From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #1084 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 Saturday, August 11 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 1084 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Hello, Lurkers and all; new movie called "A case of you" [Catherine McKay] Re: joni friends past, njc [Lori Fye ] hope . . now, staight up [Marianne Rizzo ] Joni news from our corner [Dave Blackburn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:42:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Hello, Lurkers and all; new movie called "A case of you" Hello to all the lurkers who have delurked. Nice to hear your voices! (How long does a person need to be silent to be considered a lurker?) While browsing some websites about film, I came across something that's currently in production and due to be released in 2013. The film's name is "A case of you," and I wonder whether the title comes from Joni's song and whether or not the song or any of her music might end up in it? According to IMDB, the plotline goes thusly: A young writer tries to impress a girl he meets online with an embellished profile, but finds himself in a real mess when she falls for him and he has to keep up the act. The director is Kat Coiro; the writers are Christian Long, Justin Long and Keir O'Donnell; and the cast includesPeter Dinklage, Vince Vaughn, Evan Rachel Wood, Brendan Fraser, Justin Long, Sienna Miller, Sam Rockwell and Busy Philipps. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817081/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:41:28 +0200 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: joni friends past, njc > Good Luck Lori---gene Thanks, Gene. This morning's Romney/Ryan news just added to my decision to stay right where I am. Lori ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:45:49 -0400 From: Marianne Rizzo Subject: hope . . now, staight up Hi Mark, I loved those heated political discussions (I welcome them). As for shine, Yes, She did take the gloves off (good point) . . . and I love her for that. I love her expression about the wrongs of the world. . . She seems to have done so more strikingly in Shine by skipping the metaphor that I love. Well, perhaps she feels that people weren't "getting it" much so I'll tell it to them plain and clear . . . and the world just doesn't get it in general so I better tell it to them straight up this time. I do like it straight up, but I really did miss the metaphor . . I love her activism. Marianne Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:58:08 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: Hope from Graham Nash Hi Betsy I, for one, am happy and relieved to read that Joni is healing. When she was making remarks about fighting for her life, I was concerned about just how serious her condition was. It's great to know she's coming through it. I was trying to find something out about Mr. Fish, the interviewer and author of this piece. I found this: http://www.clowncrack.com/about/ From reading that snippet of biography and the GN interview, he seems to be irreverent, radical and (at least in the GN piece) verbose in his writing. His description of himself at age 11 is amusing, employing elaborately descriptive language laced with most of those 7 words that George Carlin talked about and then some. I am interested in finding out how old this guy is. Does anybody know anything about him? His writing and political views seem to come right out of late 60s radicalism. He doesn't pull any punches in his political cartoons either. Expletives aside, I have to admit that I suspect that he and Graham are right about a lot of what they have to say about the present state of our world. I, for one, don't believe for a minute that radiation from the Fukushima meltdown isn't going to have long-term effects on our oceans anymore than I believe that the obscene amount of crude oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is going to just magically wash away. And Marianne, I agree with you that fracking is insane. And yes, I also believe that, in the U. S. anyway, the majority of us have been lulled into comfortable, apathetic acceptance while being firmly held under the thumbs of the few who have enough money to buy their way around just about any accountability or restraint that stands in the way of their avarice. I don't mean to start one of those heated political discussions that we used to have here. So I'll bring this back around to Joni. In her last release, 'Shine' Joni had plenty to say about the horrible abuse the earth has been subjected to and the short-sightedness and denial that allow it to go on. I think there is a lot of hard truth in 'Shine'. Joni has been a sort of prophetic voice for a long time. But with 'Shine' she really took off the gloves and hit hard just like she did with 'Dog Eat Dog'. Graham says he can 'feel her getting angry again'. If she does produce another record, I wonder just how much anger she will express. Graham Nash also says the language of dissent is music and makes reference to the long history of musicians raising public awareness of injustice. I like this final exchange: Fish: All right, maybe we should talk about something more positive. GN: But it is positive because we're trying to bring awareness about certain issues. Sure, the subject is pretty negative, but the fact that we're trying to deal with it is not. And for the record, I am just as guilty as the next person when it comes to fossil fuel addiction and love of all my toys and creature comforts. I'm sure my carbon footprint is not any shining example of 'going green'. And I'm not about to go out and join a movement to start a revolution. I don't read political blogs or newspapers, so who am I to talk? So, if there's no good reception for, then tune me out. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:40:51 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Joni news from our corner Greetings all, It's nice to see some stirrings on the list as people are posting again. With little news coming from Joni herself and so many topics having been discussed over the years I suppose it's not surprising the the big list falls quiet sometimes. Facebook doesn't help, with its slightly insidious appeal to our more ADD nature, inviting us to jot down a quick sentence or merely click "like" to indicate we were there. Anyway, I have thoroughly enjoyed the six years I've been on this list and have met many friends through it who have opened their homes, gathered for dinners when in town, and exchanged musical matters outside of Joni. And then there are the Jonifests - each one of them memorable and joyous. Here's hoping there will be more to come. Les Irvin, web guru responsible for the ever-wonderful JoniMitchell.com did make his funding goal for another year, thanks to a rather modest number of us who donated to keep this treasure hosted for another year. Contributions were way down this year, for whatever reason, and I would urge everyone who has enjoyed the resources this amazing website provides to contribute every June or July in some modest amount so that Les is not responsible for all the webmaster work AND paying for the hosting out of his own pocket. The donation link is always active and it's never too late to contribute $10 - $20 to http://jonimitchell.com/donate.cfm For the past three years I have been offering a further incentive to contribute by soliciting Joni covers recorded by the musicians amongst us, to be sent to those who contribute funds, and there have been some stunning tracks sent in. Perhaps the musicians among us have become lurkers too, as there were just five covers this year, down from eleven last year and about fifteen the year before. This is a fun opportunity to spread your talents around a friendly group; please help keep this fundraiser/covers campaign alive in years to come. My band Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet, which most of you know of by now, is in its seventh year of playing Joni Mitchell's music exclusively and our repertoire has grown to encompass perhaps a third of her total catalog. In some cases we present the songs as they are heard on the records but in an increasing number of cases we approach the songs as jazz musicians, using the material is a structure and building something entirely new out of it. So it's not quite a "tribute" show. We like to think of it as a show built around the work of a great composer, as one might focus on Gershwin or Duke Ellington, and Joni's seeming retirement from music has left a void. People we meet everywhere love her music and are hungry for it still, and others who are barely aware of who she is often "get" it when they are introduced to her music through our band. Of course, as players, we find the music and lyrics endlessly fascinating to play, so it looks like we'll be doing this project for years to come. Lately we've been working on Joni's jazz years and have some shows coming up featuring music from the Hissing to Mingus albums. We have some incredible new players in the lineup too, including Dan DiPietro on bass who is an avid Jaco aficionado, and sounds eerily like him on Dry Cleaner and Coyote. Rick Schmidt, one of the foremost pedal steel guitar players in the world is also a lifelong Joni fan and will be playing with us. Rick got to record an album with Henry Lewy years ago, so there's your one degree of separation! We have a show coming up at 98 Bottles in downtown San Diego on September 1st featuring both of them. In case Mutts of the Planet is new to anyone who recently joined the list, allow me to plug our CD Safaris to the Heart: The Songs of Joni Mitchell, and our 94 minute concert DVD of the entire Blue and Court and Spark albums, with special guest Max Bennett playing bass, both available via http://www.robinadler.com/products.html The lady who books the famous jazz club Yoshi's in Oakland is a huge Joni! fan and has shown a big interest in booking the band to play there so we may be headed north to the Bay Area to play, and in a couple of weeks we'll be at the Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines festival for about the fifth year. Love to all the friends we've made through this list, Dave ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #1084 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------