From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V1 #303 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Monday, December 20 1999 Volume 01 : Number 303 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: -------- more rooting for joni ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: A search for clarity. (Long!) [JRMCo1@aol.com] Re: open mics [waytoblu@mindspring.com] Re: Seasonal Films & Happy Christmas Jmdlers!! [Bounced Message ] Plug Of The Week #49 ["Peter Holmstedt" ] A Joni Christmas Tree [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Both Sides Now [Leslie Mixon ] Both Sides Now - page 2 [Leslie Mixon ] Paved Paradise [Bounced Message ] Fw: Help - Joni interview on KCSN 88.5 FM Tuesday 12/21 ["Kakki" Subject: more rooting for joni if you're still in the mood for more polls, go to the address below and vote JONI [and alice munro too please!!!] http://www.canoe.ca/CANOE2000/polls_jam.html#2 wallyk ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 08:10:04 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: Re: A search for clarity. (Long!) john: Bravo! This is as insightful a piece as I have ever seen on the synergetic nature of Joni's art and music. "...repetition without examination is death." Nice. Very apropos of our Joan. I'm looking forward to your next installment! - -Julius ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:37:32 -0500 From: waytoblu@mindspring.com Subject: Re: open mics > >So my first open mic experience was a very good one!! I can't wait to go >back. :) And your tips helped a lot! I felt like I knew what was going to >happen. I also knew I would mess up a little, which also happened, but it >wasn't too bad. > >I really liked the environment at the place I went to. It's called the >Skylight Exchange here in Chapel Hill, NC.. have any of you ever been >here? I go to UNC. I used to go to the Skylight Exchange very often. John Gillespie used to run a songwriter's night there and I saw Nikki Meets the Hibachi play at the Skylight a few times. It has a really nice environment. We don't really have a place like it in Atlanta. Victor NP: The Cheiftains-Long Black Veil >> ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 13:38:30 -0700 From: Bounced Message Subject: Re: Seasonal Films & Happy Christmas Jmdlers!! From: FMYFL@aol.com Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 10:05:22 EST John Low writes: << Anyway, what I am trying to say is simply THANKS – to all of you! When I decided to sub.scribe I didn’t expect to hang around too long. Now I don’t want to leave. And special thanks, of course, to Les and Wally who make this whole Joni Mitchell internet experience possible. HAPPY CHRISTMAS JMDLERS!!! >> What a beautiful post John. That's one that you could have posted 114 times like you did with "Meeting with Ashara in Sydney" . I still remember all those emails. LOL Merry Christmas to you too!!! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:19:56 -0500 (EST) From: Sarah Schuckman Subject: box set? Hello all! :) I was wondering if a box set for Joni Mitchell even exists... I want to ask for it for christmas if it does. :) Sarah ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 00:01:04 +0100 From: "Peter Holmstedt" Subject: Plug Of The Week #49 Hi there, Thanks to dear friend Russ Paris ( of Jackson Browne Website fame! ), I recently got familiar with a couple of great CD's by a band from San Diego, California : Joel Rafael Band - "Joel Rafael Band", "Old Wood Barn" and the brand new one, "Hopper" ( All released on the Reluctant Angel label ) Joel Rafael was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in the San Gabriel Valley suburbs of Los Angeles. It was the folk music of the 60's the really ignited his spark for music. He studied the writing, and performing styles, of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul & Mary, among others. During the 70's, 80's and early 90's Joel performed around the San Diego County in various groups, including a duo with Rosie Flores. As a solo performer he opened shows for the likes of Crosby Stills & Nash, Sheryl Crow, Laura Nyro, Rosanne Cash, John Sebastian and Taj Mahal. Joel was a 1994 finalist and 1995 winner of the Kerrville Folk Festival's New Emerging Songwriter award. His "Old Wood Barn" album was selected as a GAVIN "Americana" pick. Based on the earthy and honest style of the 60's folk movement, but full of relevance for the twenty-first century, the songs of Joel Rafael are both unique and familiar; familiar because they are authentic, and unique because they speak to us about our lives, here and now. The Joel Rafael Band is : Joel Rafael on guitar and vocals, Jamaica Rafael on violins and vocals, Carl Johnson on lead guitar, Dan Rotchild on bass and Jeff Berkley on percussion. The band is managed by Cree Clover, who also works for Jackson Browne. The brand new album, "Hopper" ( release date, January 8 ), will feature some great, original songs by Joel Rafael, "China Basin Dogs", which is a Rafael - John Trudell composition ( John does also appear on the song! ) and "Minor Key", written by Woody Guthrie and Billy Bragg. Copies of all three of these albums are available from : Reluctant Angel Records PO Box 357 Bonsall, CA 92003 U.S.A. Phone: 760 - 749 - 0813 Fax: 760 - 749 - 8011 Email: rangel420@aol.com jrafael@flash.net Website: http://www.flash.net/~jrafael/ Thank you, Russ - I owe you one! Take care, Peter ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 20:14:57 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: A Joni Christmas Tree Season's Greetings to JMDL'ers everywhere! Now that you're done picking up gifts for everybody on your list, it's time to treat yourself to the gift that keeps on giving. No, I'm not talking about a case of the clap, silly, I'm talking about Jonistuff! I'm offering up the following things to copy for whoever out there in Joniland wants them: Thing One: Joni plays Jazzfest in New Orleans, 5/6/95 This is a wonderful recording, and a significant one too. Joni premieres the VG8 and plays it in public for the first time. It's like when you were riding your first bike, you were a little wobbly and nervous, buy you made it and soon were rolling on along. This show is much in that kind of spirit. She starts out with a "heavy metal" version of "Sex Kills", with the same setting like the one she kicks off "Lead Balloon" with. She really enjoys herself throughout the show, laughs a lot, especially when she flubs with her new toy. In the middle of "Song For Sharon", she says, "This song's got a lot of words!" Here's the whole setlist: Sex Kills Moon At The Window Magdalene Laundries Refuge of The Road Night Ride Home Crazy Cries of Love Yvette in English Just Like This Train Three Great Stimulants Amelia Hejira Happiness is the Best Facelift Song For Sharon The quality is incredible; It sounds like soundboard quality. It'll take a 90 minute cassette or a CD. However, the CD will omit "Magdalene" to make it fit on a single disc. Thing Two: Interview This was a radio interview that Joni did the day Turbulent Indigo came out in 1994 on KSCA in Santa Monica. Great interview, Joni as always speaks on a wide array of subjects, is very playful and funny, especially talking about facelifts, she had me LOL'ing a couple times. She also has a collection of guitars, and picks them up to play the following songs: Sunny Sunday Crazy Cries of Love/Love's Cries Sex Kills Moon At The Window Facelift Just Like This Train Again, the sound is impeccable, since it was off the radio. It'll all fit on 1 CD or on a 60 minute tape. If you liked the RockMaster Class interview, this is a nice companion, I think. Thing Three: Tribute Who are Irma Schultz, Jack Mittleman, Anders Kotz, & Ola Swenson? No, they're not folks that Peter Holmstead has plugged this year, they're Swedish musicians who got together to do a Joni tribute and recorded a CD called "A Bird That Whistles-Songs of Joni Mitchell". It is a very pretty, very respectful project. They put enough of their own spin on the songs yet keep the feel of the original as well. I love covers and tribute projects anyway, so I'm a sucker for this one. Here are the songs they perform: Free Man In Paris A Bird That Whistles Chelsea Morning A Case of You This Flight Tonight Urge For Going Night Ride Home Twisted Hejira The Silky Veils of Ardor Woodstock I researched and tried to make sure this is not still commercially available. If it is still available, somebody tell me and I'll withdraw my offer. But otherwise, this is a treat that you'll enjoy! Obviously, it'll transfer to 1 CD, if you prefer cassette tape then it'll fit on a 60 or one side of a 90 (It's 43 minutes long). So there ya' go...1 concert, 1 interview, 1 tribute. 3 CD's or 2 60's & a 90. Of course, you don't HAVE to get all three, if you just want 1 or 2 that's totally cool...just specify what you want with a note in your package- whaddya think, I'm a mindreader for God's sake?! :~) Hopefully, by now you know the routine...put your unrecorded media in a self-addressed stamped envelope, and send it on to: Bob Muller 309 West Prentiss Ave. Greenville, SC 29605 IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU'RE SENDING ME CD'S TO RECORD ON, MAKE SURE THEY ARE "MUSIC" OR "AUDIO" CD'S. MY MACHINE CAN'T RECORD ON THE LESS EXPENSIVE ONES THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR DATA OR PROFESSIONAL MACHINES. If you have any questions about this or about any of it let me know. And if you're in some foreign (or as we like to say here in the South, 'fer-un') country, obviously the SASE thing doesn't work with you, but don't despair! We are creative folk and we can find a bold, adventurous way to get you your Joni. Maybe somebody from the UK with a CD burner could step up and volunteer to be a UK branch, likewise for you Canucks...we can conquer the "tyranny of distance"! ;~) And if you don't want ANY of this stuff, let me say that I admire you very deeply for living your monk-like life of deprivation and selflessness! :~) Bob, not a monk but rather a friar - a CD fryer that is! :~D NP: A Bird That Whistles, "Urge For Going" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 21:39:41 -0800 From: Leslie Mixon Subject: Both Sides Now The weekend started out wonderfully - first row seats, Art Deco picture palace (Sacramento's Crest Theatre) and Judy Collins giving a Christmas Concert. She came out with a 12-string Martin acoustic guitar, black silk charmeuse long skirt, black, bodice hugging sparkly jacket, head full of platinum hair and those opalescent eyes. After singing but a few notes, Steve and I were both choked up. The voice is as beautiful as ever, crystalline, dynamic range with unbelievable sustain. Song number two on the program was "Both Sides Now," Judy on guitar accompanied by a (grand) piano player. A wonderful family event and the audience (along with the Sacramento Men's Chorus) sang along on many of the Christmas Carols. Judy even recited "The Night Before Christmas." This event truly stimulated the Christmas spirit. Today we visited with Wally Breese - Joni sent him a prototype of the "special package" "Both Sides Now". I thought of the song, "Tin Angel," "...tucked in satin boxes are reflections of love's memories..." Wally and I listened to the album twice, all the way through. Joni's voice sounded better than I expected - and to hear "A Case of You" and "Both Sides Now" sung both as an ingenue (original recording) and as a grown woman is quite an experience. I think of this recording as Joni's Millenium gift - I can't wait till we've all had a listen and can share the wonderment. This weekend was my Christmas gift - I feel so grateful, thankful and satisfied. I had a fantasy while driving (from Santa Cruz to Sacramento to San Francisco and back to Santa Cruz) of a concert at the Crest Theatre - three women with acoustic guitars swapping songs and stories - the 3 Js - Judy, Joan and Joni. Ah, what a beautiful dream. Dream on dreamer. Leslie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 21:52:27 -0800 From: Leslie Mixon Subject: Both Sides Now - page 2 I forgot to mention that Joni chose 3 people to "thank" in the album credits - #1 Wally Breese, #2 Paul Starr and #3 Don Freed. Robbie Cavalino told Wally that the rest of the thank yous were from Larry Klein, including Joni's parents! Pretty impressive, eh? Leslie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 23:06:20 -0700 From: Bounced Message Subject: Paved Paradise From: "Brian Workman" Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:20:10 -0500 Last week or the week before) there was a post re: a performance of Paved Paradise at the Barns of Wolf Trap on 23 Jan. Could whoever posted that let me know where they found that out. The wolf trap web site, the Washing Post, and the Wolf Trap ticket number knows nothing about it. I want desperately to see it, so if it's happening, I'm there! Bedublyu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 23:57:33 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Fw: Help - Joni interview on KCSN 88.5 FM Tuesday 12/21 > I'm putting out another call for help to any listmembers in the San Fernando > Valley who can get the Joni interview taped on Tuesday, December 21 on KCSN > 88.5 FM - Noon to 1:00 p.m. This college station apparently broadcasts on > micro power and it's going to be impossible for most of us in the L.A. area > to pick it up. I'm going to do some checking around to see what I can come > up with tomorrow, but it would be a better bet if someone close to Cal State > Northridge can take this on. If no one else is able to come forward, I will > update you all tomorrow on any progess I make. Another thought I had is > that perhaps there are other listmembers who have the ability to download > the tape (if we get it) to a website on mp3. If I can get a tape and > someone can do the mp3 part, I will Federal Express it to that person so > everyone can tune it to it as soon as possible. > > Kakki > > NP: JMDL'er Steve Polifka - Last Train Home (WOWSA YOWSA!) > ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V1 #303 ****************************** 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?