From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #269 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, September 17 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 269 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re:3 [Brian Symes ] Re: Does Joni Mitchell Ever Mow The Lawn? [Anita G Subject: Re:3 Oh! Just look at this! Ito?=s fantastic!. http://karate-chur.ch/com.page.php?edyhot=64p4 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:51:14 +0100 From: Anita G Subject: Re: Does Joni Mitchell Ever Mow The Lawn? On 16 September 2011 05:50, Dave Blackburn wrote: > I don't know about Joni mowing but she claims she's a pretty good cook. But what kind of cook sits on her groceries? Eggsactly. Maybe one who likes to lay a lot? Anita ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:06:05 +0000 From: betsyblue82@gmail.com Subject: Does Joni Mitchell Ever Mow The Lawn? Laura, Very cute. I bet Joni doesn't mow the lawn, but she seems to go grocery shopping and cook. Maybe some light gardening, too. She is (barely) a mortal, after all. Not quite a commoner, though. On a tangent, I have friends who are crew for a private jet service. They've had several musicians who have covered Joni's songs and are acquaintances of hers, and I've wondered if they might ever encounter Ms. Mitchell herself. So far I'm still three degrees of separation from her, and many people on the list can beat that. >Happened upon this cute & funny >song by David Roth on YouTube >http://www.youtube.com/>watch?v=Dpel9Zpkq8M >Laura NP Pedal Point Blues, Charles Mingus Betsy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:26:09 +0000 From: betsyblue82@gmail.com Subject: The Last Time I Saw Richard I love the waitress "aside" in this song, and am fascinated by that character's evolution. In 1971 she sang it. In 1974 she did a funny voice. In 2002 she spoke it. In 1985, she did an old lady voice on the first line of the song and promised to sing/speak it when she is 70. Does anyone think this might actually happen? Would 70-year old Joni sound like 42-year old Joni thought she would? What would the waitress sound like? "It's gettin' on time to close." Do people in Detroit talk like that? NP TLTISR, TLog Betsy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:53:42 +0000 From: Michael quebec Subject: Joni nod on CBC, Amchitka, Thursday sept 14 While listening to the CBC radio show As It Happens last night, there was an interesting piece on the 40th anniversary of the founding of Greenpeace. The host of the show iterviewed Chris Burthorsen (?), who was 35 at the time, and who spearheaded the campaign to protest nuclear testing at Amchitka Island near Alaska. He claimed that this action could not have been possible without the participation of Joni Mitchell and Chilliwack, who played gratis at a fundraising concert in Vancouver (the recording of which has been avaiable for a year or so from Greenpeace and JMDL.com). Anyway, this was a nice nod to Joni's contribution to enviromental activism of those days 1971, when BYT was a fresh new addition to the culture of the day. As a bonus, they ended the radio interview with Joni's live rendition (with SOLID acoustic guitar) of BYT from that concert. Good article with Joni content on the Greenpeace website here: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/about/history/amchitka-hunter/ You can hear the interview here and BYT, she rocked live - click on Thursday Part 2 , then move cursor to 5:20 http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/ Michael in Quebec ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:36:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Mags Subject: Re: Does Joni Mitchell Ever Mow The Lawn? mmm methinks there was a wee tad of sexual innuendo there, "sitting on her groceries" ha! Mags~ ________________________________ From: Anita G To: Dave Blackburn Cc: Lc Stanley ; Catherine McKay ; "est86mlm@ameritech.net" ; Joni List ; "simon@icu.com" Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 8:51:14 AM Subject: Re: Does Joni Mitchell Ever Mow The Lawn? On 16 September 2011 05:50, Dave Blackburn wrote: > I don't know about Joni mowing but she claims she's a pretty good cook. But what kind of cook sits on her groceries? Eggsactly. Maybe one who likes to lay a lot? Anita ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:04:33 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Simon & Garfunkel 'Songs of America' njc Synchronicity strikes again. Tonight the local PBS station aired a documentary called 'Simon & Garfunkel: Songs of America'. This program was made in 1969 and was directed by Charles Grodin. If it plays on any of your local PBS channels, be sure and watch it. It was made shortly before the release of 'The Bridge Over Troubled Water' album and contains songs from that record but is in no way a promotional film. Here is the description from channel 9's program guide: SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - SONGS OF AMERICA 1969 is a vintage CBS television program from a turbulent time in our nation's past. Considered controversial at the time, the program features footage of Simon and Garfunkel on stage, in the studio and on tour. It also integrates video montages of key events of the era, including news clips of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, activist Cesar Chavez, and the Poor People's March on Washington. Songs include: "America," "So Long Frank Lloyd Wright," "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," "Scarborough Fair, " "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)," "Punky's Dilemma, " "Mrs. Robinson," "Mystery Train," "Feeling Groovy," "The Boxer," "Homeward Bound," "Sounds Of Silence," and several others. The tensions between Simon and Garfunkel that would lead to their break-up not long after this film was made are very evident. But some of the live performances are fantastic. Intermingled throughout are clips of what is now historical footage from the time. Both performers are quite candid in sharing their views of the times and their feelings about what they do. You also get a look at the process they used in creating the music. Fascinating and not quite like anything I remember seeing before. There were pledge breaks during the program that featured a few clips of a new documentary 'The Harmony Game: The Making of Bridge Over Troubled Water'. One showed both performers talking about the title song. Paul Simon said he had no idea where the song came from, that suddenly 'it was just there'. I think Carole King has made similar remarks about 'You've Got a Friend'. Artie talked about what a joy it was to sing the song, expressing satisfaction that the the song, coupled with the lucky gift of his voice, could bring comfort to people. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #269 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------