From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1945 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 Monday, April 6 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 1945 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Joni Article in the Guardian (UK) [Scott Price ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 11:59:55 -0700 From: Scott Price Subject: Re: Joni Article in the Guardian (UK) On 4/5/2015 7:15 AM, mep chorus.net wrote: > she seems to regard Joni's fan base as mainly female, not very > organized collectively, and traipsing off to listen to Joni's music in > solitude Grant writes: >>"What she always lacked 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?" > To which I answer: they're right here!!! Well, maybe not the PhD > dissertations, but just about everything else. Hi Mary P., What's it been, about a decade or so? :-) Assume you're a Badgers fan; I'm rooting for them too. Lemme pick a theme for this: duality...love...spirituality...no, wait, pigeonholing, that's it. I'm guessing Ms. Grant isn't aware of the degree to which some have amassed libraries and collections of the works of Joni Mitchell. And yes, there are a fair share of males in that group. The Dead encouraged soundboard recordings during thousands of performances which naturally led to cataloging and trading and connecting. Old timers here will remember Joni tape trees and how thrilling it was to hear, often for the first time, live recordings of Joni performances that otherwise would have existed only in the memories of those originally present. Nevertheless, the perception, especially in light of the well-documented "obsessiveness" of Deadheads and Dylanites, is that Joni's music is played in a room lit by candles while chanting "Joni Mitchell never lies. Joni Mitchell never lies." Joni's "fanbase" is no less obsessed. It's just not as recognized. After all, it's hard to be noticed when you're stealing away to a quiet place to listen with all your intent to the words and music while you shut out everything else. Happy Easter to all. Scott ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1945 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------