From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #72 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, March 13 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 072 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: March 12 [les@jmdl.com] Today's Articles: March 12 [les@jmdl.com] Blue Tapestry Concert ["Clive Brothers" ] The Last Waltz ["William Waddell" ] Family of Tunings ["Laurent Olszer" ] Joni in AP English (part one of a long post in two parts) ["Mark Tatum" <] Joni in AP English (part two of long post) ["Mark Tatum" ] Waking The Dead [Phyliss Ward ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 03:12:03 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: March 12 On March 12 in Joni Mitchell History: 1967: Joni is in Philadelphia and is interviewed by Ed Sciaky. More info: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/670312wmmr.cfm 1974: Joni performs at the Seattle Center Arena - ------------------------ Search the "Today" database at http://www.jmdl.com/today ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 03:12:03 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Articles: March 12 On March 12 the following article was published: 1967: "Interview with Ed Sciaky" - WMMR (Interview - Audio Transcription) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/670312wmmr.cfm - ------------------------ http://www.jmdl.com/articles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:50:39 +0000 From: "Clive Brothers" Subject: Blue Tapestry Concert Absolutely sublime Joni and Carole King.The best concert I've been to in years.While/Matthews/Allcock etc played over two hours of tributes to our great heroes.Songs such as:A Case Of You,Amelia,Coyote,BYT,Free Man In Paris,In France TKIMS,California,Raised on Robbery,Help Me,Little Green,You Turn MOIAR plus all the great CK classics. Wow,I'm still reeling from the ecstasy of it all.What a shame it's only a one month tour.I want to go again!Nobody in the 200-strong Oxford shire audience wanted to leave the club.We really rocked last night and the standard of musicianship was extraordinarily high.These guys really know there craft and played many different instruments.They're ex-Fairport/Jethro Tull/Albion CB etc.(personal friends with Richard Thompson).This was a trully wonderful night for a Joni nut like me. There are still some gigs left to play in England in March.Look at the website WhileandMatthews.co.uk. CBros _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 05:44:38 -0600 From: "William Waddell" Subject: The Last Waltz Bob wrote (on The Last Waltz ); This is fab news! WtS _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:32:58 -0000 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: Family of Tunings Thanks to Sue's brilliant idea, I decided to reorganize my Joni tablatures by family of tunings. This saves so much time I would say it's the greatest thing since mouse traps. This french jazz singer I've began playing with has a voice and a range that is uncannily similar to Joni (whom she barely even heard of up to 1 month ago). So the time has come to get serious. Looking at the JMDL guitar search engine, I noticed some tablatures are made from the Hits/Misses versions. I never bought these CDs thinking these were the same versions as on the albums. Was I wrong? Sue, Marian, Howard, anybody pleaaaaase can you help me out with Dog Eat Dog's tuning/chords? Laurent ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:12:49 -0600 From: "Mark Tatum" Subject: Joni in AP English (part one of a long post in two parts) Hi. I'm a lurker on the Joni-only list, but I wanted to tell you about a little project I undertook recently to acquaint some high school students with Joni. There is a teacher at the high school where my wife teaches who teaches Advanced Placement English to seniors. She taught my son and is an excellent teacher, so I decided to see if she would like to teach a lesson on song lyrics as poetry and use some of Joni's lyrics as the focus. I put together a lesson plan and gave it to her, and she gladly agreed to use it. The first part of the lesson was done by the class as a whole. They were given some biographical info on Joni first because I'm sure the great majority would have no idea who she was. They also got a handout with definitions of a dozen poetic devices, including the usual simile and metaphor, but also apostrophe and metonymy. Finally, they got a copy of the lyrics to "The Last Time I Saw Richard", and they were asked to find examples of various poetic devices in the lyrics and to answer a couple of questions about the song. Then they listened to the song to see how Joni put the words to music. In the next part of the lesson, the class was divided into four groups, and each group was given a different song on which to work. The four songs were "Furry Sings the Blues", "Little Green", "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire", and "Amelia". As before, they looked for poetic devices and answered questions about the song. However, each group also got a sealed envelope that they were not to open until after they had answered all the questions. I put some interested info in each envelope to shed further light on the song. Then they were asked to reconsider their answers and answer a couple of additional questions. For example, on Furry I first had asked if they thought the song was purely fictional or not and why. Then, in the envelope I gave them info on Furry Lewis and his complaint about Joni putting him in her song. They were then asked if they thought his complaint was valid or not and w! hy, and t thought the bronze statue of W.C. Handy or Joni's song about Furry was the better way of "immortalizing" each musician. (end of part one) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:38:48 -0600 From: "Mark Tatum" Subject: Joni in AP English (part two of long post) In the last part of the lesson, each group was asked to make a short presentation to the class on that group's song. The rest of the class got a copy of the lyrics so they could follow along in the discussion. Finally, after each presentation, the song was played. That was the first time anyone in the class had heard the song. After the song was played, the students could comment on the song. How did it go? Well, although I was not present during either of the two 90-minute periods that the lesson took up, I heard some very good things about it. As you might expect, it took a little while for Joni to win them over. They did not warm up immediately to her singing and apparently weren't too taken with it on "The Last Time I Saw Richard". I think we all would agree that she often can be a "hard listen" at first, and I think that would especially be true considering what they are used to listening to these days. However, I thought that breaking them into groups to study her songs and then make a presentation would give them some "ownership" in their song and get them to take a deeper look. That seems to have worked because by the end there were several who made comments on how much they enjoyed it. The two favorites were Little Green and Furry. I hear that in the group studying Little Green, one of the boys indicated he didn't care for studying the song lyrics as poetry, but his girlfriend, who also was in that group, told him in no uncertain terms that she did not agree, and for him not to try to force his opinion on the rest of the group! I don't know if any of them will follow up by listening to Joni's music, but I think they had a good time and learned something about poetry and about her. The teacher intends to use the lesson again next year. I'm just glad I didn't suggest that they watch the Grammy Awards to see her get the "Lifetime Achievement Award". ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:49:12 +0000 From: pyramus@lineone.net Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Blue=20Tapestry?= On Sunday night I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Blue Tapestry concert in East Grinstead, U.K. For those who don't know, Blue Tapestry is the name of a nationwide tour presently undertaken by the folk duo While and Matthews, celebrating the music of Joni Mitchell and Carole King. I think Paul Castle mentioned this on the list a few weeks ago. Thanks Paul. Were you there? See here for an explanation of the tour and band list. http://www.mattwhile.fsnet.co.uk/Blue_Tapestryx.html Sundays concert was held at the Chequer Mead Arts Centre, East Grinstead (my home town) in the south of England. The music space is an auditorium with stalls and circle. It's intimate without being being cramped; plenty of leg room! Sound wise it was marvellous, although with the high ceiling I rather wished I had got a circle seat instead of the stalls, but nevermind. Here's the playlist: I Feel the Earth Move (Carole KIng) Help Me It's Too Late (CK) Amelia Beautiful (CK) You Turn Me On (I'm a Radio) Little Green So Far Away (CK) California Carey Free Man in Paris Interval In France They Kiss on Main Street Home Again (CK) Coyote Will You Still Love me Tomorrow (CK) Case of You Raised on Robbery Tapestry (CK) Smackwater Jack (CK) You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman (CK) Where you Lead (CK) Encore Big Yellow Taxi You've Got a Friend (CK) If you have the time I urge you to go and see them. Trust me these guys are a lot of fun, extemely accomplished and very true to Joni and Carole. There are still plenty of dates left around the country and they have added some more in The Netherlands. See here for the updated tour schedule. http://www.mattwhile.fsnet.co.uk/Tour_Datesx.html Incidentally, the website states that there will be an album later in the year. Let's hope so. ~Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:53:05 EST From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni in AP English (part one of a long post in two parts) In a message dated 3/12/2002 2:06:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, MTatum@mail.lasccoa.state.la.us writes: > Hi. I'm a lurker on the Joni-only list, but I wanted to tell you about a > little project I undertook recently to acquaint some high school students > with Joni. Hi Mark, and thanks for delurking. What an excellent project to take on. I wish more teachers would use Joni's lyrics (or even other songwriters) for educating students. I know I would have enjoyed poetry a lot more if the teachers would have used song lyrics. I would really like to know how the group who had "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" presented that discussion. Actually, I would like to know how *each* group interpreted the lyrics to their assigned song. What a fun project. Thanks for sharing! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:53:52 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: A couple of Joni films Was wondering if anyone can provide some information on the following Joni-movie questions: - - A 1986 Jean Luc-Godard made for TV film, "Grandeur et Dicadence D'Un Petit Commerce De Cinema" has some JC, either a Joni song or something. Anybody know anything about this flick? - -A 1985 film called "Fantastic All-Electric Music Movie" lists Joni as a cast member. I'm assuming it's a performance piece as the other "cast" members include Jim Croce, Stan Kenton, The Kinks, & Melanie. ANy knowledge on THIS one? I'll do some info-hunting on my end, just wondering if anybody's heard of these... Bob NP: Joe Jackson, "Target" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 16:17:17 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: RE: A couple of Joni films Thanks, Wally...I saw that link, was wondering what "Original" music meant. It's probably just a song off one of her records, but if it's not, and it is indeed some original music, then I'm TREMBLING with excitement! Bob NP: Joe Jackson, "A Slow Song" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:00:58 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: A couple of Joni films oh no, not godard. it is surely something from one her albums, although now i am CONSUMED by DOUBT and ANXIETY. wally - -----Mensaje original----- De: SCJoniGuy@aol.com [mailto:SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Enviado el: Martes, 12 de Marzo de 2002 06:17 p.m. Para: wallykai@fibertel.com.ar CC: joni@smoe.org Asunto: RE: A couple of Joni films Thanks, Wally...I saw that link, was wondering what "Original" music meant. It's probably just a song off one of her records, but if it's not, and it is indeed some original music, then I'm TREMBLING with excitement! Bob NP: Joe Jackson, "A Slow Song" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:41:51 -0800 From: Phyliss Ward Subject: Waking The Dead Sorry if this has been mentioned before but if it was, I missed it. The movie "Waking The Dead" (available on DVD) actually opens with Joni singing the first verse of ACOY. Then, half way through they play another verse. It is a story of intense love and politics. Just an ok movie but the music blew my mind! - -- Phyliss mailto:phyliss@goldenfigclay.com ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #72 ******************************** ------- 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?