From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2009 #52 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 Saturday, February 14 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 052 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_Reflections_on_the_Grammy_=96_NJC?= [Mike Pritchar] The Screaming of Summer Lawns [Mark-Leon Thorne ] SV: More Slogan Than Substance ["Marion Leffler" ] SV: More Slogan Than Substance ["Marion Leffler" ] sjc? Celebrating five years on the JMDL! [Patti Parlette ] Re: NJC - Oh Susanna [T Peckham ] Re: JMDL Digest V2009 #50 [Dev Swanson ] njc njc BORN AGAIN AMERICAN ["gene" ] need a place to stay in paris NJC [Mags ] Re: More Slogan Than Substance ["Mark Scott" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:14:28 +0100 From: Mike Pritchard Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_Reflections_on_the_Grammy_=96_NJC?= Lucy wrote≫ Mantovani - Oh wow, where did that guy come from?≪ Err, that would either be Mantua, in Italy, as the name suggests (nice town, once ate a wonderful pork in cider there) or in fact in Venice, which is not more than a couple of hours away, as I recall. According to wikithingee, "In 1958 Mantovani and his family bought a holiday home in Bournemouth in Durley Chine Road, then in 1961 acquired a new property in Burton Road (now part of Poole). He moved, finally, to a new home in Martello Road in Poole." Isn't that scaringly near you Lucy? mike in bcn np Shins - kissing the lipless ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:15:11 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: The Screaming of Summer Lawns Hello dear friends. I tried desperately to find a Joni connection to this so that I could leave off the NJC tag and all those Joni-only people like myself could get this update. My apologies to anyone who might be annoyed at this non-Joni related post but but some things are just too important to share with this community of caring people. Such was the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina for the people of southern Louisiana. Now it is the people of Victoria who are suffering like never before. I know many of you have been following this unfolding disaster on the news and, well, since I don't live in that state, I have been doing pretty much the same. Of course, it's a little closer to home for me and the other Australian JMDLers. To put your minds at ease, all five JMDLers that I am aware of do not live in the fire effected areas. This is just about the worst disaster to have ever hit this country. Here are some cold hard stats:  More people have died in this incident than any other outside of wars - 181 so far. The death toll is expected to rise to around 300. The army has been sent in to recover bodies but it is a slow job because many of the houses have collapsed and heavy equipment is needed to search for them.  The team that was put together for identifying the bodies of the Bali bombs were retained and are now being used to identify the horribly charred bodies. Incidentally, 80 Australians died in that terrorist attack.  1,800 homes have been destroyed.  7,000 are now homeless and are sleeping in relief centres, schools and army barracks.  There are still 14 fires out of control.  Entire families were incinerated. Many of them as they tried to flee in their cars. The roads were littered with burned out cars. There was a four car pile up when people tried to drive out but the smoke was too thick to see. On the brighter side:  Last night's telethon was incredible considering it was put together in about two days and went out live. It went for 5 and a half hours (7.30-1.00) and it's success was due to some of the biggest names in Australian show business. Satellite links hooked up Aussie performers around the world including, Olivia Newton-John in Florida, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban in Nashville (who donated $500,000 then and there), Cameron Daddo, Deborah Lee-Furness and Hugh Jackman and Mel Gibson in Los Angeles, Kathy Lette and Rolf Harris in London, Russell Crowe and his football team, South Sydney in his hometown of Coffs Harbour who is paying for a community centre to be set up and a message from Ellen DeGeneres: "Hello Australia. I'm not an Australian but, I married one..." Orlando Bloom happened to be in town to see his girlfriend and answered phones all night along with many other celebrities. Michael Bubli donated $50,000 on the spot.  $20 million was raised on the telethon and $100 million dollars has been raised by Red Cross so far. Just about every company I've heard of donated including some American companies: Caterpillar and Harley Davidson.  Parliament was suspended for three days and the economic bail out package was diverted to the fire victims.  The first world leader to contact Prime Minister Rudd was President Obama.  Not since Cyclone Tracy in 1972 has this country mobilised and come together as a community to help those in need. This is a catastrophic disaster. Fire crews from every state and New Zealand have rushed there, fire experts from the United States and other international organisations have also flown in. $100 million dollars is a lot of money for a country of 21 million people. Flags flew at half mast on all the famous icons: the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Parliament House. The media has been flooded with this all week and them pictures are horrific. I have been in tears pretty much all week. Every time I even think about it. If I thought there was anything I could do, I would be down there in a flash (as broke as I am) but the authorities are warning against "disaster tourism". Many of the towns are still closed off. Victoria Police have tonight arrested one suspected arsonist but they had to move him to Melbourne for his safety. There is a national vigilante group forming. People are even talking about the reintroduction of hanging. Several more arrests are expected. Thank you to those who have expressed their condolences and checked on us. Katherine, Bob Muller and Mags in Winnipeg, you were so quick off the mark that I didn't even know what was going on at the time. Australia may be a long way from many of you, but that's why we cling to the media and jump to assist any of our friend when they are in trouble and most of you are our friends. Whether it's hurricanes or tsunamis or earthquakes or blizzards, Aussies know how to be true friends. Being "mates" is part of our culture and it's something we treasure so, when this sort of thing happens, we pull together. This was the result of a number of unfortunate elements: a 10 year drought, a week of above 40 degree temperatures and high winds (not to mention the arsonists). Apologies again for leaving off the NJC for this. As Joni might say, shine on the victims of nature. Mark in Sydney NP Shine - JM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:38:28 +0100 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: More Slogan Than Substance OUCH! That was poisonous. Joni, (and Barbra) know your place(s)...Otherwise the real intellectuals will be all over you. - Who is this Bronwyn Eyre? Another arrogant right wing journalist? Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Gerald Notaro Skickat: den 13 februari 2009 01:33 Till: Joni List Dmne: More Slogan Than Substance More slogans than su By Bronwyn Eyre, The StarPhoenixFebruary 11, 2009 During a heated political discussion, a friend once declared there is "a right and wrong side" to every issue. So much for debate, I thought. Similarly, singer Joni Mitchell -- whose photographic exhibition, Green Flag Song, is currently showing at the Mendel Art Gallery -- is clearly one who believes she's on the "right" side. According to the gallery notes, as Mitchell "watched the daily menu of distress and fear on her deteriorating television set, the colour distortions seemed to accentuate the bias of mass media." So she photographed televised scenes of "militancy" that depict her "personal response to the consequences of war and humanity's struggle with itself." These scenes eventually served as stage visuals to Jean Grand-Maitre's ballet, The Fiddle and the Drum -- a tribute to Mitchell which the Alberta Ballet recently performed here. They include images of Hitler and Stalin, along with a parade of current social and political bugbears, including George W. Bush, the state of the environment, conflicts in Africa and consumerism. "With the situation for all earthlings" (earthlings?) "so dire," Mitchell writes, "it was frivolous to present a lighter fare, like 'fiddling while Rome burned'." Of course, no "anti-war, pro-environment" manifesto would be complete without a wistful (if not very original) tribute to Woodstock. Mitchell sings: "We are stardust / We are golden / And we've got to get ourselves / Back to the garden." The reality, of course, is by the end of that famous weekend, revellers were practically drowning in their own, er, refuse. And in an ironic twist, the U.S. army and National Guard flew in food and medical supplies. In The Real Thing, playwright Tom Stoppard writes: "Is that what it's all come down to? No philosophy that can't be printed on a T-shirt?" The great thing about The Fiddle and the Drum ballet is that the beauty of the dancing transcends Mitchell's lyrics -- many of which are sophomoric slogans. Take Shine: "Let your little light . . . / Shine on rising oceans and evaporating seas / Shine on our Frankenstein technologies" -- at which point, an image flashes above the dancers: "We need experts, not bigots." So no "Frankenstein technologies" -- but I'd venture to guess Mitchell favours stem cell research ("experts") over the position on stem cell research held by George Bush and many Christians ("bigots"). As she sings herself: "Shine on the Catholic Church / And the prisons that it owns." For the ballet, Mitchell wrote a new song, If, based on Rudyard Kipling's poem about -- as she puts it -- "stoicism and war." Problem is, it's not about war. It extols manly, if not aristocratic, character. And I doubt Kipling would be on what Mitchell considers the "right side." In The White Man's Burden, for example, he describes the colonizing white man's "new-caught, sullen peoples" as "half-devil and half-child." Oops. In the ballet program, Mitchell describes how she adapted another song, Slouching Toward Bethlehem, from "Yates' [sic] poem, The Second Coming." That would be W.B. Yeats -- another controversial choice. Scornful of democracy and admiring of Mussolini's dictatorship, Yeats once wrote marching songs for the Irish Blueshirts, who adopted the Nazi straight-arm salute. Oops again. 'Dang it, why must this right and wrong business be so complex? Sure, sure, we all know Bush was evil. But how do we, for example, intervene in African regions such as Darfur when no one except the bad guys has an army? As for Mitchell's snide projections of the White House and the Statue of Liberty, what do we make of the awful irony that in the last 20 years, two Balkan interventions, as well as the failed 1992-93 Somali intervention to feed starving African Muslims, were humanitarian exercises by the U.S.? In 2002, Barbra Streisand -- like Mitchell, a proponent of fashionable causes -- quoted what she thought was Shakespeare: "Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervour." The lines were actually penned by an Internet prankster. Both Streisand, who later insisted the words "are still powerful and true and beautifully written," and Mitchell, with her shaky reading of literary greats, would do well to heed Alexander Pope's famous caution: "A little learning is a dangerous thing." Polemics, unfortunately, don't make for high art. (c) Copyright (c) The StarPhoenix ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:45:42 -0500 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: Re: More Slogan Than Substance On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Marion Leffler wrote: > OUCH! That was poisonous. Joni, (and Barbra) know your place(s)...Otherwise > the real intellectuals will be all over you. - Who is this Bronwyn Eyre? > Another arrogant right wing journalist? > Marion Bronwyn Eyre Originally from Saskatoon, Bronwyn Eyre, 36, and mother of a three-year-old son, graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in Arts in 1993 and Law in 1996. While there, she also edited The Sheaf in 1990-91 and for three years wrote a column for The StarPhoenix on university issues. After working for a year in Toronto, Eyre moved to London, England, where she was senior writer for The Commercial Lawyer magazine, then editor of the European edition of that magazine, based in Milan, Italy. She also wrote as a senior correspondent for European Lawyer magazine from Frankfurt, Germany. She returned to Saskatoon in June of 2006, and in 2007, worked as a sessional lecturer in German on campus. She now writes a general interest column for The StarPhoenix. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:58:48 +0100 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: More Slogan Than Substance Thanks for the information! I still think the arrogance in the article was unnecessary. Then again, what did Joni say about lawyers and their popularity? Wasnt Robespierre mentioned? Marion _____ Fren: Gerald Notaro [mailto:notaro@mail.usf.edu] Skickat: den 13 februari 2009 17:46 Till: Marion Leffler Kopia: Joni List Dmne: Re: More Slogan Than Substance On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Marion Leffler wrote: OUCH! That was poisonous. Joni, (and Barbra) know your place(s)...Otherwise the real intellectuals will be all over you. - Who is this Bronwyn Eyre? Another arrogant right wing journalist? Marion Bronwyn Eyre Originally from Saskatoon, Bronwyn Eyre, 36, and mother of a three-year-old son, graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in Arts in 1993 and Law in 1996. While there, she also edited The Sheaf in 1990-91 and for three years wrote a column for The StarPhoenix on university issues. After working for a year in Toronto, Eyre moved to London, England, where she was senior writer for The Commercial Lawyer magazine, then editor of the European edition of that magazine, based in Milan, Italy. She also wrote as a senior correspondent for European Lawyer magazine from Frankfurt, Germany. She returned to Saskatoon in June of 2006, and in 2007, worked as a sessional lecturer in German on campus. She now writes a general interest column for The StarPhoenix. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:10:22 +0000 From: Lucy Hone Subject: Re: Reflections on the Grammy =?UTF-8?B?77+9?= I am sure it is Mantovani that get played to the patients in One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest.. I know that it appears in lift muzak and 1960's hair parlours. . . . a lot!!! Ah balm for the soul - thank you but no.. Poole is about 60 miles from here but the violins are still audible Lucy x Mike Pritchard wrote: > Lucy wroteb + > Mantovani - Oh wow, where did that guy come from?b * > > Err, that would either be Mantua, in Italy, as the name suggests (nice > town, once ate a wonderful pork in cider there) or in fact in Venice, > which is not more than a couple of hours away, as I recall. > > According to wikithingee, "In 1958 Mantovani and his family bought a > holiday home in Bournemouth in Durley Chine Road, then in 1961 > acquired a new property in Burton Road (now part of Poole). He moved, > finally, to a new home in Martello Road in Poole." > > Isn't that scaringly near you Lucy? > > mike in bcn > > np Shins b kissing the lipless ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:57:00 -0500 From: Chuck Eisenhardt Subject: Sue Mac Um...er.... I do believe Ms. McNamara has a birthday looming... Happy Day, sweetie! (and knock down the gates with your band!) ChuckE ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:07:31 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: sjc? Celebrating five years on the JMDL! Hi Loves! Exactly five years ago today I typed the same thing, but it was my very first post, shakin' into Joni Town. To celebrate this great date in my personal herstory, I want to thank you all for taking me as I am, and to say: "I love you!" (Right out loud!) I had been "lurking" for a long time, getting to know you all from afar. I needed "a safe place for kids to play." (Even though those lyrics were not out yet, LOL!) I was seeing a family therapist at the time (trying to keep my family together, dealing w/ a great deal of bad, horrible stuff). She kept urging me to post something, but "I get so damn timid, not at all the spirit that's inside of me." She contined to gently encourage me, and finally one day she asked what was really holding me back. I said: "I want to, but I don't where to begin. I have too much to say!" She counseled, wisely: "Well, you don't have to say it all at once!" Ha! So here I am five years later, still babbling sans cesse about Joni (and you know there may be more), and much richer in the love and friendship department. Not to mention musical -- and other -- knowledge (because you know life is for learning). "Tested and blessed, darlins. I'm going to give you my very best. You are my happiness. You open my heart up, you do." I remember the first replies. I was so thrilled! Jerry was first, then Muller ("We will GLADLY take you as you are."), and Maggie, and then along comes Mary -- Catherine. Cherished Catherine. I have chosen her reply to share, because...well..... Because the world is round it turns me on Because the world is round....ahhhhhhhhhhh Because the wind is high It blows my mind Because the wind is high...ahhhhhhhh Love is old Love is new Love is all Love is you Because the sky is BLUE!, it makes me cry Because the sky is BLUE!....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Well, you will see. (There is method to the Madwoman of Mansfield's madness.) And Catherine, I am holding your hand and giving you a big hug as you read the end of it. (I hope it doesn't come out all shooby dooby format...that happens lately when I cut and paste from the digest.) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:23:59 -0500 (EST)From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: will you take me as i am? i have some exciting joni news! now njc I guess --- Patricia Parlette wrote:> Dear All You Wonderful JMDLers:> > Hi loves! My name is Patti and I've been reading> along here for far too > many months, waiting to jump in and say hello. (I> don't like the expression > "lurking" - -- I prefer "thoughtfully observing and> reflecting"!) As she has > for many of you, Joni has provided the soundtrack> for my life, starting with > STAS in 1969 when I was in 9th grade. .... Welcome, Patti. I agree with you on the term"lurking". It sounds kind of perverted, doesn't it?;-) > So, dear Joni-lovers, this Valentine's Day I offer> you all my Joni-love and > memories and moments-yet-to-come. Will you take me> as I am? Will you? Definitely. I like the fact that you called us allloves. That suggests to me that you, too, are aloveable person. Awww, so are we all, gosh darn it! Ifell in love with Joni around the same time you did -I guess it's true what they say about first loves. > > Patti, who just turned 50 on Monday and is giving> herself a magnificent > present by diving heart-first into the JMDL waters> Happy birthday then, from one who got there a fewmonths (or maybe more like ten months?) ahead of you,but not quite so far ahead of you as Bob Murphy who isabout five minutes younger than me and who likes torub my nose in it constantly. (That's for you, Smurph,because I know you're out there, lurking, or something.) =====Catherine Toronto- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction Yes. As Mags wrote yesterday, he is still *here*, isn't he? Yes.Love & Peace,Patti P. "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." -- John Lennon http://www.imaginepeace.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_02200 9 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:51:20 -0800 (PST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Reflections on the Grammy njc To be sure, yer typical elevator muzak. I always thought his was a made-up name, for some reason. Balm for the soul? More like embalm-ment. Tee hee. - --- On Fri, 2/13/09, Lucy Hone wrote: I am sure it is Mantovani that get played to the patients in One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest.. I know that it appears in lift muzak and 1960's hair parlours. . . . a lot!!! Ah balm for the soul - thank you but no.. __________________________________________________________________ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:06:29 +0200 From: "ron g" Subject: NJC - Oh Susanna so i'm grasping at straws here, hope someone can help. i was out tonight listening to some music. after it was finished they put a cd on. the first track was a really, really great version of "oh susanna" somewhat sounded like a cross between nickel creek, wailing jennies, & dixie chicks. now i know the be good tanyas did a version of oh susanna, but it wasnt them. any one have any ideas? thanks ron ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:04:15 -0600 From: T Peckham Subject: Re: NJC - Oh Susanna Try going to www.allmusic.com and type in the song title. It will give you every artist who ever recorded and released the song. :-) (Not to be confused with the artist who calls herself "Oh Susanna.") Hope that helps. T On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:06 PM, ron g wrote: > so i'm grasping at straws here, hope someone can help. > > > i was out tonight listening to some music. after it was finished they put a > cd on. the first track was a really, really great version of "oh susanna" > > somewhat sounded like a cross between nickel creek, wailing jennies, & > dixie chicks. > > now i know the be good tanyas did a version of oh susanna, but it wasnt > them. any one have any ideas? > > > thanks > > > ron > - -- Note to any and all govt. agencies who might be looking in: You can kiss my sweet ass. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:11:36 -0600 From: Dev Swanson Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2009 #50 RE: What kids are listening to... I've got a 22 yr old college senior who listens to 60's & 70's--Stones, Zep, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, as well as Irish bands like Flogging Molly, anime tracks like Seatbelts, jazz of Coltrane and Davis, singer/writers like Ben Folds, and current groups such as Gorillaz and Reel Big Fish. He also collects vinyl. Lots of vinyl. My 17 yr old daughter likes mostly emo crap like Deathcab, but also digs JONI! We went to a smashing Regina Spektor concert on mom's day a couple years back, so I have hope her taste will improve. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:00 AM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > JMDL Digest Thursday, February 12 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 050 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: NJC McGarriggles [Garret >] > RE: NJC, Smurf comes for conversation, he comforts me sometimes > [Sherelle] > Re: NJC McGarriggles ["Cassy" >] > Urge for Bandwidth ["Les Irvin" >] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:15:03 +0000 > From: Garret > Subject: Re: NJC McGarriggles > > Quite a mix there. Can't say i've heard of all of them. > > I do like Lisa Hannigan though. Like many others on the list, i enjoyed > Damien Rice's album O, on which she features prominently. Her solo album > is > not really what i expected from her. I think she has a fine pop sense: > put > that with her great voice and you've got a very listenable album, imo. > > She took part in an interesting musical event at the most recent Dublin > fringe festival called "songs that scare children (but in a most beautiful > way)" in the Spiegeltent. I didn't get to it, but i think the idea is > great. Some of my friends went to it and had only good things to report. > There are some interesting enough clips on youtube of Lisa Hannigan. > GARRET > > > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Catherine McKay >wrote: > > > I can speak only for my own kids and I'm not sure how representative they > > are of their generation. I think both of my kids' tastes are rather > > conservative. > > > > Sarah (almost 22) likes John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Lily Allen, Metric (a > > Canadian group), Hawkesley Workman (also Canadian and I'm not sure how > many > > of these Canadians are known outside this country), as well as Dallas > Green > > (both on his own as "City and Colour" and within the emo/screamo group > > Alexisonfire.) She used to like Connor Oberst (Bright Eyes) a lot, but > > isn't following him much any more. > > > > Matthew (18) is listening to a lot of old fart music these days, > especially > > the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, but he also likes a lot of indy groups, > mostly > > Canadian, many of whom I've never heard of before and can't remember the > > names of off the top of my head. He also has a crush on Lisa Hannigan, > one > > of your compatriots. (Matthew is into a very Irish phase right now, > having > > decided that that side of the family - my mother was a McGuire - is the > one > > he most identifies with.) He used to listen to some, but not a lot, of > rap > > and hip hop but isn't that interested in it anymore. > > > > I think the REALLY young kids are listening to... the Jonas Brothers, > Miley > > Cyrus, etc. > > > > --- On *Wed, 2/11/09, Garret * wrote: > > > > > > So what are the kids these days listening to? > > GARRET > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. *Go to > > Yahoo! Answers.* > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:52:37 +0000 > From: Sherelle Smith > Subject: RE: NJC, Smurf comes for conversation, he comforts me sometimes > > Dear Patti, > > Thanks so much for posting this email from Smurf. It really touched my > heart > that he was right there for you when you needed someone most. I hope that > you > will be able to treasure that memory as much as I am going to try to > treasure > it with you my friend.... > > Love, Sherelle > > > > From: loveuconn@hotmail.comTo: joni@smoe.org; sherellesmith@hotmail.com; > treegreen1@hotmail.com; wally.kairuz@gmail.comSubject: NJC, Smurf comes > for > conversation, he comforts me sometimesDate: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:09:06 +0000 > > Dear Ones: WARNING: Digging down deep; possibly heavy company My dear Dad > died three years ago today, and I'm remembering how Smurf was so *there* > for > me. He also was *there* at my dear Mother's deathbed 23 months later, > comforting me on his babbling cellphone. With everyone sharing all the > funny > stories about him and by him (each one such a treasure!), I'd like to also > shine on the deeply compassionate side of him. So deep, not superficial. > "He > comes for conversation, he comforts me sometime." Voila: > > > > From: > Smurf (smurfadelica@yahoo.com) > > Sent: > Sun 2/12/06 1:49 PM > > To: > joni@smoe.org > > Cc: > loveuconn@hotmail.com > > Our dear friend Patti Parlette wrote during the nightto say that her > father > - -- "the person who loved me themost out of all the people on this earth" > -- > diedyesterday morning of congestive heart failure in Utah. Patti is, of > course, distraught, but says she's okay.Right now she is either en route to > Salt Lake City orattempting to leave Connecticut after last > night'sblizzard. > (The snow is still falling here in Boston.) Patti also wrote: "Ummm, so > what > else do i need to say? Uh, could you tell the list why i have been > incommunicado? I have reallywanted to post about the Tribute and meeting > all > thesecrazy wonderful people, but I just could not. You canshare whatever > you > deem appropriate...." With love for Patti and all the rest of you at > thismoment of the world, --Bob***At this moment of the world, we still > feel > his love.The gift goes on. Like silence, in a bell jar, still a > song.BLUE!xosmurf&allxo,ppNPIMH: Somewhere Out There, Linda Rondstad and > James Ingramversion (the youtube was yanked) "If everyone demanded peace > instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." -- John Lennon > > Windows Live : E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. Check it out. > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live : E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_022009 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:24:12 -0800 > From: "Cassy" > Subject: Re: NJC McGarriggles > > Garret asked: > > <<< So what are the kids these days listening to? >>> > > My son is 19 yrs old and listening to really atonal punk with lots of angry > lyrics. Taken directly from his myspace page: > saves the day > converge > cold world > pulling teeth > he's been listening to blink 182 since he was about 10 yrs old and > considers > them the biggest musical part of his life. He is also a big fan of Lil > Wayne and some of the more recent hip hop artists. > > Interestingly, he recently discovered jazz and asked me if I had any Jaco > Pastorius bass "stuff" I laughed and said "oh boy do I!" I suspect he'll > like jazz fusion because he seems to like dissonance. I'm going to play > some Chick Corea for him and see how he responds. > > Warmly, > Cassy > > NP: Mount Eerie - Cold Mountain > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:35:10 -0700 > From: "Les Irvin" > Subject: Urge for Bandwidth > > Joniphiles - > > > > I'm looking for bandwidth, bandwidth, bandwidth. Are there any computer > geeks out there who have web hosting space with lots of bandwidth to spare > for a good cause? The new JoniMitchell.com is in need. You can host MP3 > files for the new site and make all the world's Joni fans happy! > > > > Anyone who may be able to help please email me off list. > > > > Thanks, > > Les > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2009 #50 > **************************** > > ------- > Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:28:54 -0800 From: "gene" Subject: njc njc BORN AGAIN AMERICAN anybody else get this. rather nice! http://www.bornagainamerican.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:57:36 -0800 (PST) From: Mags Subject: need a place to stay in paris NJC if only..but it's not for me, it's for a couple of friends of mine who are heading to paris for a week. if you can make suggestions, please contact me off list. sorry to take up list space for this, but i have a feeling someone out there can help. mags __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! 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Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:50:15 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: More Slogan Than Substance I was going to say, given some of Joni's less than flattering lyrics about lawyers, it's no wonder Ms. Eyre was a bit snippy in her review: Lawyers haven't been this popular Since Robespierre slaughtered half of France (thank you, Marion) Lawyers and loan sharks are laying American to waste I saw a little lawyer on the tube He said it's so easy now Anyone can sue Let me show you how your petty aggravations Can profit you In the land of mass frustration The judges are sleeping Counting wooly little lawyers And grinding their teeth. and you know there may be more Mark in Seattle - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion Leffler" To: "'Gerald Notaro'" Cc: "'Joni List'" Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:58 AM Subject: SV: More Slogan Than Substance > Thanks for the information! I still think the arrogance in the > article was > unnecessary. Then again, what did Joni say about lawyers and their > popularity? Wasnt Robespierre mentioned? > > Marion > > > > _____ > > Fren: Gerald Notaro [mailto:notaro@mail.usf.edu] > Skickat: den 13 februari 2009 17:46 > Till: Marion Leffler > Kopia: Joni List > Dmne: Re: More Slogan Than Substance > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Marion Leffler > > wrote: > > OUCH! That was poisonous. Joni, (and Barbra) know your > place(s)...Otherwise > the real intellectuals will be all over you. - Who is this Bronwyn > Eyre? > Another arrogant right wing journalist? > Marion > > > Bronwyn Eyre > > > Originally from Saskatoon, Bronwyn Eyre, 36, and mother of a > three-year-old > son, graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in Arts in 1993 > and Law > in 1996. While there, she also edited The Sheaf in 1990-91 and for > three > years wrote a column for The StarPhoenix on university issues. After > working > for a year in Toronto, Eyre moved to London, England, where she was > senior > writer for The Commercial Lawyer magazine, then editor of the > European > edition of that magazine, based in Milan, Italy. She also wrote as a > senior > correspondent for European Lawyer magazine from Frankfurt, Germany. > She > returned to Saskatoon in June of 2006, and in 2007, worked as a > sessional > lecturer in German on campus. > > She now writes a general interest column for The StarPhoenix. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2009 #52 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------