From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #103 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Monday, March 20 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 103 Ashara has 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 and send them to: Ashara Stansfield P.O. Box 215 Topsfield, MA 01983 USA ------- The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage can be found at http://www.jonimitchell.com and contains the latest news, a detailed bio, original interviews and essays, lyrics, and much more. ------- The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Joni at Rosemont Theatre in Chicago [IVPAUL42@aol.com] vanity fair? [pmeyer ] Re: vanity fair? [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Wynonna's cover of "Help Me" [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: New JMDL UK member [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Play Little David Play [James Leahy ] Torstar BSN Rvu [James Leahy ] Torstar's BSN Paint by Numbers [James Leahy ] Joni on DNTO [James Leahy ] Toronto Sun BSN Rvu [James Leahy ] Rave For Our Lady Of Duality, part 2 ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Wirthless Reviews [AngelinoCoyote@aol.com] remind you of anyone? ["catman" ] Rave For Our Lady Of Duality, part 3 ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: ticket sales [Randy Remote ] Re: Blue - FTR - JT [Randy Remote ] Audiophile News, 100% JC ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Blue - FTR - JT [IVPAUL42@aol.com] Re: Blue - FTR - JT [IVPAUL42@aol.com] Tickets secured! ["Kakki" ] Re: Tickets secured! [zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny)] Audiophile News, Part 3, 100% JC ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Blue - FTR - JT ["Patricia O'Connor" ] Re: Blue - FTR - JT [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Blue - FTR - JT [IVPAUL42@aol.com] Re: Blue - FTR - JT [IVPAUL42@aol.com] Re: Blue - FTR - JT [Randy Remote ] Rave For Our Lady Of Duality, Part 4 of 4 ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] First Rehearsal [Michael Paz ] Re: Tickets secured! ["Kakki" ] Michael from mountains [Bounced Message ] RE: New JMDL UK member ["Wally Kairuz" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 04:48:36 EST From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni at Rosemont Theatre in Chicago In a message dated 3/19/00 1:34:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, Wolfebite@aol.com writes: << i can't do detroit- but i do hope we can get together before or after or during the show at rosemont. i can't- but can or would anyone be willing to get a group of tickets in advance? i'd love to sit you jody and scott and laura and mark and..... i'd even dress up! recommendations for dinner? >> Cafe LA Cave 2777 Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, IL 60018 (847) 827-7818 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 04:33:12 -0800 From: pmeyer Subject: vanity fair? I can't find the pictures of Joni and Kilauren that have been mentioned in either the March or April Vanity Fair issues. I'm probably just dazed by the 300+ pages of glitzy ads, or in my normal confused state, but if anyone cares to give more specific details--what page and issue can they be found on? Thanks! Paul M-S in Portland ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 08:19:29 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: vanity fair? In a message dated 3/19/00 6:54:35 AM US Central Standard Time, pmeyer@ibm.net writes: << I can't find the pictures of Joni and Kilauren that have been mentioned in either the March or April Vanity Fair issues. >> Don't know about Kilauren, but the Joni pic in the new VF is not in the main magazine but in the little *extra* mini-issue that accompanied it. The pages aren't numbered, but you can open to the middle, turn 4 pages forward, and voila! Bob NP: Ani, "freakshow" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 08:23:31 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Wynonna's cover of "Help Me" << This is probably old news to the rest of you, but my lover just discovered it yesterday, and -- what a pleasant surprise! Wynonna's cover of "Help Me" on her latest CD, "New Day Dawning" (released 2/1) is FABULOUS (imho, anyway). >> This cover will be on Disc 3 of the "Covers & Contributions" boxset, provided to us by Laura our grand coupon queen, It's a good job, it sounds like she tried to duplicate the original as closely as possible, down to solos, arrangement, everything, which is OK, I mean, why tinker with perfection! :~) Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 08:27:11 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: New JMDL UK member << Hi all I am another newbie here. I am from Coventry UK (So hi to the bloke from Nottingham!!) I got into Joni because I share a birthday with her.>> Hi Cathy, and welcome! My wife *almost* shares a birthday with Joni, hers is Nov. 6. Bob, who shares a birthday with Bruce Springsteen & Ray Charles ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 08:59:32 -0500 From: James Leahy Subject: Play Little David Play I believe the song Play Little David Play was originally written for David Rea, a Toronto guitarist from the 60s who accompanied Ian and Sylvia at the time. Rea and Joni played together at an early Mariposa (67?) folk festival. There is a photo of them playing together in the book Rock and Roll Toronto. Jim ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 09:06:59 -0500 From: James Leahy Subject: Torstar BSN Rvu Here is the Toronto Star's review of BSN (March 28, 2000): In more than 20 albums, from her early solo folk-rock through jazz-fusion experiments to her more recent sophisticated pop recordings, Joni Mitchell has never sounded like this. Standing guitar-less at the microphone in front of an enormous orchestra, Mitchell croons romantic standards, most of which were written before she was born, on Both Sides Now. The temptation to measure Mitchell's versions of "At Last" or "Stormy Weather" to, say, those of Etta James and Billie Holliday is swept aside by the sheer force of her distinct performance personality. While she lacks the dynamic and stylistic control of a consummate jazz singer, there is a confidence in her over-all approach. Jazz purists will probably either loathe or love Both Sides Now. I think the most successful and moving numbers are Mitchell's own tunes, a hauntingly gorgeous reworking of "A Case of You" and the title track, also the closing number, in which Mitchell magnificently reclaims the 1967 song that has become a standard for so many singers over the years. It makes one wonder whether a whole album of similarly reworked Mitchell "standards" would have been an even better creative move. --Jennie Punter ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 09:20:13 -0500 From: James Leahy Subject: Torstar's BSN Paint by Numbers The Toronto Star published a photo of the BSN cover, plus an analysis of some of its features (sort of a print version of Pop-Up Video). Here is a condensed version featuring things we may not have known: "Front Side Now" is a self-portrait . . . It and its companion, "Back Side Now" . . . are included in Voices, the first-ever retrospective exhibition of Mitchell's art, running June 30 to Sept. 3 at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. Voices' installation incorporates many of Mitchell's song-lyric poems and recordings that relate to the artworks. Gallery director Gilles Hebert, also the curator of Voices, says the show's 80 works, culled from hundreds of pieces in Mitchell's collection, include "everything from her felt-marker and line drawings of the 60s to photo-based work from the 80s and her recent oil-based paintings." . . . [There follows a numbered description corresponding to numbers printed on various parts of the painting. Some of this is basic info.] 1. . . . 2. . . . "I discovered that not only is visual art Joan's first love, but she has maintained a very strong connection to Saskatchewan and the Prairies," says Hebert. "Her parents still live here, and she comes through quite often." 3. The artist, a former teen model, literally wears her heart on her green sleeve. 4. The small, gray bar coaster contains two maps of Canada. It was inspired by the lyric . . . from "A Case of You" . . . 5. While Mitchell refers to wine in many tunes, including "A Case of You" . . . Hebert says the red liquid in the glass "could be wine or it could be cranberry juice -- Joan loves cranberry juice." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:25:42 -0500 From: James Leahy Subject: Joni on DNTO Definitely Not the Opera, a 4-hour pop culture show on CBC Radio 1 featured a small segment on Joni's new album yesterday, March 18. It featured clips from Ross Porter's ivu for the National Magazine (nothing new), a full clip of Sometimes I Love You, brief clips from other BSN songs, and a giveaway contest. Total 7 minutes. Host Nora Young stated that her favourite JM album is Blue. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:28:02 -0500 From: James Leahy Subject: Toronto Sun BSN Rvu God, won't I ever stop? Here's the Toronto Sun's review of BSN: http://www.canoe.ca/JamAlbumsM/mitchell_j_bothsidesnow.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:52:09 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Rave For Our Lady Of Duality, part 2 In the newest Stereophile, columnist Zan Stewart calls being picked as drummer for the "Both Sides Now" session a 'choice role'. In Peter Erskine's selected discography, Stewart calls Joni "the ace singer-songwriter". All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu near Cincinnati ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 11:39:26 EST From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Subject: Re: better late than never Jess Wrote: i just now bought a video copy of the tv special Joni Mitchell : painting with words and music ( had actually gone in looking for the new cd ) . i think i had heard something about it before and at first i had confused it with the music special she did on a different stage ( proscenium stage with a few of her painting behind her ). im sure some , if not most of you , have already seen this wonderful show. Coyote Asks: Yes, I bought this DVD as well after a JM blackout period. Didn't know it existed - (still thanking God for the JMDL now) Was delighted with it as well. I know its a past discussion item, but was wondering if anyone knew where it was recorded, how people were invited, and if that really was Wally I saw in the opening scenes looking at paintings? No regrets, Coyote Casa Alegre Hollywood, California ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 11:54:41 EST From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Subject: Re: Cancelled BSN/LE orders from Reprise In a message dated 03/14/2000 1:55:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, KakkiB@worldnet.att.net writes: << I wonder if my original, "first edition" disc that plays alright will have any obscure collectible value in the years to come? ;-) >> Coyote adds: Given the fact that one of my rare Beatles 8tracks from teenage years recently brought $115 on eBay, I have 3 unopened BSN/LEs in my closet - betting on the future. Wonder what the future eBay winners of these will do when not one of them will probably play COY. No regrets (except for falling behind on the JMDL - 200 more emails to go), Coyote Casa Alegre Hollywood, California ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 11:15:49 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: I'm a grandfather Happy Weekend List- Just had to stop and drop you guys a note and let you know I am a grandfather. We found out last night. It was raining all day and night last night , so we brought our dog Sophie in for the night. I was lying on the couch and she started acting real funny and crying and stuff. I thought she must have to pee and got up to let her out. When I opened the door I hear the cacophony of puppy screams. She practically tore thru the back gate and I knew. Anyway, she brought me 4 puppies, one at a time (3 black and one tan still don't know the sex) and we know have a foyer full of new family. We didn't even know she was pregnant or when exactly these pups were born. She has been acting so funny lately, but I never imagined. I thought she must be going thru her first heat, but I guess I missed that one all together. I am guessing that one of our neighbours black labs got in and put us in the family way. ANYBODY WANT A PUPPY? Julian and Mikey are beside themselves and I am sure they will want to keep them all. This brings back so many memories for me as my maternal grandfather raised puppies of all kinds (mostly hunting dogs). hope you guys weekend was as exciting as ours. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 12:21:03 EST From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Subject: Re: Wirthless Reviews OK, OK, Coyote gives up - what is NME? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 17:25:48 -0000 From: "catman" Subject: remind you of anyone? I've been a reader-subscriber since RS 1 but have never been moved to write before Anthony DeCurtis's Year In Music (RS 645/646). I've earned my living in the record industry for more than twenty-five years and have had my fair share of success. Lately, I've watched the decade go by with astonishment as cocaine, envy and sheer greed decimated my co-workers and friends. I applaud DeCurtis for the first truly cogent look at what we're doing to ourselves. As a female artist entering her forties, I carry both the blessing and the curse of my career length. Blessing because I learned the craft when performers had to be good live without props, writers had to turn out singable, memorable songs that anyone with a voice could sing well and records were made direct from microphone to board to tape. Now, we correct pseudo-singer's pitch via synthesizers so fast that the listener never knows, writers cover their inadequacies with record-quality demos helped by the latest samples, and performers panic without their props, totally dependant on technology to cover their ineptitude as singers, players and -- what it's ultimately about -- communicators. We fool ourselves into thinking albums like Thriller will be the norm, then run around like chickens with no heads when they prove to be the exception. The music industry has never been known for its kindness, but there used to be a sense of camaraderie that has gone out the window. There are artists like myself out here begging low-level funding, supporting ourselves overseas, watching record companies tell us they have no funds while advancing millions to acts with two or three LPs still due to other labels. We take hope every time a Bonnie Raitt or R.E.M. breaks through and despair when Springsteen's sales are called disappointing. I'm lucky -- I get to make a living doing what I love full time, and I live in a supportive writers' community that constanty helps me count those blessings. But the last paragraph of DeCurtis's article was, for me, a poignant reminder to myself that bitterness, however tempting, kills art. And that those of us lucky enough to have a hand in creating these "values" had better hang on to them. JANIS IAN Nashville, Tennessee ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 12:52:19 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Rave For Our Lady Of Duality, part 3 '(When recording Both Sides Now, Joni) Mitchell was astounding, says (jazz drummer Peter) Erskine, who adds that orchestra members were moved to tears during playbacks, something he'd never seen. "It was the recording event of a lifetime," he declares. Joni is incredible."' There's more but you're going to buy this issue, right? - - from the latest Stereophile, April 2000 All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu near Cincinnati np: Chrissy Hynde & The Pretenders "2000 Miles" live ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:02:07 -0500 (EST) From: kb420@webtv.net (gr8fuldave) Subject: Re: Finalized Tour Dates I see that the Camden/Philly date has been changed from Thursday to the following Friday. This is gr8 news for me as I no longer will need to burn a vacation day to make that show. :) Hartford is now out of the picture for me as that falls on the same day as the Jam on the River in Philly which will offer 4x the entertainment at 1/4th the price of Joni, and is closer to home. So the one Camden show will have to do, but I'm still not holding my breath as the fates seem to conspire against the privilege time and time again. In '93 she cancelled her entire tour in the 11th hour, and in '98 an injury kept me from attending Bethel, while the fall shows were all on bad dates or were to far away from home. gdave NP: 3/19/88 Frank Zappa@Allentown, PA ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:15:34 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: better late than never > Yes, I bought this DVD as well after a JM blackout period. Didn't know it > existed - (still thanking God for the JMDL now) Was delighted with it as > well. I know its a past discussion item, but was wondering if anyone knew > where it was recorded, how people were invited, and if that really was Wally > I saw in the opening scenes looking at paintings? > > No regrets, > > Coyote > Casa Alegre > Hollywood, California I wasn't there but I do know that Painting With Words and Music was taped at Warner Bros studios in LA right after the west coast leg of the Dylan/Joni/Morrison tour in May of '98 and that Joni's management contacted Wally to put the word out that they needed seat-fillers for the show. Several people from the JMDL went and were rewarded with being able to see the entire performance and they also got to meet Joni afterwards. And yes, that is Wally looking at the paintings and you can also see him in several shots during the performance, sitting behind Joni, smiling and looking like he's in heaven. I'm sure some of the list members who were there will be glad to tell more about their experience. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:26:46 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: ticket sales Bay Area tickets generally go on sale 10AM on Sundays, and they did not go on sale today. The best bet is to get the pink section of the Sunday Examiner every Sat eve. to check for the ads. And if you find out anything, let us know, too! Too bad it's in Concord, though the Shoreline isn't much better....Davies Hall would've been cool.... RR gene mock wrote: > > does anyone in the s.f. area know when and where tickets will go on sale for > the pavilion? thanks ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:33:18 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Blue - FTR - JT Absolutely! and from "Lesson In Survival" Spinning out on turns that gets you tough... Blackrow double yellow line Taylor had just made the movie "Two Lane Blacktop" "For the Roses" seems to reflect this, too: Remember when you used to sit and make up your tunes for Love And pour your simple sorrow to the soundhole and your knee And now you're seen on giant screens and at parties for the press... And for people who have slices of you from the company SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: > > << Songs commonly thought to be about James > are Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire and See You Sometime. >> > > And there's the line in See You Sometime about "pack your suspenders", > referencing the suspenders/braces he wore on the cover of Mud Slide Slim... > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:36:39 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Audiophile News, 100% JC Describing the sound of Joni's "Both Sides Now", reviewer Richard Lehnert wrote, "The string sound is lush, with an entirely convincing sense of space - George Martin's AIR studio, a refurbishe church. The only missed opportunities are the absence of hall ambience between tracks; those fades to digital black are jarring." There's more but, to reiterate, you ARE going to buy this issue. - - excerpt from the "Recording Of The Month" article of the April 2000 Stereopile. Taking a break from cleaning, Jim L'Hommedieu near Cincinnati np: "Janie Runaway" from the new Steely Dan, on infinite repeat! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:49:29 EST From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Blue - FTR - JT In a message dated 3/19/00 1:35:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, guitarzan@saber.net writes: << Absolutely! and from "Lesson In Survival" Spinning out on turns that gets you tough... Blackrow double yellow line >> Black road, double yellow line ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:54:09 EST From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Blue - FTR - JT In a message dated 3/19/00 1:35:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, guitarzan@saber.net writes: << "For the Roses" seems to reflect this, too: Remember when you used to sit and make up your tunes for Love And pour your simple sorrow to the soundhole and your knee And now you're seen on giant screens and at parties for the press... And for people who have slices of you from the company >> This could be as much or more about Jackson Browne, who was a painfully shy songwriter who lacked much skill and confidence in his voice when he began writing songs like "These Days" at age 15 or so. While Tom Rush and some others started recording his songs, Jackson buried himself in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band so he could get some performance experience without having to sing solo. Meanwhile, he was taking singing lessons in New York. Then, after Joni helped launch his solo career by having him open her 1972 tour, Jackson's first album, "Saturate Before Using," hit it big, sparked by the single "Doctor My Eyes." Paul I ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 11:27:40 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Tickets secured! Yay! After an hour on the phone I've got priority seating tickets to Joni at the Greek in L.A.! Yeeeheee! Thanks to Mike F. for posting the alert and everyone else who gave me the heads up yesterday since I'm on digest. The SoCal JMDL group has organized a mailing list and have plans for some great partying May 12th (and into the weekend ;-) so any of you planning to go to the L.A. concert and want to join us, please let me know. Also anyone who needs the phone number again to call today - it's (213) 480-7575. Tres fabuleux!! Kakki NP: Blind Faith - Sleeping in the Ground ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:22:28 -0800 (PST) From: zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny) Subject: Re: Tickets secured! Kakki, rightfully beams: <> So much congratulations, Kakki! Couldn't be happier for you! I hope you take it all in to the fullest, being able to give your, as always, beautiful and vivid accounts of the evening and how it moves you to see Joni like this. WOW! Huge smiles for you!! Do you suppose, with what looks like a much better effort on Reprise's part to promote Joni's BSN, that one of these shows is going to be taped for HBO, Showtime or PPV? Green with friendly envy, Penny :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Grace dies when it becomes us verses them......Philip Yancey ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 16:51:39 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Audiophile News, Part 3, 100% JC Drummer Peter Erskine provides these details about recording the technically superb recording that is "Both Sides Now": "We recorded at AIR-Lyndhurst, Sir George Martin's studio, which is fashioned out of a very old church in the Lyndhurst section of London. The orchestra was in the chapel area, while there were booths for Joni, bassist Chuck Berghofer, and myself. There was no piano, except Herbie Hancock on two tunes. The entire orchestra was recorded with three Neumann mikes, placed on a tree just above arranger-conductor Vince Mendoza's head." This is an audiophile-approved, minimalist technique. There's more of course. All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu near Cincinnati ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 18:04:44 -0500 From: "Patricia O'Connor" Subject: Re: Blue - FTR - JT From: > And lest we not forget the mention of Boston Jim is Refuse of the Roads from > Hejira. Would not that also be JT? No, that refuse is most likely paper plates and Javex bottles. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 19:56:23 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Blue - FTR - JT In a message dated 3/19/00 12:56:52 PM US Central Standard Time, IVPAUL42@aol.com writes: << Black road, double yellow line >> This correction comes from a guy who called it "Refuse of the Roads"...kinda ironic, ain't it? LOL! Bob NP: Black Cow, no, er...Harry Sings The Blues, no wait, Song for Sharpton, Peyote, Blue Hotel Rum, Strange Boat...:~D ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:08:30 EST From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Blue - FTR - JT In a message dated 3/19/00 6:03:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, p.a.oconnor@worldnet.att.net writes: << From: > And lest we not forget the mention of Boston Jim is Refuse of the Roads from > Hejira. Would not that also be JT? No, that refuse is most likely paper plates and Javex bottles. >> LOL. Sorry for the typo. I meant, of course, RefuGe of the Roads. Paul I ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:10:27 EST From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Blue - FTR - JT In a message dated 3/19/00 8:05:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, SCJoniGuy@aol.com writes: << In a message dated 3/19/00 12:56:52 PM US Central Standard Time, IVPAUL42@aol.com writes: << Black road, double yellow line >> This correction comes from a guy who called it "Refuse of the Roads"...kinda ironic, ain't it? LOL! Bob >> Sorry, mine was a typo, or at least a case of (you) in which my fingers did not do what my brain told them. Paul I ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 19:29:12 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Blue - FTR - JT IVPAUL42@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 3/19/00 1:35:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, > guitarzan@saber.net writes: > > << > "For the Roses" seems to reflect this, too: > Remember when you used to sit and make up your tunes for > Love > And pour your simple sorrow to the soundhole and your knee > And now you're seen on giant screens and at parties for > the press... > And for people who have slices of you from the company > >> > This could be as much or more about Jackson Browne, who was a painfully shy > songwriter who lacked much skill and confidence in his voice when he began > writing songs like "These Days" at age 15 or so. While Tom Rush and some > others started recording his songs, Jackson buried himself in the Nitty > Gritty Dirt Band so he could get some performance experience without having > to sing solo. Meanwhile, he was taking singing lessons in New York. > Then, after Joni helped launch his solo career by having him open her 1972 > tour, Jackson's first album, "Saturate Before Using," hit it big, sparked by > the single "Doctor My Eyes." > > Paul I I would still hold out for Taylor, because of the "giant screens" reference...concert mega TV screens were still a few years away, as was the "No Nukes" movie RR ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:34:34 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Rave For Our Lady Of Duality, Part 4 of 4 Well, here's the last installment of my tedious collection this weekend. I've been holding back all weekend, until now. Here's my gift to you folks, my dear friends, my JMDL buddies. It's an _excerpt_ of the Recording Of the Month article now appearing in the US April 2000 Stereophile magazine. In their wisdom Stereophile has conferred 3 & 1/2 stars out of 4 for Sonics 3 & 1/2 stars out of 4 for Performance "... The album will no doubt charm and offend by equally large measures. Offended will be those who regret that Mitchell ever heard of jazz - whether because they don't like jazz, or because they love it not wisely but too jealously. Those charmed will think "Both Sides Now" (is) Mitchell's strongest, most confident, most elemental jazz project ever. "It's also very beautiful. Vince Mendoza's arrangements recall not so much Nelson Riddle at his most lush as Gustav Mahler at his least nervous, and the gorgeously played brass chorales on such tracks as "You're My Thrill" and "Answer Me, My Love" are positively Brucknerian. But Mendoza's strings are less "sweetener" than a smooth, dry red wine from Tuscany. Nor is he above having some fun - but his wit is so gentle as to be almost dreamlike, as in the faint, endlessly repeating piano triplets of "At Last." "All this sonic satin would be wasted without a precious jewel at its center, and Mitchell's voice seems ever more complexly faceted even as age and tobacco increasingly roughen its cut. Her high notes remain, however weakened, but her low register has grown more textured and expressive with each record. Her interpretive strengths here are less the scat coloratura of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, more the intimate musical monologues of Betty Carter and Shirley Horn, with a good helping (especially on "You've Changed") of Billy Holiday's rhythmic coyness. "But Mitchell's vocal style is entirely her own - the pure folk roots of her early albums [sic] are as evident here as are the flavors of the jazz singers she's studied in the 30 years since. John Atkinson thinks it an acquired taste, but I've always loved the flighty, unpredictable self-absorption of Mitchell's phrasing. Where Horn might sing a long, vibratoless tone, Mitchell bends or ornaments; where Carter drops a word, Mitchell might add a phrase, even to her own well-established lyrics. She's entirely in the moment here, seeming to conversationally sing whatever pops into head and heart, with impeccable intonation, time, and musicality. That sounds to me like a definition of the language of jazz, no matter how thick her folky accent. Most impressive is how comfortable "A Case Of You" and the title song sound among such classics as "Comes Love," "Don't Go To Strangers," and "Stormy Weather." In 1969, "Both Sides Now" sounded endearingly precocious; here, in its position at album's end, it sounds _lived_." "For the first time in 20 years, Joni Mitchell has made music that sounds as if it _had_ to be made. It's certainly music that I have to hear - again and again." ---------Richard Lehnert--------- I hope that you'll consider Stereophile when you're looking for poetic reviews of audio equipment or literate music reviews. Their sister publication, Stereophile's Guide to Home Theater, may not be easy to find but it covers the high-end video very well, although high-end video is not my cup of tea. All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu near Cincinnati ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 23:30:52 EST From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Tickets secured! Does anyone know when the tickets for the Atlanta concert will go on sale? Paul I ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 21:17:15 -0800 From: Phyliss Ward Subject: Mars Music Ampitheatre Can anyone tell me for sure what/where the Mars Music Ampitheatre is? I told my older sister, who lives in Miami, that I would get her tickets for a Birthday present. She says she loves Joni "because I do" but she is really into old standards/Broadway type stuff. I gave her a copy of Stormy Weather and she loved it. She says she would really love to go but doesn't want to drive all the way to West Palm Beach on a weeknight. (It's about a 2 hour drive) BTW, My sister's name is Roberta Joy (close to Roberta Joan) and she is the same age as Joni....and very special in her own right...if I do say so myself... : - ) Phyliss ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 23:44:05 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: First Rehearsal Dear List- Had my first rehearsal with some of the band that will be playing with me at JoniFest 2000. All I can say is WoW! I have never played these songs with a fretless player before and it felt so good. Looks like a will be doing a ton of Hejira era after all. I guess I officially have to jump ship from For The Roses and join the Hejira camp again as Number 1. Looking forward to more collaborations from other artists that are coming and some of the local artists as well. We also had a wonderful seafood chowder prepared by the lovely Freda and even got some JoniSpeak from her tonight. Still working on her singing a song for you guys. Have a great week! Michael NP-Robin-Pail McCandless (Premonition w/ Lyle Mays) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:02:54 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Tickets secured! Paul asked: > Does anyone know when the tickets for the Atlanta concert >will go on sale? Don't know but I would recommend that everyone start checking with their particular venues or getting on their email lists now to see if there is some kind of priority deal like the Greek is doing of offering first choice of seats before they go on sale to the public at the end of the month. I had to order three other events to get the second best choice of priority seats, but hey, I've never seen Sting or Chicago, so now I have a couple other great shows to look forward to this summer ;-) I am so glad Mike alerted us - I would not have thought of it and may have ended up on the benches in the back had I waited until the sale to the general public. These are smallish venues where she is appearing which may sell out fast. Joni has always been big here in her second hometown so I feel lucky to get in on a ticket for it. And Penny - I'm also wondering about a taping of the show - I have a feeling it must be going to happen - how could they not?! ;-) Kakki NP: Cream - Crossroads ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 23:37:05 -0700 From: Bounced Message Subject: Michael from mountains From: "Marc Hamel" Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 12:04:57 -0500 Hi I`m a professional singer and I will be performing a shown in Montr=E9al, Canada in May with Joni Mitchell songs. Now, is there anyone who can give me some kind of thought about the meaning or the story behind the song Michael from mountains. Thank you in advance Marie-Jose Lapointe hamel@dsuper.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 04:27:04 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: New JMDL UK member > Bob, who shares a birthday with Bruce Springsteen & Ray Charles i share a birthday with marelene dietrich...does that count? wallyk ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #103 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe onlyjoni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?