From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1934 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 Saturday, April 4 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 1934 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Joni Article in The Guardian (UK) [Joe Jones ] Re: Nervous [Anita Gabrielle ] RE: JMDL Digest V2014 #1933 ["kimberly" ] Joni Mitchell - Sisotowbell Lane [lcs4bike@yahoo.com] RE: JMDL Digest V2014 #1933 [Rebecca Alexander ] Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #1932 [Connie Morros Subject: Joni Article in The Guardian (UK) http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/04/not-easy-to-be-joni-mitchell-fan-but-illness-devastates-me Itbs not always easy to be a Joni Mitchell fan, but her illness devastates me - Linda Grant Joni Mitchell is one of the greats, indisputably, and her increasingly frail health is, to a superfan like me, a terribly sad thing to see b however angry, bitter and paranoid she seems to have become I donbt think Joni Mitchell knows how much shebs venerated. Or maybe she knows and it doesnbt matter, writes Linda Grant. Saturday 4 April 2015 08.00 BST For a long time I have worried about where I will be when I hear the announcement of Joni Mitchellbs death. I donbt want it to be when I am in transit, or about to do a literary festival or attend a family celebration. I need to be on my own. I need to close down the internet, draw the curtains and spend the next two days repeatedly listening to the albums Hejira, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Court and Spark and Blue. I am going to be traumatised. This wonbt be just a death; it is going to feel like an emotional amputation. No other artist has meant as much to me, or has taught me so much about myself. This week the news broke that Mitchell, now 71, had been found unconscious and was in intensive care. A childhood survivor of polio, her health has not been good for a long time. She has, by her own admission, wrecked her voice through smoking and is suffering from a mysterious skin condition called Morgellons disease. She is not in great shape, and I worry that our long ride together may soon come to an end. You start out being a fan of some teenybop star when you are 12 or 13 and then grow out of it. You cringe and shudder when you remember those hot, passionate feelings for the little doe-eyed boy-man, deny that you ever had a Smash Hits centrefold of Donny Osmond or One Direction on your bedroom wall. But what if you started to listen to someone when you were 17, someone who was one of the greatest of their generation and of the century, who articulated that particular moment when opposing longings for love and for artistic self-expression are waging war in you? And nearly 50 years later, you are still a fan, and the person whose music means everything to you is hospitalised and in danger and youbre holding your breath; youbre ready to be heartbroken. Joni Mitchell treated in intensive care at Los Angeles hospital Mitchell is one of the greats b as great as Bob Dylan, maybe greater, but itbs not a contest; she just means more to me than he does. If she means nothing to you, too bad, your loss. Just donbt persecute her. One element of my devotion is anger at the raw and rawer deal she has received from the music press, since the contemptuous awarding of the title bOld lady of the yearb by Rolling Stone, as if she were more of a groupie than a great lyricist. Mention Joni Mitchell today and you may still be greeted by a sarcastic falsetto imitation of her song Woodstock, from the early years before the cigs introduced gravel into her voice. She was at her height in the early 70s, a decade of bad clothes and celebrity sex pests, of overblown prog-rock and a general political malaise. Punk came along and kicked in anything with nuance, sophistication, feeling, lyricism. She was shunted into the same derisory cul de sac as, say, Peter, Paul and Mary or Donovan b hippy and drippy b when she was a jazz singer, a consummate composer, a poet and a thinker. What she always lacked, to oppose all that dismissive contempt, was the obsessiveness of the male fanbase: the Deadheads and Dylanologists who catalogue and compete for record-collection kudos among a fraternity of admirers. Where are the dry, 1,000-page volumes of musical Joni-trivia, the conferences, the PhD dissertations? We just locked the door and listened on our own. On hearing the news of her hospitalisation, the crime writer Val McDermid tweeted: bDistraught to hear Joni Mitchell in intensive care. Her music inhabits my heart, my very soul.b I accept that Mitchell has not been the easiest star to love. She gives little back to her fans and her views on feminism have been disheartening to say the least. She seems to have lately rejected everything her generation stood for, from its ideals to its clothes. There is a tendency to think that if you could only meet the person of whom you are a fan, you would inevitably become friends. For a long time I imagined that I would be hitchhiking one day and Joni would pick me up and webd drive along under a limitless sky talking about the men we had loved and the trap of marriage and the perhaps unavoidable tendency of romantics to become cynics, and the desire for Paris gowns and lacy dresses and skating on a frozen lake in a snow storm b& and I wouldnbt need to tell Joni a thing about me. She already knew. Shebd written my emotional biography. bI am a woman of heart and mind / With time on her hands / No child to raiseb. bSharon, I left my man / At a North Dakota Junction / And I came out to the Big Apple here / To face the dreambs malfunction.b And, definitively, bNothing is capsulised in me / On either side of town / The streets were never really mine / Not mine these glamour gowns.b If I could express any of that in a novel, so succinctly, I would have done. But shebs the genius, not me. I hate the media and the music business for their disgraceful treatment of an artist of her stature. And I have to concede, when I read interviews with her, that these blows have not been borne graciously. They have not been borne at all. She seems lonely, angry, bitter, paranoid and afraid. I worry about her. Had she been a man, she would be on her third or fourth considerably younger partner, with a new young family, that complacent second act that women are denied. Maybe if shebd been a Buddhist or got into some faith system, been born again into a cult or the church, shebd have found peace. But in a recent interview in the Sunday Times, she laid into hippies, all contemporary music, Bob Dylan, and again, feminists. She nixed a biopic starring Taylor Swift because all the young star could offer was cheekbones. Her reunion with the daughter she had given up for adoption went sour. Her tone is autocratic, arrogant and angry. She reminds me, in a way, of Philip Roth, another raging titan of the American arts. She has called herself ba scientist of loveb; how to love is what shebs trying to get to the bottom of. Like Jean Rhys, she has drawn the anatomy of a womanbs heart, the men we fall for, the loneliness, the fatal choices. The accretion of age, the disappointments of living, are part of the journey webve all been on with her, so this life-long fandom canbt have a happy ending. Or even a happy middle. Pity the poor children with an indelible online record of the day they wept when they heard Zayn Malik was leaving One Direction. Perhaps the lifelong experience of being a fan, an admirer, an acolyte or a student of an artist will turn out to have been a fluke, a small window of privilege, and from now on careers will burn up in a year or two, the experience fleeting for the adorer and the adored alike. I donbt think she knows how much shebs venerated. Or maybe she knows and it doesnbt matter. It fulfils nothing. It makes no difference. Shebs as alone with her music as we are. Joe Jones (St. Asaph) np - Late For The Sky - Jackson Browne - -- - -- Joe Jones +44 7831 914094 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 10:36:12 +0100 From: Anita Gabrielle Subject: Re: Nervous Just read on Twitter from joni.com "Joni remains under observation in the hospital and is resting comfortably. Her progress is encouraging as she continues to improve each day." > On 4 Apr 2015, at 03:58, lesli shadowsandlight wrote: > > gosh, my ears perked up. i haven't been seeing many posts at all. all of > us are pulling for joni and i'm sure she knows that. things take time. > >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Mark Scott wrote: >> >> Oh have I got my house slipper in my mouth! Lindsay, I don't know how or >> why my fingers did that. Please, please know it was a completely >> unconscious slip up. I certainly know better, my friend. >> >> And so senility sets in. >> >> Mike >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Bob Muller >> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 6:26 PM >> To: Mark Scott >> Cc: Lindsay Moon ; Joni List >> Subject: Re: Nervous njc >> >> You're banished for calling Lindsay "Leslie". She really hates that. Sorry >> to see you go Mike. >> >> Bill >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 3, 2015, at 9:11 PM, "Mark Scott" >>> wrote: >>> >>> I don't think youb re a weirdo, Leslie. I'm hoping it's just that those >>> closest to Joni are being loyal and honoring her wish to keep her private >>> life private. >>> >>> In the meantime, I'm feeling paranoid. I sent a long post to the list >>> last night and haven't seen it show up in my inbox. Have I been banished? >>> >>> Mark in Seattle >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Lindsay Moon >>> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 3:34 PM >>> To: Joni List >>> Subject: Nervous >>> >>> Just wondering if everyone is okay with the two-day old "Joni's in good >>> spirits" report. I am growing more uneasy as another day passes with no >>> update at all. Is she in or out of the hospital? It's also odd to me that >>> none of her contemporaries (Graham Nash or David Crosby to name two) have >>> said much of anything. Malka is quiet. Les is quiet. I just joined >>> Twitter the day she went in the hospital and do not know how to use it very >>> well, but when I search those names, I don't see much that they've said. >>> In other words, the silence is deafening. >>> >>> Am I just being a weirdo? >>> >>> Living on nerves and feelings, >>> Lindsay ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 08:56:11 -0700 From: "kimberly" Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2014 #1933 Laura, Tex and everyone. I was fortunate to visit a small gallery a few years ago that left me transfixed by a tiny painting that pulled me in so completely that I lost track of the time and didn't even look to see who the artist was. My husband took a nap on a nearby bench while I let myself be mesmerized by this painting. As I reluctantly re-entered my body and took in the larger setting I realized I was looking at The Tempest. Joni's work has always had this out of time and place effect on me. Like so many of us, Joni was the sound track for my generation. As I continue to reflect on why and how deeply her music influenced and continues to influence my perception of life, love and the human experience in general, I have renewed gratitude that it did. I am also grateful on a daily basis for our community of JMDL. I would feel very alone right now, as we wait for news of Joni's condition, without all of you and our common experience. Thank you all for welcoming me in and for sharing your experiences. Kimberly - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 12:00 AM To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1933 JMDL Digest Saturday, April 4 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 1933 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - -------- Re: While we're waiting... [lcs4bike@yahoo.com] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 01:53:39 -0500 From: lcs4bike@yahoo.com Subject: Re: While we're waiting... My favorite Texan wrote: It's been one of those can't keep off the turntable when I'm not playing Joni albums. Hi Happy Tex, The truth struck me in what you said about the turntable. The visual of the reality of still spinning Joni's music like the Circle Game after all these years... Yeah... Joni really is THAT good!!! And even if the LP or CD isn't actually spinning, as the seasons go 'round and 'round so do Joni's lyrics and unique emotional cords in my head and heart. Her auditory art never fails to strike a chord with me in my daily living experiences. Joni might be retired and she might be sick right now, but she is very much present to me in her recorded music. I never got to see her perform in concert, but I was able at Ruby Lake to look deep into her beautiful blue eyes and tell her I think the world of her. And each time I spin one of Joni's albums, I get the same effect as the motion (moved with emotion) I'm left with after having looked at the visual message of the picture and the brush strokes left in the paint on an incredibly textured Van Gogh painting. There is one visiting here in Arkansas right now at Crystal Bridges, a Walton family (Walmart) free to the public museum in Rogers, Arkansas. Van Gogh's presence and message in his painting was life changing for me. Recorded music is the painting we have even when the guitar is no longer actually being stroked as the performing art is no longer being performed. The artist is still there for us in the stroke marks of the sound. I wish I could see Joni's paintings. If I had one wish to be granted, that would be it. To look at Joni Mitchell's paintings like I was able to look at Vincent Van Gogh's recently. Life is for learning only because of the incredible sharing of these artists. So much gratitude and a heart full of prayers for Joni... Love, Laura in Arkansas Sent from my iPhone - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1933 ****************************** - ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe - ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:03:07 -0500 From: lcs4bike@yahoo.com Subject: Joni Mitchell - Sisotowbell Lane Check out this video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/0FqScA0Nfd8 Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 11:07:22 -0400 From: Rebecca Alexander Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2014 #1933 Lovely sentiments Laura. I was thinking this morning about the first time I learned about Joni. It was the summer of 1972 in Indpls. A friend played Blue for me & then told me that Joni had written "Both Sides Now" ( I was a huge Judy Collins fan).Over the yrs I just kept listening. I love the layer stuff as much as early recordings --sometimes more.what a creative mind & heart she has. I never got to see her in person or meet her --but I played holes in my old recordings & have a few videos of her concerts.B Get well Joni....Becky Sent via the Samsung Galaxy NoteB. 3, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone - -------- Original message -------- From: JMDL Digest Date: 04/04/2015 3:03 AM (GMT-05:00) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1933 JMDL DigestB B B B B B B B Saturday, April 4 2015B B B B B B B B Volume 2014 : Number 1933 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - -------- B Re: While we're waiting...B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B [lcs4bike@yahoo.com] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 01:53:39 -0500 From: lcs4bike@yahoo.com Subject: Re: While we're waiting... My favorite Texan wrote: It's been one of those can't keep off the turntable when I'm not playing Joni albums. Hi Happy Tex, The truth struck me in what you said about the turntable.B The visual of the reality of still spinning Joni's music like the Circle Game after all these years... Yeah... Joni really is THAT good!!!B And even if the LP or CD isn't actually spinning, as the seasons go 'round and 'round so do Joni's lyrics and unique emotional cords in my head and heart.B Her auditory art never fails to strike a chord with me in my daily living experiences.B Joni might be retired and she might be sick right now, but she is very much present to me in her recorded music.B I never got to see her perform in concert, but I was able at Ruby Lake to look deep into her beautiful blue eyes and tell her I think the world of her. And each time I spin one of Joni's albums, I get the same effect as the motion (moved with emotion) I'm left with after having looked at the visual message of the picture and the brush strokes left in the paint on an incredibly textured Van Gogh painting. There is one visiting here in Arkansas right now at Crystal Bridges, a Walton family (Walmart) free to the public museum in Rogers, Arkansas.B Van Gogh's presence and message in his painting was life changing for me.B Recorded music is the painting we have even when the guitar is no longer actually being stroked as the performing art is no longer being performed. The artist is still there for us in the stroke marks of the sound. I wish I could see Joni's paintings.B If I had one wish to be granted, that would be it.B To look at Joni Mitchell's paintings like I was able to look at Vincent Van Gogh's recently.B Life is for learning only because of the incredible sharing of these artists.B So much gratitude and a heart full of prayers for Joni... Love, Laura in Arkansas Sent from my iPhone - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1933 ****************************** - ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe - ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2015 08:44:01 -0700 From: Connie Morros Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #1932 I joined the digest because I was sad to hear of Joni's illness and I hope she is doing much better. I am a Morgellons sufferer and I hope she knows she has my support and love. Sincerely, Connie Morros Reno, Nevada Sent from my iPhone Connie > On Apr 3, 2015, at 8:31 PM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > > JMDL Digest Friday, April 3 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 1932 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Nervous [Lindsay Moon ] > RE: JMDL Digest V2014 #1926 [Jamie Zubairi home ] > Re: Nervous ["Mark Scott" ] > Re: Nervous njc [Bob Muller ] > Croz [Lindsay Moon ] > Re: Nervous [Bob Muller ] > Re: Nervous njc [lesli shadowsandlight ] > Re: Nervous njc ["Mark Scott" ] > Re: Nervous [Michael Flaherty ] > Re: Joni not a folksinger!!! [Bob Muller ] > RE: Joni not a folksinger!!! ["Susan E. McNamara" ] > Re: While we're waiting for some word, how about some music (VLJC) [Happy] > RE: Joni not a folksinger!!! ["Susan E. McNamara" ] > Re: Joni not a folksinger!!! [Bob Muller ] > No news is good news? ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] > Is she okay? [lcs4bike@yahoo.com] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:34:02 -0700 > From: Lindsay Moon > Subject: Nervous > > Just wondering if everyone is okay with the two-day old "Joni's in good spirits" report. I am growing more uneasy as another day passes with no update at all. Is she in or out of the hospital? It's also odd to me that none of her contemporaries (Graham Nash or David Crosby to name two) have said much of anything. Malka is quiet. Les is quiet. I just joined Twitter the day she went in the hospital and do not know how to use it very well, but when I search those names, I don't see much that they've said. In other words, the silence is deafening. > > Am I just being a weirdo? > > Living on nerves and feelings, > Lindsay > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 23:15:00 +0100 > From: Jamie Zubairi home > Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2014 #1926 > > Hey Deanna > Thank you. Every thought and prayer counts. > > Jamie Zubairi > Actor, Artist, Voiceover, Photographer > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 18:11:48 -0700 > From: "Mark Scott" > Subject: Re: Nervous > > I don't think youbre a weirdo, Leslie. I'm hoping it's just that those > closest to Joni are being loyal and honoring her wish to keep her private > life private. > > In the meantime, I'm feeling paranoid. I sent a long post to the list last > night and haven't seen it show up in my inbox. Have I been banished? > > Mark in Seattle > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Lindsay Moon > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 3:34 PM > To: Joni List > Subject: Nervous > > Just wondering if everyone is okay with the two-day old "Joni's in good > spirits" report. I am growing more uneasy as another day passes with no > update at all. Is she in or out of the hospital? It's also odd to me that > none of her contemporaries (Graham Nash or David Crosby to name two) have > said much of anything. Malka is quiet. Les is quiet. I just joined > Twitter the day she went in the hospital and do not know how to use it very > well, but when I search those names, I don't see much that they've said. In > other words, the silence is deafening. > > Am I just being a weirdo? > > Living on nerves and feelings, > Lindsay > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 21:26:32 -0400 > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Re: Nervous njc > > You're banished for calling Lindsay "Leslie". She really hates that. Sorry to see you go Mike. > > Bill > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 3, 2015, at 9:11 PM, "Mark Scott" wrote: >> >> I don't think youbre a weirdo, Leslie. I'm hoping it's just that those closest to Joni are being loyal and honoring her wish to keep her private life private. >> >> In the meantime, I'm feeling paranoid. I sent a long post to the list last night and haven't seen it show up in my inbox. Have I been banished? >> >> Mark in Seattle >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Lindsay Moon >> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 3:34 PM >> To: Joni List >> Subject: Nervous >> >> Just wondering if everyone is okay with the two-day old "Joni's in good spirits" report. I am growing more uneasy as another day passes with no update at all. Is she in or out of the hospital? It's also odd to me that none of her contemporaries (Graham Nash or David Crosby to name two) have said much of anything. Malka is quiet. Les is quiet. I just joined Twitter the day she went in the hospital and do not know how to use it very well, but when I search those names, I don't see much that they've said. In other words, the silence is deafening. >> >> Am I just being a weirdo? >> >> Living on nerves and feelings, >> Lindsay > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 20:25:56 -0700 > From: Lindsay Moon > Subject: Croz > > David Crosby wrote about 3 hrs ago that in response to many questions, he like everyone is waiting for news. > > Sent from Lindsay's way cool iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 18:46:57 -0400 > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Re: Nervous > > You're nervous because LES IS QUIET? Yeah, that's pretty weird. Given the celebrity media out there, I think that no news is good news. > > Bob > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 3, 2015, at 6:34 PM, Lindsay Moon wrote: >> >> Just wondering if everyone is okay with the two-day old "Joni's in good spirits" report. I am growing more uneasy as another day passes with no update at all. Is she in or out of the hospital? It's also odd to me that none of her contemporaries (Graham Nash or David Crosby to name two) have said much of anything. Malka is quiet. Les is quiet. I just joined Twitter the day she went in the hospital and do not know how to use it very well, but when I search those names, I don't see much that they've said. In other words, the silence is deafening. >> >> Am I just being a weirdo? >> >> Living on nerves and feelings, >> Lindsay > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 19:58:28 -0700 > From: lesli shadowsandlight > Subject: Re: Nervous njc > > gosh, my ears perked up. i haven't been seeing many posts at all. all of > us are pulling for joni and i'm sure she knows that. things take time. > >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Mark Scott wrote: >> >> Oh have I got my house slipper in my mouth! Lindsay, I don't know how or >> why my fingers did that. Please, please know it was a completely >> unconscious slip up. I certainly know better, my friend. >> >> And so senility sets in. >> >> Mike >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Bob Muller >> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 6:26 PM >> To: Mark Scott >> Cc: Lindsay Moon ; Joni List >> Subject: Re: Nervous njc >> >> You're banished for calling Lindsay "Leslie". She really hates that. Sorry >> to see you go Mike. >> >> Bill >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 3, 2015, at 9:11 PM, "Mark Scott" >>> wrote: >>> >>> I don't think youb re a weirdo, Leslie. I'm hoping it's just that those >>> closest to Joni are being loyal and honoring her wish to keep her private >>> life private. >>> >>> In the meantime, I'm feeling paranoid. I sent a long post to the list >>> last night and haven't seen it show up in my inbox. Have I been banished? >>> >>> Mark in Seattle >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Lindsay Moon >>> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 3:34 PM >>> To: Joni List >>> Subject: Nervous >>> >>> Just wondering if everyone is okay with the two-day old "Joni's in good >>> spirits" report. I am growing more uneasy as another day passes with no >>> update at all. Is she in or out of the hospital? It's also odd to me that >>> none of her contemporaries (Graham Nash or David Crosby to name two) have >>> said much of anything. Malka is quiet. Les is quiet. I just joined >>> Twitter the day she went in the hospital and do not know how to use it very >>> well, but when I search those names, I don't see much that they've said. >>> In other words, the silence is deafening. >>> >>> Am I just being a weirdo? >>> >>> Living on nerves and feelings, >>> Lindsay > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 19:01:28 -0700 > From: "Mark Scott" > Subject: Re: Nervous njc > > Oh have I got my house slipper in my mouth! Lindsay, I don't know how or > why my fingers did that. Please, please know it was a completely > unconscious slip up. I certainly know better, my friend. > > And so senility sets in. > > Mike > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Muller > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 6:26 PM > To: Mark Scott > Cc: Lindsay Moon ; Joni List > Subject: Re: Nervous njc > > You're banished for calling Lindsay "Leslie". She really hates that. Sorry > to see you go Mike. > > Bill > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 3, 2015, at 9:11 PM, "Mark Scott" wrote: >> >> I don't think youbre a weirdo, Leslie. I'm hoping it's just that those >> closest to Joni are being loyal and honoring her wish to keep her private >> life private. >> >> In the meantime, I'm feeling paranoid. I sent a long post to the list >> last night and haven't seen it show up in my inbox. Have I been banished? >> >> Mark in Seattle >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Lindsay Moon >> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 3:34 PM >> To: Joni List >> Subject: Nervous >> >> Just wondering if everyone is okay with the two-day old "Joni's in good >> spirits" report. I am growing more uneasy as another day passes with no >> update at all. Is she in or out of the hospital? It's also odd to me >> that none of her contemporaries (Graham Nash or David Crosby to name two) >> have said much of anything. Malka is quiet. Les is quiet. I just joined >> Twitter the day she went in the hospital and do not know how to use it >> very well, but when I search those names, I don't see much that they've >> said. In other words, the silence is deafening. >> >> Am I just being a weirdo? >> >> Living on nerves and feelings, >> Lindsay > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 19:16:15 -0500 > From: Michael Flaherty > Subject: Re: Nervous > > I've been through this with loved ones numerous times. You get through the emergency. You're relieved. But things can turn. And so you wait. However strong she is, she's 71 and her body has gone through a shock. > > It's best not to get complacent nor alarmist. You hope and you wait. > > Michael F. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 3, 2015, at 5:34 PM, Lindsay Moon wrote: >> >> Just wondering if everyone is okay with the two-day old "Joni's in good spirits" report. I am growing more uneasy as another day passes with no update at all. Is she in or out of the hospital? It's also odd to me that none of her contemporaries (Graham Nash or David Crosby to name two) have said much of anything. Malka is quiet. Les is quiet. I just joined Twitter the day she went in the hospital and do not know how to use it very well, but when I search those names, I don't see much that they've said. In other words, the silence is deafening. >> >> Am I just being a weirdo? >> >> Living on nerves and feelings, >> Lindsay > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:50:34 +0000 (UTC) > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Re: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > I LOVE Sunny Sunday - just heard it this morning, in fact. I decided to hit my > "Joni" playlist on Rhapsody with my morning coffee and newspaper. Really nice > to hear all those songs today. I was actually spurred on by Rob's posting of > "Down To You" on Facebook. Such a gorgeous song I had to listen and then it > made me hungry for more. > Anyway, listening to Sunny Sunday the line "that one little victory, that's > all she needs" really jumped out at me, for obvious reasons. > Bob > NP: Sufjan Stevens, "John My Beloved" > B From: Susan E. McNamara > To: Jeff Clark ; JMDL > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 11:19 AM > Subject: RE: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > Hi Jeff, > > Thanks for mentioning this article ... I saw the headline and decided not to > read it but when I saw your post, I decided to go back and look at it.B This > writer explained very well the essence of why Joni is so important.B I kept > on nodding in agreement throughout.B Especially when he talked about > Turbulent Indigo and the song Sunny Sunday ... great opening to a great > album.B Also he mentioned another great opening song, Morning Morgantown on > Ladies of the Canyon.B Another favorite of mine.B Thanks for prodding me to > check it out.B > > Sue > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jeff > Clark > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 9:57 AM > To: JMDL > Subject: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > "If one more major media outlet refers to Joni Mitchell as a "60s > Folksinger," > I am seriously going to lose. It." Julian Fleisher, via FacebookB > > My sentiments exactly! This is a good article. I had a few minutes to check > out this Cue Point (on line magazine/blog) I guess. They showed a feature of > those Columbia House, 12 discs for a penny ads that were always in Parade and > other magazines and sent thru the mail. What a tinge of nostalgia. It wasn't > all that long ago but seems like ages ago. I don't know that I ever bought the > deal, but used to always imagine what I would pick. The thought of getting 12 > cds for a penny was awesome, but I hated the thought of the responsibility of > buying more for 2 or 3 years that were super expensive. I don't think they > ever had any Joni anyway. I wonder if something like that was in her > contract? > My parents used to order from them when I was very small, Henry Mancini, Frank > Sinatra, Mathis, etc.Well I would have thought Joni would be home by now!! > Hopefully today. B I'm reminded that in the CBC interview she says she was in > the hospital quite a bit in the 70's for various things that no one knew about > and how she preferred privacy (a concept that went the way of Columbia House, > never to come back). Sending out loving vibes to Joni. I was just watching her > Charlie Rose interview on youtube before I heard. She's pretty much the > smartest, funniest, most talented, insightful, inspiring person I can > imagine. > Sending out good vibes. Happy Easter, Passover, or if you're Buddhist, > "sometimes its Spring, sometimes its not anything!"B Jeff > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 17:05:46 +0000 > From: "Susan E. McNamara" > Subject: RE: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > I have to say, itbs not only that the line is so beautiful, but she uses this emotional chord shift there that just hits you right in the heart. Thatbs why we love her. > > From: Bob Muller [mailto:scjoniguy@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 11:51 AM > To: Susan E. McNamara; Jeff Clark; JMDL > Subject: Re: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > I LOVE Sunny Sunday - just heard it this morning, in fact. I decided to hit my "Joni" playlist on Rhapsody with my morning coffee and newspaper. Really nice to hear all those songs today. I was actually spurred on by Rob's posting of "Down To You" on Facebook. Such a gorgeous song I had to listen and then it made me hungry for more. > > Anyway, listening to Sunny Sunday the line "that one little victory, that's all she needs" really jumped out at me, for obvious reasons. > > Bob > > NP: Sufjan Stevens, "John My Beloved" > > ________________________________ > From: Susan E. McNamara > > To: Jeff Clark >; JMDL > > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 11:19 AM > Subject: RE: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > Hi Jeff, > > Thanks for mentioning this article ... I saw the headline and decided not to read it but when I saw your post, I decided to go back and look at it. This writer explained very well the essence of why Joni is so important. I kept on nodding in agreement throughout. Especially when he talked about Turbulent Indigo and the song Sunny Sunday ... great opening to a great album. Also he mentioned another great opening song, Morning Morgantown on Ladies of the Canyon. Another favorite of mine. Thanks for prodding me to check it out. > > Sue > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Clark > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 9:57 AM > To: JMDL > Subject: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > "If one more major media outlet refers to Joni Mitchell as a "60s Folksinger," > I am seriously going to lose. It." Julian Fleisher, via FacebookB > > My sentiments exactly! This is a good article. I had a few minutes to check out this Cue Point (on line magazine/blog) I guess. They showed a feature of those Columbia House, 12 discs for a penny ads that were always in Parade and other magazines and sent thru the mail. What a tinge of nostalgia. It wasn't all that long ago but seems like ages ago. I don't know that I ever bought the deal, but used to always imagine what I would pick. The thought of getting 12 cds for a penny was awesome, but I hated the thought of the responsibility of buying more for 2 or 3 years that were super expensive. I don't think they ever had any Joni anyway. I wonder if something like that was in her contract? > My parents used to order from them when I was very small, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Mathis, etc.Well I would have thought Joni would be home by now!! > Hopefully today. B I'm reminded that in the CBC interview she says she was in the hospital quite a bit in the 70's for various things that no one knew about and how she preferred privacy (a concept that went the way of Columbia House, never to come back). Sending out loving vibes to Joni. I was just watching her Charlie Rose interview on youtube before I heard. She's pretty much the smartest, funniest, most talented, insightful, inspiring person I can imagine. > Sending out good vibes. Happy Easter, Passover, or if you're Buddhist, "sometimes its Spring, sometimes its not anything!"B Jeff > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 21:56:02 -0500 > From: Happy The Man > Subject: Re: While we're waiting for some word, how about some music (VLJC) > > I've been listening to three albums the last two weeks. Mostly the > Courtney Barnett album which reminds me of a little like Lucinda > Williams. The new Sufjan Stevens album which kind of reaches back to some > earlier albums. And the new Laura Marling. I thing the album is a also a > good progression. It's been one of those can't keep off the turntable when > I'm not playing Joni albums. > > I'm going to check out the Krista Baroni album. > > As much as i'm waiting with baited to hear how she's doing i'm trusting > shes in good hands surrounded by those who lover hear and us sitting on the > sidelines sending out our love. > > NP: Shadows & Light >> On Apr 3, 2015 9:23 AM, wrote: >> >> As we await any new updates (hopefully good news) about Joni, how about >> doing what we do best - listening to good music. >> >> Laura Marling's new CD "Short Movie" is exquisite. It's a departure from >> the sound on her previous recordings, but works very well. The songs are >> well crafted and yet have that "I just made this up and didn't fuss over >> it too much" feeling. I think you'll see a progression in her music not >> unlike Joni's. In some ways, this reminds me of Hejira. >> >> Also, a singer-songwriter from the Boston area has put out a wonderful >> new CD. Krista Baroni (http://www.kristabaroni.com/ [1]) admits doing >> being heavily influence by Joni. The first song on the album talks about >> climbing canyons! I definitely recommend giving her CD Alabaster Girl a >> listen. (Although I do think she's even more influence by Laura Marling, >> not a bad thing...) >> >> And finally, I went to see friends play at a local cafC) on Wednesday >> night. My friend Alex Rosiewicz, who is an exquisite player and does >> lots of Richard Thompson, ended his set with Big Yellow Taxi. He >> introduced it simply by saying he was sure everyone in the room knew the >> next song. I recognized it from the first chord. Tears sprung to my >> eyes. I hadn't really been emotional about Joni's health scare (somehow >> I know she'll be ok) until that moment. That's when the entirety of her >> musical influence just hit me. >> >> lots of love, >> >> Anne >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://www.kristabaroni.com/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:19:07 +0000 > From: "Susan E. McNamara" > Subject: RE: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > Hi Jeff, > > Thanks for mentioning this article ... I saw the headline and decided not to read it but when I saw your post, I decided to go back and look at it. This writer explained very well the essence of why Joni is so important. I kept on nodding in agreement throughout. Especially when he talked about Turbulent Indigo and the song Sunny Sunday ... great opening to a great album. Also he mentioned another great opening song, Morning Morgantown on Ladies of the Canyon. Another favorite of mine. Thanks for prodding me to check it out. > > Sue > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Clark > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 9:57 AM > To: JMDL > Subject: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > "If one more major media outlet refers to Joni Mitchell as a "60s Folksinger," > I am seriously going to lose. It." Julian Fleisher, via FacebookB > > My sentiments exactly! This is a good article. I had a few minutes to check out this Cue Point (on line magazine/blog) I guess. They showed a feature of those Columbia House, 12 discs for a penny ads that were always in Parade and other magazines and sent thru the mail. What a tinge of nostalgia. It wasn't all that long ago but seems like ages ago. I don't know that I ever bought the deal, but used to always imagine what I would pick. The thought of getting 12 cds for a penny was awesome, but I hated the thought of the responsibility of buying more for 2 or 3 years that were super expensive. I don't think they ever had any Joni anyway. I wonder if something like that was in her contract? > My parents used to order from them when I was very small, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Mathis, etc.Well I would have thought Joni would be home by now!! > Hopefully today. B I'm reminded that in the CBC interview she says she was in the hospital quite a bit in the 70's for various things that no one knew about and how she preferred privacy (a concept that went the way of Columbia House, never to come back). Sending out loving vibes to Joni. I was just watching her Charlie Rose interview on youtube before I heard. She's pretty much the smartest, funniest, most talented, insightful, inspiring person I can imagine. > Sending out good vibes. Happy Easter, Passover, or if you're Buddhist, "sometimes its Spring, sometimes its not anything!"B Jeff > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 14:10:11 -0400 > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Re: Joni not a folksinger!!! > > That's that tritone "devils chord", right? > > Bob > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 3, 2015, at 1:05 PM, "Susan E. McNamara" wrote: >> >> I have to say, itbs not only that the line is so beautiful, but she uses this emotional chord shift there that just hits you right in the heart. Thatbs why we love her. >> >> From: Bob Muller [mailto:scjoniguy@yahoo.com] >> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 11:51 AM >> To: Susan E. McNamara; Jeff Clark; JMDL >> Subject: Re: Joni not a folksinger!!! >> >> I LOVE Sunny Sunday - just heard it this morning, in fact. I decided to hit my "Joni" playlist on Rhapsody with my morning coffee and newspaper. Really nice to hear all those songs today. I was actually spurred on by Rob's posting of "Down To You" on Facebook. Such a gorgeous song I had to listen and then it made me hungry for more. >> >> Anyway, listening to Sunny Sunday the line "that one little victory, that's all she needs" really jumped out at me, for obvious reasons. >> >> Bob >> >> NP: Sufjan Stevens, "John My Beloved" >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Susan E. McNamara > >> To: Jeff Clark >; JMDL > >> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 11:19 AM >> Subject: RE: Joni not a folksinger!!! >> >> Hi Jeff, >> >> Thanks for mentioning this article ... I saw the headline and decided not to read it but when I saw your post, I decided to go back and look at it. This writer explained very well the essence of why Joni is so important. I kept on nodding in agreement throughout. Especially when he talked about Turbulent Indigo and the song Sunny Sunday ... great opening to a great album. Also he mentioned another great opening song, Morning Morgantown on Ladies of the Canyon. Another favorite of mine. Thanks for prodding me to check it out. >> >> Sue >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Clark >> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 9:57 AM >> To: JMDL >> Subject: Joni not a folksinger!!! >> >> "If one more major media outlet refers to Joni Mitchell as a "60s Folksinger," >> I am seriously going to lose. It." Julian Fleisher, via FacebookB >> >> My sentiments exactly! This is a good article. I had a few minutes to check out this Cue Point (on line magazine/blog) I guess. They showed a feature of those Columbia House, 12 discs for a penny ads that were always in Parade and other magazines and sent thru the mail. What a tinge of nostalgia. It wasn't all that long ago but seems like ages ago. I don't know that I ever bought the deal, but used to always imagine what I would pick. The thought of getting 12 cds for a penny was awesome, but I hated the thought of the responsibility of buying more for 2 or 3 years that were super expensive. I don't think they ever had any Joni anyway. I wonder if something like that was in her contract? >> My parents used to order from them when I was very small, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, Mathis, etc.Well I would have thought Joni would be home by now!! >> Hopefully today. B I'm reminded that in the CBC interview she says she was in the hospital quite a bit in the 70's for various things that no one knew about and how she preferred privacy (a concept that went the way of Columbia House, never to come back). Sending out loving vibes to Joni. I was just watching her Charlie Rose interview on youtube before I heard. She's pretty much the smartest, funniest, most talented, insightful, inspiring person I can imagine. >> Sending out good vibes. Happy Easter, Passover, or if you're Buddhist, "sometimes its Spring, sometimes its not anything!"B Jeff > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 17:06:52 -0400 > From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" > Subject: No news is good news? > > Eh? > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:40:15 -0500 > From: lcs4bike@yahoo.com > Subject: Is she okay? > > http://variety.com/2015/music/news/joni-mitchell-hospitalized-1201463950/ > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1932 > ****************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1934 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------