From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #223 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 Saturday, July 21 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 223 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 20 [les@jmdl.com] Joni, a cinematic influence...? [BachelorNumero2@aol.com] Hidden Pleasures [Gordon Mackie ] The Human Race [Gordon Mackie ] Re: Some thoughts on Joni and movies and pictures [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Some thoughts on Joni and movies and pictures ["Mark or Travis" ] Tube's Gone No Color No Contrast [Medric Faulkner ] jonis speaking voice [Bounced Message ] Re: jonis speaking voice [Don Rowe ] make-up artist ["shane mattison" ] Re: jonis speaking voice [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: Some thoughts on Joni and movies and pictures [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] RE: jonis speaking voice ["Deb Messling" ] Re: jonis speaking voice [Relayer211@aol.com] RE: jonis speaking voice ["Deb Messling" ] Re: jonis speaking voice [Mags ] Joni on new benefit CD [Randy Remote ] Steam, Soul & Bigots [Leslie Mixon ] Re: Joni on new benefit CD [MGVal@aol.com] New interview [Les Irvin ] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Feliz_D=EDa_del_Amigo?= ["Edgardo Viegas" ] OH MY GOD!!!!! Captain For Dark Mornings [Lazyasz@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 03:04:38 -0400 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today in Joni History: July 20 On July 20 in Joni Mitchell History: 1983: Joni performs a controversial concert in Boston. From Wally's Bio Page: When Refuge did [this show], Joni got some bad press for walking offstage five times during the show. Whether her frustration resulted from malfunctioning equipment, or from the audience being too noisy, in reality it was a combination of the show being a rare one for Joni in the daytime, the crowd's natural rowdiness adding distraction, and the disappointing fact that this concert was at the end of a long, grueling tour played in venues that were mostly only about 2/3 full. JMDLer Rickie Lee writes: i was at that famous, ill fated concert, and here is what i know. joni did NOT walk off stage five times. she played two songs completely (she opened with coyote and then played another thru - don't recall the song) and then started to sing song for sharon. she blew a lyric and stopped. regrouped for a moment and started over. she reached the same point in the song (i think it was around the second or third verse) and blew the lyric again. she then said that she always had a hard time performing in front of an audience that was milling around and she was going to take a short break and let everyone find their seats and then would be back. at this point she had been onstage perhaps 15 minutes. and she left. she was gone approx FORTY FIVE minutes. (and let me add, the audience was NOT rowdy. about 95% of us were rapt, as all good joni fans would be in her presence...but the show had just begun, and there were, as at every concert, some late arrivals, and it was those folks who apparently "distracted" her. i recently spoke to another list member who was also at the concert and she met one of the promoters of that show, who apparently referred to joni as a "bitch" and described her sitting in her limo during this 45 minute break, trying get her driver to leave. the promoter and some other behind-the-scene people were telling her (all the while, bringing her drinks and trying to calm her down) that if she left, after 2 and 1/8th songs, she would not be paid. joni was insisting that technically she had "performed" and they HAD to pay her and they insisted if she left - no payday. after a 45 minute or so absence, joni came back on stage, in a different outfit, and without a word, (no: "thanks for being patient" no: "sorry that took so long" ) just started playing again. the crowd was not entirely receptive to her at first, but when she started playing "woodstock" everyone was on their feet and the mood was wonderful, and people started coming up to the stage (it was an outdoor concert and during the day so it was still light out) and clapping and cheering, and joni finished the song and laid down her guitar and left. no good night. no thanks for coming. no nothing. she just left. just as the concert, for the first time in that awful evening, was taking off! everyone thought it was another break. but then the lights came up and the gates swung open and it was clear, the night was over. (she had performed during this second set for maybe 30-40 minutes!!!) the crowd began to boo. and for the next 3 days or so, every radio station and newspaper a! nd newscast in town savaged her. and rightly so. years later i heard this explanation for her behavior. the concert series was sponsored by miller high life and at the back of the stage was a big sign that was shaped like a bar of music, with a staff and a big treble clef, sort of arcing behind the stage and done in glitter so when the lights hit it, it would sparkle, etc. written across the staff was - yep, "miller hi life". tacky, to be sure, but the band stood in front of this sign and who looked at it anyway? joni, as part of her "set design" for this particular tour, had some hand painted banners that she had done. i am sure they were beautiful, and they were designed to be suspended over the stage and hang down, over her band. the promoters would not let her put them up because, they told her, the banners would obscure the miller high life sign, and as miller was sponsoring the concert series, this could not be allowed!!! so joni was (understandably) upset, if not enraged, before the concert ever began. this does not justify her behavior and the terrible way she treated her fans that night, me included!!! who had paid good money to see and hear her perform and had every right to expect her to give her all. but it does at least, make it understandable. her leaving the stage, and refusing to come back for so long, and then begrudgingly giving us a very abbreviated show had nothing to do with the "rowdy" fans. it had to do with her, apparently, trying to screw the promoters for not allowing her to present the show the way she wanted. but, in fact, she took it out on all of us. - ------------------------ Search the "Today" database: http://www.jmdl.com/today ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 03:34:29 EDT From: BachelorNumero2@aol.com Subject: Joni, a cinematic influence...? DAMN RIGHT!!!! Joni definitely inspired me while i was finishing off my screenplay for the short film I just shot.......and HOSL was the primary record I was listening to!!! AND I do pay tribute in a scene which features a next door couple who is busy gardening and arguing.....I threw in a shot of a running sprinkler in the grass for Joni!!!! JONI ROCKS!!! PHIL ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 09:59:58 +0100 From: Gordon Mackie Subject: Hidden Pleasures Hi Y'all Having just purchased a vinyl version of Courting Sparks, in quad no less (but no quad system), I hear all sorts of things on this pressing I never heard elsewhere.BUT..thats wasn't the real surprise. Peoples Parties just ends. No segue into Same Situation. They are two seperate tracks. I can't tell you how odd this sounded at first but I like it now. If anyone wants a tape let me know. If this has been covered before, I am soooo yesterday. Floria Tosca PS Saw a version of Tosca where she (Tosca) jumps of the parapets of Sant Angelo to kill herself but unfortunately the matress at the other side was too springy. Many returns of the soprano. It was side- splittingly hilarious. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:28:38 +0100 From: Gordon Mackie Subject: The Human Race RobSher50@aol.com wrote Joan Baez sang a song called "Joe Hill" long ago which touched me to the roots. It was a song about the Union and the awful things which made it necessary in the 20's to start it. Interesingly, I heard the (mainly operatic) singer Willard White sing 'Joe Hill' in tribute concert to Paul Robeson. The whole experince was very moving and highly charged politically. You could have heard a pin drop. Byeee Clara Bandick (who played Auntie M in the Wizard of Oz) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:30:28 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Some thoughts on Joni and movies and pictures << Are we not in agreement that THOSL was a precursor if not a direct influence on The Ice Storm, American Beauty and all these angsty movies about rich whites who have lost their spark from manicured lawns, Honeywell security systems, and safe employment.>> HOSL can certainly be grouped in with those films, but the theme of "deconstructing the Leave it to Beaver myth" is pretty common...besides, it's only one of the themes of HOSL...Boho Dance, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, In France They Kiss on Main Street, maybe Sweet Bird don't really fit in the chain of events or the theme of The Great American Dream souring... << Ive heard that she released a video collection called Come In From The Cold. It had a video of Beat of Black Wings. Was this an actual video or just a live performance. Does anyone have information on this.>> Wally already confirmed the existence of it...While I like the majority of the clips, I really didn't care for BOBW...Joni doesn't look very black, and she's acting like a side alley wino or something, falling one way & another...hopefully SOMEONE close to her told her that it didn't work so at least THEIR conscience can be clear... << I really think that Paprika Plains would have made a great short film. >> Possibly, and in the right hands, but it would be next to impossible to duplicate the images that the song creates in my head on the screen. It would have to be pretty abstract & I'm not sure you could get it to play for 16 minutes worth. But hey, grab a camcorder & go for it! :~) Bob NP: Rob Jackson, "No Secrets" (The perfect record for a rainy beach morning...) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:10:40 -0700 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Some thoughts on Joni and movies and pictures .>> > > HOSL can certainly be grouped in with those films, but the theme of > "deconstructing the Leave it to Beaver myth" is pretty common...besides, it's > only one of the themes of HOSL...Boho Dance, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow, In > France They Kiss on Main Street, maybe Sweet Bird don't really fit in the > chain of events or the theme of The Great American Dream souring... 'You read those books where luxury Comes as a guest to take a slave' 'Truth goes up in vapors Steeples lean Winds of change, patriarchs Snug in your Bible Belt dreams' 'And a woman was fading in a suburban room ... 'And I told him, 'they don't take chances They seem so removed from romance They've been broken in churches and schools And molded to middle class circumstance' 'Golden in time Cities under the sand Power, ideals and beauty Fading in everyone's hands' All depends on how you look at it, my friend. Mark in Seattle heading up to Lummi Island today for some R&R - back sometime Sunday. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:40:01 -0700 From: Willy Keats Subject: Newbie here, looking for old trees Hi, I just joined up here after receiving one of the list CDs in a trade and following the artwork link. Can anybody help me get up to date on any of the old trees? I only have one disc, from Bethel NY 98. Thanks anybody who can help... (Of course, send replies to me, not the list! wkeats@earthlink.net) WK ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 09:27:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Medric Faulkner Subject: Tube's Gone No Color No Contrast Boy, move to the shadows for a while and the discussion here sure gets lively. I grew up in relative isolation in rural Mississippi at the end of a dirt road and in the middle of a National Forest. You get the idea, we piped in the sunshine and ran to the front door to see who was passing if we heard a car. From birth I was taught to hate and fear and suspect anyone different from myself. Our mantra was: 2, 4, 6, 8, We don't want to integrate; 8, 4, 6, 2, Send'em back to Toogaloo. Toogaloo being a local "Black" college. Integration came our way when I was in 9th grade and at the same time I started listening to Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Melanie and later Joni Mitchell. My professional life, 25 years now, has been in service to a predominantly black community and I'm proud to say that the black teachers who work under my supervision and the parents of the students I serve remind me often that I'm really "one of them." Exposure to the music of the time, I believe, which came through at a time social upheaval here changed me and others though, I'm sorry to say, those that remained ignorant get the press coverage. I find what Joni has to say most profound and I crave and miss her commentary. Hope she's got the cauldron brewing and we'll get to hear her skewer 'em with new material in a few years. Medric Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:50:33 -0600 From: Bounced Message Subject: jonis speaking voice From: "Greer, Ron" Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:00:46 +0200 hi i just need to know if i have a serious problem here, or if other people have experienced the same thing. ive managed to snag a couple of live joni recordings from various sources (a big* thank you to all those sources) while i do absolutely love the music (esp. "day in the garden" & "gene autrey western heritage museum) i find that i keep on listening to the portions in between songs, where joni is speaking. and, while i do find what she says interesting, the main reason is that i just absolutely love the sound of her voice - its just so hypnotic!!! do other people feel the same way about her speaking voice??? ron ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:28:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Rowe Subject: Re: jonis speaking voice Absolutely ... Joni's speaking voice is mesmerizing. It walks an ethereal tightrope stretched between the boundaries of speaking and singing. The lilt and phrasing of her speech makes me think that living and working with her must be something akin to inhabiting a real-life musical ... at any moment you'd expect her to break into song. Every unfinished thought a break ... every afterthought a coda ... there's no doubt that Joni Mithcell is one of the great "musical" speakers. Don Rowe ===== Visit me anytime at http://www.mp3.com/donrowe Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:40:29 -0600 From: "shane mattison" Subject: make-up artist joni divulged an incredible secret once in the company of warren beatty...the dialogue went something like the following... Joni: you know, you know, warren, what was found when tammy faye baker took off all her make-up, you know? Warren: i uh, i uh...gee, let's see...uh...gee i donno joni....what could it be? Joni: jimmy hoffa! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:58:10 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: jonis speaking voice In a message dated 7/20/01 1:55:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, les@jmdl.com writes: > do other people feel the same way about her speaking voice??? > > absolutely, she is simply eloquent. Rose in NJ rosemjoy@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 16:10:55 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Some thoughts on Joni and movies and pictures << All depends on how you look at it, my friend. >> True, but I would say that it's an injustice to Joni's best work to say that any of her records revolves around a single concept. They're so much more complex than that. That's why I'm here; I knew damn well that I could never figure it out on my own! Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 18:37:08 -0400 From: "Deb Messling" Subject: RE: jonis speaking voice Oh yes! If you have a lot of those live recordings, you'll notice her speaking voice has deepened over the years just as her singing voice has, but it's the same beautiful lilt and theatricality. Plus, her sentence structure is so interesting and her stories are amazing! Stephen Holden of the NY Times referred to her "slightly stilted, almost biblical manner of speaking," which is overstating it a bit, but I see what he means. Of course, the Canadian accent is so cute! (Do Canadians think the New Jersey accent is cute? I wonder). > do other people feel the same way about her speaking voice??? - ----------------------------------- Deb Messling =^..^= - ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 18:49:55 EDT From: Relayer211@aol.com Subject: Re: jonis speaking voice In a message dated 7/20/01 6:47:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, messling@enter.net writes: << her stories are amazing! >> I noticed in the JM companion, that she altered the details of the same stories in various interviews. Did anyone else notice this. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 19:26:46 -0400 From: "Deb Messling" Subject: RE: jonis speaking voice Altered her stories? But of course!! I attribute that to middle-aged memory lapses in some cases and artistic license in others. I know we're all supposed to believe that "Joni Mitchell Never Lies," and LIES is a nasty, strong word for what I'm talking about. Reading that Hadju book about Farina et al. reminded me that strong-minded, ambitious, creative people are often very conscious of the stories they weave and the image they project. I'm not sure that Joni will let the literal truth stand in the way of a good story! Maybe her story conveys some deeper truth, and may maybe it just supports the image that Joni as a businesswoman is selling to the public at a particular point in time. Years from now, when the authoritative biographies are written, maybe it will all get sorted out. In the meantime, I still like her stories. > I noticed in the JM companion, that she altered the details of > the same > stories in various interviews. Did anyone else notice this. - ----------------------------------- Deb Messling =^..^= - ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 19:46:29 -0400 From: Mags Subject: Re: jonis speaking voice Deb Messling wrote: > > > < Jersey accent is cute? I wonder).>> > > and now me: > first of all, this Canadian loves Joni's voice... (hey she doesnt have an > accent!! ;) and yes yes yesssssssss I sure do loooove that joisey boy...errr I mean his accent heehee.(which btw is not a joisey accent after all...) and yea I have heard that joisey thang goin' on when I was down there and I do like it a lot! love, Mags tgif xoxox ... - -- 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: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:18:35 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Joni on new benefit CD This item appeared in the 7/14/01 Billboard. I'm trying to get more info regarding Joni's contribution. Valley Entertainment will release 'The Great Stupa Project', a two-CD set benefiting a Tibetan Buddhist center in Colorado. Artists will include Billboard Century Award honoree for 1995 Joni Mitchell, Sting, Delbert McClinton, Leonard Cohen, and Graham Nash. Paz, aren't you affiliated with Valley? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 19:12:53 -0700 From: Leslie Mixon Subject: Steam, Soul & Bigots As a newcomer to the Central Valley of California, I've been steaming lately about Congressman Condit. In fact, I'm surprised that Condit has not been a topic of discussion on this list. "The congressman offered no apologies..." I've been out of the performing arena for about a year and a half now; last year due to illness and subsequently since we moved and left our former band. It was very meaningful that Julius included me in his "Soul" list. My humble "thank you" Sir. I would add Nina Simone, Ma Rainey, Johnny Heartsman, Joe Williams, Nat King Cole, Bessie Smith and Esther Phillips to your list, but as you said, it's impossible to add all those known and unknown. As a Jewish woman growing up in America, I experienced bigotry first-hand. Living in New York City (my grandparents emigrated to Ellis Island), many of our neighbors had numbers tattooed on their arms. Ironically, my own father was not much different than Archie Bunker, spewing expletives and derogatory remarks towards non-Jewish people; talk about hypocrisy. Just recently I was in a second-hand store and the clerk said to a customer, "Why are you trying to Jew me down in price?" Last week a co-worker referred to her boss as a Jewish American Prince. Even though I realize this is a display of ignorance on "their" part, it still hurts. It's still painful that a person would be thought of as "lesser than" because of their ethnicity or heritage. I live in a community now that has a large population of farm workers who grow and pick the food that is delivered to our tables - why are they commonly treated and referred to as "lesser than." Prejudice is something I can never rationalize in my own mind. Several years ago Joni was intereviewed by "Musician" (?) magazine and said the greatest compliment she's received is that her music is "...raceless and genderless..." Leslie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:13:44 EDT From: MGVal@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni on new benefit CD >Valley Entertainment will release 'The Great Stupa Project',> a two-CD set benefiting a Tibetan Buddhist center in Colorado.> Artists will include Billboard Century Award honoree for 1995> Joni Mitchell, Sting, Delbert McClinton, Leonard Cohen, and > Graham Nash. > > Paz, aren't you affiliated with Valley? No! I'm affliliated with Valley Entertainment! At least as long as the company is still in operation. (:-D MG - currently A/R Accountant ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 20:19:18 -0600 From: Les Irvin Subject: New interview Joniphiles - There's a very interesting interview just added to the JMDL site that contains lots of rare facts about Joni's early days. Check it out - http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/7702zz.cfm Thanks to Philip in Ireland for the submission. Les NP- Clem Snide "The Curse of Great Beauty" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 23:52:42 -0300 From: "Edgardo Viegas" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Feliz_D=EDa_del_Amigo?= Feliz dma del amigo para todos los miembros del JMDL EDGARDO VIEGAS:) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 23:14:14 -0400 From: Mags Subject: Re: Steam, Soul & Bigots Leslie Mixon wrote: > > < first-hand. Living in New York City (my grandparents emigrated to Ellis > Island), many of our neighbors had numbers tattooed on their arms. > Ironically, my own father was not much different than Archie Bunker, > spewing expletives and derogatory remarks towards non-Jewish people; > talk about hypocrisy. Just recently I was in a second-hand store and the > clerk said to a customer, "Why are you trying to Jew me down in price?" > Last week a co-worker referred to her boss as a Jewish American Prince. > Even though I realize this is a display of ignorance on "their" part, it > still hurts. It's still painful that a person would be thought of as > "lesser than" because of their ethnicity or heritage. >> Leslie, thank you for bringing your thoughts to the foreground. There are so many of these deeply embedded little 'expressions' which do slam into souls and cut deep, these little things that are so very much a "natural" part of our language, words and phrases that are deemed acceptable. With Brei as my best friend and partner, I am even more aware, painfully so, of the existing prejudice against the Jewish community. We have had countless talks about it, shed many tears together and I am shocked at the stories he has shared...of things he has heard, been called, assumptions made about him because he is Jewish....things he lives with in his every day existence. It sickens me, hurts me even more than ever. Ive always felt outrage at this (*&(^, always. It stings me deep and I come to his defense all the time, whenever the opportunity arises. It is important to, for me. I am amazed at the reactions to my Chai that Brei gave me as soon as people find out what it is, what it symbolizes , what it represents. I choose to wear mine on the outside and I think that is because I dare to, out of respect for Brei. This is how I choose to effect change in my life, I listen, learn, hear, speak out, and educate whenever I can. I cringe while I remember and face and address the racist atmosphere I grew up in. And no it is not something I am proud of...but what I am proud of is the fact that I am willing to take a good hard look at myself and make sure that I will not carry on in the footsteps of those who tried to teach me otherwise. Our histories (for we need to know that there is certainly more than 'one' history) bear witness to the existence of "otherness" and therein lies some twisted need to categorize everyone and put them in some neat and tidy white bread box. The gnarly roots of racism and prejudice lie deep within us and I do not understand why they exist. All I know is that I am aware and open to being challenged to think and rethink all of these issues. I am so grateful for the insight put forth this week by everyone involved. Let us keep talking . It is a long road with many a winding turn. > > > <> me too, this whole discussion around otherness is so very true. I learned something so meaningful while taking a Post Colonial Lit course at York a few years ago by my wonderful Professor Mukhurjee who opened my white girl eyes and helped me to feel things from her point of view. She taught us that it is very important to "see" colour and race and class and gender....to be blind to those things is hurtful...what she encouraged us to do was to acknowledge difference and honour and celebrate it. respectfully, Mags np: silence > - -- 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: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 00:45:39 EDT From: Lazyasz@aol.com Subject: OH MY GOD!!!!! Captain For Dark Mornings I have been interested in Laura Nyro, knowing that she's a contemporary for Joni Mitchell and that Joni has spoken highly of her, especially of New York Tendaberry. Well I was browsing on Amazon and I come across the page for Tendaberry. I see the song title CFDM and I'm thinking, oh this sounds like a Joni title. So I listen to the sample and it sounds intriguing and haunting. I then go to audiogalaxy.com and download the song. OH MY GOD!!!!! This song is soo gooood!!!!! And then I scan the article page at jmdl.com where I come upon a child of god-jk- but seriously a transcript of a radio show Joni did in England in 1983. She brings with her 12 songs she likes and they are played and commenting on them. Well what do I find but this: AP: The next choice is from Laura Nyro, desperately underplayed on the radio in this country. Really is. JM: Another great artist. AP: But why great to you? What is it that particularly appeals about her work? JM: Well, when I was first starting out, there weren't that many women that were writing, and I was pitted in the press in various combinations. You know, they try to put you into groups and schools, like to put you in some kind of neat filing system. Of all of the filing systems that I went into, she was one of the rare ones whose company I enjoyed. She's a great artist, you know, a complete original. You see a lot of her influence coming down now through the pop charts. Rickie Lee Jones has borrowed a lot from her, but somehow or other the way she put it together was all her own. AP: And this is "Captain for a Dark Morning." (Plays "Captain for a Dark Morning.") AP: The haunting voice of Laura Nyro. She really is a superb vocalist, isn't she? JM: Oh, yeah. She's got so much dynamic range and sense of theatre and composition. She's a great one. Let's just say I have sooo much more respect for Joni now. Conceding that she is not the queen of all female singer-songwriters!!! I'm going to get Tendaberry as soon as I can. What of Nyro's should I get after that? ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #223 ********************************* ------- 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?