From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #149 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Wednesday, April 19 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 149 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: -------- Re: Tribute Impressions ... [IVPAUL42@aol.com] Joni Listens to Versions of Artists to Her Songs? [Joseph Palis ] Re: Delta Dash from L.A. Joni Show ["Kakki" ] Re: Joni sales numbers and welcome ["Kakki" ] Re: tribute reaction [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Crinkly Dress THIS JUST IN! [MDESTE1@aol.com] Re: Joni Fever on the Dot Coms [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: TNT [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] more tribute thoughts [Susan McNamara ] Re: Covers and Contributions Project [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Case of you question [Pbart123@aol.com] RE: Joni Listens to Versions of Artists to Her Songs? ["Carver, Dax" ] Fwd: Wally Sunflower [Chilihead2@aol.com] performing barefoot [Anne Sandstrom ] Re: Joni Listens to Versions of Artists to Her Songs? [SMEBD@aol.com] Covers Project [Phyliss Ward ] Grace ["Mike Hicks" ] Re: Covers Project [SMEBD@aol.com] Re: Covers Project [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Joni in Interview Magazine ["Patricia O'Connor" ] Re: TNT [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Covers Project [FMYFL@aol.com] Hi, I'm new ! ["Kevin J. Greenland" ] hejira tunnings [Guitarpoint@aol.com] The new JMDL site (a shameless promotion) [Les Irvin ] Last week's sale for Both Sides Now ["Brenda J. Walker" ] And people make fun of New Jersey! [CarltonCT@aol.com] Re: Tribute Casual [picard3@webtv.net (Sherelle Smith)] Joni soundscan ["Brenda J. Walker" ] Re: Covers project [Pbart123@aol.com] Re: Richard Thompson [picard3@webtv.net (Sherelle Smith)] Re: Joni soundscan [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Covers project [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: More tribute comments [picard3@webtv.net (Sherelle Smith)] Re: Joni soundscan ["Brenda J. Walker" ] Re: Covers Project [SMEBD@aol.com] Re: tribute reaction [AngelinoCoyote@aol.com] Tribute, Video Trees [AsharaJM@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 03:29:05 EDT From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Tribute Impressions ... In a message dated 4/19/00 1:17:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, CaTGirl627@aol.com writes: << There should have been alot of other there to honour our Joan including Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, George, Paul and Ringo, CSNY (although they have an excuse they are touring) and many many more!!! >> OK, since some of you still seem unsated by the show, here's the start of the thread of performers and songs for Joni Tribute Volume II: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant singing "California" ... Paul I ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:23:30 +0800 (JST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: Joni Listens to Versions of Artists to Her Songs? I am wondering about that too -- if Joni listens to ALL the recordings of other artists to her songs. I would be curious and overeager to know whose version she likes the most. When I mention Joni to friends here in Manila, its (1) they do not know much about her except her song "Both Sides Now", (2) they mix her up with either Judy Collins or Joan Baez, or (3) they heard how bitchy she can be. The last one surprised me a bit because while I know Joni said nasty things about other artists, I wouldn't think of THAT as Joni's trademark. When I asked further for them to explain more, they remembered how Joni "dismissed" Alanis Morrissette's songwriting skills when an interviewer asked Joni about Alanis. Most times, the only time they ever got a listen to Joni was when her vocal was integrated in Janet Jackson's VELVET ROPE album, or when her BYT version was in the "Friends" and "Practical Magic soundtracks. Of all artists who covered Joni songs, I like: Janis Siegel - River Brian Kennedy - A Case of You Tori Amos - A Case of You and.... the legendary Mabel Mercer - Both Sides Now (from a cassette tape that is now missing) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:46:13 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Filling Shoes Phil wrote: > i believe kakki said bob sheppard can fill wayne shorter's >shoes. sorry, but NOBODY fills wayne shorter's shoes. he >can play the parts, but fill wayne's shoes-never. WHOA! My exact quote was "who can very capably fill Wayne Shorter's shoes" meaning, OF COURSE, "in a pinch", "when Wayne can't be there and we need a good sax player" blah, blah, etc. I never meant that he could *replace* Wayne or surpasses or is equally interchangeable with Wayne. No one can replace Wayne Shorter when it comes to Joni songs. But for whatever reason, he wasn't there and I was really happy to see Bob Sheppard was the one chosen to "fill" in. Expressed in the rushed and happy afterglow of watching an amazing show, O.K.? Sheesh.... Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 01:30:38 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Delta Dash from L.A. Joni Show Paz wrote regarding passing along the JMDL concert sign: > Kakki- I think Delta offers something called Delta Dash that >is airport to airport or airport to door. We could drop it off in >the limo after the show on the way to the BelAir. I love this idea. Better yet, we could just as well limo on up to Concord and deliver it ourselves, heehee. But as a back-up plan, I will check into the Dash deal tomorrow. ;-) I've noticed quite a few people who seem to be from the L.A. or SoCal area have recently joined the list. Hooray! We have a really fantastic group of "regional" listmembers in the SoCal area, if I do say so myself. Because of the mail volume I've not been able to welcome you all individually, but wanted to let you know that a number of us are getting together for great JMDL pre and post parties for Joni's show in L.A. on May 12th and would love to have you join us. If any of you are attending the show and are interested in the party plans, please email for more details. Kakki NP: Bangles - Hero Takes a Fall ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 01:49:35 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Joni sales numbers and welcome > I'll post the list of sales across all releases. You may be >surprised by how much she sells. Reprise has done a great >job of marketing her catalog. Brenda, A big welcome to the list and thank you for such informative posts! We've been fumbling around here for a long time trying to determine the real Joni sales numbers, chart progress, etc. and it's so great for someone with your background to emerge and shed some light on it all. Look forward to hearing more from you. Kakki (bracing for receipt of her own personal "stop posting!" email any time now ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:46:30 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: tribute reaction In a message dated 04/19/2000 12:00:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, patrickl@bway.net writes: << still slogging my way through the email >thought it was touching that she shared the story of Bill and her walking >through the Chelsea district singing Joni's song. kind of strange that hillary said chelsea dist in london, but joni wrote it about the chelsea neighborhood in ny. >> Slog a little further Patrick :~) I also posted that even though we all know which Chelsea Joni was writing about (perhaps Hillary too), Chelsea Morning is a wonderful cheerie song that could be sung anywhere.....London, NY or Alabama Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:47:14 EDT From: MDESTE1@aol.com Subject: Re: Crinkly Dress THIS JUST IN! Just for the record Im bringing my KD Lang autographed model weed-pulling outfit and wear one shoe on my left hand to honor Michael Jackson but will change into a TuTu while i do my Ocarena solo in the fourth movement in Paprika Plains. If I can pull this off Michael Paz has promised he will lap dance for 30 minutes at a local club on Bourbon Street the next night. marcel deste. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:48:41 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni Fever on the Dot Coms <> Welcome to the rapidly-expanding Jonilist, Brenda! Thanks for the inside scoop on the industry, I thought it was fascinating! Looking forward to more from ya'! Bob NP(Now Playing): Tom Waits, "Semi Suite" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:52:07 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: TNT <> Great story!! Welcome, Rose...here's a nickname for you, you remember the song "Second-hand Rose"? Maybe we should call you "Banana Hand Rose" ? Again, glad you're here, looking forward to more from you! Bob in SC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:13:22 -0400 From: Susan McNamara Subject: more tribute thoughts I think overall what amazed me about the tribute was hearing Joni's music sung and played by consummate professionals and realizing that this music is HARD, even for them. Ever since the first time I heard Carey on Blue eons ago, I always thought it was the FUN song on a very deep album but after hearing Cyndi Lauper's version I'm in awe. Cyndi really did an incredible job. Another thing I noticed was (and I can't verify this) it seemed like in every song there was a lyric flub of some sort (with the exception of Amelia) which attests to the gymnastics involved in getting the poetic balance right. Take one syllable out and it unravels ... (forgive me, I'm a purist) but Shawn and Mary's version of Amelia was reverent and beautiful. Another high point for me. And here is the observation that amazed me more than anything else. Even though all these artists are renowned for their perfect pipes NO ONE hit the highs like Joni. kd sustained breath to mounting applause but hitting some of the notes in HELP ME was hard for her (as she said in the pre-show comments). wow, and I consider kd one of the most amazing singers around. I love her!! She can wear anything she wants as far as I'm concerned. Although songs from her later albums were truly missed, I can completely understand these artists sticking to the 70s material while performing in front of Joni. Could anyone really get up and do a rendition of Magdalene Laundries or Slouching Toward Bethlehem or even My Secret Place? I'm sure if Peter Gabriel was there he would have picked something like this to play and would have done a GREAT job, but we could do 15 digests on our fantasy tributes!! :-) For the first half of the tribute when Diana Krall was sitting in Joni's box I kept thinking it was Kilauren!! Then I realized who it was. Her version of A Case of You was giving me the willies. BEAUTIFUL!! Of course, having Joni's band there was a brilliant idea. Who else could have played this stuff? I loved that Greg Leisz was playing pedal steel. After the '98 tour I insist on hearing him play on BLACK CROW. Richard Thompson was magnificent. JT was JT. He was the heart of Blue and it was a given that he would play something from that album. River was a beautiful choice. Just one more thing before I end. I want to personally thank Rose from NJ for thanking Joni at the tribute for what she did for Wally. Even before changing my life with her music and being the incredible renaissance woman and hero example she is, I love her and her big heart for the way she appreciated Wally when he was fighting so hard for his life. I could start crying thinking about it. THANKS for saying what we would have said if we had the chance. Love to all, Sue ____________________ /____________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ "It's all a dream she has awake" - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:15:19 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Covers and Contributions Project <> That's a great idea, Kakki, I'll do anything I can do to help make it happen...maybe we can include a nice invitation to Labor Day Fest with it - after all, this is the THIRD year, and she's supposed to be there for this one, right? ;~) Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:53:03 EDT From: Pbart123@aol.com Subject: Case of you question Does anyone know who A Case of You was written for? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:21:42 -0400 From: "Carver, Dax" Subject: RE: Joni Listens to Versions of Artists to Her Songs? My favorite covers so far are Sarah McLachlan - BLUE Cassandra Wilson - BLACK CROW Tori Amos - A CASE OF YOU dax > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Palis [SMTP:pglass@tasyo.kssp.upd.edu.ph] > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 3:24 AM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Joni Listens to Versions of Artists to Her Songs? > > > > I am wondering about that too -- if Joni listens to ALL the recordings of > other artists to her songs. I would be curious and overeager to know whose > version she likes the most. > > When I mention Joni to friends here in Manila, its (1) they do not know > much about her except her song "Both Sides Now", (2) they mix her up with > either Judy Collins or Joan Baez, or (3) they heard how bitchy she can be. > The last one surprised me a bit because while I know Joni said nasty > things about other artists, I wouldn't think of THAT as Joni's trademark. > When I asked further for them to explain more, they remembered how Joni > "dismissed" Alanis Morrissette's songwriting skills when an interviewer > asked Joni about Alanis. Most times, the only time they ever got a listen > to Joni was when her vocal was integrated in Janet Jackson's VELVET ROPE > album, or when her BYT version was in the "Friends" and "Practical Magic > soundtracks. > > Of all artists who covered Joni songs, I like: > > Janis Siegel - River > Brian Kennedy - A Case of You > Tori Amos - A Case of You > > and.... > > the legendary Mabel Mercer - Both Sides Now (from a cassette tape that is > now missing) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 06:45:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Jenny Goodspeed Subject: Re: Una vita per Joni translation I couldn't resist - so I sent the note from Angela to a friend who speaks Italian, here is what she had to say... Wow! That is so beautiful. I wish that we had words in English to express what we feel so beautifully as the Europeans do. What Angela wrote is: Hello to all. My name is Angela, I'm Italian and above all, a fan of Joni since her days of Blue (when she came out w/ Blue). Her voice, her music and her poems have immediately transmitted such sensations in me that no one else has been able to give me. I've followed her in time throughout her changes and I've always been left fascinated. I love a lot THOSL and Hejira. Every one of her albums have signified my life and have underlined my own moments of happiness and sadness. Ciao. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:46:05 -0400 From: Heather Subject: Re: Joni's Tribute Nice to hear from you, Sherelle!! > >Speaking of glimpses, did anyone notice Michael Bolton in the audience? >I actually like him, but my husband despises his voice, which actually >reminds me a little of Bryan Adams voice. I agree that we saw a little >too much of Rosie, but I enjoyed glimpses of other Joni fans like the >actress lawyer they killed off in Law and Order, as well as Goldie Hawn >and her son who is the spitting image of his father Kurt Russell. Yes! I saw 'Clare' from Law & Order in the audience and Michael Bolton. (glad he didn't sing!) Ms. Krall's version of 'Case of You' moved me to tears. My husband watched the show with me and commented 'gee .... are you are going to be all teary eyed at the BSN concert'? I told him I'm bringing a box of Kleenex for the entire second row! As far as performances ... I would have preferred to see Elton do 'Black Crow' .... lots of piano like his 'Grey Seal' days. All in all I loved the TNT Tribute! Heather ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:50:03 EDT From: Chilihead2@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Wally Sunflower - --part1_4.2aab1cd.262f138b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Steve, All Apologies!!! Thanks Again! - --part1_4.2aab1cd.262f138b_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (rly-yg02.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.2]) by air-yg03.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:25:23 2000 Received: from mail.milwaukee.tec.wi.us (mail.milwaukee.tec.wi.us [148.8.128.21]) by rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:25:10 -0400 Received: from C-ROOM-TAG (dhcp-30-196.milwaukee.tec.wi.us [148.8.30.196]) by mail.milwaukee.tec.wi.us (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id IAA21220 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:26:50 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20000419082201.007b8b00@milwaukee.tec.wi.us> X-Sender: polifkas@milwaukee.tec.wi.us X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:22:01 -0500 To: Chilihead2@aol.com From: Steve Polifka Subject: Wally Sunflower Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey! It was me, Steve Polifka who sent you the Wally Sunflower, not Steve Mixon... Thanks! Steve - --part1_4.2aab1cd.262f138b_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:55:36 -0400 From: Anne Sandstrom Subject: performing barefoot Hi gang. I've been chuckling about the posts that mention k.d. lang performing barefoot. Well, I almost always perform barefoot for two reasons: 1) superstition - somehow I think it's luckier 2) safety - when I'm barefoot, I can actually feel the cables and wires under my feet so I'm not likely to trip over them and in fact, I distinctly remember kicking off my sandals just before going 'on stage' at Ashara's! lots of love Anne ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:08:08 EDT From: SMEBD@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni Listens to Versions of Artists to Her Songs? In a message dated 04/19/2000 3:41:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pglass@tasyo.kssp.upd.edu.ph writes: << and.... the legendary Mabel Mercer - Both Sides Now (from a cassette tape that is now missing) >> MABEL MERCER singing BSN--I think that this could substitute for Nancy Wilson singing Joni. What do you think? Stephen, who is on the search for Ms. Mercer's rendition of BSN ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:25:04 -0700 From: Phyliss Ward Subject: Covers Project I listened to the whole covers project over the last 2 days while working in my studio. Wow! I was so surprised to hear so many interesting and beautiful performances. To be honest, most of the covers I've heard usually sounded 'less than' Joni's originals. There were actually some that might have been 'better' here...and many definitely equal. I realized while listening that I actually had a lot of these on LP from the old days (Joan Baez - Dida, L. A. Express - Shadow Play, among others) . All my LP's are wrapped up in the bottom of a closet and haven't been touched in years...waiting for an eBay frenzy?? ; - ). I no longer have a turntable. Bob - Thanks so much for taking this on. I can only imagine how much time you invested in putting this together. It must have been truly an act of love. Phyliss p.s. One Joni background which was glaringly missing was Carole King's 'You've Got a Friend' with the 'Mitchell/Taylor boy-girl choir' Do you need this one Bob? I've got it on CD... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:14:21 -0500 From: "Mike Hicks" Subject: Grace There are some on the Fulton list that would like to see the same tribute for Grace Slick. What do you think? I'm a big J. Airplane fan. However, I think Joni personally had a bigger impact than did Grace. Grace was also on the cutting edge with her music and lyrics that rubbed some the wrong way. I liked that edge though. mh ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:56:09 EDT From: SMEBD@aol.com Subject: Re: Covers Project In a message dated 04/19/2000 10:29:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pward@lightspeed.net writes: << p.s. One Joni background which was glaringly missing was Carole King's 'You've Got a Friend' with the 'Mitchell/Taylor boy-girl choir' Do you need this one Bob? I've got it on CD.. >> I think that the "Mitchell/Taylor Boy/Girl" choir sings on "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and not on "You've Got a Friend". And you are right, it is one of the classics Joni contributions ever and deserves a place on Vol. 3. Stephen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:56:19 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Covers Project <> Agreed, Phyliss...before I was a listmember, the only cover I'd heard that was superior to Joni's was Bonnie's version of "Midway". Now there are many more I'd put on the list! <> Yes, indeedy!! And could not have been pulled off without the help of a lot of other JMDLer's! <> Actually, Randy sent it + I have it on CD, I did not include it as there was not enough Joni on it IMO to include. I'm not the Cover Dictator, however, I'll be glad to include it on a future volume if enough people want it. Plus, it was SO huge a hit I figured that everybody had heard it... Bob NP: Tom, "Frank's Wild Years" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:57:35 -0400 From: "Patricia O'Connor" Subject: Joni in Interview Magazine NEW YORK, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- For the May and June issues of Interview Magazine, legendary photographer Bruce Weber has created a portfolio of some of the most spontaneous, intimate and candid celebrity portraits of today. Weber, one of the great personality and fashion photographers of our time, also has an amazing talent for animal photography, so with Interview editor Ingrid Sischy, he embarked on a journey to capture the hottest celebrities of today with superstar pets. A special preview of the portfolio is going to made available on the Pets.com website as the magazine's May issue hits New York City newsstands. Eleven of the amazing Bruce Weber shots including those of Benjamin Bratt with a llama, Charlize Theron with her dogs, Christina Ricci with a camel, Rick Schroder with a falcon, the hot boy band 98. with their favorite cuddly creatures and even the elusive Joni Mitchell with her cats, will be up on the site for animal lovers everywhere to enjoy. The site will be up and running on Tuesday, April 18th at http://www.pets.com/Interview Patricia O'Connor p.a.oconnor@att.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:21:33 -0700 From: Phyliss Ward Subject: Re: Covers Project Well, you're right and I'm wrong (again). Joni sings background on James' version, right? Phyliss SMEBD@aol.com wrote: > I think that the "Mitchell/Taylor Boy/Girl" choir sings on "Will You Still > Love Me Tomorrow" and not on "You've Got a Friend". And you are right, it is > one of the classics Joni contributions ever and deserves a place on Vol. 3. > > Stephen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:40:52 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: TNT In a message dated 4/18/00 10:13:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, RoseMJoy@aol.com writes: << I'm new to the list. I've enjoyed reading the past few posts regarding the Tribute concert. I was one of the lucky souls to be there for the live performance. >> Welcome to the JMDL Rose. Now I know who "Rose Joy" is that took the photos (along with Pearl) for Wally's site. Great photos and thanks for telling Joni how we appreciate what she did for Wally! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:07:10 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Covers Project Phyliss wrote: << Bob - Thanks so much for taking this on. I can only imagine how much time you invested in putting this together. It must have been truly an act of love. >> Yes Bob, I want to publicly thank you too! I just got discs 3 & 4 yesterday and they are wonderful. You are a very special person to put all of this together, and like Phyliss said "It must have been truly an act of love". Thanks to all the JMDLers for sending Bob all of this great music. I'm especially enjoying the 3 songs by Jacqui Fitzgerald. I believe I read those were submitted by Hell in NZ. That must be from the good Hell! Jimmy NP- Kristen Vigard "Man From Mars" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:06:38 +0100 From: "Kevin J. Greenland" Subject: Hi, I'm new ! Hi, I'm Kev and I live in Cardiff, Wales. I got into Joni some time ago, er about ten years ago when at college. I remember buying Ladies of the Canyon just to see what the fuss was about and was hooked. Not on obsession levels but I have to date a fair few albums. The funniest item I own is "half" of the gatefold sleeve of Miles of Aisles bought at a car boot sale for 50p ! Funny thing is I didn't realise until I got home ! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:10:29 EDT From: Guitarpoint@aol.com Subject: hejira tunnings Dear Friends Last week I made a comment about Hejira being the only album done in standard tunning. Well being new on the list, that was like walking into a party and farting with there being no dog to blame it on. I don't need to blame anything on anybody as I take responcibility for what I wrote. When I first heard the album in 1976 it blew me away and was one of the causes of me picking up the guitar. Now, I wanted to learn about this person who wrote the most incredible piece of music I had ever heard. ( it still is ) One article I read stated how she "got in her car and drove across country with a guitar kept in spanish tunning and composed the songs along her journey". The articile aslo stated that she didn't want to deal with guitar necks warping and needed to cleanse herself. It also got into mentioning her tunnings. As I was starting to learn the guitar all these terms were new to me, Spanish tunning, alternate tunnings, and mostly warping guitar necks. The article made a profound impression in my life as all these things were new and I had to find out about all this. So all this time I had an image of Joni driving around the country in a beamer with a credit card and a guitar in standard tunning. How accurate was the article, I don't know, but there is a process known as re-working. I'm sorry that I seemed to offend a certain person that totally went off on me, but I am happy to be in a room with people so passionate about Joni. What was in that article gave me such a yearning to understand the guitar that I am a music teacher now and always use Joni's stuff in my lessons.( as well as others ) I am always learning and one thing I have learned from both my students and my son, is that when they come to me with wrong information I ask where they got it from before I correct it or yell at them. ( my son ) PEACE Dave C ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:18:04 -0600 From: Les Irvin Subject: The new JMDL site (a shameless promotion) Hey Joniphiles... I'm not one to go around tooting any horns, but I do want to follow up on Sue's message from yesterday abut the new JMDL website. Although the domain name dispute rages on, the new site is now accessible (using a bit of trickery) at http://www.jmdl.com. Like Sue said, the new site features new, heavy-duty search capabilities - a vast improvement over the previous search function. For example, the 278 (and still growing...) guitar tabs featured on the site can be viewed by author, tuning, album, song, generic tuning, etc... The four guitarists - Sue, Marian, Howard, and Mark - have worked very hard and put together simply the best guitar site on the internet. Also, the article database now numbers 459 titles and is growing all the time. You can search through the articles by author, publication, date, month, year, or type. And you can do word and phrase searches too. There's lots more to look at - including new, improved voting booths to cast your vote for your favorite songs and albums. Wake the kids! Phone the neighbors! Check it out... Les NP: Richard Buckner "Devotion + Doubt" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:42:23 -0700 From: "Brenda J. Walker" Subject: Last week's sale for Both Sides Now Here sales jumped 6,289 units, driven mostly from the advertising for the special I'm sure. This does not include the sales since the special, as this report is for the week ending 4/16. There will likely be another big jump next week. She moved up the chart from 98 to 66. Title Report: National Sales Report Week Ending 04/16/00 04/19/00 13:00:07 BOTH SIDES NOW MITCHELL*JONI WAR Rel: 02/08/00 Cat: 47640 This Last 2 Weeks 3 Weeks 93 TD Week Week Ago Ago Total ---- ---- ------- - ------- ------ Total 21149 14860 14581 18079 74243 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:54:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: tribute reaction - --- FMYFL@aol.com wrote: >we all know > which Chelsea Joni was writing about (perhaps > Hillary too), Chelsea Morning > is a wonderful cheerie song that could be sung > anywhere.....London, NY or > Alabama > I thought it was a song about Chelsea buns... ===== Catherine (in Toronto) catrin_of_aragon@yahoo.ca _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:14:20 EDT From: CarltonCT@aol.com Subject: And people make fun of New Jersey! - --part1_b9.24eeca9.262f517c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --part1_b9.24eeca9.262f517c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: PmrcasE@aol.com From: PmrcasE@aol.com Full-name: PmrcasE Message-ID: <27.470a1ea.262f2301@aol.com> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:56:01 EDT Subject: Verrrrry Interesting To: Zamborgini@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part2_b9.24eeca9.262f2301_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 104 - --part2_b9.24eeca9.262f2301_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A friend sent this to me and I was asked to pass it on. It's short and worth a look. Pass it on if you like. Marty The state of Texas, under the leadership of Governor George W. Bush, is ranked: 50th in spending for teachers' salaries 49th in spending on the environment 48th in per-capita funding for public health 47th in delivery of social services 42nd in child-support collections 41st in per-capita spending on public education and ... 5th in percentage of population living in poverty 1st in air and water pollution 1st in percentage of poor working parents without insurance 1st in percentage of children without health insurance 1st in executions (avg. 1 every 2 weeks for Bush's 5 years) Just think of what he could do for (to) the country if he were president. - --part2_b9.24eeca9.262f2301_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: JeanneTroy@aol.com From: JeanneTroy@aol.com Full-name: JeanneTroy Message-ID: Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 14:53:14 EDT Subject: Fwd: verrrrry interesting To: PmrcasE@aol.com, Mcdatsme@aol.com, TUCOCABRA@aol.com, Chesteroy@aol.com, EnzyTroy@aol.com, chapman@oakland.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part3_b9.24eeca9.262b661a_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 51 - --part3_b9.24eeca9.262b661a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --part3_b9.24eeca9.262b661a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Jackson627@aol.com From: Jackson627@aol.com Full-name: Jackson627 Message-ID: <74.29e20cd.26236ade@aol.com> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:35:26 EDT Subject: Fwd: verrrrry interesting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part4_b9.24eeca9.26236ade_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 147 To: undisclosed-recipients:; - --part4_b9.24eeca9.26236ade_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --part4_b9.24eeca9.26236ade_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Lindalibre@aol.com From: Lindalibre@aol.com Full-name: Lindalibre Message-ID: Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 23:48:57 EDT Subject: verrrrry interesting To: Chezjoie@aol.com, tburger@paychex.com, Jamfelt@aol.com, Jackson627@aol.com, GILLANX2@aol.com, surferbetty24@yahoo.com, brooke@comcastcom.net, jacqueline.nelson@aexp.com, jen66@earthlink.net, dramadog@webtv.net, Tipidreams@aol.com, SPricetag@aol.com, Rabs617@aol.com, srothman@hearst.com, LisaLynnW@aol.com, no_no_nan@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part5_b9.24eeca9.2622a929_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 146 - --part5_b9.24eeca9.2622a929_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/9/00 12:54:15 AM, Lindalibre writes: << Subject: verrrrry interesting > > > > > > << > The state of Texas, under the leadership of Governor George W. Bush, > > > is ranked: > > > 50th in spending for teachers' salaries > > > 49th in spending on the environment > > > 48th in per-capita funding for public health > > > 47th in delivery of social services > > > 42nd in child-support collections > > > 41st in per-capita spending on public education > > > and ... > > > 5th in percentage of population living in poverty > > > 1st in air and water pollution > > > 1st in percentage of poor working parents without insurance > > > 1st in percentage of children without health insurance > > > 1st in executions (avg. 1 every 2 weeks for Bush's 5 years) > > > > > > Just think of what he could do for (to) the country if he were > > > president > > > > > > Forward this to every person of voting age >> - --part5_b9.24eeca9.2622a929_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Lindalibre@aol.com From: Lindalibre@aol.com Full-name: Lindalibre Message-ID: Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 00:54:15 EDT Subject: Fwd: Fw: verrrrry interesting To: Lindalibre@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part6_b9.24eeca9.262166f7_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 146 - --part6_b9.24eeca9.262166f7_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/9/00 12:30:16 AM, Qben318 writes: << Subject: verrrrry interesting > > > > > > << > The state of Texas, under the leadership of Governor George W. Bush, > > > is ranked: > > > 50th in spending for teachers' salaries > > > 49th in spending on the environment > > > 48th in per-capita funding for public health > > > 47th in delivery of social services > > > 42nd in child-support collections > > > 41st in per-capita spending on public education > > > and ... > > > 5th in percentage of population living in poverty > > > 1st in air and water pollution > > > 1st in percentage of poor working parents without insurance > > > 1st in percentage of children without health insurance > > > 1st in executions (avg. 1 every 2 weeks for Bush's 5 years) > > > > > > Just think of what he could do for (to) the country if he were > > > president > > > > > > Forward this to every person of voting age > > > > > > > > - ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- >> - --part6_b9.24eeca9.262166f7_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Qben318@aol.com From: Qben318@aol.com Full-name: Qben318 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 00:30:16 EDT Subject: Fwd: Fw: verrrrry interesting To: Lindalibre@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part7_b9.24eeca9.26216158_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 146 - --part7_b9.24eeca9.26216158_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --part7_b9.24eeca9.26216158_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (rly-zc04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.4]) by air-zc03.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sat, 08 Apr 2000 21:40:51 -0400 Received: from crow.a001.sprintmail.com (crow.prod.itd.earthlink.net [209.178.63.7]) by rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Sat, 08 Apr 2000 21:40:41 -0400 Received: from [38.26.5.182] (ip182.isdn1-boston.ma.pub-ip.psi.net [38.26.5.182]) by crow.a001.sprintmail.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA04289; Sat, 8 Apr 2000 18:40:18 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: rpotter007@mail.sprintmail.com Message-Id: Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 21:41:07 -0400 To: Aaron Feldman , Allison Bohn , Andrea Shapiro , Ari Goldman , Arielle Tepper , Beth Calabro , Cara Buono , Chris Appicella , David Bar Katz , David Huffman , Denise Doyle , Elijah Wood , Eric Lapidus , Gena Merberg , George Huang , Joey Dember , Kristen Gruber-Ware , Kristen Morgan , Laura Van Straaten , Lauren Salzberg , Lisa Hames , Lisa Keon , Lori Kranczer , Marianne Hagan , Michael Zoumas , Michelle Denenkamp , Raina Paenchansky , Robin Williams , Rudy Sarzo , Scott Neufled , Suzanne Weinart , Tara Mark , Tom Nix , Tony Gillan , Yul Vasquez From: Richard Potter Subject: Fwd: Fw: verrrrry interesting Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Subject: verrrrry interesting > > > > > > << > The state of Texas, under the leadership of Governor George W. Bush, > > > is ranked: > > > 50th in spending for teachers' salaries > > > 49th in spending on the environment > > > 48th in per-capita funding for public health > > > 47th in delivery of social services > > > 42nd in child-support collections > > > 41st in per-capita spending on public education > > > and ... > > > 5th in percentage of population living in poverty > > > 1st in air and water pollution > > > 1st in percentage of poor working parents without insurance > > > 1st in percentage of children without health insurance > > > 1st in executions (avg. 1 every 2 weeks for Bush's 5 years) > > > > > > Just think of what he could do for (to) the country if he were > > > president > > > > > > Forward this to every person of voting age > > > > > > > > - --part7_b9.24eeca9.26216158_boundary-- - --part6_b9.24eeca9.262166f7_boundary-- - --part5_b9.24eeca9.2622a929_boundary-- - --part4_b9.24eeca9.26236ade_boundary-- - --part3_b9.24eeca9.262b661a_boundary-- - --part2_b9.24eeca9.262f2301_boundary-- - --part1_b9.24eeca9.262f517c_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:20:58 -0400 (EDT) From: picard3@webtv.net (Sherelle Smith) Subject: Re: Tribute Casual Kate, That is a very interesting viewpoint. So it seems that some of the artists purposely dressed down to make a statement against the pomp and pretentiousness that other events similar to this evoke. On the one hand, dressing up would be deemed a sign of respect, On the other hand, dressing down seems to show the same sign of respect to the integrity of Joni's music. I believe also that each artist was showing respect in their own way based on how they felt about Joni. Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:36:00 -0700 From: "Brenda J. Walker" Subject: Joni soundscan It's kind of hard to put the data in an email. Would it be OK if I sent an attachment to the list? Since I'm new here, I don't know what the policy is. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:41:16 EDT From: Pbart123@aol.com Subject: Re: Covers project What exactly is the covers project? ( I think I have figured it out from the posts... but want to be sure). Is there any way to still get a copy? Pam ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:53:19 -0400 (EDT) From: picard3@webtv.net (Sherelle Smith) Subject: Re: Richard Thompson Hi David, Not knowing anything about Richard Thompson, I am inclined to agree with you a bit based on what I saw. His strength is definately in his skills as a guitarist more than a vocalist. I promised someone that I would go back and listen to his versions of Black Crow and Woodstock with a more open mind to his interpretations of those songs. I love to stay open to the musical intreprtations of other artists; to see the same value in them that another listener does who really appreciates ther work. Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:02:54 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni soundscan <> Brenda, smoe cannot accept any attachments, so if you have an attachment (photo, etc.) you have to send it through the OTHER mailing list that accepts attachments...used to jonimitchellfans@onelist.com but I believe that it's changed... Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:10:24 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Covers project <> The covers project is a 4-CD set of Joni songs covered by other artists (for example, "Both Sides Now" by Judy Collins), songs by other artists that Joni contributes to (for example, "If I Could" by Seal) and a few other surprises as well. <> Absolutely! Just send me back a private message and I'll hook you up with a branch that will add you to the tree...and keep in mind, this boxset is Volume 2. Volume 1 was issued last year, consists of one disc, and is still available to whomever would like it. Bob NP: Tom Waits, "Ruby's Arms" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:11:20 -0400 (EDT) From: picard3@webtv.net (Sherelle Smith) Subject: Re: More tribute comments Dear Sue, First of all, it is such a pleasure seeing your name on the list. I hope you are fine. I agree! Cyndi Lauper did a fantastic job. I also agree with your thoughts on how these artists realized how hard Joni's music really is. I agree with you that Kd did not hit the highs as I thought she would-still a very good performance. I could not believe the feeling I had sitting in front of my tv when Joni came out on stage and sang. Could you feel the utlimate richness in her voice? Amazing!!! I was completely blown away. I have been a Sarah Vaughn fan for years, but I can honestly say at this time that NO ONE has as rich and as beautiful a tone as Joni does. That takes a lot for me to say but I mean it from the bottom of my heart. I am so happy to know that Joni was there for Wally. I did not know of his passing until about a month ago. That gives me a special feeling about being a part of this list. It is truly an honor and a priviledge. I was looking for Kilauren as well but could not find her. I hope all is still going well between them. I think we all have adopted her here! Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:10:37 -0700 From: "Brenda J. Walker" Subject: Re: Joni soundscan OK, since I've received a number of replies saying no attachments, anyone who wants to receive the report email me separately and I'll send it to you. I'll post summaries to the list. Thanks everyone for your help. SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: > < an attachment to the list? Since I'm new here, I don't know what the > policy is.>> > > Brenda, smoe cannot accept any attachments, so if you have an attachment (photo, etc.) you have to send it through the OTHER mailing list that accepts attachments...used to jonimitchellfans@onelist.com but I believe that it's changed... > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:13:10 EDT From: SMEBD@aol.com Subject: Re: Covers Project In a message dated 04/19/2000 11:22:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pward@lightspeed.net writes: << Joni sings background on James' version, right? >> You are correct--Joni sings backup on JT's cover of "You've Got A Friend" Stephen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:23:52 EDT From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Subject: Re: tribute reaction OK. I am fond of Hillary. Just wished they had made Summerland, CA their post DC home, as many of us here hoped, but guess she wouldn't wanna run against Babs or Di. Besides, we have too many ex-prez here. I actually thought her story on the tribute was cool. I thought it could have been a JMDL post. Don't we all have those songs that somehow, someway have influenced our lives (note my nickname) or that made us *really feel* the poetry (all romantics meet the same fate someday). I don't doubt Hil was happy to have the opportunity (political and otherwise) to show up. Besides, she *is* our land's first lady. How many other musicians have her show up? Would Nancy Reagan have done it (okay, she did for Johhny Mathis, but that was by phone). Tipper might (if there are no offensive lyrics involved). It's just a sweet old story that they named their child after the song - so let it be told to the masses. No regrets, Coyote Casa Alegre Hollywood, California I'll be dancin' on a pony keg. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:23:55 EDT From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: Tribute, Video Trees Rainbow from Hawaii wrote: <> Yes, much agreed here. For a long time when I first joined this list, I was on the "regular" (non-digest) list. I had a little bit more time in my life, and I did a fair job of keeping up. However, with the other things in my life calling me, I had to switch to digest, and it seems that every time I "finally" catch up, I am way behind again in a short span of time. I am just starting to read everyone's thoughts about the Tribute, and even though I have 6 or 7 more digests to read, I thought I'd pipe in with my thoughts. Chuck E called around 1PM on Sunday to ask if my other half and I would like to join him and Barbara, and Maggie and her husband to watch the Tribute together. It's so funny, because we go to great lengths to get the 6 of us together, and it sometimes takes months to find a date because we all have such busy schedules. But on Sunday, of course, we were all planning on sitting home in front of our sets anyway, so we were all free on a moments notice. I have to say the best part of the Tribute for me, was watching it with other JMDL listers. It was wonderful to be in a room where others had the same affection and passion for Joni and her music. We took turns welling up with tears, (and in my case, downright blubbering) and we all understood. I have to say, I loved every single minute of this Tribute. The highlight was definitely Cyndi Lauper's version of Carey, but I also enjoyed all the rest. <> Right now, I am trying to get all 4 TV performances on one tape. I am in the middle of timing them all to see what is possible to do. So, hang in there, and more info will be forthcoming. As far as how the trees work, it is a labor of love and copied for the price of blank tapes or CD's, and postage. For more info on how it all works, go to: JMDL Tape Trading Information Hugs, Ashara www.photon.net/lightnet ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #149 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe onlyjoni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?