From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #91 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://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Saturday, March 26 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 091 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Elizabeth Taylor njc [Lieve Reckers ] Re: Elizabeth Taylor njc [Catherine McKay ] NJC Beijing... [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: NJC Beijing... [Lieve Reckers ] Re: NJC Beijing... [] Re: NJC Beijing... [Gerald Notaro ] Re: NJC Beijing... [FMYFL@aol.com] RE: Yes DVD: "Live at the Montreaux", njc [Susan Tierney McNamara ] Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC [Catherine McKay ] Court & Spark, and other ancient terms [Ken ] Re: Court & Spark, and other ancient terms [Gmail ] Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC ["Mark" ] RE: New from John Kelly - njc ["patrick leader" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:41:36 +0000 (GMT) From: Lieve Reckers Subject: Re: Elizabeth Taylor njc Dear Mark, thank you for this post. Your childhood memories very much reflect mine: it was the one famous couple I came across in all magazines that I struggled to read at that young age. The other name that kept popping up at the same time in the same publications was Brigitte Bardot, and her liaisons. Funny how memory works. I have always remembered - and resented - the interview with Richard Burton in which he gives a supposedly lovingly appraisal of his wife. I paraphrase obviously, but the words and sentiment were very much like this: "Liz is a beautiful woman. She seems perfect, but in fact as her husband I know the flaws which she manages to camouflage so cleverly. She has a magnificent bosom and that distracts attention from the fact that actually her body from shoulder to hip is too short." I was only a child when I read that, but I remember thinking: "He's talking as if she were a horse. I would never want a man to discuss me in that way." And it's that interview that has always come back to my mind when Taylor and Burton were mentioned. I've never managed to like him since. I also once spoke with a voice coach who had met Elisabeth and said that the only thing she could remember afterwards were the dazzling violet eyes. I prefer that image to the short rump concealed by a magnificent bosom! All the best, Lieve in London - ----- Original Message ---- From: Mark To: joni Sent: Fri, 25 March, 2011 1:24:17 Subject: Elizabeth Taylor njc I sent this to the list last night. But apparently I used my Gmail account and I'm not subscribed to the JMDL under that email address. So apparently it never made it to the listserv. To paraphrase a line from 'All About Eve': Elizabeth is a true star, a great star. She never has been or ever will be anything else. Well it turned out she was more than that. I remember seeing her on the cover of Life magazine in full make-up and gold headdress for 'Cleopatra' when I was a kid. I wondered why anybody would paint those little tips at the ends of their eyes and put all that guck all over their eyelids. I didn't know the phrase 'over the top' in those days but I think I would have used it to express my attitude toward her. Then when 'la scandale' broke, she and Richard Burton's faces were everywhere - Photoplay magazines, tabloids, newspapers, television. Denounced by the Pope for their doubly adulterous affair (both were married to other people). When they finally married after divorcing their respective spouses, they became the Brad and Angelina of their day. In my memory though, the spotlight shown even more glaringly on 'Liz and Dick'. It seemed we just couldn't get enough of them (or maybe we got too much of them, depending on your point of view). Divorced and re-married and then divorced again. Do they count Burton as two of her eight husbands? In the title of her sensational book, pulp biographer Kitty Kelly dubbed her 'The Last Star'. In Hollywood terms that may very well be true. In her time Elizabeth seemed to be the definition of the glamorous movie star whose life was larger than life. After her, it's hard to think of another one who fits that profile. The priceless jewelry collection, the furs, the long string of health problems (including a benign brain tumor), the substance abuse and the famous stay at the Betty Ford clinic, her friendship with Michael Jackson are all part of her legend. She was a beautiful child when she started making movies and she blossomed into a stunning woman as she matured. But there was more to Elizabeth Taylor than violet eyes, a pretty face and a voluptuous figure. She had genuine talent and developed into a fine actress. To me she is the definitive Maggie the Cat in the film of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'. She capably played Kate 'the Shrew' in Franco Zeffirelli's film of Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'. And her portrayal of the close-to-delusional, bitter, alcoholic college professor's wife who has fallen into the unfortunate habit of verbally abusing her husband in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' is nothing short of brilliant. Taking that difficult role in a film that was controversial at the time for its use of language that had been taboo in American movies (mild by today's standards) up until then was one of the braver choices of her career. She made her share of duds but she hit enough of them out of the park to assure her a place in filmdom's firmament. Somewhere I have a copy of Vanity Fair from 1992 with Elizabeth on the cover, glammed to the max, looking gorgeous, holding a condom in plain sight. In a time when the President of the United States would not even utter the word, Elizabeth mounted a campaign to raise awareness of the disease and to raise money, lots of money over the years, to fund research to fight AIDS. Whatever the excesses in her life, I personally feel like I owe her something. A lot, actually. She was 79 and when she was checked into hospital for congestive heart failure it seemed fairly certain that her time of release from a failing body was at hand. I even started thinking what I would want to write about her when the time came. I'm not sure what that says about me. Hopefully it says that her life was of some significance to me. I can't say I am devastated by her loss since I feel it was a release, but I am saddened by it. I never met the woman. She wasn't a close personal friend or family member. But I feel in my heart that she was an intelligent, compassionate and very brave person who rose above whatever notoriety was attached to her and used her fame to do some genuine good in the world. I still have a white t-shirt that I got in the 80s that has nothing but that pair of violet eyes on the front. On the back are the words 'Long Live Liz'. I know that was a name she disliked but it's the thought that counts. And the alliteration is a nice touch. Sorry for 2 long posts in as many days. But I had to write something about Elizabeth even though most of you probably know all of this stuff anyway. I promise to restrain myself for awhile. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Elizabeth Taylor njc When I was a kid, Elizabeth Taylor truly represented for me what was glamourous about Hollywood movie stars. Beautiful and a little bit scary and way out of reach. When my family moved to the Toronto area in 1965, we stayed for a night or two in the same suite in the King Edward Hotel that Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton AND the Beatles had stayed in while in Toronto. The King Eddy was a Sheraton Hotel at the time and my aunt Betty worked for Sheraton at the time, so she was able to get us upgraded whenever we stayed at a Sheraton (as long as there were no celebrities who needed the space.) Thanks for the great post, Mark. Like many others, I love reading your posts! Don't ever feel you need to restrain yourself. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mark > To: joni > Sent: Thu, March 24, 2011 9:24:17 PM > Subject: Elizabeth Taylor njc > > > To paraphrase a line from 'All About Eve': > > Elizabeth is a true star, a great star. She never has been or ever will be > anything else. > > Well it turned out she was more than that. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:51:22 +0800 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: NJC Beijing... Just like I pictured it - skyscrapers, and everything.... Made it safe and sound for those of you who may have been concerned about it. Bob NP: Joni, "Otis & Marlena" (T'log) - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:11:38 +0800 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC Was Freddie Italian?> No, he was Amenian. - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Made it safe and sound for those of you who may have been concerned about it. Bob NP: Joni, "Otis & Marlena" (T'log) - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:25:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Subject: Re: NJC Beijing... Get busy hunting down Chinese Joni covers. Victor in freezing Atlanta Sent from Comcast mobile - -----Original Message----- From: Bob Muller To: joni Sent: 2011-03-25 09:04:41 -0400 Subject: NJC Beijing... Just like I pictured it - skyscrapers, and everything.... Made it safe and sound for those of you who may have been concerned about it. Bob NP: Joni, "Otis & Marlena" (T'log) - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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My brother Jim played me this amazing compilation of other artists doing Yes tunes. John Cowan formerly of New Grass Revival doing Long Distance Runaround was a treat!!! I'll have to email my brother for the rest of the titles. Sue PS My brother Jimmy is hysterical and would have us crying in laughter at late night parties making fun of Yes lyrics ... :-) ___________________ /___________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue Tierney || || McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ "It's all a dream she has awake." - Joni Mitchell - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jim Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:42 PM To: JMDL Subject: Yes DVD: "Live at the Montreaux", njc Last week, I spent an enjoyable 1/2 hour on Amazon, reading reviews of DVDs of Yes concerts. I settled on "Live at the Montreaux" from 2003 and it arrived today. I guess the DVD was actually released in 2007, but never mind. The band on that night was Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, and White. This was the band that recorded "Going For The One" and "Tales from Topographic Oceans". But judging by Wikipedia, Bill Bruford was the drummer on "The Yes Album", "Fragile", and "Close To The Edge." So, I guess this is 4/5ths of the classic lineup. In this DVD, they are "on" most of the time and the highs make up for the lows. I didn't want my 2 hours back. I saw Yes several times "back in the day", but I was never close to the stage. Seeing this DVD, I got a deeper respect for Steve Howe's talent. I'd swear he was influenced by Les Paul in one spot. He has a big kit of tricks, for sure. This reviewer is happy. Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:55:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: NJC Beijing... Welcome to Beijing, Muller! Glad you arrived safe! - ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" > To: joni@smoe.org > Sent: Fri, March 25, 2011 8:51:22 AM > Subject: NJC Beijing... > > Just like I pictured it - skyscrapers, and everything.... > > Made it safe and sound for those of you who may have been concerned about > it. > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:58:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC Freddie who? We talkin' Freddie Mercury? I think he was of Indian (i.e. the country India) background but was cagey about his background and wanted people to think he was something else. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" > To: LC Stanley > Cc: joni@smoe.org > Sent: Fri, March 25, 2011 9:11:38 AM > Subject: Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC > > Was Freddie Italian?> > > No, he was Amenian. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:00:44 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC Actually,Bob, Freddy Mercury was from Zanzibar, of Parsi descent (Persian non-Muslims) and grew up for some years in India. This from Wikipedia... `*0`+`* `*,`*2`+ `*8`*>`*0`*>b ), September 5, 1946 b November 24, 1991)[2] was a British musician, best known as the lead vocalist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...Mercury, who was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens, has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star".> Flee Man in Palace. On Mar 25, 2011, at 6:11 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > Was Freddie Italian?> > > No, he was Amenian. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. If you received this in error, please > contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. > ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:04:31 -0400 From: Ken Subject: Re: Freddie Mercury (NJC) Hi, Laura, I thought I remembered something about Freddie Mercury being Romanian or something but, according to the online Wikopedia: "Mercury, who was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens, ..." Not Italian, in any case. Kenny B Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:10:30 -0500 From: LC Stanley Subject: Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question More rock than roll ain't it? I'd like to hear Neil sing it or the good Queen, Freddie Mercury. Was Freddie Italian? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:15:22 -0400 From: Ken Subject: Court & Spark, and other ancient terms Another ancient term (in the same category as "court" and "spark") was "spooning" (akin to my generation's "making out") although, when you visualize what's probably taking place, it would be a bit more intimate than just kissing and touching. I have some old letters (family heirlooms) from the 1920s & 1930s in which "spooning" is mentioned quite often. (I love reading old letters!) Kenny B Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:46:43 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Grammar Question Wow, Catherine. That's what I'm talking about! Okay, so both "court" and "spark" are pretty ancient terms it seems. I wonder if Joni heard Myrtle use them or read them in some book when she was in bed with polio. Fascinating. "For the Roses" was another album title that took some explication for most of us too. Thanks for the sleuth work; another mystery partly solved! Dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:48:13 +0000 From: Gmail Subject: Re: Court & Spark, and other ancient terms Spooning comes from the 16th century term when couples were courting, and often will have to be in the same room as the father of the maiden, the suitor would have to carve a wooden spoon in order to keep, or prove he's kept, his hands busy while the father was out of the room. So the activity of courting became "spooning" which has nothing to do with the more modern day "spoons" that couples do in bed. Sent from my iPhone On 25 Mar 2011, at 20:15, Ken wrote: > Another ancient term (in the same category as "court" and "spark") was > "spooning" (akin to my generation's "making out") although, when you visualize > what's probably taking place, it would be a bit more intimate than just > kissing and touching. I have some old letters (family heirlooms) from the > 1920s & 1930s in which "spooning" is mentioned quite often. (I love reading > old letters!) > Kenny B > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:46:43 -0700 > From: Dave Blackburn > Subject: Re: Grammar Question > > Wow, Catherine. That's what I'm talking about! > > Okay, so both "court" and "spark" are pretty ancient terms it seems. I wonder > if > Joni heard Myrtle use them or read them in some book when she was in bed with > polio. Fascinating. "For the Roses" was another album title that took some > explication for most of us too. Thanks for the sleuth work; another mystery > partly solved! > > Dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:57:21 +0800 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC Cool - thanks for the clarification. I had always heard/read that he was Armenian. I'm just glad I got to see him perform - I took my little sister to see Queen in Greensboro when they were touring The Game. Great show; Brian May is a superb guitarist and Freddie was the consummate showman. Bob NP: Tom Waits, "San Diego Serenade" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:05:35 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC Our American cocker spaniel, Freddie, is named after him. (Travis has the groomer leave a 'moustache' on either side of his snout when he gets a trim) Does this mean we have to change his name to Farrokh? Mark in Seattle - -----Original Message----- From: Dave Blackburn Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 7:00 AM To: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Cc: LC Stanley ; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: This Flight Tonight Grammar Question NJC Actually,Bob, Freddy Mercury was from Zanzibar, of Parsi descent (Persian non-Muslims) and grew up for some years in India. This from Wikipedia... Subject: New from John Kelly Performance Space 122 presents the World Premiere of John Kellys The Escape Artist Wednesday, April 15  Saturday, April 30, 2011 Written by 2010 Ethyl Eichelberger Award Winner John Kelly With 7 original songs by John Kelly & Carol Lipnik And you realize what youre watching isnt so much an artist inventing himself as inevitably discovering the true self within. The New York Times Performance and visual artist John Kelly explores the character of creative genius as it occurs in the gradations between the ephemeral and the tangible. His past creative work runs the gamut from mixed media dance theatre works to vocal concerts and exhibitions. John Kelly completed work on The Escape Artist after being awarded the Ethyl Eichelberger Award in 2010. The Escape Artist traces the story of a man who has a trapeze accident while rehearsing a theatre piece based on the life of Italian Baroque painter, Caravaggio. Stranded on a gurney with a broken neck in the hospital emergency room, he finds refuge in the images that flood his mind  the sinners and saints, prostitutes and gods that populate Caravaggios paintings. The Escape Artist contains 7 original songs by John Kelly & Carol Lipnik, as well as covers of songs by Claudio Monteverdi and John Barry. Specific past projects by John Kelly have pondered Egon Schiele, Caravaggio, Antonin Artaud, Joni Mitchell, Barbette, Jean Cocteau; autobiography, the Berlin Wall, the Troubadours, the AIDS epidemic, and Expressionistic Film. These works have been performed at The Kitchen, PS 1, the Warhol Museum, the Whitney Biennial, The Tate Modern, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival. Paintings, drawings, photographs and video works have been exhibited in galleries and museums. He has sung the music of John Cage at the San Francisco Symphony, and collaborated and recorded with Laurie Anderson, David Del Tredici, Natalie Merchant and Antony and the Johnsons. Writings include an autobiography 'JOHN KELLY', published by the 2wice Arts Foundation, in association with Aperture. Acting credits include the Broadway production of "James Joyce's The Dead", and films by John Turturro and James Franco. Awards and Fellowships include 2 Bessie Awards, 2 Obie Awards, an Alpert Award, the 2010 Ethyl Eichelberger Award, a Visual Aids Vanguard Award, 2 NEA American Masterpieces Awards, and an Eliot Norton Award. Fellowships include NYFA, Art Matters, Inc., The Guggenheim Foundation, The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, The Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and the Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome. Archive: www.johnkellyperformance.org The Escape Artist Script & Visual Concept: John Kelly Original Songs: John Kelly & Carol Lipnik Additional Songs: Claudio Monteverdi; John Barry Arrangements: Piano, Accordion, Flute: John DiPinto Co-Direction & Dramaturgy: Dudley Saunders Video Design: Jeff Morey Cello: Nioka Workman Violin: Justin Smith The Escape Artist was developed, in part, by The Sundance Institute Theatre Program with ongoing support from the Time Warner Storytelling Fellowship; the Music Theatre Groups Here-See Residency Series; the Dixon Place HOT! Festival; The 2wice Arts Foundation; The Civitella Ranieri Center; The Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome; the Armory Artist in Residence Program at the Park Avenue Armory; and a commission from the 2010 Ethyl Eichelberger Award created by Performance Space 122 and made possible with generous support from the Gesso Foundation. The Escape Artist runs on the following schedule: Wednesday, April 15  Saturday, April 30. Performances Wednesday  Friday at 8PM, Saturdays at 8 + 10PM. Tickets: $25, $15 (students / seniors), $11 with a PS122 Passport Purchase online: http://www.ps122.org/performances/the_escape_artist.html By phone: 212-352-3101 In person at the box office in Performance Space 122 (150 1st Avenue at East 9th St.) Performance Space 122 is one of New York's ultimate destinations for cutting-edge theatre, dance, music, live art and multi-media. Now celebrating its 30th Anniversary Season, PS122 is dedicated to supporting and presenting artists who explore innovative form and provocative content, rigorously challenging the boundaries of contemporary performance. PS122 is committed to a steadfast search for pioneering artists from a diversity of cultures, nations and beliefs. www.ps122.org YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PerformanceSpace122 Twitter: @PS122 | Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5192991003 Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:52:52 -0400 From: "patrick leader" Subject: RE: New from John Kelly - njc my sister and i saw this piece in a workshop format about two years ago and really liked it. the caravaggio material mostly appears in film clips that he shot in a residency in rome a few years back, and carol lipnik's song's are more in direction of sophisticated pop rather than classical. he's been working with lipnik for a long time; i remember a song he sang of hers in a cabaret act 12 years ago or so, with a beautiful three line almost rhyme that still haunts me: something something linen something something window something something pillow i wish i remembered more of the song! anyway, i'll probably go see this. patrick np - silence Performance Space 122 presents the World Premiere of John Kellys The Escape Artist Wednesday, April 15  Saturday, April 30, 2011 Written by 2010 Ethyl Eichelberger Award Winner John Kelly With 7 original songs by John Kelly & Carol Lipnik And you realize what youre watching isnt so much an artist inventing himself as inevitably discovering the true self within. The New York Times >while rehearsing a theatre piece based on the life of Italian Baroque painter, Caravaggio. Stranded on a gurney with a broken neck in the hospital emergency room, he finds refuge in the images that flood his mind  the sinners and saints, prostitutes and gods that populate Caravaggios paintings. The Escape Artist contains 7 original songs by John Kelly & Carol Lipnik, as well as covers of songs by Claudio Monteverdi and John Barry. S ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #91 **************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------