From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #831 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, June 24 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 831 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #237 [Anita G ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:15:24 +0100 From: Anita G Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #237 Hi Bill It's the 'Minus' which is loveless (as in positive and negative on electrical circuits) and 'copper proud headed Queen Lizzie' is an English penny. I quite like your version - Kind Midas and Thin Lizzy are great alternatives for this song! Anita z On 24/06/2013, Bill Branyon wrote: > What does it mean when Joni says: "The Midus is loveless he talks to the > light" ??? in her song "Electricity"?? Also what is the "copper, proud > headed > Tin Lizzy," (I think it says.)? > > > ________________________________ > From: > onlyJMDL Digest > To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 9:23 PM > Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #237 > onlyJMDL Digest Sunday, June 23 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 237 > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Squelched? > [Phyliss Ward ] > Re: Luminato - by > the kid who didn't get to go [Laura Stanley Re: VIDEO: Joni: > The Creative Odyssey of Joni Mitchell [Moni Kellermann ] > Behind The Scenes > with Joni Mitchell - CBC Music ["Scott Johnson" Re: Joni at > Luminato [Catherine McKay ] > RE: Behind > The Scenes with Joni Mitchell - CBC Music ["Scott Johnson" Luminato > report [lu lancton ] > Joni > tribute report [Catherine McKay ] > Re: > Collage of Joni tribute photos from Luminato, Tuesday, June 18 [Cathe] > Re: > This rain. [johncalimee@frontier.com] > > Joni's voice and sinuses [Laura Stanley ] > > Re: VIDEO UPDATE Longer Fury Sings The Blues @Massey Hall [Michael Paz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: > Sun, 23 Jun 2013 20:58:24 -0400 > From: Phyliss Ward > Subject: Squelched? > > Anybody have any clue whether this is true? A posting on > Sheila Weller's Fb page leads me to believe it might be... > > Phyliss > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 14:31:57 -0500 > From: > Laura Stanley > Subject: Re: Luminato - by the kid who > didn't get to go > > Sweet! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 22, 2013, at 1:09 AM, > "Mark" wrote: > >> LUMINATO >> >> I came upon an aging > child >> She was sitting at an airport gate >> And I asked her why are you > waiting >> And this she told me >> >> She said I'm going on up to Massy Hall >> > Gonna join in a fabulous band >> Got a room in Toronto land >> I'm gonna get > something my soul needs >> >> She is genius >> She is Siquomb >> And we've got to > get ourselves >> To Luminato >> >> Then can I fly beside you >> I want out of > this dog eat dog >> And I feel a bit agog >> I feel your yearning >> >> Oh maybe > I am just another fan >> Or maybe it's that she is grand >> I still don't know > who I am >> But you know her music's for learning >> >> She is genius >> She is > Siquomb >> And we've got to get ourselves >> To Luminato >> >> By the time we got > to Massy >> We could feel the love was strong >> And from everywhere came her > songs >> In celebration >> >> As we dreamed of songs she might sing >> She spoke > words but her voice broke free >> And then she sang us three >> To loud ovations >> >> She is genius >> Years of ageless wonder >> She is Joni >> No one can steal > her thunder >> And we've got to get ourselves >> To Luminato > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 19:44:54 +0200 > From: > Moni Kellermann > Subject: Re: VIDEO: Joni: The Creative > Odyssey of Joni Mitchell > > Am 23.06.2013 19:27, Wie est86mlm@ameritech.net so > vortrefflich formulierte: >> Ran across this very thought-provoking interview > with Katherine >> Monk. >> >> > http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/British+Columbia/Radio+West/ID/228 > 9036482/?page=14 >> >> >> >> Laura >> > > And the audio direct download link is: > http://thumbnails.cbc.ca/maven_legacy/thumbnails/14/465/bcradiowest_20121009_ > 54825_uploaded.mp3 > > > moni k. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 20 > Jun 2013 22:21:11 -0400 > From: "Scott Johnson" > Subject: Behind The Scenes with Joni Mitchell - CBC Music > http://music.cbc.ca/blogs/2013/6/Behind-the-scenes-with-Joni-Mitchell-at-Lum > inato-Festival-2013 > > > > I'm not sure if this has been posted yet. I love the > third photo with Joni > and band members around the piano. > > Herbie Hancock is > going over the arrangement. > > > > Jody > > ------------------------------ > > Date: > Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:42:01 -0700 (PDT) > From: Catherine McKay > > Subject: Re: Joni at Luminato > > Her voice has changed A > LOT since even Travelogue. But I think that it's also > very difficult to get > decent sound when you're using a camera to record it. > I'm pretty sure that the > person who uploaded this one probably used either a > cellphone or a camera like > mine, which is more suited to taking pictures than > to capturing sound. Of > course, if you didn't like the Travelogue/BSN/Shine > voice, then you > probably > won't like her current voice. She did say she didn't > even know > if she could > sing. She blames it on her illnesses, but never > mentions > the obvious: > smoking. > > Being there in person was a whole different > situation. Even the > band doesn't sound all that good on these videos and you > can't hear the backup > singers (who weren't singing very loudly in any case.) > Even hearing her > speaking voice, particularly at the TimesTalks event some of > us attended, was > better than hearing it on radio. Maybe it was just the fact > that she was there > in person and we could see her, but I found her speaking > voice sounded much > richer live than it does on recorded events. > > Let's see > what happens once CBC > gets the event up on their site and what people think > then. I'm sure opinions > will vary. > > > > > >>________________________________ >> > From: Paul Ivice > >>To: joni@smoe.org >>Sent: Thursday, June > 20, 2013 4:55:26 > PM >>Subject: Joni at Luminato >> >> >>Here's Joni (and group) > singing Woodstock > along with Kilauren @ Massey >>Hall Wednesday night (6/19) >>http://jonimitchell.com/library/video.cfm?id=344 >> >>Laura >> >> >>Those of you > who don't hate me already probably will after reading this, but I >>tell it the > way I see it. >>I found this video to be unwatchable. >>I couldn't get past the > first verse. >>The pace is so damn slow that it drags and, I am sorry to say, > her voice is so >>far gone that she now cannot carry a melody. >>It hurts me to > say it because I've loved Joni's voice, music and songwriting >>for decades > (1971), but perhaps because of that I could not bear to watch this >>video of a > sad, sad performance. >> >> >>Paul Ivice ;>) > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:47:36 -0400 > From: "Scott Johnson" > > Subject: RE: Behind The Scenes with Joni Mitchell - > CBC Music > > Sorry Paz, Try this -- > http://music.cbc.ca/blogs/2013/6/Behind-the-scenes-with-Joni-Mitchell-at-Lum > inato-Festival-2013 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Michael > Paz [mailto:michael@thepazgroup.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:40 PM > To: Scott Johnson > Cc: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Behind The Scenes with Joni > Mitchell - CBC Music > > > > Link did n ot work for me > > > > > > Michael Paz > michael@thepazgroup.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Scott > Johnson wrote: > http://music.cbc.ca/blogs/2013/6/Behind-the-scenes-with-Joni-Mitchell-at-Lum > inato-Festival-2013 > > > > I'm not sure if this has been posted yet. I love the > third photo with Joni > and band members around the piano. > > Herbie Hancock is > going over the arrangement. > > > > Jody > > ------------------------------ > > Date: > Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:27:33 -0700 (PDT) > From: lu lancton > > Subject: Luminato report > > WOW! I'm so physically > and emotionally wiped right now that I can't even > type. > > Bill and I got in > last night at 12:30AM from our drive straight from Toronto > (well, with a side > trip to a fabulous local winery and Niagra Falls) to home > in Indianapolis. We > hit the rental car drop-off at 8:30am today, then I was > off to work at The > Jazz Kitchen from there. I promise to post what happened > after I get home from > the club tomorrow night, as I can barely type right now. > What an incredible > night, as well as a fabulous dinner beforehand meeting the > fellow jmdl folks. > Although I'm the / was (hee, hee) The Ultimate Lurker, > everyone at dinner > welcomed the two of us with open arms. > > Les, please send me your mailing > address to send you a jmdl donation. > Not only did I find out that you live in > the same town in Colorado as BIll's > sister and her family, we seemed to have > sat in your ridiculously FABULOUS > seats for Tuesday's concert. OXOXOXOXOXOXO. > I think the last time we emailed > back and forth was when I had the mystery > date of a Joni article from the > 80's. :) And I think I may owe Paz my first > born as well. Not that at almost > 52 yrs. old that's gonna happen... > > Geez, I > gotta hit the hay. I'm delirious. More tomorrow! > > LuAnn > www.billlancton.com/luann > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 21 Jun > 2013 13:38:19 -0700 (PDT) > From: Catherine McKay > Subject: Joni tribute report > > My Joni report - long, maybe overdue, but > possibly overload. Save it for later, or delete it without reading, because > I'll never know! > > > BEFORE THE SHOW > My Luminato night began with a dinner at > Sambuca's restaurant on Church Street, along with fellow jmdlers and their > spouses or families. There were sixteen of us altogether, including John > Calimee and Richard from Chicago; Lu and Bill Lancton from Indianapolis; > Rache > and her mum Karen from Kitchener and Hamilton; Michael O and Rene from > Quebec > City; Patti Parlette from Connecticut; Jody Johnson from New Hampshire; Sue > Tierney from Ithaca, NY; and Pat Moseley, Anne Madden, my kids Sarah and > Matthew and me, all from Toronto. My kids didn't come to the show itself > but > went home after, since neither is really anywhere close to appreciating > Joni > as I do (and I honestly couldn't afford the extra costs anyway, and neither > of > them is employed at the moment. Even though I offered last-minutish to get > them tickets, since there were a few cheap ones in the gallery remaining a > week or so before the show, they both declined, and they were really in it > only for a free > dinner out and a change to meet my Joni-friends.) > > We then > made our separate ways on foot or by car to Massey Hall. I waited with Bill > and Lu in a very LOOOOONNG line to pick up tickets and to get information > for > Sue T and me on how and where to access the after-party. Luminato fell down > on > that part, because I've never seen such a huge on-call line anywhere > before. > It might have to do with the fact that many people seem to wait until > almost > the last minute to buy tickets and then to show up at a venue, but several > people waiting in line with us said that this seems to happen a lot with > Luminato and/or Massey Hall. That has never been an issue for me before, > since > I've always either had tickets mailed to me, or else printed them directly. > But printing them yourself wasn't an option this time and Luminato was very > slow at mailing out tickets, to the point where some people who had asked > to > have them mailed didn't receive them on time. > > As a result, the show started a > bit late, in order to get everyone in on time and people from Massey and > Luminato came down the queue to let us know, so we didn't get anxious and > start a riot. > > I had barely made it to my seat when Jorn Weisbrod came on to > give a (thankfully) very short speech thanking the sponsors, which is a > requirement when big money is sponsoring an event, and then the lights > dimmed > and the show began. > > THE SHOW > The show opener was a mostly a capella version > of "The Fiddle and the Drum" by Lizz Wright. She is someone I had never > even > heard of before, but I was an instant fan. She is gorgeous to look at, > wearing > a lacy mostly white dress and bare feet. She has a voice like melting > chocolate and holds you in the palm of her hand as she takes you along a > magical path of song. She is focussed and intense but also gentle and uses > her > hands and arms and body language to accompany herself as she sings. > > Next up > was Glen Hansard with "Coyote." I was already a fan of his before knowing > he > was also a Joni-interpreter, so I will tell you right now that both he and > Lizz Wright were my very favourites of the night, both in their wonderful > interpretations and in their choice of material. If you don't believe a > straight man can sing "Coyote" and make you believe it, then you haven't > heard > Glen Hansard! > > Following Glen was Kathleen Edwards with "You turn me on, I'm a > radio," which she sang as, "You turn me on, like a radio." I have no > problem > with that, since it makes sense to me. I do like Kathleen but this wasn't, > in > my opinion, her best song ever. I can only imagine how daunting it must be > to > sing Joni in front of the Queen herself, when you might be perceived as > another "girl with a guitar," especially when you are a girl with a guitar, > and maybe if the arrangement had been a bit different, then it might have > been > Kathleen's very own version, and I also think it might be difficult to > change > the arrangement too much, since it is supposed to be "a country station, a > little bit corny." > > Then came Liam Titcomb with his version of "If." I'm sure > that he is not a well-known name, even in Canada, but I did enjoy his cover > of > "If" and think that he was the bravest of all to cover such a recent song > that > many people might not be familiar with. > > Next on stage was Cold Specks, also > known as Al Spx, which is not her real name either. She says, of her name, > "[It's] the only name I'm willing to give out because it's absolutely > ridiculous." > (http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/discovery-cold-specks/) > She began with a cover of "Black Crow" and my immediate first thought was, > "This is really weird," which then transformed into, "This is really > weird... > and I like it!" She describes her singing style as "doom soul," and that is > a > perfect way to phrase it. > > Kathleen Edwards then returned to do "Big Yellow > Taxi" as an audience singalong, explaining somewhat apologetically that > this > had been a last-minute addition to the concert. We all sang along with the > chorus and the "Shoo-bop-bops" or "Ooo-ba-bas" or however anyone wanted to > sing it. > > Then the magnificent Lizz Wright returned with both "Shades of > Scarlet conquering" and "The wolf that lives in Lindsey," the latter > accompanied with flappy-string guitar by Marvin Sewell and beatnik-thumpy > bongos and all by Jeff Haynes, and wolf-calls by invisible wolves. > > Along came > Rufus Wainwright, looking a bit like Elvis in sequined black tight pants, a > black cowboy shirt, a silver sequined tie and sunglasses. He said that his > mother, Kate McGarrigle, "being human" was always jealous of Joni and that, > as > a result, she didn't get played in their house. He then launched into a > joyful > version of "All I want," followed by a soulful, "A case of you," proving > that > Joni's songs are universal, whether you're male or female, gay or straight. > Then, my boyfriend (but only if I were Jocasta and he Oedipus, which could > only end tragically) Glen Hansard returned with "The Boho Dance." (Did I > mention how much I love Glen Hansard?) > > Kathleen Edwards was up next with one > of my all-time favourite songs, "Cold blue steel and sweet fire." She > really > didn't need to bring her guitar, since she didn't play it on this song, so > I'm > guessing she might be one of those performers who feels naked without a > prop > of some kind. Too bad if so, because, even though I get that, she is a > lovely > lady with a lovely voice and she doesn't need to hide. > > Glen Hansard came back > on with his cover of "Carey," proving once again that a straight man can > sing > a song about some guy, and make us believe him. > > Rufus Wainwright returned > with a joyous and raucous cover of "Free man in Paris," and then a more > sombre > and mostly a capella, with minor instrumental additions at appropriate > moments, "Slouching toward Bethlehem," that he said he wanted to sing as a > "Scottish folk song." > > Then a brief intermission, and Act II began. > > Lizz > Wright came back on stage to sing "Jericho". So many of the song choices > for > all of these artists were perfect and I was so happy to see some of the > not-quite-as-well-known songs covered along with the obvious hits. > "Jericho" > was a big hit for me. > > From where we were seated, we could see Joni in the > audience. She was sitting on an aisle seat about eight rows back on the > centre-left, with Kenny Hotz and Kilauren next to her. Kenny accompanied > her > in and out at appropriate times just after or just before the show started, > so > that it was dark and the audience was less likely to notice her. I could > see > (through my camera lens) that she was obviously enjoying herself, as she > moved > her hands to the rhythms or mouthed the words, or smiled or laughed.) > > After > "Jericho," the Lady herself came on stage to thank everyone and to say that > she wanted to recant what she had said earlier in interviews about "honour > dying in World War II." She praised the performers and talked about how she > had been in British Columbia during a period when it never seemed to stop > raining (which is fairly typical for B.C.), then treated us to her > poem-to-music "This rain, this rain," based on the writings of Emily Carr. > We were happy just to hear that, but then Joni, after saying she wasn't > sure > whether she could sing or not anymore and that she had maybe four or five > notes left in her singing voice, gave us a story of how she had gone around > trying to flirt with police officers to get their badges. In Memphis, one > officer wouldn't give her his badge, but did take her down to old Memphis > where she met Furry Lewis. She then began to sing "Furry sings the blues" > in > her now limited-range but still emotionally powerful voice. Not just a poem > and one song though! She then went on to sing "Don't interrupt the sorrow" > and > then, with the rest of the night's singers, "Woodstock." > > Despite the > audience's clapping for Joni to do an encore, there were to be no more > songs > that night, although Joni did come back to take another bow, and to thank > us > all with a great big smile on her face. I do hope that she heard "Happy > birthday" being sung to her, instigated, so I'm told, by our own Michael > O'Malley. > > AFTER THE SHOW > Sue T and I made our way down to the basement where > the bar is and my name was on the list for jonimitchell.com (YAY! and > thanks > to Les for being so thorough), so in we went. A few minutes later, Patti > Parlette and Jody Johnson showed up, since Patti was given access through > Lisa, the editor for "Gathered Light." So, it was four of us ladies of the > canyon hoping to catch a glimpse of Joni, but afraid she wouldn't show. > Which, > as it happens, she did not. > > Sue and I did speak to Liam Titcomb and Rufus > Wainwright, as well as with Jon Cowherd, keyboardist for the band, and > Marvin > Sewell, guitarist. We also saw, but didn't get a chance to speak to > Kathleen > Edwards and Christopher "CT" Thomas, the bass player, who left soon after > with > his wife or girlfriend. We also saw Kilauren and Marlin and Brad McMath. We > weren't sure if Daisy was there or not and decided not to approach Kilauren > since she was pretty busy with other people and since we wanted to keep it > about the music and not about things that are really not our business, > thinking that we wouldn't want complete strangers to walk up to us and ask > us > personal things. We did think of many inappropriate questions that we would > never dare to ask anyone, but were fun to think up anyway. > > Sue has already > mentioned that Marvin Sewell said that he often uses the guitar pages on > jonimitchell.com to find guitar tunings and so on, so chalk one up for > jonimitchell.com and the people, including Sue, who created it and who keep > it > going. > > After enough time had passed and the crowd was thinning and we had had > our fill of free drinks and hors d'oeuvres and I had scooped up all the > free > capos (yellow with SunLife Financial inscribed on them) I could, it became > obvious that Joni wouldn't show, despite our best hopes. And, while we were > talking to Rufus Wainwright, Jorn Weisbrod came and said to him that he was > "going up" to see Joni. Soon after, all four of us left and joined our > friends > Anne and Pat who were hanging out at Fran's Restaurant across the street, > loading up on caffeine. > > And now it's over! > > > THE SET LIST > FIRST ACT: > Lizz > Wright: The fiddle and the drum > Glen Hansard: Coyote > Kathleen Edwards: You > turn me on, I'm a radio > Liam Titcomb: If > Cold Specks (AI SPx): Black Crow > Kathleen Edwards: Big Yellow Taxi, with audience > Lizz Wright: Shades of > Scarlett; The wolf that lives in Lindsey > Rufus Wainwright: All I want; A case > of you > Glen Hansard: The Boho dance > Kathleen Edwards: Cold Blue Steel and > Sweet Fire > Glen Hansard: Carey > Rufus Wainwright: Free man in Paris; Slouching > toward Bethlehem > > SECOND ACT > Lizz Wright: Jericho > Joni: This rain, this rain; > Furry sings the blues; Don't interrupt the sorrow; Woodstock > > THE BAND: > Brian > Blade: drums/musical director > Jon Cowherd: keys/musical director > Ambrose > Akinmusire: trumpet > Melvin Butler: sax > Bill Frisell: guitar > Jeff Haynes: > percussion > Marvin Sewell: guitar > Christopher "CT" Thomas: bass > > ARTIST'S > WEBSITES: > Lizz Wright:http://www.lizzwright.net/ > Glen > Hansard:http://www.glenhansardmusic.com/songofgoodhope/ > Kathleen > Edwards:http://kathleenedwards.com/ > Liam > Titcomb:http://www.liamtitcomb.com/#5a0/custom_plain > Cold > Specks:http://coldspecks.com/ > and might I recommend you check out this song: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR9VbmIh1Rs > Rufus Wainwright: > http://www.rufuswainwright.com/ > Brian Blade: > http://www.brianblade.com/ > https://www.facebook.com/BrianBlade > Jon Cowherd:http://www.joncowherd.com/ > Ambrose Akinmusire:http://www.ambroseakinmusire.com/ > Melvin Butler: > http://melvinbutler.net/ > Bill Frisell: http://www.billfrisell.com/ > Jeff > Haynes: http://jeffhaynesmusic.com/Home.html > Marvin Sewell: > http://marvinsewell.com/ > Christopher "CT" Thomas, bass:I couldn't find a web > page that was his, but he is a member of the Brian Blade Fellowship, as are > Melvin Butler and Jon Cowherd. > > Thanks to Curtis Ray Smith on Youtube for his > help (unbeknownst to him) with my remembering the set list and who sang > what! > http://youtu.be/-VluSIQsCOE > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 21 Jun > 2013 07:57:28 -0700 (PDT) > From: Catherine McKay > Subject: Re: Collage of Joni tribute photos from Luminato, Tuesday, June 18 > There's also an HD version, if that helps anyone: > http://youtu.be/-VluSIQsCOE > - ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Catherine McKay >> To: JONIMITCHELL DISCUSSION LIST >> Cc: >> Sent: Friday, June > 21, 2013 10:56:11 AM >> Subject: Collage of Joni tribute photos from Luminato, > Tuesday, June 18 >> >> >> >> Someone named Curtis Ray Smith has posted on > Youtube a collage of photos from >> Tuesday's Luminato performance that shows > photos of the various artists and >> what they sang, and also includes the > names of band members. This is set to >> Joni's Hejira version of "Black > Crow." >> >> Well done, Curtis, wherever you are! >> >> > http://youtu.be/JBwYUnx4uTs > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 21 Jun > 2013 17:31:50 +0000 (UTC) > From: johncalimee@frontier.com > Subject: Re: This > rain. > > Hi Jamie, > > Assuming her health continues to progress to a better place, > I'm certain you will hear "This Rain" as a song. In fact, it is already > half > way in song form since the musicians behind her ran with a concrete score. > Although if this score wasn't written by her, I'm sure she would lift it or > stretch it to make it her own. What we have here is very much in keeping > with > other songs she's written. Lead Balloon started a brief riff of a few chord > progressions. 'If' absolutely started as a poem. And we know her ability to > weave a melody to the written word is off the charts spectacular. As > witnessed > by Yvette in English, among countless others. > > Then we have her own comments > during the Luminato Interview where she says the words NEED melody because > singing would allow her to put a kind of emphasis on certain words, and in > the > right place. And because of that she said she might try to sing a bit of it > to > achieve that effect. So certainly I think she looks at this as a song in > its > formative state. On Tuesday she had a more energy for the thing, I think > because she was determined not to bomb. The drama of the first night was > more > clearly defined by her. And she took the daring to scat something. Very > much > like where we got a glimpse of Joni's creative process with Two Grey Rooms. > > I > believe the same to be true of the 'poem' she's written about her mother. > Given Joni's long time feelings about poetry I don't think she's keen on > doing > 'stand alone' prose. And I also have a feeling that when she does write a > song/music/melody, whatever, she's not the type to let it sit unused. Just > as > she did not let One Week Last Summer simmer in a vault. So if she's health, > and that's a big if, I think Brian Blade and company will not let her fade > away beneath some pool table. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 21 > Jun 2013 09:02:47 -0500 > From: Laura Stanley > Subject: > Joni's voice and sinuses > > Joni said a sinus problem has contributed to her > voice problem. > > Acid reflux at night can aggravate the sinuses and cause > chronic sinus problems if not treated with a proton pump inhibitor and > dietary/lifestyle changes. > > Acid reflux is hell on a singing voice. The voice > becomes unpredictable because of sinus drainage and effects on the vagus > nerve > that can sporadically stop movement of the laryngeal muscles altogether. > It > can also cause heart arrhythmia's due to the vasovagal reflex. > > Singers > sometimes use lemon juice to stimulate the salivary glands to produce a > watery > secretion rather than a mucus secretion. Citric acid in citrus fruits can > cause worse acid reflux so it isn't helpful in that case. What can be more > helpful is an anti-histamine nasal spray used the night before singing > together with use of a proton pump inhibitor like Omiprazole or even > better, > Nexium. > > Hope this info is useful to all you singers out there. Acid reflux > doesn't always cause heart burn pain but can manifest as chronic sinus > problems, arrhythmia's, and not feeling rested in the morning. Doctors can > miss it. > > Love, > Laura > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:07:51 -0400 > From: Michael Paz > > Subject: Re: VIDEO UPDATE Longer Fury Sings The > Blues @Massey Hall > > Oh yea. She sounds wonderful! I just checked into my hotel > in Gatiineau, > Quebec and lo and behold here is a Globe with a pic of Joni on > the front page > and a review of the show inside. I will scan and send this to > you when I get > home Les. Did anyone tape Don't Interrupt the Sorrow? > > Love > Paz > > Michael Paz > michael@thepazgroup.com > > > > > > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 12:51 AM, > est86mlm@ameritech.net wrote: > > Here's a longer version and close-up of Joni > singing Fury Sings The > Blues @ Massey Hall last night. Unfortunately the end > is still cut > off.....but it's 2 minutes longer than the original posted video > and > GREAT close-up of Joni that the other video lacked. > http://jonimitchell.com/library/video.cfm?id=341 > > More Joni to enjoy! > > Laura > *********FREEBIE*********** > McDonalds Quarter Pounder BOGO - 6/18-6/20 > From > June 18th through 20th, 'Participating' McDonald's will be > offering any of the > Three NEW Quarter Pounder Burgers > for Buy One, Get One FREE! The Bacon > Habanero Ranch, Bacon and Cheese, > & Deluxe Quarter Pounder. No coupon > needed. Just ask. > > ------------------------------ > > End of onlyJMDL Digest > V2013 #237 > ********************************* > > ------- > Post messages to the > list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #831 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------