From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V1 #135 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Thursday, July 29 1999 Volume 01 : Number 135 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: -------- The Montreux Report [M.Russell@iaea.org] "The New Joni Mitchell" ["Paul Castle" ] Woodstock (SJC) [Brian Gross ] Re: Woodstock (SJC) [luvart@snet.net] My Top 10 [Medric Faulkner ] Re: "The New Joni Mitchell" [PJT ] Re: My Top 10 [TreyCozy@aol.com] Re: My Top 10 [Jerry Notaro ] Re: My Top 10 [Jason Maloney ] AOL IM and stuff... ["Seth Garrison" ] RE: My Top 10 [Louis Lynch ] Re: My Top 10 [Don Rowe ] Re: My Top 10 [Mark Domyancich ] Re: My Top 10 ["nadine nixson-revolks" ] Re: My Top 10 [Jason Maloney ] David Baerwald SJC [Bounced Message ] Free music offer for Joni Fans! [Info@danamase.com] The *real* new Joni Mitchell(?) [mwyarbro@zzapp.org] Re: Free music offer for Joni Fans! [Mark Domyancich ] Re: Free music offer for Joni Fans! [Deb Messling ] OOPS: Free music offer for Joni Fans! [Deb Messling ] Re: My Top 10 [Jason Long ] Re: My Top 10 ["Mark or Travis" ] Small Joni World [Bounced Message ] Re: My top ten list ["Chad Burkhart" ] Joni in Entertainment Weekly [WirlyPearl@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:35:31 +0200 From: M.Russell@iaea.org Subject: The Montreux Report Lori Reason sent me this wonderful report about the music festival in Montreux. I am sharing it with the list with her permission. I left off the NJC tag because she mentions Joni in a couple of places - apologies to the Joni-only people if this is wrong. Sometimes I find it hard to distinguish what should and should not be NJC tagged. - ---------------------------------------------- The Montreux Report - from Lori Reason We got first row (not front row) seats by cruising up to the box office a half hour before the show - extraordinary. This is the row right behind the celebrities who can sit it on any concert. People JT knew sat in front of us - at one point he jumped off the stage to say hi to the guy right in front of me and gave him a hug. He was inches from me! (Ahhh...) I don't know who the guy was - also the girl sitting with him looked familiar - it's gonna drive me crazy 'til I find out. His voice (!!!) is so gorgeous, and he told jokes, made fun of himself, his songs, and his longevity in the biz all evening. It could not have been better. He's such a crowd pleaser - sang Fire & Rain, You've Got a Friend, Shower the People (my favorite), How Sweet It Is... you get the idea - sang old hits and a few from his new CD. They were soulful and warm - even more beautiful than his old music, and you know that is saying a mouthful. Well, now I have to get the CD's of course - that's why they tour, right? The only one I wanted to hear that he didn't do is Long Ago and Far Away - but he didn't have a girl to sing the Joni part - I *could* have volunteered... He introduced You've Got a Friend by saying he wandered into a club to see this singer/songwriter 20+ (uh-em... 30+) years ago and had no idea at that the time he recorded it that he would be singing it 20 years on... Montreux is the perfect place for Ms. Mitchell to perform. Between songs you could hear a pin drop. People are so respectful and quiet - a bit too quiet sometimes - I felt people weren't interested but they were - the applause - he came out for 3 or 4 encores - I really think he was pleased with us. Or he's just so gracious and generous. Good thing Timo was with me - I may have tried to run off with the band! Had the same trouble last year when I saw Crosby's new band CPR, but that's another report. The Vocal Workshop didn't have much to do with voice. Noa talked about how they got together and their creative process - which for me was more interesting. She was born in Israel, was raised in the Bronx by her Yemeni parents. She has an amazingly warm, rich, beautiful voice. She also sat in front of me while watching Eagle Eye Cherry (son of Don Cherry-the blues singer) who performed just before James T. Anyway, she sings in Hebrew, English and French. She says she grew up listening to her parents music, so is heavily influenced by that (Byzantine scale? - she didn't say but it sounded like it & that's the scale they use, right?). She started the workshop singing in Hebrew, and towards the end of what sounded like the saddest song on earth she tapped her chest for percussion. She took my breath away. Tears poured down - I was (embarrassed to say the least - good thing I wasn't in the front row that time, huh?) overwhelmed. Then she sang a verse in English (paraphrasing here): Please don't make me marry him I want to marry for love I am a human being with feelings Don't use me for chattel.. (okay, it WAS the saddest song on earth) and she and her guitar player talked about harmonic counterpoint, and how a song has different rhythms in different languages. I knew this intuitively, but was interesting to listen to them break it down, change it from the original to what sounded like Medieval English or baroque music. He is an excellent and well disciplined guitar player. I think you would have loved him. Oh, and they mentioned JONI (!), James, Leonard Cohen & CS&N as being their influences, as they are around our age and that was what they also listened to growing up. She is everywhere. Musicians really get her - it's the general public who are not musicians who struggle to listen to her - - she is too intelligent and complex for most people - thus her lack of commercial success. Even I, who adore her, have to sit with her new music for a while (except NRH & TTT - wow) until I "get" it. Anyway, translating into English is a good marketing strategy - she is very clever, ambitious and wants to be very successful. She went to music school in Israel and while there captured the attention of her music teacher (who is a pop star in Israel) with her voice and compositions, and is now her guitar player. They jokingly said she 'ruined' his career by taking him away from what he was doing - but he obviously prefers playing with her. Also, they joked about her having no musical discipline - she hates doing scales (there is hope for me yet - I'm the same!). Her process is she just comes up with a tune, hums it for the guys, they work on instrumentation, and somewhere in there she adds words. Sounds delicious! After playing together for a while they added a drummer. He talked about drumming techniques on tambourine, the Irish drum (Bodran?) and a couple of Turkish drums. I didn't realise they actually snap their fingers on the outer side of the drum to make the loud popping sound. He is truly gifted - and so coordinated. He is also very shy, very tall, bald, and a very tender person. It was so fun watching and listening to him. She didn't say anything about voice technique until someone asked during the question & answer session at the end. All she had to say was do lots of sit ups & push ups every day for diaphragm control, and your entire upper body (at least) must be completely relaxed to sing well. She couldn't tell us much as she wasn't keen on singing lessons and it's obvious she was born with a great gift. Hope you enjoyed this a little bit. Lori Reason ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 12:48:12 +0100 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: "The New Joni Mitchell" Pam pjtjoy@yahoo.com wrote:- >>I have never heard Joni be particularly >>negative to any other musician outside the context of >>responses to "their" negativity. Neither have I. Surely Joni's poo-pooing of Tracy Chapman was, I'm sure I remember correctly, only based on the fact that, in the publicity for her hugely successful debut album, Tracy had been called "The New Joni Mitchell". In the interview I read, I sensed that Joni was more irritated by that particular 'overused' marketing tag, which seemed to be (and still often is) used by record companies/publicists for every new female singer/songwriter who can play acoustic guitar or piano and write lyrics with a social conscience. Joni felt (perhaps a little less arrogantly than that particular interviewer tried to make her appear) that, in effect, it was ridiculous to make that assertion based on one album's worth of songs. Also, you would think that 'The New Joni Mitchell' would have at least shown some innovation in her guitar tunings or piano colourings to warrant the comparison. I don't remember Joni saying that she didn't actually like Tracy or, for that matter, any of the other 'pretenders to her throne', as the media like to say. She was just a bit insulted that they (or their publicity people) seemed to be trying to ride on her coat tails and create a wholly unwarranted impression. And, for me at least, Joni was right. Tracy has not turned out to be 'The New Joni Mitchell'. Personally, I loved 'Fast Car' and most of the tracks from the first album. But I do not rush out and buy every new album without bothering to hear any of the tracks on it first - I do not marvel at her amazing chord sequences or startling vocal phrasing - I do not crave to hear her demos and out-takes. I still think she's good, though. PaulC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 05:54:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Gross Subject: Woodstock (SJC) With all the shit that went on at this year's incarnation/imitation of Woodstock, I will be eternally glad to have been in attendance at last year's "A Day in The Garden" at the original 1969 festival site in Bethel and able to witness Joni's one and only performance at the place she immortalized in song. And being there with the couple of dozen JMDLers who staked out our space "up close and personal" made it even more special and memorable. The spirit of Joni's Woodstock lives on. Take care, everyone. Brian np: Dawntreader (He aches and he learns to live) === "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: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:35:07 -0400 From: luvart@snet.net Subject: Re: Woodstock (SJC) At 05:54 AM 7/28/99 -0700, you wrote: >With all the shit that went on at this year's incarnation/imitation of >Woodstock, I will be eternally glad to have been in attendance at last year's >"A Day in The Garden" at the original 1969 festival site in Bethel and able to >witness Joni's one and only performance at the place she immortalized in song. > >And being there with the couple of dozen JMDLers who staked out our space "up >close and personal" made it even more special and memorable. > I was there with Brian and others too. It was, indeed, memorable. That is a day I will never forget ..... seeing Joni with many JMDL pals! "Come down from the neon lights Come down from the tourist sights Run down till the rain delights you You do not hide Sunlight will renew your pride Skin white by skin golden Like a promise to be free ...." I love this song, Bri! peace, love, happiness Heather ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 06:42:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Medric Faulkner Subject: My Top 10 Medric's Eclectic Group 1. Joni Mitchell 2. Stevie Nicks 3. Melanie 4. Joan Baez 5. Judy Collins 6. Joan Armatrading 7. Dusty Springfield 8. Janis Ian 9. Annie Lennox 10. Bjork _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:04:34 -0700 (PDT) From: PJT Subject: Re: "The New Joni Mitchell" Paul, This is the first I have heard of and reference to Joni regarding Tracy. And from you writing, her response was just what I would have expected. In my opinion they are nothing alike. But if you dont have it, the album to have by Tracy is "New Beginnings", maybe it was the benefit of seeing in live, but I absolutely love that album, and not for Give Me One Reason. Remember The Tinman, At This Point In My Life, and the title song "New Beginnings" are all wonderfully uplifting songs for me. Anyway, I related to them and they gave me hope. If you havent heard them and liked Fast Car, check them out, I dont think you will be disappointed. Pam - --- Paul Castle wrote: > Pam pjtjoy@yahoo.com wrote:- > > >>I have never heard Joni be particularly > >>negative to any other musician outside the context > of > >>responses to "their" negativity. > > Neither have I. Surely Joni's poo-pooing of Tracy > Chapman was, I'm sure I > remember correctly, only based on the fact that, in > the publicity for her > hugely successful debut album, Tracy had been called > "The New Joni Mitchell". > > In the interview I read, I sensed that Joni was more > irritated by that > particular 'overused' marketing tag, which seemed to > be (and still often is) > used by record companies/publicists for every new > female singer/songwriter > who can play acoustic guitar or piano and write > lyrics with a social > conscience. Joni felt (perhaps a little less > arrogantly than that > particular interviewer tried to make her appear) > that, in effect, it was > ridiculous to make that assertion based on one > album's worth of songs. > > Also, you would think that 'The New Joni Mitchell' > would have at least shown > some innovation in her guitar tunings or piano > colourings to warrant the > comparison. I don't remember Joni saying that she > didn't actually like Tracy > or, for that matter, any of the other 'pretenders to > her throne', as the > media like to say. She was just a bit insulted that > they (or their > publicity people) seemed to be trying to ride on her > coat tails and create a > wholly unwarranted impression. > > And, for me at least, Joni was right. Tracy has not > turned out to be 'The > New Joni Mitchell'. Personally, I loved 'Fast Car' > and most of the tracks > from the first album. But I do not rush out and buy > every new album without > bothering to hear any of the tracks on it first - I > do not marvel at her > amazing chord sequences or startling vocal phrasing > - I do not crave to hear > her demos and out-takes. I still think she's good, > though. > > PaulC > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:11:39 EDT From: TreyCozy@aol.com Subject: Re: My Top 10 Here are mine.. 1. Brittany Spears 2. Samantha Fox 3. Paula Abdul 4. Stacey Q 5. Mariah Carey 6. Posh 7. Ginger 8. Baby 9. Sporty 10. (tie) Scary and Joni Mitchell Tee hee.. I couldn't resist. Hello all.. I'm back from my vacation and feeling less than refreshed -- San Francisco is after all paradise -- the rest of the world appears to be on fire!! Nice to be back.. Trey np - the hum of my computer as I contemplate sending this Top Ten list!! =) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:25:57 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: My Top 10 TreyCozy@aol.com wrote: > Here are mine.. > > 1. Brittany Spears > 2. Samantha Fox > 3. Paula Abdul > 4. Stacey Q > 5. Mariah Carey > 6. Posh > 7. Ginger > 8. Baby > 9. Sporty > 10. (tie) Scary and Joni Mitchell > > Tee hee.. I couldn't resist. You almost gave this poor old librarian a heart attack!!!! Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 19:50:06 +0100 From: Jason Maloney Subject: Re: My Top 10 Trey - diverting his attention from MTV for a moment - wrote: > Here are mine.. > > 1. Brittany Spears > 2. Samantha Fox > 3. Paula Abdul > 4. Stacey Q > 5. Mariah Carey > 6. Posh > 7. Ginger > 8. Baby > 9. Sporty > 10. (tie) Scary and Joni Mitchell Now THAT'S more like it!!! At last....someone's got it all sussed...though I'm afraid you omitted Debbie Gibson. Maybe she could replace Joni as equal 10th? Mitchell might have been hot once, but now she's just a bad-tempered old dear who sings about her cats ;-) Jason. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 13:51:23 CDT From: "Seth Garrison" Subject: AOL IM and stuff... Hello~ First of all, I'm pleasd to find that Joni Mitchell fans around the world are kind and pleasant. It's a lovely thing to find out. Secondly, I don't know if any of you use AOL Instant Messanger, but it's such a convenient little contraption for comunication. If any of you do have it, my handle is "LilArbutus," but it's under another e-mail address. That address is: "torianipo@hotmail.com." And... I currently attend a residential school for "acedemically inclined" juniors and seniors (MS School for Math and Science), but soon, as the story usually goes, I will be moving off to college. You seem to be an intelligent bunch of folks (how do you like that Southern drawl?), and I was wondering if any of you could offer any input on where to go to school. My first choice at this moment is Sarah Lawrence College (in NY), and my second choice is Amherst College (MA). If any of you could offer me any advice, it would be greatly appreciated. By the way, I really love this list. Thanks for making me feel welcome! seth "some are friendly some are cutting some are watching it from the wings some are standing in the center giving to get something" Peoples Parties _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:59:15 -0700 From: Louis Lynch Subject: RE: My Top 10 What blasphemy!!! Ranking Joni below the spice girls. Even as a joke, it's too sick! I would say don't go there, but since you're there, come back from there right away. If you're Catholic, Trey, please run straight to the confessional. If you're other Christian, please pray to Jesus for forgiveness. If you're Jewish, atone mightily. If you're pagan, do a banishing. If you're Buddhist, meditate seriously. If you're Muslim, Allah help you. If you're an atheist, listen to "Blue" 100 times without stopping. None of the recent scary movies we've discussed can top your list for sheer horror! Bless you, child. Harper Lou Don - -----Original Message----- From: TreyCozy@aol.com [mailto:TreyCozy@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 2:12 PM To: megg56@yahoo.com; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: My Top 10 Here are mine.. 1. Brittany Spears 2. Samantha Fox 3. Paula Abdul 4. Stacey Q 5. Mariah Carey 6. Posh 7. Ginger 8. Baby 9. Sporty 10. (tie) Scary and Joni Mitchell Tee hee.. I couldn't resist. Hello all.. I'm back from my vacation and feeling less than refreshed -- San Francisco is after all paradise -- the rest of the world appears to be on fire!! Nice to be back.. Trey np - the hum of my computer as I contemplate sending this Top Ten list!! =) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 12:18:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Rowe Subject: Re: My Top 10 - --- Jerry Notaro wrote: > TreyCozy@aol.com wrote: > > > Here are mine.. > > > > 1. Brittany Spears > > 2. Samantha Fox > > 3. Paula Abdul > > 4. Stacey Q > > 5. Mariah Carey > > 6. Posh > > 7. Ginger > > 8. Baby > > 9. Sporty > > 10. (tie) Scary and Joni Mitchell > > > > Tee hee.. I couldn't resist. > I really agree with most of this, but I think I'd have to go with Debbie Gibson in you #2 slot, and just so I don't get accused of growing another white lilly, I'll go ahead and give a two-way nod to Brandy/Monica in the #4 spot. Don Rowe _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:38:32 -0500 From: Mark Domyancich Subject: Re: My Top 10 How could you forget Jennifer Lopez?!?!? At 12:18 PM -0700 7/28/99, Don Rowe wrote: >I really agree with most of this, but I think I'd have >to go with Debbie Gibson in you #2 slot, and just so I >don't get accused of growing another white lilly, I'll >go ahead and give a two-way nod to Brandy/Monica in >the #4 spot. ____________________________ | Mark Domyancich | | Harpua@revealed.net | | home.revealed.net/Harpua | |__________________________| ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:41:20 -0500 From: "nadine nixson-revolks" Subject: Re: My Top 10 How can you forget Ricky Martin? - -----Original Message----- From: Mark Domyancich To: Don Rowe ; joni@smoe.org Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 2:40 PM Subject: Re: My Top 10 >How could you forget Jennifer Lopez?!?!? > >At 12:18 PM -0700 7/28/99, Don Rowe wrote: >>I really agree with most of this, but I think I'd have >>to go with Debbie Gibson in you #2 slot, and just so I >>don't get accused of growing another white lilly, I'll >>go ahead and give a two-way nod to Brandy/Monica in >>the #4 spot. > >____________________________ >| Mark Domyancich | >| Harpua@revealed.net | >| home.revealed.net/Harpua | >|__________________________| > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:58:30 +0100 From: Jason Maloney Subject: Re: My Top 10 nadine nixson-revolks wrote: > > How can you forget Ricky Martin? Well, as far as I know...he's not female.....not completely, anyway ;-) Jason. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:18:02 -0600 From: Bounced Message Subject: David Baerwald SJC From: "nadine nixson-revolks" Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:46:34 -0500 There is an album by David Baerwald titled, "Bedtime Stories" on which Joni sings on the song, "The Best Inside You." Her then husband Larry Kline produced the album. I must say this is way up on my list of favorite albums. Great songwriting, fantastic lyrics, a good mix of styles. Kinda like a male Joni. He writes dark lyrics to catchy tunes. Give it a listen guys, you know that anything Joni's involved in has to be good, and this is certainly no exception. By the way, David B. came from the group David & David which also put out a killer album, "Boomtown." Phil for our on-line catalog and vdubs for sale visit our web site at http://www.tcac.net/~revolks/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:14:53 -0400 From: Info@danamase.com Subject: Free music offer for Joni Fans! Hi Guys If you love Joni's music then there is an excellent chance you're going to appreciate the music of Dana Mase - and we're going to prove it to you by giving you a Free CD single from Dana's latest album called "Fall Away"! To get the free single, simply visit Dana's site at http://www.danamase.com and join her mailing list. We'll mail it out to you right away as long as supplies last. If you prefer to first here a preview of "Fall Away" in Liquid Audio, click below: http://www.liquidmusicnetwork.com/cgi-bin/lms/lav?s,48486,,publisher In order to hear the music, you will need the Liquid Audio player which can be downloaded by clicking here: http://www.liquidaudio.com If you want to download other great MP3's from Dana's latest album, "Through the Concrete and the Rocks, visit MP3.COM at : http://www.mp3.com/artists/8/dana_mase.html Dana Mase’s new album, “Through the Concrete and the Rocks” in stores now. Please let us hear from you all the best Water Records, Inc. http://www.danamase.com “The slight catch in Dana Mase's yearning voice is the sonic equivalent of the sense of doubt that pervades her songs. Doubt is perhaps unusual for such a spiritual-minded believer, but it's the strange combination of uncertainty and faith that provides the tension in Mase's work that keeps a listener coming back for more. Produced by Steve Addabbo (Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega), the melodic folk-pop of Mase's third album has occasionally haunting, rock-fueled edges and bridges that land it solidly in contemporary Lilith Fair territory, making her a good bet to be the next Paula Cole.- SPINS, Berkshire Eagle, April 26, 1998 "Dana Mase, extremely personal music performed by an extraordinary artist." - Gavin "Depth and Coherence"... a wonderful collection of songs produced by Steve Addabbo (Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega). ...eleven very strong songs.. - FMQB - Progressive Adult Radio Picks ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:13:42 -0800 From: mwyarbro@zzapp.org Subject: The *real* new Joni Mitchell(?) Comparisons in music criticism are always dangerous and usually lazy, but I love it when a critic looks beyond the surface trappings of artists to compare their spirits. A review of Lauryn Hill's recent San Francisco-are concert compared her to Joni, which I've seen happen now at least five times: "Lauryn Hill, not yet 25 years old, already has far more musical descendants than she has predecessors. What the multi-genre musician does is so unique, so visionary, that there are few who went before her who you can say had the same impact. Oddly, the only one who comes to mind is Joni Mitchell. Because of her clarity of vision, her heartbreaking vulnerability and self-deprecation, her courage in telling the truth, even her joie de vivre. Mitchell, like Hill, is that rare artist who inspires simply by being who she is." Fine praise for two deserving artists. I wonder what Joni would think of the comparison? - --Michael - ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 16:26:27 -0500 From: Mark Domyancich Subject: Re: Free music offer for Joni Fans! Is this another one of those "Plug of the week"'s in disguise? At 5:14 PM -0400 7/28/99, Info@danamase.com wrote: ____________________________ | Mark Domyancich | | Harpua@revealed.net | | home.revealed.net/Harpua | |__________________________| ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:40:52 +0100 From: catman Subject: Re: My Top 10 BRAVO! So there is at least one unpretentious soul out there! I must say tho that I am surprised you rate Samantha only no 2. Her talents are HUGE! TreyCozy@aol.com wrote: > Here are mine.. > > 1. Brittany Spears > 2. Samantha Fox > 3. Paula Abdul > 4. Stacey Q > 5. Mariah Carey > 6. Posh > 7. Ginger > 8. Baby > 9. Sporty > 10. (tie) Scary and Joni Mitchell > > Tee hee.. I couldn't resist. Hello all.. I'm back from my vacation and > feeling less than refreshed -- San Francisco is after all paradise -- the > rest of the world appears to be on fire!! Nice to be back.. > > Trey > np - the hum of my computer as I contemplate sending this Top Ten list!! =) - -- CARLY SIMON DISCUSSION LIST http://www.ethericcats.demon.co.uk/ethericcats/index.html TANTRA’S/ETHERIC PERSIANS AND HIMALAYANS http://www.ethericcats.demon.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 19:40:06 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: Free music offer for Joni Fans! I really, really resent some marketer invading a non-commercial list. Part of the fun of a music mailing list is getting recommendations about new artists, but when recommendations start coming along that are clearly profit-motivated, it takes the fun away. At 05:14 PM 7/28/99 -0400, you wrote: >If you love Joni's music then there is an excellent chance you're going >to appreciate the music of Dana Mase - and we're going to prove it to >you by giving you a Free CD single from Dana's latest album called >"Fall Away"! To get the free single, simply visit Dana's site at >http://www.danamase.com and join her mailing list. We'll mail it out >to you right away as long as supplies last. > Deb Messling messling@enter.net http://www.enter.net/~messling/ ~there are only three kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 19:44:17 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: OOPS: Free music offer for Joni Fans! Sorry for the lack of the NJC tag in my last post! BTW, case in point about *worthwhile* recommendations is Michael's post about Lauryn Hill. It certainly has inspired me to check her out! Deb Messling messling@enter.net http://www.enter.net/~messling/ ~there are only three kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:48:53 -0400 From: Jason Long Subject: Re: My Top 10 Don Rowe wrote: >- --- Jerry Notaro wrote: >> TreyCozy@aol.com wrote: >> >> > Here are mine.. >> > >> > 1. Brittany Spears >> > 2. Samantha Fox >> > 3. Paula Abdul >> > 4. Stacey Q >> > 5. Mariah Carey >> > 6. Posh >> > 7. Ginger >> > 8. Baby >> > 9. Sporty >> > 10. (tie) Scary and Joni Mitchell >> > >> > Tee hee.. I couldn't resist. >> >I really agree with most of this, but I think I'd have >to go with Debbie Gibson in you #2 slot, and just so I >don't get accused of growing another white lilly, I'll >go ahead and give a two-way nod to Brandy/Monica in >the #4 spot. But where would that leave poor Stacey Q? She really did give her all with that "Two of Hearts" song, and having drained every ounce of creative energy for the sake of that one recording, she hasn't been heard from again. Such a shame, and now you want her achievement to go unrecognized? Oh well, at least maybe the pop history books will get it right. ;) Other than that, the rest of the choices look about right, but who's this Joni Mitchell? Is she new? ;) Jase ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 18:12:04 -0700 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: My Top 10 BRAVO! So there is at least one unpretentious soul out there! I must say tho that I am surprised you rate Samantha only no 2. Her talents are HUGE! So who the hell is she, anyway?? Mark in Seattle TreyCozy@aol.com wrote: > Here are mine.. > > 1. Brittany Spears > 2. Samantha Fox ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:51:12 -0600 From: Bounced Message Subject: Small Joni World From: Ginamu@aol.com Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:31:33 EDT I went to my favorite record store (For The Record in Amherst, Massachusetts) to pick up the only two Joni recordings I didn't have on CD - Wild Things Run Fast and Shadows and Light. When I brought my items up to the clerk, he mentioned how nicely remastered the Shadows and Light CD was. I said something about arguably being the biggest Joni fan in Western Massachusetts and he said something about being willing to argue that *he* was! The subject of the JMDL came up and he told me that he used to su.bscribe to the list but wasn't able to continue due to the large volume of list mail. If he hadn't been working, I'm sure we would have chatted for hours! As it was, we talked for quite a while between customers and exchanged email addresses. Julian seemed so warm and intelligent and friendly but I've largely come to expect no less from Joni's truest fans! Chance encounters with Joni fans are such a treat, aren't they? Warmly, Gina NP: Underneath The Streetlight ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 19:58:03 PDT From: "Chad Burkhart" Subject: Re: My top ten list OK, I have been reading these posts for what seems like forever now and they are all pretty much the same. It is safe to assume that most of us would put Joni on top, if not first then certainaly second. I wasn't going to say anything on the issue but I almost fell out of my chair when I read Lou's post about putting Joni's music behind the spice girls even as a joke. And Lou, I am an atheist (sort of) and I love Blue very much but 100 times in a row, the overkill might turn me off an otherwise good listen. :-) Cheers,Yours always, Chadly From Mountains ICQ = 41775889 Go where you will go to Know that I will know you Someday I may know you very well ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:14:53 EDT From: WirlyPearl@aol.com Subject: Joni in Entertainment Weekly Hi Guys, "JONI SIGHTING IN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY!!" That's what what my husband Steve yelled down the stairs after he took the latest copy with him from the kitchen table. He managed to get to it before I did. "Hey, she's got really great legs." That's the next thing he said. There's a wonderful small black and white photo of a young Joni, all smiles and long hair, seated and playing guitar in a short skirt. And her legs do look great. Under the heading of "BEHIND THE MUSES" it says: VH1 counts down the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll and causes KEN TUCKER to wonder who the heck drummed up this wacko list! That pretty much sums up what he thinks about it. He questions how the list was compiled. "A voice-over informs us that "VH1 asked the world's most influential women" for their choices. Hmmm- world's most influential. Madeleine Albright? Toni Morrison? Martha Stewart? Who these women were VH1 never bothers to enumerate. One thing's for sure: the net would have done a lot better if it had hired some female rock critics to provide on air insight and perspective.....There's a lot of "Move over boys---the girls are here!" rhetoric but little substantial discussion of specific obstacles overcome, sexism confronted, sisterhood achieved." He goes on to say: So who's No. 1 The network doesn't want me to spoil the surprise, but I'll venture my endorsement of it as an unassailably logical, well-deserved, kinda surprising (i.e. she ain't white) choice. (I can't agree here, I could never see what's so great about Aretha). On the other hand, No 3 ( who shall also go nameless, is someone I consider possibly the most overrated performer, female or male, in the history of rock. (Amen to that..I personally can't stand Janis Joplin even though she used my name - Pearl. I don't under- stand her appeal at all). Now for the IMPORTANT JONI PART...THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE ARTICLE, QUOTED FROM KEN TUCKER... "Oh, and this: JONI MITCHELL (No. 5) should have been rated higher, and it's maddening that with five hours to fill, the producers couldn't have shown us the full performance snippeted here of a radiant, steel-guitar strumming Mitchell performing "California" from 1971's Blue. (And where is this clip from: We're never told." ) Mitchell's sly-fox intelligence and transported bliss catch everything distinctive about women making rock & roll that this well intentioned but bloated production cannot." Rating: C+ Well, it seems that Ken is a big Joni fan. I was impressed with his commentary of her. (Just wished he remembered that "California" was played on a dulcimer. Maybe that's what he meant by steel guitar.) Just thought I'd let you know about the article. I've seen a couple of the shows. I like that I'm seeing a few performers that I'm not familiar with and would like to learn more about, but, as was discussed before, I don't think it's possible to rank them. So much of it is like comparing apples, oranges and peaches. If you go to www.ew.com I think you can find the rest of the article. I was just checking it out to see if it was there and discovered an ON-LINE-ONLY INTERVIEW WITH JONI and Chris Willman, dated May 28th, 1999. There's also a photo of her that I've never seen before. Check it out. (Was this on the Wally's homepage?) It looks interesting. I'm going back there now. Looking forward to Labor Day Jonifest! Pearl ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V1 #135 ****************************** The Song and Album Voting Booths are open! Cast your votes by clicking the links at http://www.jmdl.com/gallery username: jimdle password: siquomb ------- Don't forget about these ongoing projects: Glossary project: Send a blank message to for all the details. FAQ Project: Help compile the JMDL FAQ. Do you have mailing list-related questions? -send them to Trivia Project: Send your Joni trivia questions and/or answers to Today in History Project: Know of a date-specific Joni fact? - -send it to ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe onlyjoni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?