From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1395 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, October 16 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1395 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Illness as fodder [est86mlm@ameritech.net] RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #1394 Illness as fodder [Mary Morris ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:32:20 -0500 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Illness as fodder Ange, Did anyone mention the song FACELIFT? The lyrics are: I went so numb on Christmas day I couldn't feel my hands or feet Altho not about her hospital stay, Isn't she referencing her Post-*Polio* Syndrome? Laura Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:22:51 +1000 From: Ange T Subject: Re: Illness as fodder That's quite a sad and sorry list! Thanks to those listers who have commented on this thread and offered up links and book suggestions. I think it's fair to say that Joni never 'literally' referenced her time in hospital in any of her songs.. .which is interesting to me, given she's such a diary-entry kind of songwriter and given she seemed to give her ongoing health issues a lot of 'air time' in that recent interview. By the way, Jim, you had me going with your Polio-River lyrics! For a split second I thought there was a bootleg of that song that I'd never heard before! Ha! Ange in Oz angetakats.com.au ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:02:58 -0700 From: Mary Morris Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #1394 Illness as fodder I have been reading the posts & I don't recall anyone mentioning that Joni did, in an interview long ago, mention her time in the polio ward. It was Christmas & she sang her heart out to a little Christmas tree - hoping to get well. She sang so much that a little boy there told her to be quiet. Unrelated to Joni, but to illness were Christopher Hitchens' last essays knowing he was dying of cancer. His writing was never clearer, crisply & poignant at the same time. GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS > Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 03:00:03 -0400 > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1394 > > > JMDL Digest Wednesday, October 16 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1394 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Illness as fodder [Ange T ] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:22:51 +1000 > From: Ange T > Subject: Re: Illness as fodder > > That's quite a sad and sorry list! Thanks to those listers who have > commented on this thread and offered up links and book suggestions. > > I think it's fair to say that Joni never 'literally' referenced her time in > hospital in any of her songs.. .which is interesting to me, given she's > such a diary-entry kind of songwriter and given she seemed to give her > ongoing health issues a lot of 'air time' in that recent interview. > > By the way, Jim, you had me going with your Polio-River lyrics! For a split > second I thought there was a bootleg of that song that I'd never heard > before! Ha! > > Ange in Oz > angetakats.com.au > > > > > > > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:41:19 -0400 (EDT) From: BarbaRent7@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #1394 You are so right, Ange and Jim! SO many of our greatest painters, writers musicians and poets have had issues. Everytime I hear that long piano piece in that Derek & the Domios song I'm still shocked that the player of that was (his name escapes me) suffering from scizophenia and later shot his mother. That the man who wrote "This Land is Your Land" Hank Williams had Huntington's Korea. That Virginia Wolfe and Dorothy Parker were both suicidal and most probably had depression problems and Vincent Van Gogh probably was Bipolar besides the poisoning he got from twirling his brushes in his mouth with lead-based paints? T.S. Elliot's wife Vivian was suffering also from menopausal, emotional problems not understood in her era. MOST weren't understood that's why their artwork released some of their inner turmoil and spoke to all of us in the beauty in which it became. Here is a painting of Vincent I did when I identified most with him in the 1970s. Love & Peace to all, Barbara Renton/ Calamity Babs [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of Vinny on the hearth.JPG] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:29:14 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Pazfest Hi Guys! THANKS SO MUCH> I am still having trouble with Pay Pal and it should be done by today. Best Paz On Oct 16, 2013, at 12:40 AM, Jim wrote: Thanks for reminding me Cassy. I just finished my 10/15 income tax/work deadline so I just eMailed Michael that my contribution is in the mail since I put it off till now. I've seen some pretty phenomenally awesome Jazz Fest's, been to many a Mardi Gras' (even when the Saints won the Super Bowl), and been to every Southern Decadence since Katrina, and without a doubt, Pazfest III was my best trip ever to New Orleans. Thanks to everyone who was there. Hugs, Jim To: JMDL Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:32 PM Subject: Pazfest For those who are not on Facebook, I would like to publicly thank Michael Paz for his hard work in putting this event together. Though not a financial success for the charity due to the fear-mongering surrounding Hurricane Karen it was a social success for those among us who enjoy gathering with our peers to celebrate Joni Mitchell and her music. The performances for the main event, Robin and Dave's Friday night gig and the Sunday night JMDL show were stellar and the ambiance of New Orleans just made the whole weekend one to remember. Freda's gumbo.. need I say more? The combined efforts of JMDLers to prep the ingredients and put this dinner together was the epitome of teamwork. Kris and Kevin were such excellent hosts they truly added to the event. For those of you who were unable to attend it is still possible to donate to the Ruth Paz Foundation. There have been some difficulties with the donate button on the website and Michael is working with the web host to repair it. In the meantime anyone who would like to donate can send a check made out to the Ruth Paz Foundation and mail it to me. I will forward all checks received to Michael. Be sure to include your return address and I will send you one of the fabulous 2013 Pazfest button as a thank you. Mail checks made payable to the Ruth Paz Foundation to: Cassy Horrocks 18534 7th Ave NE Shoreline WA 98155 Thank you to everyone who helped make this a weekend for the memory books. Warmly, Cassy Public Photos: Pre Pazfest: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000604561802&sk=photos&collection_ token=100000604561802%3A2305272732%3A69&set=a.702882789741867.1073741829.1000 00604561802&type=3 Pazfest: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000604561802&sk=photos&collection_ token=100000604561802%3A2305272732%3A69&set=a.705280549502091.1073741830.1000 00604561802&type=3 Post Pazfest and JMDL show: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000604561802&sk=photos&collection_ token=100000604561802%3A2305272732%3A69&set=a.706055202757959.1073741832.1000 00604561802&type=3 ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1395 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------