From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #308 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, October 3 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 308 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. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- John McLaughlin and Joni [CarltonCT@aol.com] Today in Joni History: October 2 [les@jmdl.com] Today's Articles: October 2 [les@jmdl.com] Re: Saturday w/JM- my report ["Raffaele Malanga" ] Re:Covers #22, reporting for duty! [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: John McLaughlin and Joni [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re:Covers #22, reporting for duty! [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: John McLaughlin and Joni ["Leslie Ross" ] Re: Joni's upcoming project ["Kakki" ] Shadows and Light biography ["Paul Castle" ] Re: Shadows and Light biography ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Re: OK more of a report - long ;-) [FredNow@aol.com] Chicago Chefs United for Disaster Relief [FredNow@aol.com] Re: Joni's upcoming project [Reuben3rd@aol.com] Joni's New Project- Fantasies ["Jamie Zubairi" ] Re: Joni's New Project- Fantasies [Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Saturday w/JM- my report "Stephen Epstein" wrote: <> First of all thanks Stephen and Kakki for the wonderful report. For all UK and European listers, this could be our opportunity to get some sort of connection with Joni. Apparently she'll be in London in November, maybe we could hang around some grill or cafe bar waiting for her to turn up. Problem is: there are thousands of cafes in London... Any ideas? Raffaele _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 07:44:58 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re:Covers #22, reporting for duty! This has been one of my favorite covers to date. Thanks Bob and to all the contributors. I've been playing #22 over and over since Friday. Christine Sullivan just knocks me over, and Joanne Blouin is superb too. Of course there's no one like Lydia Van Dam, and I will always thank Uncle John and Monica in Holland for her wonderful CD. Thanks again Bob, and for you folks that don't have any of the "Joni covers", definitely GET THIS one!!!! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:20:40 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: John McLaughlin and Joni <> Tell you what, Clark...send me that covers preview with Osmond doing "2GR" & I'll send you those Mingus demos! ;~)** Bob NP: XTC, "Roads Girdle The Globe" **Bullsh*t alert...neither Clark nor I have the recordings mentioned in this post. Additionally, Clark was NOT the lead in "A Strange Boy". ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:33:57 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re:Covers #22, reporting for duty! <> I'm happy to make a copy of this collection (or any of the previous volumes) for anybody who'd like them. Just let me know offlist and I'll get you hooked up! In the meantime, if you're feeling lucky, maybe you can scam a FREEBIE copy of Volume #22! Tell me a Joni song and the album it appears on, and whoever's closest wins! Last month we had a double winner, Blair & Brian. Someone will win, it may as well be you! :~) Be sure and send me your guess privately...and if you want any additioanl info about Joni's covers, check out "Joni Undercover" at the JMDL site. (Note: International terrorists, or those who house them, are not eligible for this contest!) So...let the games begin! Bob NP: XTC, "millions" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:52:48 +0000 From: "Leslie Ross" Subject: Re: John McLaughlin and Joni ...thank God for that. I can stop screaming now. Les (London) >Bob > >**Bullsh*t alert...neither Clark nor I have the recordings mentioned in >this post. Additionally, Clark was NOT the lead in "A Strange Boy". _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:24:51 -0400 From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Joni in Stereophile magazine October 2001 Comparisons between the LP and CD editions of Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark....have always had me concluding that compared to the LP's the CD's were good but lacked resolution of inner detail, transient speed, transparency, natural decay, and overall musical excitement. Going from the Gold CD to the LP of Court and Spark, for instance, is usually like removing a sound-muffling. defocusing blanket separating me from the performance. On most players I've heard, what the CD fogs over and the LP reveals is Mitchell's location in a vocal booth, her pedal work on the piano, and the instrument's location and size. The 3D's [a $5000 cd player] performance on Court and Spark was impressive: I heard all of those things easily. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:21:35 EDT From: Merk54@aol.com Subject: Re: an hour with Joni Anne said if she could spend 1 hour with Joni... "I'd play one or two of my songs for her and we'd look at the lyrics. I'd ask her what she honestly thought." Wow, Anne! I've always admired your courage, but this might take the cake! Even Sir Elton admitted to being a little intimidated in her presence. But what a great way to spend time with her! I hope you get that hour someday. Jack ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:52:09 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Subject: Saturday w/JM- my report- rather long stephen wrote, "thrilling to be able to share it with a like-minded lister instead of a friend who just doesn't get it the same way we all do!" thanks stephen! yes, that makes it all the sweeter that the 2 of you shared this together...it strikes me as so perfect that joni, with homes in los angeles & vancouver (area) met the 2 of you...kakki from la & stephen from vancouver! ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics www.polysonics.com Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:28:39 -0400 From: Anne Sandstrom Subject: RE: an hour with Joni Gee Jack, I'm not sure how I should take this (LOL) Well, I've always considered her my teacher when it comes to writing lyrics. I'd love to get a 'grade.' lots of love Anne ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:39:26 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Joni's upcoming project Raffaele wrote: >For all UK and European listers, this could be our >opportunity to get some sort of connection with Joni. >Apparently she'll be in London in November, maybe we > could hang around some grill or cafe bar waiting for her >to turn up. You'll have to send in any news you hear on this. It would be nice if you can listen in a bit, too! This was posted here before but after talking with her last weekend I wanted to think again about the songs she will be reworking. She is very much into this project. This ought to be a completely awesome work. Here's what she said in the recent Billboard interview: "I'm recording 24 of my songs, with handpicked players from the [London] Philharmonic and some of the BBC's players to make the strongest orchestra we can put together in London. We did the last one that way, and now we're doing a two-record set of new arrangements of my music that we'll record in November for Reprise." Which songs has she selected for the program? "The ones that have classical compositional aspects," she says, citing "Coyote," "The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)," "Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune)," "For the Roses," "Just Like This Train," and "The Last Time I Saw Richard." "Also," she adds, " 'Refuge of the Roads,' for instance, translates really beautifully to this approach, as does 'Borderline' and 'Cherokee Louise.' We're also doing 'The Dawntreader' from my first record. I'm just distilling what I think are essential songs in terms of my best writing but bearing in mind what translates to symphonic production." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:31:05 +0100 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: Shadows and Light biography I had to pop into Helter Skelter bookshop today and was pleased to see Karen O'Brien's book on sale already - (officially not published until this Friday) - displayed with a sign saying 'Book of the Month', along with quite a few promotional posters throughout the shop - and they were playing 'Blue' in the shop, which made my visit a whole lot longer than I'd intended!! Found myself browsing the shelves and singing out loud a couple of times - embarrassing - I can't take myself anywhere!! PaulC jfp; 'The Kiss' by Ghostland (an old Judee Sill song, vocals by Jane Siberry) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:45:38 -0400 From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: Shadows and Light biography Paul Castle wrote: > I had to pop into Helter Skelter bookshop today > and was pleased to see Karen O'Brien's book > on sale already - (officially not published until this > Friday) - displayed with a sign saying 'Book of the > Month', along with quite a few promotional posters > throughout the shop - and they were playing 'Blue' > in the shop, which made my visit a whole lot longer > than I'd intended!! Found myself browsing the shelves > and singing out loud a couple of times - embarrassing - > I can't take myself anywhere!! It isn't listed yet in Books In Print. Does anyone have any idea of when and if it will be published in the U.S. or Canada? Must we beg, borrow, and cajole or British cohorts across the ocean??!! Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:47:13 +0100 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: Re: Shadows and Light biography Cindy wrote: > you *did* already start begging for the promo posters, right???? Cindy - no, foolishly it never crossed my mind - but I'll have a go at tracking one down for you - it was a blow up of the front cover. Had a good day today - also went to Cheapo Cheapo Records in Berwick Street and picked up the Ghostland CD and an old favourite of mine (which I hadn't up-graded to CD) - Phoebe Snow's first album - for 4 quid each! PaulC, aka the absent minded jmdler np: Harpo's Blues by Phoebe Snow ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:59:44 EDT From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: Re: OK more of a report - long ;-) "Mark or Travis" wrote: >> Please, there may be children reading this ... "lecky deck" is >preferred. >> >> -Fred > >ROTFLMAO!!!! Thank you, Fred!! My pleasure ... anything to lighten the load. - -Fred ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:54:04 EDT From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: Chicago Chefs United for Disaster Relief CHICAGO CHEFS, GOVERNOR, MAYOR, AND CARDINAL UNITE TO AID ATTACK VICTIMS More than 50 of Chicago's top restaurants and chefs will come together Monday, October 8th, in a fundraising effort to aid victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The event, Chicago Chefs United for Disaster Relief will take place in Chicago's Navy Pier Ballroom from 5:30-8:30. A440 Music Group has been asked to produce the music for the event, which will include Chicago vocalist Jackie Allen, pianist Fred Simon, and Steve Cole. Hope to see you there for an evening of fine food, drink, music and, most importantly, a good cause. Tickets are $50 and may be purchased by calling the Illinois Restaurant Association at 312/787-4000. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 19:14:36 EDT From: Reuben3rd@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's upcoming project AAAHHH! While I'm more of a fan of Joni's mid 70's on, "The Dawntreader" is one of my early favorites. I can't wait to hear these new versions. I've been listening a lot to the Hissing demos and to Chalkmark in a Rainstorm, both of which I find extremely soothing. Reuben ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 00:44:53 +0100 From: "Jamie Zubairi" Subject: Joni's New Project- Fantasies Hello All I was just thinking about wouldn't it be fantastic if Joni would consider doing Slouching Towards Bethlehem with the orchestra? I can imagine a wall of percussion and this outlandish, I dunno, bombastic (for the want of a better word...) brass and this swirling strings section and of course, soaring all over this, would be Joni's voice, raging and raging... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 20:58:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni's New Project- Fantasies - --- Jamie Zubairi wrote: > Hello All > > I was just thinking about > > wouldn't it be fantastic if Joni would consider > doing Slouching Towards > Bethlehem with the orchestra? I can imagine a wall > of percussion and this > outlandish, I dunno, bombastic (for the want of a > better word...) brass and > this swirling strings section and of course, soaring > all over this, would be > Joni's voice, raging and raging... Yes! This sounds fantastic! 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