From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #362 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 Sunday, September 10 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 362 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: part 2 [Jenny Goodspeed ] Joni dines with her sisters ["P. Henry" ] rickie lee's new one [Ricw1217@aol.com] Court & Spark [john low ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 03:35:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jenny Goodspeed Subject: Re: part 2 And the love fest continues! Thank you everyone for continuing to post your jonifest experiences. I spent Saturday night singing some harmonies with Nikki with Paz at the piano and Nikki I am definitely looking forward to hearing you on stage next year. Jeff too falls in that category. His Joni chops are amazing (as is his enormous binder of Joni music). I hope to do some tunes with you next year. Julius, your post was just amazing. My husband told me you were a writer and it shows. Magic! Jenny - --- Nikki Johnson wrote: > ok...well Sunday morning I was getting ready to > leave cause I was supposed > to go meet another friend about 1 1/2 hours away. So > I was gonna miss out on > the festivities at Atty May's :-( Everyone was > trying to get me to go but I > couldn't cause it wasn't the right thing to do. So I > said my goodbye's and > left...feeling so happy after such a wonderful > experience but wishing I > didn't have to go. Everyone there touched me in a > special way. So I got to > my friend's house and she was like well...do you > wanna go? And she said I > think it'll be fun so I got to drive all the way > back to Atty may's and I > was so excited the whole time! I walked in and it > was so good to be greeted > with smiling faces:-) I was so happy to be back! I > had a great time dancin > with my dance partners...Bob, Julius, John, MG, and > Paz and May! > Alison I forgot to say that it was great to meet you > and thanks also for the > vote of confidence...next year we will both be up on > that stage and have a > set right? > And John Van Tiel who wanted to adopt me is just a > great lovable guy! He was > later told by Paz that he had the papers so John > could only have weekend > visitation rights...lol...which he had to share with > Julius. > It was great sitting on the beach later with kakki, > Julius and Paz. You guys > are so special to me and I so enjoyed that time we > spent together later! I > just wish there was more of it to spend with each > one of you! So then I had > to leave again. I was so thankful my friend came > back to y'all with me cause > it was so great at may's...bar dancing, more great > singing, special times:-) > May is so sweet and has a great place there. > Well I guess that is all for now...I keno there is > so much more I would like > to say but I dunno how and I love everyone I met > there! I never felt out of > place and I enjoyed my time there so much! > Love Nikki > > "Ever since I was a baby girl the one thing I wanted > most in this world was > to keep my love alive" ~ Heart > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-joni@jmdl.com > [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]On Behalf Of > > FMYFL@aol.com > > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 12:32 AM > > To: joni@smoe.org > > Subject: New England Jonifest > > > > > > As Paz would say "Oh My Gawd", and those would be > the exact words > > I use to > > describe this years Labor Day fest. Seeing the > good friends I met in New > > Orleans, and making so many wonderful new ones > here made it a > > very special > > weekend indeed. > > > > "At Last", after corresponding with her for so > long, I finally > > got to meet > > Ashara! It was not surprising to find that she is > as warm, gracious and > > enthusiastic as I had expected. From the moment > when she picked > > me up at my > > hotel and I received my first incredible hug, I > knew that I had > > met a friend > > for life. No doubt the long line of cars that was > waiting for us to pull > > away must have thought that I had just returned > home from the war to my > > loving bride. > > > > This weekend held so many special moments: there > was music, food, music, > > drinking, music, talking, music, laughing, music, > hugging, music, > > and LOVE. > > Did I mention there was music? > > > > I know I'll probably leave some of my favorite > moments out of > > this post, but > > there were just too many to possibly mention. > Besides Ashara, I > > want to thank > > three other JMDLer's who made this event possible. > It was my first time > > meeting Maggie, Heather, and ChuckE. I can see why > Ashara won't > > have another > > Jonifest unless she has your help. The food, > decorations, and > > stage setup > > were incredible, and you wonderful people made it > all happen. Sal, even > > though you're not on the list, I consider you an > honorary member. > > Every time > > I saw you, you were cleaning, restocking, and > making sure > > everyone was taken > > care of. You and Ashara are such a perfect couple > and I thank > > you for making > > us feel at home. > > > > It was just like homecoming seeing the warm and > wonderful people > > I had met in > > New Orleans: > > > > *Steve and Leslie Mixon, you are the sweetest and > most musical > > couple I've > > ever met, and it was so good to see you both > again. > > *Michael, I feel like I've known you all my life. > You have such > > a gift for > > music only to be matched by your kindness and > sense of humor. I > > thank you > > for allowing a nonmusical person like me to help > sing background > > vocals on > > "Song for Sharon" (even though I think my > microphone was turned > > off). You do > > give one hell of a butch hug :~) > > *Kakki (or should I say Kaahhki), your wonderful > stories, your > > beauty, and > > your great voice kept me company the entire > weekend. > > *Victor, you truly are the music man! I don't > think there is > > anyone alive > > that loves to share music like you do. I'm sure if > we had had a musical > > instrument only found in Botswana, you would be > able to play it. > > *Bob Muller, only you can make me laugh so hard > that my sides ache. Your > > kindness and charisma from your daily emails is > just a fraction > > of what you > > are like in person. > > *John, although you may bring wonderful > chocolates and cigars from the > > Netherlands, the most important thing you bring is > your heart. > > What a kind > > gentle man you are! It was so wonderful to hear > you sing on stage > > this year. > > One fond memory I have is on Ashara's deck with > about a dozen > > people singing > > in the cool Topsfield air. You and I both had our > arms around > > Claudia trying > > to keep her warm. What a sense of togetherness! > > *Claud, seeing you again was so special. You > have the beauty > > and voice of > > an angel. I could listen to you sing and play > guitar all night > > long. Joni > > herself would be envious to hear you sing > "Conversation". I am so > > blessed to > > know you. > > *Catgirl, although you weren't there very long, > it was still > > great to see > > you again and it was great to hear You, Leslie and > Kakki singing again. > > *Les, there would be no JMDL if it wasn't for all > your hard > > work. It was so > > good to see your warm smile and to party with you > again. === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 10:23:08 -0700 From: "P. Henry" Subject: Joni dines with her sisters bruce suggested: >Getting back to this day dream of a dinner party... put Joni in the context of her sisters, her peers...> ummm... there's only one little problem with that idea... Joni HAS no peers!!! :o) pat NP: Solid Love http://homepages.go.com/~badwolff/albums/album1/ Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 18:49:27 EDT From: Ricw1217@aol.com Subject: rickie lee's new one greetings listers! it is i, rickielee1. back from cyber oblivion, sporting a new name. don't even ask, because i could never explain it, but it had something to do with viruses and fried hard drives. (i actually installed the new one all by myself, a miracle if i ever heard one...) but i am back and, as i type, am listening to my old namesake's new album. rickie lee jones' "its like this". perhaps following joni's cue, (altho she would probably blacken my eye if she heard me say that) she has released a new cd of other folks' work. unlike joni, however, her selection is a bit more wide ranging, including everyone from gershwin (someone to watch over me) and bernstein/sondheim (one hand, one heart, from west side story) to lennon & mccartney (for no one) & steve winwood (low spark of high heeled boys) and even steely dan (show biz kids), et al. of particular interest is her cover of marvin gaye's trouble man, made more so because of joni's killer version on the pwwm video and on kyle eastwood's cd. one can't help but compare the two. as anyone who knows rickie lee jones, she doesn't copy anyone, so its like the proverbial apple and orange, but you will probably not be surprised to hear joni's version has it all over this one. i can completely understand why some people just cannot deal with rickie lee's junky slur, but for all of us who admire joni's stubborn refusal to ever compromise, or stray from where ever her muse leads, let me tell you there is a parallel here with rickie lee jones. she's a consummate artist. (and there is even a photograph on her website of rickie, sitting at a typewriter, that looks so much like joni it is spooky.) you can have a sneak preview if you go to her website, www.rickieleejones.com and click on the album info. if your computer is equipped with speakers, you can sample the cd and see what you think. be sure to listen to show biz kids, for no one, and high heeled boys if you do. and trouble man, if you're curious. well, i hope this finds everyone well and in good spirits. to those of you who made it to ashara's over labor day, i am sorry i missed you, but circumstances at home did not allow me to get away. next year! peace, ric ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 15:28 +1000 From: john low Subject: Court & Spark Some time ago Alan from Tasmania asked for comments on “Court & Spark” but the thread seemed to get lost in all the joni-festing euphoria. Anyway, it’s an interesting song and Alan’s thread deserves some discussion. It seems clear that the “court & spark” spoken of in the song has as much to do with religion as with romance. The suitor has had some kind of apocalyptic religious conversion ( by the Children of God perhaps) that gives this otherwise simple courting song a darker more complex edge. Does the song come from a personal experience of Joni? Brian Hinton quotes her as saying it was written in Canada and based on a story from “Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast”. How does this fit with the references to Los Angeles and SF’s Peoples Park in the song's lyrics? Anyone know? John (in Olympic-mad Sydney) PS. Loved reading all the Joni-fest reports and looking at the photos (even though I couldn’t work out who was who)! __________________________________________________________________ Get your free Australian email account at http://www.start.com.au ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #362 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list at ------- Siquomb, isn't she?