From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V1 #185 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Friday, September 10 1999 Volume 01 : Number 185 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: Joni's Court and Spark [Scott Price ] Re: Soundtracks (sjc) [suemc16@webtv.net (Susan McNamara)] RE: Joni's Court and Spark ["Wally Kairuz" ] Talented JMDLers at Asharas [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Joni's Court and Spark [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Soundtracks (sjc) [Janet Hess ] Re: Smoe downtime ahead ["Jennifer L. Nodine" ] Re: Talented JMDLers at Asharas ["Jennifer L. Nodine" ] RE: Withdrawal symptoms ["patrick leader" ] Re: Talented JMDLers at Asharas ["Mark or Travis" ] RE: Smoe downtime ahead ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: Talented JMDLers at Asharas [Ashara@aol.com] Re: Withdrawal symptoms [RMuRocks@aol.com] Re: Klaus who??? [RMuRocks@aol.com] Re: Joni's music in movies [CaTGirl627@aol.com] Re: Joni's music in movies [CaTGirl627@aol.com] Re: Jonifest Part 5- The End [CaTGirl627@aol.com] Re: Joni in Movies/TV ["Helen M. Adcock" ] Happy to share in your delights. [Richard Rice ] Former Lurker begging... [Richard Rice ] Re: More love letters (very long) ["Kakki" ] Re: Happy to share in your delights. ["Mark or Travis" ] Re: Talented JMDLers at Asharas ["Kakki" ] Shining Teeth - Part 2 [Leslie Mixon ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 15:44:17 -0700 From: Scott Price Subject: Re: Joni's Court and Spark At 06:04 PM 9/9/99 EDT, CaTGirl627@aol.com wrote: >I was wondering if the original >Court and Spark LP was glossy or matted? My "original" copy has a matte finish. The letters "Court and Spark" are embossed (raised) but not colored at all. I also have another C&S (LP) album that has black "Court and Spark" letters, still embossed, and with a matte cardboard cover. I haven't seen the glossy album you describe, so apparently there are a few different versions circulating but I don't know which came first. Scott, thinking that regardless the edition, what a masterpiece C&S really is, even after all these years. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 18:47:27 -0400 (EDT) From: suemc16@webtv.net (Susan McNamara) Subject: Re: Soundtracks (sjc) Hi Folks: I bought my daughter WebTV for her birthday and it had extra email slots so I thought, maybe I can actually start participating on the Joni list again instead of painfully skimming digests at work!! I haven't had time yet to read all the wonderful reports of Ashara's Laborless day party Jonistyle. I'm jealous of all you music makers out there but I'm very happy you had such a rockin good time. Did anyone type up a set list? I would love to see that. I did check out the pictures and saw some familiar faces from 8/15/98 (a day that is seared in my memory banks). Talking about soundtracks, has anyone told the story yet about Alice's Restaurant and how they got the Joni-look-alike to sing Songs To Aging Children Come? I can't remember which interview it was where Joni laid that one out in detail but it showed her very good business sense in the early days but deprived us of seeing her lovliness perform her own song on camera in a feature film. enough said, this is me sans etch a sketch! Take care, Sue NP: Tape Tree #8: Trouble Man ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 19:51:04 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Joni's Court and Spark catgirl, i'm sure the original was matted with raised letters. wallyk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 18:53:40 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Talented JMDLers at Asharas After reading and thoroughly enjoying all of the reports at Jonifest '99, I'm almost afraid to attend Jonifest 2000. It seems like everyone there played some kind of instrument or sang beautifully!!! I love music (especially Joni's), but I can't play any instruments or sing. Am I the only JMDLer that doesn't have any musical talents? Can I still show up next year? I do know how to applaud!!! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 19:05:17 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's Court and Spark Hey Catgirl, I bought C&S when it first came out. It was my first Joni album, and it is matted with the raised letters. If the glossy one is an original, maybe it was some kind of special edition. I know when the Talking Heads came out with "Speaking in Tongues", they also produced 500 albums that the cover was designed by the artist Robert Rauschenberg (which I was fortunate enough to get signed by the artist and David Byrne). So maybe you win on something that is rare. I hope so!!! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 19:27:47 -0400 From: Janet Hess Subject: Re: Soundtracks (sjc) When I think of soundtracks, I think of Mark Isham. He's a terrific musician, of course, but he's not bad as a composer, thankyouverymuch. I've mentioned before how much I like "Trouble In Mind" (with Marianne Faithful), and his "Film Music" on Windham Hill is nice, too. (I especially like his work on "The Times of Harvey Milk," which is included on "Film Music.") Just did a quick sweep through my apartment and spotted these Isham soundtrack CDs: "Afterglow," "The Browning Version," "Billy Bathgate," "Quiz Show," and "The Public Eye." I'd highly recommend "Afterglow," which features a humble little band made up of Charles Lloyd, Gary Burton, Mark Isham, Sid Page, Geri Allen, Billy Higgins, and Jeff Littleton. - ----------------- 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: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 20:04:08 -0400 From: "Jennifer L. Nodine" Subject: Re: Smoe downtime ahead I guess this means 9/11? - -Jenny from CT > >Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:18:47 -0400 > >From: Jeff Wasilko > > > >Due to a minor fire a few weeks ago at the location where smoe.org is > >located, the building will be without power from 06:00 until > >18:00 EDT on Saturday 8/11 so that repairs can be made to the > >power distribution system. > > > >This means smoe.org will be down during that time. > > NP - Beth Orton - "Central Reservation" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 20:16:33 -0400 From: "Jennifer L. Nodine" Subject: Re: Talented JMDLers at Asharas Jimmy wrote: > > Am I the only JMDLer that doesn't have any musical talents? > Can I still show up next year? > I do know how to applaud!!! > > Jimmy I am a fellow talentless JMDLer. Well, I have talents, they just don't include playing a musical instrument, except maybe a tamburine! I'll be clapping right along with you next year, Jimmy! - -Jenny from CT ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 20:26:52 -0400 From: "patrick leader" Subject: RE: Withdrawal symptoms In Nederland noemen we zo iemand een 'kanjer'! i'm guessing, "in the netherlands, we'd call you a magician (a conjurer)" well spoken, if i've translated it correctly john! hell it was probably well spoken whatever it means. patrick np - ladysmith black mambazo - two worlds one heart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:40:09 -0700 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Talented JMDLers at Asharas > Jimmy wrote: > > > > Am I the only JMDLer that doesn't have any musical talents? > > Can I still show up next year? > > I do know how to applaud!!! > > > > Jimmy > > I am a fellow talentless JMDLer. Well, I have talents, they just don't > include playing a musical instrument, except maybe a tamburine! > I'll be clapping right along with you next year, Jimmy! > -Jenny from CT I don't play an instrument & I'm certainly no Sinatra but I sure had fun singing along. After all, Ashara's philosophy is if you can talk, you can sing! This a Michael Timmins line that has been going through my head today: Do you remember when you'd pray to never see the day When someone would make you feel this way 'Cause you knew they would cut right through you And once inside, you were afraid they'd find Nothing to hold on to. I was scared to death to attend one of these gatherings of JMDLers. I have come to think so highly of so many people on this list, to respect their talent and intelligence and knowledge that I was afraid to meet them. I was afraid they would think me rather dull, ignorant and unsophisticated. All I can say is that if any of the people at Ashara's felt that way I certainly didn't sense or see it. All I felt was warmth and acceptance and a feeling of kinship. Don't ever feel hesitancy to join in one of these gatherings. You will feel that you belong whether you're musical or not. These are a great bunch of people. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:41:54 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Withdrawal symptoms john, you're right! it seems like the only thing that we noticed about you was the chocolate, but nothing could be further from the truth. i loved your accent [did you really fake it?], your old-world ways [you'd love my town!], your musicianship and your chocolate, of course. besides, now that our two countries will be so closely related [you know what i mean] i'd better start singing your praises. i say, here's to the netherland's gentlest giant! wallyk - -----Original Message----- De: John van Tiel Para: joni@smoe.org Fecha: Jueves 9 de Septiembre de 1999 13:40 Asunto: Withdrawal symptoms >One thing, however, needs to be set straight for once and for all. I >travel something like 4,000 miles to meet fellow listers whose posts I >have been enjoying for the past three years, being the devoted lurker I >am. I even get stuck in Iceland. I try to have these nice, intelligent >conversations, throw in as much old-world charm as I can, sing to you in >Dutch, put on a British accent... and what do you remember me by? A box >of bleeding Belgian chocolates! It even becomes a small thread on the >list! Talk about a personality boost. ;-) > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:58:43 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Smoe downtime ahead what? 12 hours [from 6 am to 6 pm edt, jennifer] without reading more praises to my set? fetch me my asp! wallyk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:21:19 EDT From: Ashara@aol.com Subject: Re: Talented JMDLers at Asharas Jimmy, I have a very special, very LARGE collection of "vjzings," otherwise known as all kinds of percussion instruments! You certainly can play any number of them very well already, and with about 3 1/2 seconds of practice, you will be able to play all of them! Also, as many people have already mentioned, my philosophy on singing is, "If you can walk, you can dance, if you can talk, you can sing," which is taken from all old Zimbabwe saying. There were lots of sing-a-longs, and just lots and lots of fun making music as a group, so you will fit in just fine! Hugs, Ashara In a message dated 9/9/99 6:56:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, FMYFL@aol.com writes: << After reading and thoroughly enjoying all of the reports at Jonifest '99, I'm almost afraid to attend Jonifest 2000. It seems like everyone there played some kind of instrument or sang beautifully!!! I love music (especially Joni's), but I can't play any instruments or sing. Am I the only JMDLer that doesn't have any musical talents? Can I still show up next year? I do know how to applaud!!! >> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:55:13 EDT From: RMuRocks@aol.com Subject: Re: Withdrawal symptoms In a message dated 9/9/99 1:27:19 PM US Central Standard Time, john.van.tiel@wxs.nl writes: << Dutch, MC Bob, NOT German! >> Boy am I in Dutch now!! What do you think I am, a "Dutch Master"? I don't even smoke cigars!! :~) Seriously, John, I was SO afraid you'd go back to lurking and I wouldn't hear this wonderful report from you...Gosh, it was very heartfelt...you have so much to share, please continue to do so. I so enjoyed plopping myself in a lawn chair next to you and getting to know you, I admit to being a global ignoramus but I do know a good buddy when I see one! Bob NP: Suzanne Vega, "Some Journey" (Just got this one again on CD - I had forgotten how good it was!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:03:55 EDT From: RMuRocks@aol.com Subject: Re: Klaus who??? In a message dated 9/9/99 2:13:13 PM US Central Standard Time, steve@psitech.com writes: << Klaus von Bulow, maybe? >> That's it! Thanks Steve, you know what they say...It takes a village to correct the village idiot! :~) And I remembered the David Cronenberg film he was twins in: "Dead Ringers" And I saw "Sixth Sense" tonight...boy, that ending really threw me! Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:23:43 EDT From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's music in movies In a message dated 9/9/1999 5:03:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cateri@hotmail.com writes: << I guess you had to be there, but I wasn't sure how to react to that - was Scorsese making fun of Joni lovers or was it some kind of weird tribute? Definitely a weird film. cateri@hotmail.com >> I think it was a compliment!!! all the way!!! Catgirl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:23:04 EDT From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's music in movies In a message dated 9/9/1999 5:03:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cateri@hotmail.com writes: << Here's one for you with Joni's music in the movies - the very quirky Scorsese film "After Hours" with Griffin Dunne playing an accountant-type guy who has just recently moved to New York City and, being very bored, accepts some kind of blind date and ends up in a hellish nightmare where people may or may not be getting murdered or committing suicide, and the guy just wants to get home. In one scene, he meets a waitress, played by Teri Garr, who seems stuck in some kind of '60's time warp and takes him to her place, where she has the incense going and plays Joni Mitchell's Clouds album for him. I guess you had to be there, but I wasn't sure how to react to that - was Scorsese making fun of Joni lovers or was it some kind of weird tribute? Definitely a weird film. >> THAT was a GREAT movie and YES very bizaar! Thanks for bringing back that memory!! That was one of the best parts of the film when Terry Garr started playing Joni Mitchell. I was freaking out when I saw that part! Catgirl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:38:32 EDT From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: Jonifest Part 5- The End In a message dated 9/7/1999 7:20:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, les@jmdl.com writes: << I have many regrets about Jonifest '99. I regret that there is never enough time to connect in a deep way with every single lister there. I regret that you are all gone in what seems like a "flash." >> This is my biggest complaint as well. I never really did get to have any real conversations with alot of people. I almost kinda walked around in a daze...which doesn't tkae much for me. Smiles and kind words....my head could barely fit through some of the doorways. You guys actually started me thinking that I should get out there and sing more. My only problem (not that it is a problem mind you..) Is that I only wanna do Joni. I NEVER get tired of her...thank the Gods because I have tons of CD's to burn for tons of people! So with that I need to leave and finalize the one that just got finished. Maurice you are next and then Pat Mead and then Kenny. Promise! Catgirl ps Jean Peirre you are in there too! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 15:54:52 +1200 From: "Helen M. Adcock" Subject: Re: Joni in Movies/TV Phyliss wrote: >You've Got Mail - "River" and "Both Sides Now" (at least the lyrics were >spoken by Meg and Tom) Well in that case you have to include the final episode of "Mad About You" where Jamie says "We don't need no City Hall, or a piece of paper"! Seriously, I thought of one other movie - I may be wrong about this because it's quite a while since I've seen it but I'm pretty sure "River" was in the soundtrack to the movie "Live Nude Girls". Helen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 22:58:10 -0500 From: Richard Rice Subject: Happy to share in your delights. Thank you all. What more can I say? It has been such a wonderful experience to be a small part of this incredible community of Joni Lovers. I feel like the luckiest guy in the world! I am a great lover of Vermeer and Jan Van Eyck. Often I imagine what it must have been like to live in their time and be blessed by the beauty of their work as it was being created. How spiritual an event it must have been, to be among the first to see the magic of the Aronifini Wedding Portrait first hand, after receiving its final coats of varnish? Or Vermeer's light glistening freshly from the canvas. 'Light is a dancer here, and cannot rest...' No hand or eye has more poetically described the joyous play of light on form as these artist. It is the blessing of every age that there are artist, who by their purity of vision and touch, have created works of so profoundly uplifting, it is as if receiving gifts from heaven. I would certainly add Joni Mitchell to that list. Her music is not only richly and deeply poetic, it is also a beacon to possibilities in popular music waiting to be explored. --Of course, I did not always feel this way. When I first heard her music I hated it! I was in college, around '74, and my roomie Mark Galway pulls out this album and says, "You've just got to hear this!" It was late evening, we sat in a near candle lit room, and I listened to Blue for the first time. --How strange! I grew up on the west side of Chicago, weaned on Motown Sound, The Jackson Five, and The Temptations What was this mess? I remember thinking, 'Is she going to talk, or is she going to sing?' The rhythms, harmonies, concepts, et. al were off the chart from what I was familiar with. I cringed through the first listening. But there was something there... At first I was just taken by the blue cover and all the type. I had longed for songs that were more involved than the simple rhymes of popular music, and here they were. In spades! But it was too foreign for my ears to listen to. It was Bob Moerbeck, by buddy and idol at the time, who cemented the deal. At the slightest peep of Blue he would be in the room inhaling her sounds like a man in a transcended state. To humor him I would put Blue on often as he pleased and talk for hours on end about nothing. That summer back home in the grey decay of Lawndale, and missing college life, I found myself longing to hear Carey, which I had grown fond of for its rich visual imagery and exotic rhythm track. BOOM! I was in love. I bought Blue and Court and Spark. Had a blast with both. The early 'folk' albums quickly came next, confounding me to no end. They were again, different. I was mad that they were different, but quickly grew to love them. FTR came next, by then I knew better than to expect, 'more of the same' from Joni. It was so wonderful to pick up new Joni almost at will. God, I loved that period. I had purchased all there was to purchase and reality set in, those awful three to four year waits for new material began ...ugghh!!! Talk about feeling like being lost and starving in a desert. My first new Joan was HOSL. MAN, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THAT ONE!!! I remember the grueling wait finally finally being over and walking into the record store tingling with anticipation. As I entered the door, they were playing the title track over the store speakers and there was a large display with Joni floating in a silvery blue green pool by the register. Her voice had changed! It was in a lower, cooler register, more jazzy. The music was sinuous and fluid. My hairs stood on end. It was such a joyous moment. The only moment that superseded that one was how I felt after listing to Hejira the first time. Hejira was THE most satisfying work ever. Years will go by and the beauty of that recording will be as rich and fresh as the first hearing. I was in love with her and loved the art direction of that album. Even the type choice and the centered text lines made my heart weep with pleasure. My family was not so gracious. I recall, when I bought Blue, being very excited to play it for my sister. My family, I come from a family of eight was all around the table eating dinner and I put the record on. Everyone sat quietly eating, the only sounds being Joni and the clatter of silverware. Finally, my oldest brother and my brother-in law began having a conversation on how 'Black people shouldn't try to be white. And 'Black' people should stick to their own kind, and 'Black' people who couldn't accept themselves were sick.' I ate in silence as they spoke of me in third person, as if I wasn't even there, for the longest of time. I was fuming inside. I finally stormed from the table and took my album up to my bedroom and never played Joni again in my family's company. Now I laugh about it, and long to kid my brothers about how much they love to play golf and chess. Geez, how white can you get? But I am the odd sheep of the family still. Joni has not transcended that border yet. Talk about borderlines. They run everywhere. But enough of that. I just wanted to say hi to all. I'm John Calimee, finally making my presence known on the list. I have spoken to Michael Paz, and received a Vid tree from ...(gasp!) Ashara! Hi Ashara! God, how I wished I had made it to your event. It must have been just wonderful! I hope all who attend enjoyed themselves and I wish you all the very best. God bless you and your families. I tell you, life is great! I want to go on and on but I'll stop now-- with one last thread, I swear! Just one. For those of you with no musical talent what so ever, and I include myself on that list, mostly, I urge you to get a guitar and learn to tune it to Joni's tunings. It is the ultimate rush of experiencing the true depth of her sound. I thought I knew the music until I began playing. There are surprises in the chord changes that will just thrill you with their beauty that listening will never fully present in the same way. The surprises come in odd places where you least expect. For me, the realization of this comes from playing (very badly) Yvette in English. The movement between the eighth and ninth frets has such a wonderfully silvery, plaintive sound. You can only experience by playing it yourself. Get an ax! Thank Howard, and Sue, and Marian, and Mark D. for all their wondrous input and start strumming, I have. O one last thread, I swear, this one is it! Ashara, do you think you can get a post from your neighbors who called the cops, telling their take on the JoniFest. I think that would be such a hoot! Imagine. What idiots. Thanks again to all. Get better Wally. God be with you. John. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 23:07:30 -0500 From: Richard Rice Subject: Former Lurker begging... Gulp!!! I forgot to ask, pretty please with tons of sugar on top. I am dying to hear the HOSL CD. Joni, scat singing parts as guidance for other musicians. WOW! I have no cd writer so could take part. If anyone would be kind enough to offer making me a disk, I would be so in debt to you. ( As if I am not already in debt to so many for this wonderful forum.) I do hope someone will take pity on me. I will do anything to hear this gem. No more threads tonight. I swear. - --And another thing... John Calimee. CalIrving@Yahoo.com F40rmrl@corn.cso.niu.edu. Any Joni fans in the Chicago area? Would love to chat all things Joni with you. --Hike Mike. Hope you are enjoying Cajun country. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:51:43 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: More love letters (very long) (I sent this earlier tonight but my weird mail config may have sent it to Bounceville - apologies if you all get it twice - at least I got a chance to correct my typos, ahem) I'm still blissing but a little bit of lucidity has returned so that I can further rhapsodize about our wonderful time. Exactly one week ago I had come down with a cold and an allergic reaction to a tetanus shot (nasty stuff!), was working 15 hour days on a court deadline, was definitely "up to my neck in alligators" and had "jaws (i.e., lawyers) knashing at me." Right up until my flight out there was a possibility that I would have to cancel the trip to Boston. A couple of my mean old daddy bosses did all they could to lay the guilt on me for taking a few days off. It all got to be too much and I finally broke down in tears (which I have NEVER done professionally) in front of one of the junior attorneys. Amazingly he proved to be a human being and insisted that I take off on my trip and completely forget about work. He literally scooted me of the door. So armed with seven prescriptions, I fled off into the night. Arrived in Boston on no sleep and drove up to Topsfield to hang out with John, Marian and Ashara before checking into my motel. Magically, I knew the way straight to Ashara's by heart (and those who have attempted the navigation know this is an incredible accomplishment ;-) Although I was overwhelmed by the beauty of her town and home last year, it seemed 100 times more beautiful to me that morning. It really is a storybook setting. Finally got a little rest that day and then joined the Friday night party. It was instant and constant bliss from there on through and, as you can guess, the love and fresh air immediately banished all that ailed me and I never once had to open any of those medicine bottles. Like Marian and John I have had no jet lag, either, (except that my late bedtime has slipped to 3 a.m. and must be reset soon ;-) There are so many memories replaying in my head and heart. John said it's like slides - at this point, it is almost like replaying my favorite movie over and over. "Jonifest - The Miniseries". It's all in a beautiful slow motion but it all goes by so fast, too. Everything just fell into place - even the pizza and Chinese food were the best I've ever tasted! More highlights for me - - - Listening to the tape of Marcel in the rental car on the way back Friday night. I had enough time to listen to it twice through as I discovered there was no way to cross the highway to get to my motel and I had to do a 10 mile long circular route to finally get there! Marcel recorded several of the early Joni songs and he did an amazing and perfect job. His voice is exactly like the young Stephen Stills, which really lent a special feel to Joni's music. It really touched me that he had been so inspired to get himself back into music again through this list and created such lovely renditions. - - Soon after arriving at the party Saturday, brand new jmdler Anne took the stage and sang and played her heart out. I was so impressed at her bravery and guts to get right on up there on the stage before her new friends! - - I was so happy to see Terry, who could not make it last year. It's just not the same for me without her there. Her beautiful musicianship and generosity of musical spirit is a must at our fests! Very late Saturday night she and Marian started up playing and singing out on the back deck and it was just fantastic. Oooh, and they did a bunch of songs from my fave FTR, too ;-) - - Later we carried on the back deck party with Father Patrick (I just love that - it is so perfect) presiding over a musical discussion with Wally K, Bob, Kenny, Paz, Les, Roberto and Laura. It is really true that Patrick knows and can converse about everything under the sun. His endless knowledge sometimes intimidates me, but he is very kind and never makes me feel shut out of the discussion. And he just sparkles and sparkles all the time. - - Still later I found myself sprawled on the floor in the music room with Les, Julie, Michael, ChuckE, Pearl, Steve and Paz. I finally was wasted enough (with bliss not martinis ;-) to actually sing and play a bit. Julie and I finally drug ourselves out the door back to the motel at around 5 a.m. and then as girls always do, sat up for another hour yapping. It was so great to see her again although I'm still going to get her back someday for waking up less than two hours later. But who can blame her - she couldn't wait to get back to Ashara's garden. - - We managed to stuff too many people into too few cars to get to Atty Mays. The contents of my small vehicle was highly amusing, filled as it was with the hunky big guys Paz, John and Kenny with Penny gamely squeezed in between them in the back seat. We were thrilled and relieved to discover we were all smokers ;-) - - Our time at Atty Mays could fill several more posts. Suffice to say that it was absolutely wonderful. She encouraged us to play for hours and hours and we had many great performances by Marian, Ashara, Paz and ChuckE. After Marian and Ashara left, Pearl and I filled in. Pearl was great and I felt amazingly comfortable thanks to the kind spirit of inclusion of Paz and ChuckE. The crowd was pretty good to us, but their applause level went up considerably every time we did Big Yellow Taxi - definitely the hit. Chuck is a such a good person and I am so appreciative of his back-breaking labor and constant willingness to get people set up to perform. His wife Barbara joined us and she is very elegant, yet totally fun at the same time and was still going and glowing at closing time! We closed it down along with Penny, John, Pearl and Steve (who have got to be the most easygoing couple I've ever met!) Paz and I stayed a little longer after closing to visit with our friend Atty May who we feel like we've known all our lives. I so hope we will be seeing her again. As for Mr. Paz, to borrow a phrase "what can I say that hasn't already been said?" In addition, I must say that he is an amazing friend who has watched out for and over me through two Jonifests now. A true, true gentleman with a spirit that we are very lucky and blessed to have in our midst. Thank you so much, Michael, for your unending good nature and sense of music and fun. I could go on and on but must go meet an old friend who has moved back to town. Yes, he wants to get together for a martini ;-) Love, Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:31:42 -0700 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Happy to share in your delights. > Thank you all. > > What more can I say? It has been such a wonderful experience to be a > small part of this incredible community of Joni Lovers. > > Thanks again to all. Get better Wally. God be with you. > > John. > What a great post! Welcome John! Let us hear from you regularly. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 22:10:07 -0600 From: Bounced Message Subject: More love letters (very long) From: "Kakki" Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 18:11:45 -0700 I'm still blissing but a little bit of lucidity has returned so that I can further rhapsodize about our wonderful time. Exactly one week ago I had come down with a cold and an allergic reaction to a tetanus shot (nasty stuff!), was working 15 hour days on a court deadline, was definitely "up to my neck in alligators" and had "jaws (i.e., lawyers) knashing at me." Right up until my flight out there was a possibility that I would have to ca.ncel the trip to Boston. A couple of my mean old daddy bosses did all they could to lay the guilt on me for taking a few days off. It all got to be too much and I finally broke down in tears (which I have NEVER done professionally) in front of one of the junior attorneys. Amazingly he proved to be a human being and insisted that I take off on my trip and completely forget about work. He literally scooted me of the door. So armed with seven prescriptions, I fled off into the night. Arrived in Boston on no sleep and drove up to Topsfield to hang out with John, Marian and Ashara before checking into my motel. Magically, I knew the way straight to Ashara's by heart (and those who have attempted the navigation know this is an incredible accomplishment ;-) Although I was overwhelmed by the beauty of her town and home last year, it seemed 100 times more beautiful to me that morning. It really is a storybook setting. Finally got a little rest that day and then joined the Friday night party. It was instant and constant bliss from there on through and, as you can guess, the love and fresh air immediately banished all that ailed me and I never once had to open any of those medicine bottles. Like Marian and John I have had no jet lag, either, (except that my late bedtime has slipped to 3 a.m. and must be reset soon ;-) There are so many memories replaying in my head and heart. John said it's like slides - at this point, it is almost like replaying my favorite movie over and over. "Jonifest - The Miniseries". It's all in a beuatiful slow motion but it all goes by so fast, too. Everything just fell into place - even the pizza and Chinese food were the best I've ever tasted! More highlights for me - - - Listening to the tape of Marcel in the rental car on the way back Friday night. I had enough time to listen to it twice through as I discovered there was no way to cross the highway to get to my motel and I had to do a 10 mile long circular route to finally get there! Marcel recorded several of the early Joni songs and he did an amazing and perfect job. His voice is exactly like the young Stephen Stills, which really lent a special feel to Joni's music. It really touched me that he had been so inspired to get himself back into music again through this list and created such lovely renditions. - - Soon after arriving at the party Saturday, brand new jmdler Anne took the stage and sang and played her heart out. I was so impressed at her bravery and guts to get right on up there on the stage before her new friends! - - I was so happy to see Terry, who could not make it last year. It's just not the same for me without her there. Her beautiful musicianship and generosity of musical spirit is a must at our fests! Very late Saturday night she and Marian started up playing and singing out on the back deck and it was just fantastic. Oooh, and they did a bunch of songs from my fave FTR, too ;-) - - Later we carried on the back deck party with Father Patrick (I just love that - it is so perfect) presiding over a musical discussion with Wally K, Bob, Kenny, Paz, Les, Roberto and Laura. It is really true that Patrick knows and can converse about everything under the sun. His endless knowledge sometimes intimidates me, but he is very kind and never makes me feel shut out of the discussion. And he just sparkles and sparkles all the time. - - Still later I found myself sprawled on the floor in the music room with Les, Julie, Michael, ChuckE, Pearl, Steve and Paz. I finally was wasted enough (with bliss not martinis ;-) to actually sing and play a bit. Julie and I finally drug ourselves out the door back to the motel at around 5 a.m. and then as girls always do, sat up for another hour yapping. It was so great to see her again although I'm still going to get her back someday for waking up less than two hours later. But who can blame her - she couldn't wait to get back to Ashara's garden. - - We managed to stuff too many people into too few cars to get to Atty Mays. The contents of my small vehicle was highly amusing, filled as it was with the hunky big guys Paz, John and Kenny with Penny gamely squeezed in between them in the back seat. We were thrilled and relived to discover we were all smokers ;-) - - Our time at Atty Mays could fill several more posts. Suffice to say that it was absoultely wonderful. She encouraged us to play for hours and hours and we had many great performances by Marian, Ashara, Paz and ChuckE. After Marian and Ashara left, Pearl and I filled in. Pearl was great and felt amazingly comfortable thanks to the kind spirit of inclusion of Paz and ChuckE. The crowd was pretty good to us, but their applause level went up considerably every time we did Big Yellow Taxi - definitely the hit. Chuck is a such a good person and I am so appreciative of his back-breaking labor and constant willingness to get people set up to perform. His wife Barbara joined us and she is very elegant, yet totally fun at the same time and still going and glowing at closing time! We closed it down along with Penny, John, Pearl and Steve (who have got to be the most easygoing couple I've ever met!) Paz and I stayed a little longer after closing to visit with out friend Atty May who we feel like we've known all our lives. I so hope we will be seeing her again. As for Mr. Paz, to borrow a phrase "what can I say that hasn't already been said". In addition, I must say that he is an amazing friend who has watched out for and over me through two Jonifests now. A true, true gentleman with a spirit that we are very lucky and blessed to have in our midst. Thank you so much, Michael, for your unending good nature and sense of music and fun. I could go on and on but must go meet an old friend who has moved back to town. Yes, he wants to get together for a martini ;-) Love, Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 23:17:42 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Talented JMDLers at Asharas Markie, Marky, Mark! You are just way too humble and self-effacing! But that's what makes you so wonderful. Kakki, who also knows that Mark has one of our most gorgeous voices! Mark wrote: > I was scared to death to attend one of these gatherings of JMDLers. I > have come to think so highly of so many people on this list, to > respect their talent and intelligence and knowledge that I was afraid > to meet them. I was afraid they would think me rather dull, ignorant > and unsophisticated. All I can say is that if any of the people at > Ashara's felt that way I certainly didn't sense or see it. All I felt > was warmth and acceptance and a feeling of kinship. Don't ever feel > hesitancy to join in one of these gatherings. You will feel that you > belong whether you're musical or not. These are a great bunch of > people. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 00:14:06 -0700 From: Leslie Mixon Subject: Shining Teeth - Part 2 So, I asked the dental hygienist what she thought about post-Blue Joni. "After she got into that Charles Mingus jazz mode, well I just lost interest." I suggested that after all this time she might want to give the Jazz Singer era another try. Then I suggested that since she loved "Blue", she ought to march on over to the music store and purchase "Night Ride Home" and "Turbulent Indigo." I boasted that Joni won 2 grammies for Turbulent Indigo, and if it's the acoustic Joni she wants, she'll find it on these 2 albums. She had never heard of either of these albums. She then started humming a song from "Court & Spark" and asked me to name that tune. "Twisted" I answered. "There was another singer who did a great version..." "Bette Midler" I answered. I asked her to name the two albums I recommend, "Night Ride" and "Blue Turbulence." "Listen, let me write the names of these albums down for you and your husband can buy them for your birthday or Christmas." Just got home from the Linda & Emmylou show - guess who's in the band - definitely Joni related!! Greg Liesz - playing pedal steel, lap steel, electric guitar, acoustic slide guitar and mandolin! Linda had a cold, but sings better with a cold than most people without a cold. Leslie ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V1 #185 ****************************** 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?