From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #218 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 Monday, July 16 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 218 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 in Joni History: July 15 [les@jmdl.com] Depression and Dying ["Sharon L. Buffington" ] Prince and Joni [Jodcrazee@aol.com] WTRF lyrics [Jodcrazee@aol.com] Re: Today in Joni History: July 15 [Jerry Notaro ] woke up it was a chelsea morning - an apology!!! [Mags ] Re: Foni Mitchell [Michael Paz ] Neil Young Euro Tour 2001 [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Neil Young & Crazy Horse Euro Tour 2001 [RoseMJoy@aol.com] "The Last Waltz" to be on DVD (SJC) [FMYFL@aol.com] "Thoroughfare," "Thoroughbred," self-introduction, miscellanea. ["Timothy] Foni Mitchell [Fonimitchell@aol.com] Re: JMDL Digest V2001 #295 [RPWieloh@cs.com] Writer's lunch with Joni ["Kakki" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 03:13:36 -0400 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today in Joni History: July 15 On July 15 in Joni Mitchell History: 1972: Joni performs at Mariposa Folk Festival - ------------------------ Search the "Today" database: http://www.jmdl.com/today ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 07:31:52 -0500 From: "Sharon L. Buffington" Subject: Depression and Dying I sent this out yesterday, but it has not appeared anywhere in the Digest, so I must have sent it incorrectly. I will not attempt to respond to you all individually on all your great topics but I do have some thoughts on clinical depression. I feel terrible sorry for those who commit suicide. I am now an attorney, but before I became one I was a psychologist for 15 years. When depression reaches such an immovable state the person is inconsolable and oblivion is their only answer. It has nothing to do with reasoning or talking with someone about their personal issues. The other side of the coin is that those left behind wonder what they could have done to prevent the suicide. It is a very human response. That notwithstanding, with suicide there is not simply the deceased....we are all the lessor for it. Sometimes, people make known their feelings and emotions. One of my friend's voice conveys the joy and excitement taken in by her sagacious eyes. She telephoned me...leaving a voice mail that a friend of hers had committed suicide and she felt so very sad for him. I could hear the sadness over her friend's suicide and feel her tears as they spilled from her voice and dripped onto the floor all around me. When I returned her call, she mused over what she could have done to help him and said he talked so much about being depressed and that after hearing this for many years, she sort of tuned him out. I also think this is a normal response. Rebecca...I am most saddened by your sister's death. You have memories and while you may not realize it now, you are laying a store of lovely recollections for future reference in darker days. I lost my partner of 17 years to brain cancer. She died December 5, 1998. Five and a half years prior to her death, Sheila and I added another dimension to our already long term relationship when she was diagnosed with a brain cancer called Central Nervous System Lymphoma. The life we planned to lead until we were at least ninety, changed. Concepts such as brain surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and alternative medicine entered our reverie. Her prognosis was 12-18 months. Sheila told me she believed she got cancer for a reason. I asked her what that reason was and she replied that she was to teach people something. I never told Sheila her prognosis. Instead, I told her she could do this. Sheila had to take a very early retirement from her position as head of the law library, and I moved my law practice home. We wanted to be together. Sheila was one of these people who is inherently positive and good. And seeing her go through all of the treatments with a smile on her face, and a gracious and heartfelt thank you to the nurses stopped me in my tracks on many occasions. We always took bouquets of flowers from our gardens to the nurses and doctors. Our flowers brought much joy to them and Sheila could still tell them what most of the flowers were in the bouquet. I did not have an inherently good and positive outlook. But for Sheila, it came naturally ...like breathing. And I realized she was teaching all of us about grace. I had to learn to do things I never thought I could or would do for another person. Taking care of our home and pets, doing the chores, and being her sole caregiver. But..Sheila has taught me more about grace. One night as we lay in bed, Sheila said "Sharon, I have an awful lot to overcome". I was able to say.."I know you do, my love..and if you do not, it is not your fault..there are just some things bigger than any of us". She replied "oh..thank you". Sheila had taught me about grace. In 1998 Sheila was in her last summer. And the gardens, wanting to sing her along on her new journey, were more beautiful than they have ever been. Many of the bulbs and plants we selected together had appeared with great rapture and abundance. As I moved about in the gardens, I thought of her...and remembered how, before the cancer, I would be working in the gardens, and she would come outside with a cold drink and some chips and say "Sharon, you need to hydrate your body"..and we would take a break together and gaze upon our gardens..taking in the lovely scents and colors..and listen to the birds. I also thought about how we connect and are connected with the earth. By the Fall of 1998, Sheila was mostly bedridden. Hospice came for about 30 minutes every morning. They were a blessing. Several months earlier, Sheila told me she did not think she could do this anymore..and I was able to say..."When you need to go, I understand. I will miss you very much but I will be ok". Those words were very difficult for me to say to her. That Fall, Sheila told her hospice nurse, Agatha, who came twice a week, that she was getting ready to leave but she was worried about me and how I would manage. When Agatha came out into the garden to tell me this..I began to cry, because I thought..how so like Sheila to be concerned for another person..and I also cried because I knew she knew it was time. (crying as I write this) And I knew I had learned more about grace. I told her once again that it was okay to leave...that I would be okay...and she said.."Well, I'm not going anywhere". LOL So, like our gardens...we have those recalcitrant moments. We, like our gardens, bloom and die. And I have come to see that while blooming in the garden, it is best to be peaceful and stunning and give the very best we have to give. Because we will all return to the earth. Sheila has been the great teacher. Peace...Sharon in Wisconsin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:15:17 EDT From: Jodcrazee@aol.com Subject: Re: WTRF I totally agree with the comments made about WTRF. Chinese Cafe does sound out of place as it is consistent with Joni's material whereas the rest of the album is lacking. I also agree about her guitarist at the time. I could not stand him. His playing had absolutely no emotion to it and ruined the songs. I have her Refuge of the Roads concert video but everytime I start watching it I just cringe at how dated it is. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:42:27 EDT From: Harry83house@aol.com Subject: Fwd: The Mermaid Cafe Return-path: From: Harry83house@aol.com Full-name: Harry83house Message-ID: <8a.960225a.2881a172@aol.com> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:21:54 EDT Subject: The Mermaid Cafe To: joni@amoe.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10513 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Hey everyone! I wanted to thank all who answered my last question about Miles of Aisles...and to let y'all know that Delta Airlines' inflight magazine ( I think its called "SKY" magazine) has a wonderful feature article about the Mermaid Cafe of Matalan in Joni's "CAREY"...sadly, I was on my way to my home state of Georgia for a funeral and figured I'd grab a copy on the way back to Jersey, BUT THEY WERE GONE!! My sister works for Delta so I'll see if she can grab me one, but the article was great! Its in the July issue, reprints the lyrics, and points out that there is/was no actual place called the Mermaid Cafe in Matalan, Greece when Joni was there...(is this true?)...then the article asks several writers to describe their own 'Mermaid Cafe' and a discussion on what a Mermaid Cafe is..."it can have no more than three wines on the wine list" and "the jukebox only plays the songs you want to hear and when you want to hear them", etc. All in all, a very unexpected and welcome surprise while flying 33,000 feet over the Shenandoah Valley. Maybe someone already has it out there and can post it for all. You guys and gals all seem so sweet...love reading my "jmdl" in the morning over coffee. Roberta Joan Rules! Bye, Harry ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:53:12 EDT From: Jodcrazee@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2001 #289(little Joni content) This reminds me of a comment a friend of mine made years ago. We are both Neil Young fans (Well, actually, he doesn't listen to rock anymore. He found Jesus and listens to classical music now) and Neil went through a very dark period in the mid 70's and this just happens to be Don's favorite Neil period. I an the otherhand adapt to whatever he is doing. Like Joni, you just don't know what the next album is going to sound like. Neil has been happily married since about 1980 and about 8 years aro when Don came over he didn't say hello. He just walked in and said matter-of-factly: Neil needs to get a divorce so he'll start writing good music again." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 15:01:27 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) From: "colin" Subject: Re: Depression and Dying I was so moved by your post. Thank you for sharing it. If I had half the courage you and Shiela have I know I could face the inevitable. that is the hardest thing about love and being in a loing term relationship. John and I are both working htis one out right now. Having been together 20 years and both opf us getting older, we are all too aware of our own mortality. I guess you could call it a moid life crisis tho at 54 and 42 maybe a bit late! I do believe Shiela is with all the time-like she said 'she isn't going anywhere'. My own view is that upon death, we merely shed our bodies but our selves continue. As to the why's and wherefore's I have given up trying to understand it and just accpet it. As for your comment about Rebbecca, I must have missed some posts again as I didn't see the one you are referring to. with love colin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 10:26:20 EDT From: Jodcrazee@aol.com Subject: Prince and Joni Laurent wrote: The first cd that came to mind was Sirn o the Times. This might be because he mentions her in Dorothy Parker and this is also my favorite Prince cd. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 10:49:51 EDT From: Jodcrazee@aol.com Subject: WTRF lyrics Those are my favorite Joni lines along with Sweet Sucker Dance: Love we can't live without it so why do we go out and get it just to turn around and doubt it- like we're scared to care Julie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:31:35 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Today in Joni History: July 15 les@jmdl.com wrote: > On July 15 in Joni Mitchell History: > > 1972: Joni performs at Mariposa Folk Festival And I was there. My first time seeing Joni. Went early and heard her tuning up playing California on her dulcimer. I almost jumped out of my skin with excitement! Jerry np: Joni - The Main Point ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:02:17 -0400 From: Mags Subject: Re: Fwd: The Mermaid Cafe Harry83house@aol.com wrote: > Harry wrote: > <<.then the article asks several writers to describe their own 'Mermaid > Cafe' and a discussion on what a Mermaid Cafe is..."it can have no more than > three wines on the wine list" and "the jukebox only plays the songs you want > to hear and when you want to hear them", etc. >> and now my description of our very own 'Mermaid' in Hamilton, Ontario where I live. The Mermaid (Lounge) is a tiny place adorned by grey textured stone walls which remind me of a cavern. A place which cannot help itself but create an immediate sense of intimacy by the nature of its size. A place where you do need to get there EARLY or else you will be left standing outside in the cold. There are two very small seating areas, one directly in front of the stage, about six tables there, another area tucked around a corner, out of sight, not a good view at all. Then a big, curved bar which takes up a lot of space, directly across from that second seating area. There are a few stools which stand hugging one another close all along the front of that bar. Overall, the atmosphere is dark, moody, cozy. Not a place to enter with the hope of being incognito because all eyes are on you as you walk through the door and navigate the low ceilings in hope of finding the perfect seat. I am not sure about the juke box or the number of wines offered on the wine list. What I am sure about is that I saw the incredibly gifted, talented Canadian singer/songwriter Garnet Rogers there. He performed for solid two hours without a break. He is incredible, mezmerizing, enchanting. He falls into the genre of folk music. Garnet is a natural, a story teller. He has a gorgeous baritone voice, soulful, unforgettable, all these months later I still hear it. He grew up singing, playing guitar and fiddle along side his big brother Stan. On that cold November night at the Mermaid, he performed Lui Collin's gorgeous song Speaking Softly in the Dark. I heard it again when Brei brought the CD for me. I knew I needed to make these words my signature to honour what we share. Hearing that song on that special evening was the ultimate for me. The lyrics say it all in terms of how it feels to have finally found the love of your life, to be touched by the grace of that love in all the places deep inside your soul. Whenever the subject of love comes around again, I sit up and take notice. Inspired by the love in my own life and this most recent thread on love, I am trying to put together some thoughts on Joni's different treatments of love, especially within her song entitled Love (wtrf). Perhaps it would be easier to keep my focus on one song for now. If only I could find the words to express what resides in my heart. Mags - -- And this loving is a drawing close, a tuning in, an opening. Until one perfect moment; but how can it be expressed? A receiving, an enfolding as I cradle you in my arms. Within my heart, within my soul, You are my true love. --Lui Collins - --- _~O / /\_, ___/\ /_ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:10:25 -0400 From: Mags Subject: woke up it was a chelsea morning - an apology!!! Just wanted to apologize to the Joni onlies for not sending my Mermaid post NJC. np: Bare Naked Ladies, Lovers in a Dangerous Time - -- And this loving is a drawing close, a tuning in, an opening. Until one perfect moment; but how can it be expressed? A receiving, an enfolding as I cradle you in my arms. Within my heart, within my soul, You are my true love. --Lui Collins - --- _~O / /\_, ___/\ /_ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 20:23:43 +0100 From: "Peter Young" Subject: Foni Mitchell Ignoring the bad omens, on Friday 13th I nipped over from Lichfield to Bilston to hear the Joni Mitchell tribute band, Foni Mitchell. For more information on Foni Mitchell there is a website. Lichfield's most famous son, Dr Johnson, once said that a woman's preaching is like a dog walking on its hind legs, 'It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all.' At the risk of being somewhat cruel, the same could be said of Foni, although in fairness the shortcomings had more to do with the venue than the band. Bilston is in the heart of the UK Black Country, so named because of the factories that in former times led the world in global pollution, before the U.S. took on that role. Although much cleaned up of late, the crook-locks fitted to the cars in the car park, and the plastic glasses in the bar, suggested that this is still an area that can get a bit lively at times. The venue was the somewhat scruffy "Robin", a popular place for live music, housed in a converted something or other (a 1930's cinema?). The main hall is divided into two reasonably sized flat floor areas on a split level. There are about four tables with seats - everyone else has to stand. Obviously this is a place where people come to dance. Foni were the support to 'Quill', described on the programme as a Celtic Rock band. It was clear that most of the 200 or so audience who filtered in during Foni's set had come to rock celtically and so were not the usual 'listen to the words' Joni crowd. Joni's music is very good to commit suicide to, but it certainly isn't 'get up and jive' and so the band had it tough from the start. The Foni Mitchell line up was: Vikki Clayton as Joni - well known on the local folk scene Vikki also does a good Sandy Denny. She has a good strong voice, clear diction, and gave a good rendition of the vocals without trying to imitate Joni. Ella Wright on keyboard, 'lead triangle' and backing vocals - a sweet voice and excellent support. There are also two guitars and a drummer who were less impressive - too loud and too distorted. Perhaps this was because they might have been using the next band's sound system and set up, but they never quite seemed to 'get it together'. The band started appropriately with "I Had a King", the first song from the first album, which they played in a 'Miles of Aisles' style that worked very well. The rest of the set was all early Joni, running as follows: Chelsea Morning, Carey, All I Want, A Case of You, River, Both Sides Now, The Gallery, Woodstock, Big Yellow Taxi. The band were in a 'catch 22' from the start - play 'acoustic' and the audience would talk over you, or play loud and lose the subtlety of the songs. For the most part they tried a compromise between the two, which satisfied neither side but was probably the best that could be done in the circumstances. I thought the quieter ones worked best, especially when Vikki played guitar or when you could hear the keyboard. All in all I would go and see Foni again if in a different venue. How about the Guildhall in Lichfield? Foni Mitchell are a tribute to Joni, and their hearts are in the right place, if occasionally their fingers aren't. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 14:47:42 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Foni Mitchell Phew what a review. If you come to Topsfield to review the proceedings there, would you mind taking your lunch break when I do my set. Thanks! Michael on 7/15/01 12:23 PM, Peter Young at Pete@okcurrall1.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > Ignoring the bad omens, on Friday 13th I nipped over from Lichfield to Bilston > to hear the Joni Mitchell tribute band, Foni Mitchell. For more information > on Foni Mitchell there is a website. > Lichfield's most famous son, Dr Johnson, once said that a woman's preaching is > like a dog walking on its hind legs, 'It is not done well, but you are > surprised to find it done at all.' At the risk of being somewhat cruel, the > same could be said of Foni, although in fairness the shortcomings had more to > do with the venue than the band. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:08:06 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Neil Young Euro Tour 2001 In a message dated 7/15/01 3:51:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, les@jmdl.com writes: > On the contrary... I think the "depression period" of Neil is his > best. His three albums "Times Fades Away", "Tonight's the Night", and > I'll take Neil happy or sad. BTW, our own Rusty scot "Steve" sent me this link to the Glasgow concert. If you scroll all the way down the page to Neil Euro 2001, there are plenty of PICS, setlists, reviews, MP3's and even some movies from the Frankfurt concert. Really kewl! The Horse is alive and kicking ass! Hope you don't mind Steve ;0) Love ya Steve is the tall, thin guy with the bonnet on in the rust fest photos Love, Rose rosemjoy@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:13:29 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Euro Tour 2001 Sorry I forgot the NJC, but it's a close circle of friends. Rose in NJ headed for Sandy Hook later guys rosemjoy@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:23:03 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: "The Last Waltz" to be on DVD (SJC) Pardon if someone has mentioned this before, but I usually skip past any posts that mention DVD. Hell, I still have a betamax :~) Anyway (or Antyway) as the drag queens would say it, I saw a short blurb in Rolling Stone that Robbie Roberston is reteaming with Martin Scorsese to work on the DVD release of "The Last Waltz". The article goes on to say that Robertson hopes to add some previously unseen footage from the five-hour-long performance that featured guest appearances by Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Eric Clapton. Both the DVD and album are due out next year. Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 22:42:17 From: "Timothy Spong" Subject: "Thoroughfare," "Thoroughbred," self-introduction, miscellanea. Dear fellow jmdl members, I emerge from lurkdom to observe that, while Hejira924@aol.com has referred to a Carole King album named "Thoroughfare," I have a music book (but not a recording) for one named "Thoroughbred." Perhaps that is the one to which our correspondent refers. As I am receiving the only-joni digest, it would not surprise me if someone receiving the separate messages has already pointed this out. While I've been a list member/subscriber since October, this is my first post; two things that have militated against my doing so earlier have been the built-in delay just mentioned, and the volume of this list on some days, coupled with the other things I am receiving by e-mail. It's been fun to read, however. I have corresponded with several members off-list, and now, some asides to them: Sherelle: Thanks so much for the demo tape. Your voice reminds me of that of Taylor Dane. Consider that a compliment. Bob "SCJoniguy": I haven't forgotten; I still plan to dub for you Paul Winter Consort performing "Both Sides Now" and send it, and also a blank CD for one of the covers collections; I still think I'll start with No. 13. A local jazz guitarist, Bruce Anthony, has recorded a cover of "Jungle Line." Would you like that? If so, because I don't have a dual-well cassette deck, it would be simpler to send you my copy of one of the demo cassettes for you to copy and return. Ashara: Likewise, I still plan to send you a blank cassette to dub the Foni Mitchell recording onto. Somebody else that has a live recording of the Camden, NJ, Both Sides Now tour conert: Ditto. I have your name and address at home, which is not where I am now. Almost certainly, my introduction to Joni Mitchell's music was Judy Collins' orchestrated recording of "Both Sides Now," still a favorite of mine. I can't pinpoint when I first heard a recording of Joni herself, but it was probably prior to 1970. I first went to a Joni concert in either 1974 or 1975 at Duke University, my undergraduate alma mater, while living in Raleigh, N.C., staying there after taking a master's degree at N.C. State. In 1993, I returned to my previous residence in Dover, Del., and have since attended a 1998 Joni + Bob Dylan + Dave Hitchcock and the Guilty Men concert at U. of Md., College Park, and the 2000 stop of the Both Sides Now tour in Camden, N.J., just across the Delaware River from Penns Landing in Philadelphia where, next weekend, I'll be enjoying the Independence Blue Cross -- WXPN Singer Songwriter Weekend with Nanci Griffith, Jeb Loy Nichols, Mark Cohn, North Mississippi All Stars, Erin McKeown, Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer and Liza Carthy, and a few others, but, sadly, not Joan Baez, whose sister, Mimi Farina (just imagine the tilde over the n), has taken a turn for the worse (mestastasized lung cancer). Those of you so inclined, please pray for Mimi, and also for Maureen Reagan (malignant melanoma mestasasized to the brain). If any of you who read this will be at SSW, please say "hi" if we recognize each other. (How?!) Anyway, I work for the local newspaper, and was initially a copy editor, so, you know, I can't resist making corrections. I play keyboards some, and mess around a little with autoharp, guitar and hand percussion; therefore, I was happy to find a score for "Blue" on the jmdl site. It seems to be the only thing there with a score -- complete notation, as opposed to chord names or lyrics only -- and that and several copies of "Both Sides Now" in compilation music books from late '60s and early '70s are all the JM scores I have. "Rise Up Singing" has chord names and lyrics for several more songs. Are there more scores (complete notations) on the jmdl site I missed? Tim Spong _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 19:38:39 EDT From: Fonimitchell@aol.com Subject: Foni Mitchell It was great to hear that Peter made the journey from Lichfield to Bilston to hear us, and we are grateful to him for taking the time to post a review. I feel I should point out, however, that having parted company with Jo (our singer), only a few weeks ago, Vikki generously stepped in to help out and to keep from cancelling the gigs. Consequently, we had one two-hour rehearsal with Vikki 3 days before the gig, and that was it! Thanks again Peter, and I hope we see you again. Baggeridge Festival (Staffs) September 1st? And you're right, I've played at the Guildhall in Lichfield, and it's a great venue. Regards to all. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:21:17 EDT From: RPWieloh@cs.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2001 #295 In a message dated 7/15/01 3:11:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, les@jmdl.com writes: << JoniGuy@aol.com >> Hey fellow Joni fan and South Carolina fan.We also visited SC,actually Hilton Head, Palmetto Dunes was great but HOT,HOT,HOT.Hope you enjoyed your visit as we did everyone agrees that it great in the fall. Enjoy your summer. Rich ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:03:22 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Writer's lunch with Joni Last Wednesday (July 11th) the L.A. Times had this little article in its entertainment section. It's lightweight but kind of funny. There is also a really great photo of Joni (of course with cig) with it that I will try to scan and link. I wonder if the writer is on the list?? ;-) Kakki JONI'S GRRL? Los Angeles Times 7/11/01 Writer Cathryn Mischon recently met Joni Mitchell, who, she says, has always been like a mother to her. Mischon, who recently published a humorous, mock self-help book, told us she had a "long, gorgeous lunch," with Joni Mitchell after writing about the singer. They were brought together by a friend of a friend. Mischon writes in "The Grrl Genius Guide to Life: A 12 Step Program on How to Become a Grrl Genius According to Me!" (Cliff Street Books), that she believes she's the daughter Mitchell gave up for adoption years ago: "I understand from People magazine that a girl has come forward who claims to be Joni's daughter , but let's look at the cold facts. This 'daughter' does not sing at all, whereas I, like Joni, am a three-octave soprano. This 'daughter' looks nothing like Joni, whereas I cannot set foot in a room where there are musicians without someone going on and on about how much I look like Joni." Mischon, a former TV writer, actress and stand-up comic now says it was all a joke, and that Mitchell didn't seem to mind. As Mischon writes in her book, "All I want is to play Joni in the miniseries of her Grrl genius life that so desperately needs to be made." ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #218 ********************************* ------- 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?