From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #860 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 26 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 860 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- re: why Furry now [Michael quebec ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:44:49 +0000 From: Michael quebec Subject: re: why Furry now In the Times interview Joni gave on the Sunday night preceding her shows, the interviewer asked her if she was particularly proud of something she had written, and after a second of hesitation she quoted this bit from Furry: Pawn shops glitter like gold tooth caps In the grey decay They chew the last few dollars off Old Beale Street's carcass Carrion and mercy Blue and silver sparkling drums Cheap guitars eye shades and guns Aimed at the hot blood of being no one Down and out in Memphis Tennessee Old Furry sings the blues Perhaps because it was so fresh in her mind, perhaps because she loves it, perhaps because it is a great story, and one of her better, more complex and more poetic lyrics... Michael in Quebec ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #860 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------