From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2015 #383 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 Sunday, August 2 2015 Volume 2015 : Number 383 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Joni Covers, Volume 129 - Diamond boys and satin dolls [Bob Muller ] Re: Sweet Bird and Aging and whatever else ["David J. Phillips" Subject: Joni Covers, Volume 129 - Diamond boys and satin dolls Welcome to August everyone, and also to another edition of RETRO Joni covers. Volume 129 features almost all of the Charlie Dee Record but kicks off with an incredibly lovely take on All I Want from Jan Brannan. In fact, this is one of the few that is smoking good from start to end. https://www.yousendit.com/download/bXBiYURPcTI4Q1J3SGNUQw 1. Jay Brannan - All I Want2. Tutu Puoane - I Don't Know Where I Stand3. Tomo'o Tsuruya - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines4. Lisa Hilton - Woodstock5. Charlie Dee - In France The Kiss On Main Street6. Charlie Dee - You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio7. Charlie Dee - Little Green8. Charlie Dee - Big Yellow Taxi9. Charlie Dee - Woodstock10. Charlie Dee - Night Ride Home11. Charlie Dee - A Case Of You12. Charlie Dee - California13. Charlie Dee - Both Sides Now14. Charlie Dee - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines15. Charlie Dee - Edith And The Kingpin16. Mark Davenport - The Circle Game17. Meral Guneyman - River18. Rhythms del Mundo featuring Aquila Rose & Idana Valdes - Big Yellow Taxi19. Union Of Sound - Both Sides Now 19 Songs, 19 hits. Enjoy. Bob NP: Lisa Hilton - Woodstock ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 07:02:56 -0500 From: lcs4bike@yahoo.com Subject: Aging songs Hi Old Friends, I was puzzled by 45 seeming old. I got 11 on that and it sounds so young!! But wait...isn't 60 the new 30?! So the song tally so far that I can see is: Sweet Bird Facelift Song to Aging Children Circle Game How about adding Chinese Cafe to the list? The lines, "we look like our mother's did back when we were those kids age... nothing lasts for long" have always struck me to the core. Joni is so introspective and extrospective at the same time. (Okay so I made up a word) I was listening to and singing Sweet Bird in my living room last night after all this talk about it, and my sweet Parrotlette birdy started singing!!! I think she heard the word "bird" and recognized it because even though her name is Little Green, I call her birdy every day when I talk with her. I said to my husband, "listen she's singing the song!!" He didn't buy it, but he doesn't know her as well as I do. ;)))) At least he gets Joni and gets me getting Joni! I love the song Sweet Bird! A very young Kevin from New Jersey turned me on to the album THOSL and told me I'd love Sweet Bird and he was right!!! Hey Kevin...you out there lurking? Hellllloooooo? I miss you bud! Woo pigs souie!!! Wish you'd come to the SC Jonifest!! I can hardly wait!! Love, Laura Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 01:31:39 -0600 From: Rob Procyk Subject: Sweet Bird and Aging and whatever else I'm reading posts completely out of order due to my wonky email and our temperamental Smoe, so I am sorry if this is part of a "me too" chorus. My dear friend Mark, "Sweet Bird" has become so special to me the past few years. Indeed, it may almost be my fave Joni song now, just for the line you mentioned. Lately, the dragging my feet to slow the circles down thing is so very real. I mean, I've always felt the sadness of aging as the years have gone by, but right now, it's all too real. When I think back to how quickly the past 25 years have gone, I'm rattled. I've always looked young and acted younger. Now I'm 45, and while I may not look it, I finally feel it. My standing joke has been "I can't be in my 40s - I still eat candy and watch Scooby Doo reruns!" But it's true - I'm not 6 anymore. I've been married 17 years, I've been orphaned by both parents during the last 7 years, I've had 4 kids and have become the father to teenagers, I've fallen into a complex job... My mantras are a mixture of the Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"and FM's "Landslide" and "Sweet Bird" and "Nothing Can Be Done." I'm not really liking this stage - I know it's just holding pattern until the next age shift brings about a whole new set of intricate issues. However, all that being said, I choose to cling to the idea that happiness is the best facelift. So while I come to terms with the fact that it will never be 1979 again and I'll never be listening to Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" through big-ass headphones in our rumpus room, I'm still comforted that I'm not the only one who has realized that they have woke up vanishing. And, sometimes, we all have to get out of our heads, so I'm sending awesome vibes for all y'all who get to go to SC Jonifest. TGIF, Rob Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:30:40 -0400 From: "David J. Phillips" Subject: Re: Sweet Bird and Aging and whatever else The line that keeps coming to me is "all these vain promises on beauty jars." I'm sixty now, and youth, just plain old youth, has never been so attractive to me. It takes my breath away to see a man in his twenties, or thirties. And I look at myself here - unguents and personal trainers and facials. (There's a New Yorker cartoon of three gay men of a certain age. One is saying "It's not the senior moments that get to me, It's the Death in Venice moments.") And honestly, my life at sixty is about the best it has ever been. But on bad days I look at calendars circled with compromise, or missed opportunities, or just plain erroneous (though well-considered) decisions. Ah well. I smile at the sweet bird, up on its feathers laughing. djp On 31/07/15 11:3705, Susan E. McNamara wrote: > I hear you Rob. I have 12 years on you, and it's really been hitting > home. Yesterday I had to buy two pairs of eye glasses to cover four > levels of seeing - reading/computer and reading/driving ... not only > did I wake up vanishing but my retirement nest egg is vanishing too > ... ch-ching. Plus someone is going to reach planet earth in the > next calendar year who will eventually start calling me the G-word. > Actually, can't wait for that one!!! > > -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org > [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Rob Procyk Sent: Friday, > July 31, 2015 3:32 AM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Sweet Bird and Aging > and whatever else > > I'm reading posts completely out of order due to my wonky email and > our temperamental Smoe, so I am sorry if this is part of a "me too" > chorus. My dear friend Mark, "Sweet Bird" has become so special to me > the past few years. Indeed, it may almost be my fave Joni song now, > just for the line you mentioned. Lately, the dragging my feet to slow > the circles down thing is so very real. I mean, I've always felt the > sadness of aging as the years have gone by, but right now, it's all > too real. When I think back to how quickly the past 25 years have > gone, I'm rattled. I've always looked young and acted younger. Now > I'm 45, and while I may not look it, I finally feel it. My standing > joke has been "I can't be in my 40s - I still eat candy and watch > Scooby Doo reruns!" But it's true - I'm not 6 anymore. I've been > married 17 years, I've been orphaned by both parents during the last > 7 years, I've had 4 kids and have become the father to teenagers, > I've fallen into a complex job... My ma! ntras are a mixture of the > Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"and FM's "Landslide" and "Sweet > Bird" and "Nothing Can Be Done." I'm not really liking this stage - I > know it's just holding pattern until the next age shift brings about > a whole new set of intricate issues. However, all that being said, I > choose to cling to the idea that happiness is the best facelift. So > while I come to terms with the fact that it will never be 1979 again > and I'll never be listening to Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" through > big-ass headphones in our rumpus room, I'm still comforted that I'm > not the only one who has realized that they have woke up vanishing. > And, sometimes, we all have to get out of our heads, so I'm sending > awesome vibes for all y'all who get to go to SC Jonifest. TGIF, Rob > > Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:18:05 -0500 From: Happy The Man Subject: Philly Musician playing Blue and Hejira August 1st. from the article. On Saturday, Aug. 1, local musician Joshua Thomas will perform Joni Mitchell's *Blue* and *Hejira* albums in their entirety during bI Am on a Lonely Road b, a special tribute concert to the Canadian singer-songwriter at the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia (123 S. 17th St.). http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/music_nightlife/Local-singer - -songwriter-tribute-to-Joni-Mitchell.html http://joshua-thomas.ticketleap.com/jonimitchell/ - -- *i'm frightened by the devil, and I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid...* ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:21:12 +0100 From: lawntreader@googlemail.com Subject: Re: Sweet Bird and Aging and whatever else A friend of mine said that she had always dreaded getting crow's feet around her eyes, then one day she "looked into the mirror and saw the entire crow" staring back. Not sure if that's a sweet bird! Anita > On 31 Jul 2015, at 18:30, David J. Phillips wrote: > > The line that keeps coming to me is "all these vain promises on beauty jars." I'm sixty now, and youth, just plain old youth, has never been so attractive to me. It takes my breath away to see a man in his twenties, or thirties. And I look at myself here - unguents and personal trainers and facials. (There's a New Yorker cartoon of three gay men of a certain age. One is saying "It's not the senior moments that get to me, It's the Death in Venice moments.") > > And honestly, my life at sixty is about the best it has ever been. But on bad days I look at calendars circled with compromise, or missed opportunities, or just plain erroneous (though well-considered) decisions. > > Ah well. I smile at the sweet bird, up on its feathers laughing. > > djp > >> On 31/07/15 11:3705, Susan E. McNamara wrote: >> I hear you Rob. I have 12 years on you, and it's really been hitting >> home. Yesterday I had to buy two pairs of eye glasses to cover four >> levels of seeing - reading/computer and reading/driving ... not only >> did I wake up vanishing but my retirement nest egg is vanishing too >> ... ch-ching. Plus someone is going to reach planet earth in the >> next calendar year who will eventually start calling me the G-word. >> Actually, can't wait for that one!!! >> >> -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org >> [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Rob Procyk Sent: Friday, >> July 31, 2015 3:32 AM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Sweet Bird and Aging >> and whatever else >> >> I'm reading posts completely out of order due to my wonky email and >> our temperamental Smoe, so I am sorry if this is part of a "me too" >> chorus. My dear friend Mark, "Sweet Bird" has become so special to me >> the past few years. Indeed, it may almost be my fave Joni song now, >> just for the line you mentioned. Lately, the dragging my feet to slow >> the circles down thing is so very real. I mean, I've always felt the >> sadness of aging as the years have gone by, but right now, it's all >> too real. When I think back to how quickly the past 25 years have >> gone, I'm rattled. I've always looked young and acted younger. Now >> I'm 45, and while I may not look it, I finally feel it. My standing >> joke has been "I can't be in my 40s - I still eat candy and watch >> Scooby Doo reruns!" But it's true - I'm not 6 anymore. I've been >> married 17 years, I've been orphaned by both parents during the last >> 7 years, I've had 4 kids and have become the father to teenagers, >> I've fallen into a complex job... My ma! ntras are a mixture of the >> Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"and FM's "Landslide" and "Sweet >> Bird" and "Nothing Can Be Done." I'm not really liking this stage - I >> know it's just holding pattern until the next age shift brings about >> a whole new set of intricate issues. However, all that being said, I >> choose to cling to the idea that happiness is the best facelift. So >> while I come to terms with the fact that it will never be 1979 again >> and I'll never be listening to Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" through >> big-ass headphones in our rumpus room, I'm still comforted that I'm >> not the only one who has realized that they have woke up vanishing. >> And, sometimes, we all have to get out of our heads, so I'm sending >> awesome vibes for all y'all who get to go to SC Jonifest. TGIF, Rob >> >> Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2015 #383 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendto joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------