From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #205 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 Wednesday, July 4 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 205 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. Information on the 4th "Annual" New England JoniFest: http://www.jmdl.com/jfne2001.cfm ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Today's Articles: July 3 [les@jmdl.com] Today in Joni History: July 3 [les@jmdl.com] Re: N-n-n-n-n-nineteen.....(Long, Covers content) [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Today's Articles: July 3 [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Covers 19 **FREEBIE ALERT** [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Joni braces [AzeemAK@aol.com] Re: Happy Anniversary. [susan+rick ] Re: N-n-n-n-n-nineteen.....(Long, Covers content) [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: N-n-n-n-n-nineteen.....(Covers content) [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: N-n-n-n-n-nineteen.....(Covers content) ["Kakki" ] Poopsie Bananabrain!!! ["Lonely Painter" ] Re: bringing in the sheaves [dsk ] looking for songbooks [M.Russell@iaea.org] Re: looking for songbooks ["Kakki" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 03:54:13 -0400 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Articles: July 3 On July 3 these articles were published: 1971: "Beautifully Blue Joni Mitchell" - Sounds (Review - Album, with photographs) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/710703s.cfm 1976: "A Woman of Heart and Mind" - Toronto Star (Biography) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/760703ts.cfm 1999: "Canada's first lady of folk gets a warm tribute in New York" - Toronto Globe and Mail (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/990703tgam.cfm 1999: "It's All Joni Mitchell Onstage, but She's in the Audience" - New York Times (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/990703nyt.cfm 2000: "Saskatoon stages a Canadian icon's retrospective" - Calgary Herald (Review - Art Show) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/000703ch.cfm - ------------------------ The JMDL Article Database has 606 titles. http://www.jmdl.com/articles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 03:54:13 -0400 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today in Joni History: July 3 On July 3 in Joni Mitchell History: 1983: Joni performs at Alpine Valley in East Troy, Wisconsin. List member Steve Polifka remembers: "Gloria, Terri and I were in Row M, just about center. We even brought binoculars, even though they were good seats. The concert was to start at 8, and she was late, so the three of us started chanting very loudly, "We want some solid love," for about 5 or six minutes, thinking how cool it was to be rowdy at a Joni concert- LOL. Soon I froze, and one of them asked me what was wrong, to which I responded, "There she is!" "They asked me where, so I pointed out this blonde figure peaking out (stage right) of the curtain with an 8mm camera pointed right at us. I felt so foolish that I had to sit down! "A few years later I was working at a video store, and got a prevue magazine which featured an article about her Refuge of the Roads video, and how she had interspersed concert footage with her own 8mm shots. I just about ****! I freaked,remembering that night, calling Gloria when I got home. Needless to say, I worried about nothing, having ended up on the cutting room floor..." - ------------------------ Search the "Today" database: http://www.jmdl.com/today ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 08:49:21 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: N-n-n-n-n-nineteen.....(Long, Covers content) <> I agree & pass along FULL credit to yer buddy Maxigirl for that one! ;~) Wait til you hear Anni Clark's take on Conversation - it's sweet...congrats too to your Homeboy Jack on his new job. Bob NP: Rolling Stones, "Wild Horses" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 09:44:30 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Today's Articles: July 3 Thanks for the articles, Les...I'll have to put that "Joni's Jazz in Central Park" show a spin tonight as I haven't heard it in awhile. I remember too that I SHOULD have gone to this show with Brian instead of trying to fly home and having my flight cancelled! This statement is a pretty good summary; it's not always an easy listen but it has rewarded repeat listenings! <> Bob NP: Rolling Stones, "Black Limousine" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 09:50:43 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Covers 19 **FREEBIE ALERT** OK, Gang, here's your chance to win a totally free copy of Covers, Volume 19! Same rules as before, give me a Joni song + album it appears on...example: Ethiopia - Dog Eat Dog Whoever is the closest wins, and I'll ship it to your doorstep, whether it's Kalamazoo or Kazahkstan! Please remember to send your guesses to me & NOT to the list. I'll cut off the contest Friday at midnight, and announce the winner on Saturday. So...I am on a lonely road and I am thinking, thinking...thinking of a song what can it be? ;~) Bob NPIMH: ? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 11:15:55 EDT From: AzeemAK@aol.com Subject: Joni braces So, two from each album; what this tells me is that maybe I need to give Wild Things Run Fast another listen - I just can't think of another song from it that I like, and I realise that I can't remember how some of the songs go! Michael from Mountains + I Had a King Chelsea Morning + Both Sides Now For Free + Ladies of the Canyon Carey + Last Time I Saw Richard [for contrast] Woman of Heart & Mind + Cold Blue Steel & Sweet Fire Court & Spark + Help Me [fantastic opening pair, let them stand] Edith & The Kingpin + Shades of Scarlett Conquering Hejira + A Strange Boy [almost at random] Cotton Avenue + The Silky Veils of Ardor A Chair in the Sky + The Wolf that Lives in Lindsay Chinese Cafe - I can't think of another Good Friends + Ethiopia My Secret Place + Cool Water Nothing Can be Done + Two Grey Rooms Magdalen Laundries + How Do You Stop Harlem in Havana + Man from Mars Comes Love + Both Sides Now Azeem in London NP: Tim Henman v Todd Martin - tense in the fourth set... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 10:58:00 -0700 From: susan+rick Subject: Re: Happy Anniversary. Hey John Without any exaggeration, I can say that weekend in Saskatoon was one of the best in my life. The time we spent just going Joni-crazy was like being a kid, without a thought for the worries of the real world. And who would have expected that every JMDL'er we met would be someone we actually wanted to spend time with? How great is that! Joni must have wondered what hit her that afternoon 'cause I did the same thing as you, dominating the conversation telling her a story of when I met her in the late sixties (and no she didn't remember the incident.) Hugs and best wishes to all who shared that special time with us. I hope to see some of you at least if the LA JoniFest comes to pass (No pressure, Angelinos!) Ranger Rick On 7/2/01 8:27 PM, johnirving wrote > To everyone and everyone I had the pleasure of sharing Joni's Grand > Salon in Saskatoon with, one year ago, > Love and best wishes. I wish you all wonderful years of life and every > possible joy. > WE MET JONI!!!! Me, and Rick and Ashara, and Rich. Just us. A > brief private hello with a few snap shots from Rich, who was the only > one of us on solid ground. I was so nervous I blathered away. -Joni > never got a word in!!! The queen of gab outdone by nervous, nervous > silly putty banter. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:38:13 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: N-n-n-n-n-nineteen.....(Long, Covers content) Thanks "Cover Guy" Bob and to all the contributors for another excellent CD! I've enjoyed listening to this for the past couple of days now and my favorites are Chelsea's "Chelsea Morning", Shawn Colvin's "Urge for Going" and "Conversation" (although I must agree with Paz - our Claudia does a better job), Tom Scott's "Woodstock", and of course the great Lydia van Dam singing "Love". The only one I have to keep skipping over is Guv'ner slaughtering "Help Me". I know you really like this one Bob, but I really believe that band does need some help :~) Thanks again for your hard work on this great project! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 14:49:21 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: N-n-n-n-n-nineteen.....(Covers content) <> No hard feelings, Jimmy...I know my tastes sometimes run to the "weird & wonderful"...I admire the way they agreed that this demented cover should be released! And since you asked, I'll add that this selection came from a CD called "In the Fishtank". It seems that there's this Fishtank studio in Europe that offers free time to bands to record whatever they want. Guv'ner got in there and wanted to do a Joni cover...God love 'em! And how can it ever grow on you if you keep skipping over it Jimmy? Can't you see I'm trying to expand your musical pallette! ;~) Bob NP: Rolling Stones, "Hold On To Your Hat" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:30:38 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: N-n-n-n-n-nineteen.....(Covers content) Bob wrote: >And since you asked, I'll add that this selection came >from a CD called "In the Fishtank". It seems that there's >this Fishtank studio in Europe that offers free time to >bands to record whatever they want. Guv'ner got in >there and wanted to do a Joni cover...God love 'em! Bob, the first thing that came into my mind when I heard Guv'ner's "Help Me" was "this is your song on Quaaludes." The Fishtank does sound like a cool place. ;-) Nonetheless, there are many gems on 19. The Eva Marie is deinfitely a rare find, the Shawn is gorgeous (but yes, Claud still holds the first place position on "Conversation"), I really enjoyed the Masekela, I LOVE the Mae Robertson and Lydia Van Dam, The Pipe Dream's symphonic Cowsills treatment of Night in the City is a trip, but the trippiest has to be Godfrey Daniel's 50's Beach Blanket Bingo/Woolly Boolly treatment of Woodstock - GEEZ. ;-) Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 18:03:06 -0500 From: "Dave and Beth Fairall" Subject: [none] MINGUS....A must own album? <> Bob wrote: "Mingus has its flaws, but it definitely rewards repeated listenings...I still contend that "Sweet Sucker Dance" offers her finest singing relative to the challenge of the melody. All those "blue" notes, it rarely goes where you would naturally want it to resolve to, and she nails it in an amazing way!" Couldn't agree more Bob, I love Mingus, and Sweet Sucker Dance in particular. It has a beautiful melody, and her phrasing is superb. Jaco really makes that album for me, although Erskine, Herbie, Wayne are also sublime. It's a very introspective, understated work, amazingly refined for a - up to that point- pop singer. An interesting perspective is to come back to Mingus, after listening a lot to those tunes on Shadows and Light. The studio version of Dry Cleaner is like hip-hop swing compared to the cool shuffle groove of the live rendition. I would include Sweet Sucker in her top 5. Dave F. [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 22:59:48 -0600 From: "Lonely Painter" Subject: Poopsie Bananabrain!!! Yes, JMDLers! "Poopsie Bananabrain" is what Joni's name becomes according to the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants.If ANY of you have little children, you may or may not have heard of the series of books by author Dav Pilkey. In one such book, said villain Prof. Poopypants intends to wreak havok by forcing everyone to change their names so they are as equally embarrassing as his own. Using Prof. Poopypants system, 'Joni Mitchell' becomes 'Poopsie Bananabrain'. 'Roberta Joan Anderson' becomes : 'Loopy Diaperchunks'.YOU decide which one is more endearing.! Peace,Lonely Painter aka Booger Hamsterbuns P.S. If any of you would like to know what your 'new' embarrassing name becomes, let me know and I'll 'translate'. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 02:35:55 -0400 From: dsk Subject: Re: bringing in the sheaves Ric, here's my complete list, after much enjoyable listening and mind-changing: Urge for Going (deceptively simple and with basic Joni themes; plus any beginning songwriter who writes such a pleasing tune and lyrics like "I'll lock the vagrant winter out and I'll fold my wandering in" is going places) STAS: Night in the City Cactus Tree CLOUDS: Roses Blue Tin Angel LOTC: Conversation For Free BLUE: Carey River FTR: Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire Judgement of the Moon and Stars C&S: Free Man in Paris Trouble Child HOSL: Don't Interrupt the Sorrow Harry's House/Centerpiece HEJIRA: Coyote Hejira DJRD: Dreamland Silky Veils of Ardor MINGUS: God Must Be a Boogie Man Dry Cleaner from Des Moines (including Mingus talking about being lucky) WTRF: Be Cool Wild Things Run Fast DED: Impossible Dreamer Ethiopia CM: My Secret Place A Bird that Whistles NRH: Night Ride Home Slouching Toward Bethlehem TI: Magdalene Laundries How Do You Stop TTT: Harlem in Havana Stay in Touch BSN: A Case of You Comes Love And also give him the S&L cd so he can hear some Joni classics and good jazz too. It seems too jarring to intersperse her live recordings with the studio albums, and too confusing timewise. Tough choices, and really difficult being limited to only two songs from some of the cds and leaving off some favorites in an attempt to please the Prof. It would be easier to make a list of what NOT to give him. I look forward to reading your final choices, Ric. Every list so far makes me go, oh yeah, of course, he HAS to hear that one, so... good luck to you. Debra Shea NP: Joni singing Stay in Touch. I like this cd more each time I listen and this is an especially tender and beautiful song. "let the worries hush..." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 08:44:27 +0200 From: M.Russell@iaea.org Subject: looking for songbooks I have been trying for months to find the Night Ride Home and Blue songbooks to complete my Joni songbook collection. Although Blue appears occasionally and in ebay and I hope one day to be able to purchase it there, I have never seen an auction for Night Ride Home and I've never found it thru any of the online book distributors - not even at Alibris or Bibliofind. So I'm wondering if anyone in Joniland might have an extra copy they would be willing to sell me. Marian Vienna NP: Carry Me - Patty Griffin - Flaming Red ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 23:57:20 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: looking for songbooks Marian, I wish you'd let me know sooner, I would have gotten some copies for you. Blue comes up on Ebay regularly as does NRH. Also NRH is usually in stock at some of the better music stores around L.A. I have both and can get you copies if you need them. I wish you could come to Ashara's on Labor Day! We will miss you, Marian! Kakki > I have been trying for months to find the Night Ride Home and Blue songbooks > to complete my Joni songbook collection. Although Blue appears occasionally > and in ebay and I hope one day to be able to purchase it there, I have never > seen an auction for Night Ride Home and I've never found it thru any of the > online book distributors - not even at Alibris or Bibliofind. So I'm > wondering if anyone in Joniland might have an extra copy they would be > willing to sell me. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #205 ********************************* ------- 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?