From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #273 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 Saturday, July 1 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 273 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: -------- Fred W updatel ["Kate Bennett" ] [none] ["Michelle Lynn Lempert" ] Goodies from Mendel [Lindsay Moon ] COOL NEWS (revised) [AsharaJM@aol.com] ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! [AsharaJM@aol.com] One more thing.... [AsharaJM@aol.com] Special Joni songs [Steve Dulson ] COOL COOL WOMAN ["Wally Kairuz" ] Thank you Saskatooners! [PPeterson4@aol.com] RE: Special Joni songs ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! ["Ken (slarty)" ] Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! ["Ken (slarty)" ] Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! ["cassy" ] Saskatoon [Michael Paz ] Joni on national news [Scott Price ] Fwd: Mendel Opening [AngelinoCoyote@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:37:18 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Fred W updatel A message from the lee-shore list "To all concerned: Spoke to people at Westwood Music. Fred has had his surgery and is doing GREAT! He is working again, and can probablly still use the $, but he's gonna be around for a while. Enjoy the concert. BUY FRED!" Kate Bennett Singer/Songwriter Santa Barbara, CA www.katebennett.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:42:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michelle Lynn Lempert" Subject: [none] as for singing joni songs in different situations; I have a bunch of them that i hum to myself. I hum a bunch of lyrics from Hejira when I break up with somebody; I work at a commercial real estate firm and I hum "They paved paradise" here a lot; "Just like Jericho" amidst a crush; "Taming the Tiger" when I feel subdued; "The Circle game" when I talk to my grandparents; and many many others :) Shellie-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:49:25 -0700 From: Lindsay Moon Subject: Goodies from Mendel Does anyone know how to find out what's for sale, Joni-wise, in the gift shop for purchase by mail order? I assumed they'd have some offerings on their web site, but I don't see anything. Would love a poster or something. Please let me know. I'm hesitating calling since I assume they're a lit-tle busy and how could they spend time on the phone with the likes of us asking questions about their stuff. If any lister is in Sask. let me know and I'll send you a certified check for something. That is, if you're not too busy chasing ladies in big floppy hats around the river ... Thanks, Lindsay P.S. I said I was unsubbing, but you know I can't kick the JMDL habit ... ; ) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 19:13:49 EDT From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: COOL NEWS (revised) Whoops! I forgot to put the information of how to access this!! Go to: www.sask.cbc.ca then go to "radio Saskatoon live" I wrote: < Subject: Special Joni songs Harper Lou wrote: >Any special Joni songs that you catch yourself singing when you do an >activity, celebrate a date, see a certain person, etc? Of course, I can't walk through the produce section of the supermarket without singing "Give me spots on my apples..." >Harpy Independence Day to everyone (Brits may decline if you so choose)! Oh, it's OK, we've learned to live with it... :) Super affectionate greetings to all the Saskatoonies, who are having a wow time RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!! - -- ######################################################### Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA steve@psitech.com "The Tinker's Own" http://www.tinkersown.com "Southern California Dulcimer Heritage" http://members.aol.com/scdulcimer/ "The Living Tradition Concert Series" http://www.thelivingtradition.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 21:51:44 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: COOL COOL WOMAN ASHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ADORE YOU. AND I WOULD NEVER LABEL THIS NJC SO STUFF IT AND I KNOW I'M IN ALL-CAP MODE AND IT'S BECAUSE I'M SHRIEKING!!!!!!!!!!!! ASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARASHARA wallyk > Ashara, who wishes you could all be here with us, but trying to do my best to > get it all on video so you can all vicariously be here with us. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:52:51 EDT From: PPeterson4@aol.com Subject: Thank you Saskatooners! This is so much fun reading of the adventures of the Saskatooners. Thank you all for taking the time to send your reports out into cybermitchellspace. Paul Peterson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:10:52 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Special Joni songs > Harper Lou wrote: > > >Any special Joni songs that you catch yourself singing when you do an > >activity, celebrate a date, see a certain person, etc? > oh yes! i was talking on the phone with MR. X -- former lister and my current beau somewhere in the midwest, ahem -- the other day and i said that no sooner do i set foot in the village than i start singing tin angel. then i walk a few blocks north and break into chelsea morning. when i come back from queens and take the downtown train, i can't help it, i go "downtown with my darling dime store thief...". midtown, i hum harry's house; in the hamptons, the hissing of summer lawns; after mass at st francis xavier, just before i come back to argentina, i say my favorite prayer "i'm traveling in some vehicle, i'm sitting in some cafe, a defector from the petty wars until love sucks me back that way..."; i do twisted as i pile layer upon layer of trash at filene's. glory, and that's only new york. wait till i get to des moines! wally la Ka ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:03:21 -0400 From: "Ken (slarty)" Subject: Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! It's on tonight! Right now in fact in the east. I'll be taping it. AsharaJM@aol.com wrote: > I just got back from the Press Conference, which I got THE WHOLE THING on > video!!!! As well as the whole exhibit of paintings!!! You guys are in for a > treat!!! I'll tell you, I "must" be living right, because I was also > approached to be interviewed on CBC TV!!!!!! So, please, please, any > Canadians out there, can you tape CBC tonight at 10PM The National??? It will > either be on that, or on the Saturday report, not sure what time, but maybe > you can find out. You should tape both if you can, because the reporter > wasn't sure which it will be on. THANK YOU!!!!!!!! > > More to follow!!!! > > Your reporter 10 feet in the air, > Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:31:52 -0400 From: "Ken (slarty)" Subject: Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! They had the Joni Gallery Story on at about 10:25 my time. Along with Joni and the art critics and the curator there was Ashara. Though you asked for a couple of hours they gave you only about 30 secs I'm afraid to say but it was great seeing you. "Ken (slarty)" wrote: > It's on tonight! Right now in fact in the east. I'll be taping it. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:45:32 -0400 From: "cassy" Subject: Re: ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!!! >So, please, please, any >Canadians out there, can you tape CBC tonight at 10PM The National Hi Ashara, Congratulations on your expedition to the wilds of Canada and your success in the hunt for "Joni." The Toronto BlueJays just finished a late baseball game and the CBC National News came on immediately following. I am in Detroit and we get Canadian TV here, so I had my VCR prepped, ready to go and am taping as we speak. They DID announce the Joni story at the beginning of the show! Hopefully my tape will turn out well! Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:15:20 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Saskatoon Come Saskatoon WAKE UP! Post damn it! We want details! What's happening? It must be a wonderful party. Michael (setting my alarm to wake up at 3am and see if there is any news) NP-Homeworld-Yes ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:34:04 -0700 From: Scott Price Subject: Joni on national news Just finished watching the CBC News segment on Joni's exhibit at the Mendel. It's great to see her get this nationwide recognition. Several panned views around the gallery gave a look at how the exhibit is set up, and the JMDL's own Ashara was given some air time as well. The story focused on how diligently Joni has worked on her visual art skills for many years and is deserving of this exhibit, although one reporter did mention that her "celebrity" status didn't hurt either. A professional art critic was given a few moments and came across, IMO, respectful yet lukewarm. Still, I'm glad to see Joni's art get such huge publicity. And to all those in Saskatoon right now, I hope this night has been as magical for you as I imagine it to be. Thanks for all your wonderful posts thus far and please KEEP THEM COMING! Scott ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 02:01:35 EDT From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Mendel Opening - --part1_15.5ee1b94.268ee33f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can't believe I screwed up the email address! - --part1_15.5ee1b94.268ee33f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Full-name: AngelinoCoyote Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 01:52:00 EDT Subject: Mendel Opening To: joni@smoe.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 110 Cub reporter Coyote Rick from the field. Tonight was perfect. As I told Joni tonight, I expected nothing less. Yep, I spoke with her twice today. The exhibit and she were wonderful. The JMDL gang gathered tonight between 6PM and 7PM expecting throngs of people to crowd the entrance to the gallery for the 8PM commencement of festivities. There was a pleasently sized crowd, but I wouldn't expect it to be more than 1,000 tops. Maybe our crack crowd estimator Rick (Rick+Susan) has a better estimate. At any rate, it was FAR less than reported. Even in today's local paper headlines screamed that 5,000 were expected. Nada. It was crowded, for being a small space, but was well organized and flowed well. It started with the chair of the Mendel board providing some opening comments, followed by the MC, the premier, the mayor, a couple of sponsors, then the director of the gallery, and finally Joni. I saw Ashara taping all the remarks, which were moving and, of course, highly complimentary. Our group was right up front, some standing a mere five feet from Joni during the half hour ceremonies. I was proud to be part of the group and Joni was radiant as the accolades were flying from the speakers. She sat next to Bill with Myrtle between Bill and the premier. I must say however, I cringed as the officials kept welcoming Joni and the Mitchell family. Chuck was no where to be found. And I looked. Ceremonies complete, the door opened and in we went. Many folks (myself included) headed straight for the museum shop to purchase the holy grails. That complete, I wedged my way through the admittedly crowded exhibit to get a good glimpse of the work. I'll leave it to others to fully describe the massive exhibit and their favorites, but will mention that my favorite, the DED cover art (Dog Eat Dog #3) took my breath away in it's mixed media execution. Unbelievable. Unforgettable. A less crowded afternoon of viewing is on my agenda for tomorrow. There was a VIP reception prior to the public opening that some of our representatives attended (David Mingus, Jim J, David from Austin, Leslie from Boston, and others I am forgetting). Some were there having scored invites, other more inventive representatives crashed the early party entirely unnoticed. I loved that! As it turned out, according to my spies, there were no real special privileges to being let in early, except being let in early and having easier access to the work and Joni. She commented that she signed 500+ autographs prior to the public opening. There were none of the rumored celebrities in attendance - no Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, or the like. Just rumors. Getting close to her at the public opening was nearly impossible. She was being interviewed by various media outlets and was surrounded (protected?) by her friends. However, for those lucky enough to get close, she was charming and attentive. A real pro. I did snag a moment as she exited the ladies room (I think). Introduced myself, she commented that she remembered me from earlier in the day at the hotel, but declined to sign my exhibit book, saying her hand was tired and hoped I understood. She then looked at my nametag and noticed I was from LA (she couldn't believe that I had come this far when "we were neighbors") and told me call her manager and she would be happy to sign it in LA, and to just attach a note that we had met in Saskatoon. Her friend then handed me a card with the necessary information. I told here there was no one in the world I'd rather go outside to smoke with than her and she gave me a big hug. I was incredibly calm. It felt good. The evening was not hampered by the thunderstorm that threatened the evening after dark (and that's late here in Saskatoon). It rained some at the end of the evening and the lightening was dramatic. I thought the skies lit up for Joni. What a peach. I snagged at least three new listers. Brian from Saskatoon, Gay from Fresno, CA, and David from San Francisco - watch for newbies! Great folks. By 10:30 PM, the exhibit halls were easily navigated and it was a snap to get a good view of the art. Well, that's it for now, again forgive the typos and horrid paragraph and sentence structure. If you need me, I'll be in the bar. No regrets, Coyote (Rick) Casa Alegre Hollywood, California I'll be dancin' on a pony keg. - --part1_15.5ee1b94.268ee33f_boundary-- ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #273 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list at ------- Siquomb, isn't she?