From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #100 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, March 24 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 100 Sign up now for JoniFest 2003! http://www.jonifest.com ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- I don't like this new mini-series [FredNow@aol.com] Ross and Martin at SUN! (sjc) [Thomas Ross ] JoniDay,ProtestDay,WarDay [Mark129@cs.com] wall to wall joni report [Deb Messling ] Miles Davis is alive and he's a fish [Deb Messling ] Re: Joni TV Cartoon Reference (JC) ["Suze Cameron" ] Re: Joni in non-fiction/new cover? [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: wall to wall joni report [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Joni TV Cartoon Reference (JC) [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni Mitchell Biography to be Broadcast on PBS ["Lama, Jim L'Hommedie] Joni and James Taylor ["Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Joni Mitchell - A Woman of Heart and Mind ["Mick Mick" ] Re: Joni Mitchell Biography to be Broadcast on PBS ["Steve Polifka" ] Stupid Question [mpredmore@att.net] Wall to Wall/My 2 Cents [KJHSF@aol.com] Today in History: March 24 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] Today's Library Links: March 24 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 04:44:36 -0500 From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: I don't like this new mini-series Little Bird wrote: >>I guess everyone has been "Iraqified" of late, sucked into TV land and its >>endless coverage of live events around the globe. Every freakin' channel - >>even in Canada - war, war, war, war, war. Even channel 5! >>And in case you missed it PBS has a special on...the war. Every morning I get up and I watch the war, watch the war And every morning it upstages all my favorite shows--Donahue, Hogan's Heroes It's the American way, the new world order We hold these truths to be self-evident In the American day, you must give and I shall take, And I will tell you what is moral and what's just Because I want, because I will, because I can, so will I kill Every morning I get up and I raise the flag, Salute the monument of those who gave their lives And I guess war's OK, it's just a little inconvenient, but it's better Than a video game...it's better than the movies Because I want, because I will, because I can, so will I kill And every morning I get up and I watch the war, watch the war And every morning it upstages everything I know... Because I want, because I will, because I can, so will I Because I want, because I will, because I can, so will I Because I want, because I will, because I can, so will I WAR - Jonatha Brooke ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 05:54:43 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Ross Subject: Ross and Martin at SUN! (sjc) For those in the NYC vicinity: Our concert will include 'Our Song', which has the reharmonized chords to 'Woodstock'. Hope you can come! please pass this to interested parties. thanks Tom Ross *For Immediate Release* Ross and Martin at The SUN Music Company! Composer-performers Tom Ross and Jim Martin will give a concert of acoustic songs with texts by famous poets on Wednesday, March 26th at 8:30 pm, at the Sun Music Company, 340 E. 71st Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues), New York City. Admission is $10. Jim Martin, accompanying himself on mandolin with his band Purple Martin, sings settings of poems by Louise Gluck, W. S. Merwin, and Emily Dickinson, among others. Purple Martin (with Julianne Klopotic, violin; Fredi Mali, bass; and guest artist Andy Teirstein, keyboards) creates dense textures which underpin Martin's keening tenor and arpeggiated mandolin style. 'Global jazz songs' characterize Tom Ross's work. The traditions of jazz, Africa, and India blend into songs with lyrics springing from Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver and Pablo Neruda. From his performance-knowledge gained from Indian classical music, ornamented vocalese and tala rhythms are propelled by the African-American funk of Ross's jazz background -- he is a protege of guitar legend Johnny Smith and has played with Ornette Coleman's drummer, Ed Blackwell. Expect audience participation! -- Indian tala-clapping and call-response singing to mbira (thumb-piano) music of Zimbabwe. Please join us on Wednesday, March 26th, for an evening of sensual, funny and mystical music beyond category at the Sun, 340 E. 71st Street. * Tom Ross Mijazi Music (518) 372-2611 http://www.tom.rossweb.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:02:04 EST From: Mark129@cs.com Subject: JoniDay,ProtestDay,WarDay Hello, March 22 was a good day for Joni fans at Symphony Space and while you who could get in or listened on weak signal WFUV or via internet etc.,a lot more fans were marching to protest the Iraq invasion on Broadway to Washington Square Park.The protest was televised by WorldLinkTv on Ch.375 of Directv Satelite and on other systems.Check out FreeSpeech.org and DemocracyNow.org for details and independent views. But,those of you older fans who go back to Joni's early work including Songs to Ageing Children (Alice's Restaurant film),Fiddle and the Drum etc. should take some comfort that the music we grew up with still has social relevance. Our children and grandchildren are not creating as powerful songs as we did. Why do you think that is? Are we losing our best qualities to harmonize as each generation did from Yankee Doodle to Irving Berlin's Oh,How I hate to get up in the Morning to Eric Burden's War,What is it good for,absolutely nothing,and Bob Dylan's Blowing in the Wind? I don't want to bum you all out but as much fun it is to navel gaze about Joni songs,Joni romances and the Joni special on PBS April 2,the confluence of War and Music of either Patriotism or Protest is missing now.Sting seems to be one of the few artists who have blended world music themes and social concern.(Paul Simon,too) later,mark ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:11:07 -0500 From: Deb Messling Subject: wall to wall joni report My husband and I managed to sneak in a last-minute trip to NYC for the concert and peace march. We saw the the first 2.5 hours of the show, left for the march, and returned at 4 PM. Crowds were NOT big, unfortunately for Joni perhaps but fortunately for us, since we easily got good seats. Out of towners were undoubtedly scared away from the city. I liked Sylvia McNair's version of California. Also enjoyed The Four Bags' "Help Me Polka" and especially an instrumental version of The Fiddle and the Drum by klezmer musician David Krakauer. Saxophonist Greg Osby did beautiful versions of Tax Free and Ethiopia. Did you know that Tax Free actually DOES have a melody? In fact it's quite beautiful. We had to leave by 7:30. Can't wait to hear the report from the real marathoners. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:16:01 -0500 From: Deb Messling Subject: Miles Davis is alive and he's a fish At yesterday's concert, WFUV DJ Rita Houston related the following: Rita met Joni for the first time at the Central Park tribute a few years back. Joni looked her in the eye and said, "Miles Davis is alive and he's a fish." Rita was understandably confused, since to her knowledge Miles Davis was dead and was not a fish. So Joni explained that she had visited an aquarium and a fish swam up to her and curled its lip up exactly as Miles Davis used to do, then quickly swam away. Joni said, "I knew it was Miles, because he shunned me." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:23:59 -0500 From: "Suze Cameron" Subject: Re: Joni TV Cartoon Reference (JC) Lindsay wrote: Caught this exchange from "As Told by Ginger" > >Hoodsie: " ... you don't know what you've got til it's gone." >Carl: "We're trying to write a song, not a love letter!" >Hoodsie: "It's from a song, Carl, a really good song. The kind that makes >kids cry." > >I always liked Hoodsie. He has a soul. My teenagers watch this show. They like it. I used to think it was lame. Now maybe it has redeemed itself. As far as SpongeBob goes, now that is classic. I missed "The Lost Episode" on Friday. Don't suppose you taped that did you? Sue n.p. Mr. Celophane - Chicago - London cast _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:20:21 -0500 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni in non-fiction/new cover? In a message dated 3/22/2003 2:09:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, guitarzan@direcpc.com writes: > When coverkeeper Bob comes back from NY he can tell us > whether he has this one. Thanks for the heads up Randy...this one came out about a month ago, I kept my eye on Half.com and picked up a promo for a good price. Melissa does a good job with it...pretty voice, pretty song. She was supposed to be at W2W but cancelled early on as she fell off the program. Her cover kicks of #44, which is the volume I'm currently working on. #39 is up next, and I'll be announcing that in a week or so. Bob, having a Chelsea Morning in NYC NP: Bebel Gilberto, "Tanto Tempo" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:37:51 -0500 From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: wall to wall joni report In a message dated 3/23/2003 8:11:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, messling@enter.net writes: > Saxophonist Greg Osby did > beautiful versions of Tax Free and Ethiopia. Did you know > that Tax Free > actually DOES have a melody? In fact it's quite beautiful. AMEN! Greg's set worked incredibly well, besides Tax Free he did Ethiopia, which was also excellent. Supports what I always claim that underneath the layers of production on DED lie some good songs. I'll be issuing a FULL report, of course, for those of who you are up for a review of a 12-HOUR gig (!!), but wanted to comment on your statement, Deb. And shame shame for not coming down to hang with us! ;~) Bob NP: Bebel Gilberto (who was on the slate last night but didn't play), "Samba e amor" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:41:13 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni TV Cartoon Reference (JC) --- Lindsay Moon wrote: > > Hoodsie: " ... you don't know what you've got til > it's gone." > Carl: "We're trying to write a song, not a love > letter!" > Hoodsie: "It's from a song, Carl, a really good > song. The kind that makes > kids cry." > > I always liked Hoodsie. He has a soul. Were you able to bite your tongue and resist the urge to preach the gospel of Joni to your kids at that particular time? (as in, "Hey, kids! Do you know where that line came from?" and so on. I always have a hard time with that, as there's nothing worse than being hit over the head with it. (There is hope. My 16-yr-old daughter has decided she prefers "old" music to modern stuff, her idea of "old" being 80s and 90s, but we're getting there.) ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:44:01 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: I don't like this new mini-series > Little Bird wrote: > > >>I guess everyone has been "Iraqified" of late, > sucked into TV land and its >>endless coverage of > live events around the globe. Every freakin' channel > - >>even in Canada - war, war, war, war, war. Even > channel 5! > >>And in case you missed it PBS has a special > on...the war. > Fred wrote: > Every morning I get up and I watch the war, watch > the war ... > > It's the American way, the new world order > We hold these truths to be self-evident > In the American day, you must give and I shall take, > And I will tell you what is moral and what's just [etc ] > WAR - Jonatha Brooke You can download a new recording of that very song at www.jonathabrooke.com for free. Jonatha felt the song had new relevance. I guess she's right. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:52:04 -0600 From: "Steve Polifka" Subject: Re: JoniDay,ProtestDay,WarDay I have avoided TV for 2 days- (fighting the flu, watching movies and otherwise depressed at the amount of warmongers in our country- the same who profess faith in 'GOD' and the Bible; who believe in the constitution. Do they remember what it is about?-lol.) Glad to know of all the protests and demonstrations. Cheers me up. Steve While Texans sit up building bombs, and making laws, and bars- They'd like to slam free choice behind us... (Did I say TEXANS? oops...) - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 6:02 AM Subject: JoniDay,ProtestDay,WarDay > Hello, > March 22 was a good day for Joni fans at Symphony Space and while you who > could get in or listened on weak signal WFUV or via internet etc.,a lot more > fans were marching to protest the Iraq invasion on Broadway to Washington > Square Park.The protest was televised by WorldLinkTv on Ch.375 of Directv > Satelite and on other systems.Check out FreeSpeech.org and DemocracyNow.org > for details and independent views.... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:50:29 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Wall to wall Joni Mitchell You'll not be surprised to know, Bob Muller did the complete the wall to wall Joni Marathon. 12 Hours of solid Joni covers! When will the boots surface? Whom ever recorded it, please step forward. We'll have discs flying from now until who knows when .......I think he deserves a standing ovation though.... Way to go Bob!!!! on a smaller note, you'll not be surprised ....Nikki & I didn't get there until 6PM ~rosie tired in NJ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:52:41 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Miles Davis is alive and he's a fish --- Deb Messling wrote: >Joni > explained that she had visited > an aquarium and a fish swam up to her and curled its > lip up exactly as > Miles Davis used to do, then quickly swam away. > Joni said, "I knew it was > Miles, because he shunned me." Joni is such a comedian. I hope it was a joke. I think it was a joke. For someone who writes serious songs and who speaks so seriously about so many things, she can also toss off a good line, can't she? ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:01:24 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Wall to Wall Joni Mitchell The highlight of the evening for me was The Mingus Big Band. Been wanting to see them for the longest time. they're set: Sweet Sucker Dance, Edith and the Kingpin, The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, and A Chair in The Sky Sue Mingus told us the story when Charles first met Joni and said to her, Hey I know you, you're that Hillbilly Girl or something to that effect. Joni stood there for a moment, not knowing how to react, then she started busting up. They liked each other immediately ;~) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:42:05 -0800 (PST) From: Little Bird Subject: Re: JoniDay,ProtestDay,WarDay >Sting seems to be one of the few artists who have blended world music themes and social concern.(Paul Simon,too) later,mark> Bono is doing his part. Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics) is in the midst of organizing a peace concert; he and Annie Lennox also released an album in '99 called "Peace" and helped promote Amnesty International on their tour. They're out there but they are far fewer than they used to be. And I've often asked myself why my generation of artists (age 25 or so) seems more concerned about image, vanity and being famous than saying anything really relevant. I like Rufus Wainright. Alanis has some interesting things to say - just wish she'd say it better. But of the guys and dolls my age, who happen to be on the music scene and on a platform of fame and fortune, are shiny, plastic people with vacuous brain cavities. For the older crowd, believe me when I tell you that a lot of us younger folks have noticed the decline in music, particuarly where its relevance to culture and social intrigue is concerned. - -Andrew Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 13:00:36 -0500 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell Biography to be Broadcast on PBS This was most likely a prank. A new person "forwards" an email from a Joni-insider? This has our newly-repatriated [Don Rowe] written all over it! It's a funny present though, Don. Thanks. Lama, who's going to tape the American Masters presentation in S-VHS then turn around and buy the DVD. Sick! >>This is a brief and (sadly) not-handcrafted note to announce that a 90 minute biography for television entitled "Joni MItchell: Woman of Heart and Mind" will be broadcast nationwide on the PBS series "American Masters" on Wednesday, April 2, 2003. In most areas, the broadcast time will be at 9:00 PM. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 13:10:44 -0500 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Joni and James Taylor Hi Kerry, Yes, it's true. Joni and James were once "an item". On the newly-remastered Joni & James at the BBC in 1970, they finish each others sentences. [in several places] Several times. Often one offers an example. [And another example pops up in another voice.] It's quite obvious. [And charming too. Don't forget that!] Anyway, it's available when you send me: a.) a promise not to profit from this stuff. b.) 3 blank CD-Rs & c.) return postage. Now Kerry, go listen closely to "California" on the Blue album. Hear that opening lick that Joni plays on an Appalachian dulcimer? That's a straight lift from the patented James Taylor hammer-on catalog. She translated into a dulimer riff. I've never heard her discuss it but it's completely obvious to me. When the acoustic guitar joins in at 10 seconds, it's James. It's much easier to hear "California" as a duet on the BBC recording because it lacks the drums and slide guitar. This is the "fine mis-matching of a him and her" indeed. (Or is the "finest matching"?) Lama np: Tori on vinyl and the smell of English muffins from the kitchen From: "Kerry Berghoff" I thought I had read it somewhere that they were involved around the "Blue" time period and that a lot of that album referred to their relationship ending. Right? or merely rumor? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:40:30 +0000 From: "Mick Mick" Subject: Joni Mitchell - A Woman of Heart and Mind I wonder, does anybody in UK know much about buying procedures for TV? I asked the BBC and got this back. Do you think that if they got enough requests they'd actually buy it? Dear Mick Thank you for your e-mail regarding Joni Mtchell, A Woman Of Heart And Mind" In regard to your query may I say that there are no plans by the BBC, at present, to acquire the programme. Acquisition decisions are, however, always being taken and so this does not mean that the programme will not be acquired in the near future and I will register your interest in bJoni Mtchell, A Woman Of Heart And Mindb for the attention of the Acquisitions Department. Thank you again for taking the time to contact us. Regards Peter Brewer BBC Information _________________________________________________________________ Surf together with new Shared Browsing http://join.msn.com/?page=features/browse&pgmarket=en-gb&XAPID=74&DI=1059 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 14:14:31 -0800 From: Michael Paz Subject: Wall to wall/ Paprika Plains Hello All Just checking in to see the reports (so few so far) of the wall to wall thing. I had to work yesterday and missed the entire thing on the broadcast. I am here in the studio waiting for Christina and Sam Price to show up (the other 2/3 of Paprika Plains) so we can have our final rehearsal before tomorrows gig at the Blue Nile. Hope everyone had a great time at Wall to Wall. Meant to tell you guys last week that Jack gave me a great boot of Ryan Adams and Elton John called Sweet carolina, recorded at the Grand Old Opry house April 2, 2002. Some great stuff. Also be watching for the premier of the new and improved Louisiana Jukebox on April 4, 2003. You can check us out at louisianajukebox.com. Later Paz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 14:46:40 -0600 From: "Steve Polifka" Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell Biography to be Broadcast on PBS Jim, Don't we ALL do that??? Steve who's done it more times than not... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" > To: > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 12:00 PM > Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell Biography to be Broadcast on PBS > > ...> Thanks. > > Lama, who's going to tape the American Masters presentation in S-VHS then > > turn around and buy the DVD. Sick! > > > > > > >>This is a brief and (sadly) not-handcrafted note to announce that > > a 90 minute biography for television entitled "Joni MItchell: > > Woman of Heart and Mind" will be broadcast nationwide on the > > PBS series "American Masters" on Wednesday, April 2, 2003. In > > most areas, the broadcast time will be at 9:00 PM. > > > > Joel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:24:26 -0500 From: Seulbzzaj@aol.com Subject: Joni Wall to Wall I stayed at the Wall To Wall from 11 AM to 5:30. I did not feel that the quality of performances held up to the same level that the first 3 hours did, but there was some really fantastic performances. Sylvia McNair is a cabaret singer, and sounded kind of corny singing Chelsea Morning, but did an interesting, somewhat bluesy version of California. While McNair's style is not my thing, one does have to admit that she has a great voice and technique, and yet one could tell that it was difficult to make the vocal leaps that Joni threw off so effortlessly. Yet, it was an admirable performance of the song. The real highlights for me was a vocal group called Stretto from Wagner College, who sang an acapella version of Little Green. The jazz pianist Jason Moran played The Priest. He was joined by Alicia Hall who did an unforgettable performance of Woodstock. By far, the most amazing performance of the 5 1/2 hours that I heard was by Helga Davis, who did a version of The Beat Of Black Wings that had everyone stunned. There were other very good performances by Morley, Laurie Anderson, opera singer Lauren Flanigan and Luciana Souza. If anyone on the list taped the concert (or at least the first 3 hours) off of the radio, I would be greatly indebted to you, if you would contact me, and hopefully we could arrange a trade. Scott ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 00:33:38 -0500 From: dsk Subject: Wall to Wall notes Yesterday's music was such a life affirming celebration, reaching back through time as art can wonderfully do and erasing it (Chelsea Morning is HOW old?), and by its very being tying us all together and expressing hope for the future. There were performances that will be with me forever. I hope many of you were able to tune in at some point, and that a recording becomes available for everyone. It was interesting to me the way people inserted their comments about the war, without giving any speeches. Toward the end of the day someone mentioned that the artists had been told not to talk about the war, and yet many of them got their viewpoint about what's happening across anyway. Marathon man (and continuously charming, too -- how does he do that?) Jonicovers Bob took notes and I hope will soon give a detailed listing and reaction to what we heard and saw yesterday. At this point, for me, my thoughts about it are not very organized so I'll start with my favorite performance: Helga Davis, with an accompanying singer and small band, starting with God Must Be a Boogie Man (nice, sounded good, happy), then as she sang Beat of Black Wings, becoming today's Killer Kyle overwhelmed with all his complex feelings, then joining with the other woman who'd started singing Joni's Love, giving an emphasis to peacemakers, and as the song went on it became a demand and a plea and a desperate hope and urgent prayer for peace and (I felt) healing for Killer Kyle and all who are suffering. I was in tears by the end, as many people were, and Helga herself needed physical support from her co-performers. Magnificent. There was no emotional space between her and the music and the audience. Other highlights: Laurie Anderson's pre-Both Sides Now introduction; sitting calmly, with her foot she started a machine that made an eerie throbbing sound, and over that she said, with her own unique pacing, "to everyone who creates, create beautiful things now, and create... like there's no tomorrow..." Her version of BSN was very sweet, with her plucking what looked like a small electronic violin. Mingus Big Band doing Joni/Mingus songs and hearing stories from Sue Mingus. The Priest with a sexy Latin beat. Lucy Kaplansky's pleasing-to-me voice and demeanor. Gail Ann Dorsey singing Passion Play. Morley talking about Joni's elegant and subtle political activism. Garland Jeffreys' style of "having a good time" singing. The different instrumental sounds in the performances by Theo Bleckmann (who also mentioned that he experienced T'log as a moving anti-war statement), Don Byron and his group, and Burnt Sugar. The dramatically performed poem created from Joni lines (I imagined being in the beat poets era). Martha Wainwright's annoying-to-me start, saying things like "I really don't know this song but I've been playing it all day; and I don't have the cd so I don't know what it's supposed to sound like but I got the notes, so I'm going to give it a try." She was talking about Big Yellow Taxi!! The balls that girl's got! And then it turned out ok, with her playing BYT very slowly, and people singing along, and her whispering as we sang "I'm so glad you're all here." I found all of that oddly appealing by the end of her performance. Hearing Ute Lemper sing so clearly and effortlessly and with such power. Those were the things I enjoyed most. I can see already from what others have written that what I liked least (even hated!) were other people's favorites, and probably vice versa, so for now I'll limit my comments to this favorites/highlights list. Debra Shea ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 06:36:08 +0000 From: mpredmore@att.net Subject: Stupid Question Is there a video of the Tribute to joni that was broadcast April 16 2000? Mary in California P.S. Anybody willing to loan a copy of the CBC broadcast? (pretty please?) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 01:48:12 EST From: KJHSF@aol.com Subject: Wall to Wall/My 2 Cents I listened to nearly all 12 hours over the radio and was left with the same impression I had after the TNT tribute. Many of the performers sounded in over their heads. Was that second banshee-wailing cover of Jericho somehow more listenable if witnessed live? Because over the radio feed, it was truly horrifying. A handful of great renditions, though, particularly Mingus Big Band. I noticed that operatic voice worked well for the Song to a Seagull selections, but sounded comical on Hejira and reminded me of the sketch on Saturday Night Live where the uncool music teachers perform contemporary rock; singing and over enunciating. I loved the performer who did Passion Play! She was right on the mark! The collage of car themed tunes at the beginning was nice, but again the featured performer's studied style of singing strikes me as off. I much preferred the background singer, who was featured on a swinging verse of You Dream Flat Tires. Also enjoyed the jazz takes on Ethiopia and Tax Free! Urge For Going sounded unrehearsed. Kudos to the gorgeous piano playing on Down to You! Hooray for the Roches! In all, though, hearing others perform these works makes me appreciate Joni's talent even more. Her singing is just dead on all the time, effortless and comfortable. I was really surprised and pleased at Sue Graham Mingus' presentation. I somehow had the idea that she wasn't a big Joni fan. Wish I could have been there in person, because it is inspiring to know that Joni's recognition is growing. And any tribute to Joni is better than no tribute at all. Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 02:12:01 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: March 24 1974: Joni performed at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. 1983: Joni performed at London's Wembley Arena which was taped for a broadcast on radio and also filmed for a 60 minute BBC concert special. More info: http://www.jonimitchell.com/Wembley83.html - ---- For a comprehensive reference to Joni's appearances, consult Joni Mitchell ~ A Chronology of Appearances: http://www.jonimitchell.com/appearances.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 02:12:01 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: March 24 On March 24 the following items were published: 1988: "Mitchell album touched by surrealism" - Saskatoon StarPhoenix (Review - Album) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=888 2002: "The Sad Side of Being Joni Mitchell" - Montreal Gazette (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=760 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #100 ********************************* ------- 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)