From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2009 #24 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 Friday, January 23 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 024 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- writers on obama's speech ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Hissing [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Personal invitation from Rob Steen [Rob Steen] Re: fiddle and the drum [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: writers on obama's speech NJC [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: NJC - Congratulations America [Laura Stanley ] Re: Hissing [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Hissing [Monika Bogdanowicz ] Re: Hissing [Jamie Zubairi Home ] (NJC) Ruth Paz Foundation Pediatric Burn Hospital (NJC) [Michael Paz ] njc the sources of Rev Lowry's prayer [Vince ] RE: njc the sources of Rev Lowry's prayer ["Kate Bennett" Subject: writers on obama's speech As a writer I was interested in reading what other speechwriters thought of Obama's speech. I think most of them gave him high marks overall. As a writer I have to say that it is very difficult to turn off the editor's brain. So everyone will add that. And of course there is ego. But, from what I read from some of the most prominent speechwriters, all were grateful that he didn't have sound bytes! Sound bytes are junk food for juveniles which I guess makes this JC. :~} Most were thankful that his speech had more substance. Intelligence is back. O Yeah!! Kate ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:59:57 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Hissing Thanks very much for digging this up, Bob. It makes things clearer. Any of the songs on Hissing could be set anywhere I guess. I'll stick to my fantasy of the house in Scarsdale for now. Mark in Sydney On 21/01/2009, at 12:25 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > > Here's what Joni has to say (from her interview with Cameron Crowe > in Rolling Stone, 1979): > > "The Hissing of Summer Lawns is a suburban album. About the time > that album came around I thought, "I'm not going to be your sin > eater any longer." So I began to write social description as > opposed to personal confession. I met with a tremendous amount of > resentment. People thought suddenly that I was secure in my > success, that I was being a snot and was attacking them. The basic > theme of the album, which everybody thought was so abstract, was > just any summer day in any neighborhood **when people turn their > sprinklers on** all up and down the block. It's just that hiss of > suburbia." > > And while she was based in LA, this was her first album of mostly > portraits ("In France They Kiss On Main Street" being an exception) > as opposed to being autobiographical so her specific location is > kind of irrelevant...like you say, some of it takes place on the > west coast, some on the east, and like she says, it's "any > neighborhood". > > Bob > > NP: Suzanne Vega, "Bad Wisdom" > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The information transmitted is intended only for the person > or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. > If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are > hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, > distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon > this message is prohibited. 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There has always been something much greater happening in the heart of our nation since its birth than was evident. Now it is visible. It didn't just all of a sudden happen... it has been living and growing all along in the hearts of the people but now it is visible. The inauguration was like a big coming out party in my opinion. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:58:45 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Hissing Absolutely. Just like I always felt like Joni was singing about me & a former girlfriend when she sang "now there's a man and a woman sitting on a rock, they're either gonna thaw out or freeze". That's one of the strengths of her work, and even when you KNOW it's not the case it doesn't diminish its meaning in any way. 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Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:52:06 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: Hissing Yes, I've always presumed that the "hissing" sound was from the lawn sprinklers and of course, Joni says so herself. However, I think she leaves it open for other interpretation to evoke all sorts of images from that "hissing." That is the beauty of it. Also, those sprinklers are loud! Though Cleveland, OH is just north of me, I do live in a suburb of it. Pure suburbia. We've got a mall, plazas, all of it. I remember my childhood days of riding my bike through the sprinklers! - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:08:35 +0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Home Subject: Re: Hissing Hmmm good question Mark Joni didn't sub-let in New York until later on in the 70's. I've a feeling as this song is written about Jose Feliciano (thanks to Chaka Khan's faux pas) that it is LA but it's universal enough to be any suburban area where husbands and wives slowly 'hurt' each other in private while appearing all fine and dandy in public. Very much like the films 'The Ice Storm' or 'American Beauty'. For me, even though the song is clearly about sprinklers, that symbol of suburban normality, the hissing also refers to the snake in the grass that hides just under our view, as Joni illustrated in her cover. And where it's set - to answer your question - is also illustrated in the cover. There's a New York skyline, a Canadian suburban house, Joni's house in LA (with the pool) - so North America. Interestingly, the painting starts on the right (the Canadian house, to In France They Kiss on Main St), then you follow the snake to The Jungle Line and then a more urban landscape via Edith and The Boho Dance. Then she brings it home again back to LA, back into her own landscape, and includes the church for Shadows and Light. It's all there in the cover! She is a genius. Much Joni Jamie Zoob 2009/1/20 Mark-Leon Thorne > The one thing that could answer the question of the source of the hissing > is, where was Joni at the time she wrote this song? Without looking it up, I > assume Joni was in L.A. in 1974/5. - -- 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 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:07:32 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: (NJC) Ruth Paz Foundation Pediatric Burn Hospital (NJC) To My Friends ALL Over the World- Hi everybody. Please excuse this long email to the list, but in an effort to try to hit one out of the park, I thought that some help could come from our amazing resources in this community. As many of you know, my sister and I have been building a Burn Hospital in Honduras over the last couple of years. We have raised all the money ourselves and are only 2 months away from completing the final construction on the same. The list below is equipment that we either need to buy or get donated to outfit the hospital. If you have any contacts in the medical field I would appreciate you passing this list on to them or having them contact us. Donations are also gratefully appreciated on our website at www.ruthpaz.com. Thanks for the opportunity to share this information with and through you. Love Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com Ruth Paz Foundation Pediatric Burn Hospital Equipment Request per unit: First Floor: Intensive Care Unit (2 beds): v Total care ICU beds with scales (2) v Cardio pulmonary monitors with invasive monitoring capabilities (to include CVP, ABP, & temp) (2) v 4 channel colleague Baxter IV pumps (2) v Nelcor End tidal CO2 monitors (2) v Syringe pumps (4) v Kangaroo feeding pumps (2) v 12 lead EKG machine v I-stat machine (cartridges can be purchased in HN) v Crash Cart with defibrillator (external / internal-adult & pediatric paddles) v Bedside Suction machines (2) v Puritan Bennet 840 ventilator (4) v Bedside tables (4) v Sleep chairs for parents (2) v Bedside supply carts (2) Step Down / floor Unit (10 isolation rooms): could potentially accommodate ICU overflow v Hospital bed with scales (10) v Stainless Steel Cribs with scales (4) v Cardio pulmonary monitors with invasive monitoring capabilities (CVP & ABP) (10) v Bedside suction machines (10) v Double channel Colleague Baxter IV pumps (10) v Kangaroo feeding pumps (10) v Syringe pumps (10) v Bedside tables (10) v Nebulizers (5) v Nelcor portable pulse oximeters (2) v Sleep chairs for parents (10) Nurses Station & General unit supplies: v Central monitoring station / monitor for 2 ICU beds & 10 step down / floor beds v Chairs (6) v Supply carts (4) v Stretchers (4) v Glucometer (2) v Portable X-Ray machine (1) will be used in entire hospital Operating Room #1 (burn unit 1st Floor): v OR table v Mayo table (2) v Bovie Cautery Machine v OR Suction machine (2) v Surgical Double ceiling light v Chairs (2) v Anesthesia machine (pediatric/adult capabilities) with isoflurane and sevoflurane vaporizers v Capnography monitor v I-stat machine (cartridges can be purchased in HN) to use in both ORs 1st floor v Crash Cart with defibrillator (external / internal-adult & pediatric paddles) v Stainless Steel work table v Cardio pulmonary monitor with invasive monitoring capabilities (to include CVP, ABP, & temp) v Bare hugger unit v Large foot knee operated double stainless steel sink to use in both ORs 1st floor v IV rapid infusion system with heater cartridge v Transport monitor v Dermatone Padgett with blades v Skin expander to use in both ORs 1st floor v Syringe pumps (2) v 4 channel colleague Baxter IV pump Operating Room #2 (burn unit 1st Floor): v OR table v Mayo table (2) v Bovie Cautery Machine v OR Suction machine (2) v Surgical Double ceiling light v Chairs (2) v Anesthesia machine (pediatric/adult capabilities) with isoflurane and sevoflurane vaporizers v Capnography monitor v Stainless Steel work table v Cardio pulmonary monitor with invasive monitoring capabilities (to include CVP, ABP, & temp) v Bare hugger unit v IV rapid infusion system with heater cartridge v Transport monitor v Dermatone Padgett with blades v Syringe pumps (2) v 4 channel colleague Baxter IV pump Hydrotherapy room: v Anesthesia machine (pediatric/adult capabilities) with isoflurane and sevoflurane vaporizers v Cardio pulmonary monitor  heart rate, respiratory rate, non invasive blood pressure, & oxygen saturation Sterilization Area: v 2 medium size autoclave (100 pounds capacity)  electric with boiler v 2 small size autoclave v 2 water softener (to be used with autoclaves because water in Honduras is hard with mineral that could damage equipment) v 1 large stainless steel work table v 1 medium size mobil stainless steel table with wheels v 1 low temperature sterilization system (uses Ethylene Oxide Gas) Emergency Room: v I-stat machine (cartridges can be purchased in HN) v Crash Cart with defibrillator (external / internal-adult & pediatric paddles) v Bedside Suction machines (4) v Puritan Bennet 840 ventilator (2) v Transport monitor v Examination tables (6) v Examination lights (6) v Portable Nelcor pulse oximeters (2) v Mayo tables (6) v Cardio pulmonary monitors with invasive monitoring capabilities (to include CVP, ABP, & temp) (2) v Bedside supply carts (4) v Anesthesia machine (pediatric/adult capabilities) with isoflurane and sevoflurane vaporizers v double channel Baxter Colleague IV pumps (2) Second floor: (general pediatric surgery ward) Operating room #3 (second floor  pediatric surgery) please note OR suites on second floor are large enough to accommodate 2 simultaneous surgeries per room. v OR table (2) v Mayo table (4) v Bovie Cautery Machine (2) v OR Suction machine (4) v Surgical Double ceiling light (2) v Chairs (4) v Anesthesia machine (pediatric/adult capabilities) with isoflurane and sevoflurane vaporizers (2) v Capnography monitor (2) v Stainless Steel work table (2) v Cardio pulmonary monitor with invasive monitoring capabilities (to include CVP, ABP, & temp) (2) v Bare hugger unit v Transport monitor v Syringe pumps (2) v double channel colleague Baxter IV pump (2) v I-stat machine (cartridges can be purchased in HN) to use in both ORs 2nd floor v Crash Cart with defibrillator (external / internal-adult & pediatric paddles) to use in both ORs 2nd floor v Stainless Steel work table (2) v Large foot knee operated double stainless steel sink to use in both ORs 2nd floor v IV rapid infusion system with heater cartridge Operating room #4 (second floor  pediatric surgery) please note OR suites on second floor are large enough to accommodate 2 simultaneous surgeries per room. v OR table (2) v Mayo table (4) v Bovie Cautery Machine (2) v OR Suction machine (4) v Surgical Double ceiling light (2) v Chairs (4) v Anesthesia machine (pediatric/adult capabilities) with isoflurane and sevoflurane vaporizers (2) v Capnography monitor (2) v Stainless Steel work table (2) v Cardio pulmonary monitor with invasive monitoring capabilities (to include CVP, ABP, & temp) (2) v Bare hugger unit v Syringe pumps (2) v double channel colleague Baxter IV pump (2) v Stainless Steel work table (2) v IV rapid infusion system with heater cartridge PACU (2nd floor): v Hospital beds (6) v Hospital cribs (3) v Cardio pulmonary monitors with invasive monitoring capabilities (CVP & ABP) (2) v Cardio pulmonary monitors - heart rate, respiratory rate, non invasive blood pressure, & oxygen saturation (4) v Bedside suction machines (6) will be shared with general ward on 2nd floor v Double channel Colleague Baxter IV pumps (6) will be shared with general ward on 2nd floor v Syringe pumps (6) will be shared with general ward on 2nd floor v Bedside tables (6) v Nebulizers (2) v Nelcor portable pulse oximeters (2) v Stretchers (4) will be shared with general ward on 2nd floor v Puritan Bennet 840 ventilator (2) General Ward 18 beds: v Hospital beds (12) v Hospital cribs (6) v Nelcor portable pulse oximeters (4) v Single channel Colleague Baxter IV pumps (8) v Kangaroo Feeding Pumps (4) v Bedside tables (18) v Bedside supply carts (8) v Parent sleep Chairs (18) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:36:22 -0600 From: Kate Johnson Subject: tell joni what? I don't have much more to tell Joni, were I to meet her, than I've already said in two rambly letters over the past 25 years. If I were to meet her, what might I say that wouldn't be old news and she needs to know? That her voice is so beautiful, now as well as then, that it holds so much emotion, that she is an incredible singer, her voice so uniquely lovely that I'm surprised training it wasn't a focus as she was growing up. Her parents must have heard her sing, must have known, surely she must have sung at family gatherings at the very least. Kate http://stubblejumperscafe.pnn.com/6853-the-front-page ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:29:15 -0500 From: Vince Subject: njc the sources of Rev Lowry's prayer for anyone who cares (and surely no one does) the annotation of Rev Lowry's benediction: Quote: God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, thou who has brought us thus far along the way, thou who has by thy might led us into the light, keep us forever in the path, we pray, lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee, lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee. Shadowed beneath thy hand may we forever stand -- true to thee, O God, and true to our native land. We truly give thanks for the glorious experience we've shared this day. We pray now, O Lord, for your blessing upon thy servant, Barack Obama, the 44th president of these United States, his family and his administration. He has come to this high office at a low moment in the national and, indeed, the global fiscal climate. But because we know you got the whole world in your hand, we pray for not only our nation, but for the community of nations. Our faith does not shrink, though pressed by the flood of mortal ills. For we know that, Lord, you're able and you're willing to work through faithful leadership to restore stability, mend our brokenness, heal our wounds and deliver us from the exploitation of the poor or the least of these and from favoritism toward the rich, the elite of these. We thank you for the empowering of thy servant, our 44th president, to inspire our nation to believe that, yes, we can work together to achieve a more perfect union. And while we have sown the seeds of greed -- the wind of greed and corruption, and even as we reap the whirlwind of social and economic disruption, we seek forgiveness and we come in a spirit of unity and solidarity to commit our support to our president by our willingness to make sacrifices, to respect your creation, to turn to each other and not on each other. And now, Lord, in the complex arena of human relations, help us to make choices on the side of love, not hate; on the side of inclusion, not exclusion; tolerance, not intolerance. And as we leave this mountaintop, help us to hold on to the spirit of fellowship and the oneness of our family. Let us take that power back to our homes, our workplaces, our churches, our temples, our mosques, or wherever we seek your will. Bless President Barack, First Lady Michelle. Look over our little, angelic Sasha and Malia. We go now to walk together, children, pledging that we won't get weary in the difficult days ahead. We know you will not leave us alone, with your hands of power and your heart of love. Help us then, now, Lord, to work for that day when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, when tanks will be beaten into tractors, when every man and every woman shall sit under his or her own vine and fig tree, and none shall be afraid; when justice will roll down like waters and righteousness as a mighty stream. Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around -- (laughter) -- when yellow will be mellow -- (laughter) -- when the red man can get ahead, man -- (laughter) -- and when white will embrace what is right. Let all those who do justice and love mercy say amen. AUDIENCE: Amen! REV. LOWERY: Say amen -- AUDIENCE: Amen! REV. LOWERY: -- and amen. AUDIENCE: Amen! (Cheers, applause.) Quote: God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, thou who has brought us thus far along the way, thou who has by thy might led us into the light, keep us forever in the path, we pray, lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee, lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee. Shadowed beneath thy hand may we forever stand -- true to thee, O God, and true to our native land. ^^^ verse 3, Lift Every Voice and Sing, consider the black national anthem, and one of my favorite hymns Quote: to work for that day when (1) nation shall not lift up sword against nation, when tanks will be beaten into tractors, (2) when every man and every woman shall sit under his or her own vine and fig tree, and none shall be afraid; (3) when justice will roll down like waters and righteousness as a mighty stream. (1) adapted from Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3 (2) used many times in Scripture but probably here specifically Micah 4.4, the image of peace when people obey the Lord and destroy all weapons of war (3) Amos 5.24 Quote: Our faith does not shrink, though pressed by the flood of mortal ills. perhaps a reference to the hymn A Mighty Fortress is our God Quote: For we know that, Lord, you're able and you're willing to work through faithful leadership to restore stability, mend our brokenness, heal our wounds and deliver us from the exploitation of the poor or the least of these and from favoritism toward the rich, the elite of these. Matthew 25 Quote: even as we reap the whirlwind of social and economic disruption Hosea 8 Quote: Lord, in the memory of *all the saints who from their labors rest* part of the first line of the hymn For All the Saints, and surely a reference to Rev Martin Luther King and so many other martyrs of the civil rights movement to those who know the Biblical texts, Rev. Lowry was clearly, strongly rebuking, using Scripture, the entire Bush administration and the narrow type of Christianity it purported to espouse with its false claims of what is moral and what is not -- and Rev. Lowry's rebuke was clearly lifting up the 8th century BCS prophets who condemned the rich and those who ignored the plight of the poor while pretending to be be moral, and also the 8th century BCE prophets strong denunciation of war, the weapons of war, reliance on violence - and following many Biblical scholars, identifying Jesus (and I think properly so) as the heir of these prophets Vince ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:56:48 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: njc the sources of Rev Lowry's prayer I care, surely many care! I love this kind of analysis! Have faith Rev V! LOL. When I was upset at the choice of whatshisname leading the opening inaugural prayer, Vince YOU were the one to help me understand the importance of Lowry's position in the ceremony which I then was able to pass on to many others, who like me, aren't as aware of such things. Kate PS I loved the ending of his prayer the part about Black, Brown, Yellow, Red, White etc He was, as you predicted, fabulous! >for anyone who cares (and surely no one does) the annotation of Rev Lowry's benediction: to those who know the Biblical texts, Rev. Lowry was clearly, strongly rebuking, using Scripture, the entire Bush administration and the narrow type of Christianity it purported to espouse with its false claims of what is moral and what is not -- and Rev. Lowry's rebuke was clearly lifting up the 8th century BCS prophets who condemned the rich and those who ignored the plight of the poor while pretending to be be moral, and also the 8th century BCE prophets strong denunciation of war, the weapons of war, reliance on violence - and following many Biblical scholars, identifying Jesus (and I think properly so) as the heir of these prophets Vince< ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:23:15 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: njc the sources of Rev Lowry's prayer >help us work for that day when black > will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around -- > (laughter) -- > when yellow will be mellow -- (laughter) -- when the red man can get > ahead, > man -- (laughter) -- and when white will embrace what is right. This bit of humor caught my ear-not the least because it was the only time Native Americans were mentioned during the ceremony. I was waiting for Obama...going on about our forefathers giving their blood for the ideal of freedom, etc.. but no mention or well-mannered liberal gesture to acknowledge that our country was founded on robbery and genocide, something I think about every time I hear "This Land Is Your Land". re Aretha: Was I the only one who noticed the way she broke up the second word of "My Country 'Tis of Thee"? She literally sang "My Cunt (second and a half pause) Tree". Go sistah! I thought her understated singing was nice, the right approach for this event. It was also significant that Bob Marley's "One Love" was performed on the steps of the Capitol during Sunday's musical event. I'm pretty sure that was a first. RR ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2009 #24 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------