From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #430 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 VideoTree sign-up: http://www.jmdl.com/trading Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Friday, November 10 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 430 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. Sign up for VideoTree #2 now: http://www.jmdl.com/trading ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- VideoTree #2 [AsharaJM@aol.com] Today in Joni History - November 9 [Today in Joni History ] Depression - Losing Our Loved Ones (SJC) [leslie@torchsongs.com] RE: Leaping Musicians!! ["Peg Eves" ] Re: AGES (and stuff) ["Garret" ] joni videos - thanks ["Takats, Angela" ] joni on 2fm ["Garret" ] ATTENTION AOL Users!!!! [AsharaJM@aol.com] Palm Beach ["Dave and Beth Fairall" ] Re: Palm Beach [IVPAUL42@aol.com] Re: WELCOME!! [CaliMermeyd@aol.com] RE: JMDL Digest V2000 #590 ["Kate Bennett" ] James Taylor offer [Steven Barton ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 09:52:50 EST From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: VideoTree #2 The Branch sign up is now closed. However, if you have 2 High Quality, Hi-Fi VCR's, would be willing to dub tapes for others, and have not signed up to be a Branch yet, please contact me directly. There is till time to sign up as a Leaf for VideoTree #2! Go to: http://www.jmdl.com/trading/leafsignup.cfm Hurry! Sign ups close November 18th. Believe me, you DON'T want to miss this! For those who care: I'm 45. ;-) Hugs, Ashara www.photon.net/lightnet ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 00:48:00 -0600 From: Today in Joni History Subject: Today in Joni History - November 9 1999: The Allstar website reported today that "Joni Mitchell will contribute guest vocals on the upcoming album by drummer Brian Blade, Perceptual, which is due for release on Blue Note Records in April 2000." More info: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/991109as.cfm - -------- Know a date or month specific Joni tidbit? Send it off to JoniFact@jmdl.com and we'll add it to the list. - -------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 16:35:27 GMT From: leslie@torchsongs.com Subject: Depression - Losing Our Loved Ones (SJC) Helen wrote: "My father suffered from depression most of his life - he had extensive shock therapy" Helen, it is very brave of you to share such a personal experience with the list. My father, too, was a manic-depressive, and had shock therapy. After my mother died (I was 13 and my brother and sister were both living away from home) I lived alone with my father. I never knew what sort of mood he'd be in or if he'd lose his temper. The toughest part was that noone in the entire family would discuss my father's illness or even admit that a problem existed. I'd retreat into the basement and listen to Joni for comfort. Rose, my heart goes out to you. Your compassion and strength will pull you through and give solace to your daughter and grandchildren. Leslie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 12:21:03 -0500 From: "Peg Eves" Subject: RE: Leaping Musicians!! Kerry, Lori, et al, So true. Cris is an icon.I would like to add for the benefit of people who don't know that Cris Williamson also happens to be a very, VERY fine songwriter (who speaks not only of and for women and lesbians). Her voice and singing are absolutely splendid - one of the finest female voices today! Her piano playing and composition are exquisite ! Her talents rival many of the greatest in the music industry today. Tret Fure is also a vast talent! Singer, songwriter, guitar player. Peg > ----- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:27:57 -0000 From: "Garret" Subject: Re: AGES (and stuff) >zelda- > -and not to be considered inferior due to her age i hope!! no way. it's cool:-) dont worry about trying to find people with similar musical tastes....as long as you know whos best! i've managed to bore people to tears trying to tell them why i like Joni, this isn't always an easy thing to verbalise. on monday i got caught in a flood going to college, lol, but i didnt turn back. it took hours braving the elements to get to UCD; i arrived only to find that my Vegetation and Environment lecturer was being nice to us- he cancelled the practical due to the weather.....so, like any true Irish college student i just had to hit the (student) bar (at 10.30am- shocking behaviour!). well, i was with some people i have known for a about a year, and these particular people had somehow managed to miss me ever talking about Joni (even that phase after i read the JM companion and retold stories to beat the band, like, all hte time, as in always, unstoppable, a Joni analogy for every occasion and all that .......i loved the one Joni told about Mingus dying at age 56 in mexico and locals finding 56 beached whales on the mexican coasts that day). well the bar was freezing guys. the conversation turned, as it does, to music. i knew they had good taste from previous conversations but was pleasantly surprised to hear Patti Smith, Pj Harvey (has anyone heard her new one, it's supposed to be great. she sang the new single on the Late Late Show last week or the week before and i was very impressed. Polly is on the cover of hte new Hot Press magazine, a pretty cool interveiw. it also includes a short and funny interview with Sinead O Connor. apparently she considers herself the most shaggable pop star in the world), they liked also Tori Amos, Fiona Apple (virtually unheard of in Ireland so this is GOOD), Radiohead and so many of my other favourites. they thought they had heard the name Joni Mitchell once or twice before. although they weren't too sure of who she is (despite my wonderful rendition of BYT) they could see my respect for Joni. i was asked what exactly it is that draws me to Joni. i went on about lyrics and music and all sorts for 20 minutes (much to hte bemusement of the others....."just get a drink into him and he wont shut up") before Aine interrupted me "no, Garret, what EXACTLY draws YOU to Joni Mitchell?" i tried to expalin it's all the things i'd mentioned. but looking at those raised-in-expectation-eyebrows i came out with this: Well, you know, our Joni is not a humble woman. in fact, i'd go so far to say that she is a little self obsessed (all those self portraits, for example). yes, i believe that she can be selfish. selfish to the extent that she lets (only) her own artisitic judgements guide the creation of her music. she isn't really trying to please ten million people with her songs about mistreated indian girls, wifebeating, or "fallen women" in Ireland, no, she is only trying to please herself- Joni Mitchell is making music for Joni Mitchell. she is driven by her own artisitic designs to create new and original pieces- be them musical or be them paintings. she isn't trying to repeat her past successes, she's not a jukebox. what draws me to Joni is her ability to progress, her ability to grow, her ongoing ability to create new art. so we ordered another round and debated the merits of Radioheads latest offering (again) and now on to the point of this e-mail: i'm nineteen for a few more weeks! GARRET ps- i wonder what Joni did on her birthday? i wonder if she watches Ally McBeal.... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:02:58 +1100 From: "Takats, Angela" Subject: joni videos - thanks Hi Listers, I was watching the JMDL videos, with old joni interviews and clips, yesterday and I just wanted to write to thank you all again for making these videos available to someone like me - who is quite isolated 'down under' ;-) No matter how many times I watch them - I am always in awe of Joni....she will always be my 'number one'...... thanks listers thanks joni Ange Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:53:00 -0000 From: "Garret" Subject: joni on 2fm ihad meant to mention this in my earlier post, but i went on a little.... Dave Fanning played a 2 hour interview with Joni on sunday night. it was broadcast between 8and10pm. i missed it. 2fm is one of hte national radio stations here, and Dave Fanning is one of our "coolest" djs. it hadn't been aired before. it was dated from Wild Things Run Fast! a friend of mine listened to the whole thing while stuck in her car trying to get to Dublin in the bad weather from Mullingar- that shouldn't be more than an hour but she heard the whole joni segment. they played BYT, and some song that started just like jungle bells:-D i wonder what that could be?!? she also said that they played some more "rocky" types of songs. Joni talked about everything from art to touring apparently. she sounded very intelligent and friendly, and occasionaly a little smug. wish i'd taped it guys, could have been great. are there any other irish listers who caught it? i know Phillip from Galway was on the list before i went to america, but i haven't heard anything from him lately. maybe he taped it. GARRET ps- any word on that South Bank Show ep? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 17:52:14 EST From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: ATTENTION AOL Users!!!! If you haven't upgraded to 6.0 yet, I would advise against it. If you have, and you've saved the 5.0 version, keep the 5.0 version, and dump 6.0. I have spent the past several days trying to figure what has wrecked havock on my computer. I have been on the phone to many computer experts over the past 2 days, and the bottom line is this: Besides the obvious problem JMDlers have of not being able to send e-mail to the list, (that was the Joni content) there are many, many more problems with 6.0. Supposedly, there is a law suit pending already over one of them. I took 6.0 off my computer, and everything is blissfully back to normal. Just a thought... Hugs, Ashara {happily in 5.0 land again.} www.photon.net/lightnet ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:26:18 -0600 From: "Dave and Beth Fairall" Subject: Palm Beach I totally agree with you Deb. I'd bet the farm that there aren't 3,400 Jews in the COUNTRY who voted for Buchanan. The whole thing is suspicious, with good ol bro Jeb runnin thangs down ere. "Technicality" is one word for it. It seems that the folks whose votes may have been compromised are outraged though, and I don't think this will go away anytime soon, the election is tainted for sure. If it isn't handled properly, and Bush wins because of it, there's some consolation in the fact that he'll never be able to get past it. He'll prove to be 10 times as ineffectual as he's bound to be either way, and we could see a Democratic majority in Congress in another 2 years. Whoever wins has an uphill battle with the country so divided. This election may be won by losing. Dave F ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:33:11 EST From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Re: Palm Beach In a message dated 11/9/00 9:23:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, davebeth@bellatlantic.net writes: << Gore won the popular vote. But for a Florida county where over 3,000 predominately Jewish and predominantly Democratic voters inexplicably voted for a right-wing nutcase who has publicly questioned the reality of the Holocaust, Gore would have won the electoral college as well. >> Beyond those 3,000 votes, another 19,000-plus ballots were voided because the voters punched two holes for president. Hmmm... two holes for president. It DID seem like both Gush and Bore had about as much to offer us as donut holes anyway. But I digress. 19,000 ballots voided in a county where Gore outpolled Bush so severely tells me with even more certainty that Gore should win Florida. Gore Bush County Gore Bush Change Change Palmbech 269,696 152,954 751 108 Paul I ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 23:50:26 EST From: CaliMermeyd@aol.com Subject: Re: WELCOME!! Thanks so much for the warm welcome!!! I feel so "at home" here !!!!!!(struggling with the fact that that particular cliche is appropriate, as I DESPISE cliches) thanks for the great intro to a great group of people! - -Zelda- In a message dated 11/9/2000 6:29:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, AsharaJM writes: << Hi Zelda! << -and not to be considered inferior due to her age i hope!! >> Au Contraire!! A breath of fresh air! :-) A very warm welcome to this wonderful, prolific, crazy list of Joni lovers! We are a motley crew, but most of us are harmless enough. ;-) Hang in there. When the list goes of on a tangent, it always comes back to Joni. Again, Welcome. Glad you're here! Hugs, Ashara www.photon.net/lightnet >> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 22:09:38 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2000 #590 call me a simple grrl but i think they oughta just split the florida electoral votes & give each of the guys 1/2. don't you think marcel? seriously though, as much as i detest politics & avoided the whole pre-election mess as best as i could, i think what is happening now is really exciting!!! for anyone who ever wondered if their one vote counted for much here's the proof that it does! ******************************************** Kate Bennett featured this month at Taylor Guitars www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/ www.katebennett.com www.cdbaby.com/katebennett www.amazon.com ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 22:24:11 -0800 From: Steven Barton Subject: James Taylor offer I have an extra copy of James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theater, May 30, 98 that needs a home. This is an audio dub I mastered from the legitimate DVD release, so that I can listen to it in my car and on regular CD players. It is a really wonderful performance, and the only place, that I know of to hear the haunting "Belfast to Boston." Since this is taken from a legitimate release, the offer is only open to someone who already ownes the DVD. Everyone else ought to put this DVD on their holiday wish lists! Steve ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #430 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she?