From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #182 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 Monday, June 24 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 182 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 Library Links: June 23 [ljirvin@adelphia.net] Jonifest 2002- It's not too late! [AsharaProducLLC@aol.com] just ice ["J.David Sapp" ] long time gone [cul ] Places To Come From, Places To Go [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: JMDL Digest V2002 #264 - not funny [BRYAN8847@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 03:17:14 -0400 From: ljirvin@adelphia.net Subject: Today's Library Links: June 23 On June 23 the following items were published: 1998: "Back to the Garden" - Orange County Times Herald (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/980623octhx.cfm 1998: "Back to the Garden" - Orange County Times Herald (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/980623octh.cfm 1998: "Back to the Garden" - SonicNet website (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/980623sn.cfm 1998: "Back to the Garden" - Los Angeles Times (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/980623lat.cfm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:29:23 EDT From: AsharaProducLLC@aol.com Subject: Jonifest 2002- It's not too late! Only 61 days left until the Northeast Jonifest kicks off it's 5th year, and it's not too late to join us! There are still a few beds left and plenty of camping space. Come meet and reconnect with JMDLers old and new and get ready for the time of your life! Details and information at: www.jmdl.com/Jonifest2002 Hugs, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:57:43 -0500 From: "J.David Sapp" Subject: just ice in the current rolling stone magazine with eminem on the cover some rapper i have never heard of lists his 5 favorite tunes - #4 is by a group called JUST ICE (sorry that's all i remember). could they own the cadillac? peace, david ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:22:06 -0700 From: cul Subject: long time gone wow...it must be like two years since I've posted to the list... I typed a few articles I noticed Les needed transcribed a couple of days ago and I've been saturating myself with the songs from Both Sides Now lately and so with his mention that I should post again...here I am...breaking my vow of silence. maybe I'll splash back in with this bit of goofiness: I actually sang this for a crowd of about 400 in Vancouver one night at the Arts Club Theatre. I introduced it in a serious way and emulated all the emotional nuances that Mitchell used in the real song. I had practiced it about a week in order to get my mouth around some of the sounds. Some people got it...some didn't know what to think. It was really fun to do. :) Bebith band buh Bingbin (by Boni Bitchbull) Buh big ban babrives Bisco banbers breet bim Blainblothes bops breet bim Ball bown, big ban, bresh blipbick blistening Bophboore bive Brom bicbims bov bypebriters Buh band bounds bike bypebriters Buh big ban be's bot blissbing Bis bys bold Bebith Bis beft band bolds bis bright But buzz bat band bebire Bat be brips bit bo bight? Bebith bin buh bring Buhe bassed bober birls bar bonberbing Buh ban bith buh biabund bring bis burbing Ball blaws bore bow bithbrawn Bun by bun bay bring Bis brenebgade bories boo ber Bis brimes band bis blories boo ber Bin ballenge bay book bon Bihmen be bas baken bro bold boo boon Be bilts bare bired baces Bently bo buh boon Bebith bin bis bed Ba blane bin buh bain bis bumming Buh bires bin buh balls bar bumming Bum bong bum bysberibus bong Bars bin ber bed Beating branbic band bowblind Bobanbic band bowblind Be bez bis brime bebongs Bebith band buh Bingbin Beach bith barm boo bay Bar baring by boo by Bay bare bot book babay Boo bow bay bare bot book babay - ---------------- its actually fairly difficult to do with a straight face, and some of the lines can be real tongue twisters :) this me me now by the way: cul at home well, time to put the hood back on, finish the bowl of rice and comtemplate the navel. cheers to you all :) cul heath [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of culbackhome03.JPG] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:49:17 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Places To Come From, Places To Go Hi all, hope everyone has had as splendid a weekend as I have. Before the weekend gets away from me, I wanted to post about this Joni tribute CD that just came out in Germany in April, Steve Klink's "Places to come from, places to go - 15 songs by Joni Mitchell. Steve sent me a complimentary copy, and I've been enjoying it for a couple of weeks now. I wanted to give it lots of listens before I reviewed it here. Before I get to the tracks, let me share Steve's comments to me regarding the concept behind this project: "I will add here a little bit about my basic thoughts on the original > > conception of the record. > > In Germany I have a jazz piano trio (piano, kontrabass, drums). I have > always been interested in "old-fashioned" jazz, the swinging, groovy music > of the 50's and 60's. A good example of this is Miles Davis' "Kind of > Blue" which you said you were familiar with. In this tradition jazz > musicians would take popular Broadway show tunes and play versions of them > instrumentally or with vocals. It was even fashionable for a while to do > complete records of just one composer, like Cole Porter or George Gershwin. > So there exists records like "Ella Fitzgerald sings Duke Ellington" and > there are instrumental jazz trio recordings of Oscar Peterson where he > plays a record's worth of Cole Porter tunes. > > This extensive and interesting tradition of doing jazz instrumental > versions of one composer is what I was interested in continuing with my > Joni Mitchell record." > OK, my turn again. This CD is a wonderful collection, and imo a must for a fan of Joni's music. Steve and his various collaborators mix up styles and arrangements to keep things interesting & diverse. His choice of songs is interesting, & unpredictable...the first time these ears have ever heard other recorded interpretations of Ray's Dad's Cadillac, Cotton Avenue, and The Gallery. With that, let's get to the songs: Part 1: Celebration 1. Ray's Dad's Cadillac - Steve (piano) and the trio (Henning Gailing, bass, & Markus Rieck, drums) come out swinging and find all the hooks in Joni's composition as well as their own original touch. 2. That Song About The Midway - Same lineup, and a beautiful rendition of one of my favorite songs. If you're like me, you'll want to do some karaoke with this one! ;~) 3. Cotton Avenue - If someone asked you what kind of song Cotton Avenue is, what would you tell them? It's not rock, pop, jazz, it's just Joni! The trio really gives this one a nice treatment, well-arranged and played. 4. Big Yellow Taxi - Here the players change a bit...Steve plays a Fender Rhodes, a Hammond B-3, & piano, Ziga Golob plays electric bass, & Kruno Levacic plays drums. And the feel changes, & BYT is a funky number, a very unique & enjoyable arrangement. 5. A Case of You - The trio from the beginning returns to play a knockout and pretty straight rendition of ACOY, finding all the right nuances of the melody and playing with real emotion. 6. Night Ride Home - Try as I might, I can't find Joni's melody in here...it's well played & all, but it comes off sounding more like Carole King's "Way Over Yonder" to me. The only track I skip over. 7. Blue Motel Room - No problem figuring this one out, because the track features Steve's lovely bride Mia Znidaric on the vocal. Mia's no stranger to singing Joni, she & Steve have previously done a beautiful cover of Little Green, and Mia's done Dry Cleaner as well. This version of BMR features a great "walking bass" as well as a tasty piano solo, and is played at a brisk pace. Maybe someday in my lifetime this will become the jazz torch standard it deserves to be. 8. You Turn Me On Im A Radio - Featuring the "Big Yellow Taxi" lineup, and played in the same playful funky style, again Steve turns in a wonderful solo on the B-3. 9. Night In The City - One of my favorites on the disc, again features Mia on vocals, starts out slow & torchy, then quickly jumps into a super-cool piano groove. Steve throws in this little jazz riff that I just love. 10. Both Sides, Now - The trio turns in a pretty & contemplative quieter take on BSN. I suppose it's not a real tribute if you don't do this one! Part 2: Meditation 11. Woman of Heart and Mind - this one (and the next) is a duet with Steve on piano & Barbara Boyle on vocals. Not as much jazz as it is a pretty straightforward vocal/pop arrangement. Barbara sounds like Art Garfunkel, which is to say that her voice has a very pure quality that suits the song well. And to her credit, she doesn't tamper with Joni's lyric like Minnie Riperton did. 12. Sweet Bird - The same set-up, I'll add that Steve does a great job as accompanist, adding some lovely & individual texture without trying to steal the scene from his vocalist. 13. Cactus Tree - Another duet, only this time it's Steve on piano and Sasa Olenjuk on violin, takes about a minute for the recognizable melody to kick in, but it's pretty in a haunting way and definitely rewards repeated listenings. 14. California - Here we return to what Steve calls his "funk unit", and the trio embraces this Joni classic with a slow, pulsating feel. I'd love to hear a sax, or a vocal, or something extra on this one, but it's certainly enjoyable as it is. 15. The Gallery - Perhaps Steve was saving the best for last...stop just for a minute and listen to the opening melody of this song, when Joni sings, "When I first saw your gallery"...it's really a challenging melodic line, certainly one that most composers couldn't come up with. Anyway, the trio really explores the rhythms and textures of the song, and Mia returns for an anchoring vocal on this near 7-minute version of what some would call a "folk song". Pretty. Well, maybe some of you are still reading...if so, thanks. And thanks to Steve for his efforts and for sharing his talents in this Joni-inspired project. It's a worthwhile addition to any Joni fan's collection. It probably won't be available in the US, so I'm arranging with Steve to buy a supply of them to re-sell to JMDL'ers. More on that story as it develops. And according to Steve, he's currently on tour so if you lucky Europeans see him coming to your town, go give a listen. Bob NP: Steve Klink Trio, "Cotton Avenue" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 23:05:55 EDT From: BRYAN8847@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2002 #264 - not funny In a message dated 6/23/02 12:07:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, les@jmdl.com writes: > Numerous Joni scholars have pondered her pronouncement that the 80's were a > "dental nightmare", and have sought to uncover the symbolic meanings behind > it. Now, new research finally unravels the mystery. > Inside sources, who will remain forever undisclosed, have revealed Joni's > dental records, which tell a sordid tale of the sufferings of the artist. > From root canals to plastic crowns, from plaque to vampire teeth, her mouth > was a disaster area (like her recordings of the period). The same sources > report that Joni's husband held her hand throughout the infernal dental > sessions, and therefore the 80's were also his dental nightmare, as well as > ours. > > Just Kidding, > Nuri. That is NOT funny. I am not kidding. Bryan ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #182 ********************************* ------- 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?