs Cabinet, and a program to reduce violence in cities, nations, and even in our homes, we will all benefit from the growth of a culture of peace. While this is a new layer of the Federal Government, it is a positive force for change, for handling the rage and violence that has cost our country billions in emergency rooms, police protection, broken homes and marriages. This is not an attempt to circumvent or replace the Department of Defense nor to co-opt the Department of State. This is a new entity, in the PresidentBs Cabinet, a Department dedicated to training peace-keepers, educating our children, and suggesting non-violent alternatives to hostility, and war. We are asking for a motive and a method to counteract violence, with positive potentials for resolution of conflict, by individuals trained to work with local, state and national approaches, building a United States that no longer glorifies warfare and deadly force, but brings to the table a sincere desire for peace, and a methodology to achieve it. Stephen Zendt (I am a Senior Citizen, work in Financial Services), Walnut Creek, CA, Dec 02 @ 01:07PM PST Ideas for Change in America Ideas for Change in America is a nationwide competition to identify the best ideas for change in America. The top 10 ideas will be presented to the Obama administration just before inauguration day and form the basis of a nationwide advocacy campaign to turn each idea into actual policy. Links National Website: www.ThePeaceAlliance.org MySpace: www.MySpace.com/DepartmentofPeaceFlorida Videos: www.Youtube.com/DOPFloridaCampaign Read the Federal Bill to establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence in Congress [pdf] www.IMAGINEPEACE.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:34:55 +0000 From: "Michael O'Malley" Subject: RE: Man on a Wire NJC Dear Laura, Wow. I'm very touched that you took the time to think about this, then sit down at the keyboard to get these thoughts out. You express so articulately some currents I was sensing in their relationships, but I could not articulate them. I also appreciate your honesty and your sharing of your personal experience. So thank you very much for all that. I guess I have my own issues around changing friendships and relationships that I need to explore, and this film simply pushed my buttons. One of the hardest lessons I had to learn in my own life is that friendships don't necessarily last forever. I could not know this in my twenties, nor did I want to believe it. Friends that I had held dearly drifted away, or walked away, and those losses affected me deeply. I agree that people change - not fundamentally, but perhaps their needs change as life brings them new experiences. For example, I think of friends who have married and had children, which often creates huge shifts in their social needs and interactions. I have often thought that people come together as friends or lovers, to share information and life experiences, and when those exchanges are done, they often separate. I think of this as a + warm arrangement ;. This is perhaps similar to your idea of friendships based on need. Here is my take on the individuals in this film. The woman was his confidante and lover. She understood that he had chosen her, and she was happy to enjoy the ride while it lasted. But clearly she was not his muse and she seemed to accept that. She was more than happy to share a part of his dream, but she also understood that she had to let him go, that perhaps he could no longer carry her along on his trip. I have learned that some people don't have strong passions or dreams in their lives, and they are quite happy to adopt those of their friends and lovers. It is the friendship between the two men I find most puzzling. Clearly there were deep bonds between them. What created the seismic shift in the attitude of the friend ? Did he feel he was being consumed by the dreams and passions of the other? Did he need to pull away in order to forge his own destiny away from the magnetic pull of Petit ? Was he envious of his friend's success ? Did he feel that Petit's obsessions were too close to the edge ? Was he crying for the lost dreams of his youth? For the loss of their bond ? For the loss of their community ? For the memory of the intensity and beauty ? Clearly Petit's proximity was transformative to the lives of these two individuals. And I am brought back to the scenario of the artist who's greatest love will always be his art, in spite of himself, since he has no choice in the matter. Perhaps it's a survival instinct, stronger than the bonds of love. I don't know. Anoter thing that struck me in the film, that I forgot to mention, was how wonderful it was to see this team of subversives enter the World Trade Center as spies, in order to choreograph for pasterity a moment of great magic and beauty for the delight and awe of the whole world. This in contrast, of course, to another group of people who would make similar manoeuvres years later, but with hatred in their hearts instead. Thanks again Laura. Michael > Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:37:52 -0800 > From: sillyseabird@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: Man on a Wire NJC > To: michael_quebec@hotmail.com > CC: joni@smoe.org > > Michael in Quebec wrote: > > However, what struck me the most in this movie, is the > toll that this obsession/passion took on his personal life. > > SPOILER to follow - skip the next two bits if you're planning to see this > movie. > How can you not be moved by the ambivalence and hurt still felt, thirty years > later, by his two closest friends at the time? Clearly this man had a profound > influence on their lives. He somehow had the charisma to embark them in his > passions, but they apparently paid dearly for the privelege of that intimacy. > Thirty years later, their emotions around this event and their friendship are > still so alive and raw. That really impressed me, in contrast to Petit, who > only seemed to have positive things to say about the experience. This reminds > me of the lines in Joni's song, Down to You, when she writes, Old friends seem > indifferent I must have brought that on; old bonds have broken down, love is > gone. > > When artists are catapulted to fame, their lives are changed in many ways. > Often things must be left behind, including relationships.This scenario seems > to be almost unavoidable: I've seen it ocur time and time again in the lives > of many different artists. It seems to be part of the price they pay for their > art and for their success. I must admit I've grown to become uncomfortable and > ambivalent about this aspect of the artistic ego, how it consumes the artist > and the people nearest to him or her. We are uplifted and moved forward by > great art and great achievements, but these often come at a great price for > the artists themselves or for those who share their lives. > I'm not sure what to think about all this, just thought I'd throw it out > there. > > > Hi Michael, > > Are Petit's friends from the time of his walking between the WTC not still his friends today? > > I got the impression, especially from his old girlfriend, that it was a period of growth for both of them, and they equally moved on not because of Petit's becoming famous but because the task had been done. I understood that it was the immensity of the dream rather than the relationship that was the bone between them up to that point. It was like a fairy tale relationship. The scale of the fulfillment of the dream was much greater than is typically common, but this pattern isn't that uncommon in relationships is it? Petit's girlfriend said she personally sensed completion that set her free from him. Maybe it was just 'fox and the grapes' on her part, but it seemed to me that there was a moving on for all of them that wasn't just based on Petit's fame. > > By the end of the movie, I was left with a sense of how many times I've moved on in friendship. And I began to wonder about the life expectancy of my current relationships. People change, and all of the people in the movie changed after their shared goal was reached. I've heard that relationships based on need end when the need no longer exists. This is what it reminded me of. I started wondering if people are like Spring flowers that bloom close together and when they come up the next year there might be more space between them as other flowers appear, still in the same garden but further apart... It seems to be just life. This theme in the movie was more impressive to me than the circus act as incredible as it was. > > When Petit's friend cried as he recalled the events, I got the sense of it being because he was an integral part of was something so beautiful that there was never to be another event in his own life to top it. I didn't see it as tears of some kind of change in his relationship with Petit but rather tears in a great personal accomplishment of his own involving Petit. I got the feeling that Petit's friends saw him as an instrument they used to fulfill a goal they held very personal... they knew that without them it wouldn't have been possible. It was as much their's as his. They were not his puppets on string; rather it was more the other way around. This paradox was the genius of the circumstances. The wire walk wouldn't have been as incredible without what was behind it that the movie captured. > > So much of my life is based on my circumstances which are constantly changing, sometimes dramatically and sometimes imperceptibly. When Joni says she must have brought on the indifference of friends with whom love is no longer shared and bonds are broken, I can understand her thought and have had similar thoughts myself many times. But, I also am resigned to the fact that things are not solely dependent upon me. If I thought so, I'd not only be wrong but my perception of myself would be grandiose. > > Having gone through the experience of school, this bonding and then parting of friends is very familiar to me. After graduation, we drifted a part. This is what I sensed with Petit and his friends. > > Love, > Laura > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2009 #12 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------