From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2009 #104 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, April 1 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 104 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Tina Does Joni [Mark-Leon Thorne ] re: Major Announcement!!! (njc) [Lieve Reckers ] Re: BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs [Lieve Reckers ] Re: Tina Does Joni [gerard mclaughlin ] Re: Songs with a Gambling Theme ["Mark Scott" ] Re: Songs with a Gambling Theme NJC [rosemjoy@aol.com] Re: Songs with a Gambling Theme NJC [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Major Announcement!!! (njc) ["Donna Binkley" ] Re: SV: Songs with a Gambling Theme [merk54@aol.com] Gambling song njc [Russell Bowden ] Re: SV: Songs with a Gambling Theme [gerard mclaughlin ] Patti Smith's opinion of Joni [anon anon ] RE: patty smith [anon anon ] Joni vs. Elton & Touring Fiddle ["Laurie Fuhr" ] Re: breaking radio silence [Bob Muller ] Re: breaking radio silence [Corey Blake ] Re: breaking radio silence [Catherine McKay ] Major Announcement (njc) [] Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) [] Chad and Jeremy (njc) [] Re: breaking radio silence [Stephen_Epstein@hugoboss.com] Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) [Stephen_Epstein@hugob] Re: Joni vs. Elton & Touring Fiddle ["Mark Scott" ] Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) [] Re: breaking radio silence [Michael Paz ] Re: Chad and Jeremy (njc) [Michael Paz ] Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) [Catherine McKay ] Re: Chad and Jeremy (njc) [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:00:18 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Tina Does Joni That's gorgeous, Cassy. You certainly are a gift, in my eyes anyway. Mark in Sydney PS Wouldn't it be romantic if you guys saw her live? On 31/03/2009, at 6:00 PM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > "The Greatest Gift" which my husband and I consider our song. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:14:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Lieve Reckers Subject: re: Major Announcement!!! (njc) VICTOR!!!!!! WHOOOOOHOOOOO indeed!!! I am so so happy for you! From having met up privately with you a few times, I know how much this means to you, and I am just deliriously happy for you! You will be a most wonderful father. I'll definitely be in touch, and already look forward to my next visit! Big hug and congratulations to you both, Lieve in London - ---- Victor wrote: Finally, the major announcement you've been waiting for. B It's not a record deal (though that would certainly come in handy) and I'm not moving to California (at least not yet) but... We're going to have a baby! B Due date is October 22nd. Whoohooo!!! Victor in Atlanta ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:35:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Lieve Reckers Subject: Re: BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs Hi Gordon! Thanks for reporting this. I heard it too, but had not got round to telling our JMDL friends about it yet. I wanted to re-check the rest of his choices first. I know he also picked the Beatles, and then later he picked Joni, followed by Steely Dan and Miles, and I thought: I really wouldn't mind being on a desert island with this guy! (But I still can't remember what his other choices were.) I've also read his book Birdsong recently, after my adventure with Anita in Belgium, looking for her great-uncle's grave in the infamous Flanders Fields. The book is a terrific record of the mizery that was war in those mud fields. My grandfather fought there too, but as a child I thought it was ancient history. Now that I am half a century older, I know that that war, the shrapnel and blood and bones in the soil, is incredibly recent. Thanks to Anita for making me come to that realisation. But back to Joni content. Sebatian Faulks gave a nice explanation of why he chose a Joni record. He said that she had made her own personal experiences into song material, and that it had very much resonated with him. Sorry my memory isn't sharper, but I was listening while doing something else, and I hope to hear the programme again properly on Friday morning. Anyone else who wants to hear it: it's on BBC Radio 4, this Friday 3 April at 9am UK time. Here is the link to the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr People who can't get radio 4 may be able to listen live on their computer. All the best, Lieve in London - ---------- Gordon MacKie wrote: Greetings Sebastian Faulks the writer, ( Birdsong is his best known novel) chose Joni's "Help Me' as one of his desert island selections. He also chose Steely Dan and Miles Davis amongst others. Gordon ( in wet and windy Glasgow) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:47:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Laura Stanley Subject: Re: Major Announcement!!! njc Victor wrote: We're going to have a baby! B Due date is October 22nd. WONDERFUL NEWS!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:57:57 +0100 From: gerard mclaughlin Subject: Re: Tina Does Joni Sorry this is non joni content but in relation to Tina Arena's recent cover of BSN. To get further appreciation of this womans vocal excellence check out Tina and Donna Summer non You Tube singing Enough is Enough. Its Fantastic!! On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: > That's gorgeous, Cassy. You certainly are a gift, in my eyes anyway. > > Mark in Sydney > > PS Wouldn't it be romantic if you guys saw her live? > > On 31/03/2009, at 6:00 PM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > > > "The Greatest Gift" which my husband and I consider our song. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:43:40 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: Songs with a Gambling Theme - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion Leffler" To: "'Cassy'" ; "'Catherine McKay'" ; "'Joni List'" Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:32 PM Subject: SV: Songs with a Gambling Theme > Leonard Cohen, The Stranger song:"It's true that all the men you > knew were > dealers who said they were through with dealing every time you gave > them > shelter. I know that kind of man, it's hard to hold the hand of > anyone who > is reaching for the sky just to surrender. And then sweeping up the > jokers > that he left behind, you find he did not leave you very much, not > even > laughter. Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so > high and > wild, he'll never have to deal another." > Does that count? > Marion I would say so. It's the other song I thought of after I posted last night. "He was just some Joseph looking for a manger..." Thanks for bringing that one up, Marion. A great song and used to great effect in Robert Altman's movie 'McCabe and Mrs. Miller'. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:07:32 -0400 From: rosemjoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Songs with a Gambling Theme NJC Nor the Boss singing Atlantic City.... Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold but with you forever I'll stay We're goin' out where the sand's turnin' to gold so put on your stockin's baby 'cause the night's getting cold And everything dies baby that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back Rosie - -----Original Message----- From: FMYFL@aol.com To: margaret_elmtree@yahoo.ca; Bob.Muller@Fluor.com; waytoblue@Comcast.net Cc: Siquomb@Comcast.net; anima_rising@yahoo.ca; joni@smoe.org Sent: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 6:22 pm Subject: Re: Songs with a Gambling Theme NJC and you can't forget the king singing "Oh, theres black jack and poker and the roulette wheel A fortune won and lost on evry deal All you needs a strong heart and a nerve of steel Viva las vegas, viva las vegas" Jimmy NP Jordan Trotter "Car On A Hill" ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:36:33 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Songs with a Gambling Theme NJC Have you heard The Hold Steady's cover of that one Rosie? It is pretty amazing. What do you think of Working on a Dream? I'm pretty lukewarm about it, and a couple of the songs (Surprise, Surprise & Queen of the Supermarket) are just embarrassingly awful. Still, glad that he's being prolific and putting stuff out there and of course he's fixing to hit the road again with Weinberg Jr. which should inject some new life into the proceedings. Bob NP: Elvis Costello, "Accidents Will Happen" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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Jimmy ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:12:47 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Major Announcement!!! (njc) Hey Victor Congrats bro. This will change your life forever. I know you are going to be a great dad too. And oh boy another Smaller Human JukeBox Paz On Mar 30, 2009, at 9:01 AM, FMYFL@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/30/2009 8:52:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, waytoblue@comcast.net writes: > We're going to have a baby! B Due date is October 22nd. > Congratulations Victor. I hope he or she has your musical talent. Jimmy ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001 ) Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:22:39 -0400 From: merk54@aol.com Subject: Re: SV: Songs with a Gambling Theme Um - how about Dry Cleaner from Des Moines! Jack - -----Original Message----- From: Marion Leffler To: 'Cassy' ; 'Catherine McKay' ; 'Joni List' Sent: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 1:32 am Subject: SV: Songs with a Gambling Theme Leonard Cohen, The Stranger song:"It's true that all the men you knew were dealers who said they were through with dealing every time you gave them shelter. I know that kind of man, it's hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender. And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind, you find he did not leave you very much, not even laughter. Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild, he'll never have to deal another." Does that count? Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Cassy Skickat: den 30 mars 2009 21:13 Till: Catherine McKay; Joni List Dmne: Songs with a Gambling Theme From: "Catherine McKay" <<< "You're a rambler and a gambler and a sweet-talking ladies' man." JM. >>> And there's: "Tar baby and the Great White Wonder Talking over a glass of rum Burning on the inside With the knowledge of things to come There's gambling out on the terrace And midnight ramblin' on the lawn As they lead toward temptation With dreamland coming on." ~ Joni Mitchell ~ It's interesting to thing about songs with a gambling theme. One of my personal favorites is Stephen Still's "Black Queen" *the 'courtesy of Jose Cuervo' version. Another of my favorites is Little Feat's "High Rollers", I absolutely love the guitar licks in that song. I also think the Talking Heads "Girlfriend is Better" song is about gambling addiction. I could be wrong but I still really like the song. Any others? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:27:46 -0400 From: Russell Bowden Subject: Gambling song njc Dylan's "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts"....lots of gambling, winning and losing in that one. Love, Russ RainyDaysYouRun _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail. is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:31:51 +0100 From: gerard mclaughlin Subject: Re: SV: Songs with a Gambling Theme He was playing on the horses. He was playing on the guitar strings. He was playing like a devil wearing wings. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:22 PM, wrote: > Um - how about Dry Cleaner from Des Moines! > > Jack > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marion Leffler > To: 'Cassy' ; 'Catherine McKay' < > anima_rising@yahoo.ca>; 'Joni List' > Sent: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 1:32 am > Subject: SV: Songs with a Gambling Theme > > > > Leonard Cohen, The Stranger song:"It's true that all the men you knew were > dealers who said they were through with dealing every time you gave them > shelter. I know that kind of man, it's hard to hold the hand of anyone who > is reaching for the sky just to surrender. And then sweeping up the jokers > that he left behind, you find he did not leave you very much, not even > laughter. Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and > wild, he'll never have to deal another." > Does that count? > Marion > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Cassy > Skickat: den 30 mars 2009 21:13 > Till: Catherine McKay; Joni List > Dmne: Songs with a Gambling Theme > > From: "Catherine McKay" > > <<< "You're a rambler and a gambler and a sweet-talking ladies' man." JM. > >>> > > And there's: > > "Tar baby and the Great White Wonder > Talking over a glass of rum > Burning on the inside > With the knowledge of things to come > There's gambling out on the terrace > And midnight ramblin' on the lawn > As they lead toward temptation > With dreamland coming on." > > ~ Joni Mitchell ~ > > It's interesting to thing about songs with a gambling theme. One of my > personal favorites is Stephen Still's "Black Queen" *the 'courtesy of Jose > Cuervo' version. > > Another of my favorites is Little Feat's "High Rollers", I absolutely love > the guitar licks in that song. > > I also think the Talking Heads "Girlfriend is Better" song is about > gambling > > addiction. I could be wrong but I still really like the song. > > Any others? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:43:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs now family history and njc Synchronicity of a kind strikes yet once again. It's only now that I'm heading into my dotage that I am paying more attention to family history. Last week, I went to Montreal to visit an aunt who's in hospital and also to visit my brother and sister-in-law who had flown in to Montreal from Edmonton just to see a damn hockey game. (It's the centennial of the Montreal Canadiens - the Habs - and we were all born in Montreal and my brother, being the oldest, remembers Montreal more than the rest of us and, despite being a Westerner now and an Edmonton Oilers fan, still retains loyalty to the hometown team.) The three of us went to the cemetery where members of my family are buried. On my mother's side (her mother's mother's family), there is a rather large family plot with a big marker on it. There are members of my clan buried there starting in 1866, which may not seem such a long time ago by European standards, but, when I think that that was the year before Canada became an actual country, and that the most recent person buried there was my aunt Monika late last year, then we're looking at a time span of 140 years. And all the names of all the people buried there are on the marker and in the cemetery's database. There are over 40 of my relatives buried there and many of the names I recognize from my mother having spoken about them and yet I'm not really sure what the relationships might be in some cases, but they are all descendents of the Merriman-McGuire clan or married to one of them. There is only one aunt left on my mother's side and she's 94 and sometimes remembers and sometimes does not. And then, the aunt on my Dad's side, the one in hospital now, is 84 or 85 and also the last one left on his side. His parents and his uncle and his sister are also buried in the same cemetery, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, which is the largest cemetery in Canada. It was mind-boggling to see all the granite markers there. And there was a whole plot of WWI vets' stones that I saw. The cemetery has a really nice website. If you're into that kind of thing, here you go: http://www.notredamedesneigescemetery.ca/en/ N-D-des-Neiges is the Catholic cemetery. The Protestant one is just next door. Of course, the segregation continues after death and there's a fence between them! The day we visited was absolutely brilliant - blue, blue sky and very bright. I found the visit there, and seeing that marker with the family names on it very touching and now I need to figure out who all the names are on the list we got. There were people with names like Thomas and Moses and Ondoye and Etheldrithe - good grief! - --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Lieve Reckers wrote: I've also read his book Birdsong recently, after my adventure with Anita in Belgium, looking for her great-uncle's grave in the infamous Flanders Fields. The book is a terrific record of the mizery that was war in those mud fields. My grandfather fought there too, but as a child I thought it was ancient history. Now that I am half a century older, I know that that war, the shrapnel and blood and bones in the soil, is incredibly recent. Thanks to Anita for making me come to that realisation. __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:53:27 -0400 From: Kay Ashley Subject: Re: kay's party njc David, thank you so, so much for this lovely review; I'm blown away by your words, and it's a true honor to be able to count you among my supporters. It warmed my heart to look out into the audience and see you. And thank you for introducing other people to my music. Heartfelt thanks also to Mags, Muller, Catherine, Paz, Kenny, Jenny, Anita, Susan, and Queen Lucy -- I think I got everyone ;-) -- who took the time to send well wishes on- and off-list. It means so much to have the support of all of you, and though it's taken me a while to follow up, I want you to know that your words mean a lot to me and they definitely helped buoy me through the stressful last days leading up to the show. It was a challenge to say the least to organize a 14-piece band, be my own musical director, my own make-up artist, run sound check, and remember to put on my clothes all at once. (No, Paz, there were not any moments when I was running around nekkid. Thankfully.) I just booked a May residency at Banjo Jim's in the East Village, so at 7pm on every one of the five (!!) Friday nights in May, there will be variations of the cd release show (depending on band members' availability) and more new material. I'll keep you guys posted. Thanks again, Kay :-) On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:00 AM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:31:57 EDT > From: Dflahm@aol.com > Subject: kay's party njc > > DROM is a spacious below-street-level room with sufficient staff, all > friendly and helpful. It appears to be quite new, with a generous-sized > stage. > There are big wall speakers and enough stage monitors that different groups > of > players each had its own mix. The sound quality and clarity were, I > thought, > excellent and the volume was too: not overly loud for these old ears. > > The food menu has about fifteen main dishes--my lamb on a skewer tasted > great. Desserts were baklava (yes!), flan & cheesecake. So it appears to be > near-East/Eurasian/Balkan...There's a full bar: I should have asked for > slivovitz. > > Kay's ensemble was uniformly superb and we could see that they were > involved, challenged, exultant---really on HER side. Maybe eight or nine > women sang > harmonies and the instruments were 'cello, trumpet, saxophone, keys, > trombone, > guitar, bass and drums plus Kay's guitar. > > Kay looked happy and lovely, in a great dress, and I think most of us know > what a superior artist she is as songwriter/singer/instrumentalist. To > anyone > not already hip to this, the evening was a convincing introduction. I have > always been excited by her song "Eyes So Bright" and there it was in full > glory. > The njc tag is perhaps misleading: Kay holds herself to Mitchellian > standards of musicianship, originality, ingenuity and selfhood. > > Vlada Tomova's set was touted in Kay's invitation as "very special." Amen > to > that. Their a capella duets on Bulgarian folk tunes were among the > highlights > of the night. > > I'll take your questions now. DAVID LAHM > ************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:54:53 -0400 From: anon anon Subject: Patti Smith's opinion of Joni I found it... Patti Smith said in an interview that Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Van Morrison are "extremly inspirational" veterans of rock music... _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail.. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_ WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:57:38 -0400 From: anon anon Subject: RE: patty smith Patti sais in an interview that Joni, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan are "extremly inspirational"... > Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:24:06 +0100 > Subject: Re: patty smith > From: mcdermottgl@gmail.com > To: icnh@hotmail.com > CC: joni@smoe.org > > Hi, > What's the book? Joni and Patti are at the top for me, musically. > > I have never come across either of them referring to the other. > > Patti Smith has often commented that she strongly dislikes Paul Simon > (despite a great cover of Boy in the Bubble on Twelve) and "that kind > of folky music". I wonder if she would class Joni in that same > category. Dylan is one of Patti's great heroes and she seems to have > a fondness for Neil Young too. > > As for Joni's opinion on Patti Smith, no idea, but i'd guess she would > not have been too fond of her if she was aware of her work. > GARRET (aching and tired having moved house and been unpacking since > Friday night) > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:05 AM, anon anon wrote: > > hi im reading an interesting book about patti smith and wondering what joni thought of patti as an artist... > > _________________________________________________________________ Quick access to Windows Live and your favorite MSN content with Internet Explorer 8. http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN5 5C0701A ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:45:57 -0600 From: "Laurie Fuhr" Subject: Joni vs. Elton & Touring Fiddle Hi Jonis, Well, Joni came and went from Calgary during The Fiddle & The Drum Ballet at the end of February. I was hoping to see her again, but she didn't come into the office, and I didn't want to push it - when I met her at Banff it was awesome. Also my bosses made concessions for me last time that allowed me to travel to Banff, so I thought if I were to start asking around about going backstage or to the VIP party again this time they might not appreciate it. I did send a courier to her hotel room for Jean (our Artistic Director) at one point, and was tempted to send her one of the magazines I put together (Filling Station), but again I figured I'd be taking advantage... anyway, it's kind of sad that Fiddle is over. No more anticipation of potential Joni drop-in visits... phoo. BUT! Yesterday, I did get a bit of new info about a Fiddle Tour. It's not going to be to the scale we were hoping, but it looks like it will happen. There will be a short tour of B.C. (Vernon, Nanaimo, Victoria) in the first week of April 2010. In August 2010, they're going to Eastern Canada (Well they're talking about Montreal & Ottawa anyway), and 3 dates on the West Coast of the U.S. (Seattle, Irvine, L.A.). There will be more info as it becomes available on http://www.albertaballet.com/performances/touring/108 So that's pretty exciting!! Huge thanks to those who may have purchased Fiddle merch so far or have gotten in touch with theatres about touring Joni Mitchell's The Fiddle & The Drum Ballet. I'm not sure if this had a ton of direct impact on decisions made by host theatres, or (in the case of merch) our financial ability to take it on tour, but it certainly served as moral support for our tour booker / Director of Production, Harry, as he tried to get us in here there and everywhere! (I was giving him regular updates about kind words from interested folk on JMDL for the past couple of months). Meanwhile, our 09/10 Season has been announced. Here's where Elton comes in. Several months ago, Elton saw Joni's ballet and was transfixed. He was in Calgary to do a show and in last-minute fashion invited members of our artist roster and the Artistic Director, Jean Grand-Maitre, to go backstage at his show and meet him. A few months later, there were a couple of meetings between Jean and Elton in New York, and Elton (who had a cold and was hanging out in his jammies) agreed to an Elton ballet. He's not going to have nearly as much to do with the ballet as Joni did, no help with choreography and no Elton visual art. But he is going to inform the costume choices (of course!). It's actually going to be a bit dark, and go into his battle with depression and suicide. No idea how the public will take this! I'm sure they'll expect it to be full of happy rocketmen and tiny dancers. And what if Elton sees it and decides he doesn't like it and tells us we can't do it! Yikes. Meanwhile, rumour round the office has it that Joni's not thrilled we're doing a ballet with Elton too. I think Jean will do a classy job of it though and renew her faith. Kind of wish it was a Leonard Cohen ballet instead :-) He's my other guru. Only a couple weeks left til I visit Vancouver for the first time and see your secret grampa and mine, Leonard Cohen. Live in London is out I think, got to get my hands on it.. anyway, any B.C. Jonis going to see Leonard this month? Would be sweet to meet up after the show! I could bring you Joni posters maybe. Laurie Laurie Fuhr | Administrative Assistant | ALBERTA BALLET | p: 403.245.4222 ext 521 | f: 403.245.6573 | laurief@albertaballet.com | www.albertaballet.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:57:40 -0400 From: Chuck Eisenhardt Subject: breaking radio silence Popping up to share a nice coincidence>>>> I advance-ordered Michelle Mercer's Blue period book ('Will You Take Me as I am?') I think n January, as soon as I heard about it. Rewind forever, as I spend years collecting the song folios, even kicking myself for not buying the 80's stuff, but assembling a pretty complete library. (these are becoming very hard-to-get by accident, and in some cases, only in spending LOTS of cash for Blue, LOTC, DJRS, Hejira...what I'd consider big bucks -- $80 and up. I had some of these folios from the old-endays, but I never had a copy of Blue. This search went on for a couple of year, probably, since I saw one given away in a Full Moon Jonifest raffle, and I almost killed the lucky winner (Les?) A few weeks ago I saw one listed at a used book site, among the $80-90 "Blue' copies, there was one from Powells listed at $20, in 'good' condition. We'll see! Bought it. FF to today. Home from work, two packages on the porch. A larger one from Powell's. Must be 'Blue' I open this one and it's really in very good shape! At $20, I was expecting tatters and teething marks. Oh hippy day! (Great bonus pics I had never seen, She at the house and land in B.C.) OK, on to the next package, which I fully expect to be 'Columbus in America' by William Least Heat-Moon. Wait ! It's kind of a bluish color....it;s...it's... the long awaited, and almost out of mind 'Will you Take Me....' Someone once rephrased William Burrough's famous line about 'There are no coincidences' to further clarify: 'It's just that sometimes the pattern is more obvious'. Chuck ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:10:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: breaking radio silence Very cool, Chuck! I got my hardcover Mercer book yesterday, and The Fiddle And The Drum DVD today - and of course covers come in almost daily. Did I say covers? And tomorrow is April 1st? Better get busy! Bob NP: Gomez, "Natural Reaction" (love these guys, this is off their new one out today) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:17:52 -0700 From: Corey Blake Subject: Re: breaking radio silence Hi Chuck, Please forgive my ignorance. What is a folio? Regardless, congratulations! - -Corey On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Chuck Eisenhardt < c.eisenhardt@earthlink.net> wrote: > Popping up to share a nice coincidence>>>> > > I advance-ordered Michelle Mercer's Blue period book ('Will You > Take Me as I am?') I think n January, as soon as I heard about it. > > Rewind forever, as I spend years collecting the song folios, > even kicking myself for not buying the 80's stuff, but assembling > a pretty complete library. (these are becoming very hard-to-get > by accident, and in some cases, only in spending LOTS of cash > for Blue, LOTC, DJRS, Hejira...what I'd consider big bucks -- > $80 and up. I had some of these folios from the old-endays, but I > never had a copy of Blue. > > This search went on for a couple of year, probably, since I saw > one given away in a Full Moon Jonifest raffle, and I almost killed > the lucky winner (Les?) > > A few weeks ago I saw one listed at a used book site, among the $80-90 > "Blue' copies, there was one from Powells listed at $20, in 'good' > condition. We'll see! Bought it. > > FF to today. Home from work, two packages on the porch. A > larger one from Powell's. Must be 'Blue' I open this one and it's > really in very good shape! At $20, I was expecting tatters and > teething marks. Oh hippy day! (Great bonus pics I had never seen, > She at the house and land in B.C.) > > OK, on to the next package, which I fully expect to be 'Columbus > in America' by William Least Heat-Moon. Wait ! It's kind of a > bluish color....it;s...it's... the long awaited, and almost out of mind > 'Will you Take Me....' > > Someone once rephrased William Burrough's famous line about > 'There are no coincidences' to further clarify: 'It's just that sometimes > the pattern is more obvious'. > > Chuck > - -- http://www.CoreyBlake.com - a whole lot of me Newest video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suYs8fB5hjQ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:22:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: breaking radio silence Hey! I got my Mercer today and my Fiddle and Drum DVD last week! Congratulations, Chuck. I wish I had bought them all back then, too. - --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Bob Muller wrote: > Very cool, Chuck! I got my hardcover > Mercer book yesterday, and The Fiddle And The Drum DVD today > - and of course covers come in almost daily. Did I say > covers? And tomorrow is April 1st? Better get busy! > > Bob __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:36:48 -0400 From: Subject: Major Announcement (njc) Victor! Hearty congratulatons! How wonderful! If the baby will be a Libra, aren't you also a Libra? Perfect - one of my favorite signs! I so hope you all will be able to make it out here for the California Jonifest in September. Love, Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:31:31 -0400 From: Subject: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) Looking for new opportunities in our economically uncertain world? ;-) Saskatchewan is recruting for 6,200 unfilled jobs and offering $20,000 to come and stay awhile. Not sure if this is only available to Canadian citizens but it's worth a try! Kakki http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/611081 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:50:57 -0400 From: Subject: Chad and Jeremy (njc) For you jmdlers of a certain era - I went to the most amazing concert last Friday with Steve and Michele Dulson. Chad & freaking Jeremy in a totally acoustic set! Summer Song, Yesterday's Gone OMG. I can't even begin to relate my experience but anyone who has a soft spot in their heart for their music would have the best time seeing them. They are going to be performing in Northern California (Randy, Darice), Connecticutt (Patti), Winnipeg (Mags) and Moose Jaw and Regina SK (Rob). I cannot recommend them enough. They are still in amazingly fine voice and are fabulous musicians (and even perform an acoustic version of Purple Haze) plus are wonderful storytellers. Check dates here: http://www.chadandjeremy.net/promoters.htm Thanks so much to Steve - I had the best time! Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:48:48 -0400 From: Stephen_Epstein@hugoboss.com Subject: Re: breaking radio silence Well, very happy for you Chuck! I was thrilled on the wknd to find Don Juan's Reckless Daughter on vinyl, all 4 sides for $10.95 (mint!) @ Sonic Boom on Bloor St- know this one Catherine? only one scratch- man, what a difference vinyl makes, and it sure is nice to see so much new, as well as older things, being released on vinyl. so what the heck is a folio, anyway, Chuck? best Stephen in Toronto NP: Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago just discovered this one on the weekend and he is brilliant! Elliot Smith and Nick Drake alive in the modern age Hey! I got my Mercer today and my Fiddle and Drum DVD last week! Congratulations, Chuck. I wish I had bought them all back then, too. - --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Bob Muller wrote: > Very cool, Chuck! I got my hardcover > Mercer book yesterday, and The Fiddle And The Drum DVD today > - and of course covers come in almost daily. Did I say > covers? And tomorrow is April 1st? Better get busy! > > Bob This e-mail (and/or attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. Use or disclosure of it by anyone other than a designated addressee is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete this e-mail from the computer on which you received it. We thank you for notifying us immediately. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:59:19 -0400 From: Stephen_Epstein@hugoboss.com Subject: Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) yes, but you have to stay for at least 7 years to get the $ Saskatchewan is the ONLY booming province, but still, 7 years? they have winter temps that easily reach -30C- too cold for me to even think of converting to F! Best Stephen in Toronto Looking for new opportunities in our economically uncertain world? ;-) Saskatchewan is recruting for 6,200 unfilled jobs and offering $20,000 to come and stay awhile. Not sure if this is only available to Canadian citizens but it's worth a try! Kakki http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/611081 This e-mail (and/or attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. Use or disclosure of it by anyone other than a designated addressee is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete this e-mail from the computer on which you received it. We thank you for notifying us immediately. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:00:51 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: Joni vs. Elton & Touring Fiddle - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Fuhr" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:45 PM Subject: Joni vs. Elton & Touring Fiddle > Hi Jonis, > 3 dates on the West Coast of the U.S. (Seattle, YES! Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:11:09 -0400 From: Subject: Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) LOL! Hi Stephen. Yes, absolutely of course, but maybe for the young and hearty? ;-) I've heard Alberta is also boomiing a bit. My local friends and I keep threatening a friend in L.A. who has a condo on the B.C/Alberta border that we are all gong to move into his place there when we run out of money here. Kakki ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen_Epstein@hugoboss.com To: kbhla@fastmail.fm Cc: joni@smoe.org ; owner-joni@smoe.org Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:59 PM Subject: Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) yes, but you have to stay for at least 7 years to get the $ Saskatchewan is the ONLY booming province, but still, 7 years? they have winter temps that easily reach -30C- too cold for me to even think of converting to F! Best Stephen in Toronto Looking for new opportunities in our economically uncertain world? ;-) Saskatchewan is recruting for 6,200 unfilled jobs and offering $20,000 to come and stay awhile. Not sure if this is only available to Canadian citizens but it's worth a try! Kakki http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/611081 This e-mail (and/or attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. Use or disclosure of it by anyone other than a designated addressee is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete this e-mail from the computer on which you received it. We thank you for notifying us immediately. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:53:44 -0400 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: breaking radio silence Songbooks folks. On Mar 31, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Stephen_Epstein@hugoboss.com wrote: Well, very happy for you Chuck! I was thrilled on the wknd to find Don Juan's Reckless Daughter on vinyl, all 4 sides for $10.95 (mint!) @ Sonic Boom on Bloor St- know this one Catherine? only one scratch- man, what a difference vinyl makes, and it sure is nice to see so much new, as well as older things, being released on vinyl. so what the heck is a folio, anyway, Chuck? best Stephen in Toronto NP: Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago just discovered this one on the weekend and he is brilliant! Elliot Smith and Nick Drake alive in the modern age Hey! I got my Mercer today and my Fiddle and Drum DVD last week! Congratulations, Chuck. I wish I had bought them all back then, too. - --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Bob Muller wrote: > Very cool, Chuck! I got my hardcover > Mercer book yesterday, and The Fiddle And The Drum DVD today > - and of course covers come in almost daily. Did I say > covers? And tomorrow is April 1st? Better get busy! > > Bob This e-mail (and/or attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. Use or disclosure of it by anyone other than a designated addressee is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete this e-mail from the computer on which you received it. We thank you for notifying us immediately. Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:53:15 -0400 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Chad and Jeremy (njc) I'm jealous! And I am NOT the jealous type. Well maybe it's envy then. And OMG Kakki comes out posting a few times in one day. Welcome home girl. I am in NYC and still have not had any JMDL visits altho I did have a friend from Carniege Hall take me out to lunch today. Glad you had a nice time with those wacky Dulson's. Hope to see you soon. Luv Paz NP-I'm Alone Because I Love You-PHJB Live At The Blue Note (rite freaking now) On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:50 PM, wrote: For you jmdlers of a certain era - I went to the most amazing concert last Friday with Steve and Michele Dulson. Chad & freaking Jeremy in a totally acoustic set! Summer Song, Yesterday's Gone OMG. I can't even begin to relate my experience but anyone who has a soft spot in their heart for their music would have the best time seeing them. They are going to be performing in Northern California (Randy, Darice), Connecticutt (Patti), Winnipeg (Mags) and Moose Jaw and Regina SK (Rob). I cannot recommend them enough. They are still in amazingly fine voice and are fabulous musicians (and even perform an acoustic version of Purple Haze) plus are wonderful storytellers. Check dates here: http://www.chadandjeremy.net/promoters.htm Thanks so much to Steve - I had the best time! Kakki Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:01:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) Alberta is booming, maybe not as much this year as last, but there's oil in them thar tar sands and you should see the construction going on. I was there in 2007 to visit my bro who lives there & everywhere they're building new hospitals, stadiums and whatever. In Saskatchewan it's potash that is a major industry now (for fertilizer). My brother owns a property there (a condo in Saskatoon that they bought when their daughter was going to the U of Sask). I'm not sure when they bought it, but it was cheaper than renting and has at least doubled in price since then. (Potash money is booming in the old hometown now, I guess Joni could say.) - --- On Tue, 3/31/09, kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > From: kbhla@fastmail.fm > Subject: Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) > To: Stephen_Epstein@hugoboss.com > Cc: joni@smoe.org, owner-joni@smoe.org > Received: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 10:11 PM > LOL! Hi Stephen. > > Yes, absolutely of course, but maybe for the young and > hearty? ;-) I've heard > Alberta is also boomiing a bit. My local friends and > I keep threatening a > friend in L.A. who has a condo on the B.C/Alberta border > that we are all gong > to move into his place there when we run out of money > here. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:08:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: breaking radio silence now njc - --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Michael Paz wrote: > Songbooks folks. > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Stephen_Epstein@hugoboss.com > wrote: > > so what the heck is a folio, anyway, Chuck? Folio. It sounds so Shakespearean. > I was thrilled on the wknd to find Don Juan's Reckless > Daughter on > vinyl, > all 4 sides for $10.95 (mint!) @ Sonic Boom on Bloor St- > know this one > Catherine? Um, i think so. It has to be that big store near Bathurst where you see all sorts of very WEIRD people flipping through LPs and used CDs looking for something special. They're so intense and focussed on it that they remind me of hard-core bingo players. Goddess help anyone that interrupts them in the midst of what they're doing! Have been there but the people shopping there freak me out and I feel like it'd be necessary to wear full body-armour and be prepared to duke it out with someone if you both had your eye on the same prize. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:13:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) - --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Catherine McKay wrote: > Alberta is booming, maybe not as much > this year as last, but there's oil in them thar tar sands > and you should see the construction going on. I was there in > 2007 to visit my bro who lives there & everywhere > they're building new hospitals, stadiums and whatever. > Oh, and my brother constantly loves running down Ontario and especially Toronto because somehow he seems to feel the need to justify his having left it years ago. I don't think he needs to do that. It's OK with me that he lives out there, not that he cares what I think and, with all respect to the people of the west, I don't think I could do Alberta or Saskatchewan because it's cold enough here in the winter, but it's a LOT colder there, and winter lasts longer. BC I could handle gladly. This is the brother that told me years ago that anyone with a purple crayon could write songs like Joni. I've never forgiven the bastid! Do I hold a grudge much? Naaaah. __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:08:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Mags Subject: Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) - -30C yes, but it's a dry cold :P nice to see you posting, lovey. Mags - --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Stephen_Epstein@hugoboss.com wrote: From: Stephen_Epstein@hugoboss.com Subject: Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) To: kbhla@fastmail.fm Cc: joni@smoe.org, owner-joni@smoe.org Received: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 9:59 PM yes, but you have to stay for at least 7 years to get the $ Saskatchewan is the ONLY booming province, but still, 7 years? they have winter temps that easily reach -30C- too cold for me to even think of converting to F! Best Stephen in Toronto Looking for new opportunities in our economically uncertain world? ;-) Saskatchewan is recruting for 6,200 unfilled jobs and offering $20,000 to come and stay awhile. Not sure if this is only available to Canadian citizens but it's worth a try! Kakki http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/611081 This e-mail (and/or attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. Use or disclosure of it by anyone other than a designated addressee is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete this e-mail from the computer on which you received it. We thank you for notifying us immediately. __________________________________________________________________ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:45:01 -0400 From: Subject: Re: Move to Saskatchewan and receive $20,000 (njc) Catherine, I'm glad to hear Sask is booming, too. There's a lot of us down here who would love to annex Alberta (ahem, heehee) Former jmdler Shane has offered me "asylum" there, too, if needed ;-) Some here are starting to put their money into Canadian banks. Don't know how I would handle the cold but it is very beautiful with a great standard of living. I could definitely handle B.C. - perhaps the Sunshine (Joni) coast! (In my dweems). Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 01:13:27 -0400 From: Subject: Re: Chad and Jeremy (njc) "Ooh wah, ooh wah cool, cool kitty, tell us about the boy from New York City." Geez, you guys are at the Blue Note!? Arrrrrr! Now I'm jealous! Wowee! So the other night Chad tells us how Billy Bob Thornton recently covered Yesterday's Gone and there were a few groans from the audience. Then Chad mildly chastised us for dissing Billy Bob, who had told them that it was "the best damn hillbilly song ever written"! Yes, I think that's a huge compliment for a couple of British lads to have written such a beautifully perfect "Americana" style song! I checked out Billy Bob's performance on You Tube, and while he doesn't have the pipes of the boys, his band TOTALLY rocks it! C'mon Mikey, please learn it for Jonifest! We can have Les on mando-dobro, Victor on all other instruments and the high harmonies, and Dave and Robyn in the background keeping us straight! Yeah, baby! Kakki, hullabalooing along ) I'm jealous! And I am NOT the jealous type. Well maybe it's envy then. And OMG Kakki comes out posting a few times in one day. Welcome home girl. I am in NYC and still have not had any JMDL visits altho I did have a friend from Carniege Hall take me out to lunch today. Glad you had a nice time with those wacky Dulson's. Hope to see you soon. Luv Paz NP-I'm Alone Because I Love You-PHJB Live At The Blue Note (rite freaking now) ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2009 #104 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------