From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2009 #130 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Sunday, April 26 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 130 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Check out pics from last thursday (NJC) [Michael Paz ] NJC - A bit more about the L. Cohen show ["Cassy" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:15:24 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Check out pics from last thursday (NJC) Here some fotos from Thursdays incredible night at the Ogden Museum where we had a preview of the Ponderosa Stomp with Bobby Rush as part of our Ogden After Hours series, AND Drive By Truckers featuring Booker T and Bette Lavette. I recorded audio for video for The Artists Den series for PBS with my friend Michael Seaman who is awesome! What a fantastic night. I invited my bud Charlie Gabriel from the PHJB to come hang out with me and check out Booby Rush and as it turns out he knew Bettye from her first real recording that he played reeds on. So amazing! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2022053&id=1403567962&l=867cbbea80 Best Paz (on the Tourbus headed for New Orleans and Jazz Fest Whoo Hoo! Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:52:14 +0100 From: Garret Subject: Flac to MP3 conversion njc Does anyone know how i can convert FLAC files into MP3 simply? Or, even better, is there a way to get itunes to play FLAC? I have a few things that i'd like to listen to in itunes (i know it would probably be easier to use a different player, but i also want these on my ipod). I tried googling this but got pretty confused. GARRET NP- Leonard Cohen, The Future (live in London) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:23:42 -0700 From: "Cassy" Subject: NJC - A bit more about the L. Cohen show I was going to write something about the Leonard Cohen concert but then found that the Salon article said it far, far better than I ever could have at: http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2009/04/17/cohen/index.html By all means don't read this if you haven't got the time or inclination but if you're at all interested in the show and/or the man Leonard Cohen is, it's a really well-written article. At 74 years old, Leonard quipped on stage that he hadn't toured since he was 60 years old "just a kid with a dream." That brought an appreciative chuckle from the audience who were a very mixed group from early 20s to people in their 70's themselves. It is quite a laid back show; a bit jazzy at times; lyrically brilliant (he is a poet first and foremost after all); musically tight and well-rehearsed, seamless in the transitions from song to song. Leonard's band is composed of excellent musicians who are all offered an opportunity to showcase their own talents, he is a generous lead-man and humbly acknowledges the major part the band plays in his performance. I almost laughed out loud when he came onstage after a break bringing an older programmable technics keyboard, turning it on and having it run a very simple rhythm track while he performed with it. I kept thinking about how this used to be "state-of-the art" technology and how the use of this equipment and the Hammond organ added such an authentic flavor to the fact that he's 74 and was in a wee bit of a time-warp even though his performance is timeless. I highly recommend attending his show if you get the opportunity - and finances permit. Expensive though it is (tickets in Seattle ranged from $500 for the VIP package where one actually could shake hands with him to $95 in the "cheap seats"). I could not justify the $250 per ticket for front row center and opted for the $165 5th row center seats. On reflection, 5th row was a much better option as the front row patrons had to sit with necks bent backwards to see due to the height of the stage and their close proximity. Our seats were perfect, probably the best in the house. As we were leaving, I noticed Sharon Robinson peeking out from a curtain at the side of the stage, it was on the same level we were using to exit so I took the opportunity to stop briefly, shake her hand and thank her for her fine performance of "Boogie Street." She was gracious and took a moment to make eye contact and make me believe she was interested in what I was saying. It was lovely to have a chance to let her know she had not merely been a backup singer for me but an integral and appreciated part of the show. That's about all I can say, really, except that it was a night I will remember forever Warmly, Cassy NP: Maureen McGovern - The Circle Game ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2009 #130 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------