From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #47 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Friday, February 4 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 047 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: WHEN IS THE BOX SET COMING OUT? ["Eric Taylor" ] John!!! [catman ] Re: Neil Diamond ["Neil E. Orts" ] Wally Breese [Susan McNamara ] Wally ["Ross, Les" ] Death & Birth & Death @ Birth & Death & Birth [Leslie Mixon ] I stole this one ... for Wally [Don Rowe ] Wally ["Gerald Notaro (LIB)" ] Wally Breese ["Brett Code" ] Fw: Wally Breese ["gene mock" ] wally [Wolfebite@aol.com] Re: Wally [michael w yarbrough ] Re: BSN Now Shipping [zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny)] New (to me!) Joni! ["Pitassi, Mary" ] Wally ["Mark T. Domyancich" ] Wally [Randy Remote ] Re: Wally Breese [MDESTE1@aol.com] Wally ["Neil E. Orts" ] Past Trees [Michael Cooper ] Wally [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: New (to me!) Joni! [Don Rowe ] Re: Wally [TerryM2442@aol.com] Wally ["Jamie Zubairi" ] Re: New (to me!) Joni! [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: New (to me!) Joni! [catman ] Dearest Wally: Goodnight, sweet prince... [jw1327@rcn.com] On Wally's Passing ... [Lindsay Moon ] Wally ["Helen M. Adcock" ] Wally and jonimitchell.com [Medric Faulkner ] Pint-Sized Joni Singers [Lindsay Moon ] Wally's gift ["rick novosel" ] The Wally Breese Memorial Fund [AsharaJM@aol.com] The best tribute ["Pitassi, Mary" ] A Dark Day ["Russell Bowden" ] Re: New (to me!) Joni! [Jason Maloney ] Wally Breese [Vince Lavieri ] Wally [LL ] Mourner's Kaddish [Brian Gross ] A Prayer [Brian Gross ] Wally [Emily Kirk Gray ] Wally [Kate Tarasenko ] Wally ["Beverly" ] Re: Wally ["Beverly" ] Re: Wally Breeze ["Alan Lorimer" ] Re: Joni Article in TIME magazine ["Alan Lorimer" ] Re: Wally [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Wally ["Mark or Travis" ] Wally [KCooper984@aol.com] [none] [Walter R Rodgers III ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 01:57:21 -0800 From: "Eric Taylor" Subject: Re: WHEN IS THE BOX SET COMING OUT? Randy Remote wrote:~) << I have heard of no plans or rumours of one. I would agree that a big fat one is long overdue. >> Hear hear! I second that emotion. Can you imagine 4 CD's of remastered rarities - demos & live dubs!!! HOW can Joni possibly be against this idea?! I think she is confusing boxed sets with greatest hits. Or perhaps she knows her best work is yet to come. Judging from the progression of her catalogue I suddenly see the wisdom of her holding out.... E.T. __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 12:38:15 +0000 From: catman Subject: John!!! Listening to TTT. Tiger Bones is on. John says 'This is good. Glad she didn't spoil it by singing'!!! John gets no dinner. ps the puppies off to the vet for their jabs, all yowling away. Then i put Joni(NRH) on the car hifi. They all shut up and settle down and relax. Seems my dogs and I are more in tune than John and I! - -- To change the world-change your self "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:07:58 -0500 From: "Neil E. Orts" Subject: Re: Neil Diamond Relayer211@aol.com wrote > I am big Neil Diamond fan.Does anyone know what Joni thinks about >Neils's versions of "Both sides now","chelsea morning" and "Free man in >Paris"? I have no idea what Joni thinks, but it was during an extended Diamond phase that I first heard these songs and led me to pick my first Joni album. I've since lost interest in ND, but continue on as a Joni fan. I don't know how she feels about me being a fan, either, so that may skew how she feels about ND's versions of her songs. - -Neil on topic at last! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 09:40:53 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: Wally Breese Friends of the Joni Mitchell Community: Jim Johanson, Wally's dear friend, has announced on the Joni Mitchell Home Page that Wally Breese passed away very early this morning, Friday, February 4, 2000. As I sit here at my computer and sadly think of my dear friend, I think the only thing I can do to remember him is to think of what he loved the most and what he dedicated the last five years of his life to: The art of Joni Mitchell. I love you Wally! Peace and grace to you, and may our grief be soothed by the beauty you created at www.jonimitchell.com Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air and feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way. I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow it's cloud illusions I recall. I really don't know clouds at all. Moons and Junes and ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel as every fairy tale comes real; I've looked at love that way. But now it's just another show. You leave 'em laughing when you go and if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away. I've looked at love from both sides now, from give and take, and still somehow it's love's illusions I recall. I really don't know love at all. Tears and fears and feeling proud to say "I love you" right out loud, dreams and schemes and circus crowds, I've looked at life that way. But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, they say I've changed. Something's lost but something's gained in living every day. I've looked at life from both sides now, from win and lose, and still somehow it's life's illusions I recall. I really don't know life at all. ____________________ /____________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ "It's all a dream she has awake" - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:53:06 -0000 From: "Ross, Les" Subject: Wally Wally's gone and what use are words. A star in the firmament has blinked out and the JMDL constellation will never look the same again. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 06:57:52 -0800 From: Leslie Mixon Subject: Death & Birth & Death @ Birth & Death & Birth Dear Friends: It is with deep sorrow that I tell you of the passing of Wally Breese. He passed peacefully at 9:25pm Thursday night, Feb 3rd (although the coroner's official time of death falls on Feb. 4th) at the home of his best friend, Jim. I'm sure that Jim would agree that I was Wally's closest female friend. "Anyone will tell you just how hard it is to make and keep a friend." They broke the mold with Wally. We were close enough to fight as well as play. One of our shared passions, that we spent many a weekend indulging, was scouring used record shops - besides Joni, Wally was crazy about: Jackie DeShannon, Rick Nelson, Harry Nilsson and the Kinks (and other too numerous to mention). The first time I visited his home I gasped - I'd never seen so many CDs in a private home, it was like walking into a Tower Records store! He has just about every boxed set of an artist that you could want - from John Lennon to Peggy Lee. One time I told Wally that he hurt my feelings when he was being especially rude. When I got home from work that day there was a message on my voicemail from him, "I can be cruel, but let me be gentle with you." That's a true sign of friendship - Honestly to be who you are and be loved in spite of yourself ("...will you take me as I am?" To quote another favorite artist of both Wally and myself, "...there'll be one child born when I die..." I'm happy to say that Jim has posted a photo of Wally on jonimitchell.com that I took at Warner Brothers studio the first night we attended the filming of "Painting With Words & Music." Leslie Mixon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 09:56:33 -0500 From: luvart@snet.net Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2000 #67 (up on the walls) Ok - I'll confess to what was up on my walls as a teenager. When I was about 10 - 13 it was the Monkees .... especially Davey Jones. Then came my intro to pot and things changed. I dumped the Monkees for Jim Morrison & the Doors (nice black light poster too), The Who 'Live at Leeds' poster, a cool Rolling Stones poster when Mick & Keith weren't so wrinkled, and about a half dozen Filmore East posters. There was also a cool tapestry hung on one wall with beads and chains hung around it. I used to keep a small transistor radio under my pillow so I could hear the alternative radio station sign off at midnight. That station was cool. They signed off playing Laura Nyro's version of Save the Country. Heather - tripping down memory lane - thanks :-) At 02:11 PM 2/3/00 -0800, Mike Friedman wrote: >I put up Styx and Kansas. I was a child of the 70s. Oh and Billy Joel too. > >============================ >I'm your Boogie Man >That's what I am >I'm here to do >Whatever I can. > >--KC & the Sunshine Band, 1976 > > > >> From: w evans >> Reply-To: w evans >> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 07:35:18 -0500 (EST) >> To: joni@smoe.org >> Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2000 #67 >> >>> But since it was brought up, what did the gay men here put on their walls >>> when they were teenagers? I don't ask that in any sort of judgemental way, >>> I'm just curious...I suppose they couldn't put beefcake male posters up >>> unless they had outed to their parents, which is a minority I'm guessing. (My >>> sister didn't out to my parents until she was in her thirties). >>> Or maybe they did - I don't know, that's why I'm asking...so you see Don >>> Rocker-Bryant, you have opened up an interesting topic. >>> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 07:00:22 PST From: "Reuben Bell" Subject: Re: WHEN IS THE BOX SET COMING OUT? I figured we were out of luck on the box set front since all of the albums were recently re-released in the HDCD format. Not to mention the HITS and MISSES disappointment. (One unreleased track?? What gives?) I want to hear those alternate MINGUS sessions tracks. Reuben >From: "Eric Taylor" >Reply-To: "Eric Taylor" >To: "JMDL" >Subject: Re: WHEN IS THE BOX SET COMING OUT? >Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 01:57:21 -0800 > >Randy Remote wrote:~) > ><< I have heard of no plans or rumours of one. I would agree that a big >fat >one is long overdue. >> > > Hear hear! > I second that emotion. > Can you imagine 4 CD's of remastered rarities - demos & live dubs!!! > HOW can Joni possibly be against this idea?! I think she is confusing >boxed sets with greatest hits. Or perhaps she knows her best work is yet to >come. > Judging from the progression of her catalogue I suddenly see the >wisdom >of her holding out.... > E.T. > >__________________________________________ >NetZero - Defenders of the Free World >Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at >http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 10:08:07 -0500 From: luvart@snet.net Subject: Wally we'll have to be really good around here now .... Wally will be watching all the time :-) God Bless Wally. Heather ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 15:17:30 +0000 From: catman Subject: Re: Wally To us wally may be gone but for him he just celebrated his birthday into his next life. I know it will be a fantastic party. Thank you Wally. Have a great party. Your tears and fears are gone forever. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:12:54 -0800 (PST) From: Don Rowe Subject: I stole this one ... for Wally "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!" Goodbye Wally. 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!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:41:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald Notaro (LIB)" Subject: Wally It is a tribute to Wally and his accomplishments in his lifetime that I feel so sad over someone I never got to meet. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:32:03 -0700 From: "Brett Code" Subject: Wally Breese Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep, I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight, I am the soft star that shines at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I did not die. Good bye Wally. Go well, and in peace Brett Code ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:50:56 -0800 From: "gene mock" Subject: Fw: Wally Breese - ----- Original Message ----- From: gene mock To: Susan McNamara Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 7:48 AM Subject: Re: Wally Breese > i somehow see him waving and smiling on the other side. do you know if any > services are planned? i live close enough to s.f. and would attend. thanks > and take care gene > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susan McNamara > To: > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 6:40 AM > Subject: Wally Breese > > > > Friends of the Joni Mitchell Community: > > > > Jim Johanson, Wally's dear friend, has announced on the Joni Mitchell Home > > Page that Wally Breese passed away very early this morning, Friday, > > February 4, 2000. > > > > As I sit here at my computer and sadly think of my dear friend, I think > the > > only thing I can do to remember him is to think of what he loved the most > > and what he dedicated the last five years of his life to: The art of Joni > > Mitchell. I love you Wally! Peace and grace to you, and may our grief be > > soothed by the beauty you created at www.jonimitchell.com > > > > > > > > Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air > > and feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way. > > But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. > > So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way. > > > > I've looked at clouds from both sides now, > > from up and down, and still somehow > > it's cloud illusions I recall. > > I really don't know clouds at all. > > > > Moons and Junes and ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel > > as every fairy tale comes real; I've looked at love that way. > > But now it's just another show. You leave 'em laughing when you go > > and if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away. > > > > I've looked at love from both sides now, > > from give and take, and still somehow > > it's love's illusions I recall. > > I really don't know love at all. > > > > Tears and fears and feeling proud to say "I love you" right out loud, > > dreams and schemes and circus crowds, I've looked at life that way. > > But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, they say > > I've changed. > > Something's lost but something's gained in living every day. > > > > I've looked at life from both sides now, > > from win and lose, and still somehow > > it's life's illusions I recall. > > I really don't know life at all. > > > > > > ____________________ > > /____________________\ > > ||-------------------|| > > || Sue McNamara || > > || sem8@cornell.edu || > > ||___________________|| > > || O etch-a-sketch O || > > \___________________/ > > > > > > > > "It's all a dream she has awake" - Joni Mitchell > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:19:39 EST From: Wolfebite@aol.com Subject: wally i so sad by this inevitable news- but relieved as well that the long suffering is over. peace, peace, peace... where ever you go to now. i'm thinking of this... 'hey wally, are you in some hotel room? does it have a view?" not to sound glib but i wish that is where he is. the afterlife i imagine is one of great comfort, rest and just the right amount of pampering to replenish to soul for the next round of adventure. what a life was lead by that man- such devotion and passion that i don't think i would have the strength to carry through. the fruits of that labor- that glorious website- the source and connection for so many of us to come together! i visited that sight for the first time- saw the link for the discussion group- moved forward to join and sit here typing to you blessed not-so-strangers in my life. wally made that happen. I'm wrestling with my own family- a cousin dying of brain cancer, an uncle hanging on with barely a working heart. Our mortal coil unravels so easily. Our comfort and joy is our loves and friendships- how we support and care for ourselves. there is no greater gift. all good dreamers pass this way surrounded by love.... doug ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:33:20 -0600 (CST) From: michael w yarbrough Subject: Re: Wally I wish I could muster more than a "me, too" write now, but Jerry expressed my sentiments precisely. Wally, we love you. - --Michael On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Gerald Notaro (LIB) wrote: > It is a tribute to Wally and his accomplishments in his lifetime that I > feel > so sad over someone I never got to meet. > > Jerry > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:33:55 -0800 (PST) From: zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny) Subject: Re: BSN Now Shipping MG wrote: <> Thanks for staightening that out for me, MG. Hopeful me, thought the sales from the Reprise site had exceeded THEIR INITIAL stock supply. I guess it doesn't make sense to me either that the record label wouldn't, at least, be one of the first to outlets to start shipping their artist's product. <> Isn't it possible, considering the push Reprise gave to Joni for the artwork, that the printing and distribution of all the promo stuff has been working feverishly inside a very small time window also? Hopefully it'll all show up last minute. Which reminds me of something. Just because so many are ordering the Limited Edition via the internet, don't forget to vistit the local record store. The record store I go to always lets me put my name on the back of the poster they put up for display. When they take down the display, they give me a call so I can have it. (If they've been sent more than they put up, they just give me an extra poster when I make the inquiry.) Penny :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Grace dies when it becomes us verses them......Philip Yancey ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:41:04 -0600 From: "Pitassi, Mary" Subject: New (to me!) Joni! Last night, while shopping in a record store for my soon-to-be 16-year-old niece's birthday presents, I broke down and bought one of the two JM CD's, other than the soon-to-be-released BSN, that I didn't have as of then: Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm. I listened to a bit of it in my car today, and really like some of what I've heard so far. Joni was obviously continuing the exploration with high-tech sounds and production that she began with DED, but seems to be turning it here more onto the vocal side of the production (elaborate harmonies, multi-dubbed all-Joni-choir parts, etc.). Now, my questions for you. Does anyone have any favorite tracks? Any suggestions for special treats to look out for? Anything about the record you just HATE? Reply to me privately if you think we'd be talking to death something we've already discussed on-list. Next it will be on to the *last* Joni release I don't yet have: Shadows & Light!!! Mary P. P.S. My niece takes voice lessons, and enjoys jazz, old and new. I got her an Ella Fitzgerald compilation and the latest from Diana Krall. 2d P.S. Now I'm *really* off to work!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:53:27 -0600 From: "Mark T. Domyancich" Subject: Wally I remember an episode of "Little House On The Praire," where the mother dies in the family, and the children have no home to go to. At her funeral, the mother had written something that the priest read. I don't remember exactly how it went, but one line I'll always remember is "If you can only remember me with tears, than don't remember me at all." I kind of feel we are the children without Wally now. Good bye Wally. Mark Domyancich Harpua@revealed.net http://home.revealed.net/Harpua ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 10:33:28 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Wally SWEET BIRD YOU ARE BRIEFER THAN A FALLING STAR ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:45:39 EST From: MDESTE1@aol.com Subject: Re: Wally Breese One of the oldest concepts in philosophy and religion is that a persons place in heaven is dictated by how much good they did and how many people remember them favorably or love them. Is there any doubt about Wally's place in the afterlife. I will remember him in my prayers. God Bless you Wally. Thanks for everything you have done. I will play your song from the tribute tape and toast you tonight. Marcel Deste ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:06:24 -0500 From: "Neil E. Orts" Subject: Wally I just saw the news from Jim on jonimitchell.com Condolences to Jim and all who loved Wally. - -Neil ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 14:35:02 -0800 From: Michael Cooper Subject: Past Trees I am a newcomer to this list. If anyone would be willing to help me catch up with past trees (Esp. the 4 CD-R one) please let me know. Thanks for having me! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:10:13 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Wally I remember when TTT came out and I posted about Joni's picture being in USA today along with an article. Wally sent me a message wondering if I would be so kind as to send it to him. I was honored to do so, to be able to contribute in even a miniscule way to the archives, it was as thrilling as when I met Joni herself!...he also sent me a message with the lyrics to "Just Like Me" with a nice note. I printed it out and put it in my lyrics notebook. I have a wonderful photo of Wally and Les grinning like a couple of schoolkids. And we have Wally singing Woodstock... We are stardust We are golden We've got to get ourselves back to the garden... Wally's completed his journey back to that garden now. And the seeds he's planted here have blessed us all with an earthly garden of truth and beauty. My prayers go out to his friends and family. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:35:59 -0800 (PST) From: Don Rowe Subject: Re: New (to me!) Joni! Mary's a lucky girl ... to just be getting into the wonderful CMIARS. "Down! Bob Muller!" -- this is not a defense of Dancin' Clown. Just let poor Mary alone long enough to decide what she really thinks! I kid SCjoniguy, of course. CMIARS -- favorite tracks "My Secret Place" -- the blend of Peter and Joni's voices is magical -- "The Beat of Black Wings", as haunting as anything she's ever composed -- and "Snakes and Ladders", a wonderful romp with Don Henley -- regardless of what he said or didn't say about Lionel Ritchie ... listen for that delightful line: To kiss her to kiss her to kiss her To kiss her he has to shave Overall, still an '80s album, but closer to *classic* Joni than the more overtly topical "Dog Eat Dog" -- see folks, even I know that! I will add in closing that I am responding to this post with real enthusiasm, despite today's sad news, as I'm sure that's exactly what Wally would want me to be doing. I urge the entire list to do the same ... 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!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:28:38 EST From: TerryM2442@aol.com Subject: Re: Wally Dear Wally, wherever you are- Thank you for bringing hundreds of us together Thank you for updating us on the life and times of Joni Mitchell Thank you for giving me the opportunity to meet her via allowing me to photograph her at the concert ...and thank you for the honor of having known you, if even only through this big beige box. You will be missed. Love, Terry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 20:43:37 GMT From: "Jamie Zubairi" Subject: Wally I have just read on the JM.com homepage that Wally Breese has passed away, at 9.30 pm pacific time. I hope that he has gone to a better place than this, away from pain, away from all his suffering. Jim mentioned that he slipped away quietly. That is the best part of the worst news I didn't want to hear. I am on digest. PLease forgive me if the list is now bombarded with this new already. Jamie Zubairi ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:53:11 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: New (to me!) Joni! Don said: <> And of course I take it in the playful mood it was intended, my fellow caucasian hetero friend...;~D But since you asked, Mary... Like Don says, any new Joni is good news, and CMIARS is no exception. Besides what he said, I love the Willie/Joni duet on Cool Water, Number One is "One-derful" as well! And Don refers to my distaste of "Dancin' Clown", which I admit to. I don't think the song has a point, although I enjoy Steve Stevens razor guitar, just too bad Billy Idol came with the package. Tom Petty's talents are wasted. Joni says this is a play, luckily it's just a short one-act. Actually, the song I never have been able to get into is The Tea Leaf Prophecy. Not enough melody there to hang my hat on. I would prefer listening to Dancin' Clown over Tea Leaf any day. The lyrics are interesting from a historical perspective, but it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing... But I pick nits...the superb moments vastly outnumber the mediocre, CMIARS is another jewel in the Joni crown. Bob NP: Borderline ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 21:03:41 +0000 From: catman Subject: Re: New (to me!) Joni! CMIARS-oh dear-i can recall dancin Clown cos I hate it My Seceret Place cos it is okay and can't for the life of remember what else is on it. Guess I haven't played it for a long long time. Gues i know what that means.... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 16:16:53 -0400 From: jw1327@rcn.com Subject: Dearest Wally: Goodnight, sweet prince... I can't type on this damn thing for wiping the tears from my eyes. Just got the news about Wally, and while I am so grateful that he is now at peace and suffering no longer, his passing came as quite a blow. He was a totally kind, sweet, and generous man, and I shall miss him more than I can say. Goodbye Wally- God bless you- I love you. JW ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:35:32 -0800 From: Lindsay Moon Subject: On Wally's Passing ... I gasped just now to see Wally's smiling face as my homepage started up. Of course, this has been on my mind a great deal in the last few weeks and we all knew it would happen but, of course, we hate to see it end. My condolences to Jim. I can only hope Wally is in a much better place now and there's Joni piped in 24 hours a day for him. How blessed we all are to have been connected by this man who maybe inadvertantly ended up with his own e-family who cared greatly about him even though many never met him. Lindsay ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 10:57:37 +1300 From: "Helen M. Adcock" Subject: Wally Words fail me completely, so I'll simply say "Goodbye, and thank you". Helen _______________________________ "I don't believe in livin' in the middle with available extremes" - Carole King hell@ihug.co.nz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:28:43 -0800 (PST) From: Medric Faulkner Subject: Wally and jonimitchell.com I spent the last half hour tearfully looking at Wally's beautiful work. He really created a masterpiece in the name of his love for Joni's music. It says somthing for who he is that a asshole like myself can find tears for someone he never met. Medric Faulkner __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:55:58 -0800 From: Lindsay Moon Subject: Pint-Sized Joni Singers Mike Quinn (welcome to the list!) wrote that his five-year-old regaled her classmates with BYT. Terrific, Mike! The one I sing to my kids (5 and 3) every night is "Morning Morgantown" (or Morgan Morgantown as my 3-year-old says.) They request "Chelsea Morning" sometimes, but I think it lacks something without that great guitar work so, to me, it's kind of weak acapella. Lindsay ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 13:59:25 -0800 From: "rick novosel" Subject: Wally's gift How many ordinary people can say that the actions of their lives improved and enriched the lives of hundreds of others? Wally created a tribute to someone he loved with grace and beauty and selflessness, and in the process brought those of us on the list together to share that love. I want to send some of that love back to you, Wally. I've never met you but I feel like I've lost family. My condolences to Jim and Wally's family. All good things forever, Wally Rick Novosel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:05:23 EST From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: The Wally Breese Memorial Fund For Wally: RETURN AGAIN words: Ronnie Kahn music: Shlomo Carlebach Return again, return again Return to the land of your soul. Return to who you are, Return to what you are, Return to where you are, Born and reborn again. I have set up a "Wally Breese Memorial Fund," with all donations going directly into the upkeep of the JoniMitchell.com website. Wally kept the website going with his own funds, and it will now be up to Jim to continue. If you would like to donate to this fund: Please make all checks payable to: Jim Johanson Send to: Ashara Stansfield P.O. Box 215 Topsfield, MA 01983 USA If you are not in the US, the easiest way is to send cash in US funds, and I will write a check for the amount. Hugs and tears, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 16:40:20 -0600 From: "Pitassi, Mary" Subject: The best tribute Don Rowe wrote, responding to my request for ideas/opinions/recommendations about CMIARS: "I will add in closing that I am responding to this post with real enthusiasm, despite today's sad news, as I'm sure that's exactly what Wally would want me to be doing. I urge the entire list to do the same ..." What a beautiful tribute, Don. As it happens, I'm listening to my new copy of CMIARS as I write this, with the joy of discovery mixed with the great sadness I feel at the loss of this man who brought so much to so many of us, as well as to Joni herself. Rest with the angels, Wally. Love, Mary. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 15:13:32 PST From: "Russell Bowden" Subject: A Dark Day Dear Fellow Friends, I have just read the sad news, and felt the need to share in the sense of loss with you all. I am thankful that Wally's suffering is over. My sympathy and love to his family and loved ones. Sadly, Russell The light, creation's mind, was everywhere, and all things owned its power. Charles Dickens ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 20:37:38 +0000 From: Jason Maloney Subject: Re: New (to me!) Joni! Responding with a very real enthusiam, here I am to chip in on something that I just couldn't leave alone... :-) Don Rowe wrote: > CMIARS -- favorite tracks "My Secret Place" -- the > blend of Peter and Joni's voices is magical -- "The > Beat of Black Wings", as haunting as anything she's > ever composed -- and "Snakes and Ladders", a wonderful > romp with Don Henley -- regardless of what he said or > didn't say about Lionel Ritchie This is just too damn spooky, Don....these are the EXACT same 3 tracks I adore most on CMIARS!!!. On my Top 100 Albums list, CMIARS comes in at #42, and the songs I've highlighted as my favourites are those, just to prove I have a mind of my own ;-) > ... listen for that > delightful line: > > To kiss her to kiss her to kiss her > To kiss her he has to shave Okay...confession time...I've never checked out the lyric booklet for the words to this song, and I have always thought the line was "...to kiss every passing day" ;o) Now, I don't know WHAT that means, and why I should have always heard it as that.... > Overall, still an '80s album, but closer to *classic* > Joni than the more overtly topical "Dog Eat Dog" -- > see folks, even I know that! Very well said, that's a perfect judgement of it. I'm inclined these days to rate DED higher than CMIARS (#33 to #42) since overall the songs are of a slightly stronger nature (no Dancin' Clown, Tea Leaf Prophecy, Number One or Reoccurring Dream), but I agree that CMIARS is closer in spirit and execution to *classic* Joni. > I will add in closing that I am responding to this > post with real enthusiasm, despite today's sad news, > as I'm sure that's exactly what Wally would want me to > be doing. I urge the entire list to do the same ... What a fine sentiment. Consider it done...... :-) Jason. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 18:24:47 -0500 From: Vince Lavieri Subject: Wally Breese Receive Wally into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. Rest eternal grant Wally, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him. (the Rev) Vince ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 18:21:17 -0500 From: LL Subject: Wally My heart is full with all of the love and regard expressed for Wally. Expectation doesn't always make loss easier...hardly ever, in fact. A friend of mine went through "the door" just this autumn, and to comfort me, another friend forwarded me this piece the departed friend had written when her own close friend and mentor died. ... Missing You I miss you. I really do. Oh, I realize it can't be helped that you're gone. But I miss you, anyway. I think of you often. Even when I don't want to, my heart just reaches out and plucks you from thin air. "Here," it says. "Don't forget this." You were such a big part of my life for so long. I counted on you being here. I counted on the dawning of each new day bringing with it the certainty of you. The surety and the inevitability of you. And as twilight's opaque curtain descended, I always stopped to reflect and thank the gods for you. For you and for the part of me that you are. In my innermost being I knew, I suppose, that I would not have you for all time. Perhaps that is why I could not get enough of you when you were with me. Perhaps that's the reason I tried to absorb you, inhale you, monopolize you, assimilate you. You were my hero and I couldn't get enough. I relished every moment we had together as fully as I knew how. He is here now, I told myself. Enjoy him now. He is here in this moment. Not out there somewhere in the future, waiting for another window. And not back there in the past, hiding from the light. He is in this moment and this moment only. This moment is all you will ever have. That is why I lapped you up like so much sweet cream. Rolled around in you and savored you. Dabbed you on my wrists so as to always have the scent of you at hand. I miss you. I miss your wisdom, your knowledge, your vast experience. I miss your warped sense of humor and your proclivity for survival. Where are those days we enjoyed when I need them? Why can't we save precious moments, put them aside like photos in a memory book or money in the bank, and retrieve them at will? Why are the most treasured moments so gossamer, so tenuous, so intangible? Just once more I'd like to sit at your feet and listen. You can talk about anything you like, anything at all. Whatever you say, I know that every word from your mouth will expand my mind, make it grow and become more than it was. I know that in simply having your example before me, I will live my own life a little better. I last heard from you on a Friday. Or was it a Monday? I can't recall. I only remember the acute loss I felt when I realized you were gone. That loss stretches backward in time now, much farther back than I would like, devouring the days, hours, and minutes since we last spoke. I remember the emptiness, the void created by your absence. That is very vivid in my mind. I remember joy replaced by longing. And I remember the awakening of courage born in its wake. There is naught to do now but drive on. It is what you want, I'm sure. I cannot turn my face to the gods and implore, "Why?" Nor can I beseech you with that same question. You are missing for a reason. I know that. I tell myself this is also a gift from you, this absence of yours. I tell myself that it is making me stronger, more resilient, more self-reliant. I tell myself these things because it takes a large measure of each just to get through the days without you. I do not snivel. I do not quake or hesitate. I try to follow your lead, do as you would do. That is all that is left to me now ... to imitate you, impersonate you, glorify you in my own esprit. I miss you. I really do. youngblood, Sun 18 deg Sagittarius 96 / Moon in Sagittarius lyric@usadatanet.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:19:51 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: Mourner's Kaddish Yit-ga-dal v'yit-ka-dash sh'may ra-bo, B'ol-mo dee-v'ro chir-u-tay, v'yam-lich mal-chu-tay B'cha-yay-chon uv-yo-may-chon, uv-cha-yay d'chol bayt yis-ro-ayl Ba-a-go-lo u-viz'man ko-reev, v'yim-ru ameyn Y'hay sh'may ra-bo m'vo-rach, l'o-lam ul-ol-may ol-may-oh Yit-bo-rach v'yish-ta-bach, v'yit-po-ar v'yit-ro-mam, v'yit-na-say V'yit-ha-dar, v'yit-a-leh, v'yit-ha-lal sh'may d'ku-d'sho b'rich hu: L'ay-lo min kol bir-cho-to v'shee-ro-to, Tush-b'cho-to v'neh-che-mo-to, da-a-mee-ron b'ol-mo, V'yim-ru ameyn Y'hay sh'lo-mo ra-bo min sh'ma-yo, V'cha-yeem o-lay-nu v'al kol yis-ro-ayl, v'yim-ru ameyn O-seh sho-lom bim-ro-mov, hu ya-a-seh sho-lom O-lay-nu v'al kol yis-ro-ayl, v'yim-ru ameyn. God bless you Wally. Rest in peace Brian ===== "No paper thin walls, no folks above No one else can hear the crazy cries of love" yeah, right __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:22:11 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: A Prayer O God, full of compassion, Thou who dwellest on high! Grant perfect rest beneath the sheltering wings of Thy presence, among the holy and pure who shine as the brightnessof the firmament unto the soul of Wally Breese who has gone unto eternity. Lord of mercy, bring him under the cover of thy wings, and let his soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life. Be Thou his possession, and may his repose be peace. Amen. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:58:29 -0500 (EST) From: Emily Kirk Gray Subject: Wally my condolences go out to jim, leslie, and wally's family and loved ones. i'm sad and sorry and yet...i have this image in my mind of wally's wonderful smile (that i only ever saw in pictures) and of the beautiful story i read a short while ago about his and jim's great visit with joni. it feels good to be participating in this list today -- like our internet circle is a tiny heart of love and support beating away in a strange huge electronic system -- thanks, wally - -- emily ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 17:23:25 +0000 From: Kate Tarasenko Subject: Wally My prayers for peace and healing go out to Jim, and also to Wally's and Jim's families and friends. Thanks always to Les for providing us with this forum to share our joys, as well as this sorrow. Kate in CO ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:09:24 -0500 From: "Beverly" Subject: Wally "No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humaneness." ~ Hermann Broch A quotation from a card I received when dad died last January. I liked this quotation. It offered hope when there was sorrow. Bev NP - Woodstock sung by Wally ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:18:07 -0500 From: "Beverly" Subject: Re: Wally LL shared: >My heart is full with all of the love and regard expressed for >Wally. Expectation doesn't always make loss easier...hardly ever, in >fact. A friend of mine went through "the door" just this autumn, and to >comfort me, another friend forwarded me this piece the departed friend had >written when her own close friend and mentor died. > >Missing You > >I miss you. I really do...That is all that is left to me now ... to imitate you, >impersonate you, glorify you in my own esprit. Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful piece of writing. Bev > > > > >lyric@usadatanet.net > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:27:54 +1100 From: "Alan Lorimer" Subject: Re: Wally Breeze I've just finished reading through everyone's beautiful posts on the passing of Wally. I think we should also remember and thank those wonderful people whose direct care and devotion has allowed Wally to finish his life with such dignity. Wally will always be with us, we will never forget him. Alan Lorimer Hawley Beach Tasmania ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:31:06 +1100 From: "Alan Lorimer" Subject: Re: Joni Article in TIME magazine I recently had discussions with Laura regarding a Joni article which was published in Time magazine in 1998. I subsequently found that article on the JMDL website. This is a classic Joni article, even if you've read this article before whether in TIME or at JMDL, go back and have another read :-) Burning Bright- by Christoper John Farley - October 12 Alan Lorimer Hawley Beach Tasmania ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:50:14 EST From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: just GOT BSN today 2/4!!! Hey gaang! I just gopt Joni's candy box in the mail today! The packaging is exceptional!! It is a rather over sized box. It is gorgeous!! HOWEVER!!!!! The CD is very scratched up looking and YES it SKIPS!! I am very upset about the whole thing and will have to return it . I bought two..opening box TWO now ..hold on....perfect! Don't it figure! I will still return the one. It looks horrible. It lokks like it came out of my son's bedroom which means it had been sitting on the floor under the bed etc!! NP:Comes Love~! Catgirl ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 21:09:14 -0500 (EST) From: David Wright Subject: Re: Wally Wally's death made me sad and contemplative today, a bright cold grey day with frequent showers of snow. I'm happy to read just now, from Catgirl's post, that Joni's new BSNs are starting to arrive! A death and a "birth" in our community on the same day?....the timing seems oddly right -- like a sign that in the coming days the spirit of what Wally started will go on stronger than ever. Love, - --David ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:09:15 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Wally In a message dated 2/4/00 6:02:02 PM US Central Standard Time, ekg200@is5.nyu.edu writes: << it feels good to be participating in this list today -- like our internet circle is a tiny heart of love and support beating away in a strange huge electronic system -- >> Agreed, Em...I feel like I'm reaching out and holding hands with you guys... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:27:06 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Wally I was in the shower, thinking about the song 'Urge for Going' , singing a few lines to myself this morning when Travis poked his head in the bathroom door to tell me that Wally had passed away. He got the urge for going And I had to let him go Coincidence? Maybe. Maybe not. And so now we all have to do just that....let him go. He fought a good fight. Held out for as long as he could. But I'm so relieved that he isn't suffering anymore. My hope is that his legacy will continue. Like so many of us, I too put 'Joni Mitchell' into the search engine when the computer first appeared in my house and came to Wally's incredible site. We had a 14.4 modem in those days and it took forever to download but I was so excited to find all of that wonderful stuff about Joni. I was also amazed to find a soul who was even more into her than I was. Wally started the cafe and one of the first people I ever communicated with via email about Joni was Sue McNamara. The rest, (with a big boost from Les Irvin) as they say, is history. I hope the website continues, now as a tribute to Wally as well as Joni. My heart goes out to Jim & Leslie. I know your vigil has been a loving & long one. You are loving friends & you have done a good work. I only met Wally once. It was at the Gorge & I think it was on the very day when he finally met Joni. But even though I didn't have the chance to really get to know him well, I share your grief as we all do. You are in my thoughts & prayers. I sang 'Woodstock' to myself & to the sky & the breeze as I walked at lunch today. Even attempted a bit of the hyuddahs. I didn't sing it this way, but in my mind the chorus went like this: He is stardust He is golden And he finally got himself Back to the garden...... Enjoy your new existence outside of your physical body, Wally. It may have frustrated & failed you in the end but you did not fail. Your spirit was true up till the very last and now it is free. I don't feel that a star has gone out. I think there is a new one in the heavens now. Love to all, Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:36:04 EST From: KCooper984@aol.com Subject: Wally I can't help but express my sadness in learning of Wally's passing. And though I never had the pleasure of meeting Wally I felt as though I knew him through his wonderful Joni web site. I guess we are all feeling "all emotions and abstractions....." I keep thinking of: Sweet Bird Out on some borderline Some mark of in between I lay down golden in time And woke up vanishing...... ............Give me some time I feel like I'm losing my mind Out here on this horizon line With the earth spinning And the sky forever rushing No one knows They can never get that close Guesses at most Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching I guess these times always makes us remember that we are all so close to that line......... Let us all appreciate today. Let's celebrate Wally and what he was.... He still lives on in our hearts..... A restful peace to Wally and Jim and families. Sue Cooper ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:40:23 -0500 From: Walter R Rodgers III Subject: [none] When I first began browsing the web, one of the first things I went looking for was Joni. For years prior to this, I didn't know anyone who shared even a small fraction of my love and enthusiasm for Joni's music. It was like a secret love affair. I figured I was either loopy or a genius, more likely the former. Then I came across Wally's site... another fan -- couldn't believe it! It was nice enough to know I wasn't crazy, but to boot Wally's site was politely passionate, sincere, articulate and downright friendly. I spent hours over several days pouring over the site and it read like a great book. I wrote Wally a couple of times to thank him for all he did, and in my mind he'll always be linked to Joni. God bless. 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