From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1399 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 Friday, November 14 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1399 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Wee Joni mention in Bruce Cockburn's "Rumours of Glory" biography [Cather] Mingus concert review [Dave Blackburn ] Re: Mingus concert review ["Mark" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:24:17 -0800 From: Catherine McKay Subject: Wee Joni mention in Bruce Cockburn's "Rumours of Glory" biography I'm currently reading Bruce Cockburn's book, "Rumours of Glory". I'm about one-third through and was hoping for some mention of Joni, given that they played in some of the same places, but maybe Bruce was a few years behind her. In any case, I found a small mention, and it rings very true to some of the things Joni has said regarding us Canadians and how we treat our own artists, or at least the way we used to. Here's what Bruce says: "It... bothered me that for Canadians to get accepted as legitimate artists - and this is part of our national pathology - we had to first sell ourselves to New York or Los Angeles or London for a stamp of approval before being accepted by our public. So I went in the other direction and set out to build an audience in my own country before I looked elsewhere. I remember getting into an argument with somebody on an Ottawa street one day about whether Joni Mitchell was Canadian. "She couldn't be; she's too good," he said. That dreary cluelessness typified Canadians' self-perception in those days." Bruce Cockburn, "Rumours of Glory", p. 173 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:23:47 -0800 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Mingus concert review We is HAPPY! http://www.nbcsandiego.com/blogs/sounddiego/Joni-Mitchells-Mingus--282434051.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:57:27 -0800 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: Mingus concert review There was never a doubt in my mind that it would be other-worldly. Congratulations to you, Robin, and your fellow virtuosos. Mark - -----Original Message----- From: Dave Blackburn Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:23 PM To: JMDL JMDL Subject: Mingus concert review We is HAPPY! http://www.nbcsandiego.com/blogs/sounddiego/Joni-Mitchells-Mingus--282434051.html ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1399 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------