From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #964 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, July 11 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 964 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- stupid dream [Shari Eaton ] CBC concert/Rufus Wainright story [Betsy Blue ] ES Luminato Dawntreader [Michael quebec ] Re: stupid dream [Anita ] Re: stupid dream [Shari Eaton ] Bob Dylan's Morose Masterpiece njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Tracy Wundrock NJC [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] RE: stupid dream ["Susan E. McNamara" ] high resolution digital version of "For The Roses", njc, long ["Jim L'Hom] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:08:50 -0700 From: Shari Eaton Subject: stupid dream No one cares about this but you guys. I had a dream about Joni this morning .. a long and involved one where she wasn't famous. She wasn't a musician. She was a traveling philosopher crazy lady type who showed up at parties, set up a booth to sell magic potions and cures for things like 'energy loss'. One in particular that I recall was a big yellow Curry pill that helped with energy flow. The entire dream I wanted to speak to her about something important but either she or I would get distracted. She wasn't her lovely self. She was a sort of off-putting old lady with a cranky face. Man was I happy to wake up. Lots of Joni, Shari ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:43:42 -0700 From: Betsy Blue Subject: CBC concert/Rufus Wainright story Thanks, Catherine! These are awesome. I might have to go out and find more Lizz Wright. Don't miss Rufus Wainright's funny story about not being allowed to listen to Joni as a kid, then how he and his husband were kept out until the wee hours Tuesday night (and she was probably being considerate, between her usual bedtime and the time zone change). It is a little more than 10 minutes into Esperanza's excellent BSN track. Betsy > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/d5q6sm3ho3noy1o/BUxn57kYjS > > and, if you missed the 2nd batch, here's the link to that: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lwy9c33qignv9wj/2HgaXhkkJs ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:50:32 +0000 From: Michael quebec Subject: ES Luminato Dawntreader What I find cool about this version, is that it mirrors Joni's Travelogue version of it, underappreciated, imo. Michael in Quebec ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:25:23 +0100 From: Anita Subject: Re: stupid dream > Shari, not "indulging "at all. I love this kind of exploration, especially our Dreamtimes. I often feel very connected to the JMDL through the sharing of dreams. Not 'stupid' at all. I am fascinated and grateful. Thanks > Anita > > On 10 Jul 2013, at 21:16, Shari Eaton < >> Thanks for indulging me! >> >> Lots of Joni, >> Shari ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:16:59 -0700 From: Shari Eaton Subject: Re: stupid dream I'm a firm believer that anxiety dreams are meant to prepare you for occasions when the worst actually happens. In this case.. Joni isn't the honored, revered and successful artist that I look up to and feel such a strong connection with (my inability to communicate meaningfully with her in the dream suggests this). But thanks for the compliment, anyhow! ;) I think it may have been spurred on by the Neil Young vs. Joni poll that I participated in. He blew her away with votes. My dream fulfilled would be that she is appreciated and understood across a variety of cultures .. the masses really. Thanks for indulging me! Lots of Joni, Shari On Jul 10, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Anita G wrote: > I met someone who worked brilliantly with dreams who said a good place > to start was to look every part of the dream as part of yourself. Not > that I'm suggesting, Sue, that there would EVER be part of you that > would be rude, nor, Shari, could there possibly be part of you that > could be 'a traveling philosopher crazy lady type who showed up at > parties, set up a booth to sell magic potions and cures for things > like 'energy loss'. > > My last dream about Joni was of her living in a house of straw with > poo (poop I think you call it Stateside) on the floor. Taking my dream > analogy, a kindly (or maybe not so kindly) JMDLer made the point that > perhaps I was full of sh*t. Ouch. Well, it couldn't possibly be true, > could it? :~)) > Anita x > > On 10/07/2013, Susan E. McNamara wrote: >> That's interesting Shari. I've had Joni dreams where she is not as I >> pictured her at all or she is rude etc. I'm always wandering around her >> house wondering where she's gotten to. Hmmm not sure what it all means. >> :-) >> >> Susan Tierney McNamara >> email: sem8@cornell.edu >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Shari >> Eaton >> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:09 PM >> To: joni@smoe.org LIST >> Subject: stupid dream >> >> No one cares about this but you guys. >> >> I had a dream about Joni this morning .. a long and involved one where she >> wasn't famous. She wasn't a musician. She was a traveling philosopher crazy >> lady type who showed up at parties, set up a booth to sell magic potions and >> cures for things like 'energy loss'. One in particular that I recall was a >> big yellow Curry pill that helped with energy flow. >> >> The entire dream I wanted to speak to her about something important but >> either she or I would get distracted. She wasn't her lovely self. She was a >> sort of off-putting old lady with a cranky face. >> >> Man was I happy to wake up. >> >> Lots of Joni, >> Shari ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:55:22 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Bob Dylan's Morose Masterpiece njc Here is most of a review of a new LP pressing of Bob Dylan's great album, "Blood On the Tracks". By Michael Fremer . Posted: Jun 27, 2013 >Dylan claims Blood on the Tracks' pained, heartbreaking and often very angry and vicious songs weren't personal confessionals, though he was in the midst of a painful divorce. His son Jakob says they were. Does it really matter if they were about or inspired by his life? He delivers them as if they were very personal as does any great actor, but they are just as satisfying or disturbing thought of as having been inspired by, and not chronicling his personal circumstances at the time. Nonetheless, the actors in his songs say some things that clearly were weighing heavily at the time on Dylan's mind, particularly in "Idiot Wind," which opens with "Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press/Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess" and "People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act/Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts" and especially after a few years of pummeling by fans and critics alike "I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like." The record, his fifteenth studio album, marked Dylan's return to Columbia after a short stint with Asylum. It was rightfully considered his "comeback album" when released in 1975. After the mysterious and transformative John Wesley Harding and the crooning oddity that was Nashville Skyline, Dylan released a series of poorly received albums between 1970 and 1974, including Self Portrait, which some critics thought must be a joke Dylan was playing on his fans, many of whom by then had written him off. Dylan realized the stakes were high. He auditioned the set for his peers and contemplated electric and acoustic versions, settling on acoustic. With Phil Ramone at the board, Dylan began recording in September of 1974, mercurial as always in the recording studio. Four sessions and a few weeks later the album was mixed and ready for release but at the last minute at the suggestion of his brother George, who would later shoot Treyvon Martin (not true: must making sure you're paying attention)....at the suggestion of his brother David, in late December of 1974 he re-recorded five of the tunes at a Minneapolis Studio Sound 80 (it's unclear if Ramone engineered these sessions), including the iconic "Tangled Up In Blue" that opens the album, and in the view of many signaled "the return" of Bob Dylan. At least here it actually sounded like the sly, playful sometimes snarling Bob Dylan. Despite the five song revision in December of 1974, Columbia managed the original January 1975 release date. The first pressing included Pete Hamill's liner notes included here. Second pressings also known as the "mural" cover, feature a full back cover illustration by the same artist as the one Hamill's prose frames. Third pressings reprised Hamill's words. Why the variation? I don't know. Either a tussle with Hamill or Dylan or both. "Tangled Up in Blue" is a rover's tale---an epic that shifts perspectives and time as it unfolds---about one or more relationships. The end lines sum it up "We always did feel the same/We just saw it from a different point of view/Tangled Up in Blue." It reinforces Dylan's powerful storytelling abilities. Whole industries revolve around interpreting and misinterpreting Dylan's lyrics. I checked a few sites for the "Tangled Up in Blue" lyrics. On Dylan's site one line reads "She was standing there in back of my chair/She said to me 'don't I know your name'?" On another site it was "She was standing there in back of my chair/ Said, "Zimmy, don't I know your name?" Now, how ridiculous is that? I'm not going to pick through the songs or lyrics for a "play by play" here as that's been done by many for almost forty years and you can do it yourself if you already haven't. These are among Dylan's least enigmatic lyrics, though they are as colorfully descriptive as any he's written. The craft reveals itself the more slowly you examine the narratives and constructions but not everyone will do that, nor is it necessary to reap a full measure of pleasure. If there's a more deliciously angry song than "Idiot Wind" you can tell me what that might be! In retrospect doesn't "You're A Big Girl" sound more than a bit like "Wild Horses?"> I removed Michael Fremer's review of the new premium vinyl release. If you want to read it, it is here: http://www.analogplanet.com/content/bob-dylans-morose-masterpiece-untangled-black-mobile-fidelity Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:56:43 -0700 From: Betsy Blue Subject: Life of a Recording There's a short video sample of the video that was on exhibit at the Grammy Museum at: Gtoomedia.com/gm.html Only about 90 seconds on River's big win and clips of Herbie and Joni. The second half is Allison Kraus and Robert Plant. Anyone know if the full 70 minutes is available anywhere? Betsy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:28:44 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Tracy Wundrock NJC Oh, and one more comment about Tracy Wundrock - when I first saw the name I thought of the band names on the Flintstones, the Beau Brummelstones, Ann Margrock, and such. :-) Bob - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:17:35 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: stupid dream That's interesting Shari. I've had Joni dreams where she is not as I pictured her at all or she is rude etc. I'm always wandering around her house wondering where she's gotten to. Hmmm not sure what it all means. :-) Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Shari Eaton Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:09 PM To: joni@smoe.org LIST Subject: stupid dream No one cares about this but you guys. I had a dream about Joni this morning .. a long and involved one where she wasn't famous. She wasn't a musician. She was a traveling philosopher crazy lady type who showed up at parties, set up a booth to sell magic potions and cures for things like 'energy loss'. One in particular that I recall was a big yellow Curry pill that helped with energy flow. The entire dream I wanted to speak to her about something important but either she or I would get distracted. She wasn't her lovely self. She was a sort of off-putting old lady with a cranky face. Man was I happy to wake up. Lots of Joni, Shari ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:38:23 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: high resolution digital version of "For The Roses", njc, long I downloaded a mildly high-resolution version of "For The Roses" from HDTracks tonight. I found a 10% discount code from a Google search, so I paid $16.18USD. I chose a 96 kHz / 24-bit file in AIF format, with cover art. No liner notes. A blogger said that a 96/24 file is 3.27 times bigger than a CD-quality equivalent (44.1kHz / 16 bit). It sounds slightly better than the CD but it's not a big difference. I hear clarity in her guitar sound and lack of sibilance in her S sounds. It's cleaner. I'm not getting any of the body of her guitar though- it's all treble. The electric bass is missing in action too. That's exactly the way my LP (white-label, non-promo, first pressing) sounds though, so maybe that's what Henry Lewy captured. Maybe I'll download the "Shadows and Light" live set next- plenty of bass on that. My outboard soundcard (USB DAC, called HRT microStreamer, $180) is limited to 96kHz / 24 bit resolution, so that's what I downloaded. My headphones are good but not exceptional, so maybe those are holding me back too. ($99 Grado SR80i). The sound quality is a scary-good value for the money, as long as you don't count the cost of the computer and broadband. To get this quality of sound from a record player and phono cartridge costs much more money. I learned tonight that iTunes is not a good player for high resolution files, so I downloaded a trial version of "J River". It was a tossup between the $49 "J River" and the freebie "Fubar2000" because I have a PC. Judging from the screenshots on the Fubar2000 site, it doesn't display cover art. The Fubar2000 interface looks like a throwback 30 years to a DOS window. (Gees!) J River does show cover art, and I'm downloading AIFF files with cover art, so it seems like a good match. The J River interface is almost as pretty as iTunes. After downloading, I did some research on configuring the J River player to spit out something that the outboard soundcard could recognize as a 96/24 data stream. The player was sending something that the DAC interpreted as CD-quality (44/16). When I changed the setting and the high resolution kicked in, I knew it instantly. Joni sounded more feminine and less like a gritty recording. It sounded a little more organic and less mechanical. Then I looked at the light on DAC and it said "96k". Sweet! Anyway, it's the music that matters and I'm enjoying "For The Roses" tonight. The sound improvement is very small- no revelations or anything. It's just a hair cleaner and a hair less sibilance. In the old days, when I improved my stereo, I was suddenly hearing the words correctly for the first time; this is not like that at all. CD is good enough. Jim L'Hommedieu, former audio nut who's reached the point of diminishing returns ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #964 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------