From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1718 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, February 11 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 1718 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Thoughts from a new member... [Happy The Man Subject: Re: Thoughts from a new member... Dear flustered, Sorry to hear about this season of life with your Father. We have been living that life too. Joni is the lava (We burn hot and cold) that holds us all together during this season of life and we keep traveling this journey together. There is much to be thankful on the music front but alas it's hidden in the deep tracks of the ether. Find it and it will bring healing just as Joni has done for so many of us. Peace, Happy NP: john Fullbright - keeping hope alive On Feb 10, 2015 10:42 PM, wrote: > Hi I m new to the group and was motivated to join after reading the New > York > Magazine piece. To say I m a huge fan sounds a bit hysterical and juvenile > perhaps (given that I m 55), but I was happy nonetheless to stumble upon > Joni s website and this little portal where she seems to be universally > admired. I always wondered what happens to people like Joni. How does > someone with so much light (talent) turn on her dimmer switch and > gracefully > retire to the rear of life s stage? It saddens me to think of such a > thing > she seems such an incredible life force. It s got to be like caging a > hurricane. > > Anyway, I was driving home from my dad s house today (who is sadly exiled > in > home hospice anxiously awaiting the day the master of the universe decides > to > turn off his power switch) and as I m cruising in my Mom s old Chevy > Malibu, > I m flipping through radio stations trying to find something decent to > listen > to. Alternately, one station was playing Bruno Mars new song, three other > stations were playing three different but current Taylor Swift songs and > another was playing Ariana Grande s most recent hit. This same group of > five > songs played repeatedly on many different stations for the whole two-hour > time > I was in the car. No other options on the radio other than NPR, which is > tough for someone who loves music. That aside, there was nothing remotely > thought provoking about this music and it got me thinking about whether we > will ever hear music of Joni s quality again? The music on the radio > today is > so whitewashed; I have to perhaps naively wonder, was it drugs that fueled > the depth of creative thought back in the 60 s/70 s? Or was the prudence > of > the 1950 s simply a mental girdle that had to be busted out of , with > great, thought-provoking and meaningful lyrics the natural by-product of > this > liberation? I don t have the answers but I do know that if I have to > listen to > Taylor Swift sing Shake it Off one more time, I m going to give up on > that > old Chevy Malibu radio. > > In closing, I m thankful to Joni and other artists like her, who have > provided > the soundtrack to some of the happiest memories and moments of my life. > She > still has the magical ability to calm me when I m upset, liberate me when > I m > feeling carefree and focus me when I m trying to be creative. In a word, > gratitude, to Joni and for all here who stuck with me and read this to the > end! ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1718 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------