From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #276 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 Tuesday, July 4 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 276 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: -------- saskat ["Buraian Gigusu" ] saskatoon's biggest joni fan says "hello" ["Buraian Gigusu" ] Re: saskatoon's biggest joni fan says "hello" ["Helen M. Adcock" ] Re: Joni and "clouds" [MDESTE1@aol.com] Final Saskatoon Field Report (Long) [AngelinoCoyote@aol.com] Joni's interactive ["Raffaele Malanga" ] What a Day!! [AsharaJM@aol.com] Re: Joni, Jackson and Not To Blame [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni's interactive [IVPAUL42@aol.com] Re: Not to Blame ["Kakki" ] Re: Joni and "clouds" ["Jamie Zubairi" ] Art Reports from Canada! [john low ] To Blame or Not To Blame PT 2 SJC [RandyRemote ] Re: Not to Blame [B Merrill ] [Fwd: Voices: Joni Mitchell] [John Downes ] Chicago concert goers... ["Steve Polifka" ] Re: Final Saskatoon Field Report (Long) ["Kakki" ] My new BEST FRIEND, Joni! [MINGSDANCE@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 01:19:22 CST From: "Buraian Gigusu" Subject: saskat ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 01:46:37 CST From: "Buraian Gigusu" Subject: saskatoon's biggest joni fan says "hello" hello....and i cant wait to talk to you'se y'all. this is a very new medium for me, and im not very good at this, (and not just because im from smalltown saskatchewan), but because i dont have access to the internet. i hope to talk to you all, and give you my joni stories. i had a fabulous time meeting so many greeeeeeeeeat people such as coyote rick, mingus, ashara, mary, john from chicago, rick from vancouver, kerry, jim j., and if have forgotten some of you, i apologize. my memory will recognize you in the future and i will, in time, recognize you again. love to you all, from bu s'toon p.s... my favorite songs are 'cactus tree' and 'peoples parties', and i can play them on open tunings. god love joni and open tunings. hope to hear from you all. and im so glad ive finally found joni-o-files. cheers mates!!! ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:19:54 +1200 From: "Helen M. Adcock" Subject: Re: Joni on 12 string question Kakki wrote: >It's a quote from an interview with Fonda in Croz's bio "Long Time Gone". >It's too hard to look up exact details because the book doesn't have an >index, but I think Fonda was talking about the first time he met her at >Crosby's house. Here is the extract from "Long Time Gone" (too much time on my hands - no child to raise ;o)?): Peter Fonda: She was brand-new, hadn't been heard by any of us. David came strolling in one day, having dropped by with Joni in the afternoon. Wonderful day. He said, "Fondle . . . " That was his nickname for me. He knew I liked to fondle the women, so he called me Fondle. At any rate, he says, "Fondle, I've got one for you." I thought he had some groupie or something, you know, so I said, "This is my house, David. My wife . . ." He says, "No no. Come on. Serious, man. Listen to this." And Joni, kind of shy, appears. Staring at the ground for something to do, she sees my twelve-string guitar leaning against the wall and asks, "Can I use that?" She grabs hold of my guitar and detunes the fucker and then plays thirteen or fourteen songs, warbling like the best thing I'd ever heard in my life. David's so proud and he says, "That song's about me and that song's about so-and-so and isn't this great?" Joni was fabulous. I was just bowled over by this fabulous person with a wonderful voice and a great style. Lovely. 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: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:57:45 +1200 From: "Helen M. Adcock" Subject: Re: saskatoon's biggest joni fan says "hello" bu s'toon wrote: >hello....and i cant wait to talk to you'se y'all. this is a very new medium >for me, and im not very good at this, (and not just because im from >smalltown saskatchewan), but because i dont have access to the internet. i >hope to talk to you all, and give you my joni stories. Welcome to the list! I'm sure you'll enjoy it here, there are lots of great people. And it doesn't matter how much or how little you know or have heard of Joni, as long as you're here, that's the main thing! And we're looking forward to all those Joni stories! Hell (in NZ) _____________________________ "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: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 07:24:49 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Saeta? At the beginning of "Be Cool" as performed in concert at Merriwether (Columbia, MD) on this past tour, does anyone else think that Wallace Roney is quoting from Miles Davis' Saeta from the album "Kind Of Blue"? David, help me out here. This recording is available from me on cassette for blanks and postage from me and may be available soon on CD-R from our most prominent proponent of CD-R. (No, not Bob in SC. The second most prominent proponent.) Major props to Russ for the Merriwether recording. Props also go to Les for building a reference for collectors. It was very easy to look up who was playing trumpet in Merriwether. Amazing! Thanks Les! All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu near Cincinnati ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 07:33:41 EDT From: MDESTE1@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni and "clouds" Clouds finished about last a year ago in your favorite joni album poll but I have always liked it because the poetry she wrote is among the best she has ever wrote. Tin Angel even today makes me close my eyes and just listen to each word. Side two is a pure art piece. I voted it very high among all Joni albums (though each has its strengths in my opinion) but the Hejiras ultimately rose up in battle and defeated the Clouds and eventually just duked it out with the For The Roses Mob trampling the DEDs in the process. So go the wars on the JMDL. marcel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 11:10:13 EDT From: AngelinoCoyote@aol.com Subject: Final Saskatoon Field Report (Long) Cub reporter Coyote Rick here, signing off from Saskatoon. Well, the end of the trip to Saskatoon draws near. My flight leaves at 1:45PM - back to LA and reality. Today was a transitional day for me. The first day of the trip I had to really relax and spend some time wandering in the city. Naturally, including the Mendel Gallery. Most of the JMDL group have left for their homes and computers. I am eager to read their posts about the trip. Each of us had very unique experiences. Yesterday, I awoke today groggy from the previous night's festivities. A group of us partied till the wee hours at a local watering hole. Keeping Joni hours, I left the hotel after noontime for a nice, long, healing walk. I crossed the Broadway Bridge into the Broadway District. An area of significant young Joni adventures. I walked to what I believed was her old high school, sitting for a while talking to some students playing soccer. I took some pictures of them and the school asking if they heard of Joni Mitchell. The early teens told me of course they had heard of Joni Mitchell. I asked them if they knew this is where she went to high school. They laughed. They said this wasn't the school! Then pointed me in the right direction. (Note to those on the riverboat ride: the tourguide was wrong, so disregard all the photos we took!). Making my way to the real high school, I then spoke with some other students who confirmed this was the right place. More pictures. One student told me his grandmother used to baby-sit Joni when she was young. The lady is certainly revered here in Saskatoon. After a brief tour of the Broadway district, which contains the first venue in which Joni performed as a young girl, I made my way back over the Broadway bridge toward downtown. The Broadway bridge has steps down that lead to Kiwanis Park. It's a long riverfront park that runs from (roughly) the Bessborough Hotel to the Mendel Gallery. Along the way, my mind was focusing on how this area provided Joni the musician and poet with so much inspiration. Along the walk, the citizens have erected modest memorials to the veterans serving in Canada's foreign wars. The most elaborate is a lovely fountain erected to the Canadian veterans of WWII. Eventually making it to the Mendel, I was happy to again see the crowds light, meaning that a very personal look at the paintings could happen. A few minutes into my viewing, I ran into Penny which was delightful. Of all the JMDL folks, Penny and I had the least time together, so it was so cool to sit in front of the two Get Out Of The Kitchen paintings, with Joni's CDs shuffling on the sound system and gab like magpies on a wire. Magic. After a while, Rick from Vancouver showed up. It was his 8th visit to the gallery and was still shining. Rick has this uncanny ability to point out the very obscure details of the paintings and photographs. I learn something new each time I see a painting with Rick. What a nice man. Rick, Penny, and I spoke with the docent for a while, asking about a rumor we heard about Myrtle not allowing Joni to hang one of her paintings. It was the *French Kiss* painting, which Myrtle did not think was appropriate for the people of Saskatoon to see. At the last minute, a change was made and the less controversial (in Myrtle's mind) Red Mountain was substituted. So, Myrtle has final approval of the exhibit! There were a few other cute anecdotes. One of Joni's cats peed on Georgia O'Keefe's Rainbarrell painting, permanently staining the work. Joni included it anyway, stain and all, even commenting to the press on her cat's addition. Another painting, Middle Point contains some cat hair added when one of the cats brushed against the painting as it dried. A final bit of trivia. Joni herself picked the CDs to be played (shuffled) continuously throughout the exhibit. She chose Hits, TTT, TI, Hejira, and I'll let you all guess which was the fifth. Saskatoon visitors - don't give it away! Well, gentle readers, it's time for me to finish packing and be on my way. Over the weekend, I met the first violinist from the BSN tour. He traveled as well from Los Angeles to attend the exhibit opening. A very chatty, entertaining guy with a ton of little stories about being on the road. As it tuns out, Ralph is a neighbor of mine andwe share some mutual acquaintances. We are on the same travel itinerary today which includes a four hour layover in Calgary during which time I hope he shares more road stories. A perfect way to end a memorable trip. Many happy memories will linger for years. Ashara and I did the radio interview with the CBC this morning. If any of our Canadian listers heard a the interview, I hope we did you proud. No regrets, Coyote (Rick) Casa Alegre Hollywood, California I'll be dancin' on a pony keg. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 08:47:38 PDT From: "Raffaele Malanga" Subject: Joni's interactive There are some good pages about Joni Mitchell on the Art and Culture web site at: http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=247 It's particularly nice the interactive diagram at the top of the page regarding influences with links to other artists. Apparently Joni's related artists are people like Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Patti Smith. I'm not sure what Led Zeppelin have in common with Joni and am puzzled by some of the keywords they associated to her: religious, dreamy, feminine... But no matter how clever and well informed the pages are, they still have Joni under Folk! On another note, responding to some listers who were wondering about the Diary of a Decade web site that Jamie Zubairi and I have put together on Joni's paintings in the 80s, the URL is http://www.malanga.co.uk/diary For the time being there is a link from the jonimitchell.com pages but eventually Jim will put the site under the official address. Sorry for not having announced this before (everything happened so quickly!) but Jamie might post a nicer message than mine very soon. Raffaele in London (looking forward going away on holiday this thursday!!!) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 12:10:20 EDT From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: What a Day!! Yesterday, as I was making one last stop to the Mendel for a last look at the paintings, a woman came up to me and said, "Ashara?" "Yes?" "It's Karen O'Brien from the list." Wow!!! Unfortunately, even though Karen came all the way from London for this exhibit, she was very busy before she left and was not able to read about all the list plans to get together. I told her we were heading west, and were planning to stop in Maidstone along the way. She mentioned that she had gone there already, and that there was a small museum that had a few Joni things in it, and also mentioned a story that was told to her by one of the woman there about Joni when she was young. So, saying our goodbyes, we started on our westward journey. Found Maidstone without a problem. It is a VERY tiny town, population of about 1,000, and about half that number when Joni lived there. Found the museum, introduced ourselves, and when we said we just wanted to see the Joni stuff, she waived the $2 entrance fee, and said, "just go on ahead in." LOL!! Out came the video, and the film started rolling on the 4 or so pictures they had on the wall. The most precious thing was a book of old photographs that Joni's mom sent the museum of Joni, Sharon Bell, and some of her other friends and family. Got it all on tape, including the words on the back of each photograph where Myrtle had written a brief explanation of each picture. Then Lois called another woman who knew the Andersons when they lived there, and even sang in the church choir with Bill. Iris came right down, told us stories, and then shuttled us into her car, brought us to the church, Bill's grocery store, which is noe a video store, and then to Joni's old house where she waved to the train each day as it went by. Got it all on tape, along with a story or two, which I will let Karen post to the list when she gets back. Iris and Lois told us how Joni always said Sharon Bell was the one with the beautiful voice, not her, and promised to send me a tape that Sharon made a while back. I bought a few recipe books from the museum for the raffle for Jonifest, hugged those two incredibly generous woman, gave them a catalog from the Mendel for their museum, and continued on our way. Just finished the CBC radio interview with Rick Hobbs which was really fun. Hi Rick!! Your traveling hugging reporter, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 14:20:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni, Jackson and Not To Blame - --- IVPAUL42@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 7/1/00 10:19:49 PM Eastern > Daylight Time, > guitarzan@saber.net writes: > > << DARICEM@sfpl.lib.ca.us wrote: > > > At no point,has Darryl Hannah ever said that > Jackson hit or injured her. > > She could sure clear up the matter by stating that > he DIDN'T hit her. >> > > Oh, c'mon. That's ridiculous, especially after all > these years. You must know > how the media would treat such a denial. The meida > would say, "Why does she > feel she has to deny anything if there is nothing to > deny?" > Kind of along the lines of, "So, Jackson, is it true that you've stopped beating your wife?" ===== Catherine (in Toronto) catrin_of_aragon@yahoo.ca _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 14:21:45 -0400 From: B Merrill Subject: Re: Not to Blame Hello Ric, I agree completely as to your interpretation of these words, esp. those about provoking suicide-- both that it's about JB and that it is singularly cruel. Thanks for bringing up a difficult topic. As to how to understand all this..."our dear Joni," as we idealize her, well most of us have moments, lapses, where our anger takes over... and we become cruel. Sometimes very cruel. The we become "men of cruelty" as she sings in "Shadows and Light." I don't think when she said "Men," she meant men only (i.e. those wife beaters) as opposed to women, but that she was speaking for our kind, our species, herself included. Just as we are also all (sometimes) "men of delight." Once the song is out, her choice then is to accept it, 'fess up, but apologize for it as a lapse?-- or wiggle out and shift the focus to that of marital brutality in general, setting aside JB in particular. And she took the second path, in that interview answer. (If she had admitted that is was about JB, then would she have been setting herself up for a libel suit?) But I'll wager that she now wishes she hadn't gone overboard on this song, for whatever reason. We all have these regrets for our past intemperate anger. Don't we? Bruce M. >now as most everyone knows, browne's first wife committed suicide, leaving him >with a young son to raise alone. a baby really. so consider what the >impact these lines must have on browne, hearing them sung by someone he was >once close to...thinking people hearing them now might believe them, or that >his son, the one whose mother this is about, might hear them sung: "his >mother had the frailty you despise, and the looks you love to drive to >suicide." wow. anyone who has EVER lost someone they loved to suicide, >knows that the guilt you feel as a survivor, justified or not, is enormous, >even overwhelming, and sometimes, >life changing. to have someone say that not only did you drive them to it, >but you enjoyed it, pretty much takes one's breath away. it is nothing short >of savage. does she have a mean streak a mile wide, this woman? even if >every word of it was true, to say it now, decades later, publically and >towards no end, makes me just shake my head in amazement...quite the same way >i would if jackson browne were to write a song, 30 years later, about some >hippie chick who cared more for her career than she did for the daughter she >left by the side of the road? > >the tone of this song is off. it doesn't seem like joni to me. and it sure >doesn't seem like jackson browne. > >interested in anyone else's thoughts. > >peace all, ric ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 15:45:13 EDT From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's interactive In a message dated 07/03/2000 11:51:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, r_malanga@hotmail.com writes: << I'm not sure what Led Zeppelin have in common with Joni >> Page and Plant were big fans of hers and wrote "Going to California" about her. Paul I ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 13:53:08 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Not to Blame Bruce wrote: > Once the song is out, her choice then is to accept it, 'fess >up, but apologize for it as a lapse?-- or wiggle out and shift >the focus to that of marital brutality in general, setting aside >JB in particular. And she took the second path, in that >interview answer. If true, wouldn't publically "admitting" it is about Jackson Browne be 1,000 times crueler to him? As the song now stands, he is not named and the character in the song could be about scores of abusive men out there. Why single Jackson out when the actions described in the songs are certainly not exclusive to him or any one abusive man? What would be the purpose? For her to "come clean" to make some of us feel better that she has "fessed up" to us and "admitted" she can be cruel and is not perfect? I don't need any "admissions" from her that she is not perfect. And she is still innocent until proven guilty, too. And Jackson certainly doesn't need it, such an admission, when it would only serve to take him down much further than the speculation already has. > (If she had admitted that is was about JB, then would she >have been setting herself up for a libel suit?) But I'll wager >that she now wishes she hadn't gone overboard on this song, >for whatever reason. We all have these regrets for our past > intemperate anger. Don't we? HYPOTHETICALLY, if she verbally "admits" it, it may be slander. If someone chooses to relate her admission in writing, it's still murky to me whether that may be libel. Plus, if it can be proved that what she is saying about Jackson is true, then it is may not slander or libel. If Jackson wants to sue her, he has to show that it is not true. I doubt either of them want to step into that can of worms. He may have more of an action for defamation, emotional distress, etc. if anything. I think she wanted to make a point about women who are abused. I think that motive superceded her concern about other factors. Why does Jackson get so enraged about it if it isn't true? If the only factual similarities are that his wife committed suicide and his son was a young boy at the time? It's almost like saying Joni shouldn't write about any controversial subject because she might offend one of her past or present friends who personally were involved in similar controversial subjects. Just looking at other sides of this coin. Kakki NP: Cilla Black - Conversations ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 20:07:11 +0100 From: "Jamie Zubairi" Subject: Re: Joni and "clouds" I think it was the 'style' of singing that she was objecting to, more than anything. She was doing a lot of backing singing for CSN&Y etc, etc and that seemed to seep through to her singing, as she had to emulate their style while singing with them. While not being a bad thing, I guess it's a case of 'if it isn't pure me, I don't like it'. I think I read it too in the 79 RStone article, but don't quote me... Of the list of songs you mentioned, I think those are most universal of the lot, the others don't date as well and are 'of the period'. She seemed to take from her back catalogue in 'Clouds' and I guess it has that 'difficult second album' feel to it.... Good thing the third album was a winner! Zoob you wrote: > I don't understand why Joni dislikes "Clouds"!There are so many > woonderful songs on that album such as "Chelsea morning","Both sides now","I > think I understand","I don't know where I stand","That song about the midway" > ect...The songs seem almost as personal as "Blue" to me.I read an interview > where she said the songs were too much like CSNY.but what's wrong with > that?she liked their music.why shouldn't she be influenced by them?and her > voice at that time was so beautiful. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:02:15 +1000 From: john low Subject: Art Reports from Canada! I’d like to offer my thanks, also, to Rick , Ashara and all the others who have posted news (both first-hand and gathered) from Canada. It’s been greatly appreciated. Having shared coffee and conversation with Ashara in Sydney last year, I felt a particularly personal connection while reading her reports. I can now boast that I’ve met someone who has met Joni Mitchell!! Cheers, John (in Sydney) __________________________________________________________________ Get your free Australian email account at http://www.start.com.au ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 16:31:10 -0700 From: RandyRemote Subject: To Blame or Not To Blame PT 2 SJC Did you know that Jackson Browne, when reacting to the song "Not To Blame", told a reporter in 1997 that Joni twice physically attacked him? I didn't. He also says that they hadn't known each other in 20 years, that she is an embittered violent person who feels she hasn't gotten her due as a musical innovator, and has carried a torch for him all this time. He derides her for not speaking to him directly about it, and concludes by saying he prefers to "think of her great works and not these kinds of bitter attacks." The entire news article from the Dallas Morning News is at http://www3.newstimes.com/archive97/sep2497/muf.htm A couple more articles: This is from USA Today 3-11-94 Who says people don't write letters anymore? Daryl Hannah's uncle, Haskell Wexler, and her ex-lover Jackson Browne exchange written rudities in the April US [magazine]. In a earlier issue, Browne denied beating Hannah in September 1992. Not true, writes Wexler. He penned the magazine, which sought Browne's reaction. "I was with her in the hospital. I saw ugly black bruises on her eye and chin and on her ribs," Wexler writes. "The doctors... noted Daryl as a 'badly battered woman.' "....I saw the results of the last violent attack...and there is no spin of fancy which will erase my shock and disdain." Browne's two-part reaction includes a lengthy statement from the Santa Monica Police Department, concluding: "no crime occured here. This whole thing is ridiculous." In a letter to Wexler published in US, Browne writes "you have believed the worst about me and not allowed me the opportunity to defend myself...I tried to reach you, but you would not return my call. "...I suggest that you allow me to describe Daryl's actions to you and then judge for yourself as to how those injuries may have occurred. I repeat: I did not beat her. "I have no desire to expose Daryl to public scrutiny in this matter. I have avoided describing her actions or characterizing her behavior so far. It has been hard." This is a snippet from a People Magazine cover story on JFK Jr. and Daryl Hannah, 8-16-93 ....Hannah too was otherwise engaged. For almost a decade the actress maintained a bicoastal relationship with singer Jackson Browne, 43, whom she first met as a teenager when he pulled her onstage from the audience at one of his Chicago-area concerts. It was the tempestuous ending to her romance with Browne that seems to have catapulted Hannah into Kennedy's arms. Last September a domestic quarrel at Browne and Hannah's $2.5 million Santa Monica home erupted in violence. According to close friends of Hannah, she ended up with a black eye, a broken finger and numerous bruises, although she never pressed charges against Browne. "I saw her shortly after in the hospital," says [Daryl's mother, Sue] Wexler. "I saw the damage that was done to her. The doctor was very concerned. Jackson was a very, very good friend of mine, but when I saw Daryl, I just felt betrayed." Kennedy immediately flew to her side and brought her back to New York City. ............ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 14:30:07 -0400 From: B Merrill Subject: Re: Not to Blame PS Once you get into the matter of what this song is about vs how Joni rationalizes it in that iterview, then the title become autbiographical! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 17:43:41 -0600 From: John Downes Subject: [Fwd: Voices: Joni Mitchell] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------C72899B6E9331168FB496D63 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Response from Giles Hebert, Mendell Gallery follows.... - --------------C72899B6E9331168FB496D63 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-PPSource-MBox: johndownes@home.com X-PPAccount: johndownes Return-Path: Received: from h8.mail.home.com ([24.0.95.50]) by mail.rdc1.ab.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.07 201-229-111-110) with ESMTP id <20000703190116.STDF25042.mail.rdc1.ab.home.com@h8.mail.home.com> for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 12:01:16 -0700 Received: from mx7-rwc.mail.home.com (mx7-rwc.mail.home.com [24.0.95.36]) by h8.mail.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA06288 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 12:01:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from indigo.quadrant.net (indigo.quadrant.net [207.195.92.9]) by mx7-rwc.mail.home.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA16952 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 12:01:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.0.18] (mendel-gw.quadrant.net [207.195.92.225]) by indigo.quadrant.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA25509 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 13:01:13 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: ghebert@mail.mendel.saskatoon.sk.ca Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <395EA8BC.D6D7B54E@home.com> References: <395EA8BC.D6D7B54E@home.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 13:01:07 -0600 To: John Downes From: Gilles Hebert Subject: Re: Voices: Joni Mitchell Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 >Dear John, Thanks for your eMail.. you're right we probably should have organized a signing table.... thanks so much for coming to the opening. >Dear Mr. Hebert: > >I write this letter to thank you for your hard work in preparing the >excellent exhibition of Joni's visual art. The layout of the galleries >was wonderful, as was the lighting and the graphics. All in all, a very >welcoming design. I particularly liked the "Wild Things Run Fast" >hanging in the entryway. For many Joni Mitchell fans, we only knew her >art work as that which has graced the covers of her albums and CDs. Who >knew that the scope of her work included abstracts and collage-like >visual imagery? For me, that revealed another side of this >multi-talented artist. > >My only regret concerning the opening gala evening was that there was no >provision for Joni to sign autographs of the catalogue book, or the >posters, etc.. I don't know if this was the gallery's decision, or >Joni's, but it was rather frustrating to see her enter a gallery only to >be whisked away shortly afterward because she was signing upon request >of her fans, but also getting mobbed. Surely if a table had been set up >for her and rope barriers set up to create a line-up area, the whole >evening would have been less stressful for both Joni and those wishing >to have an autograph. You know us Canadians, like sheep, we respond to >cue lines in an orderly fashion. I would have liked to have seen this >rather than a slightly panic-stricken Joni racing away from the >unorganized mob surrounding her. > >If Joni herself did not feel that it would be necessary to organize a >way to meet the public in this manner, and that she could just wade into >the crowd like anyone else, then she vastly underestimates her own fame >and the high regard in which people hold her. > >We can't change the past, but it would be nice to know why the above >situation took place, even if it is just so that I can pass the >information on to the JMDL people. > >In closing, I hope that the exhibition continues to be successful >throughout the summer for you. I am sure that it will be a big draw for >summer tourists. > >Once again, many thanks for bringing this exhibition of the work of Joni >Mitchell to Canada. > >Sincerely, >John A. Downes >Edmonton, AB - -- Gilles Hebert Director - --------------C72899B6E9331168FB496D63-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 20:19:30 -0500 From: "Steve Polifka" Subject: Chicago concert goers... Hey all you folks that went to the Chicago 2000 BSN show! Please contact me privately... Thanks! Steve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 18:22:29 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Final Saskatoon Field Report (Long) Rick and Ashara, There is so much to respond to in each of your posts that I would be here all night if I tried. What fantastic details and brand new information! Loved your tracking down memory lane in Saskatoon and Maidstone. This is beautiful stuff. Thank you so much. For the rest of you who have not yet reported in, can't wait to hear from you all, too! No detail will be too small. What an amazing journey for you all. Ah, these are the good old days ;-) Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:45:34 EDT From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: Re: saskatoon's biggest joni fan says "hello" Hey Brian!! Hi and welcome to the list! It was great to meet you in Saskatoon, and WONDERFUL to see you here! Hugs, Ashara www.photon.net/lightnet ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:58:53 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: saskatoon's biggest joni fan says "hello" << i hope to talk to you all, and give you my joni stories. >> Welcome to the Jonilist! "Saskatoon's biggest Joni fan" is a mighty big claim! :-) I'll be looking for those stories! Bob NP (Now Playing): "Cherokee Louise" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 22:40:26 -0400 From: "M & C Urbanski" Subject: Hello old friends Hello out there in Joni Land. I've missed talking to all of you. How have you been? Joni has been busy lately! I saw her concert in Detroit. LOVED IT! Marilyn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 02:53:02 EDT From: MINGSDANCE@aol.com Subject: My new BEST FRIEND, Joni! I just returned from Saskatoon after 13 hours hopping planes back to Florida. Jimmy didn't steal my thunder so hear it goes in a Quick briefing with more to come after some sleep... I rode from St. Paul with Valintino, Shel and Chris, Had lunch with the JMDL, met Joni on the side walk outside the Bess, Introduced myself and told her I felt like a devout Catholic meeting the Pope, big laugh and got a photo with her arm in arm, Next I went to the Press conference she said "Hello again" when she saw me. Shot lots of still photos, my lover shot video and stills. Then attended the Private Reception hung with Val and Shel until I got Joni to sign a book for Jimmy and one for me. We talked A few minutes more. Such a gracious human-being! Had about a 15 minute chat with Myrtle while we sat on a bench together at the gallery had photo done with her, Then on Sat. had Brunch with Val, Shel and Chris. More to come, Mingus ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #276 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list at ------- Siquomb, isn't she?