From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #251 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 Sunday, September 1 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 251 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: August 31 [ljirvin@adelphia.net] Today in History: August 31 [ljirvin@adelphia.net] Re: joni's creative borrowing [Deb Messling ] my first jonifest [Christina Friis-Nielsen ] Patty [" Jack Neilson"] Re: Hello...nice to meet you! [Michael Paz ] Re: laughing it all away [Jenny Goodspeed ] Re: Thank Ya, Thank Ya Very Much [Michael Paz ] Jonifest 2002 was wonderful! [RobSher50@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 03:09:30 -0400 From: ljirvin@adelphia.net Subject: Today's Library Links: August 31 On August 31 the following items were published: 1974: "Super Female Group?" - Washington Star News (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/740831wsn.cfm 1979: "Joni Mitchell comes back with jazz and the Persuasions" - Salem Sunbeam (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/790831ssb.cfm 2000: "The Awful Truth" - E! Online (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/000831eo.cfm - -------- Can you type? http://www.jmdl.com/typing/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 03:09:30 -0400 From: ljirvin@adelphia.net Subject: Today in History: August 31 1969: Joni opens for Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. This is the final night of seven straight. 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: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 06:38:48 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: joni's creative borrowing I think Joni is deliberately evoking several old folk songs in that song, from "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" to "The Water is Wide." I think she's using folk music to symbolize the innocence and naivete of her younger self, although personally I don't think folk music is necessary innocent or naive. I enjoyed that movie, BTW. Melodramatic and anachronistic, but the music was great! Loved Iris Dement. At 10:59 PM 8/30/02 -0400, you wrote: >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 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- messling@enter.net - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 8/2/02 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 17:07:24 +0200 From: Christina Friis-Nielsen Subject: my first jonifest Hello everybody, I'm sitting in some dark internet cafi reading all the post from you gys, and I can't believe how much there is!!! My name is Christina and I'm a 25-year-old Dane. I signed to the list after having joined one of the best experiences of my life - yep, talking about the Jonifest! I didn't thank Ashara nearly enough, so thank you again, for having giving me this opportunity that litterally changed my life!!! I've only really Known Joni Mitchell for about a year and just had little knowledge of her music until these four days, after which I'm purchasing every single cd, she made! By the way, I'm part of a duo in which I sing with the guitarist, Henning Olsen (also on the list). We're called Big Yellow Taxi, and we belong the rare race of people hooked on Joni Mitchell in Denmark. At the Jonifest I was SO amazed by the love that exists in you Joni fans. You're so loving, affectionate and giving. Please come to Denmark to thore us in my cold country...;-) The performances were incredible and I have such good memories from all four days (and the bonus evening/night I spent with some people at New York). I felt very sad about going home and I'm already organising my trip back to the States. I'm probably going to work with a songwriter and producer with whom I got in contact in NYC after the Fest. So I hope, that you'll accept me stopping by one of these days... Michael Paz and Jack Neilson, I also hope that we can get together!! That's it for now. I can't wait to have ADSL (I live in an underdevelopped country!), so I can catch up on the latest every day. Hugs, Christina P.S. Jenny, I do catch myself being more affectionate with people around me - pretty impressioning for an Danish icequeen..!-). By the way, you're perfomances/songs occupy my mind the most of all. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 10:47:23 -0700 From: " Jack Neilson" Subject: Patty I have to echo John and Claudia's love of Patty Witten's music...I have been listening to her CD's too and also love them..I was glad I got to meet her at Jonifest and hear her live.Hello to her horse too............. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 18:16:10 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Hello...nice to meet you! Welcome home to the list. Hope you enjoy your time here. Where are you exactly? Tell us more about yourself. Best Michael on 8/29/02 2:23 PM, Amelio Alamo at amelio747@hotmail.com wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm new to the list. Nice to see that so many people like Joni as much as I > do. That lady is like my idol. > > Sounds like everyone had a good time at Jonifest. Is there ever one in > England? > > I've updated my profile on JMDL if anyone is interested. Sorry no photo > though. > > Peace be with you, > > Stephen Toogood > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 19:44:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Jenny Goodspeed Subject: Re: my first jonifest Christina Friis-Nielsen wrote: P.S. Jenny, I do catch myself being more affectionate with people around me - pretty impressioning for an Danish icequeen..!-). By the way, you're perfomances/songs occupy my mind the most of all. Wow, hearing that from you Christina is the highest of compliments. I was so moved by your beautiful and versatile voice - the Joni songs were amazing of course, but I especially loved the blues verse you sang at the Saturday song circle! Jenny Hello everybody, I'm sitting in some dark internet cafi reading all the post from you gys, and I can't believe how much there is!!! My name is Christina and I'm a 25-year-old Dane. I signed to the list after having joined one of the best experiences of my life - yep, talking about the Jonifest! I didn't thank Ashara nearly enough, so thank you again, for having giving me this opportunity that litterally changed my life!!! I've only really Known Joni Mitchell for about a year and just had little knowledge of her music until these four days, after which I'm purchasing every single cd, she made! By the way, I'm part of a duo in which I sing with the guitarist, Henning Olsen (also on the list). We're called Big Yellow Taxi, and we belong the rare race of people hooked on Joni Mitchell in Denmark. At the Jonifest I was SO amazed by the love that exists in you Joni fans. You're so loving, affectionate and giving. Please come to Denmark to thore us in my cold country...;-) The performances were incredible and I have such good memories from all four days (and the bonus evening/night I spent with some people at New York). I felt very sad about going home and I'm already organising my trip back to the States. I'm probably going to work with a songwriter and producer with whom I got in contact in NYC after the Fest. So I hope, that you'll accept me stopping by one of these days... Michael Paz and Jack Neilson, I also hope that we can get together!! That's it for now. I can't wait to have ADSL (I live in an underdevelopped country!), so I can catch up on the latest every day. Hugs, Christina Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 19:50:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Jenny Goodspeed Subject: Re: laughing it all away Jack - I just wanted to tell you again how much I loved your voice and music. I listened to you and Les (with his perfect mando playing) rehearse "Amy was a friend of mine" on the porch of the performance space and thought - wow - what's this song? It must be some kind of classic that I somehow missed out on ever hearing before. When I found out you WROTE it, well I was floored, I can't wait until your CD is read - let us know as soon as it is! Jenny Jack Neilson wrote: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 Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:22:14 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Thank Ya, Thank Ya Very Much You know me. I will play the opening of envelope or the blooming of a flower as long as there is grass, let's play ball! Love Paz P.S. Right Alison?? on 8/31/02 7:13 PM, Donna J. Binkley ;, jbb@binkleybarfield.com at djb@binkleybarfield.com wrote: > To Victor Johnson and Michael Paz, > > A hearfelt thank ya, thank ya very much from me to you both, respectively, > for helping me play this year! > > Love, The Tush ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 01:24:23 EDT From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: joni on pbs I just got home about an hour ago from working the phones for my local PBS affiliate's (WGBH/Boston) membership pledge drive. While we were in the conference room waiting to be taken in to the studio, the huge-screen TV there was tuned to the live pledge drive programming, and as they were begging for contributions, who do you think appeared on screen? You guessed it, Joni! The sound was off, so I didn't catch what they said. And since it is Labor Day weekend, no one there knew anything about upcoming programming, but the Joni plug was for her long-awaited American Masters show. I tried to find out when they were planning to air it by going to www.wgbh.org, but as of tonight, their American Masters schedule only goes through the end of October with the following artists scheduled: Merce Cunningham, Gene Kelly, Willie Nelson, and Lon Chaney. So anyway, it looks like the American Masters program with Joni is a go. But it may be November or later before we see it. At least it's something to look forward to after these shiny hot nights are over and the warriors of winter are shouting triumphantly! Best wishes for a great Labor Day weekend to everybody in the US. Especially Mags, our newest import! --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:35:25 -0700 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: joni on pbs Far fecking out! I can't wait. Thanks for the heads up there Smurph! Another cocktail then maybe one more song Love Paz on 8/31/02 10:24 PM, Murphycopy@aol.com at Murphycopy@aol.com wrote: > I just got home about an hour ago from working the phones for my local PBS > affiliate's (WGBH/Boston) membership pledge drive. While we were in the > conference room waiting to be taken in to the studio, the huge-screen TV > there was tuned to the live pledge drive programming, and as they were > begging for contributions, who do you think appeared on screen? You guessed > it, Joni! The sound was off, so I didn't catch what they said. And since it > is Labor Day weekend, no one there knew anything about upcoming programming, > but the Joni plug was for her long-awaited American Masters show. > > I tried to find out when they were planning to air it by going to > www.wgbh.org, but as of tonight, their American Masters schedule only goes > through the end of October with the following artists scheduled: Merce > Cunningham, Gene Kelly, Willie Nelson, and Lon Chaney. > > So anyway, it looks like the American Masters program with Joni is a go. But > it may be November or later before we see it. At least it's something to look > forward to after these shiny hot nights are over and the warriors of winter > are shouting triumphantly! > > Best wishes for a great Labor Day weekend to everybody in the US. Especially > Mags, our newest import! > > --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 01:46:29 EDT From: RobSher50@aol.com Subject: Jonifest 2002 was wonderful! Dear Jonilistas, Sorry I am late getting my post of thanks and gratitude to Ashara for putting Jonifest together and to the JMDL, who are the most loving, kind people I have ever met in my life. When I arrived at 5 am Saturday morning, the first person I met was Michael Paz. Something really weird started happening from that moment on. As soon as I recognized the name, I went into hug-mode. It was like finding a long lost brother. This continued up until I left Sunday afternoon. I would see the person's name, have a flashback of a post or two, and then proceed to break into a hug. It was soooo wonderful meeting people I have known for years as well as those who were new to the list. I cannot begin to express the joy and rush of feelings I have thinking about that weekend. The resort was excellent and the location is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. It was perfect. Kudos to you Ashara for putting together such a wonderful event. I attended the very first Jonifest in Pittsburgh, and while that will always be a special memory in my heart, it is so wonderful to see how much it has grown and matured. It was unbelievable. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed each and every performance I was blessed to witness Saturday night. My deepest of regrets is that I was not able to see Friday or Sunday night's performances. I feel I have missed out on so much. Every single performer did an absolutely fantastic job. For those of you who were not there, it was like sitting front row center of a Joni concert. It was the same joy and elation. I was moved to tears as well as to laughter and joy throughout the night. It's hard to put into words how I feel about it, I was so moved. Please know that if you got on that stage Saturday night, you had my undivided attention and respect. You touched my soul beyond words. I also am eternally grateful for the great musicians who backed me up on my set, Paz, Chris and Chuck E. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I want to deeply apologize for not being able to spend more time during the day with everyone. Rob and I had just suffered a deep emotional devastation the day we left for Oliviera. It was very hard to get up on stage Saturday night to perform, but I knew I had to do it for my beautiful friends. Things took their toll on me physically, so I had to take some time to rest. Extreme stress plays havoc with diabetes or any chronic illness. But I HAD to hang out for the circle! What a blast! What a blast! I grabbed a conga and got lost in it! It was a dream come true! For anyone not sure about attending a Jonifest, let your fears rest. It was an incredible weekend of love and music. Going to a Jonifest is like coming home. We are family in the truest sense of the word. Thanks to everyone for being so kind to my husband, Rob and for making us feel so special. There is so much talent in this group that I am dumbfounded and astonished as well as in reverence and awe of it! Wow! Wow! Wow! I really have to find the words to express how I feel, but for now, I just want to let everyone I met there that my life is forever enriched by this experience! Love, kisses, hugs and more hugs, Sherelle ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2002 #251 ********************************* ------- 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)