From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #363 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, November 24 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 363 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: -------- Today's Articles: November 23 [les@jmdl.com] Re: JMDL Digest V2001 #560 - River, Armatrading, Kennedy, Merchant [BRYAN] Thanksgiving [pyramus@lineone.net] Hejira is 25! ["Russell Bowden" ] Fwd: musical scales [CarltonCT@aol.com] Get Music.com [Michael Paz ] Repeating: Joni on hi-rez digiital, 100% JC ["Jim L'Hommedieu \(Lama\)" <] Re: Get Music.com [RoseMJoy@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 03:06:16 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Articles: November 23 On November 23 this article was published: 1985: "Dog Eat Dog" - Melody Maker (Review - Album, with photographs) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/851123mm.cfm - ------------------------ The JMDL Article Database has 651 titles. http://www.jmdl.com/articles ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 03:25:32 EST From: BRYAN8847@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2001 #560 - River, Armatrading, Kennedy, Merchant This may have been posted earlier, but there's a version of River being used in a holiday TV commercial in rotation now. I think it's the Kenny Lattimore (sp?) vocal; it accompanies some techy company's promotion of a service that sends messages to American military people overseas. I love Joan Armatrading too (yet another immensely talented but under-recognized artist), though I haven't kept up with all her recordings. Down to Zero and Call Me Names stand out. Joan was one of the entertainers at the kick-off of the downtown Seattle holiday festival five-six years ago (on the Friday after Thanksgiving, actually). She stood on a high balcony in front of a shopping mall, in cold, pouring rain and cheerfully sang to an audience consisting largely of families-with-kids, most of whom had no clue who she was, I'm sure. Of course there were a number of crazed Armatrading fans in the rain too. Brian Kennedy: I do remember his lovely pop/jazz work in the early 90s (it was played locally by a particular radio station that has since stopped playing quality music and now plays shlock). But wasn't he Van Morrison's back-up singer/emcee during the Dylan/Mitchell/Morrison tour? I think so. Natalie Merchant: This isn't a diss, really. I have TRIED to like her. But I can't get past that weird thing she does with her voice at the end of at least half her lines ("ahhhewwwwaaahhhhhewwww"). You know. Happy holiday weekend, everyone. Bryan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:46:02 +0000 From: pyramus@lineone.net Subject: Thanksgiving Hi Suze. <> Your comments made me stop and think. Thank you for that. Take care Kevin P.S. I'm sure you'll soon whip your hubby into shape. Good luck with the teenagers though! :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 8:16:23 -0800 From: "Russell Bowden" Subject: Hejira is 25! Gang, Thanks to Today in Joni History for the reminder that Hejira is now a quarter century old. It's been a great 25 year relationship.....undoubtedly the best I've had in my whole life. Thanks to Joni for creating much of the descriptive narration of my journey. How DID you do it, Ms. Mitchell? Oh, that's right, you're a genius!!! I met a friend of spirit......indeed!! Hope you all had a peaceful Thanksgiving. (burp!) Love to all, Russ NP: Refuge of the Roads - --- Russell Bowden - --- russbowden@earthlink.net - --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:54:56 EST From: CarltonCT@aol.com Subject: Fwd: musical scales Return-path: From: CarltonCT@aol.com Full-name: CarltonCT Message-ID: <148.50d9de2.292fed3a@aol.com> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:19:38 EST Subject: Re: musical scales To: FredNow@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 28 Fred, Loved this post! Maybe you can give us all a fuller explanation of modal vs. non-modal. As someone who loves Indian music, I hear Indian qualities in Joni's music. Joni is a great admirer of John McLaughlin, whose own guitar playing has Indian influences. John and Joni are also fond of chord progressions which leave the upper strings as drones -- a sitar like quality. Or bagpipes. After learning to play a lot of Joni's songs on the guitar, you get to see that her compositions sometimes obey certain fingering patterns as opposed to harmonic ones. It's like some of her chords are happy accidents that pick up strange little hitch hikers ('scuse the mixed metaphor, but its appropriate). Standard tuning is the best one for guitarists to find fullest expression and accuracy, but it is often open and alternate tunings which force a composer to consider fresh melodies and irregular chord structures. I recall an interview in which Joni said Wayne Shorter questioned her about going from sus chord to sus chord without resolutions, but I think this is as much a question of the practical limitations of fingerings in an open tuning as it is an artistic choice. In the end, it is often Joni's little dissonance's which make her music so haunting and distinctive. I agree that in Joni's early work that her guitar pieces stand as almost separate compositions and that her later work became more of a basis for poetry that cannot be confined to less flexible melodies. Sorry I haven't written much to the list lately, but I am finishing up what I hope is my own science fantasy masterpiece. love and music, Clark NP: Stevie W. - Songs in the Key of Life ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:28:36 -0800 From: Michael Paz Subject: Get Music.com Hi All I was just checking out some Joni videos at this website (www.getmusic.com). Thanks to Shane! I also did a search on Ryan Adams and they had quite a few songs and a few interview clips. There is also some cool Jonatha stuff on there as well. The last three parts of hers are actual songs (Digging, Linger, and Red Dress) the rest is just interview. Check it out!! Having a great weekend, Paz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 23:13:48 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu \(Lama\)" Subject: Repeating: Joni on hi-rez digiital, 100% JC Joni's 21st audio release, "Both Sides Now" is now available on DVD-A. This new format is playable as 5.1 audio on all DVD players (as I understand it) but the new DVD-Audio players will make available to the purchaser a high resolution version of "BSN". While the catalog I read today said that the DVD-Video compatible version is 5.1, I don't know if the hi-rez version is also more than 2 channels. The catalog doesn't state that the new disc has a CD layer, so you probably *can't* play it on your computer's CD-ROM, a Walkman style CD player, or a car CD player. Oh, yeah, you pay a premium for this DVD-A disc. As far as I know, "BSN" has not yet been available on vinyl, so the new hi-rez DVD-A may be the highest fidelity yet available of this title. If you must own it, www.amusicdirect.com or call 1 (800) 449 - 8333 in the USA. I haven't heard it and don't yet have a DVD player of any kind, let alone a DVD-Audio player. As is usually the case, Sony/Phillips have a competing, incompatible format. I recently heard Sony's SACD changer ($350 USD) and I was startled by the smoothness, shimmering cymbals, and transient speed from this modestly priced box. I just saw that they also offer a $299 single play SACD/CD/DVD-Video/CD-R player. Lama ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 23:53:11 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Get Music.com In a message dated 11/23/01 10:23:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, jmichaelpaz@telocity.com writes: > ! I also did a search on Ryan Adams and they had quite a few > songs and a few interview clips. They also had a video of New York, New York; it was ironic that it was filmed on September 7, 2001. In the backdrop were the Twin Towers. ps: I like his hair happy now Bob that I posted lol ~rose in nj ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #363 ********************************* ------- 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?