From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V1 #173 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Wednesday, September 1 1999 Volume 01 : Number 173 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: -------- JMDLers revealed [Janene Otten ] A Canadian Joke [Janet Hess ] Re: A Canadian Joke ["Gerald Notaro (LIB)" ] RE: A Canadian Joke ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: LotR Movie correction [kb420@webtv.net (gr8fuldave)] Re: Where I was when... ["P. Henry" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 10:40:49 -0400 From: Janene Otten Subject: JMDLers revealed Hey, everyone. I know you are all gearing up for the big Labor Day Joni-fest. If I remember correctly, Ashara, you have moved from New England, right? I always go to Mass. for Labor Day & I thought it would be perfect to be able to come and join in the festivities if you were still there. I am spending the weekend with a bunch of people who used to be part of LRY (Liberal Religious Youth), which turned into COG (Community of Growth) all of which stemmed from Unitarian Youth Organization. I myself do not attend a Unitarian church but we're all brothers and sisters so that's what counts. Anyway, if someone can enlighten me on the location again maybe my friend, another big Joni fan, and I can swing it. I surfed into the picture gallery and the pictures from the `98 joni-fests are really nice. What great parties! Seeing pictures of everybody is cool but there is also something cool about not having a face to put with the name. Ultimately, of course, it will be great to meet more of you in the future. It seems that I would have a great time with you all. I know that the friends that I get together with on long weekends end up playing music most of the time and not much of anything else, which is fine by me. Anyway, my friend that I mentioned previously in this post, just got a new computer and I've been promising some Day In The Garden pics. Hopefully I can get them onto a web-page soon. It's kind of odd that I don't have my own site but music and photography take a toll on the wallet if you've not yet begun to receive a steady paycheck from either one so adding a computer into that just complicates the equation. I know that I must make the investment because in the long run, the computer will positively add to the equation so I am working on that. In the meantime, a big thank you goes out to all of you and especially Wally for keeping me abreast of all things Joni. Oh, Bryan, you're web-site is excellent and I like your music. I am in NYC so keep me posted on upcoming gigs. I'll definitely come out. I am a professional concert goer! Peace, Janene ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:21:45 -0400 From: Janet Hess Subject: A Canadian Joke In honor of a certain diva, I thought I'd pass this along. Enjoy! - -------------------------------- TEMPERATURE (Degrees are in Fahrenheit) 50 above - New Yorkers try to turn on the heat. Canadians plant gardens. 40 above - Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians sunbathe. 35 above - Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down. 32 above - Distilled water freezes. Canadian water gets thicker. 20 above - Floridians wear coats, gloves & wool hats. Canadians throw on a t-shirt. 15 above - Californians begin to evacuate the state. Canadians go swimming. Zero - New York landlords finally turn up the heat. Canadians have the last cook-out before it gets cold. 10 below - People in Miami cease to exist. Canadians lick flag poles to see if their tongue will stick. 20 below - Californians fly away to Mexico. Canadians throw on a light jacket. 40 below - Hollywood disintegrates. Canadians rent some videos. 60 below - Mt. St. Helens freezes. Canadian Girl Guides begin selling cookies door to door. 80 below - Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica. Canadian Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough. 100 below - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their ear flaps. 173 below - Ethyl alcohol freezes. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg. 297 below - Microbial life survives on dairy products. Canadian cows complain of farmers with cold hands. 460 below - ALL atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "Cold 'nuff for ya?" 500 below - Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup. - ----------------- So when you see a man who's broken / Pick him up and carry him. And when you see a woman who's broken / Put her all into your arms 'Cause we don't know where we come from / We don't know what we are. Laurie Anderson, "Ramon" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:37:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gerald Notaro (LIB)" Subject: Re: A Canadian Joke This is especially true here in FL. The only people who swim in the winter are the Canadians. No Floridian would go near the water until it hits about 85 degrees. We used to swim on the canadian side of Lake Erie while ice was still floating in April. No more! Jerry On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Janet Hess wrote: > In honor of a certain diva, I thought I'd pass this along. Enjoy! > > -------------------------------- > > TEMPERATURE > > (Degrees are in Fahrenheit) > > 50 above - New Yorkers try to turn on the heat. Canadians > plant gardens. > > 40 above - Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians > sunbathe. > > 35 above - Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with > the windows down. > > 32 above - Distilled water freezes. Canadian water gets > thicker. > > 20 above - Floridians wear coats, gloves & wool hats. > Canadians throw on a t-shirt. > > 15 above - Californians begin to evacuate the state. > Canadians go swimming. > > Zero - New York landlords finally turn up the heat. > Canadians have the last cook-out before it gets cold. > > 10 below - People in Miami cease to exist. Canadians lick > flag poles to see if their tongue will stick. > > 20 below - Californians fly away to Mexico. Canadians throw > on a light jacket. > > 40 below - Hollywood disintegrates. Canadians rent some > videos. > > 60 below - Mt. St. Helens freezes. Canadian Girl Guides > begin selling cookies door to door. > > 80 below - Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica. > Canadian Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold > enough. > > 100 below - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadians > pull down their ear flaps. > > 173 below - Ethyl alcohol freezes. Canadians get frustrated > when they can't thaw the keg. > > 297 below - Microbial life survives on dairy products. > Canadian cows complain of farmers with cold hands. > > 460 below - ALL atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying > "Cold 'nuff for ya?" > > 500 below - Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win > the Stanley Cup. > > > ----------------- > So when you see a man who's broken / Pick him up and carry him. > And when you see a woman who's broken / Put her all into your arms > 'Cause we don't know where we come from / We don't know what we are. > Laurie Anderson, "Ramon" > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 12:45:03 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: A Canadian Joke The more I think about it, the more convinced I am: I must be a Canadian. Wally\K 15 above - Canadians go swimming. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 15:49:56 -0400 (EDT) From: kb420@webtv.net (gr8fuldave) Subject: Re: LotR Movie correction before I'm caught in my error... make that grand-daughter of Finwe, neice of Feanor. gdave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:12:05 -0700 From: "P. Henry" Subject: Re: Where I was when... (repost) - Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:42:22 " you like stories? well here's one for ya: I started out at the tender age of 15 playing dylan, paxton and a lot of trad stuff every night in a small detroit area coffeehouse in 1964... did that for about a year or so and then our family moved "up the thumb" toward the port huron area... got my first "real" job washing dishes for a hotel restaurant which I soon traded in for a better job delivering appliances and furniture for a hardware store. the guy I worked with on the truck was named brian and was really into folk music too so we hit it off pretty good, considering he was 19 and I was 16... well, after working together almost a year one day he invited me to a party up near the college in port huron and so I rode along with him... when we got there, it turned out that this 'party' was actually a meeting of college students who were determined to re-open a local coffeehouse (for the third time) called "The Cellar". (it was during it's prior incarnation that is was used as a meeting place for the SDS) it was somewhat curious to me why I had been invited seeing as I was so much younger... (QUITE unlike college students) but, as it turned out, though they desperately wanted their old coffehouse back, they really had no resources in the entertainment area and, I think at brian's prompting, they were hoping I'd be able to help them since I'd been a performer and, they thought, might know the ropes, so to speak... (and also perform myself) so what happened was that they ended up forming up a non-profit org. constitution that night and electing officers to run the thing and they elected me, a barely 17 yr old kid, to act as the entertainment mgr! (now, hang in there... all this is background leading up to what ! I really wanted to tell you about...) so, while discussing with me their thoughts about performers, right away someone chimed "...and you have to get Chuck and Joni!" and someone else said "yeah! Chuck and Joni!" and, not having a clue who 'Chuck and Joni' were and feeling a bit intimidated by the fact that all these people were at least a couple years older than myself and as I was, unaccustomed to being in a 'position', and elected, no less, of course my youthful pride reared up and I said: "well, I'm going to have to audition them first"! LoL!!!! ...still makes me laugh (& blush) when I think of it! can you imagine?!? *L* the real kicker, though, came when I finally did get them booked in to play for the weekend... and it was SRO! their routine was to do 3 sets... one each alone and one together... well, first Chuck played his set (and , in case you're wondering, he was good... really good! ballads mostly... a real pro performer! wow, there are SO many lyrics on the first album I could tell you stuff about!) and then, after the break, there she was mounting the stage with her martin... never before (or since) have I experienced such beauty as Joni live onstage... her voice was superb and her charm irresistable! I had to do the reostats for the colored lights... and, from the first song, I was floating! and between songs she talked and joked and flirted and laughed... (had to change the tunings, ya know...) and her laughter was like sunshine goin' right through ya! ...but when it really, really hit home... (the 'audition' thing?) was at the end of her set... "yesterday a child came out..." sing! along... circle game... and when she got to the chorus, the WHOLE PLACE joined in!!! and it was deafening... and it was like coming home... 'kindred spirits' indeed... *S*" pat NP: "...and I'm sending you this signal here... I hope you can pick it up loud and clear," http://members.wbs.net/homepages/b/a/d/badwolff.html Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V1 #173 ****************************** 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. 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