From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #129 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, April 13 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 129 Sign up now for JoniFest 2003! http://www.jonifest.com ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- (no subject) [bra811@aol.com] Joni and the young women folk [emil thompson ] Re: hissing of the summer lawns [Catherine McKay ] Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #127 [Catherine McKay ] Re: NRH... what's exxon blue? [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Today's Library Links: April 13 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] Joni walking off stage [David Marine ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:25:31 EDT From: bra811@aol.com Subject: (no subject) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 02:29:03 +0100 From: emil thompson Subject: Joni and the young women folk I just wanted to offer my tuppence happeny worth to this thread about Joni's somewhat dismissive approach towards other younger female artists. For my money, none of them actually touch her in terms of musicality and lyrical content, not to mention the ability to move the feelings as she does (witness the musical tour de force that is Paprika Plains, who else has done anything close to that ?) also what is bass playing without Jacko ?, and I would agree that Billie is in touch with the spirit more so than any of the others of her era, she gives me the hairs on the neck vibe. In the modern genre Ricki Lee comes about the closest to the musical and emotional excellence of Joni. What ever happened to Ricki Lee ? Obviously, at the end of the day it's all a subjective discussion but for me, well, I know what's a soul song when I hear it. love to all emil ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 22:44:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: hissing of the summer lawns --- Les Irvin wrote: > At 4/12/2003 12:56 AM, ron wrote: > >and if it really is about sprinklers im gonna be > really, really disppointed. > > Prepare to be disappointed! If you can believe what > Miss Mitchell says, > that is... :-) > > From the 1979 Rolling Stone interview: > > "The basic theme of the album, which everybody > thought was so abstract, was > just any summer day in any neighborhood when people > turn their sprinklers > on all up and down the block. It's just that hiss of > suburbia." > > http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=946 I think Joni was pulling someone's leg. Maybe her own. Yes, she's talking about the sprinklers, but she's also talking about the dark underbelly of all that apparent perfection - whether she realizes it or not :) ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 23:00:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #127 --- PassScribe@aol.com wrote: I've lived in the suburbs ever since > getting married and I'd have to > say that they are definately "controlled living > spaces." Many communities on > Long Island (NY) have these cookie-cutter appearance > since so many areas were > developed at the same time. I live in one such area > now that was built in > the '40's and, if it wasn't for so many people > renovating & expanding their > houses, you could easilly have walked into the wrong > one some time. > Even today, when developers build in an area > that was formerly a factory > site or a school that was closed, they only offer > several different types of > homes and everybody has nearly the same size lot, > etc. Often, even the > streets imply a controlled envionment (our > developement has all girls' > names; I live on Erma, down the block is Ava, around > the corner is Dorothy, > etc., and a little bit further over is a different > development with streets > named after cars.) The neighbourhood I lived in in my teens had streets with names that all sounded somewhat autumnal or vaguely Indian. My street was Golden Orchard Drive; others were Lonefeather Crescent, Cedartree Crescent, Burning Elm, Hollow Log, and so on. Another subdivision nearby had streets named after ships (the builder's name was Shipp). And so on. When we moved into that neighbourhood, there were certain things you weren't "allowed" to do - the one that stands out most for me was, you weren't allowed to have a clothesline, because they were too unsightly or something. All the cable and phone lines were buried underground, so they didn't want any lines and wires messing things up. You were allowed to have one of those rotary things that turn around like a pinwheel, but no clothesline. There were a few other stupid and snooty things, but I don't remember them much now and I'm talking about local neighbourhood "rules" as opposed to municipal bylaws, some of which can also be pretty weird in some communities. Then again, there are neighbourhoods where even the colours you use to paint your house have to be approved. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 23:45:01 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: NRH... what's exxon blue? In a message dated 4/12/2003 8:34:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, emilianopd@mundo-r.com writes: > Is there some blue sign asociated with that oil company? Yes, the Exxon sign is red, white and blue. It's not really a unique or weird shade, so I've never known why Joni describes it as Exxon Blue. I like your thought about the blue flame, it corresponds to radiation rose, I think. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 02:07:03 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: April 13 On April 13 the following item was published: 2000: "Q&A" - Rolling Stone (Interview) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=593 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 00:00:10 -0700 From: David Marine Subject: Joni walking off stage Hey List -- The first time I went to see Joni, I guess it was around '76, she walked off stage after one song. It was at the Cole Field House on the University of Maryland campus. My guess is this is the incident she describes below. David > Q:Was there an instance when you > walked offstage after two songs? > > Joni: There was one time that I was onstage for one song. And I > left. I felt very bad for the audience. It was impossible for me to > continue. There's that old show-business axiom that the show > must go on. But if I listed for you the strikes that were against me > that night, I think that you could dig it. It's not easy to leave an > audience sitting there. I was still in bad health from going out on > Rolling Thunder, which was mad. Heavy drama, no sleepa > circus. I'd requested before the show went on to get > out of it. But it was too late. I had bronchitis. A bone in my > spine was out of place and was pinching like crazy. So I was in > physical pain. I was in emotional pain. I was going with someone > in the band, and we were in the process of splitting up. We were > in a Quonset hut, and the sound was just ricocheting. And I just > made the decision. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #129 ********************************* ------- 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)