From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #270 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Thursday, June 29 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 270 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: -------- Happy Joni songs ["Helen M. Adcock" ] covers sequence [Dflahm@aol.com] Re: Willy's post [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni Mitchell Fan Club [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni Mitchell Fan Club [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni Mitchell Fan Club [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Joni Mitchell Fan Club ["James L. Leonard" ] An invitation to Joni ["Pitassi, Mary" ] Ann Wilson and Joni [Murphycopy@aol.com] I had to chime in ["John Stilwell" ] Re: I had to chime in/Nina on Billie/some Joni [Murphycopy@aol.com] (VLJC) Newbie on board! [Buckingham Baby ] Re: (VLJC) Newbie on board! [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: (VLJC) Newbie on board! [Buckingham Baby ] Jammin' with the UK JMDLer's [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Jammin' with the UK JMDLer's [Jason Maloney ] RE: (VLJC) Newbie on board! ["Nikki Johnson" ] Re: I had to chime in/Nina on Billie/No Joni [Seulbzzaj@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:29:48 +1200 From: "Helen M. Adcock" Subject: Happy Joni songs Boy, there are a fair few of these! I can't believe people have said that there aren't that many! OK, it does get grimmer and grimmer as the years pass, but it's not ALL bad?! Night In The City Chelsea Morning Ladies Of The Canyon The Circle Game My Old Man Carey You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio Cotton Avenue Solid Love Underneath The Streetlight Lucky Girl Night Ride Home The Only Joy In Town Ray's Dad's Cadillac The Crazy Cries Of Love See? Chelsea Morning and Solid Love are almost unbearably cheerful. If anyone was going to accuse Joni of plagiarism, it would have to be for these two songs. Not much like River or Borderline, are they!? Hell _____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman hell@ihug.co.nz Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 06:25:48 EDT From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: covers sequence I apologize if this idea has already been discussed or acted upon: how about organizing the covers on a JM recording-by-JM recording basis? All the songs from STAS, then all the songs from JM, from LOTC, etc. This would reveal a lot about which periods of her evolution had impact on whom. DAVID LAHM ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Willy's post willy100@indosat.net.id wrote: > I'll be far from my computer for a week as I'm > travelling up a lazy boat jungle river in > Kalimantan, Indonesia. ...Any thoughts for music > relevant to meeting our > distant cousins swinging from the trees? >> --- FMYFL@aol.com wrote: > I'd be a little hesitant about playing the "Jungle > Line" too loud Willy. > No telling what restless natives you might attract, > and we want you to come > back safely. You might want to play "Lesson in > Survival" or "Snakes and > Ladders", and for our distant cousins swinging in > the tree how about "Furry > Sings the Blues" :~) Jimmy, that last one was great. Willy, have a great time. Orangutans are my favourite animal. ===== Catherine (in Toronto) catrin_of_aragon@yahoo.ca _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:50:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell Fan Club I betcha $10 they don't even KNOW about the jmdl. - --- Mark Domyancich wrote: > What the hell's the point of this? Are they trying > to cash in on the > success of the JMDL? Hahaha, somebody needs to post > about all the Joni > rarities they've got just to get them drooling. > Hehehe! > Les Irvin > wrote: > > > Joniphiles - > > I'm not sure what it's all about at this point, > but VH1 has just announced > > a Joni Fan Club. Click here to sign up: > > http://www.vh1.com/fanclubs/ > ===== Catherine (in Toronto) catrin_of_aragon@yahoo.ca _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:06:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell Fan Club - --- SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: > < me.>> > > Lame would be a compliment...what would you > expect from VH1? ;~) > I went over and checked it out and, like Jim, found it difficult to navigate - like, if you wanted to sign up for the Joni list, you seemed to have only the choice of signing up in a general sort of way, or clicking onto Joni's name, which brought up a bunch of stuff that is covered much more thoroughly on both jonimitchell.com and jmdl.com, so why bother? I'm convinced these people don't know either of these much better lists exist and haven't bothered to do the research to find out. They'll end up shutting it down due to lack of interest and no one will notice, except for those who still want Joni to play her dulcimer and sing BSN. Anyway, I'm too lazy to go through all those steps again and, if I need yet another password, I'm going to forget it anyway... so what's the point? Here is better. ===== Catherine (in Toronto) catrin_of_aragon@yahoo.ca _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:53:33 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell Fan Club Catherine wrote: << I went over and checked it out and, like Jim, found it difficult to navigate - like, if you wanted to sign up for the Joni list, you seemed to have only the choice of signing up in a general sort of way, or clicking onto Joni's name, I checked it out too, but they had no (NJC) so I said forget it :~) < I'm convinced these people don't know either of these much better lists exist and haven't bothered to do the research to find out.> >> On the other hand, it was about a year and a half ago when I was doing a search on Joni and came across a discussion list called JoniMitchellfans@onelist.com. There was only about 14 members. I joined and met one of the most enthusiastic Joni fans ever. She didn't know that the JMDL existed until I told her. The rest is history!! Right Catgirl?? :~) Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:22:15 -0700 From: "James L. Leonard" Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell Fan Club Jimmy, Your posts almost *always* make me smile. :-) There are other JMDLers, too, who fit this bill, but I felt like singling you out. "Boston Jim" > I checked it out too, but they had no (NJC) so I said forget it :~) > > Jimmy LOL! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:32:10 -0500 From: "Pitassi, Mary" Subject: An invitation to Joni With David Mingus's permission, I am forwarding to the JMDL a copy of the lovely invitation he sent to Joni and Donald yesterday, c/o the Mendel Gallery, on behalf of the Saskatoon group, prefaced by his brief description of the card he sent along with it. Without further ado: "This ain't fancy but I wanted you to know what was said. I Fed. Ex'd the following yesterday c/o The Mendel. I used a different font, printed it on nice stock, rag cropped it, and enclosed it in an unscripted card with a painting of two Native American women talking. It looked great. Here's a copy of the script: Dear Joni, Congratulations and our very best wishes on the opening of your Voices Exhibit at The Mendel Friday night. The Joni Mitchell Internet community is abuzz. Ten members of the Joni Mitchell Discussion List - all homepage reporters and photographers - will be attending from all over the country. Our little group (of about 18 including spouses) would like to extend an invitation to you and Donald to join us for a late brunch or cocktails Saturday or Sunday at a time and place convenient to you. I will be arriving late Thursday and would be delighted to help coordinate an intimate little gathering. Again, our very best to you. David Mingus (Homepage Reporter/Photographer)" David then included information about how to contact him. SO--the invitation is extended. And we shall see! Mary P. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:39:50 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: Ann Wilson and Joni The following is from "Spirit of Hendrix Rises at Experience Music Project Celebration:" Sister Nancy was at home with newborn twins, so Ann Wilson -- the breath and soul of Heart -- assembled a powerful band that played to her strengths even if they didn't play exactly what the crowd wanted to hear. With just four Heart songs, she filled out the set with some tunes from her side band, the Lovemongers, as well as covers of Joni Mitchell, Bacharach/Costello, Tina Turner and Paul McCartney. Set closer "State of Independence" was a magnificent full-length reading of a textured gem. The emotional, powerful song crashed to a sudden end, as much of the audience still bleated futile screams for "Barracuda." You can read the rest of the article at: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/rolls/20000627/en/spirit_of_hendrix_rises_at_expe rience_music_project_celebration_1.html --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:36:27 GMT From: "John Stilwell" Subject: I had to chime in Greetings: First of all let me say that I am new to this group and I find that the level of discussion here is quite intelligent (for the most part)! Before I begin my rant: ****DISCLAIMER**** I came to find this group and the music of Joni Mitchell through her collaberations with such fine musicians as Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorious. Ever since I first heard Joni Mitchell on the radio singing "Help ME" I knew that she had tremendous vocal range and I was quite impressed with the song structure. To this day, it is still one of my favorites! I may not be nearly as educated about her material as most of you, but I like what I have heard enough to go see her last month at the Boston Fleet Pavillion. IT was nice to see her playing with the orchestra and I was not surprised to see such fine musicians as Peter Erskine and herbie Hancock on the current tour. but I digress! ****END DICLAIMER*** One post that I read I must comment on! During the discussions about Eminem, one poster compared his phrasing style to Miles Davis and billie Holiday. This analagy is so far off the mark IMO that it is almost laughable. I'm sorry if I'm being offensive, but Miles and Billie will be rolling over anytime now with these comments! Let's see, Miles Davis: Regarded by many as the single greatest musician there ever was. Constantly surrounded with the greatest of the grerats: John Coltrane, John Mclaughlin, Tony Williams, Jack Dejohnette, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, CannonBall Adderly, etc. etc. etc...... Mastered his instrument! Continued to try to find ways to change the face of music. Never rested with his most current projects, continued to change his stlyes and sounds in search of a more innovative attempt! Billie Holiday: Greatest female jazz singer ever? At least among the top! Phrasing style (But of course) still imitated and worshipped today! She was a singer and her songs came across with great emotion! Between the two of them (hundreds and hundreds of albums) Eminem: Will anyone remember him in twenty years? (Remains to be seen) I doubt it! What do they say about him? He tells it like it is. He aint afraid! etc. What about his "talent"? OK he writes lyrics (which many people find offensive) What instrument does he play? Can he sing? What part does he play in the production of his music? (Maybe a lot, I am unsure of this element) The only similarity that I can come up with to link Eminem to (Wait I cant put them in the same sentence!) is they all sell albums quite successfully! They have absolutely nothing in common musically! If people like to listen to Eminem that is fine. Music can be enjoyed on a real individual level. People can listen for different reasons at different times. It is not necessary to master an instrument to release an album. But, please when we are speaking of talent (especially on the newsgroup of a very talented singer/songwriter) let us speak of talent! btw (I have heard his material) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 16:32:56 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: Re: I had to chime in/Nina on Billie/some Joni Greenhed wrote: "During the discussions about Eminem, one poster compared his phrasing style to Miles Davis and billie Holiday. This analagy is so far off the mark IMO that it is almost laughable." This reminded me of what Nina Simone had to say about Billie in a recent Salon.com article from their "Brilliant Careers" series: "She was a drug addict," says Simone in a January 1997 Details magazine interview. "I'm more of a diva, like Maria Callas." The entire article can be found at: http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/06/20/simone/index.html In case there are any JMDlers who don't know about what a great resource Salon.com is, I suggest you check it out. They recently did a great article on Joni (I'm sure it was mentioned here before I joined the list). You can find that article at: http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/04/04/mitchell/index.html Also, you can search for articles about any artist -- performance or otherwise -- by entering the artist's name into Salon's search box. --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:10:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Buckingham Baby Subject: (VLJC) Newbie on board! Hi there- I'm newbie Paige. I'm a newer Joni fan, I actually started listening to her music by reverting backwards from some of the more current artists. I was totally struck by her style and substance. I haven't seen her in concert (except for some TV things) and had to miss (WAH!) the recent West Palm appearance due to work. I'm a writer who works as an assistant sports editor. In addition to music (my great loves also include Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac, Aimee Mann, Liz Phair and Jeff Buckley), I love ice hockey (yeah, Devils!), snow skiing (don't get a lot of that here in Florida), the Yankees, and movies (Von Trier, Kieslowski and Woody Allen are favorites). It looks like you guys have a good time on this list, I look forward to meeting and greeting you all. (And the tape tree thing looks pretty good too. I have an extensive trade list - that seems to have everyone on it except Joni, so if you have a chance and some time, please email me privately.) Till then, see you on the list! paige- ===== "I keep the dream in my pocket never let it fade away..." Fleetwood Mac, "Tango in the Night" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:47:00 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: (VLJC) Newbie on board! << I'm newbie Paige. I'm a newer Joni fan, I actually started listening to her music by reverting backwards from some of the more current artists. I was totally struck by her style and substance. >> Hi there Paige, and a big welcome to you! Glad you found us AND Joni too! And it doesn't matter when or how you discover her brilliance, just as long as you do! You'll find good company here with your other likes as well. Just yesterday I was talking with another member here about how incredibly AWESOME the "Buckingham-Nicks" album is. Still can't believe that hasn't been released on CD, luckily I resolved that problem as far as I'm concerned! ;-) So you're new to Joni. so I'm assuming you don't have ALL of her records yet? Bob NP(Now Playing): "Jaco's Solo", Portland '79 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:03:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Buckingham Baby Subject: Re: (VLJC) Newbie on board! > Glad you found us AND Joni too! And it doesn't > matter when or how you > discover her brilliance, just as long as you do! > Thanks, it's nice to find people that think that way! Lots of times if you're not "in the on the ground floor," you just don't cut it. > You'll find good company here with your other likes > as well. Just yesterday I > was talking with another member here about how > incredibly AWESOME the > "Buckingham-Nicks" album is. Still can't believe > that hasn't been released on > CD, luckily I resolved that problem as far as I'm > concerned! ;-) > Yep, I have resolved that problem too. They're supposed to release that "some time." I think it's an awesome LP! Was just listening to it yesterday... I'll just talk Lindsey (and Mac) any time of the day or night! > So you're new to Joni. so I'm assuming you don't > have ALL of her records yet? > Nope, not even close. I have a couple on LP, a couple on CD and a couple 45s. It's great, cause I have a whole bunch of new stuff to discover. Any recommendations? paige- ===== "I keep the dream in my pocket never let it fade away..." Fleetwood Mac, "Tango in the Night" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:08:24 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Jammin' with the UK JMDLer's Ah, the mailman was good today! Raffaelle, you'll be glad to know your package arrived today, and of course I raced to the stereo with much anticipation. Gorgeous artwork! It looks like a professional job...but for me, the treasure is always the music, and this collection is full of treasures indeed! Of course, those of you who've heard her, either on CD, tape or live, Marian is awfully hard to top. And she's once again in top form here, doing some songs I'd heard before and some I hadn't. I had only "heard tell" of the majesty of her take on "Cotton Ave." It's twoo, it's twoo...this was totally jaw-droppersville! Of course, I had heard her "Lindsay" at Boston and also on the CD many, many times, but it's still chilling almost unbelievably good- makes all the hairs on my body stand up so that *I* look like The Wolf! :-) Chris Marshall provides some nice bass and some vocals (I think), and sounds great. Bring up the bass on the mix, Chris! If you've got it, flaunt it! :-) Jamie is one brave JMDL'er! He steps up and tackles some tough, tough songs, especially for someone with a baritone range. Don't Interrupt The Sorrow, Secret Place, Harry's House, Trouble Child, you get extra points for difficulty, Jamie! My personal fave, your version of Hejira (yes, it made me cry again you guys) and the lovely duet on Secret Place. I only have one complaint - Martin Giles shows up here but only contributes 1 song, a gorgeous, gorgeous version of For Free. Wonderful guitar, and a spot-on vocal. If you wanted to leave us thirsting for more, Martin, you were a resounding success! Anyway, the whole thing sounds like a great campfire-type gathering, the joy and fun just oozing out of the very grooves. Well, I guess a CD doesn't have grooves, but y'all get my drift! Thanks Raffi for getting this to me so quick, and thanks to all the UKer's who participated! It's a wonderful addition to the JMDL collection! Bob NP: Zoob, "Sunny Sunday" (another one of those 'easy' ones!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:16:35 +0100 From: Jason Maloney Subject: Re: Jammin' with the UK JMDLer's SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: > > Anyway, the whole thing sounds like a great campfire-type gathering Bob, if you were there you'd know this...the one thing that was most definitely lacking was a fire...ANY form of heating ;-) Jason, glad he had plenty of layers on that night.... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:47:51 -0700 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: I had to chime in/Nina on Billie/some Joni > This reminded me of what Nina Simone had to say about Billie in a recent > Salon.com article from their "Brilliant Careers" series: > > "She was a drug addict," says Simone in a January 1997 Details magazine > interview. "I'm more of a diva, like Maria Callas." Well smell her! What does that mean? What does it have to do with Billie's talent? Is that really all there is to say about Billie Holiday? I would expect this kind of comment from some neophyte trying to sound hip and attract attention. Coming from Nina Simone I have to wonder what the context of her thinking was. She couldn't have been referring to her singing. Personal style, maybe. But I doubt Nina would have become what she did if Billie hadn't been there before her. Simone has covered lots of songs that are identified with Billie. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:59:06 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: Fwd: I had to chime in/Nina on Billie/some Joni - --part1_6d.5d50545.268c076a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --part1_6d.5d50545.268c076a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: From: Murphycopy@aol.com Full-name: Murphycopy Message-ID: <67.61d73c3.268c0736@aol.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:58:14 EDT Subject: Re: I had to chime in/Nina on Billie/some Joni To: mark.travis@gte.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 7 The article really is worth reading... http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/06/20/simone/index.html Simone was talking about being a classically trained musician, and how that makes her feel more like Callas than Holliday. Apparently, she is often associated with Holliday, and she doesn't see or feel the connection. -- Bob (in RI) - --part1_6d.5d50545.268c076a_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:28:07 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Jazz Fest on Line on 6/28/00 5:02 PM, Siresorrow@aol.com at Siresorrow@aol.com wrote: > dude,,from the richard thompson list.. > > JAZZ FEST 2000 WEBCAST TO RUN ON RIFFAGE.COM IN JULY: > MORE THAN 46 HOURS OF FREE MUSIC SCHEDULED OVER 18 NIGHTS > >> From the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to the traditional closing set of the > Neville Brothers, Jazz Fest 2000 has been digitized into a landmark > webcast of Louisiana and traditional music that starts on Wednesday, > July 5 on Riffage.comıs webcast site, Riffage Live. More than 46 hours > of streaming video and audio programming of this yearıs New Orleans Jazz > & Heritage Festival is scheduled for 18 evenings, concluding on Friday, > July 28. All of the webcasts are free and begin each night at 6:00 p.m. > CST. > For a full schedule, visit > http://www.insideneworleans.com/entertainment/nojazzfest/recast.html Pat Thanks alot for sending this to me. I have been trying to post a schedule to the list for over a week. This is the work that I was doing with Michael Murphy Productions at Jazz Fest this year. Ani DiFranco was one of my faves to work with. Juanita Brooks had a smokin set in the Jazz Tent and she did a Joni tune. Missing from the list was Sting who had a great set, but was a little hoarse so maybe he pilled the plug on letting them use the footage. I am passing this on to the list for your info as well. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 01:52:40 -0400 From: "Nikki Johnson" Subject: RE: (VLJC) Newbie on board! I guess that other member would be me:-) And I'll take this as my cue to say welcome Paige! I actually 'met' Paige a few days ago so cool to see you on this list. Wonderful people here that I am getting to know. And I have to recommend that you get "Blue" I was saying the other day I found that CD finally b/c I lost it before I listened to it and I love that one. Hejira is very good too! Well they all are but those are 2 good ones to start with! Take care Nikki > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]On Behalf Of > SCJoniGuy@aol.com > Glad you found us AND Joni too! And it doesn't matter when or how you > discover her brilliance, just as long as you do! > > You'll find good company here with your other likes as well. Just > yesterday I > was talking with another member here about how incredibly AWESOME the > "Buckingham-Nicks" album is. Still can't believe that hasn't been > released on > CD, luckily I resolved that problem as far as I'm concerned! ;-) > > So you're new to Joni. so I'm assuming you don't have ALL of her > records yet? > > Bob > > NP(Now Playing): "Jaco's Solo", Portland '79 > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:02:48 EDT From: Seulbzzaj@aol.com Subject: Re: I had to chime in/Nina on Billie/No Joni In a message dated 6/28/00 9:57:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mark.travis@gte.net writes: << > This reminded me of what Nina Simone had to say about Billie in a recent > Salon.com article from their "Brilliant Careers" series: > > "She was a drug addict," says Simone in a January 1997 Details magazine > interview. "I'm more of a diva, like Maria Callas." Well smell her! What does that mean? What does it have to do with Billie's talent? Is that really all there is to say about Billie Holiday? I would expect this kind of comment from some neophyte trying to sound hip and attract attention. Coming from Nina Simone I have to wonder what the context of her thinking was. She couldn't have been referring to her singing. Personal style, maybe. But I doubt Nina would have become what she did if Billie hadn't been there before her. Simone has covered lots of songs that are identified with Billie. >> Mark, I appreciate your outrage. Nina's remark about Billie is bizarre, but then again, Nina is known to not be a stable woman. She is one of the greatest, and most sensitive artists, ever. An amazing singer and a truly great pianist, but she's also a very angry, bitter, and paranoid woman. Nina was arrested a few years ago for shooting a gun at a couple of teenage boys for making too much noise outside of her home in France. Her interviews are always entertaining, sometimes disturbing, and usually contain outrageous comments. - Scott ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #270 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list at ------- Siquomb, isn't she?