From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #250 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, August 31 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 250 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: August 30 [ljirvin@adelphia.net] Today's Library Links: August 30 [ljirvin@adelphia.net] Thankyou... ["Amelio Alamo" ] Joni mention in MSL [Christopher ] Re: Joni mention in MSL, & GVL [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] dark cafe days// ["ricecake wolf" ] Re: dark cafe days// ["Amelio Alamo" ] 'Hissing demos' ["Amelio Alamo" ] Release Date [BRYAN8847@aol.com] Pics [Michael Paz ] Oh Wait What About ... [Susan Guzzi ] Re: 'Hissing demos' [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Camp Wavy Joni ["kakki" ] Re: Pics ["kakki" ] FWD: Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance [Mur] Re: Full Moon Fest Memoirs ["Marian Russell " ] Re: Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance [FMYF] Re: Camp Wavy Joni ["gene mock" ] Re: Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance ["ge] Bulldozer strikes wrong house [vince ] [none] ["Barbara L" ] joni's creative borrowing ["Suze Cameron" ] Patti W - Long, but worth every word (SJC) [Claud9 ] laughing it all away [" Jack Neilson"] Re: Camp Wavy Joni [Randy Remote ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 03:00:29 -0400 From: ljirvin@adelphia.net Subject: Today in History: August 30 1969: Joni opens for Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. More info: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/690826lat.cfm - ---- For the most complete reference to Joni's appearances, consult the Joni Mitchell Chronology of Appearances: http://www.jonimitchell.com/appearances.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 03:00:29 -0400 From: ljirvin@adelphia.net Subject: Today's Library Links: August 30 On August 30 the following items were published: 1970: "Isle of Wight Festival Turns Slightly Discordant" - New York Times (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/700830nyt.cfm 1974: "Joni Mitchell in the Rain" - Boston Globe (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/740830bg.cfm - -------- Can you type? http://www.jmdl.com/typing/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:04:49 +0100 From: "Amelio Alamo" Subject: Thankyou... Thanks to everyone who welcomed me. Seems to me that this is a nice friendly group. I'm not the only new one here either. Welcome Patrick. 'and I feel to be a cog in something turning' Steve T. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:24:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Christopher Subject: Joni mention in MSL Looking through the new September, 2002 issue of MSL (Martha Stewart Living), I found a mention of Joni in an article they had called "New Spins on Old Standards". The qoute is as follows: "Songwriting is a remarkable gift, but people tend to forget that interpreting music is a talent in itself. Artists who are known for their songs often find that recording standards allows them to reveal a new side of their artistry. Rickie Lee Jones does this on her touching album of classics, Pop Pop (Geffen). And Joni Mitchell, one of our most respected pop composers, uses standards on her most-recent release, Both Sides Now (Reprise), to trace the path of a romantic affair from the initial flirtation (You're My Thrill) to the aftermath (I Wish I Were in Love Again). Both artists phrase time-honored ballads with elegance and originality as though they had been singing them their whole lives." They then had this too say about Both Sides Now: "Jazz-influenced stylings of standards, along with two of Mitchell's finest originals, are elegant against an orchestral backdrop. It is moving to hear her mature, sultry voice singing old-time standards "At Last" and "Stormy Weather" alongside her own "A Case of You". Thats the poop, just thought I would pass it on! Christopher np: the songs of birds on a beautiful Friday morning. Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:49:53 -0400 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni mention in MSL, & GVL Thanks for sharing that, Christopher...I was pleased to see a Joni mention in our local newspaper's Letters to the Editor page. We've got a real hornet's nest going now regarding removal of trees for highway expansions, new development, etc. Do I have to mention which Joni song was quoted? ;~) Bob NP: Suzanne Vega, "As Girls Go" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:50:12 +0000 From: "ricecake wolf" Subject: dark cafe days// hey suze, chris, vince and bob.. nice to hear from you. maybe there is something in the name patrick that is drawn to the jonilist?? so shamed i missed jonifest! i recently played in a small forest in north london with my baritone uke and accordion, and played blue boy, for free, and night ride home.. i felt like i was having my own little jonifest up there on the stage... does anyone know the bonnington cafe in vauxhall, london? Its a beutiful little place with cheap good good food, candlelight, bring your own wine, and a piano in the corner, i play mostly my stuff, joni, buffy st-marie. and everyone is always so quiet and listens to teh music, most other musicians who play there, always play joni in their sets, from the first time i went there, i felt like i was walking into the lyrics of blue l.p .. "hiding behind bottles in some dark cafe... " It really is a wonderfull warm cosy romantic and forgotten place, anyone who fancies a regular joni sing along.. this is the place we should all go to xxx oh and yes.. kashmir club sounds excellent .. put me down!!! xxxx patrick wolf xxx _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:12:42 +0100 From: "Amelio Alamo" Subject: Re: dark cafe days// Wow! I hope that one day I can do a Joni song. No, not been there but it does sound cool. Steve N.P: Joni Mitchell 'Passion Play' >From: "ricecake wolf" >Reply-To: "ricecake wolf" >To: joni@smoe.org >Subject: dark cafe days// >Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:50:12 +0000 > >hey suze, chris, vince and bob.. nice to hear from you. >maybe there is something in the name patrick >that is drawn to the jonilist?? so shamed i missed jonifest! >i recently played in a small forest in north london >with my baritone uke and accordion, and played >blue boy, for free, and night ride home.. >i felt like i was having my own little jonifest up there on the stage... >does anyone know the bonnington cafe in vauxhall, london? >Its a beutiful little place with cheap good good food, candlelight, >bring your own wine, and a piano in the corner, i play >mostly my stuff, joni, buffy st-marie. and everyone >is always so quiet and listens to teh music, most other >musicians who play there, always play joni in their sets, >from the first time i went there, i felt like i was walking >into the lyrics of blue l.p .. "hiding behind bottles in some dark cafe... >" >It really is a wonderfull warm cosy romantic and forgotten >place, anyone who fancies a regular joni >sing along.. this is the place we should all go to xxx >oh and yes.. kashmir club sounds excellent .. put me down!!! xxxx >patrick wolf xxx > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 20:35:24 +0100 From: "Amelio Alamo" Subject: 'Hissing demos' Hi guys, So is there really such thing as these 'Hissing demos'? I would love to hear them if you know what I mean! Just started doing a few chords for 'Songs To Ageing Children'. Lovely sounds. xxx Steve _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:44:39 -0400 From: BRYAN8847@aol.com Subject: Release Date I've been offline for a couple of weeks and don't know if this subject has been covered already --- but a tentative release date for the next CD was published in the Dayton Daily News (probably from some syndicated news source) as November 19. Who knows how reliable that is??? I certainly don't want to wait until spring. Bryan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:55:32 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Pics Hi kids Just finished spending most of my day uploading alot of pics to Chris Marshall's site. Jimmy and Ed and Chris I loved looking at all the pics again and it is soothing my lackOhugs syndrome which I have been suffering from. Go to www.hatstand.org/gallery here is the site for those of you who have not seen them yet. I will upload some more when i recover from carpel tunnel pains. Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Love Paz P.S. I love Henning and Cristina's CD. Great work you guys. And Jeff Bisch your CD is fantastic and so different with the horns and elec gtr and stuff. Best of luck you guys. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:53:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Susan Guzzi Subject: Oh Wait What About ... One or two more highlights .. what about our rocking Sugarpants accordianist Sharon. I love it cause she plays with attitude baby! The eyes closed, the eyebrows raised, the mouth turned and the shoulder shrug, that's how I knew she was getting into it! And she threatened not to go on ... Sherrie, you kicked ass sista! Also, why oh why did we not get John and Bette to perform their Sunday night dinner song on stage for the video camera!? What a joy you two were. You'll just have to come back next year and sing "The Bread & Gravy Song" all over again! More as they tumble out of my head ... Peace, Susan Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:55:38 -0400 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: 'Hissing demos' > So is there really such thing as these 'Hissing demos'? I > would love to hear > them if you know what I mean! Oh yes, they're real all right. There are 2 cd's out there that are available...one has the "Hissing Demo's" + some bonus stuff: 1. Harrybs House 2. Edith & The Kingpin 3. In France They Kiss on Main Street 4. Sweet Bird 5. Shades of Scarlett Conquering 6. Shadows and Light 7. Dreamland (VERY cool alt-take w/guitar riff) 8. Boho Dance 9. Hunter (Studio - a Blue outtake) 10. Raised on Robbery (Quadrophonic) 11. Radio Spot w/Michael From Mountains 12. Radio Spot w/Night In The City 13. Radio Spot w/Song To A Seagull 14. Radio Spot w/Cactus Tree 15. Radio Spot w/Both Sides Now 16. Radio Spot w/Fiddle And The Drum 17. Radio Spot w/Chelsea Morning 18. Radio Spot w/Big Yellow Taxi 19. Radio Spot w/Conversation 20. Radio Spot w/Woodstock 21. Radio Spot w/Willie The other has the first (8) tracks (remastered) plus some other misc. live material. I'm happy to make you copies for blanks + postage or reimbursement for same. Bob, who still remembers the first time he heard these recordings driving around NJ with Bro Brei... NP: Tom Waits, "Spare Parts II & Closing" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:23:52 -0700 From: "kakki" Subject: Re: Camp Wavy Joni Randy, I checked out the website and it gets ten stars for location but the teepees (or "tipis") are the only accomodation! I know there are many big houses you can rent along gorgeous stretches of the Russian River up that way. Many of the Cal group (both Norte and Del Sur) have been talking ideas for a west coast fest forever. Maybe we should stop being so laid back and finally start putting it together! ;-) Kakki > It would probably be camping out in teepees. > It's 4 hours from SF airport. > May not be cheap; 2 weeks of kid camp is $1200. > If there is really interest, I can look into it. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:45:05 -0700 From: "kakki" Subject: Re: Pics I'm just loving all the photos! Chris's and Jimmy/Ed's beautiful shots look like something out of National Geographic (or maybe it should be International Jonigraphic ;-) and Paz gets high marks for the candid and spontaneous shots and funny captions! I was really cracking up of the one of Jack on the plane, his headset appearing to be a stethoscope checking for a pulse. I was looking for the IV tube running from the cocktails LOL Lama - I can't wait to see your portrait shots of the performers. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:35:20 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: FWD: Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance by Edmund Bearden, The Catskills Gazette (Oliverea, NY) During an emergency meeting of the Oliverea Town Council last night, residents expressed shock, despair and outrage over last weekend's so-called JoniFest at Full Moon. By meeting's end, council members voted 5 to 0 to ban any future performances of Joni Mitchell's music within the town's boarders. "Enough is enough," local potter Sunshine "Sunny" Seagull declared. "It was a disgrace. I consider myself a flower child, an aging hippie or whatever, and I've been to my share of love-ins, but this was way over the top. Those people just plain scared me." "I agree," organic farmer T. Leary Freedman added. "JoniFest was so huggy-kissy, it made the original Woodstock festival look like a Ku Klux Klan rally. And the music! Heck, how many deet-deet-dee-dee-dees can one tiny hamlet take?" Council President Barbara Littlefeather was pleased with the vote. "I think we need to send a message loud and clear to Full Moon," she asserted. "One more commotion like this, and we'll turn that place into a parking lot. "We're just a little village, really. We can't be expected to handle this kind of influx of obsessed Joni Mitchell freaks flocking here from the far-flung corners of the world. Even that poor white duck over at the Full Moon pond has been swearing like a New Jersey sailor since this thing ended. For goodness sakes," Littlefeather asked, "how much darned stardust can one little village's road crews be expected to sweep up?" "I think we all feel very good and extremely empowered by this decision," tie-dye artist Om Fletcher stated. "In fact, you can be sure the whole town will be here at next week's meeting when we take up the subject of Ethel Merman." All JoniFest participants have left the area and were unavailable for comment. (8/30/02) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:43:07 -0400 From: "Marian Russell " Subject: Re: Full Moon Fest Memoirs On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:49:18 -0700 (PDT) Susan Guzzi wrote: > Thanks especially for the help I got from Kate > and Jeff and Marian. I went looking for help > and I was fortunate to get three ringers for > my set. Thanks for picking up the rookie! > I'll never forget. Susan, it was really a pleasure to play for you. Thank you for asking me! Marian ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:02:50 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance In a message dated 8/30/02 5:36:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Murphycopy@aol.com writes: > Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance > > Big frickin LOL Murphy! I think the only reason we're banned there for next year is because of 3 certain people. I won't mention any names (Bob, Kay & Susan) for singing "Laughing it all away Laughing it alI away Laughing it all away" in their finest Ethel Merman voices. A definite Jonifest highlight for me :~) Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:14:05 -0700 From: "gene mock" Subject: Re: Camp Wavy Joni i second and third the motion to a west coast jonifest going. tell wavy i won't bring any brown acid if he gives us a break. thanks gene - ----- Original Message ----- From: "kakki" To: "Randy Remote" ; Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Camp Wavy Joni > Randy, > > I checked out the website and it gets ten stars for location but the teepees > (or "tipis") are the only accomodation! I know there are many big houses > you can rent along gorgeous stretches of the Russian River up that way. > Many of the Cal group (both Norte and Del Sur) have been talking ideas for a > west coast fest forever. Maybe we should stop being so laid back and > finally start putting it together! ;-) Kakki > > > > It would probably be camping out in teepees. > > It's 4 hours from SF airport. > > May not be cheap; 2 weeks of kid camp is $1200. > > If there is really interest, I can look into it. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:16:19 -0700 From: "gene mock" Subject: Re: Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance GREAT JOB!!!!!!!! - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:35 PM Subject: FWD: Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance > Town Votes To Ban Joni Mitchell Music After Weekend Disturbance > > by Edmund Bearden, The Catskills Gazette > > (Oliverea, NY) > > During an emergency meeting of the Oliverea Town Council last night, > residents expressed shock, despair and outrage over last weekend's so-called > JoniFest at Full Moon. By meeting's end, council members voted 5 to 0 to ban > any future performances of Joni Mitchell's music within the town's boarders. > > "Enough is enough," local potter Sunshine "Sunny" Seagull declared. "It was a > disgrace. I consider myself a flower child, an aging hippie or whatever, and > I've been to my share of love-ins, but this was way over the top. Those > people just plain scared me." > > "I agree," organic farmer T. Leary Freedman added. "JoniFest was so > huggy-kissy, it made the original Woodstock festival look like a Ku Klux Klan > rally. And the music! Heck, how many deet-deet-dee-dee-dees can one tiny > hamlet take?" > > Council President Barbara Littlefeather was pleased with the vote. "I think > we need to send a message loud and clear to Full Moon," she asserted. "One > more commotion like this, and we'll turn that place into a parking lot. > > "We're just a little village, really. We can't be expected to handle this > kind of influx of obsessed Joni Mitchell freaks flocking here from the > far-flung corners of the world. Even that poor white duck over at the Full > Moon pond has been swearing like a New Jersey sailor since this thing ended. > For goodness sakes," Littlefeather asked, "how much darned stardust can one > little village's road crews be expected to sweep up?" > > "I think we all feel very good and extremely empowered by this decision," > tie-dye artist Om Fletcher stated. "In fact, you can be sure the whole town > will be here at next week's meeting when we take up the subject of Ethel > Merman." > > All JoniFest participants have left the area and were unavailable for > comment. > > (8/30/02) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 20:09:47 -0400 From: vince Subject: Bulldozer strikes wrong house Oops! Bulldozer hits wrong house August 30, 2002 Posted: 3:51 PM EDT (1951 GMT) A bulldozer mistakenly tore a large hole in the roof of this Oliverea home. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Olivera, NY (Reuters) -- A New York family's dinners were interrupted when a bulldozer tore down part of the roof of their house next to Full Moon camp as they sat inside. The bulldozer was set to demolish the entire Full Moon complex, but it rammed into the wrong house, police said Friday. Carlos Suarez and Yesenia Reyes were having dinner Thursday when the bulldozer came in through the back of their house, police spokesman Tony Rode said. It hit the rental home a second time before screaming neighbors and the couple prompted the driver to stop. "I started yelling at him, 'What the hell are you guys doing?"' Reyes told the Sun-Sentinel. Nearby Full Moon is slated to be demolished as part of an initiative by the Oliverea Town Council to eradicate all evidence of recent Joni Mitchell cultic worship. "What can you say? They screwed up. They hit the wrong house," Council President Barbara Littlefeather said. "I bet those Joni-istas gave a bad karma to our city equipment," Alcohol was not a factor in the bulldozer operator's mistake, The Joni-lastas drank Oliverea dry and trucks with new shipments of alcohol have not yet fought their way through the highways fraught with departing Joni-ettes. The city council plans to pave the entire Full Moon area and put up a parking lot, with a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot. Future development plans for the trashed Full Moon complex include a tree museum. Oliverea Fire Rescue officials estimated the damage between $5,000 and $10,000. The contractor, George Zaragozi General Contractors of Oliverea, promised to repair the roof immediately, local media said. Organic farmer T. Leary Freedman has started a collection to rebuild the wrong damaged home so the city can proceed with demolition of Full Moon. "I want every piece of ground leveled where anyone went deet-deet-dee-dee-dees. Sunshine "Sunny" Seagall, local potter, has called for John Ashcroft to investigate possible links to terrorism with the Joni Mitchell crowd. "This is America, god d*mn it, but all those Mitchcell-tistas were chanting "O, Canada..." and " I wish I had a river I could skate away on." Sounds like they have plans to infiltrate across the Canadian border in winter on one of our little unprotected waterways, maybe Finger Lakes. So I called the TIPS phone number and made a report that I hope John Ashcroft will act on!" Copyright 2002 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 01:07:09 +0000 From: "Barbara L" Subject: [none] Council President Barbara Littlefeather here. Not only did they screw up and go after the wrong house-- a big yellow VW bus (with historic PA plates) took away my old man!!!! Damn those joni heads! _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 22:59:00 -0400 From: "Suze Cameron" Subject: joni's creative borrowing Caught part of a movie Wednesday evening on HBO called Songcatcher that featured appalachan songs. Some of the lyrics were very close to these from The Silky Veils of Ardor: Come all you fair and tender school girls Take warning now--when you court young men They are like the stars On a summers morning They sparkle up the night Then they're gone again Daybreak--gone again Wish I would have thought to write them down, but I really wasn't sitting watching, the tube was just on, if you know what I mean. So, has anyone else made this connection? Roseanne Cash sings the song on the soundtrack. Sue n.p. Neil Diamond on The Last Waltz ___________________________________________________ Communicate with others using Lycos Mail for FREE! http://mail.lycos.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 23:59:55 -0400 From: Claud9 Subject: Patti W - Long, but worth every word (SJC) This is John (no Uncle for once) from behind Claudia's computer ... OK, I'm supposed to be writing the Jonifest report, but I want to get this out of my system first. I heard Patti Witten perform at the Jonifest. I had heard OF Patti Witten before. Her CDs were very favourably reviewed in the Dutch magazine, Heaven. She got four stars out of five from someone whose opinion I highly trust (Jo and I wrote the review for Joni's Both Sides Now together - It's on the JMDL website). I translated the review for Patti when we met on the list. The translation is at the bottom of this message. Yes, Patti Witten is a JMDL member. And four out of five stars sucks. Because Land of Souvenirs is five stars. Full stop. It is mesmerizing, poetic (very poetic), warm, mysterious, deep, lyrically blessed and musically spell-binding at times. It's extremely well pproduced. It blows me away. And Prairie Doll is beautiful, too. Now, how do I put this. We all like Joni. Many of us like Shawn Colvin, Sara McLachlan, Jonatha Brooke, Lucinda Williams. We are talking this level. Patti is up there, with them. And not because she is a list member. The albums are great by any singer/songwriter standard. I would have raved about Land of Souvenirs just as much, had the office in the Netherlands sent the CD to me instead of to my colleague, Jo. Does she play Joni songs on the CD? No. Just go to one of her concerts and ask her to play Hejira. She did so at the Jonifest at the Full Moon and hit me straight in the heart. She plays her own songs on both CDs and they are of stunningly high quality. And so is the instrumentation and the overall sound production. Am I on commission? No. I just want everyone to know what exceptional talent we have among us. And I want EVERYONE to buy the CD(s). Anywhere. Pester your local record shop for all I care, go to Patti's website, www.pattiwitten.com (and listen), buy it at CDBaby, I don't care ... anyone who is so talented deserves great sales! Am I over the top here? Perhaps. All I know is that Claud and I have been playing both CDs almost incessantly over the past few days and that they grew with every playing. PATTI, THIS IS HEART-TOUCHING STUFF !! From midnight Baltimore (hit by Dutch weather) John van Tiel o-o-o-o-o Appendix: The review in the Dutch Indie magazine, Heaven (May 2002): Patty Witten LAND OF SOUVENIRS **** Private Issue Patty Witten & Prairie Doll PRAIRIE DOLL ***1/2 Potentfolk Records BEAUTIFUL AND TIMELESS Heaven is not showing its most up-to-date side with this review: LAND OF SOUVENIRS already appeared in 1999, the mini CD PRAIRIE DOLL one year later. Neither of the albums were released in the Netherlands, however. Now that we have discovered9 her, we may conclude that we are dealing with a major talent here. Witten appears to be a more than excellent singer-songwriter who deserves attention. LAND OF SOUVENIRS contains twelve class songs of the kind that sound as if they have always been around. It is dangerous to draw comparisons, but if you can imagine a cross between Joni Mitchell (in the days of BLUE) and Lucinda Williams, you will get a good idea of Witten9s music. We should immediately add, however, that this American woman has enough character of her own to justify her own musical existence. The overall sound is determined by acoustic and electric guitars, along with Witten9s somewhat thin but nevertheless beautiful voice. The clear, poppy production provides a nice finish. The only point of criticism I might have is the lack of variation both in tempo (mid-tempo or slow) and in atmosphere (relaxed, melancholic). This same positive and slightly negative criticism also applies to the mini album, PRAIRIE DOLL, that she recorded with her band of the same name. The six songs on this album are, again, strong compositions dominated by guitars and vocals. Witten9s country music influences emerge slightly stronger here, but this intermezzo (?) is basically a continuation of LAND OF SOUVENIRS. This kind of music is in no way innovative, it is just plain beautiful and timeless. Apparently, Witten is working on a new album that is to appear this year. Keep an eye on this lady. Jo Didderen (Source: Heaven 4-3, May/June 2002, The Netherlands/Belgium) Star Rating Heaven Magazine * mediocre ** reasonable *** good, recommended to people who like the genre **** very good, recommended ***** outstanding, a classic PS. Oh, and Patti ... Get yourself another designer for the cover of your next CD. It's probably the only thing of Land of Souvenirs that I do not like. And get that next one out quick. Can't wait. John ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 21:29:38 -0700 From: " Jack Neilson" Subject: laughing it all away first time posting in a while..I had to give some words of jonifest this year that I was lucky enough to experience..As Paz's official lost child out of another lifetime, I was able to have a weekend of wonder and smiles and goosebumps....Just read the Reuters article on the list and haven't stopped laughing out loud yet.... Thank you ashara who I finally got to meet... My retention is SO not happening,that I can't begin to name all the people who caused goosebumnps the entire weekend. I am thinking of one episode now..Stephanie on a white piano, and Christina singing Blue on a little porch room.Wander in the house thinking its a CD playin somehwere.I sat down to hear them with goosebumps abound..Only at Jonifest do these little moments happen regularly... I am haunted by Jenny's voice so beautifully-- I'm still laughing about The ethal mermans of Kay and Smurf who I finally got to meet.....allison,Kay, and julius for the road trip laughs.......marion's tunings to sing by..maura as cutest with sister..... washing hands with anti-bacterial soap with water not supposed to be touched without boiling.(I'm still trying to digest the irony)Guess I'll stop here for now..Good night everybody--thanks for being there and lighting up a long weekend for me to always know.... Jack ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 22:06:27 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Camp Wavy Joni Russian River would be a bit easier to get to from the south. Konocti could work, too. Then there's Esalen (Big Sur-historic Joni site) or good ol' San Fran..... kakki wrote: > Randy, > > I checked out the website and it gets ten stars for location but the teepees > (or "tipis") are the only accomodation! I know there are many big houses > you can rent along gorgeous stretches of the Russian River up that way. > Many of the Cal group (both Norte and Del Sur) have been talking ideas for a > west coast fest forever. Maybe we should stop being so laid back and > finally start putting it together! ;-) Kakki > > > It would probably be camping out in teepees. > > It's 4 hours from SF airport. > > May not be cheap; 2 weeks of kid camp is $1200. > > If there is really interest, I can look into it. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #250 ********************************* ------- 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? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)