From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #138 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Friday, April 14 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 138 The 'Official' Joni Mitchell Homepage, created by Wally Breese, can be found at http://www.jonimitchell.com. It contains the latest news, a detailed bio, Original Interviews, essays, lyrics and much much more. --- The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. --- Ashara has set up a "Wally Breese Memorial Fund" with all donations going directly towards the upkeep of the website. Wally kept the website going with his own funds. it is now up to US to help Jim 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 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Diva Question (VLJC) [Joseph Palis ] RE: Diva Question (VLJC) ["Wally Kairuz" ] Spirit of Joni at the Open Mind night [CarltonCT@aol.com] Joni photos [Deb Messling ] UK Jonifest...Brighton...London? [mick ] Re: Joni photos [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] "I'm your biggest fan" your letters to Joni [Chilihead2@aol.com] FW: Diva Question (VLJC) ["Carver, Dax" ] Re: FW: Diva Question (VLJC) [Jerry Notaro ] RE: FW: Diva Question (VLJC) ["Carver, Dax" ] Joni and Bjork [Andy Stancliffe ] Re: "I'm your biggest fan" your letters to Joni (md) [MDESTE1@aol.com] Re: Wahhh...a bit premature! [SMEBD@aol.com] Re: sunset pig - jlc [Catherine McKay ] Re: Curad Bandages [Catherine McKay ] Re: Diva Question (VLJC) [Mike Friedman ] Re: Joni photos (and tribute album) [Mike Friedman ] Re: Joni photos [catman ] Re: Diva Question (VLJC) [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Diva Question (VLJC) [jan gyn ] RE: Joni photos ["Wally Kairuz" ] Joni on The Today Show [SMEBD@aol.com] Re: Joni on The Today Show [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Joni on The Today Show [SMEBD@aol.com] Re: Joni on The Today Show [Mark Domyancich ] Re: Diva Question (VLJC) (md) [MDESTE1@aol.com] Re: Joni photos [CaTGirl627@aol.com] Re: Diva Question (VLJC) (md) [Mike Friedman ] April 15-21 TV Guide [Patti Haskins ] TNT taping for Canadian [John Downes ] JMDL Movie [leslie@torchsongs.com] Re: TNT taping for Canadian [Mike Friedman ] Re: Joni on The Today Show [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Fw: JMDL Movie [waytoblu@mindspring.com] Re: Diva Question (VLJC) (md) [Vince Lavieri ] fan mail sealed or e-mailed [Chilihead2@aol.com] Yahoo auction item: video of TNT special??? [Richard Goldman ] Re: Wahhh...a bit premature! [zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:00:30 +0800 (JST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: Diva Question (VLJC) Isn't the word "diva" a name given to an operatic singer, usually a soprano? So when they say diva in pop music, do they mean a singer in the grand manner or they just use the word "diva" recklessly these days? IMHO, to call Joni a diva is naive (or its me who's naive ;-) Joseph (watched a great film last night with girlfriend called DIVA and features a black soprano Wilhelmina Wiggins and an obssessed fan who stole her gown for his own gratification). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:52:22 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Diva Question (VLJC) diva is italian for goddess. i think joni might qualify... ;-) wallyk > > Isn't the word "diva" a name given to an operatic singer, usually a > soprano? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 03:59:25 EDT From: CarltonCT@aol.com Subject: Spirit of Joni at the Open Mind night Hale fellow Jonists, I am patting myself on the back for having sung at *two* open mike nights here in Los Angeles this week -- and both times I did it with only one beer beforehand to calm my nerves. The next step is to relax while up there and learn to move my body and my guitar and not just stand there like a corn dog. Even so, I really like this. It's kind of like sex -- try it once, realize you can do it, and then you want to do it again the next day. For me it was a huge audience, about a hundred people. I can be on the shy side - -- I mean, I get self-concious in Mexican restaurants when the waiter brings me the sizzling platter of fajitas, so it was sort of a big deal. One thing about it is that I am oh-so-sure I am always the only gay guy at these places. One of the nice things about that is that I get to be around lots of musically inclined women which is refreshingly different if you live as close to West Hollywood as I do -- I mean, how many muscle queens can you look at after a while? Anyway, the next step for me is to out myself in one of my songs. I mean, you don't get noticed for being like everyone else. I went on second tonight, a little scary, but afterwards, a very cute girl came up to me and told me I did a great job, asked me what tuning I was in. I told her - it was DADEAD, capo third fret, for the guitarists here. Later, this girl went on and she was great -- smiling, relaxed, confidant and having a very good time. And very sexy -- even I could tell. She was playing an original song in some open tuning and I bet we might all hear her on the radio someday. Later, she joined this group of three other people that she called her family for another song. I heard familiar chords, but yet different -- it was FREE MAN IN PARIS for standard tuning. They sang the whole thing in four part harmony and they were great -- for the only time that night, the audience was clapping along and afterwards "the family" got a standing ovation. Other than the triumph of me actually having the huevos to sing my own song, it was the best most exciting part of the evening. One of the singers said to the still stomping crowd, "You just gotta love Joni" which made everyone applaud harder. And you do just have to love Joni. I feel sorry for people who can't. love, Clark NP: Mina, Italian songs. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:40:02 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: Joni photos Here are a couple of photos I found. A nice head shot of Joni at the tribute show, and Joni kissing Elton John. The site I found is not publicly accessible, so I slapped the photos on my own web page. I really know little about creating web pages, so sorry if it's slow to load. http://www.enter.net/~messling/joni_tribute.html http://www.enter.net/~messling/joni_elton.html Deb Messling messling@enter.net http://www.enter.net/~messling/ ~there are only three kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:10:40 +0100 From: mick Subject: UK Jonifest...Brighton...London? Been skimming of late so pls forgive and inform if there's one already organized but.... how about it? On a beach? In a pub? Loud Jonimusic in a public place? Small acorns anyone? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:11:40 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni photos <> Thanks Deb - they are SUPER! Especially the first one, Joni just looks SO pretty and happy... Bob NP: U2, "All I Want is You" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:22:17 EDT From: Chilihead2@aol.com Subject: "I'm your biggest fan" your letters to Joni Hi, Just testing the waters to see if there's enough interest in this little project. Remember about a year ago Marian kindly put together the JMDL cookbook and collected and included our Bios? Well, along those lines what about a book of fan mail for JONI? We could take the lines from her song Califonia and call it "I'm your biggest fan". I will be close enough to get it to her on 5/27. If I can get a guarantee of 25-30 letters I will definitely do this. You can gush as much as you want No one is going to see this except me for obvious and practical reasons and Joni. You can say what a particular song as meant to you, talk about meeting Joni? Joni people? A concert? How her music has become the soundtrack of your life or her lyrics your bible. Include a song you wrote for her a poem you wrote for her, etc. etc. etc If people want to give permission to have others read their stuff that's an option too. Anyways, I know a lot of us won't be able to make it to a concert. But your fan mail can! Warmly, - -Chili ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:24:13 -0400 From: "Carver, Dax" Subject: FW: Diva Question (VLJC) Diva is indeed Italian for goddess (Diva as in divine, Diana, diviana and so on) however, unfortunately, in our culture the word "diva" has come to represent singers who do not write their own music and who sing cliche love songs. Joni is better than that. dax > -----Original Message----- > From: Wally Kairuz [SMTP:wallykai@interserver.com.ar] > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 3:52 AM > To: Joseph Palis; joni@smoe.org > Subject: RE: Diva Question (VLJC) > > diva is italian for goddess. i think joni might qualify... ;-) > wallyk > > > > > Isn't the word "diva" a name given to an operatic singer, usually a > > soprano? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:27:56 -0400 From: "Carver, Dax" Subject: FW: Joni photos a few years back there was a lot of rambling about a Tribute album for Joni with singers such as The Rolling Stones, Sarah McLachlan and others on it. Does anyone know what happened with this? thanx dax > -----Original Message----- > From: Deb Messling [SMTP:messling@enter.net] > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 7:40 AM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Joni photos > > Here are a couple of photos I found. A nice head shot of Joni at the > tribute show, and Joni kissing Elton John. > > The site I found is not publicly accessible, so I slapped the photos on > my > own web page. I really know little about creating web pages, so sorry if > it's slow to load. > > http://www.enter.net/~messling/joni_tribute.html > > http://www.enter.net/~messling/joni_elton.html > > > > Deb Messling > messling@enter.net > http://www.enter.net/~messling/ > > ~there are only three kinds of people: > those who can count, and those who can't. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:58:27 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: FW: Diva Question (VLJC) "Carver, Dax" wrote: > Diva is indeed Italian for goddess (Diva as in divine, Diana, diviana and so > on) > > however, unfortunately, in our culture the word "diva" has come to represent > singers who do not write their own music and who sing cliche love songs. > > Joni is better than that. I'd have to say it has more to do with attitude than material. Maria Callas was Diva Supreme, and her arias were a step above cliche love songs. In fact, I'd venture to say the term originated from opera culture. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 10:04:36 -0400 From: "Carver, Dax" Subject: RE: FW: Diva Question (VLJC) you are right, but I was referring to the present day use of the term, the Pop divas. i didn't mention the origin of the word in our culture dax > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Notaro [SMTP:notaro@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu] > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:58 AM > To: Carver, Dax > Cc: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: FW: Diva Question (VLJC) > > "Carver, Dax" wrote: > > > Diva is indeed Italian for goddess (Diva as in divine, Diana, diviana > and so > > on) > > > > however, unfortunately, in our culture the word "diva" has come to > represent > > singers who do not write their own music and who sing cliche love songs. > > > > Joni is better than that. > > I'd have to say it has more to do with attitude than material. Maria > Callas was > Diva Supreme, and her arias were a step above cliche love songs. In fact, > I'd > venture to say the term originated from opera culture. > > Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 10:12:30 -0400 From: "Carver, Dax" Subject: RE: "I'm your biggest fan" your letters to Joni i'd do it! dax > -----Original Message----- > From: Chilihead2@aol.com [SMTP:Chilihead2@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:22 AM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: "I'm your biggest fan" your letters to Joni > > Hi, > > Just testing the waters to see if there's enough interest in this little > project. Remember about a year ago Marian kindly put together the JMDL > cookbook and collected and included our Bios? > > Well, along those lines what about a book of fan mail for JONI? We could > take > the lines from her song Califonia and call it "I'm your biggest fan". I > will > be close enough to get it to her on 5/27. If I can get a guarantee of > 25-30 > letters I will definitely do this. You can gush as much as you want No one > is > going to see this except me for obvious and practical reasons and Joni. > > You can say what a particular song as meant to you, talk about meeting > Joni? > Joni people? > A concert? How her music has become the soundtrack of your life or her > lyrics > your bible. Include a song you wrote for her a poem you wrote for her, > etc. > etc. etc > > If people want to give permission to have others read their stuff that's > an > option too. Anyways, I know a lot of us won't be able to make it to a > concert. But your fan mail can! > > Warmly, > -Chili > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:58:39 -0700 From: Phyliss Ward Subject: Re: "I'm your biggest fan" your letters to Joni Chili I think this is a great idea but I was also thinking it might be better to save for a birthday gift in November so we have more time to get it together... Anyone else? Chilihead2@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > Just testing the waters to see if there's enough interest in this little > project. Remember about a year ago Marian kindly put together the JMDL > cookbook and collected and included our Bios? > > Well, along those lines what about a book of fan mail for JONI? We could take > the lines from her song Califonia and call it "I'm your biggest fan". I will > be close enough to get it to her on 5/27. If I can get a guarantee of 25-30 > letters I will definitely do this. You can gush as much as you want No one is > going to see this except me for obvious and practical reasons and Joni. > > You can say what a particular song as meant to you, talk about meeting Joni? > Joni people? > A concert? How her music has become the soundtrack of your life or her lyrics > your bible. Include a song you wrote for her a poem you wrote for her, etc. > etc. etc > > If people want to give permission to have others read their stuff that's an > option too. Anyways, I know a lot of us won't be able to make it to a > concert. But your fan mail can! > > Warmly, > -Chili > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:13:58 EDT From: Chilihead2@aol.com Subject: Re: "I'm your biggest fan" your letters to Joni Hi Phyliss, I am not going to be 2 feet from Joni on her Birthday. I may never be 2 feet away from Joni again. I appreciate your suggestion and I think it's a good one but whatever fan mail I have I am going to give her on 5/27. I don't think it will really take much time at all for me to compile these and this is a very articulate bunch. We can just keep adding to it and who knows by her Birthday it will be as big as the Oxford Dictionary. In that case we'll have to divide it up into little mini books anyway. ;-) - -Chili also about the cookbook iuniverse.com could print copies very reasonably if we ever wanted to sell them as a fundraiser. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:50:47 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Joni photos wow, deb!!! these pictures are so great! thanks! is that JT looking at Joni and Elton loving each other? wallyk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:13:01 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) From: Andy Stancliffe Subject: Joni and Bjork I'm a little late chiming in on this, since I'm on digest, but I was also lucky enough to be at the Wiltern for the Stormy Weather Benefit, and unlike Kakki, didn't see a setlist, so I was unprepared for the duet. One of my favorite memories on that night, though, is Bjork's introduction of Joni. All the other singers were introduced by Ed Begley, Jr, who was emcee that night. After Bjork finished singing her two sings she said something along the lines of: "the organizers of the show tonight are spoiling me rotten. I get to introduce the gorgeousest woman of all -- Joni Mitchell!" Like Kakki said, the two of them obviously had a lot of fun singing together. It also reminded me of an interview I read with Bjork in Rolling Stone in 1993 or 1994, when she talked about how her parents had played Joni in the house when she was growing up, and Bjork said "Joni Mitchell is the genius of the century," which was what made me go out and start buying Bjork's albums. Andy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:15:11 EDT From: MDESTE1@aol.com Subject: Re: "I'm your biggest fan" your letters to Joni (md) On the one hand I like the idea. On the other I think it would be nicer to have the envelopes containing the letters sealed coming from the writers so that Joni is literally the first to read them. I think this is better because it is after all fan-mail. If it was agreed that they all be in the same sized envelope (81/2x11 white or manilla) they would make a nice "package" and perhaps knowing that they were private people would feel comfortable opening up more as opposed to how they might write if they know that others are going to be reading them. Part of the thrill of receiving a letter is being able to open it. Just a thought. If Chili can deliver them they can just as easily be delivered sealed. marcel deste. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 10:41:07 EDT From: SMEBD@aol.com Subject: Re: Wahhh...a bit premature! In a message dated 04/13/2000 12:33:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, zapuppy2@webtv.net writes: << Well, thanks for wishing me luck with the KINK contest. It worked....but wrong night! >> Congratulations--sorry you didn't get the Martin, but the prizes you got sound good. << Screw it........ I think I'll be using my mother's name and phone number on Friday when they're giving away the Martin! ;~) >> As I say, all is fair in love and Joni! Go for it! Stephen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:38:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: sunset pig - jlc - --- Mark or Travis wrote: > > > go to Paris, rent a piano and put flowers in her > > > room? > > Alright, you two, when did Joni ever say anything > about renting a > grand piano & putting some flowers round her room in > *Paris*? > > Let's keep our lyrics straight puhlease! The Lyrics > Police are > lurking round every corner, you know! > > Mark in Seattle > "maybe I'll go to AMSTERDAM or maybe I'll go to ROME > and rent > me......" > Oh cripes - you're right! I'll never be able to live with myself now! (But do I have any choice?) "Sitting in a park in Paris France/ Reading the news and it sure look bad/ They won't give peace a chance/ Or maybe that was just a dream some of us had/ Still a lot of lands to see/ But I wouldn't want to stay here" and so on... OK, so maybe she didn't get the grand piano in Paris, but she was definitely doing the grand tour of Europe before heading back to California - it's just a matter of sequencing really. That's my excuse... ===== Catherine (in Toronto) catrin_of_aragon@yahoo.ca _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:41:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Curad Bandages Hey, dude! You didn't put that njc tag in your line, did you? That's cuz I didn't put it in mine, and that's cuz the person who started this whole weird thread (suture?) didn't. I ain't takin' the fall alone, y'know. You're all coming with me! - --- Mark or Travis wrote: > > There's also this new "zipper" - it may be just in > the > > research phase - that is supposed to be used in > place > > of sutures and so on for wounds. It works kind of > > like a bandage on the two sides of the skin that > are > > to be joined together, then you zip it up to draw > them > > together. > > Oh God! Yet another Tomlin attack! > > "If I sound contemptuous of Nature, I am. To think > we have the > garment industry to thank for the zipper concept. > When it would have > come in so handy for childbirth." > > -LT > > Mark in Seattle - who used to memorize a lot of > things when he was > younger - song lyrics, comedy routines, dialogue > from movies, the > theme song of the Patty Duke show... > > > ===== Catherine (in Toronto) catrin_of_aragon@yahoo.ca _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:53:48 -0700 From: Mike Friedman Subject: Re: Diva Question (VLJC) If they're referring to Whitney Houston or (worse) Mariah Carey as a diva, you can be SURE it's being used recklessly! Dont' get me started on "Diva." It's a fun movie, and they're trying to remake it WITH WHITNEY HOUSTON IN THE LEAD ROLE!!!!! I have to go sit down now, I'm too upset. - -------------------------------------------------- "The human mind is like a piñata, break it open and it's full of surprises. Once you get the piñata perspective, you see that losing your mind can be a peak experience." - --Trudy (Lily Tomlin), in Jane Wagner's "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." > From: Joseph Palis > Reply-To: Joseph Palis > Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:00:30 +0800 (JST) > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Diva Question (VLJC) > > > Isn't the word "diva" a name given to an operatic singer, usually a > soprano? So when they say diva in pop music, do they mean a singer in the > grand manner or they just use the word "diva" recklessly these days? > > IMHO, to call Joni a diva is naive (or its me who's naive ;-) > > > Joseph > (watched a great film last night with girlfriend called DIVA and features > a black soprano Wilhelmina Wiggins and an obssessed fan who stole her gown > for his own gratification). > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:59:46 -0700 From: Mike Friedman Subject: Re: Joni photos (and tribute album) It supposed to come out this year. ====================================== Everybody here tonight must boogie And let me tell you, You are no exception to the rule - --A Taste of Honey, 1978 > From: "Carver, Dax" > Reply-To: "Carver, Dax" > Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:27:56 -0400 > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: FW: Joni photos > > a few years back there was a lot of rambling about a Tribute album for Joni > with singers such as The Rolling Stones, Sarah McLachlan and others on it. > Does anyone know what happened with this? > > thanx > dax > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Deb Messling [SMTP:messling@enter.net] >> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 7:40 AM >> To: joni@smoe.org >> Subject: Joni photos >> >> Here are a couple of photos I found. A nice head shot of Joni at the >> tribute show, and Joni kissing Elton John. >> >> The site I found is not publicly accessible, so I slapped the photos on >> my >> own web page. I really know little about creating web pages, so sorry if >> it's slow to load. >> >> http://www.enter.net/~messling/joni_tribute.html >> >> http://www.enter.net/~messling/joni_elton.html >> >> >> >> Deb Messling >> messling@enter.net >> http://www.enter.net/~messling/ >> >> ~there are only three kinds of people: >> those who can count, and those who can't. > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 10:11:11 -0700 From: jan gyn Subject: Re: Diva Question (VLJC) (snip) >Joseph >(watched a great film last night with girlfriend called DIVA and features >a black soprano Wilhelmina Wiggins and an obssessed fan who stole her gown >for his own gratification). Diva's a fun movie. Somebody should do a remake with JM where some crazed fan steals her Miyake cape and uses it as a kite which then gets carried off by a seagull and Joni and crazed fan and some internet fan club get wondorously entangled their search for the cape and the awakening of shared emotions. Or something. - -jan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:25:14 +0100 From: catman Subject: Re: Joni photos Deb-the pages were easy to load and quick. Thank you. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:39:45 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Diva Question (VLJC) jan gyn wrote: > > > Diva's a fun movie. Somebody should do a remake with JM where some crazed > fan steals her Miyake cape and uses it as a kite which then gets carried Another Diva, Diana Ross, owns the rights to do an American version of the film. Jerry np: Bette Midler - For the Boys ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 10:38:32 -0700 From: jan gyn Subject: Re: Diva Question (VLJC) >If they're referring to Whitney Houston or (worse) Mariah Carey as a diva, >you can be SURE it's being used recklessly! >Dont' get me started on "Diva." It's a fun movie, and they're trying to >remake it WITH WHITNEY HOUSTON IN THE LEAD ROLE!!!!! I have to go sit down >now, I'm too upset. Man that's lame. Although I like Whitney a little more since I found out she gets high. - -jan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:43:48 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Joni photos deb has asked me to post this: > BTW, I can't post to the list from work. Would you > mind telling the JMDL that the May issue of Downbeat > has a cover story on our Joan. Haven't had time to > read it yet, but it looks fantastic! > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:58:25 EDT From: SMEBD@aol.com Subject: Joni on The Today Show Has anyone heard when The Today Show will air the segment that Joni taped with Katie C. recently? I have E-mailed and called The Today Show, but I haven't gotten a response to my question. Stephen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:10:57 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni on The Today Show Stephen, According to JM.com, this is up tomorrow!!! From 8 to 9, sometime in that slot, so time to crank up those VCR's again! I may just have to come in to work a little late, I'm already to feel a little scratchy in the throat, hack hack...;~D And thanks to Jim for doing a fabulous job of keeping up with all the media coverage on the JM website! Bob NP: Van Halen, "Beautiful Girls" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:12:56 EDT From: SMEBD@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni on The Today Show In a message dated 04/13/2000 3:10:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, SCJoniGuy writes: << I may just have to come in to work a little late, I'm already to feel a little scratchy in the throat, hack hack...;~D Bob: Sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well :-) You MUST take it easy, or else. . . I would definitely recommend that you go into work a little late tomorrow. They say it is bad for a sore throat if you go to work before 9:00 a.m. :-) Thanks for letting me know about this--I guess I checked the homepage too early today (Or did I check it today?) << And thanks to Jim for doing a fabulous job of keeping up with all the media coverage on the JM website! >> I second this. Jim has done a wonderful job on the JM website and has really kept us up-to-date on JM media coverage! So some of us should check it more often. Wouldn't you say? :-) Stephen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:48:38 -0500 From: Mark Domyancich Subject: Re: Joni on The Today Show So it would be Eastern time? Forgive my stupidity since I know they only say "It's now 15 minutes past the hour..." what hour? Where are you? Did the hour hand break off the clock? :-D I have class that hour so someone please tell me the right time. Gracias. NP-Grateful Dead, 6/12/76-Supplication >According to JM.com, this is up tomorrow!!! > >From 8 to 9, sometime in that slot, so time to crank up those VCR's again! - -- Mark Domyancich Harpua@revealed.net http://homepage.mac.com/mtd/index.htm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:54:38 EDT From: MDESTE1@aol.com Subject: Re: Diva Question (VLJC) (md) Diva is one of my top ten movies of all time. A timeless priceless film with one of the single most beautiful songs in the history of music as the theme. The song is sung by Whillemina Fernandez I think and is called Theme Song from La Wally. Is that a real opera does anyone know?. marcel deste ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:54:51 EDT From: CaTGirl627@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni photos In a message dated 4/13/2000 7:41:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, messling@enter.net writes: << Here are a couple of photos I found. A nice head shot of Joni at the tribute show, and Joni kissing Elton John. The site I found is not publicly accessible, so I slapped the photos on my own web page. I really know little about creating web pages, so sorry if it's slow to load. http://www.enter.net/~messling/joni_tribute.html http://www.enter.net/~messling/joni_elton.html >> Hey Deb, Thanks for sharing the pictures. I love the cat wall paper too!! Catgirl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:13:44 -0700 From: Mike Friedman Subject: Re: Diva Question (VLJC) (md) Yes, it is a real opera. It was written by Alfredo Catalani (Italy, 1854-93) in 1892. http://www.classiccd.co.uk/reference/works/c/catalani-lawally.html > An opera that hasn't been staged frequently, possibly because it calls for the > heroine Wally and her > lover to die on stage in an avalanche. > > Still, the aria from Act 1 has become one of the most popular in the > repertoire, helped by its use in the > film Diva. Wally has been ordered by her father to marry Gellner, but she is > in love with Hagenbach. > She resolves to leave home for love rather than be forced into marriage, and > this aria is the expression > of her feelings. > > Recordings of the complete opera are available but are few; the aria is the > highlight. Still, the tyrannical > conductor Arturo Toscanini was so enamoured of the opera that he called his > daughter Wally. We > don't know if she developed a taste for disobeying her father's orders. ================================================================ "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "I think so, Brain, but how are we gonna find chaps our size?" Mike Friedman San Francisco, CA, USA http://63.192.218.181 > From: MDESTE1@aol.com > Reply-To: MDESTE1@aol.com > Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:54:38 -0400 (EDT) > To: jgyn@muse.sfusd.k12.ca.us, joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Diva Question (VLJC) (md) > > Diva is one of my top ten movies of all time. A timeless priceless film with > one of the single most beautiful songs in the history of music as the theme. > The song is sung by Whillemina Fernandez I think and is called Theme Song > from La Wally. Is that a real opera does anyone know?. marcel deste > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:29:53 -0500 From: Patti Haskins Subject: April 15-21 TV Guide Hi All, Just got my new TV Guide out of the mailbox and there on page 59, full color picture, three page article regarding the Tribute show, entitled "Joni Looks At Life", written by Fred Goodman, author of the fine book "The Mansion On The Hill". Nothing surprising, a few new quotes. But TV Guide! They even have a boxed Close-Up on page 126 highlighting the show, but from wrong information; they list Chaka Khan as performing Hejira! Later Patti in Dallas (who after doing taxes realizes that she won't be traveling to Atlanta to Chastain and curses herself for falling in love with a Texan) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:12:33 -0600 From: John Downes Subject: TNT taping for Canadian Hello Joni listers - I have just hopped on the list to see if anyone can help me. TNT is not provided by either of the cable stations here in Edmonton or by Starchoice satellite. TNT has told me that there will not be a video of this Sunday's tribute concert available for purchase. This means that I will miss the concert which I would dearly love to see. Would any kind soul on the list be willing to tape the concert for me? I would be more than willing to pay for the video tape and the cost of mailing it, etc.. If anyone can do this as a favour for a fellow Joni Mitchell fan, I would be very grateful. Warmest Regards, John Downes Edmonton, AB, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:41:15 -0700 (PDT) From: leslie@torchsongs.com Subject: JMDL Movie With deepest respect to John Irving, I humbly submit the following potential movie title: "The Joni People Rules" Leslie :-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:41:49 -0700 From: Mike Friedman Subject: Re: TNT taping for Canadian I'd be happy to make you a copy. Mike ================================================================ "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "I think so, Brain, but how are we gonna find chaps our size?" Mike Friedman San Francisco, CA, USA http://63.192.218.181 > From: John Downes > Reply-To: John Downes > Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:12:33 -0600 > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: TNT taping for Canadian > > Hello Joni listers - > > I have just hopped on the list to see if anyone can help me. TNT is not > provided by either of the cable stations here in Edmonton or by > Starchoice satellite. TNT has told me that there will not be a video of > this Sunday's tribute concert available for purchase. This means that I > will miss the concert which I would dearly love to see. > > Would any kind soul on the list be willing to tape the concert for me? > I would be more than willing to pay for the video tape and the cost of > mailing it, etc.. If anyone can do this as a favour for a fellow Joni > Mitchell fan, I would be very grateful. > > Warmest Regards, > > John Downes > Edmonton, AB, Canada > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 20:44:08 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni on The Today Show In a message dated 4/13/00 2:48:54 PM US Central Standard Time, Harpua@revealed.net writes: << So it would be Eastern time? >> I'm pretty sure that it's Eastern Time, Mark, but I'm gonna have the tape rolling the whole time - I don't want another "Rosie" incident! :~) Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:16:11 -0400 From: waytoblu@mindspring.com Subject: Fw: JMDL Movie With deepest respect to John Irving, I humbly submit the following potential movie title: "The Joni People Rules" Rule 1. No listening to Joni while smoking on the roof. Victor http://www.mindspring.com/~waytoblu/Tangled.htm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:13:33 -0500 From: Vince Lavieri Subject: Re: Diva Question (VLJC) (md) MDESTE1@aol.com wrote: > Diva is one of my top ten movies of all time. A timeless priceless film with > one of the single most beautiful songs in the history of music as the theme. > The song is sung by Whillemina Fernandez I think and is called Theme Song > from La Wally. Is that a real opera does anyone know?. marcel deste La Wally is a real opera and my book that has the story and facts on it is still at my former partner's house so I cannot share more now. If anyone else can answer, please do, otherwise I will get the book, and the info on La Wally, over the weekend. Vince ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:40:34 EDT From: Chilihead2@aol.com Subject: fan mail sealed or e-mailed Just to recap I had suggested delivering fan mail to Joni at the Connecticut show. Marcel had suggested giving sealed letters to Joni. If you would like to email me fan mail or sealed mail, I promise I will do my very best to get them to Joni. If anyone would like me to deliver "fan mail" unopened , just send to Joni Mitchell, c/o The Chilis at Garden House, 8 Possum Drive, New Fairfield, CT 06812. And while I am at it. Yes there are still sunflower seeds to be planted in memory of Wally. Just send a $5 check with 66cents postage on a stamped self addressed envelope to the address above. All proceeds go to Jim to help with JoniMitchell.com. Thanks to everyone! - -Chili :-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:28:58 -0700 From: Richard Goldman Subject: Yahoo auction item: video of TNT special??? Does anyone know anything about this? http://page.auctions.yahoo.com/auction/22332502?u= it's up for sale... and I wonder if it is a bootleg? or... has someone gotten the studio/tech tape before it was edited? The description isn't clear enough for me to tell. I mean...of *course* I'm gonna tape it on the VCR Sunday night... so.. just wondering if anyone knows what this person is selling. RichardSF richard2sf@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 07:24:43 +0100 From: "Karen O'Brien" Subject: new joni biography coming I’m writing to say hello, as a newcomer to JMDL – and indeed as a newcomer to the World of Joni on the Web. I am incredibly impressed at the scope of both Wally Breese’s website (a wonderful , living memorial to him) and JMDL and of the enthusiasm, affection and commitment of the people involved. I’m just sorry that my Luddite tendencies have kept me away until now ! I have launched myself into cyber-space during my research for my new book – "Shadows and Light", a biography of Joni Mitchell to be published next year by the large British-based company, Virgin Publishing (part of Richard Branson’s group of companies, just in case any of you get the wrong idea about the name !) . The book will be distributed internationally . For so long now, I’ve been dismayed at the often woeful lack of attention and analysis of JM’s extraordinary body of work over the years. The book is an attempt to redress that. I’m a life-long fan of Joni’s work , with dual identities as a BBC news journalist and an Arts writer and broadcaster; I’ve also written two other books (the most recent, Hymn to Her, a collection of profile interviews with 15 women musicians including Suzanne Vega, Nanci Griffith, Janis Ian, Yoko Ono , Rosanne Cash, Jane Siberry, Moe Tucker, Neneh Cherry, Tanita Tikaram, Carla Bley). I’m aiming for my book to be both passionate and poetic but also a credible literary work about a woman I consider to be one of the most influential and creative forces in contemporary music over the last three decades. Maybe I’ll get to meet some of you during trips to the US/Canada this year (I live in Britain and the book launch will be in London; I'll let you know details closer to the time in case anyone would like to come along) . Warmest wishes, Karen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:51:38 -0700 (PDT) From: zapuppy2@webtv.net (Penny) Subject: Re: Wahhh...a bit premature! >>As I say, all is fair in love and Joni! Go for it! Thanks for the thumbs-up on contest cheating, Stephen! I'll do my best. KINK's phone number is now in my mom's speed dial. ;~D I want that Martin to belong to JMDLers, either to one who would win a blind hat drawing or maybe as the traveling Jonifest guitar for everyone to have the opportunity to play. And geez, after looking back at ebay a few minutes ago, and seeing a Joni signed poster at $1500.00, I'd be so pissed off I couldn't see straight if some opportunistic non-Joni schmoe won it, only to make money off her and her fans by taking it to ebay. Lucky (?) Penny :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Grace dies when it becomes us versus them......Philip Yancey ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #138 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe onlyjoni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?