From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #371 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 Thursday, March 14 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 371 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Joni as undergraduate thesis ["Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Joni as undergraduate thesis First off, you should know that your email did not appear in the digest, which is flaky sometimes. Because some people on the discussion list did not see your post, I suggest that you re-ask your question. You might want to ask it several times, (over a month) because sometimes people drop out for a week or two. For a very brief introduction, you could start with the Wikipedia page about Joni. Thanks to the webmaster, Les Irvin, (and several volunteers) there is a huge quantity of information available on www.jonimitchell.com. At the top of the main page, click the link called "Library". There, you can type in a keyword and search decades of articles at once. For example, I searched on "Carey" and found dozens of hits. The sources are all documented so you will have the bibliographic information you need. You could read a medium-sized biography of Joni by searching on "Wally biography". It is broken into several sections. A book called "Shadows and Light" (Karen O'Brien) is my favorite book on Joni. The last time I looked, that book was still in print (and available on Amazon). The author listened to many audience tapes when she was researching, and re-tells many of Joni's most interesting stories. You should probably buy a DVD called "Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind" too. It was created by PBS (here in the United States) and it is excellent. I suggest that you add "Cactus Tree" and "Little Green" to the list of songs that you investigate. The stories behind them will uncover several aspects of her songwriting, performing, and her celebrity. They might be the most important songs of all. When you have questions, you can always post a question to the JMDL, and you might find that people all over the English-speaking world respond. You have a fascinating journey ahead of you. Joni might be the most complex songwriter of her generation. I think so. Joni wrote about her own experiences but she was so talented that many of her songs act as looking glasses, allowing the listener to see themselves in her stories. As one critic said, "For a lot of people, they felt like 'This woman (Joni), by the light of my record player, was looking into my soul.'" If that seems confusing now, it will become clearer over the next few months. Jim L'Hommedieu Alhsmar Sayago asked: "I would like to know how the songs of Joni Mitchell reflective to her life? The songs are: Carey, River, Both Sides Now, Hejira, Big Yellow Taxi, California, A Case of You, Song For Sharon, The Circle Game and Woodstock. I decided to choose her and her songs/compositions to be the subjects of my study for my undergraduate thesis. I would love to hear your insights for these. And if you have some references, I would love to have them." ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #371 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------