From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2009 #19 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 Sunday, January 18 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 019 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- SV: Hissing ["Marion Leffler" ] RE: Hissing [Mike Pritchard ] RE: Hissing [Laura Stanley ] RE: Hissing [Rian Afriadi ] Re: Hissing [Dflahm@aol.com] last waltz tribute [Mags ] the hissing of summer cicadas [Mags ] p.s. moni's photographic interpretation of hissing NJC [Mags ] Re: the hissing of summer cicadas ["Mark Scott" ] Catching up with Catgirl, njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: the hissing of summer cicadas [Mags ] Re: Hissing, ["Mark Scott" ] And the Recipient of the Issa CD shall be ... [Kate Johnson ] Leonard Cohen njc ["Kate Bennett" ] A high profile cover coming up and Jonis' Diva friend njc ["Kate Bennett] Re: A high profile cover coming up and Jonis' Diva friend njc ["Jamie Zub] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:00:42 +0100 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: Hissing Fabulous photo, Moni! Thanks for sharing! Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: Moni Kellermann [mailto:kellerfrau@gmx.de] Skickat: den 17 januari 2009 21:30 Till: Marion Leffler; joni@smoe.org Dmne: Re: Hissing Wie Marion Leffler so vortrefflich formulierte: > I have always assumed that the hissing of summer lawns was > caused by sprinklers. I once did a photo with that in mind. http://www.moni-kellermann.de/ms/summerlawns.jpg moni k. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:22:00 +0100 From: Mike Pritchard Subject: RE: Hissing Moni said, "I once did a photo with that in mind". And here's one Garret may recognise... mike np Sun Kil Moon - Tonight in Bilbao [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of Dublin 2005 hissing.jpg] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:33:22 -0800 (PST) From: Laura Stanley Subject: RE: Hissing I thought it was the sound of the humidity coming up out of the grass. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:31:08 -0800 (PST) From: Rian Afriadi Subject: RE: Hissing Hissing on my mind is not The Hissing of Insects on Summer Lawns. Hissing on my mind is the hissing of the grass itself. I mean, when everything's so still, you can hear the sound of the grass. Rian PS. Moni, awesome photo! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:09:10 EST From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: Re: Hissing In the beautiful song "Lazy Afternoon," by John LaTouche & Jerome Moross these lines come at the end of the bridge: "If you hold my hand and we sit real still you can hear the grass as it grows." DAVID LAHM ps it's sprinklers **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! 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Go to http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/jacko/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:38:18 -0800 (PST) From: Mags Subject: the hissing of summer cicadas mark in sydney , i enjoyed reading your post about the hissing of summer cicadas. i grew up in the same part of the world as catherine mckay and can relate to both of your posts. the song of the cicada grew into some wild bacchanalian festival as the temps soared. i wonder if this may well be the "hiss" of hissing of summer lawns?. it makes sense, at least to me. whilst there were sprinklers going round the lawns of my childhood, i dont recall this as a hissing sound. i am sure that this has been discussed in the land of deja vu here on the list. perhaps the hissing of summer cicadas didnt work out as well as 'lawns' in a lyrical sort of way. speaking of hissing, i hope the fires of west sydney are under control :-( love, mags. __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:40:20 -0800 (PST) From: Mags Subject: p.s. moni's photographic interpretation of hissing NJC moni, that's a gorgeous photographic rendering ... reminded me of lilacs in full bloom in early spring, in southern ontario. ;-) mags __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:46:53 -0800 (PST) From: Rian Afriadi Subject: Re: Hissing, David quoted : "If you hold my hand and we sit real still you can hear the grass as it grows." >>> That's a beautiful coincidence :-). I haven't heard the song. I'll check youtube if they have it. Rian PS. This makes me more sure that hissing means the hissing of the grass, not the insects on the lawns. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:53:39 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: the hissing of summer cicadas I remember what we (apparently mistakenly) referred to as locusts in the summers when I was growing up in Iowa. Doing a little poking around Google it appears it is really the cicada that I am thinking of. These insects sit in the trees and make a noise that is not so much hissing to me as it is a buzzing sound. We used to find the dried brownish husks of the skin that they shed in their final growth stage clinging to the trees. People also used lawn sprinklers in Iowa. I think the amount or volume of the 'hissing' effect produced depends on the type of sprinkler. But there is always some kind of sound as the water hits the grass that could be called a hiss. Some types of lawn sprinklers make a definite hiss in their working, though. I assume sprinklers are much more prominent in the residential parts of LA where there is less rainfall than where I grew up. Anyway, I think it was the sprinklers that Joni referred to as the hissing of summer lawns. As the cover of the record illustrates, however, I think metaphorically and thematically, this could be a reference to snakes as well (there's a poppy snake in the dressing room). Mark in Seattle - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mags" To: ; "Catherine McKay" ; "joni" Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:38 AM Subject: the hissing of summer cicadas > mark in sydney , > > i enjoyed reading your post about the hissing of summer cicadas. i > grew up in > the same part of the world as catherine mckay and can relate to both > of your > posts. > > the song of the cicada grew into some wild bacchanalian festival as > the temps > soared. i wonder if this may well be the "hiss" of hissing of summer > lawns?. > it makes sense, at least to me. whilst there were sprinklers going > round the > lawns of my childhood, i dont recall this as a hissing sound. i am > sure that > this has been discussed in the land of deja vu here on the list. > perhaps the > hissing of summer cicadas didnt work out as well as 'lawns' in a > lyrical sort > of way. > > speaking of hissing, i hope the fires of west sydney are under > control :-( > > love, mags. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:00:44 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Catching up with Catgirl, njc Remember Deb Worthington, AKA Catgirl? She has recently revised her profile: >Catgirl Deb Pease: Joni Mitchell is the best. I have enjoyed her music since 1975 when I first heard Hissing of Summer Lawns. I was so blown away, I started buying and listening to all of her albums. She inspired me to sing and learn to play the guitar. I joined the JMDL back in 1999 and then started my on Hejira that would take me to hell and back. I have gotten my life back on track with a heavy price to pay. Every day is a gift. In loving Memory of Jeremy Michael- love Mom My Michael from Mountains> http://www.jmdl.com/ Jim L. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:17:25 -0800 (PST) From: Mags Subject: Re: the hissing of summer cicadas that makes sense mark, the bit about the hissing of the sprinklers/hoses...and the snakes. thanks for clarifying :-) it's an interesting exercise of the senses to express just what a certain sound is in words. mags - --- On Sun, 1/18/09, Mark Scott wrote: From: Mark Scott Subject: Re: the hissing of summer cicadas To: "Mags" , mark-leon@iinet.net.au, "Catherine McKay" , "joni" Received: Sunday, January 18, 2009, 11:53 AM I remember what we (apparently mistakenly) referred to as locusts in the summers when I was growing up in Iowa. Doing a little poking around Google it appears it is really the cicada that I am thinking of. These insects sit in the trees and make a noise that is not so much hissing to me as it is a buzzing sound. We used to find the dried brownish husks of the skin that they shed in their final growth stage clinging to the trees. People also used lawn sprinklers in Iowa. I think the amount or volume of the 'hissing' effect produced depends on the type of sprinkler. But there is always some kind of sound as the water hits the grass that could be called a hiss. Some types of lawn sprinklers make a definite hiss in their working, though. I assume sprinklers are much more prominent in the residential parts of LA where there is less rainfall than where I grew up. Anyway, I think it was the sprinklers that Joni referred to as the hissing of summer lawns. As the cover of the record illustrates, however, I think metaphorically and thematically, this could be a reference to snakes as well (there's a poppy snake in the dressing room). Mark in Seattle - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mags" To: ; "Catherine McKay" ; "joni" Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:38 AM Subject: the hissing of summer cicadas > mark in sydney , > > i enjoyed reading your post about the hissing of summer cicadas. i grew up in > the same part of the world as catherine mckay and can relate to both of your > posts. > > the song of the cicada grew into some wild bacchanalian festival as the temps > soared. i wonder if this may well be the "hiss" of hissing of summer lawns?. > it makes sense, at least to me. whilst there were sprinklers going round the > lawns of my childhood, i dont recall this as a hissing sound. i am sure that > this has been discussed in the land of deja vu here on the list. perhaps the > hissing of summer cicadas didnt work out as well as 'lawns' in a lyrical sort > of way. > > speaking of hissing, i hope the fires of west sydney are under control :-( > > love, mags. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:33:17 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: Hissing, - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rian Afriadi" To: ; "jonipeople" Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:46 AM Subject: Re: Hissing, > David quoted : > "If you hold my hand and we sit real still you can hear the grass as > it > grows." > >>>> > > That's a beautiful coincidence :-). I haven't heard the song. I'll > check > youtube if they have it. > Barbra Streisand did a lovely version of it. One of her more restrained vocals. Nice. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:47:43 -0600 From: Kate Johnson Subject: And the Recipient of the Issa CD shall be ... ... Jeannie! (I'd be embarrassed for you all to know that I'm just getting to my computer at this late hour of the morning, as if I slept half the day away ... which I did ... but I'm not the sort to be embarrassed by that. However, when I get up early I feel Noble.) Please make your donation to jonimitchell.com, Jeannie, and send me your mailing address offlist. Thanks for your participation you guys. I'll be letting Issa know how one of the free CDs she sent me was "given" away. Kate du Nord **********Stubblejumpers Cafi ********** http://stubblejumperscafe.pnn.com/6853-the-front-page ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:39:47 +0000 From: dally mclaughlin Subject: FW:Wondering why my contributions to the jmdl never make the list?? From: dally57@hotmail.co.ukTo: mark-leon@iinet.net.auSubject: RE: A Hissing From The Other Side of The PlanetDate: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:51:08 +0000 Re sending this one to see if it gets in. Hi Mark! While you are Hissing away from the sunny side of the planet I am well into Hejira here in wild wet and windy Scotland.It is tremendously windy tonight and definitely winter. I always thought of hot lawns sprinkled with cold water and the hiss actually coming up out of the grass, almost steamy like some Greek chorus. She walking around the periphery of her self imposed slavery in the hissing heat, sweat running down her neck soaking the pure brilliant white cotton of her strappy summer dress. Miserable in the luxury of it all. Here the rain comes down like boults of bubblerap . No drifts and swirls of lace. Its Glasgow. We do a kinda rougher Hejira here. Its still great though. ENJOY the sunshiny days and warm summer nights and the hissing of summer lawns.Im travelling in some vehicle. Im sitting in some cafe. A defector.... dally. > To: joni@smoe.org> From: mark-leon@iinet.net.au> Subject: A Hissing From The Other Side of The Planet> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:55:46 +1100> > Hello all my Joni-pals.> > Whilst the majority of this list are freezing their collective butts > off, there is a whole half a planet down here in the grips of Summer. > So, naturally, I have turned my attention to Joni's Summer themed > songs. As with most things Joni sings about, her vivid descriptions > of Summer bring melancholic visions of childhood memories of long, > hot Summer days and current images of Summer. As an Australian, I > always related well to phrases like :The hissing of Summer lawns" but > I wonder if my antipodean views match with what Joni had in mind. I > always assumed the "hissing" came from the sound of cicadas which are > usually abundant around the Sydney area and I know, from watching > documentaries that they are plentiful in the northeastern United > States too. They make that hissing sound when they mate in the Summer > months. Then I started to think that maybe Joni was singing about the > sound of water sprinklers, watering the California lawns or maybe it > was something else more esoteric. Crickets also make a hissing sound > in the Summer too.> > It has been a mild Summer here so far, except for a couple of > heatwave days last week and I haven't heard much from the cicadas > this year. Then again, there aren't so many lawns in the city where I > live now. The odd thing is, cicadas don't live in the grass. They > live in trees.> > I know this is not exactly a life defining question but it just got > me wondering. The sound of cicadas was a dominant feature of Summer > for me as a child. The hotter it got, the louder the cicadas got. I > grew up in a very middle class area of Sydney and there weren't the > water restrictions we have these days so, every house had sprinklers > going on their lawns too and they seem to make a hissing sound too.> > I do hope you all had a lovely new year. For those who follow the > Chinese calendar, yours is still to come and for those who follow the > Jewish calendar, it was several months ago. Happy new year to you all.> > Mark in Sydney> > NP To Turn You On - Roxy Music What can you do with the new Windows Live? Find out _________________________________________________________________ Cut through the jargon: find a PC for your needs. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/130777504/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:32:53 -0800 From: Mary Morris Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2009 #18/MARK in Sydney & HSH Mark in Sydney, Very interesting, your take on cicadas in summer. I think there is a whole range of primal sounds that are present in summer, that one would never hear in winter climes. As Joni is very tapped into seasonal things and uses that imagery in much of her work, and I think Joni was trying to tap into the boredom & ennui of a summer spent (observing) in an LA suburb, though a high toned one. I'm not from Beverly Hills or Belair, but I can imagine the sound of constant sprinklers, hot days and inviting pools. In fact, I have been down there and there is a lot of sprinklers. I do not think it far off the mark to insist that the "hissing" or at least the pictures conjured up by this imagery, may have been cocaine fueled as well. It is well known she did have a "period" of cocaine use, even by her own admission. "Edith & the Kingpin" is about that milieu. One's sensibilities can be hightened during those times. The imagery of "hissing summer lawns" moves from such prosiac beginnings to a sometimes frightening, threatening undercurrent - yes, the hissing of snakes, even. Snakes are prevalent in LA & not just the two legged kind ! HSH has always, imho, been a sad and cautionary, though seductive, tale of wealth and disappointment. Mary MM GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:00:11 -0500> From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org> To: joni-digest@smoe.org> Subject: JMDL Digest V2009 #18> > > JMDL Digest Sunday, January 18 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 018> > > > ==========> > TOPICS and authors in this Digest:> --------> A Hissing From The Other Side of The Planet [Mark-Leon Thorne NJC Dragon Dreams [Oddmund Kaarevik ]> Last Waltz Tribute [Bob Muller ]> RE: NJC The weather [Laura Stanley ]> RE: NJC The weather ["Jerry Notaro" ]> Herbie ["Jerry Notaro" ]> Re: Subject: A high profile cover coming up and Jonis' Diva friend njc/now with WHATS ON YOUR RIDER? []> Hissing ["Marion Leffler" ]> Re: Celine fotos (NJC) + This week in music! [Michael Paz Leonard in NYC -no tix (NJC) (NO FC) ["Jim L'Hommedieu" Obama: impressive even now njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu" Re: Obama: impressive even now njc [Bob Muller ]> Re: Herbie [Jeannie ]> Joni videos ["Paul Castle" ]> njc, A Grateful Dead wake [Patti Parlette ]> Fw: "The love of reading" by Virginia Woolf njc ["Mark Scott" Re: Hissing [Moni Kellermann ]> Re: Obama: impressive even now njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu" Re: Hissing [Catherine McKay ]> Re: Obama: impressive even now njc ["Mark Scott" ]> NJC, TV Alert: JT and John Legend on TV right now! [Patti Parlette > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:55:46 +1100> From: Mark-Leon Thorne > Subject: A Hissing From The Other Side of The Planet> > Hello all my Joni-pals.> > Whilst the majority of this list are freezing their collective butts > off, there is a whole half a planet down here in the grips of Summer. > So, naturally, I have turned my attention to Joni's Summer themed > songs. As with most things Joni sings about, her vivid descriptions > of Summer bring melancholic visions of childhood memories of long, > hot Summer days and current images of Summer. As an Australian, I > always related well to phrases like :The hissing of Summer lawns" but > I wonder if my antipodean views match with what Joni had in mind. I > always assumed the "hissing" came from the sound of cicadas which are > usually abundant around the Sydney area and I know, from watching > documentaries that they are plentiful in the northeastern United > States too. They make that hissing sound when they mate in the Summer > months. Then I started to think that maybe Joni was singing about the > sound of water sprinklers, watering the California lawns or maybe it > was something else more esoteric. Crickets also make a hissing sound > in the Summer too.> > It has been a mild Summer here so far, except for a couple of > heatwave days last week and I haven't heard much from the cicadas > this year. Then again, there aren't so many lawns in the city where I > live now. The odd thing is, cicadas don't live in the grass. They > live in trees.> > I know this is not exactly a life defining question but it just got > me wondering. The sound of cicadas was a dominant feature of Summer > for me as a child. The hotter it got, the louder the cicadas got. I > grew up in a very middle class area of Sydney and there weren't the > water restrictions we have these days so, every house had sprinklers > going on their lawns too and they seem to make a hissing sound too.> > I do hope you all had a lovely new year. For those who follow the > Chinese calendar, yours is still to come and for those who follow the > Jewish calendar, it was several months ago. Happy new year to you all.> > Mark in Sydney> > NP To Turn You On - Roxy Music> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:05:14 +0100> From: Oddmund Kaarevik > Subject: NJC Dragon Dreams> > Of Course I'm delighted if I win the bid> but I'm sure some others on this list will find great pleasure in> Issa's new CD. This CD has to me been a kind of a born-again experience.> And than I don't mean in a religious aspect, although that is certainly> present.> No, it's been a born-again-experience in that of owning an Album, a CD in> playing it> from start to end. Yes I admit it. I'm a wreck of our times. Almost all my> music come trough my computer> many times in quite random order. Now - Dragon Dreams - came to me as a gift> - - from a friend - it's second hand !> And for the first time in quite a while I've really enjoyed an album from> start to end,> again and again and again and again.> > Issa's music should come with warning, it is very habitual, you want listen> to it again and again.> And I for one - don't get tired of it.> > So place your bids to Kate of the North now !> It will soon be too late !> > And Jeannie> you won't regret to check out Issa.> It's a rewarding experience. I find.> > This is my review for CD Baby:> > dream of light> author: Oddmund Kaarevik> > I already have this CD. I recieved it as a gift from a friend - second hand.> But I just want to buy it again and again and give it to people I love and> appreciate. What a CD. You had a good thing and you blew it ! Issa really> takes the edge of everything with this masterpiece. It's just such a groovy> piece and my favorites are changing with the light of the day. The best> thing is: the feeling of it all as a great bonus. A gift Issa gives to us> all from a endless creative well. This is just one of the best CD's I've> heard and owned for ages. And such lightness. I feel blessed. Thank you Issa> !> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:19:38 -0800 (PST)> From: Bob Muller > Subject: Last Waltz Tribute> > http://www.citypages.com/events/the-big-pink-a-tribute-to-the-last-waltz-6335 26/> > An interesting tribute idea - a recreation of the "Last Waltz" concert, to be performed in Minneapolis for anyone willing and able to get there.> > Joni Mitchell to be performed by Andra Suchy.> > Bob> > NP: The Moody Blues, "Nights In White Satin"> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:35:01 -0800 (PST)> From: Laura Stanley > Subject: RE: NJC The weather> > Monika wrote:> > I love hot weather which is unfortunate that I live in Ohio.> > > Hi Monika,> > We had a few days of temps in the teens here in Arkansas recently, but it quickly rose to the 30's and will be in the 50's today. We have had many days where it has be 60 or close to 60 this winter. It never stays cold for long here, and there usually isn't any snow.> > I bet you wouldn't like the hot weather here. There are oak and pine trees and people that die in the summer here because we can have a month of temps in the 100's and no rain. To the west of us is Oklahoma that transitions into dessert. But here the heat is not dry. Even at night, the temp typically remains in the 90's with high humidity. There is no relief. Our summers are extreme like your winters.> > Love,> Laura > > - ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:52:00 -0500 (EST)> From: "Jerry Notaro" > Subject: RE: NJC The weather> > Laura Stanley wrote:> But here the heat is not dry. Even at> > night, the temp typically remains in the 90's with high humidity.> > There is no relief. Our summers are extreme like your winters.> >> > Yeah, but as we say here in Florida, you don't have to shovel humidity :)> > - ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:54:48 -0500 (EST)> From: "Jerry Notaro" > Subject: Herbie> > The always wonderful CBS Saturday Morning show just interviewed Herbie> Hancock live in Washington, D.C. He is playing at the Lincoln Memorial> concert tomorrow. Perhaps he will play some Joni. Perhaps Joni will sing> ??????> > Jerry> > - ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:51:31 -0500> From: kjhsf@aol.com> Subject: Re: Subject: A high profile cover coming up and Jonis' Diva friend njc/now with WHATS ON YOUR RIDER?> > Anita-> You are hilarious!!? I love your rider!!!> It's fun to explore our inner divas!!!? DREAM BIG!> Ken> > > - -----Original Message-----> From: Anita Tedder > To: kjhsf@aol.com> Cc: 'Bob Muller' ; anima_rising@yahoo.ca; joni@smoe.org> Sent: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 5:05 am> Subject: Re: Subject: A high profile cover coming up and Jonis' Diva friend njc/now with WHATS ON YOUR RIDER?> > > > Hi Ken > > Hope you made it out the drive! > > My Diva Rider would insist that, prior to my tour, my hotel suite was> completely knocked down and rebuilt in whatever colours, bathrooms and> furniture I chose. I would insist on flying out my favourite builder (Mark> in Olney, Bedfordshire, UK) to undertake the project in each and every hotel> I deigned to stay in and grace with my presence. Later, when on the tour, I> would then walk in to my suite, say I hated the colour and refuse to stay> there. I would then kick and scream until I was sick. > > As my head hung over the toilet (following this extreme tantrum), I would> insist that my tour manager (one Bob Muller) would pass me a copy of> 'Freeing the Heart' Dhamma teachings from the Nuns' Community of Amaravati> and Cittavieka Buddhist Monasteries and order him to read aloud page 82: > > 'We live in a society in which we're so used to being satisfied quickly,> getting what we want, and being in control of things. But it doesn't work.' > > I would then probably throw up all over him and he would smile very> patiently, recognise my struggle with my inner Diva, and pass me a Blue Moon> on ice with an orange slice. I would be then feel some stirrings of> contentment. > > Anita > > PS Bob, Will Young won the very first UK Pop Idol some years ago and did> really did well when (remember this is very early on) he took issue with> Simon Cowell calling his performance of 'Light My Fire' as average. Every> one loved him from that point with his clever and polite challenge to La> Cowell. He sounds a bit influenced (to my ears) by Jamiroquai and Jay Kay,> and has produced some mean tunes himself. He has always cited Joni as an> influence and I also hear has turned out to be quite a Diva as well. > > > _____ > > I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter > We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam.> SPAMfighter has removed 1196 of my spam emails to date.> The Professional version does not have this message> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:04:27 +0100> From: "Marion Leffler" > Subject: Hissing> > Hi Mark,> > thanks for the reminder of summer! Right now we have temperatures below zero> (Celsius) but at least light is slowly but surely returning to the Northern> hemisphere. Hope you are enjoying your more agreeable temperature.> > It's interesting how we interpret Joni's lyrics depending on our own> surroundings and experience. I have never heard cicadas but I imagine they> are something like grasshoppers? I do associate grasshoppers with summer but> not with the hissing of lawns since grasshoppers make a chirpy sound, to my> ears anyway. I have always assumed that the hissing of summer lawns was> caused by sprinklers. Or maybe snakes.I know it isn't very likely to find> snakes lurking in Beverly Hills lawns but the relationship Joni describes in> the song would be a nightmare to me, and in a nightmare, anything is> possible.> > Have a nice weekend,> > Marion> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:52:25 -0600> From: Michael Paz > Subject: Re: Celine fotos (NJC) + This week in music!> > I was really surprised at how much I did enjoy the show and some of > her singing. About 30% of the show was really quite good, besides the > amazing production elements. She does have the over the top thing > though that makes me wanna scream myself (but not necessarily in tune).> > It has been an incredible week of music and related events starting > with that show with Celine and getting to hang with my good friend > Zachary. Last night Freda and I went to the newly reopened Mahalia > Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts and caught Yolanda Adams with > New Orleans own Irvin Mayfield. Freda has been working with Irvin on > marketing team doing all his design and helping with Art Direction. > Yolanda is blessed with some amazing chops. I worked with her once > before with Wynton Marsalis on the Rebuilding The Soul of America > concert with Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott (who blew my socks off) and > host of others. I really love her voice but OMG when she goes over the > top and does all the gymnastics she loses me.> > Julian finally had one of his dreams come true to meet Dave Matthews > and the band day before yesterday. Dave is in town for two months > recording his new record (to be released in April) and they used > Preservation Hall as one of their foto locations. I spent the > afternoon hanging out with them and had a blast. I took a bunch of > pics but I think I will wait to post them later.> They split from the Hall right around the time Julian was getting out > of school and went out to City Park to finish up the foto shoot. Freda > took Julian out there and met Clint and Ben from our band and Clint > introduced him to Dave and then Dave introduced him to the rest of the > band and suggested they take pictures (you can see these on my page). > Julian was positively electric. Moms heart skipped a beat when she was > asked by Carter if she was MOM and invited her in the pics as well. > Having known most of these cats for a long time I knew how gracious > and down to earth and truly nice people they are, but Freda and Julian > know it too and were totally smitten.> > I topped off that day working at the Ogden Museum where I work on > Thursday nights when I am not on the road. We had guitarist Ernie > Vincent who was totally amazing. It was my third time mixing him and I > had a blast. If you ever see something called the Ponderosa Stomp go > see it. He was been a part of that collective for a long time. > Basically they are an organization led by a crazy music slut who > turned his appreciation for forgotten artists into a beautiful thing > by promoting concerts etc. of these living legends. Check out their > site and line up for the Jazz Fest Stomp at HOB at http://www.ponderosastomp.com/ > .> DMB spent about 5 hours in the morning thursday shooting fotos at the > Ogden Museum Library. This is the site of the old Confederate Museum > that the Ogden is hoping to restore and meld into their facility. The > building is beautiful and photographer Danny Clinch (who has shot > plenty of Tom Waits Hi Victor) loved the place and spent about 3 hours > more shooting there than was scheduled. Danny shot Preservation Hall > Jazz Band in NYC the last time we were there. He is superb and a hoot > to work with. You can see those fotos as well on my page.> > Sorry for all the dribble, but I had to tell somebody. Have a great > weekend!> > Luv> > Paz> > > Michael Paz> michael@thepazgroup.com> > Tour Manager> Preservation Hall Jazz Band> http://www.preservationhall.com> > > > > On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Lori Fye wrote:> > Nice photos, Michael!> > Now I have to ask: Can Celine sing, or is she still screaming all her> words?> > ; )> > Lori, who liked Celine's first album (only)> Santa Rosa, CA> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:42:10 -0500> From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" > Subject: Leonard in NYC -no tix (NJC) (NO FC)> > It sounds like nothing has changed over the past 20 years. I think you > need a ticket broker (scalper). Even in Cincinnati, which is a > conservative town, there are ticket brokers. When I googled "ticket > broker Cincinnati" I got many hits. Good luck. I recommend shopping > around and getting some recommendations before buying.> > All the best,> Jim L'Hommedieu> > >I was both online (2 screens,hi-speed access) and on the phone at > 8:55am today> > to get tix, refreshing the screens furiously 'til 9am arrived!> Finally - tix for sale!> > So I typed at the fastest speed I could muster to fill in the preliminaries -> and ALL - yes all, even $250 - tix sold out already!!!> > How in god's name could that happen!!! In a split-second all seats - thousands> - - - - sold??????>> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:00:49 -0500> From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" > Subject: Obama: impressive even now njc> > He hasn't been sworn in yet & he's already getting stuff done. From> what I've seen in the news, he's been working non-stop ever since he got> back from Hawaii. I heard that his team talked with pro-life groups and> pro-choice groups. He thinks they can work together to reduce unwanted> pregnancies. (!) I don't think he cooked this up personally; his> campaign built lots of neighborhood-level groups that survive today. > There's an optimism in spite of the large collection of serious problems.> > All the best,> Jim L> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:32:51 -0800 (PST)> From: Bob Muller > Subject: Re: Obama: impressive even now njc> > pregnancies. >> > The whole campaign he avoided the "abortion trap" and discussed the issue not as pro-choice or pro-life but rather working on the true source of the issue. Of course it didn't stop lots of my fellow knuckle-dragging Greenvillians from labeling him as a 'baby-killer".> > He is brilliant and I can't wait until he's officially the man and we can put this George Bush nightmare behind us.> > Three days!! > > Bob> > NP: Doug Flor, "Woodstock"> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:49:33 -0800 (PST)> From: Jeannie > Subject: Re: Herbie> > My head just did a major juke box dive with that thought and I get all choked up with joy thinking of our very own Joni singing up there during such an eventful moment. But I'm just very happy having Joni in our lives> all these years taking the bull on by the horns when very few others did and for me, Joni is part of it all from the very beginnings of this whole, wonderful transformation.> > > Jeannie> > > > > - --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Jerry Notaro wrote:> > > > Subject: Herbie> > > Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 8:54 AM> > > The always wonderful CBS Saturday Morning show just> > interviewed Herbie> > Hancock live in Washington, D.C. He is playing at the> > Lincoln Memorial> > concert tomorrow. Perhaps he will play some Joni. Perhaps> > Joni will sing> > ??????> > > > Jerry> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:43:39 +0000> From: "Paul Castle" > Subject: Joni videos> > Just found a great resource for Joni videos -> > http://www.deezer.com/#music/result/all/Joni%20Mitchell> and click the [Videos (+1000)] button - (just> beneath 'Search result: Joni Mitchell')> > Looks like there are actually just over 600 Joni> or Joni-related videos listed which you can watch> on the page.> > I've just been watching Diana Krall singing ACOY> Live in Paris (at the bottom of Page 7)> - - lovely piano arrangement!> > and Joni singing 'Cactus Tree' (on Page 17 -> from her BBC concert back in 1970) - which,> along with Marcie and Sisotobell Lane, first> hooked me into her wonderful music back in> 1968 and which still remain among my 8> 'Desert Island Jonis'.> > very best> PaulC> > NP Bjork singing Boho Dance in the 'Tracks' section of the> same site - [ Direct Link - http://www.deezer.com/track/89075 ]> Brilliant! Love her phrasing and the way she pronounces> "Books where artists in noble poverty go like virgins to> the grave" and shouts "Don't you get sensitive on me"> > - ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:10:20 +0000> From: Patti Parlette > Subject: njc, A Grateful Dead wake> > Dear Joniamigos:> > I hope my visit doesn't seem to darken you. I just got home from a wake, and> feel compelled to share because of the music content there.> > My next-door neighbor Tom (51) was found dead on the frozen street late Monday> morning. He had been jogging. They think it was a heart attack. He had seen> his cardiologist just two weeks ago, and was running for his health. (Muller,> right around Monday you wrote that you just got back from a great 5 mile run.> What both sides now I felt. Thank God that your run was better than Tom's.)> > Tom was a Dead Head. You should hear our neighborhood on shiny hot nights.> During the hissing of summer lawns, Joni and Dead music comes spilling out> into the streets from the moon on the windowsills, and on the other side of my> little ranch house on the hill is a Judy Collins nut. On both sides now, we> have music, sweet music. We are the music lovers of the canyon.> > At the wake, there was Dead music playing. I met his brother from Oregon,> wearing a long-sleeved Dead t-shirt. I exchanged a long hard hug with his 20> year-old son, similarly dressed, and the same with his 24 year-old daughter.> Even his ex-wife. I commented on their shirts, and she said Tom would want it> this way.> > Darn right.> > At that point I didn't feel so lame for having written out the lyrics to> "Ripple" in the sympathy card. They will get it. And the part about the> road....wow.> > These poor kids. I told them I would be there for them, always. They grew up> with my kids. It takes a village, of course.> > As I left the funeral home w/ my other neighbor Anne and her husband and their> two young boys (they look like my kids did when they were those kids age), I> told them that I want my family to wear Joni Mitchell shirts and to play Joni> at my wake. They all nodded and smiled and promised me they would make sure> of it.> > Oh, and Anne? The other lady of the canyon, across the street? She's all> Beatles.> > "Let there be songs to fill the air."> > Keep on truckin', Tom.> > LOVE,> > Patti P.> > > > > "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be> peace."> -- John Lennon> > http://www.imaginepeace.com/> > > > > _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live Hotmail.: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail.> http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_> 012009> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:17:29 - -0800> From: "Mark Scott" > Subject: Fw: "The love of reading" by Virginia Woolf njc> > For any who might be interested, here is a link to a short essay by > Virginia Woolf on reading:> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/17/virginia-woolf-reading-books> > It is a good, straightforward piece of writing. I suppose you could > also apply this to listening to music.> > Mark in Seattle > > - ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:29:40 +0100> From: Moni Kellermann > Subject: Re: Hissing> > Wie Marion Leffler so vortrefflich formulierte:> > I have always assumed that the hissing of summer lawns was> > caused by sprinklers.> > I once did a photo with that in mind.> > http://www.moni-kellermann.de/ms/summerlawns.jpg> > > moni k.> > - ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:07:03 -0500> From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" > Subject: Re: Obama: impressive even now njc> > On the radio, I heard a conservative say that he was in a conference> with the President-elect and the conservative was impressed. He said> Obama had a complex, detail-filled conversation about various aspects of> the economy. He felt that President Bush wouldn't have been able to keep> up with the panel.> > Jim L.> PS, I added "Obama" to the spell checker.> > Bob Muller wrote:> > He is brilliant and I can't wait until he's officially the man and we can put this George Bush nightmare behind us.> > Three days!! > > Bob> > ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:29:21 -0800 (PST)> From: Catherine McKay > Subject: Re: Hissing> > Moni, that's a brilliant photo. It can't be easy capturing the water from a> sprinkler the way you did. It really conjures up a summery image.> > My vision (what is a sound-vision? a hearing?) of "Hissing" is a bit more like> Mark's though. I remember very hot days and nights when I was a kid hearing> the cicadas whining, and when I first heard "The hissing of summer lawns," the> thing that immediately came to mind was insects for some reason, although hot> summer days when I was a kid always involved sprinklers AND bugs, so it's hard> to separate the two. It wouldn't be summer without cicadas and crickets and> grasshoppers and things buzzing and rustling and chirping and whining. And> hissing.> > - --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Moni Kellermann wrote:> From: Moni Kellermann > Subject: Re: Hissing> To: "Marion Leffler" , joni@smoe.org> Received: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 3:29 PM> > Wie Marion Leffler so vortrefflich formulierte:> > I have always assumed that the hissing of summer lawns was> > caused by sprinklers.> > I once did a photo with that in mind.> > http://www.moni-kellermann.de/ms/summerlawns.jpg> > > moni k.> > > > __________________________________________________________________> Be> smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot> with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail> today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca> > - ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:56:19 -0800> From: "Mark Scott" > Subject: Re: Obama: impressive even now njc> > I watched him speak in Baltimore a little while ago on his whistle > stop trip from Philadelphia to Washington. He certainly is inspiring. > I want very much to believe that he is the brilliant leader that we > are looking for right now. He certainly talks the talk.> > Mark in Seattle> - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" > To: "Bob Muller" > Cc: > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 1:07 PM> Subject: Re: Obama: impressive even now njc> > > > On the radio, I heard a conservative say that he was in a conference> > with the President-elect and the conservative was impressed. He > > said> > Obama had a complex, detail-filled conversation about various > > aspects of> > the economy. He felt that President Bush wouldn't have been able to > > keep> > up with the panel.> >> > Jim L.> > PS, I added "Obama" to the spell checker.> >> > Bob Muller wrote:> >> > He is brilliant and I can't wait until he's officially the man and > > we can put this George Bush nightmare behind us.> >> > Three days!!> >> > Bob > > ------------------------------> > Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:30:09 +0000> From: Patti Parlette > Subject: NJC, TV Alert: JT and John Legend on TV right now!> > John Legend and JT are on CNN, Larry King Show. 9:28 p.m. EST.> > JT has a big black eye patch! Says he tripped and fell.> > xo,> > pp> > > "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be> peace."> -- John Lennon> > http://www.imaginepeace.com/> > > > > _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live: Keep your life in sync.> http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_01200> 9> > ------------------------------> > End of JMDL Digest V2009 #18> ****************************> > -------> Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org> Unsubscribe by clicking here:> mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe> ------- _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail.: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_ 012009 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:03:48 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: last waltz tribute NJC Thanks for the link, Mags - it would be fun to see a show like that, or even to be a part of it. I liked where it said "This Concert will be played LOUD". Bob NP: REM, "Oddfellows Local 151" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:22:29 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Leonard Cohen njc Wonder if he invested with Madoff? >>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran folk singer Leonard Cohen, forced > > back on the road after his business manager lost his retirement > > savings, ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:33:21 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: A high profile cover coming up and Jonis' Diva friend njc I don't see these riders as that outrageous. Well maybe the all white thing. Or take out the black jelly beans thing is a bit weird. But think about it, these performers are flying in to a new venue each night. Are they supposed to pack all this stuff & schlep it with them? They are at the venue for sound check & the show so for a good part of the day. Their managers are busy enough doing other stuff so ask that someone at the venue provide it- the manager doesn't have time to go out shopping for it, neither does the performer. Plus, this stuff they ask for is not just for them but for the other folks in their entourage plus any guests they might have visit them before or after the show. I've never heard of asking for new sheets but I get it. If I were a star I'd probably even ask for a certain thread count! Ha! I'm not a diva but that stuff is important when you are traveling & sleeping all over the place & expected to have a peak performance each night. Kate ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:44:07 +0000 From: "Jamie Zubairi Home" Subject: Re: A high profile cover coming up and Jonis' Diva friend njc When I was working in the West End last year, it happened to be at the same theatre that Madonna had acted in (yes, she 'acted' in London) 2 years before. Some of the same permanent stage management team were on. On Madonna rider was that the entire floor from the stage door to the first floor had to be carpeted in soft cream carpeting. And because of the the 'secret' passage between Wyndhams and the Noel Coward theatre opposite, that had to be carpeted as well. They management were completely peed off with it and as soon as she left, it was ripped up! They should've sold squares of it on ebay though! lol 2009/1/18 Kate Bennett > I don't see these riders as that outrageous. Well maybe the all white > thing. Or take out the black jelly beans thing is a bit weird. > > But think about it, these performers are flying in to a new venue each > night. Are they supposed to pack all this stuff & schlep it with them? > They are at the venue for sound check & the show so for a good part of the > day. Their managers are busy enough doing other stuff so ask that someone > at the venue provide it- the manager doesn't have time to go out shopping > for it, neither does the performer. Plus, this stuff they ask for is not > just for them but for the other folks in their entourage plus any guests > they might have visit them before or after the show. > > I've never heard of asking for new sheets but I get it. If I were a star > I'd probably even ask for a certain thread count! Ha! I'm not a diva but > that stuff is important when you are traveling & sleeping all over the > place > & expected to have a peak performance each night. > > Kate > - -- Feel like supporting a World Record Attempt while giving to charity? go to: http://www.justgiving.com/zooby Jamie Zubairi can be found for voice-overs at http://uk.voicespro.com/jamie.zubairi1 acting CV and showreel at http://uk.castingcallpro.com/u/81749 agent: http://www.pelhamassociates.co.uk 01273 323 010 http://www.jamiezubairi.co.uk Facebook me! Everest Blog: http://jamiezubairi.blogspot.com ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2009 #19 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------