From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #107 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, March 30 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 107 Sign up now for JoniFest 2003! http://www.jonifest.com ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Joni and the war [emil thompson ] RE: Joni and the war ["theodore" ] Re: Joni and the war ["mack watson-bush" ] Shadows and Light Revised Edition ["James Leahy" ] Rachel Z story from 3/28 Newark Star-Ledger ["Kate Bennett" ] Joni in Rolling Stone. [MINGSDANCE@aol.com] star wars 2003 [vince ] apology [vince ] Jonesing for Joni ["Jerry Notaro" ] Re: Jonesing for Joni [Little Bird ] smoking statues in "god-forsaken" canada [Murphycopy@aol.com] Joni mention in Billboard [Randy Remote ] Re: smoking statues in "god-forsaken" canada ["Lori Fye" ] Today in History: March 30 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] Today's Library Links: March 30 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 10:45:25 +0000 From: emil thompson Subject: Joni and the war Does anyone know where Joni stands on this whole war issue thing, has she said anything about it ? How about Neil Young, his politics have always been very dodgy but I can't imagine any of that generation can be in favour. Is it going to be another Vietnam repeat ? hey Ruth from Richmond, right on, loved the krishnamurti quote. emil ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 03:50:11 -0800 From: "theodore" Subject: RE: Joni and the war "We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man, We got a kindler gentler machine gun hand" Neil Young "Keep On Rocking In The Free World." - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com] On Behalf Of emil thompson Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 2:45 AM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Joni and the war Does anyone know where Joni stands on this whole war issue thing, has she said anything about it ? How about Neil Young, his politics have always been very dodgy but I can't imagine any of that generation can be in favour. Is it going to be another Vietnam repeat ? hey Ruth from Richmond, right on, loved the krishnamurti quote. emil ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 08:07:47 -0600 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Re: Joni and the war emil asks? > Does anyone know where Joni stands on this whole war issue thing, has > she said anything about it ? Listen to DED and I am sure you will know. mack np: endless war coverage which sadly and frightenly takes me back to childhood and the daily reports of the dead from Vietnam. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 10:19:19 -0500 From: "James Leahy" Subject: Shadows and Light Revised Edition I saw the updated edition of O'Brien's Joni bio in a store yesterday here in Toronto. It's now a (cheap-looking) paperback going for $22.95 (Cdn.). As far as I could tell, the updates include some post-9/11 stuff (in the Miscellany section) AND interview material with Chuck Mitchell. O'Brien intersperses Chuck's comments throughout the section describing Joni's giving up Kelly for adoption, getting married to Chuck, beginning her career in Detroit, and, finally, divorcing him. Needless to say, Chuck gives us a different version of these events than we have yet heard. He paints Joni as an extremely ambitious artist who really wanted to be a star and whose decision to give up her baby for adoption was not that difficult. He states that she finally decided to leave him only after getting her green card to work in the States. Other than those bits, I don't know if I'll buy this second edition. The hardback version was being remaindered at Indigo for $10 last year. Jim ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:46:18 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Rachel Z story from 3/28 Newark Star-Ledger >Later, when Z was a student at Morris Knolls High School, she performed Mitchell's tunes at Tavern On The Green and The Greenhouse in Morristown< my childhood stomping grounds! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:46:19 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Song to a Seagull i agree andrew, i recently 'rediscovered this album', the one that introduced me to joni, & i think it has taken over as my #1 joni album now...pirates of p gives me goosebumps! >What a beautiful experience it was to listen to Song To A Seagull at full volume on this bright spring day!< ()() (oo) *********oOO**(..)************** * Kate Bennett * *'bringing the melancholy world* * of twilight to life * * almost like magic' * * All Music Guide * * www.katebennett.com * *********************oOO******** /_____\ || || ooO Ooo ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:13:25 EST From: MINGSDANCE@aol.com Subject: Joni in Rolling Stone. Just got the mail, Joni is mentioned on page 32. Music on TV Wednesday, April 2nd Joni Mitchell: Folk legend is profiled on American Masters-Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind. 9p.m.,PBS I called WGCFU here in southwest FL and they said it was set in stone and should be shown though-out the nation on all PBS stations. Peace, Mingus ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 14:37:16 -0500 From: vince Subject: star wars 2003 Cheney: The United Nations will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that the Emperor, ah, president, has dissolved the security council permanently. The last remnants of Old Europe and its lackeys have been swept away. Me: But that's impossible. How will the Emperor, ah, president, maintain peace without the UN? Cheney: The Rumsfeld appointees now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of shock and awe. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 14:46:44 -0500 From: vince Subject: apology damn my last post should have been NJC and I am very sorry - I typed NJC, it didn't take (damn keyboard) and I apologize everyone vince ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 15:15:00 -0500 From: "Jerry Notaro" Subject: Jonesing for Joni Entertainment Weekly gives a C Grade to Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 12:17:04 -0800 (PST) From: Little Bird Subject: Re: Jonesing for Joni They're morons! It's an A+ if you're a Joni fan! - -Andrew > Entertainment Weekly gives a C Grade to Joni > Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind. Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 15:38:30 EST From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: smoking statues in "god-forsaken" canada While reading "The Cunning Man" by Robertson Davies today, I couldn't help but think of our discussion about the proposed Joni statue a few months back. The following is part of a "letter" written in the novel from one British character to another: "But the way of the sculptor is hard, isn't it? Dear One is still *bashing* her head against *brick walls* in this artistically God-forsaken country where their idea of a statue is something like Winston Churchill in bronze with a cigar *that really smokes* sticking out of his mouth!" Me again . . . After reading this, I LOVE the idea of a Joni statue that smokes! --Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:27:13 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Joni mention in Billboard From the Chart Beat column by Fred Bronson, March 29 issue Hailing a Taxi: They're paving paradise and putting up another parking lot. "Big Yellow Taxi," written by 1995 Billboard Century Award honoree Joni Mitchell, is back on The Billboard Hot 100, 33 years after the song's original debut. The version by Counting Crows featuring Vanessa Carlton on Geffen/Interscope enters at No. 63 and is the fourth rendition of "Taxi" to chart. In 1970 there was a battle between Mitchell's original and a version by pop group Neighborhood. The latter won, peaking at No. 29, while the composer's own single only reached No. 67. Five years later, Michell's "Taxi" re-entered and rode to No. 24. Amy Grant remade "Taxi" in 1995, and it went to No. 67. That represented Mitchell's most recent appearance on the Hot 100 as a songwriter until this issue. The first song Mitchell wrote that charted was "Both Sides Now." Judy Collins' version entered the Hot 100 the week of Nov. 9, 1968, ultimately peaking at No. 8. That gives Mitchell a songwriting chart span of 34 years, three months, and three weeks. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:44:02 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: smoking statues in "god-forsaken" canada Smurfy wrote: > After reading this, I LOVE the idea of a Joni statue that smokes! See? 'Twasn't such a bad idea afterall, 'twas it? Lori NPIMH: "Empty, empty try another ..." P.S. - Sarah? Where are you?? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 17:13:33 EST From: Mark129@cs.com Subject: Pre-American Masters Warmup I quote excerpts from David Crosby's "Longtime Gone" page 129 "Roberta Joan Anderson was a folksinger from Saskatoon,married to a folksinger named Chuck Mitchell,the two sang together until their divorce in 1967.Joni moved to NY to continue singing her songs on the folk circuit,counting herself lucky because she could work forty weeks a year,kept her rent paid through the end of the next month,and had four hundred dollars in the bank. She was planning a career in retail clothing sales and design. A willowy blonde with big blue eyes and high cheekbones,singing art songs in a bell-like soprano with a Canadian accent and accompanying herself on acoustic guitar adn dulcimer was not anyone's idea of the Next Big Thing,but her work was unmistakably different and she was attracting attention. Joni talks on page 130"In those days I resembled a folksinger to the untrained ear and David Crosey knew there was only one record company that was interested in folksingers. David and manager Elliot Roberts made me look like the New Movement.David thought that folkrocking me up would be a tragedy so he could go to the record company and say he would produce me.The way David put it,it's like your sitting on the patio of the Old World Restaurant and a girl goes by in blue jeans and after you think,did she have a little lace down the seams of her blue jeans? Anything we added would be minimal,that's the way we proceeded." You can read more from his book published in 1988 by Doubleday. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 03:44:17 +0100 From: "Eryl B Davies" Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2003 #201 dsk wrote: >So, obviously, to keep our (the US) lifestyle going, we need A LOT of >oil, as cheaply as possible. How much research into renewable energy sources would the cost of this war have covered? Eryl ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 02:02:06 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: March 30 1974: Joni performed at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium. - ---- For a comprehensive reference to Joni's appearances, consult Joni Mitchell ~ A Chronology of Appearances: http://www.jonimitchell.com/appearances.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 02:02:06 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: March 30 On March 30 the following items were published: 1988: "Mitchell keeps door open to posibility of tour" - Saskatoon StarPhoenix (Interview) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=745 2000: "Her Back Pages" - Hotpress (Interview) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=503 2000: "Mitchell's jazz plaintively mimes arc of modern love" - Toronto Globe and Mail (Review - Album) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=482 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #107 ********************************* ------- 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? 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