From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V1 #49 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Friday, May 21 1999 Volume 01 : Number 049 The Laborday JoniFest is happening this fall! For information: send a message to Join the mailing list at: ------- The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage is maintained by Wally Breese at http://www.jonimitchell.com and contains the latest news, a detailed bio, original interviews and essays, lyrics, and much more. ------- The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: The wind is in from Africa ["Kakki" ] re: Joni as classical/operatic [Robert Holliston ] Re: Joni Dream [TerryM2442@aol.com] Everybody's Talkin' [w evans ] Re: Too Grey Wooms [MDESTE1@aol.com] Joni at the movies ["Paul Castle" ] joni janet stevie [Bry-Bry ] Today in Joni History - May 21 [Today in Joni History ] Re: Today in Joni History - May 21 ["Kakki" ] ASCAP ETC. [Wally Breese ] RE: ASCAP ETC. [mwyarbro@zzapp.org] Re: ASCAP ETC. [Jerry Notaro ] [none] ["paul tyrer" ] Re: Joni Star Wars reference [Jill Tamada ] Classical Singers ["John Low" ] Today in Joni History - May 17 - An Unreleased LIVE album?? [Brian Gross] RE: Classical Singers ["Wally Kairuz" ] Sherelle checking in too! [picard3@webtv.net (Sherelle Smith)] la times, awards and a new album [Nicholas Bates ] Re: ASCAP piece and photo [CaTGirl627@aol.com] Re: A Walk on the Moon [CaTGirl627@aol.com] Re: The wind is in from Africa [IVPAUL42@aol.com] Everything JONI..... [CaTGirl627@aol.com] TapeTree #8 [Les Irvin ] Re: la times, awards and a new album ["Kakki" ] Re: la times, awards and a new album [RMuRocks@aol.com] Two Grey Rooms ["John Low" ] Re: ASCAP ETC. [CaTGirl627@aol.com] ASCAP Tribute [Lindsay Moon ] Re: Today in Joni History - May 17 - An Unreleased LIVE album?? [CaTGirl] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 00:46:54 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: The wind is in from Africa Tube wrote: > Here in Rome, the wind really does blow in from Africa; It's only three > hundred miles away across the Mediterranean, and whenever there's a > rainstorm blowing here from the south, it rains down sand in Rome that the > wind has whipped up from the desert in the North Sahara and Morocco. > What beautiful imagery. I never knew about this - it sounds wonderful and very romantic. > Do you get the same thing in California from Nevada/Colorado? No - our prevailing winds are from the ocean (west) and the north. We do have the warm Santana winds from the desert (east) but I think the sand must filter out as it blows through the canyons and mountain passes. If you are caught in strong winds in the desert, your car will usually be sandblasted and denuded of paint instantly! So, I guess you are the lucky one with the romantic Joni lyric to claim for your region. I think our remains "the hissing of summer lawns" or, in my particular case, "outside my sleepless window, the Hollywood sirens are screaming" ;-D Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 03:29:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Holliston Subject: re: Joni as classical/operatic Many of the vocal drawbacks described by Bob (the just so vibrato, the aloofness and emotional detachment) are detrimental to the current opera scene, too (I think my friend Wally K. would back me up on this ;-) Then there is Renee Fleming, a truly awe-inspiring singer, and a self-described Joni fan to boot. She could contribute a track or two, as long as she leaves room for Frederica von Stade. Sorry I already trashed the origin of this thread, so I hope this isn't confusing to any new readers ;-))) Roberto ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 08:03:44 EDT From: TerryM2442@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni Dream In a message dated 5/19/99 10:56:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, steve@psitech.com writes: << I got out my dulcimer to play something for her, and the bass D string kept slipping! Would not go into tune! Yikes! So I get out my guitar and sit on the floor, tuning up to my electronic tuner. Joni walks over and says "Still using metal, huh?" >> Dear Mr. Dulson, Zees ees a vonderful dream you haf. I tink ven you look at dee D strink and metal questions, you can see dat ze voman ees asking you vy your strinks not vorking goot. No, ve don't vant to go dere, sonny. My suggestion eez you ask yourself, mamala, haf you not been practicing mit ze dulcimer lately? Ze performance anxiety coult be ze problem. Tell Mees Meetchel you vant to be ze opening act for her, so you can brush up on ze live performances. Dat shoult do it. Yes. Dr. SigMondegreen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 08:10:29 -0400 (EDT) From: w evans Subject: Everybody's Talkin' > Boy, Gina this sounds like a Grammy category :~) > And I'm not sure exactly what the questions is, but what immediately > comes to my mind connecting music & film is the song "Everybody's > Talkin'" by Harry Nillsson which was contained in and used throughout > 'Midnight Cowboy'. Ironically, Nillsson had been asked by the producer > to write a song specifically for the film and he penned a tune called > "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City". The producers liked the > older song better, so they used it instead. All of the music in that > film was great, from Nillsson to the Ferrante & Teicher theme song to > the Elephant's Memory spaced-out hippie pieces. Nillsson didn't actually write "Everybody's Talkin'" and he wasn't the first to record it either. It was written by Fred Neil, and while I can't claim it to be the very first recording, I do know it was recorded by Spanky & Our Gang in 1967 on their, very sadly out of print and never on CD, "Like To Get To Know You" album. (Why hasn't Rhino picked up this one?!?!?!??!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 08:50:41 EDT From: MDESTE1@aol.com Subject: Re: Too Grey Wooms I twuly feel that you guys are simply focusing on what "art" is. It is something that conjures up unique images in each person who experiences it. In the old days of reproductive art (before impressionism) people used to discuss what the person might be saying to the other person in the painting etc. When impressionism and then modern cubist and textured art or Miro etc began to happen the issue went from something specific to literally what the effects of the painting did to ones feelings. A vague concept but a powerful one. So if one imagines a gender emanating from words thats what its supposed to do. In other words the MORE different images that a work can conjure up the better the work. my2$. marcel. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:33:54 +0100 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: Joni at the movies According to a review of Taming The Tiger in Mojo Magazine, Man from Mars was originally offered for the soundtrack of 'Grace of My Heart'. I don't know this film - is it about a missing Persian or Himalayan? (yes Catman, I could contain my inquisitiveness no longer and finally went to have a look!) PaulC np "Nice Kitty Kitty" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 12:22:15 -0400 From: Bry-Bry Subject: joni janet stevie MTV NEWS: 5.20.99 10:00 a.m. > JANET JACKSON, STEVIE WONDER FETE JONI MITCHELL > http://mtv.com/news/headlines/990520/story4.html > > Veteran singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell was the > honoree at convocation of ASCAP (American Society > of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) members in > Los Angeles on Monday night. > > Mitchell was given a "Founder's Award" for her > work, and among those adding their praise for > the event were Stevie Wonder, who contributed a > version of Mitchell's hippie anthem, "Woodstock," > and Janet Jackson (or at least it seemed to be her > under the hat). > > "My brother Randy was the first to introduce me to > Joni's music," said Janet, "and since then I, like > millions of others, have been a really, really big > fan. Joni's unwillingness to compromise and her > willingness to experiment has really shaped a > creative legacy..." > > Jackson, who sampled Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" > for her track "Got 'Til It's Gone," was also honored > by ASCAP for having one of the most-performed songs > of 1998 with "Together Again." > > For more on Janet Jackson, Joni Mitchell, and more, > check out the MTV News Gallery. STEVIE DOES WOODSTOCK IN REAL VIDEO! http://mtv.com/mtv/realmedia/playra.cgi?/mtv/news/real/w/wonder990520.rm An 11-second tease. A few more seconds and I'd say, 'I can die now.' B. - ----------------------------------------- http://www.bryanthomas.com music@bryanthomas.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 12:16:00 -0600 From: Today in Joni History Subject: Today in Joni History - May 21 1998: Joni, Bob Dylan, and Van Morrison perform the first of two nights in Los Angeles, California at The Pauley Pavillion. Read extensive coverage at: http://www.jonimitchell.com/OnTheRoadLAA98.html http://www.jmdl.com/articles/review980521.htm - -------- Know a date or month specific Joni tidbit? Send it off to JoniFact@jmdl.com and we'll add it to the list. - -------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 12:05:47 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Today in Joni History - May 21 > 1998: Joni, Bob Dylan, and Van Morrison perform the first of two nights in > Los Angeles, California at The Pauley Pavillion. > Read extensive coverage at: > http://www.jonimitchell.com/OnTheRoadLAA98.html > http://www.jmdl.com/articles/review980521.htm Ah yes, the first day of one of the most enchanted weeks of my life....time moves swift Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 99 13:16:05 -0700 From: Wally Breese Subject: ASCAP ETC. Hi everyone, Someone (was it Gina?) asked about the photo of Joni that ASCAP used on their site that doesn't really look like her, and as Kakki mentioned, it is by Paul Starr, Joni's friend and makeup man. This shot and some others by him are part of the Webpages I put up for Taming The Tiger last September. As soon as the TTT songbook contest ends (on May 25th), I'll be closing down one of my mailboxes, wallyb@pacbell.net, because I need to cut my expenses. My doctor has certified me as not healthy enough to go back to my job, so I've applied for SSDI but this can take up to 6 months to be processed. Even when and if my application is okayed, my monthly income will be drastically reduced, so some things just have to be let go. CDNOW.COM has completed it's merger with Music Boulevard and they're having a storewide sale to celebrate. Every item in their combined catalogue is on sale with up to 30% off, plus they're offering FREE SHIPPING! http://www.JoniMitchell.com/ShopPage998.html I've just put up a page about the ASCAP Founders Award which Joni received last Monday, and the page includes some photos from the event sent by my contacts at ASCAP. You can view the page at this address: http://www.JoniMitchell.com/ASCAPFoundersAward51799.html Later, Wally Breese The Joni Mitchell Homepage http://www.JoniMitchell.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:32:43 -0800 From: mwyarbro@zzapp.org Subject: RE: ASCAP ETC. Wally wrote: http://www.JoniMitchell.com/ASCAPFoundersAward51799.html And on that page is this little tidbit: she told them that she's working on her next album, a collection of jazz and pop standards that will include a new recording of her most-famous song, "Both Sides Now." Joni told the press that she is leaning towards calling the album Both Sides Now, and that after it's release, she plans to tour with a big band! WOW!! Thanks as always for the scoop, Wally! - --Michael NP: Susana Baca, _Susana Baca_ - ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:38:00 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: ASCAP ETC. Wally Breese wrote: > > CDNOW.COM has completed it's merger with Music Boulevard and they're > having a storewide sale to celebrate. Every item in their combined > catalogue is on sale with up to 30% off, plus they're offering FREE > SHIPPING! > > http://www.JoniMitchell.com/ShopPage998.html And all of Joni's cd's are sale priced at around 9.99. Go through Wally's page and fill in those gaps in your collection today! np: The McGarrigle Hour (what a gem) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 22:35:03 +0100 From: "paul tyrer" Subject: [none] OK, as everyone's talking about Star Wars, here's a Joni trivia question about it. In which song does Joni name-check STAR WARS (this is a serious question!! - I'm sure you'll all know the answer instantly) And David, you're right to rave over PJ Hrvey's Is This Desire - it's a fantastic achievement. PX ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:55:06 -0700 From: Jill Tamada Subject: Re: Joni Star Wars reference I believe that would be "Lucky Girl" right? "You're my lucky star You're my magician You make the night prowling disappear Vanished from the star-war-bars" Jill paul tyrer wrote: > > OK, as everyone's talking about Star Wars, here's a Joni trivia question > about it. > > In which song does Joni name-check STAR WARS (this is a serious question!! - > I'm sure you'll all know the answer instantly) > > And David, you're right to rave over PJ Hrvey's Is This Desire - it's a > fantastic achievement. > > PX ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 15:55:06 PDT From: "John Low" Subject: Classical Singers In the discussion on classical singers doing Joni songs Helen mentioned the NZ opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa. I'm sure that Joni's biographer, Brian Hinton, includes her in his list of those who have covered Joni songs. I think he says she has done a version of "Both Sides Now". Unfortunately, I'm at work right now and can't check. John. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:21:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Gross Subject: Today in Joni History - May 17 - An Unreleased LIVE album?? Les posted: Subject: Today in Joni History - May 17 1969: Today's issue of Rolling Stone features Joni on the cover. In the supporting article, the writer includes this very interesting paragraph: "Miss Mitchell, a wispy 25-year-old blonde, is best known for her compositions, "Michael from Mountains" and "Both Sides Now," as recorded by Judy Collins, and "The Circle Game," cut by Tom Rush. She has a first LP out (on Reprise). A second album -- recorded during successful concerts at UC Berkeley and at Carnegie Hall--is ready for release, and another studio album has already been recorded. She is editing a book of poetry and artwork; a volume of her compositions will follow shortly. And she has received a movie offer (to conceive, script and score a film)." My copy of Clouds says it was "Recorded at A&M Studios Hollywood, California (thank you)", which doesn't even remotely resemble UC Berkeley *or* Carnegie Hall, so... WHAT HAPPENNED TO THAT SECOND ALBUM THAT WAS READY FOR RELEASE ?????????? simon, do *you* have the masters ?? :-) (only kidding) Later, Brian np: Two Grey Rooms === "No paper thin walls No folks above No one else can hear the crazy cries of love" yeah, right _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 22:29:21 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Classical Singers >In the discussion on classical singers doing Joni songs Helen mentioned the >NZ opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa. I'm sure that Joni's biographer, Brian >Hinton, includes her in his list of those who have covered Joni songs I shudder at the thought!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WallyK ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:47:49 -0400 (EDT) From: picard3@webtv.net (Sherelle Smith) Subject: Sherelle checking in too! Lamadoo! You brought me out of the shadows! I had planned to announce to the JMDL my big news of reading in Entertainment Weekly that Joni won an award. I should have known that no secret could be withheld from the JMDL for long. It's nice to see your post Jim. Mary Pitasi, Ashara, Paul and everyone else here from day one, I miss you guys. I wish all well. To those who are newer to the list, I truly wish you a belated welcome you to this wonderful place. Don't fret or despair that because of a few disagreements that this list will disentegrate... It won't. I don't know how to explain it, but there is a bond here stronger than almost anything I've ever seen. I've been away from the list for almost a year because of starting a new job which has taken up a lot of my time, so I really miss staying up till 3 am reading and answering digests. And when I tell people about the Joni list, I feel as if I'm talking about one of my dearest, closest friends. Being away from the list, only stopping now and then to peek in, I'm amazed how all of the new members feel so at home so quickly. This is something that in almost three years, has never changed. Everyone is always welcomed as a long, lost friend who is beckoned to "Come In From The Cold" as Joni so nicely puts it. To know that others understand just how much Joni's music means to us, this is something money just cannot buy. I know my life has changed forever because of it. For the first time in my life, I was no longer afraid to fail. At forty-one years old, I'm finally beginning to live. So even though my name is not on the digest every day, my soul and spirit is always with you. Take care of yourselves. Sherelle Now Playing....Stay In Touch-Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:56:27 +1000 From: Nicholas Bates Subject: la times, awards and a new album Just thought I'd post this from Wednesday's LA times: IRENE LACHER / OUT & ABOUT Mitchell Goes Pop at ASCAP Awards Event By IRENE LACHER For a few minutes Monday evening, the Empire Room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel was a mini-Mount Olympus of pop music. Amid the crush of press covering ASCAP's 1999 pop music awards, a god and goddess were doing the rounds--Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder. By the way, the deities really are friends. How can we tell? "I told Joni to put that cigarette out," Wonder said. "I said, 'I'm going to have to get my belt, kid.' " The lady of the canyon seemed to be drinking in the accolades as the evening's top winner. Soon she would receive the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' Founders Award for being one of pop music's heppest cats ever. Of course, being Joni Mitchell, she couldn't resist peeling back the layers of the event. "Awards are nice if the right things are appreciated," she said with a smile, "but even in reviews, very seldom do I see a guy who really gets where the gemstones are. I see a lot of bad criticism and the praising of things that are right next to something that's more praiseworthy. I know where the bones are buried, the things that I would be critical of, but they [critics] don't land on them." Mitchell added that she's working on arrangements for a new album of standards, including "Stormy Weather," with the 66-piece El Niņo Orchestra. "I'm just going to come in and sing like Frank [Sinatra]." Give or take an octave Nicholas in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 19:19:25 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: la times, awards and a new album COOL, Nicholas! You mean to say you read the LA Times downunder? Has anyone ever heard of the El Nino Orchestra? Fishy name if you ask me. Unrelated: On a website about former Bangle Susanna Hoffs they asked her what her all time favorite album is. It's Blue. (Favorite color, too). RR ps how do you get that little squiggle thing over the n in Nino? Nicholas Bates wrote: > Just thought I'd post this from Wednesday's LA times: > > IRENE LACHER / OUT & ABOUT > Mitchell Goes Pop at ASCAP Awards Event > By IRENE LACHER > > For a few minutes Monday evening, the Empire Room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel was a mini-Mount Olympus of pop music. Amid the crush of press covering ASCAP's 1999 pop music awards, a god and goddess were doing the rounds--Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder. > By the way, the deities really are friends. How can we tell? > "I told Joni to put that cigarette out," Wonder said. "I said, 'I'm going to have to get my belt, kid.' " > The lady of the canyon seemed to be drinking in the accolades as the evening's top winner. Soon she would receive the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' Founders Award for being one of pop music's heppest cats ever. > Of course, being Joni Mitchell, she couldn't resist peeling back the layers of the event. > "Awards are nice if the right things are appreciated," she said with a smile, "but even in reviews, very seldom do I see a guy who really gets where the gemstones are. I see a lot of bad criticism and the praising of things that are right next to something that's more praiseworthy. I know where the bones are buried, the things that I would be critical of, but they [critics] don't land on them." > Mitchell added that she's working on arrangements for a new album of standards, including "Stormy Weather," with the 66-piece El Niņo Orchestra. "I'm just going to come in and sing like Frank [Sinatra]." Give or take an octave > > Nicholas in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:23:08 EDT From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: ASCAP piece and photo In a message dated 5/20/1999 1:31:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kakkib@att.net writes: << It is so uncanny how much she looks like Kilauren. I believe this photo is from part of a series shot by her make-up artist Paul Starr. The other >> Could it be that they are from the same blood line? ;) Catgirl....yeah I know being a smart alec...sorry! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:29:22 EDT From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: A Walk on the Moon In a message dated 5/20/1999 3:02:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ashara@aol.com writes: << I once again realized how strong a connection music is to my life and to my soul, and how music has traveled the path with me through every step of my journey. Don't miss this movie! Hugs, Ashara >> I have been thinking about seeing the movie myself. If it is still playing locally, I would like to go on Saturday. There are many times I stop and turn and hear Joni on the radio, in a store, on a TV show (Ally McBeal, Wonder Years) and it just makes me smile knowing that her music is subconsciously being driven into someones head...lucky person in deed! Catgirl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:29:40 EDT From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: The wind is in from Africa In a message dated 5/20/99 6:40:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kakkib@att.net writes: << > Do you get the same thing in California from Nevada/Colorado? No - our prevailing winds are from the ocean (west) and the north. We do have the warm Santana winds from the desert (east) but I think the sand must filter out as it blows through the canyons and mountain passes. >> Kakki, I never knew those winds out west were a Caravanserrai from Carlos Santana. I'd always thought they were more related to Santa Ana. Wasn't he the Mexican guy who blew out the Alamo? LOL Paul I ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:35:08 EDT From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Everything JONI..... Greetings, I am just amazed of how much Joni stuff is out there, especially on the Joni Mitchell Discussion list. I just got my video back from Ashara and boy did she go through alot of trouble for me!! Thanks sweetie! She even put beautiful Joni labels on the video box. They are exquisite!! I have tons of pictures orf Joni now in my download folder and plan on using them when I make my jewel case covers. Thanks for the great idea Pat Mead! I just love this list! All you people rule! (but of course Joni wouldn't have it any other way) Catgirl :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:49:30 -0600 From: Les Irvin Subject: TapeTree #8 Joniphiles - This is just a reminder that TapeTree #8 is a done deal. All who participated were emailed individually with the details. If you misplaced the info you can find the structure at: http://www.jmdl.com/trading/tree8s.htm. Once again, many, many thanks to simon who makes these Trees possible. It is through his kindness and generosity that we all get to hear this great stuff. Thanks simon! Les NP - Tom Waits again... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 20:39:19 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: la times, awards and a new album Randy asked: Has anyone ever heard of the El Nino Orchestra? Fishy name if you ask me. This is the group who were led and handpicked by Larry Klein, and accompanied Joni, Stevie Nicks, Bjork, Sheryl, etc. at the Stormy Weather concert last year. They are the very cream of the top musicians in L.A. and were amazing - not only live but on the Stormy Weather CD. I wonder if Joni is really going to cart a 66-piece band around with her on a tour?? It would be fantastic, though. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 00:00:46 EDT From: RMuRocks@aol.com Subject: Re: la times, awards and a new album In a message dated 5/20/99 10:54:12 PM Central Daylight Time, kakkib@att.net writes: << I wonder if Joni is really going to cart a 66-piece band around with her on a tour?? It would be fantastic, though. >> She'll have to START in the southeast, though, since that's where she left off... Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:11:33 PDT From: "John Low" Subject: Two Grey Rooms In light of the recent interesting discussion about "Two Grey Rooms" I would like to share the following: Listening again to the song last night some half remembered words of Jack Kerouac came to mind (serendipity?) after Joni sang those sad,lovely lines - "No-one knows I'm here / One day I just disappeared / And took these two grey rooms up here / With a view." When the song finished I went and hunted up the Kerouac lines which come originally from an essay on the Beats he published in a magazine called Esquire in 1958. He observed that 'beat'"meant characters of a special spirituality who didn't gang up but were solitary Bartlebies staring out the dead wall window of our civilization." Is this not Joni Mitchell, I thought! John. PS. If Joni is 'beat' is "Hejira" her "On the Road"? PPS. Bartleby is a character in a short story by Herman Melville. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 00:13:11 EDT From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: ASCAP ETC. In a message dated 5/20/1999 4:34:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mwyarbro@zzapp.org writes: << she told them that she's working on her next album, a collection of jazz and pop standards that will include a new recording of her most-famous song, "Both Sides Now." Joni told the press that she is leaning towards calling the album Both Sides Now, and that after it's release, she plans to tour with a big band! WOW!! Thanks as always for the scoop, Wally! --Michael >> ....and this time I plan on going to her shows and travelling around and checking out different venue around the country to see Joni perform for possibly the last time. Anyone else want to join me? Catgirl......... I'm travelling in some vehicle, sleeping in some cafe..... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:18:02 -0700 From: Lindsay Moon Subject: ASCAP Tribute What a great tribute to Joni at the ASCAP award! Kakki's right, whoever wrote it really knew the essence of Joni (at least as we see it). Those are the kinds of tributes I love, just glowing. Lindsay Moon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 00:22:02 EDT From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: Today in Joni History - May 17 - An Unreleased LIVE album?? In a message dated 5/20/1999 7:25:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, briangross@rocketmail.com writes: << WHAT HAPPENNED TO THAT SECOND ALBUM THAT WAS READY FOR RELEASE ?????????? simon, do *you* have the masters ?? :-) (only kidding) Later, Brian >> I am not kidding....Well simon..any comment! whooooo-hooo! 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