From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V1 #297 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Tuesday, December 14 1999 Volume 01 : Number 297 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: A Weekend With Joni ["Lisa Peakes" ] Re: LA Weekly Art review (long) [dsk ] Re: A Weekend With Joni ["Kakki" ] Re: LA Weekly Art review [dsk ] Joni in odd places, guitar questions [CarltonCT@aol.com] Re: Mc Joni?? [dsk ] Re: Art Criticism & Solid Reggae. [Peter Sullivan ] Re: Rolf, Blossom, and even some Joni content [Roman ] RE: Joni's Autobiography [Jamie Zubairi ] RE: Millennium Countdown [Jamie Zubairi ] Novel ideas [Jamie Zubairi ] London Joni fest [Jamie Zubairi ] RE: The Angel Jimi and more Joni paintings [Jamie Zubairi ] RE: The rest of Joni in RS [Anne Sandstrom ] RE: Millennium Countdown [Anne Sandstrom ] Joni on Radio 4 [Jamie Zubairi ] RE: "Harlem In Havana", in appreciation of [Jamie Zubairi ] RE: The Hissing of Summer Lawns [Anne Sandstrom ] Art Critic's Jibberjabber [Julian51469@aol.com] Re: Joni in odd places, guitar questions [Don Rowe ] NO 30... MOODY BLUES ["Tony Wyer" ] Wally's weekend ["Sue Cameron" ] He aimed really good at me (SJC) [waytoblu@mindspring.com] Wally's words [Maggie McNally ] Re: Major Joni in the new RS ["Eric Taylor" ] Re: "B L U E" on HDCD ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Joni in NYTimes [Les Irvin ] Re: Joni in odd places, guitar questions [Randy Remote ] Re: NO 30... MOODY BLUES ["Eric Taylor" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 03:31:52 -0500 From: "Lisa Peakes" Subject: Re: A Weekend With Joni Thanks for the extra help with JMDL and with Wally's website. It's a hell of a site - first class - and so much for one person, however healthy, to do. Wally does a fantastic job, and you're so good to help! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 03:42:12 -0500 From: dsk Subject: Re: LA Weekly Art review (long) Mark in Seattle wrote: > Something about the way she renders faces and human forms really makes > me think of Hopper. Maybe their stillness and the large areas of relatively flat color. Joni's figures are usually close up whereas Hopper's are distant, surrounded and isolated by lots of space, and usually not looking directly at the viewer. The shapes and sense of melancholy loneliness are similar to both though. > I'm curious about something. Did some of you who have studied art > find this article informative? There was so much jargon about various > styles, sometimes I got the feeling the author was just stringing > adjectives together that sounded impressive. It sort of turns me off > to ever making any kind of serious study of painting. It was a rather confusing article to me also, more of an explanation of why the shows were being reviewed then about the artwork itself. I think the description of how artists resent the attention given to a celebrity's work just because of that person's fame is accurate. It makes it very obvious how unfair the game is. Seems to me the article is an indictment of the art world itself. > Not that I was really considering doing this but I have found myself > increasingly > interested in painting as I get older. Seeing the Van Goghs in LA, a > few O'Keeffes here in Seattle a couple of years ago and the more > recent Chuck Close exhibit really opened my eyes to how vibrant and > beautiful the real thing can be as opposed to looking at prints in a > book. Oh, yes, they cannot at all compare. Unfortunately most of the artwork people see is in printed reproductions -- thousands of colors, light and texture reduced to the 4-color printing process, usually in a very small size. Always see artwork in person if you can, and only refer to the reproductions to refresh your experience of it. > Does criticism and/or the study of art really have to be so technical > and intellectually convoluted to be valid? Criticism is part of the publicity machine, so it's always got to be taken with a big grain of salt. Art historians tend to be very intellectual and wordy, but the study of art doesn't have to be that. I'd say it involves a lot of looking and whatever you have a strong reaction to (you want to rip it off the wall, take it home and restructure your house around it ... or you want to rip it off the wall and use it to make a bonfire as soon as you get to the sidewalk outside) is something to investigate. Most things will probably be in the middle, but after a few of those strong reactions and you'll start to see what's speaking to you and begin to investigate what's similar among those works. Then there are books, or people to ask, or just looking some more. And looking inside yourself, too. It can be a very interesting journey. Debra Shea ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 00:50:48 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: A Weekend With Joni I feel like a wonderful and great present just arrived to us with Wally's story. The weekend visit sounded beyond magical and the photos are just fantastic. Joni is so beautiful inside and out. Thanks, Wally and Leslie. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 04:00:19 -0500 From: dsk Subject: Re: LA Weekly Art review Patricia O'Connor wrote: > I have been racking what is left of my brain to think of what painting, the > future cover of Both Sides Now is a semi-copy of. I know that I have seen > that composition of someone slumped over a bar with smoke clouds swirling > over, and alot of background/space at the top. At first I thought it was > Degas' "Absinthe Drinker" but it isn't, does anyone know? How about the early Picasso of two melancholy people at a table? I think it's called the "Frugal Repast." Not something Joni copied exactly, but the woman's gaze and pose is similar. Debra Shea ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 04:04:32 EST From: CarltonCT@aol.com Subject: Joni in odd places, guitar questions Okay, Joni's been heard in McDonalds, but last week I heard her in the Ralph's grocery store here in Los Angeles. And not a muzak-y version, but herself singing Chinese Cafe. That was cool. A few days later, I am listening to a very funny book on tape called "Lucky You". One of the characters is a woman intent on saving some virgin acres of Florida real estate for the indigenous wildlife. She knows the property has been sold to someone who wants to build a mall with a parking lot. She sighs and says "It's just like that Joni Mitchell song." I wanted to ask guitarists on the list how often they change their guitar strings. And what are the advantages/disadvantages to light or heavy gauges of strings? Are Martin strings the best? And for recording on a four track, what are the best cassettes? I recently recorded over some old cassettes and can hear remnants of the original recordings. love, peace and ecstasy to you all, Clark NP - Phish - Hoist ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 05:17:37 -0500 From: dsk Subject: Re: Mc Joni?? Russell Bowden wrote: > I hear a very familiar, high, long uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggge!!! .... I fly to the > counter, killing several patrons on the way; demanding to speak to management > IMMEDIATELY!!! A very nice gentlemen refrains from flogging the staff to > attend to my query...which kinda went something like this: > IS THAT A RADIO STATION CASSETTE TAPE WHO PICKS THIS MUSIC DO YOU KNOW THAT > YOU JUST PLAYED JONI MITCHELL IN HERE I HAVE A NEW RESPECT FOR YOUR ENTIRE > ORGANIZATION THANK YOU SO MUCH SLOBBER FAWN ASS-KISS ORDER ANOTHER CHOCOLATE > MILK SHAKE GET THE ADDRESS OF CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS LOL!!! Your post completely cracks me up!!! My most recent Joni-hearing was around Thanksgiving in the Black-Eyed Pea, a family style restaurant in Virginia where we'd gone for an "escape from turkey" dinner. I didn't even know music was playing, but all of a sudden I heard a piano and by the time it got to that little run of notes, I'd announced excitedly to everyone at the table, "Oh WOW it's Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark, 1974. WOW, that's great." The jaws on the older teenagers dropped, the 13-year old said "that's a girl singing?" I managed to say yes, Joni Mitchell, but couldn't talk anymore because I just had to listen. The 9-year old was probably worried I'd break into song like I did when we were in a pet store about a year ago and Circle Game came on. Please don't, she's probably thinking. And I didn't even look at the other adults at the table because I just knew there would be a lot of eye-rolling going on. And they knew that until the song finished I would be unreachable. And then when C&S ended, I waited for more Joni, but there were only Jingle Bell type Christmas songs, and after paying attention for a little while, I lost interest and didn't hear the music at all anymore. How odd and enjoyable it is to have Joni-antennae! I hadn't listened to C&S in years and yet recognized it within a few notes. Joni's music has really soaked into my brain. Those little C&S cells were just so happy to hook up again. Debra Shea ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:48:37 +0000 From: Peter Sullivan Subject: Re: Art Criticism & Solid Reggae. I've read all the posts about the LA Review, and all I can add is in the words of John Cleese from "Pleasure at Her Majesties", when Michaelangelo said, "You don't want an artist, you want a bloody photographer", he replied "Look, I'm the bloody Pope, mate, I may not know much about art, but I know what I like". Actually, I went to Art College, and I remember stringing adjectives together to justify my paintings, when all I really wanted to say was, "I like it, if you don't, sod ya". So, good on ya, Joni. Keep on painting what you like, and sod the critics. I was watching an old video the other night of Joni at the Wembley Arena in April 1983. Does anybody know if this concert was retailed officially? I taped it from BBC2 on an old steam driven Betamax, and the quality is not perfect. In this concert she sings "Solid Love", and the keyboard accompaniment is definitely in the reggae style. I also noticed a typo in the credits at the end of the show, Bass - Larry Klem. Does any body remember this concert? Was anybody there? - -- Peter Sullivan Marketing Media Editor email: sul@interchange.co.uk - ------------------------------------------------------------------ This email has been swept for viruses by the Interchange Firewall. NO COMMITMENT MADE VIA EMAIL IS CONSIDERED BINDING UNLESS CONFIRMED BY MAIL OR FAX. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:39:00 +0100 From: Roman Subject: Re: Rolf, Blossom, and even some Joni content AzeemAK@aol.com wrote: > Bob, I too think that The Dreaming is a brilliant album. However, I wouldn't > recommend it as a starter. I don't normally recommend compilations, but The > Whole Story would be a good place to start if you're a complete Kate > beginner. If I had to say one, I'd say start at the beginning with The Kick > Inside. Yes, I'd certainly go along with that advice. I was a huge Kate fan at one time, had all the albums etc, but to just dip into one mid-period Kate album might send a beginner into severe shock. Probably best to start gently at the beginning and let the picture build up slowly. BTW I don't rate the last two albums at all, apart from the stunning title track of Sensual World. But it's a personal thing - I know others that heartily disagree and think she's getting better and better. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:40:46 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: RE: Joni's Autobiography Ryan wrote Does anyone know anything new about the book Joni is supposed to be writing? according to Waterstones in London, it's release date is the 31st of December 1999. There was a date LAST MAY when it was supposed to be released but it kept on getting bounced back. It is called 'Autobiography'. I believe it was going to be called 'Memoir' in May. A listeer who saw Joni in a hotel in May saw her also look over a hardcover book while she was eating. Jamie Zubairi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:43:39 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: RE: Millennium Countdown - ---------- Bob Muller wrote 23 Beethoven: Beethoven had a selection in the original Fantasia in 1939. In that same film is a version of "Ave Maria". Tuck Andress plays a version of Ave Maria on his Christmas CD, Tuck and Patti cover a couple Stevie Wonder tunes, "I Wish" being one of them, and Stevie plays with Joni on Herbie Hancock Gershwin CD. Jamie Zubairi writes: 23 Beethoven: Joni writes Ludwig's Tune in memory of Beethoven, dedicated to the court composer who, while celebrated, never received the adulation from the girls. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:16:57 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: Novel ideas Dear devotees Has anyone read Lynn Vannucci's 'Coyote'? It starts off with Joni's quote, 'No regrets, Coyote...'. I have it but, ashamedly, I don't read novels (mainly plays). Is she on the list? Jamie Zubairi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:32:21 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: London Joni fest Dear London Jonifesters Thank you for replying to my post. Some people have offered to put 1 or 2 people up for the night in London, so mail me if you need any assistance in that area and I will forward you to the right person. Hear from you soon. Jamie 'The Zoob' Zubairi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 14:03:34 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: RE: The Angel Jimi and more Joni paintings Eric wrote: > I wonder if she thins the paint with scented oil? Would that be > aromavision? I personally use common or garden cooking oil, just cuz I can't afford to buy artist quality materials. God knows what it will do to my paintings in a coupla years time. But they've held up so far (7 years) Jamie Zubairi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 14:00:49 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: RE: more Joni paintings Kakki wrote; This is an unusual one up close. All of the painting is smooth and flat (as far as paint application) except for her face, which not only appears rather ghostly, but the paint is heavily textured with a lot of little bumps! I swear it either looks like she has one of those exfoliating facial masques on that have little abrasive bits of stuff in it, or a bad case of adolescent pimples! I can't figure whether she did this so that the light would reflect off the surface or whether there is some other symbolic sub-text going on here. She's probably been looking at too much Lucien Freud, the 'ultra-realist' painter whose later paintings have a smooth, almost palette knife application in the backgroung, but you could swear that he uses mud to paint flesh. I don't know the extent of texturing Joni uses as I haven't seen any of the post 1990 paintings close up. Freud makes it look like these people have had some bad disease which they have recovered from. Also someone asked about the paintings in the Mingus period... they are flatter and almost, worked in to the canvas and have an air of stillness and space about them. The period immediately after that, pre DED, paintings about Mingus (Charlie The Bull Dying In Mexico), Georgia O'Keefe (The Mudd Club), and another painter (The Sun Goes Down On Jersey, Rises Over Little Italy) - all about 1980-84 - where passages of the figurative are almost 'collaged' with passages of abstraction. My favourite of those is 'Charlie The Bull'. I have the catalogue from the London Exhibition but I don't have a scanner and I wouldn't know how to put these on the net anyway... Any suggestions? Jamie Zubairi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:46:53 -0500 From: Anne Sandstrom Subject: RE: The rest of Joni in RS <> Will do - at lunch today... (I don't read my work email at home on weekends - - that's why it's taken me so long to respond...) Anne ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:49:01 -0500 From: Anne Sandstrom Subject: RE: Millennium Countdown << 30 Moody Blues>> Justin Hayward of the MB recorded "MacArthur Park," written by Jimmy Webb. Joni does background vocals on a Webb song (which one?) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 15:33:38 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: Joni on Radio 4 On BBC Radio 4 every morning, there is a short drama piece about the reworking of Shakespeare's women into modern day (the piece I heard was about Ophelia talking to her psychiatrist, v.v.v funny take on the whole Hamlet thing) and there is a collage of music they play to bookend the series. The opening is the intro to Shades Of Scarlett Conquering. R4 certainly like their Joni. Jamie Zoob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 15:17:26 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: RE: "Harlem In Havana", in appreciation of Jim She tends to get overlooked in this song. It's the first off the album but people generally dismiss it as a bit of fun. Really it has a lot of character and theatre in the voice. SPIRIT and excitement. My personal faves are See that tall girl: THAT'S A MAN! That one too, With a yellow feather fan What kind of difference would 180 gram vinyl make to the sound? Jamie Zubairi Jim L'Hommedieu: I love this song, especially the way Joni's vocal comes wailing into the song at 1:33 when she goes, "at the FAR END OF THE MIDWAY by the double farris wheel there's a band that plays so snaky ya can't help how ya feel." I'm wondering if anyone will offer it on 180 gram vinyl one fine day. - -- All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu ** Get well Wally! ** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 15:28:10 -0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: RE: The Hissing of Summer Lawns Relayer asks: What does everyone think of this album?It's one of my favorite's of Joni's. Jamie replies Well, it's was one of the first of Joni's records that was completely different to the rest of the oeuvre. The sixties officially ended in 1974, the same time C&S came out. 1975 came the new departure, she was getting comfortable enough with the band to cut them a little slack in the studio, she had a good relationship with Asylum to do what she wanted, almost. And the subject matter, almost nothing confessional, nothing about herself. It was more like good fiction, a little of your experience mixed with a little of what you heard and what you want to say. The guitar playing is nice and strong on it. My personal favourites are Harry's House, Don't Interrupt The Sorrow, Edith. Some of the material is a little hard to unpick (Shadows and Light) and some of it a little obscure (Shades...) and got many of the fans confused, thinking she was the characters in the songs, when really she was only playing the characters that she wrote. The sound of the album is amazing as well, from the Burundi drummers, to the bass to the horn section.... oooooh I could go on but I won't. Jamie Zoob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:41:18 -0500 From: Anne Sandstrom Subject: RE: The Hissing of Summer Lawns I love HOSL. My only qualm has always been the mixing of Shades of Scarlet Conquering. I've always thought the level was too 'hot' overall. When I got the CD, I expected it would be 'fixed' but it's not. Does anyone find this to be true? Anne ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 11:41:29 EST From: Julian51469@aol.com Subject: Art Critic's Jibberjabber In a message dated 12/11/99 3:32:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, Mark in Seattle writes: << 'gestural biomorphic abstraction' mean? >> Perhaps...impulsive, biologicaly referenced, non realistic renderings...or the raw energy of amoeba-like entities...or squiggly, glutonous whatchamacallits....or organic etcha sketched thingybops...or maybe that's just what it said on their Greenberg slide rule of artistic jargon. I can understand this poop 'cuz I've been indoctrinated into the exclusive world of artspeak drivel via the "higher education system"... and it's all a little like latin to a med student - helpful for diagnosing an anomaly, ailment of mutation, but utterly useless when it comes to bridging the communication gap between intellectual ivory towers and the rest of the world. I wish critics would tell me why THEY like something as opposed to why WE should like something. Maybe then their writing would be simplified and more personal. And for those folks who want to bash a creative work, you are wasting my time and yours not to mention raining on someone's artistic parade. Nuff said, Julian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:24:51 -0800 (PST) From: Don Rowe Subject: Re: Joni in odd places, guitar questions I think, more than odd 'places' where one can hear Joni, it's 'which' Joni you hear that can be just as surprising. We all expect BSN, Help Me, Free Man In Paris ... but I've recently heard "Car On A Hill" in an Italian restaurant, and most oddly "Edith and the Kingpin" in the grocery store. Now I know these songs like the bridge of my nose, but I swear it takes a while to sink in under the circumstances. Don Rowe ===== "I would not bet against the development of a time machine. My opponent may have already built one ... and know the future." -- Stephen Hawking __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 12:21:01 -0000 From: "Tony Wyer" Subject: NO 30... MOODY BLUES Well we will all have to think about that one. First two albums were good, and they were definitely on new ground, (Days of Future Passed 1967, In Search Of The Lost Chord 1968), but what followed was shite. regards Tony NP Caravan, In The Land of Grey and Pink Tony's Rough Guide to Skiing La Plagne http://www.wyer.force9.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:45:13 -0500 From: "Sue Cameron" Subject: Wally's weekend I read with tears in my eyes Wally's account of his weekend with Joni. What a gracious woman to share her time and open her home and heart. There is good reason all of us adore her so, as she has much to give in return. I think it is so cool that you got to do this Wally, and I am glad that Joni understands all the hours of love and attention that went into the website. You really did begin this wonderful journey for us all and I for one am eternally grateful. The pictures were lovely, just wish there would have been more. I loved the preview of the new album cover! Wally, your grin in those photos is worth a thousand words, and the shot of Joni playing pool is priceless. What got to me the most, though, was what Wally said at the end of his reminiscence. He gave Joni a gift. Three winning essays from the list. Whoa! Joni reading something that I wrote. The thought of this really blows me away. For years I have treasured and hung on her every word. I hope that she finds my writing one tenth as enjoyable as hers is to me. Wally, thanks again for everything you have done to make my dreams come true. Meeting Joni in October of '98 was all due to your website, and now her being able to read my story. The only thing that could make this Christmas perfect is your complete recovery. God bless! Sue Cameron ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 18:55:25 -0500 From: waytoblu@mindspring.com Subject: He aimed really good at me (SJC) I was bored today driving home from Chattanooga, so I made this attempt at parody (inspired by all this Y2K paranoia which I think is completely ridiculous.) (to the tune of For Free) I spent last night in the hood...do tell, I went shopping today for guns. The wind blew around in the dusty town, As I handed one to my sons. I was standing on a noisy corner, Waiting for a crazy scene. Across the street they stood, And I aimed really good. So noone would fuck with me. Now me I bank a fortune, So I went and withdrew it all. But there were two gentlemen, Behind my back unseen, Spotting me with their ammo. They said, "Give me all your money." (Though they used to be friends to me.) So I gave it to the man, With the gun in his hand. Cause he was aiming really good At me. Nobody stopped to help me, Though I screamed so loud and high. They were all at home, With guns of their own, Watching planes fall out of the sky. Me I thought I'd take cover, And make me a bomb. Maybe, keep them from harmin' me. But I heard the rain, As the year finally changed, And we were all swept away By the sea. Victor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:08:17 -0500 From: Maggie McNally Subject: Wally's words Thank you Wally for sharing the magical intimacy of your weekend with Joni. May you have many, many more. My best to you, Maggie Maggie McNally ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:55:11 -0500 From: "Eric Taylor" Subject: Re: Major Joni in the new RS Kakki observed: << Something neat occurred to me the other day. The Jonifest Box Set concludes with the song "My Funny Valentine". Even though there is no way we could have planned it that way, what a perfectly apt song to end it on considering her upcoming Valentine's Day release of the new album of love standards, the heart on her sleeve in the painting and now this comment above. Robbie told us that Joni originally wanted to make the special edition box in the shape of a heart, too, but they decided against it. I know - it's probably too cutesy - but I kind of like it ;-)>> What GREAT synchronicity! Jung would be intrigued by this *meaningful coincidence.* Joni seems ESPecially sensitive to the collective unconscious & I wouldn't be at all surprised if she tapped into the JMDL archetype. Does anyone know where the heart shape originated? Certainly NOT from Leonardo's sketches.... E.T. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 23:35:17 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: "B L U E" on HDCD On Saturday JMDL'er Malte auditioned the "Blue" HDCD Remaster and found no improvement over his regular-issued CD. Audiophile CD differences are often "hard to hear" and completely inaudible on some stereos. It should not sound too tubby or too shrill. If you want a higher quality of reproduction than is locally available, pick up one of the several monthly magazines about the self-proclaimed "high-end" published in the USA, Canada, and the UK to learn the preferred brands. I think it's important to read up, to research the quality of the sound and try to get the most neutral sound possible. When you’re ready to bid, there is a thriving, relatively safe, and legal auction market of high fidelity music components going on at eBay. although some trades request USA only transactions. I wonder what Joni thinks of click tracks. Do they force the rhythm section or free them? Jim L’Hommedieu in suburban Cincinnati, USA ya know, the 70s sitcom, "WKRP In Cincinnati" anyway…. Get Well Wally sent from a new installation of Outlook Express 5... Will it survive? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:36:32 -0700 From: Les Irvin Subject: Joni in NYTimes Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:34:36 -0800 From: Sue Glumac Today's (Monday) Living Arts section of the NYTimes has a review of a play that opened in New York on Saturday. The play, "Hurricane" which has played in San Fran, Chicago, and Seattle is a series of vignettes about female power-or lack of it-in the post feminist world. The final sentence reads "It (the staging) is a clean palette for the presentation of the author's jeremiads, which are helped, for the most part by some vivid lighting effects by Russell H. Champa and the music of-who else-Joni Mitchell. Sue ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:08:48 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Joni in odd places, guitar questions > I wanted to ask guitarists on the list how often they change their guitar > strings. And what are the advantages/disadvantages to light or heavy gauges > of strings? Are Martin strings the best? Change them when they start to sound dead and dull, and don't want to stay in tune anymore. Every couple months if you play every day. Light guage: easier to play. Heavy: sound better. Also heavy are more appropriate for someone who plays them hard. I think most people use light or medium, you'd have to be either a masochist or have really muscular hands to use heavier than medium. The brand is certainly an individual thing. I like Martin Marquis (light guage)-the regular Martins are not as good IMO. You can get them for about 3.50/set from Musician's Friend, or other mail order places. Dean Markley's sound just as good, but seemed to me to go dead faster, and cost more. > And for recording on a four track, what are the best cassettes? I recently > recorded over some old cassettes and can hear remnants of the original > recordings. Does your manual specify a high bias tape? TDK SA or MA or Maxell high bias. It's worth it to buy a decent tape. Stay away from metal unless your manual says you can use it. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 03:54:43 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: A Weekend With Joni wally wally, how much i love you and admire you. i wish i could hold you in my arms and let you nap on my couch with your head on my lap and cook nice treats for you. thank you for giving me a weekend with joni. i will never forget you. i will always think of you. and when we are all gone, we will meet again. i love you, wallyk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 02:20:41 -0500 From: "Eric Taylor" Subject: Re: NO 30... MOODY BLUES Tony Wyer opined: << First two albums were good, and they were definitely on new ground, (Days of Future Passed 1967, In Search Of The Lost Chord 1968), but what followed was shite. >> To me the first eight albums by The Moody Blues, climaxing with Seventh Sojourn, are all masterpieces & rival - even surpass - the Beatles in brilliance. When the founding member, Michael Pinder, left the band in the mid-70's to pursue a spiritual path The Moody Blues fell apart. *Voyager* (1981) might have been their first #1 hit but it doesn't even approach their earlier work. E.T. NP: To Our Children's Children's Children (my fav Moody Blues album). ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V1 #297 ****************************** The Song and Album Voting Booths are open! 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