From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2010 #93 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, March 31 2010 Volume 2010 : Number 093 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: 'Safaris To The Heart The Songs of Joni Mitchell' [Anita G ] Re: willie the winner, again - njc [Laura Stanley ] PayPal difficulties [Dave Blackburn ] Re: absolutely njc [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Bang your head to Joni ["Cassy" ] Re: Bang your head to Joni ["Mark" ] NJC: Paved Paradise: The Art of Joni Mitchell: John Kelly in L.A. April 16-25 [Richard Goldman Subject: Re: 'Safaris To The Heart The Songs of Joni Mitchell' It's true from my review (you see, poetry) that I think this is as fine a Joni tribute as I've heard and, as you say as well, Patrick, there is so much in Robin's delivery of the lines. I think that impresses me as much as anything. I have sung Joni, as you know, for years. and I have had my moments but, goodness knows, I sadly can't deliver anything like that. I have the cd, so don't have the outakes. I'll have to get on to that. Anita x On 30 March 2010 05:02, patrick leader wrote: > hi folks - dave and robin should pay a royalty to anita. i was of course > eventually going to buy the cd, but it was anita's review that got me off my > butt. > > first listen is wonderful. favorites so far: > > cherokee louise just hit me right from the first listen... > woodstock is of course way cool > jungle line took me a while, because i just adore the original production's > oddness, but mitch manker's trumpet eventually won me over. > > i'm really really fond of river, one of the outtakes, and it's fantastic to > have a studio recording of robin and dave's 'blue', with his amazing guitar > transcription of joni's piano part. > > robin's voice is an amazing instrument, and her singing is even more > characterful than i remember from holycombe. she gets an amazing amount of > theater out of "coy and bitchy, wild and fine", it's as if i've never heard > the line before. singing is supposed to be a communicative art, after all. > one of the reasons i love joni's late singing so much is she became much > more concerned with delivering the words and less concerned with making > pretty sounds. > > i'm really looking foward to getting to know this album. fantastic job, > guys. > > patrick > > np - robin and mutts - jungle line > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:16 PM > To: Anita G; Bob Muller > Cc: jonipeople LIST > Subject: Re: 'Safaris To The Heart The Songs of Joni Mitchell' > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Anita G" > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 7:56 AM > To: "Bob Muller" > Cc: "jonipeople LIST" > Subject: Re: 'Safaris To The Heart The Songs of Joni Mitchell' > > Hi Anita. > > I'm really liking the same 2 tracks you are. I think Woodstock is great as > well. > > Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:15:30 +0100 From: Anita G Subject: Re: 'Safaris To The Heart The Songs of Joni Mitchell' On 30 March 2010 05:02, patrick leader wrote: >> hi folks - dave and robin should pay a royalty to anita. I suppose you could say I'm just getting on side with His Bobness! :~) Which could make me (a)Neataness ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:01:31 +0200 From: HENNING OLSEN Subject: RESPECT - SAFARIS TO THE HEART Hi Dave and Robin! Now I have heard the CD once more, but you need to hear it many times to give a qualified response. First impression: a CD you can hear over and over again due to the quality of the songs, the musicians, the arrangements and of course a brilliant Robin on vocals. It takes some experienced musicians to dare the slow versions and the solos are fantastic. World class. As I have said before: Joni - songs are a perfect playground. And for instrumentalists like Mutts of the Planet it's a flying carpet. Best regards Henning Olsen www.bigyellowtaxi.dk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:04:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Laura Stanley Subject: Re: willie the winner, again - njc Mack wrote: Poor attempt at psychology I would put forth, regarding this email. And illogical to boot. Decrying the purported childishness of others, with name calling identified, and then doing the exact same thing. .... perhaps just an asshole. Hi Mack, Interesting circular OpiniOn. Wille go 'round in circles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un63LEAN22E Love, Laura S. (like a bird up in the sky) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:54:43 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: RE: 'Safaris To The Heart The Songs of Joni Mitchell' Thanks for the kind words Patrick. For the record, the version of Blue we have recorded here is a brand new jazz harmonization, approached in a sort of Chet Baker minimalist style. The version we played at Holycombe was Joni's piano part played on guitar. River is also a new harmonization. Dave > > i'm really really fond of river, one of the outtakes, and it's > fantastic to > have a studio recording of robin and dave's 'blue', with his amazing > guitar > transcription of joni's piano part. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:55:36 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: absolutely njc PBS Wed. night: (check your local channel, airdate may vary): (will also be on dvd in May) Tavis Smiley Reports: This episode delves into one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches, "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence," which Dr. King delivered on April 4, 1967. Today this speech is acknowledged to be one of the most powerful ever written by Dr. King and Smiley deconstructs the meaning of the speech, as well as put it in a contemporary context, particularly in light of our nation's current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan (this speech was on the radio when I got up this morning, it is very moving and relevant) Democracy Now! also interviewed Smiley about this show: (text and video) http://tinyurl.com/ydo5erj on a lighter note: these electron microscope photos of tiny insects are mind blowing: http://tinyurl.com/yzwdbpv ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:56:59 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: PayPal difficulties Dear listers, Thanks to all those giving our Safaris to the Heart a good listen. It is the culmination of several years work, developing the arrangements, finding the perfect band, and then months in the studio. We've sent a couple of copies to Joni herself via her management so, if they pass it on to her, she might be intrigued enough by a CD and a band named after lines in her lyrics to give it a listen, Morgellon's discomfort permitting. You can be SURE I'll tell you about it if she responds! A few folks have reported difficulties in ordering, trying to use the click through link at http://jonimitchell.com/ and the PayPal button at http://www.robinadler.com/ . I talked to PayPal last night and they tested the links and assured me they are fine but said often you need to delete the browser's cache when links are acting weird. So if you encounter error messages please try that before despairing--Bob M got error messages at first and then it subsequently worked properly so who knows how these things work? Of course you can also go 20th century and mail a check for $15 per copy + $3 shipping (US only I'm afraid, foreign checks won't work) to us. Make it out to Robin Adler 1008 S. Live Oak Park Rd Fallbrook CA 92028 Thanks for listening! We pretty much aimed this album at the hardcore Joni fan, and that of course is YOU! Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:16:21 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: absolutely njc >these electron microscope photos of tiny insects are mind blowing: http://tinyurl.com/yzwdbpv> And yucky. Don't forget yucky. Some amazing photography, actually. Bob NP: The Cure, "So What" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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I know "Car on a Hill" kind of gets me going sometimes and also the Shadows and Light version of "Black Crow." What about you? Actions speak for themselves - echoing into eternity ~ me ~ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Muller" To: "JMDL" Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: Bang your head to Joni > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzM4SNq5HBE > > Don't say I didn't warn you...this is Joni's most personal, most tender, > most poignant song as interpreted by Entropy, a scream metal band. > Definitely not for you purists. > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:28:04 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: Bang your head to Joni - -------------------------------------------------- From: "Cassy" Are there any songs > that really get you rocking in the car with your foot sort of just > pressing on the accelerator a bit harder than may be legal? I know "Car > on a Hill" kind of gets me going sometimes and also the Shadows and Light > version of "Black Crow." > > What about you? Raised on Robbery Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:10:30 -0700 From: Richard Goldman Subject: NJC: Paved Paradise: The Art of Joni Mitchell: John Kelly in L.A. April 16-25 at the LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre *PAVED PARADISE: The Art of JONI MITCHELL Created & performed by JOHN KELLY Directed by Kevin Malony Musical Director: Zecca Esquibel* * **[image: John Kelly as Joni Mitchell]* Photo: Austin Young John Kelly is an Obie Award-winning actor, dancer and performance artist. He is also Joni Mitchell. Ok, not exactly, but so close that Joni herself is a fan! Kelly's theatrical homage to the music legend has thrilled audiences and critics across the nation, and now he brings*Paved Paradise* to the Renberg! The concept is simple: Joni Mitchell in concert, with Kelly on vocals, guitar and dulcimer, backed by piano and bass. Featuring songs from every stage of Joni's career, the "book" consists entirely of her own words. The original arrangements are intact, and Kelly's original-key recreation of her vocals is uncanny. "Transformation through spiritual osmosis. Magnificent!" ~*NY Times* ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2010 #93 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------