From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #539 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 Friday, November 18 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 539 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: concert memories [LC Stanley ] Joni & Bob Steve & Bill [Happy The Man ] Re: JMDL Digest V2011 #537 [Fred Simon ] Re: Joni & Bob Steve & Bill [Michael Flaherty ] Joni's quote is truly part of the common lexicon. [Dave Blackburn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:01:25 -0600 From: LC Stanley Subject: Re: concert memories Wow Susan... you put me right there by your description! Thanks!! Purple and chocolate brown gowns... I want to hear more! Love, Laura On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Susan Leviton wrote: > Hello, everyone. I've been an occasional reader of the posts for many > years, and Jim just encouraged me to share some memories of Joni > concerts. So here's a peek into my personal WayBack Machine! > > I tuned into that famous 1970 BBC broadcast and made it clear that I > would lock myself into a room with the radio if my then-boyfriend > couldn't swear he'd be totally silent for the entire time. There I > sat in front of an old Grundig radio, holding a shoe-box sized tape > recorder up to the speaker the whole time, about to burst because I > had to be silent as well! I quite literally wore out the tape... > > When Court and Spark was released, I ran to get a copy immediately, > and the only variety on my Motorola stereo was when I'd flip the > record from side to side. News of her concert at the Academy of Music > in Philadelphia, where I was working, sent me flying down to the > theater as soon as work was over the 'first' day of ticket sales. > Ha! Tix were gone instantly. I went home, crestfallen, trying to > figure how much I could afford to pay a scalper. > > A few nights before the concert I had a dream. I dreamed an entire > concert! I woke up filled with Joni's presence and figured that I > was given the gift of a concert even if I couldn't get into the Academy. > > On the afternoon of the concert, I made my way downtown to encounter a > small group of serious Joni Mitchell fans. We decided to break into > pairs and try to find tickets for sale at the venue. As we got > closer to showtime our spirits remained high. Lo and behold, the pair > that had placed itself by the box office hit paydirt. At the last > minute, comp tickets which were being held for the press were made > available! The entire group of us made our way to box seats! I > still remember Joni's two dresses that night - an earthy purple gown, > and then a chocolate brown one. I painted her in each of them onto > the album cover back after I finally floated home that night. I'm > pretty sure I was not the only person in that glorious hall who felt > she was singing right to me. I may have been the only one who > couldn't sleep for the next two nights, though!! > > Thank you all for sharing the energy that inspires so many of us. > > Susan Leviton > > Susan Leviton > 717 236-0231 > www.susanlevitonarts.com > > Pennsylvania Humanities Council > Commonwealth Speaker > www.pahumanities.org > > 2012 PennPAT Roster Artist > (Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour) > www.pennpat.org > > "Bringing traditional Yiddish arts into the 21st Century!" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:36:32 -0600 From: Happy The Man Subject: Joni & Bob Steve & Bill Reading Issacson's biography of Jobs. He was fascinated with Dylan. Though as I read along he (Jobs) reminds me of Joni. Narcissistic personality disorder is how it is presented by Steve's ex girlfriend. I have a very creative family member that everyone struggles to be around who suffers from the same thing. Steve also said Bill Gates had no original thought, that he stole from everyone else which reminds me of something that Joni has said about Bob. Now all that to say that I don't know Joni and only can go by what I have read. I do not know how she was in the studio though I doubt that she would call people assholes and shitheads, especially someone like Shorter. Also there is a chapter subheadings called Slouching towards Cupertino. Peace, Craig NP: Dan Manganese, Post-War Blues Sent from my Kindle Fire ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:30:49 -0500 (EST) From: Fred Simon Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2011 #537 Wow ... inexplicably, this digest actually was a digest. Last night I deleted 50 individual "digest" emails. I guess it's an intermittent glitch ... the worst kind. Fred - - Fred Simon http://myspace.com/fredsimon http://facebook.com/music.fred.simon - -----Original Message----- From: JMDL Digest To: joni-digest Sent: Thu, Nov 17, 2011 12:29 pm Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #537 JMDL Digest Thursday, November 17 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 537 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - -------- Joni memorabilia for sale [Dave Gertler ] Ain't Catherine GREAT?! [Loren Carter ] concert memories [Susan Leviton ] Re: concert memories [Catherine McKay ] RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #530 ["Felty, Karen" ] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:22:47 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Gertler Subject: Joni memorabilia for sale Hi folks, Please pardon a brief "commercial" message. I was a JMDL contributor for quite a while back around 2000. I've been away since then, but am stopping in to post this notice. I'm selling my Joni memorabilia collection on eBay, in one big lot. It includes dozens of magazines with articles about her, dating back to the early '70s. They contain many hours of interesting & enjoyable reading, and tons of cool Joni photos. My sale also includes books and a few other items. Part of the sale price is going to a music-related charity. Please see the listing here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270855571532 Cheers, Dave - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:16:48 -0800 (PST) From: Loren Carter Subject: Ain't Catherine GREAT?! All, Remember the discussions about the "What would Joni Mitchell do?" posters that appeared around Toronto(?) Well, Catherine McKay went to the trouble to retrieve and mail one for me. It arrived recently, and to pay her for her efforts, she said that I could donate to jonimitchell.com rather than send her the money directly. So, I made a donation to the website, and I want everyone to know that it's really from her. It might show up with my name, but her generosity and kindness is at the root of the story. Catherine,with humble gratitude I bow in your presence. Loren - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:40:09 -0500 From: Susan Leviton Subject: concert memories Hello, everyone. I've been an occasional reader of the posts for many years, and Jim just encouraged me to share some memories of Joni concerts. So here's a peek into my personal WayBack Machine! I tuned into that famous 1970 BBC broadcast and made it clear that I would lock myself into a room with the radio if my then-boyfriend couldn't swear he'd be totally silent for the entire time. There I sat in front of an old Grundig radio, holding a shoe-box sized tape recorder up to the speaker the whole time, about to burst because I had to be silent as well! I quite literally wore out the tape... When Court and Spark was released, I ran to get a copy immediately, and the only variety on my Motorola stereo was when I'd flip the record from side to side. News of her concert at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, where I was working, sent me flying down to the theater as soon as work was over the 'first' day of ticket sales. Ha! Tix were gone instantly. I went home, crestfallen, trying to figure how much I could afford to pay a scalper. A few nights before the concert I had a dream. I dreamed an entire concert! I woke up filled with Joni's presence and figured that I was given the gift of a concert even if I couldn't get into the Academy. On the afternoon of the concert, I made my way downtown to encounter a small group of serious Joni Mitchell fans. We decided to break into pairs and try to find tickets for sale at the venue. As we got closer to showtime our spirits remained high. Lo and behold, the pair that had placed itself by the box office hit paydirt. At the last minute, comp tickets which were being held for the press were made available! The entire group of us made our way to box seats! I still remember Joni's two dresses that night - an earthy purple gown, and then a chocolate brown one. I painted her in each of them onto the album cover back after I finally floated home that night. I'm pretty sure I was not the only person in that glorious hall who felt she was singing right to me. I may have been the only one who couldn't sleep for the next two nights, though!! Thank you all for sharing the energy that inspires so many of us. Susan Leviton Susan Leviton 717 236-0231 www.susanlevitonarts.com Pennsylvania Humanities Council Commonwealth Speaker www.pahumanities.org 2012 PennPAT Roster Artist (Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour) www.pennpat.org "Bringing traditional Yiddish arts into the 21st Century!" - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:17:08 -0800 (PST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: concert memories That is a lovely story! And, may I add, it's always so nice to hear from someone new, or at least new to posting to the list. Sometimes I feel like it's us same old people posting and it's always a treat to hear a new voice. >________________________________ >From: Susan Leviton >To: joni@smoe.org >Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:40:09 AM >Subject: concert memories > >Hello, everyone. I've been an occasional reader of the posts for many >years, and Jim just encouraged me to share some memories of Joni >concerts. So here's a peek into my personal WayBack Machine! >[...] - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:47:30 -0600 From: "Felty, Karen" Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #530 In response to Jim's email regarding burning Joni CDs, I highly recommend this. Jim burned all 3 for me and I've loved not only the music but the commentary prior to each song . Well worth it IMHO. I've primarily been a lurker here on the list, but have been a longtime admirer of Joni. I enjoy reading the posts every day from all of you lovely people. Karen F. Felty Karen.Felty@huschblackwell.com - - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:23 PM To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #530 JMDL Digest Wednesday, November 16 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 530 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - - -------- Some of Joni's solo acoustic shows ["Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Some of Joni's solo acoustic shows Attention first time collectors and veterans... Several people are burning a solo acoustic show from March 02, 1972 in Philadelphia, PA. This was after "Blue" but before "For The Roses" was released. It's Joni in a solo-acoustic setting playing piano, guitar and dulcimer. It's on 2 CDs and includes Jackson Browne's solo-acoustic opening set. We're willing to burn this 2 CD-R set for anyone in the Netherlands, UK, Canada, or USA who mails in the blanks. No money will change hands. Sorry, but I've promised not to rip this show to mp3s. For details, write to me off list. Thanks goes out to simon for this fine show. There are some good stories like the one about Carey. - - - ---------------------- I'm also burning another show... Joni with James Taylor playing the BBC on Oct 29, 1970. This show is on one CD and includes my favorite performances (ever) of "California" and "Steamroller Blues". Send 3 blanks to get both shows. Thanks to simon for this show too. Jim L'Hommedieu - - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #530 ***************************** - - ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe - - ------- ****** Begin Notice from Husch Blackwell LLP ****** Pursuant to U. S. 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Instead, I got a response from Martha at Pandora, who said, when she looked into it, that someone had miscategorized DJRD as folk, and she was sending it back to be reanalyzed. Today, there was jazz on the station! "One small victory..." Paul - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #537 ***************************** - ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe - ------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: Joni & Bob Steve & Bill >Now all that to say that I don't know Joni and only can go by what I have read. I do not know how she was in the studio though I doubt that she would call people assholes and shitheads, especially someone like Shorter. Not if she wanted them to keep playing, she wouldn't! Job's employees had less options, I suspect. But no, I don't think Joni would talk to someone that way. She was less harsh with hecklers than Jobs was with friends. Btw, when Jobs accused Gates of stealing his computer, Gates replied that he had broken into Xerox to steal theirs, but Jobs had beaten him him to it. :) Michael F. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:50:55 -0800 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Joni's quote is truly part of the common lexicon. From "Alan Grayson for Congress"... They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot. Well, thats almost right. They dont want to pave paradise. They want to mine it. Here are two phrases that you probably never expected to see in the same sentence: the Grand Canyon and uranium mines. Two years ago, the Obama Administration realized that new uranium mining in Arizona could destroy the Grand Canyon, and the Colorado River flowing through it. So it issued a proposed rule to prevent that. The rule would prevent uranium mining in an area equivalent to forty miles long and forty miles wide, which is smaller than the Grand Canyon itself. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:00:57 -0800 (GMT-08:00) From: Chandra Subject: Susanna Hoffs talking about Joni From the latest Rolling Stone. Are there older songs that have changed for you as youbve gotten older, had a family? Yeah, songs kind of grow and change with us and do, in fact, take on new meaning as we grow up. I always think about when I was a little girl listening to Joni Mitchell songs and having no idea about the complexity of relationships, the love relationships, that she was talking about. And then rediscovering those records again as an adult woman, I was like, "Oh my God, I totally get what shebs saying here, this is so incredible." But I still loved it as a little girl. And the same is kind of true for some of the songs that we wrote in our twenties. I can still remember writing "In Your Room" b itbs still one of my absolute favorite songs to play live, along with songs like "Hero Takes a Fall," that I also wrote in the Eighties. Theybve grown and changed with me and the same emotion, I think, is the thing that rings true. The kind of really intense emotions, which have always compelled me to want to write or say something in a song and get that feeling kind of transformed into a song, those things never really change. What have been some of the Joni songs that as youbve gotten older you understood and appreciated? "Peoplebs Parties," from Court and Spark. Having lived in Hollywood and being married to someone in the movie business and having been to a lot of parties as an adult, I definitely can listen to a song like that. The images that she wove in the lyrics are just outstanding and perfect. On Blue, there were tons. "California" is a great one. "A Case of You" is just brilliant. "All I Want" b Ibve always loved that one. Have you ever met Joni? Yes, I met her when I was working on a solo record with David Baerwald, whobs a good friend of hers. Actually, Larry Klein, her ex-husband, was one of the bass players on the record. So I got to hang out with her and jam with her and we sang a version of "Love Potion No. 9" in the studio for giggles. It was really kind of fun. And I met her another time at a Shawn Colvin concert at McCabe's Guitar Shop, one of my favorite clubs in L.A. cheers, Roch ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #539 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------