From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1609 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 Friday, November 8 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1609 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Happy Birthday, Joni! [David Marine ] Unseen promotional video [kbhla@fastmail.fm] Happy birthday Joni Mitchell [DearMusic DJockey ] re: jonimitchell.com [joe farrell ] re: jonimitchell.com [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Vote for Your Favorite Joni Song [est86mlm@ameritech.net] an article for Joni's 70th birthday in Israel. [carmel rotem ] Cheap new CDs, njc [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com] Re: an article for Joni's 70th birthday in Israel. [Bob Muller ] Videos + AMNESTY CONCERT 1986 [est86mlm@ameritech.net] Re: Unseen promotional video ["Randy Remote" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 17:37:43 -0500 From: David Marine Subject: Happy Birthday, Joni! Hey List, Below is my Facebook acknowledgement of this special day. Though not included below, it goes without saying that the experiences I've had with the JMDL -- the knowledge, the kindness, the fun and the music -- have been precious to me. This list (and Wally & Les's site) has introduced me to many talented and insightful friends, and helped me to understand the depth and breadth of Joni's work in a way that I never would have been able to otherwise. And though I've never been to a Jonifest, we've had some extraordinary times together face-to-face. Let me then also take today to thank all of you for the last fifteen years of camaraderie. Here's to many more! You are my friends of spirit, and you enrich my life greatly. Best, David _______________________________________________________ Birthday wishes today go out to Joni Mitchell, who is 70 today. Singular, brilliant, and necessary, no other artist has meant more to me over the course of my life than Joni. I have followed her for four decades now, coming in at Court and Spark, then absorbing the back catalogue in time to buy The Hissing of Summer Lawns on the day of release. I remember Al and me running down to his basement, removing the shrink-wrap, and dropping the needle on that revelation of an album. And the cover, and that dreamy Joni in the gatefold pool Joni, drawing in even my dear friend Neil, a die-hard ECM fan, with her magnificent The Dawntreader. Joni, for Fred's goodbye in Variety, "you leave 'em laughing when you go." Joni, for Sisotowbell Lane and The Urge for Going and so many moments with Michael. Spotting Joni at the Century City mall with my friend Jon and buying her earrings that she still wears to this day. Walking Joni to her car after the Billboard awards and talking with her about dancing. Singing along to Hits with Mayer en route to Big Sur. Ernest name-checking me in his Blood Beats -- "a defector from the petty wars." Endless back and forth with John Boskovich regarding the merits of Joni the jazz singer. Driving up the coast to Santa Barbara listening to Shine as the sun broke through those glorious clouds of Michelangelo. For forty years now there has always been Joni, in my blood like holy wine. Happy Birthday, Joni. My best to you. ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:11:41 -0800 From: kbhla@fastmail.fm Subject: Unseen promotional video Thanks to Les and Robbie, I was SO thrilled to see this video! I saw it once long ago in '98 at a party and flipped over it. It was filmed around her house in B.C. and I just loved the beauty and intimacy of it. Never had a copy but someone mentioned to me at one point that there were both long and short versions made of the video. Think this must be the long version and I saw the short version previously (but it was just as fantastic)! Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 20:27:01 +0200 From: DearMusic DJockey Subject: Happy birthday Joni Mitchell Dear JMDL listers Even with all the recognition, admiration and respect she enjoys from critics and the public, even with the remarkable commercial success, even with the hordes of musicians that she has profoundly influenced, even with the inummerable covers of her work and even with the hardcore fans who worship her, she is still not yet rated enough for the talent in the creation of music and lyrics and for the new frontiers she has pushed and innovations she has pioneered in her field. And she will never be, although her artistic image and impact will never stop growing. Many of her fans come up with Hejira [1976] as their best album choice. I vote for the Hissing of Summer Lawns [1975], even though I change mind from time to time, as every album [including the live ones] especially up to 1982, is a jem for its own genuinity and quality. For the shake of a remark only [there is no such thing as a favorite JM song for me], for some time now I go for the rentition of Rainy Night House from Miles of Aisles. Joni Mitchell, being discerning, upfront, disengaged and calmly outspoken, has stirred controversy over various statements extracted out of context from interviews, to which she answers that she better be considered arrogant but sincere, than be a fake humble. LONG LIVE JONI MITCHELL! Dear Music DJ A long time Joni Mitchell fan PS. Thanks to Sue and everybody else for the great birthday card. By the way Sue, If you ask me, I adhere to your decision to keep the music box. It makes much more sence. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 20:25:04 +0000 From: joe farrell Subject: re: jonimitchell.com Is the Joni website down at the moment? I can't access it. On her birthday as well Regards, Joe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 15:43:33 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: re: jonimitchell.com Joe, I think it must be getting more traffic than normal, it being her big day and all. I've gotten a couple of "Service Unavailable" notices but when I refresh or reload the page it comes up. Hopefully will do the same for you. Bob NP: Rebecca Zapen, "Colorado" From: joe farrell To: joni , Date: 11/07/2013 03:27 PM Subject: re: jonimitchell.com Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org Is the Joni website down at the moment? I can't access it. On her birthday as well Regards, Joe - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 08 Nov 2013 00:35:31 -0600 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Vote for Your Favorite Joni Song Parade Magazine has a poll. Vote for your favorite Joni song here: http://www.parade.com/226730/linzlowe/joni-mitchell-turns-70-whats-your-favorite-joni-mitchell-song/ Laura ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 14:13:11 -0800 (PST) From: carmel rotem Subject: an article for Joni's 70th birthday in Israel. I just read quite an impressive article published for Joni's birthday in one of the biggest Israeli internet sites. it's not very common to see that here, so although I expected some mention about this milestone birthday I was a little surprised and enjoyed that read. I won't add the link to the article, since it's in Hebrew, it's basically telling the story of her life, with some videos (of Little green, Cactus tree, Help me cover by an Israeli singer and one of her search for Kilauren). just wanted to share my excitement :-) Carmel. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:08:15 -0600 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Airing Laundry & Unseen promotional video Les, Love the video you posted.......and Joni's laundry hanging out to dry in the background!!! https://vimeo.com/78796603 Laura P.S. The Chicago Sun-Times acknowledges Joni's 70th today. "IF NOVEMBER 7 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Musician Joni Mitchell (1943) shares your birthday today. Because you're a natural investigator, you're curious about everything and love to explore the unusual. You're not afraid of obstacles; in fact, you rise to the challenge. You want to know what makes things work or how things evolve. You hate to be bored, which is why you're not afraid to learn by trial and error. Your year ahead will be highly social and beneficial for all relationships." http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/horoscopes/15985003-452/georgia-nicols-horoscopes-for-november-7.html ************NJC Below******************************************** Through December 5th, you can score a FREE 1-day DVD rental when you enter the promo code *NW2PCLP3* at your local Redbox kiosk . ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 16:03:40 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Ivice Subject: Joni's birthday From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Unseen promotional video A gem it is. Thanks so much Les for letting us see this, and a great way to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONI! Feels like I'm with her on her 70th just like I got to see her in concert on her 55th in Atlanta! Jimmy Was it 15 years ago now? I was there for that concert, too, and was among those lucky enough to meet and talk with Joni in the Hilton bar after the show. I had been trying to remember what year that was. Paul Ivice ;>) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 18:12:45 -0500 From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com Subject: Cheap new CDs, njc No Joni but that many Steely Dan CDs for $3.99 plus shipping. They charged me about $7 to ship 5 CDs though. Jim ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 22:05:41 -0500 From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: an article for Joni's 70th birthday in Israel. Carmel, do you have any details on the Help Me cover? Was it a live performance or a recording? Bob Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 7, 2013, at 5:13 PM, carmel rotem wrote: > > I just read quite an impressive article published for Joni's birthday in one > of the biggest Israeli internet sites. > it's not very common to see that here, > so although I expected some mention about this milestone birthday I was a > little surprised and enjoyed that read. > > I won't add the link to the article, > since it's in Hebrew, it's basically telling the story of her life, with some > videos (of Little green, Cactus tree, Help me cover by an Israeli singer and > one of her search for Kilauren). > > just wanted to share my excitement :-) > Carmel. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 14:51:38 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: The Birthday Card is on its way ... Yes, I think it was important to keep the spelling "favourite" for our CANADA and UK members. I also liked that there were some well wishes in different languages. I think polling from the Joni Mitchell facebook page (that has over 5,500 subscribers) helped with the variety. :) Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu From: Catherine McKay [mailto:anima_rising@yahoo.ca] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 9:47 AM To: Jack Merkel; Susan E. McNamara Cc: Joni Mitchell Subject: Re: The Birthday Card is on its way ... Sue, well done you! I'm impressed by seeing names that I recognize but also many that I do not, because there are times I think there are only a handful of us truly on the jmdl (just judging by who posts). It's also lovely to see the many different places represented around the world, and the variety of "favourite" songs. ________________________________ From: Jack Merkel > To: Susan E. McNamara > Cc: Joni Mitchell > Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:18:04 AM Subject: Re: The Birthday Card is on its way ... Wow! What a beautiful job you did on this! I was getting misty eyed while reading it. I'm sure Joni will be touched by this. Thanks for all your hard work in putting this together. Hey Les, is there anyway this can be posted on the website? Jack ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 23:33:11 -0800 (PST) From: carmel rotem Subject: Re: an article for Joni's 70th birthday in Israel. Hi Bob, I think the cover was recorded especially for the site for her birthday. you can find it in the article: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4450436,00.html the name of the singer in Moran Cohen Talmor and the guitarist name is Rami Yosifuv. googeling them I found another recording of this in bandcamp (which I like better): http://nuancelive1.bandcamp.com/track/help-me Carmel. On Friday, November 8, 2013 5:05 AM, Bob Muller wrote: Carmel, do you have any details on the Help Me cover? Was it a live performance or a recording? Bob Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 7, 2013, at 5:13 PM, carmel rotem wrote: > > I just read quite an impressive article published for Joni's birthday in one > of the biggest Israeli internet sites. > it's not very common to see that here, > so although I expected some mention about this milestone birthday I was a > little surprised and enjoyed that read. > > I won't add the link to the article, > since it's in Hebrew, it's basically telling the story of her life, with some > videos (of Little green, Cactus tree, Help me cover by an Israeli singer and > one of her search for Kilauren). > > just wanted to share my excitement :-) > Carmel. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 14:42:56 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: The Birthday Card is on its way ... Thanks Cassy. I really wanted to include the picture from Idyllwild with Brad in all his glory. I love that picture. :-) Thanks so much, Love, Sue Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: Cassy [mailto:Siquomb@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 1:55 AM To: Susan E. McNamara; Joni Mitchell Subject: Re: The Birthday Card is on its way ... I just read the card and the flyer regarding Jonifests. I am grateful and stunned by what an excellent job you did for us all, Sue. I am moved beyond belief by all of the writings included. Thank you so much for this tremendous gift. I wish I could have seen the video but for some reason the link for the music box kept redirecting me to the knitting circle and no way to get back to the link :( Perhaps you could post it to Facebook? Anyway, You are a Joniangel. love, Cassy - -----Original Message----- From: Susan E. McNamara Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 7:55 PM To: Joni Mitchell Subject: The Birthday Card is on its way ... Well it was like beat the clock all day today to try and get the birthday card in fed ex before 5:30. I actually had a hard time getting the paperwork done but the fed ex guy waited for me to fill everything out so that was nice. I put the birthday card and a 3-page flyer talking about Jonifest, Tributes and the web page in a blue fabric notebook. The cover of the notebook had a 5 in by 5 in cutout in it where you could put a picture, so I cut out the picture of Joni I put on the cover of the card and inserted it in the cutout. It looked pretty good. The card itself came out to 18 pages, with 100 signatures. I put headers on each page with a picture of Joni from different eras and lyrics to her songs. Then at the end of the card I had a three-page flyer describing the recent fests and tributes that the JMDL was involved with. I also gave a little update on the JM.com website. I saw this as kind of an annual report of what was happening with the community. Here are the links to the PDFs of the card and the fllyer. I apologize for any information you may have put in the tribute section of the survey that didn't make it into the flyer. The card itself came out so huge that I ran out of time (and brain matter, frankly). https://www.hightail.com/download/OGhlYnU5OW5qY3BsQXNUQw https://www.hightail.com/download/OGhlYnV6VEhTSUJnRXNUQw I also decided at the last minute to send Joni a gift. I've been thinking about sending this item to her for a long time, but I loved it so much I hated to part with it. It is a wooden music box I found on ebay that plays Both Sides Now. It has a carved yellow finch on the cover of the box which is pretty nice. I made a little video of it a couple of years ago. You can see it in the link below. http://cloudheights.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-favorite-christmas-present.html Thanks again to everyone who participated in this. I also have to say that I snagged some pictures from Jonifests without checking with everyone first, so if you see your picture in the flyer and you don't like it, tough noogies. :-) Now I'm going to go sleep for a week (oh shoot never mind I have to go to work tomorrow.) YEAH! Love, Sue Susan McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 08:17:49 -0500 From: Barbara Sullivan Subject: The Birthday Card is on its way ... Thanks Sue!! This is so cool! Barb > To: sem8@cornell.edu > CC: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: The Birthday Card is on its way ... > From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 08:09:14 -0500 > > Sue, > > Thanks for your efforts, I'm sure that Joni will be touched by the > remembrances and thoughts from her cyber-community. You always go above > and beyond the call of duty. Labor of love, I know, but much labor > nonetheless. And how cool knowing that something you put together will > make it to Joni herself. > > Bob > > NP: Pavement, "Blue Hawaiian" > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:44:21 -0600 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Videos + AMNESTY CONCERT 1986 The videos are on JM.com and the links are on this page under the heading Related video from the Library: http://jonimitchell.com/chronology/detail.cfm?id=1597 Laura Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 12:07:28 +0000 From: Mike B Subject: RE: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #435 AMNESTY CONCERT 1986 Hi Corey, you may know this already, but all three songs (Hejira, Number One and Three Great Stimulants) can be viewed on Youtube, as well as a short backstage interview. Greetings to all Michel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 23:37:09 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Unseen promotional video Great way to end the day watching this video- Now we get to see the rocks and seashore of "Banquet" and Nash's "Mama Lion". Happy Birthday Joni, and thanks for all the wonderful music. RR She bounces off the boulders, she runs on the rocks She's taking her time from her grandfather clocks. And over the border, and down on the land She's living in the future And it lies in her hand From: "Les Irvin" > Happy 70th Joni! > In celebration, we're unveiling a never-before-seen unreleased > promotional video for the Hits and Misses albums. Thanks to creator > Robbie Cavolina for his permission to finally go public with this gem. > https://vimeo.com/78796603 ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1609 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. 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