From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #53 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 Friday, February 22 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 053 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 in History: February 21 [les@jmdl.com] Today's Articles: February 21 [les@jmdl.com] Joni News [Michael Paz ] Re: A Free cover 4U!! [Michael Paz ] Gettin Excited! [CoyoteRick@aol.com] new cd? [Lazyasz@aol.com] Toller Cranston autobiography [evian ] outstanding royalties for joni!! ["flopit" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 03:19:57 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: February 21 On February 21 in Joni Mitchell History: 1966: Chuck and Joni Mitchell perform the last of seven nights in a row at the Chess Mate in Detroit. 2001: Tonight at the Grammy Awards, Carlos Santana and Joni Mitchell came onstage to announce the winner for Album of the Year. The two stood unaffected by the massive crowd, lights, or anything else for that matter. Patiently, they delivered the pre-fabricated patter leading up to opening the envelope. As Santana ripped the envelope, Mitchell spoke the inevitable, "And the winner for best album of the year is" when Santana suddenly chimed in, "'A Love Supreme' by John Coltrane!" They both smiled deeply. It turned out that Eminem really won the Best Album, but the album of the year for Santana and Joni Mitchell was "A Love Supreme." More info: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/011113nmm.cfm - ------------------------ Search the "Today" database at http://www.jmdl.com/today ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 03:19:57 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Articles: February 21 On February 21 the following articles were published: 1978: "The Queens of Rock" - US (Biography, with photographs) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/780221us.cfm 2001: "Ballad of the Rude Canadian" - Toronto Globe and Mail (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/010221tgam.cfm - ------------------------ http://www.jmdl.com/articles ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:10:34 -0800 From: Michael Paz Subject: Joni News I don't know if anyone posted this, but thought I would pass it on Love Paz ANDREW FLYNN Canadian Press Tuesday, February 19, 2002 Joni Mitchell will receive a Grammy award for lifetime achievement next week. TORONTO (CP) - A lifetime achievement Grammy seems a somewhat overdue honour to bestow upon Joni Mitchell, given the impressive battery of career accolades she's already had. When the singer finally receives that award next week, it can join the host on her shelf: five Grammys, a Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Rolling Stone's artist of the year, Billboard Magazine's century award and her entry in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (the first Canadian woman to make it there). The awards are wonderful, but not enough to do her justice, says longtime friend and manager, Sam Feldman. "I think that the real acclaim that she should have had is subverted by the commercial goals of the industry at large and the media," says Feldman, who is admittedly biased in Mitchell's favour. And that's not just because Mitchell's folk-rock heyday is now a matter of nostalgic myth to the rock video generation. "It's not so much which palette she's painting on, it's more that there's a huge exploitation process that happens in our society that more often than not ignores true artistry." Feldman is not suggesting that Mitchell feels unappreciated, nor that she is hungry for the praise of her peers or publicity. "It's impossible - Joni Mitchell cannot pander. It's not in her chemistry to ever do anything for commercial purpose," says Feldman. "If she thought she was, inadvertently, I'm sure she would take a left turn." The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock refers to her as "one of the most respected singer/songwriters in rock. . . also one of its most daring and uncompromising innovators." The Oxford Companion to Popular Music says Mitchell is "probably the most important woman songwriter of her era." The influence Mitchell has had on other artists throughout her career is undeniable. But she remains an elusive personality, holed up in her Los Angeles villa until it suits her to emerge: in 1997 she declined to appear at her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, but she did attend the unveiling of her star on Canada's Walk of Fame last October. Mitchell's Lifetime Achievement Grammy will be handed out at a members-only Grammy-week ceremony. Awards will also go to Al Green, Rosemary Clooney, late bandleader-pianist Count Basie and the late crooner Perry Como. It was not certain that Mitchell would attend, as she is currently in the studio recording an album. She is a study in contradiction - her privacy is paramount, but Mitchell expresses herself so thoroughly and intimately that her art invites a personal emotional connection. "She's a complete and utter inspiration, no two ways about it," says Winnipeg-born singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. "Just that she could believe in herself so much. I recently bought (1974's) Court and Spark again. I was just blown away by the way that she just seemed to dive into that record. You get the feeling that there's no turning back. This is so real; she meant it, every note, every phrase and she was not going to question herself on any level. You get the sense that it's really her and not a lot of guidance coming from around her." Even as she draws an audience in, there's a distance between Mitchell and her art. "To me there's no getting inside Joni Mitchell's head," Kreviazuk says. "I don't get a sense that you could learn how to do what she does." Born Roberta Joan Anderson in 1943 in Fort Macleod, Alta., and raised in Saskatchewan, Mitchell has bounced between suffering and prosperity throughout her life. At the age of nine she contracted polio and at 20 gave birth to a daughter by an ex-boyfriend from college. She married singer Chuck Mitchell soon after, but the baby was given up for adoption. Her career blossomed and by 1974 she was on charts and touring with the biggest names around. She recorded hits (Big Yellow Taxi, Help Me, Woodstock) and moved into legend, establishing lasting musical ties - and sometimes romantic relationships - with an elite circle including James Taylor, Graham Nash, Neil Young and David Crosby. She would later return to visual art, an early passion, with a critically well-received exposition of 87 original paintings that debuted last year at Saskatoon's Mendel Art Gallery. "There's musicians, there's artists and there's entertainers. Sometimes they cross over," says Feldman, who manages Mitchell from Vancouver with partner Steve Macklam. "There's some talent that is so huge, it's undeniable, it's not going to be held back - it's too good, it's too meaningful, it connects with people too heavily." In 1997 Mitchell's personal life came full circle - she finally regained contact with her long-lost daughter, Kilauren Gibb. The reunion was reported widely as a joyful event but even that turned bittersweet as a custody battle between Gibb and a former boyfriend caused turbulence. In January 2000, police were called to the singer's home during a quarrel involving Mitchell and her daughter. The incident turned up in court records filed by Gibb's ex-boyfriend. But Mitchell has never morbidly trafficked in her own personal woes, nor has she flaunted her huge success. Instead, she has produced art. "In a way, she has talked about all of those personal things in her music, not so it comes across as 'there once was a little girl with polio,' " says Allen MacInnis, artistic director of the Prairie Theatre Exchange in Winnipeg. MacInnis created and directed Joni Mitchell: River, a play based on 28 of Mitchell's songs that runs through the arc of a fictional love affair using only Mitchell's lyrics and music. "She creates for you a way of understanding being isolated and then being pulled back into the world or giving up something in order to have something else," he says. "What her lyrics are about is an incredible specificity and a poetry that in just a few words says everything you need to say, it has such impact. Plus, I think the word is probity, a perfect match very often between music and lyric." In an age where careers are measured in months rather than years, modern musicians see Mitchell as standing for art over image, says Kreviazuk. "The thing about Joni Mitchell is that she brings you back to square. No matter what's going on out there, if I consider her voice, her lyrics, her thing, I can never ever imagine writing anything quite so poignant, so beautiful. She's the real deal ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:20:07 -0800 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: A Free cover 4U!! This is really a great cut and I enjoyed very much today at work. Thanks for the link Bob. Paz on 2/20/02 10:10 AM, SCJoniGuy@aol.com at SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: > Hey - take a break from your work day and enjoy a soothing Joni cover! This > one is "I Don't Know Where I Stand", one of the loveliest Joni songs ever, > performed by Leora Cashe. > > http://www.leoracashe.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:41:29 EST From: CoyoteRick@aol.com Subject: Gettin Excited! This was the headline of an online newsletter I received at work today - don't think my heart didn't skip a few beats! Miles Of Aisles At The NRA Show Study, sample, sip and savor the hottest items from more than 2,100 exhibitors at the National Restaurant Association Restaurant, HotelMotel Show, May 18 to 21 in Chicago. Hundreds of new products will be introduced to the industry at the show. Get on the fast track to success and register for the show. I'll be there if any Chicago area JMDLers wanna get together! No regrets, Coyote Rick Casa Alegre Hollywood, California "Only fools are afraid to be burned by fire..." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:39:52 EST From: Lazyasz@aol.com Subject: new cd? any idea when the orchestral cd and film are coming out? np - Laura Nyro (Map to the Treasure) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 00:44:25 -0600 From: evian Subject: Toller Cranston autobiography Hey Y'all, I am sure this has been posted ages ago, but just in case, here it is. While waiting for my coffee in Starbucks at Chapters yesterday, I glanced at the closest shelves and saw the Toller Cranston autobiography. I looked at the index and saw that there were 5 pages devoted to our Joan. I quickly scanned them, and he goes into detail about the Hejira shoot, and he said something like "Joni Mitchell was the one who taught me how to ride in a limo" or something like that (he recounts some story about meeting her in a limo in Toronto or something). He also talked about going to a party at her house with a bunch of famous people, and mentioned that Nicholson snubbed him, and he said that basically everyone was higher than kites, but of course, being the goody-twoshoes skater, he refused to partake. LOL, well, I know none of this sounds interesting, but there was more, but I couldn't read it because the Starbucks chick was having a breakdown because my coffee was done and she couldn't see me, so I had to run and get my coffee before I sent her into hysterics. I would have bought the book, but he seemed so smarmy I could have puked. On sort of the same note, I saw the other day some new Crosby book that had Joni mentionings within it, but the new JT bio seems like Joni content is sparse (of course, for forty-fucking-seven dollars, I just refused to buy it yet again -- what the hell is up with a $47 book -- wait, maybe it was 42.99 -- anyway, it was over 40, and I was just feeling too cheap). Anyhoooo, just thought I'd share. TGIF y'all (y'all, y'all, y'all, as my cough-syprup drinkin' buddy Liz Taylor would say!), Evian ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:02:45 +0200 From: "flopit" Subject: outstanding royalties for joni!! interesting site at http://www.performersmoney.ppluk.com it lsts all the artists that are being looked for so that outstanding royalties can be paid. interestingly enough, the list includes one joni mitchell who is owed money iro "at last" ron ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #53 ******************************** ------- 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?