From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #270 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 19 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 270 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Taylor as Joni redux ["Arkay Adkisson" ] Re: Jonatha Brooke (NJC) [Catherine McKay ] Taylor Swift to play Joni [Don ] Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #245 [Anita G ] Marketing Joni [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com] Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #256 [Shari Eaton ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:02:47 -0800 (PST) From: "Arkay Adkisson" Subject: Re: Taylor as Joni redux I'd like to see Brit Marling test as Joni, she has the acting talent to do a good job. B Arkay b Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Jussi Pukkila wrote: > I had to look up what Swift looks like, I'm so out of the loop. Of > course looks is just a little part of it, but to me she doesn't look > much like Joni - except at the end of the clip posted below, when she > looks surprised, I can see it. I guess she's as close to Joni as Naomi > Watts was to Lady Diana (which wasn't close). > She's not saying anything too original about "Blue" on that clip, it > might even be "fake", she might be acting - quite well, if that's the > case! In all, I don't mind if the movie is made. It won't be all about > Joni, so even if it's not good, it won't tarnish Joni's name. I didn't > like the book that much actually, I didn't think it was that well > written. Obviously the writer is a journalist, so one can understand all > the facts crammed in. > There's one celebrity I've thought is the spitting image of Joni, but > now I can't recall it... Still I agree what was said before that getting > a total unknown for the part (or for all 3 leads) would have been a good > idea. > --jussi > 18.2.2014 3:08, Gerald Kent kirjoitti: >> Check this out everyone. >> http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQC8ILxHCs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvtQC8ILxH >> Cs >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Feb 17, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Michael Sentance wrote: >>> >>> First, that report cites no source, no press release and no quote from >>> studio, director or the Swift camp. Although it is not definitive, IMDB has >>> no confirmation of it. >>> >>> Since this story first broke, I have flip-flopped on whether it is a good >>> idea. I have listened to Swift's songs and wondered what a Joni Mitchell >>> would be like in the paparazzi, TMZ, 24-hour-news-cycle, auto-tune world >>> of today. There are off-putting aspects to the Taylor Swift machine but >>> some of her songs are... ok. >>> >>> But more importantly, I want young people to know Joni Mitchell. I want >>> people to know her journey, her courage, her evolution as an artist and >>> musician. When I first listened to Joni, I also listened to Laura >>> Nyro, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Judy Collins. Other than Judy, do you think >>> young people know the others? >>> >>> Taylor Swift may or may not be good as a young Joni Mitchell. But what she >>> will do is introduce millions of young listeners to the poetry and music of >>> Joni Mitchell. I'm for that. >>> >>> That being said, I don't believe the report. Joni indicated that she >>> stopped the movie in her Toronto interview. And, while she is a historical >>> figure, someone would need to approve the use of her music in the movie. If >>> Joni was opposed to the film and stopped the use of her music, that would >>> be a killer. Witness the recent Justin Long movie, "A Case of You", which >>> couldn't get rights to the song that inspired the title. >>> >>> Further, Taylor Swift - after trying to mimic the Joni Mitchell look - has >>> recently cut her hair. (That probably revealed that I read too much about >>> Swift.) >>> >>> Best wishes to all. >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> #NL "Croz" > --- > avast! Antivirus kdynnissd, joten tdssd sdhkvpostiviestissd ei ole viruksia tai haittaohjelmia. > http://www.avast.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:18:19 -0800 (PST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Jonatha Brooke (NJC) I also participated in the crowd-source funding for this and have been following the progress since Jonatha started it. She is a very talented songwriter who really should be more famous than she is.I wish I could make this jc without the fear of being flayed alive. There is a section of "My mother has 4 noses" on Youtube. Don't be put off by the weird look of the video at the beginning. I'm not sure if that's a deliberate arty look or the camera was wonky but it's interesting in its own right (cartoonish) and it turns "normal" after the first minute or so.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKI99wJpgyg >________________________________ > From: Michael Paz >To: Steve Dulson >Cc: joni@smoe.org >Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 9:42:54 AM >Subject: Re: Jonatha Brooke (NJC) > > >So cool Thanks for sharing. I have been in touch with Jonatha about this and I >am hoping to have her in New Orleans at the Civic to perform this show. As you >guys may know my dad had Alzheimer's and it was a hard thing for my sister and >myself to deal with. Esp. for her because she was with him 24/7/365 while the >disease took its toll on him. I followed Jonatha's progress on the making of >the album and received updates and samples of the work along the way. I got my >hard copy of the album a couple weeks ago and I truly love it. Thanks to the >JMDL for turning me on to an artist who has now become a good friend over the >years. > >Best > >Paz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 07:25:55 +1100 From: Don Subject: Taylor Swift to play Joni well at least it's not Lindsay Lohan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:51:25 +0000 From: Anita G Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #245 Hello Arkay and Damian Is modernising JMDL something you feel you could both/either take on as a project? I am not techie and understand there have been difficulties with SMOE, but perhaps you might be able to offer something? Anita ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:49:40 -0500 From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com Subject: Marketing Joni I think Joni has terrible intuition for marketing. How long did she resist a hits package? Meanwhile most of her contemporaries had them. Jt and Dylan had multiples. Have the bio-pics hurt Dylan? Did the Coal Miner's Daughter movie hurt anyone? Sweet Dreams? Taylor looks like Joni. She looks like a movie star in fact. She would bring in new people simply because she would do a great job with promotion and could testify to Joni's talent with complete sincerity. Taylor is also sexy and has charisma to burn. I approve. I wonder if the latest rumor is just a re-posting of the old, obsolete rumor. Jim ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:17:55 -0800 From: Shari Eaton Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2014 #256 'I don't think Joni needs or wants what might be a botched biopic to sell her catalogue.' Well put. - - Shari > On Feb 18, 2014, at 7:06 PM, "Mark" wrote: > > I don't think Joni needs or wants what might be a botched biopic to sell her catalogue. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #270 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------