From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #705 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, June 12 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 705 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- PazFest III [Michael Paz ] Joni interview video YouTube 3 parts HD [Moni Kellermann ] Re: The Interview [Anita G ] Interview Dreams [Anita ] possible Joni reference in Mad Men (?) [carmel rotem Subject: PazFest III HI Everybody!!! WoW what a week! So much Joni. I really enjoyed hearing the interview and look forward to hearing it again. After MUCH deliberation and soul searching and changing of weekends I have settled on October 3-6, 2013 for PazFest III. I have created a Facebook page for us and all you need do is tell me you want in and I will add you. I have already added a group of folks who were already on my interested list. As most of you know I did my first PazFest as a tribute to Joni in May of 2000 and we had 37 people come from all over the world to be a part of a night at the Howlin' Wolf which kicked off the fundraiser to build the Ruth Paz Hospital for Burn Children and Pediatric Surgery. That hospital opened its doors in August of 2011 and we had another Pazfest II in Sept of that year to celebrate. Fast forward to June of 2013 our foundation was forced to shut down the Burn Unit (only) at the hospital for lack of funding. We were promised 65% of our operating budget and have yet to receive $ one. This is but a mere speed bump in the road for us as we are committed to keeping it ALL going including building La Casa de Juan (named for my dad) that will host families coming to the hospital for their children's treatment. My goal is to get this information out to a global audience so that we can attract some major funding. I know lofty goals as usual, but you know what? who woulda thunk we could raise over $1.5 million to build the thing in the first place and keep it going for the past 2 years? So with that in mind ver forward we go with my best friends in the whole world, the JMDL. So far I have 3 artists committed to coming from outside New Orleans. This year I am doing it different that we have done in the past. There will be a JMDL compound (ala Full Moon) at the home of my dear friends Kris Anderson and Kevin Aucoin. They have a 2 bedroom house on Dauphine Street in the heart of the French Quarter that also has a huge courtyard and a large performance space (that will have PA and recording equipment installed) as well as two 1 Bedroom cottages and two 2 bedroom cottages. All bedrooms have queen beds and the 2 bedroom units also have a sofa bed and there is a sofa bed in a private room in the main house. We will use this space as party central for planned activities and meals. Gentlemen Jim (Traweek) is the head of the compound committee and we will be announcing pricing on the FB page in the next day or two. I will also have two official Hotel Sponsors that I will announce the pricing shortly as well. There will be an evening out to a restaurant as is my custom and a main evening at the Wolf with a surprise twist on another evening. I do not want to get into all the specifics here but look forward to discussing all of these in group on FB. If you do not have a FB page cause you don't have one you can create an identity and keep that private to the world and still join our group at my invitation or your request. Any artists interested in performing please contact me privately. In the meantime. HOLD THE DATES!!!! More info to pour in soon. Love Paz michael@thepazgroup.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:40:12 +0200 From: Moni Kellermann Subject: Joni interview video YouTube 3 parts HD The interview is now on YouTube in 3 parts but better quality than the mp4 file of which I had posted the download link before. part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWEz_hpOQME part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvz7BttBSo part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzKwsgy-U58 They are available as mp4 files in 720p (HD). To DOWNLOAD a video from YouTube there are many options. The easiest are extensions or browser plugins. Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/easy-youtube-video-downl-10137/ - - this will create an extra "download" button right on the YT video page. You can then choose the video format you want to download, it's also possible to select the audio format mp3 which comes in handy if you find a "video" which is actually just an uploaded audio recording. Or, in this case, if you want to have the interview on your mp3 player or in your car to just listen to as well. Opera: http://rossy2401.github.io/youtube-video-download/ - this script also creates a download button on each YT page which lets you choose the video format (for mobile phones as well) but is missing the audio option. If you are on a computer where you cannot or don't want to add any plugins or scripts, you can convert any video to mp3 by copying the YT page URL to http://anjo.to/ where you then can download the mp3 file. In case you prefer a fast stand-alone program, try http://www.4kdownload.com/products/product-videodownloader. It is available for Windows (also portable), Mac and Linux. You can download any available video format and/or extract the audio as mp3/m4a/ogg. The advantage of using this is that you can paste one URL after another and then - in this case, for example - download all 3 video parts simultaneously. Enjoy! moni k. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:57:32 -0500 From: Laura Stanley Subject: Re: The Interview Thanks Chris. The interview was really good, but when I listened, I was annoyed by the redirecting. Now because of your post I think I understand. Joni must have understood too because she was so gracious. I wish there could be a more relaxed recorded conversation with Joni for us JMDLers by a couple of JMDLers with questions from listers gathered ahead of time and/or a way to do real time questions. One thing I really thought was cool that Joni talked about in the interview was how she sees communication as achieved when someone listens to her song and it moves them about something in their own life. Her songs do this so well as many of us have shared on this list over the years. There is something mystical here in my experience. And the neat thing too is that not only have her songs brought light to my own life experiences but they have also have given me a depth of connectedness with you all on this list that I have experienced no where else. Gratefully with love, Laura Sent from my iPhone On Jun 12, 2013, at 1:11 AM, Christopher Treacy wrote: > Just chiming in... I haven't gotten through the long version yet, but I've > enjoyed the first half and watched the 16 minute edit twice earlier this > afternoon. > > I'll say this: as someone that has had to interview music celebs - > some nowhere near as colorful or as gracious as Joni - and then edit down the > 'raw' quotes into a story befitting of a daily newspaper, my heart goes out to > Jian. He really had a lot to handle here and there are *so* many things that > can go wrong. > > I used to get really rattled when I would read what groups of > fans (not unlike this one, of which I'm a proud member, albeit mostly lurking > nowadays) would say about my interview profiles after they'd run in the paper. > From an editorial perspective, if you don't get a *story* -- and when they say > story, they mean one that's going to be potentially interesting to people that > might not have any interest in the artist or their music, but rather one that > has some sort of universal pull -- you have not done your job. Along the way, > maybe you get to have some cool chats (like I did with Herbie, about the > 'River' project before it was released). But mostly, you're under pressure to > get a story. And even though the radio/video mediums change this process > somewhat, at the core it's still the same. > > So, from an industry perspective, > Jian cut Joni as much slack as a journalist can in this media age... he didn't > so much cut her off as to try and occasionally re-direct, which you *have* to > be able to do in a situation like this. To you and I, Joni's tales, her > meanderings, the pit-stops and tangents - they all hold awesome nuggets of > insight. But to the average shmoe, they don't. Finding a balance to try and > make it interesting for everyone is Jian's job. Then add in how nervous he > must've been... I haven't always loved every little piece I've seen him do, > but as an arts journo, he definitely knows what he's doing. And, say what you > might, he did this very, VERY well. > > She said it herself - she hates doing > this. So, you lose the battle going in. Everything else is gravy. Everyone > that watches this will learn something about Joni Mitchell they didn't know > before. The scene at Guerin's funeral *alone* was a fantastic revelation for > people like us. And folks that think Joni is just a bitter old > C-U-Next-Tuesday will walk away with greater understanding. > > Cheers, > Chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:54:49 +0100 From: Anita G Subject: Re: The Interview Chris wrote: "To you and I, Joni's tales, her > meanderings, the pit-stops and tangents - they all hold awesome nuggets of > insight. But to the average shmoe, they don't. Finding a balance to try and > make it interesting for everyone is Jian's job. Then add in how nervous he > must've been... I haven't always loved every little piece I've seen him do, > but as an arts journo, he definitely knows what he's doing. And, say what > you > might, he did this very, VERY well." I am absolutely with you on this, Chris. I am a part-time amateur interviewer and trying to get something that's interesting or tells someone more about the interviewee demands skill - getting an interviewee away from their usual 'story' requires good listening and contact.To step up to interview someone of Joni's experience, reticence and personal power is a tall order. I thought Jian was really challenging at times and I think Joni really rose to the challenge. There were some very sharp edits (goodness I wanted to hear the Guerin wedding story in full) which must have jarred if you were listening to audio. I so much preferred this to the old WOHAM documentary which strikes me as somewhat controlled and insipid in comparison to this latest more insightful, less sychphantic piece. Anita ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:43:48 +0100 From: Anita Subject: Interview Dreams How wonderful to wake this morning to do many posts! Great insights and hearts. I had such happy dreams last night. And I might even mention BALLET again here :-)) Anita ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:46:51 -0700 (PDT) From: carmel rotem Subject: possible Joni reference in Mad Men (?) Hi, I'm sure I'm not the only Mad Men fan here, who else watched the last episode? (episode 6.10 - "A tale of two cities"). in this episode Don and Roger are in LA, and they go to a Hollywood celebs/hippies party in Beverly Hills (I think), and when they enter the house there's someone who looks like Joni sitting next to someone who looks like Jimi Hendrix behind them. it was just for a second or two and I can't be sure it supposed to be them, could be just a couple of hippies, but that what I thought, I'm interested to know if anyone else noticed that. by the way, when I was trying to google "Joni Mitchell" with "Mad Men" (to check if someone else thought so too and wrote about it in one of the many Man Men blogs) I found a post from 3 years ago comparing Peggy of the first two seasons to Joni: http://www.lippsisters.com/2010/06/18/peggy-and-her-baby-shades-of-joni-mitch ell/ I'm not sure about that, I don't see much Joni in Peggy's character, but might be interesting for those who watch the show. Carmel. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #705 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------