From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #365 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, March 3 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 365 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: What? Criticize Joni? [Gerald Kent ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 19:57:36 -0500 From: Gerald Kent Subject: Re: What? Criticize Joni? Well I guess I better fess up also. I have been a member of the list since the late 1990's. I went to one Jonifest which was in upstate New York (near Woodstock). From what I am hearing, I must be one of the "elders" in the group. I was raised in Bucks County PA which borders Philadelphia. I have been a fan of Joni's since I was in high school (late 60's). I have seen her more times then I can count. I saw her early on at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Main Point in Philly (now closed), Mann Music Center, Temple University, Spectrum, among others. I didn't get to see her at the second fret (a now defunct Philly coffee house) BUT I did go to a benefit about 3 years after that appearance. At the benefit I had the rare pleasure of sitting at a table with a Gene Shey and Ed Shocky (?spelling) who were the DJ's who did the now fairly famous interviews while she was appearing at the second fret. I bent their ears about the interviews and have very memorable stories from them. All this being said, I have to say it is really neat finally getting to know people on the list. Anyone else going to "fess up". By the way, I am retired from my real job, live in the Cape May New Jersey area and teach at University of Pennsylvania 2 days a week ( I maintain a condo in center city philadelphia). Cheers, Gerry Sent from my iPad > On Mar 3, 2014, at 7:20 PM, Catherine McKay wrote: > > Amen to that. Heh heh. If you can't have fun with it, then I don't want to be there. Having said that, Joni truly is my favouritest artist of all time, but that won't stop me from commenting on some of the weird things she says and does. > > > If we're getting all confessional- and here's-my-story-like, I've been on this list since 1998 or 9, definitely not at the very start of it, but pretty darn close, and, like a lot of people here, once I had access to a computer (way back then), the first thing I searched for was "Joni Mitchell" and that's how I found this group. > > > I live in Toronto. I have played guitar, but not recently and we have a bunch of instruments at my place but lately it's my son who plays them most. The calluses are gone from my fingers and I'm going to have to start from scratch. (Boo!) And lately my eyesight is so bad that I'd need the very-large-print versions of music to be able to read it, and it doesn't seem to exist. If the font is wonky in this email, it's stupid yahoo, not me. Blame the computer, as always. > > >> ________________________________ >> From: "johnnybgoode@lineone.net" >> To: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com; Trish >> Cc: "joni@smoe.org" >> Sent: Monday, March 3, 2014 6:22:01 PM >> Subject: Re: What? Criticize Joni? >> >> >> Trish, >> >> I suppose I should join in also. >> >> A)I do not treat Joni or even >> Christ as a subject that I cannot have fun with. Even acolytes should >> not be stupidly reverential. Frank Zappa is my mentor on this point. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #365 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------