From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #581 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 Monday, May 13 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 581 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: New Library item: Growing old - and maudlin - in the folk world ["Sus] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 18:24:21 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: New Library item: Growing old - and maudlin - in the folk world Yeah, bad grammar stops me in my tracks, too. It is interesting to think of how artists come into a genre when they are young because that is what is popular at the time, and then grow to create their own, totally new genre. Maybe the idea of any genre at all is the problem. Oh and by the way, I ADORE Gordon Lightfoot. Another amazing Canadian. Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 1:00 PM To: Susan E. McNamara Cc: joni@smoe.org Subject: RE: New Library item: Growing old - and maudlin - in the folk world Thanks Sue - I didn't want to be the first to say that this article was pretty poor. (Like some of the folks that cover Joni songs are pretty poor.) This part stuck out to me: "Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and Gordon Lightfoot have some things in common besides the fact that they have all put out new albums within the last month. For one thing, they all used to be folk singers. Not one of them could be called that now without doing severe damage to the traditional concept of the folk singer as one person with one instrument. It's time to change the definition." (Me) No, it's not 'time to change the definition', it's time to realize that perhaps some if not all of these artists left that idiom and evolved in their careers. Also, the use of the word "purest" instead of "purist", and this sentence: "The band will do it's own set tomorrow and then back up Miss Mitchell in her Massey Hall concert." Yes, I'm a grammar nerd. It's supposed to be its, not it's. Bob From: "Susan E. McNamara" To: "TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com" , "joni@smoe.org" Date: 05/13/2013 12:53 PM Subject: RE: New Library item: Growing old - and maudlin - in the folk world Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org Sorry, but my head blew up when I read this: "The worst example of this is her last album, For the Roses which is poetically interesting but musically dull." Stopped reading since I had no head. Susan Tierney McNamara email:B sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 12:21 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: New Library item: Growing old - and maudlin - in the folk world Title: Growing old - and maudlin - in the folk world Publication: Toronto Globe and Mail Date: 1974.2.9 http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2577 - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #581 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------