From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #148 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 Thursday, May 1 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 148 Sign up now for JoniFest 2003! http://www.jonifest.com ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: What if Joni came to JoniFest ... ["Lori Fye" ] Today in History: May 1 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] Today's Library Links: May 1 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 04:13:08 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: What if Joni came to JoniFest ... Suzzi Guzzi wrote (sorry Susan, I couldn't resist!): > I do have a madcap scheme on how to get her to fest - everybody in? It was late and I was too tired last night to go into this, but last year at Fest, Les and I were chatting about whether Joni might ever show up at one of our gatherings. Joni is quite aware of the existence of the JMDL, and no doubt *someone* checks out jonimitchell.com and jmdl.com periodically and reports to Joan. So ... what if, what if ... what if said *someone* mentions to Joni that there's this laid-back festival not too far from Yasgur's Farm ... It's entirely possible that Joni will indeed grace us with her presence at JoniFest some year. Could be this year, could be another year. But *I* ain't taking any chances!! Lori, who will drive from DC to Oliverea (and back) - anyone need a ride? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 05:01:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Susan Guzzi Subject: Re: What if Joni came to JoniFest ... Hey Looori! I think we have all had this discussion, either at fest or since, as silly as it sounds. I would also bet Joni is already aware that a Fest exists, whether she is aware "yet" that it is at Yasgurs farm - I am not sure. But here is the place to dream the dream so here goes ... I wasn't going to tell all, but I just wrote about this privately to Kevin so the cats out of the bag anyway! As I am a dreamer and yes I'm not the only one, I had this idea of what a great documentary the Fest would make. Ya know the friendships and relationships that have developed, the performance, the sharing of Joni as our muse, the community. There would be interviews with festers about their Joni passion, their inner peace at findng the community, Les as the founder of the JMDL, Ashara as Fest Queen - OK SMURPH you can be a queen of something too! Footage of us all at play and living together in peace & love & music for 3 days. I thought not only is this a happening and a love in but with all these OLD HIPPIES, how communal and small our world has become. So it was all innocent .... AND then as I continued my drinking and smoking, I thought what if these observances and interviews were intermingled with Joni being interviewd on her thoughts about this happening or possibly her watching some of the footage and her response. OF course it all would climax with Joni gracing the Full Moon perhaps on closing night. She enters the performance space and slowly the festers realize that it really is her! And she moves to the front and sits and just watches and enjoys. Maybe she does not perform, but goes on stage to talk and field questions. Kind of like "Inside the Actors Studio." I dunno - got any better ideas?! LOL! And Lori I don't mind Suzzi Guzzi at all - in fact think of that as my name on the credits of the documentary. Also thinking about that ride, at least I would take up less room than last year! LOL! Peace, Susan Now about to call in work and take the day off! No freakin reason just feel like it! Well now I need the day to write my acceptance speech to the academy as well. - --- Lori Fye wrote: last year at Fest, Les and I were chatting about whether Joni might ever show up at one of our gatherings. Joni is quite aware of the existence of the JMDL, and no doubt *someone* checks out jonimitchell.com and jmdl.com periodically and reports to Joan. > > So ... what if, what if ... what if said *someone* mentions to Joni > that there's this laid-back festival not too far from Yasgur's Farm ... > > It's entirely possible that Joni will indeed grace us with her presence > at JoniFest some year. Could be this year, could be another year. But > *I* ain't taking any chances!! > > Lori, > who will drive from DC to Oliverea (and back) - anyone need a ride? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 06:20:31 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: What if Joni came to JoniFest ... the documentary > I dunno - got any better ideas?! LOL! Nope. I LOVE your idea, Susan!!! Now, how might we go about making it happen? Anyone, anyone? (I know we have some film people here ... where the heck is Barbara Burst when you need her??) Loooori ; ) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:41:35 -0500 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: What if Joni came to JoniFest ... Well, i could use a ride from Albany to Oliverea...? any chance of that? db >>> "Lori Fye" 4/30/2003 6:13:08 AM >>> Suzzi Guzzi wrote (sorry Susan, I couldn't resist!): > I do have a madcap scheme on how to get her to fest - everybody in? It was late and I was too tired last night to go into this, but last year at Fest, Les and I were chatting about whether Joni might ever show up at one of our gatherings. Joni is quite aware of the existence of the JMDL, and no doubt *someone* checks out jonimitchell.com and jmdl.com periodically and reports to Joan. So ... what if, what if ... what if said *someone* mentions to Joni that there's this laid-back festival not too far from Yasgur's Farm ... It's entirely possible that Joni will indeed grace us with her presence at JoniFest some year. Could be this year, could be another year. But *I* ain't taking any chances!! Lori, who will drive from DC to Oliverea (and back) - anyone need a ride? This message has been scanned by the E250. This message has been scanned by the E250. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:43:26 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Subject: Completely and off the floor Julie Shephard sjc i recently listened to her clips on cdbaby & i love her music!...you can definately hear the joni influence & her voice is unique & beautiful...my favorite song is box of shelter which could be on the radio or would sound great as a soundtrack for a movie...i love the acoustic guitar (sounds alt tuning to me)... i am so glad mags mentioned julie & i urge everyone to listen cuz i think you'll really like her! mags>>>Julie's album, 'Completely and off the floor' is on sale at cdbaby. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/shephard You can also check Julie out on her web site....where you will find all kinds of wonderful information about her. << www.katebennett.com "Lyrically, it's a work of art overall. Brilliant writing, absolutely." Indie-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:35:10 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Covers # 40...life begins at 40! Hi all, hard to believe that May is upon us already...May day! May day! Our Joni Covers collection turns the corner on middle age as we release the 'over the hill' Volume #40. Like all the others it's full of thrills and spills, some bad to the bone, and some just plain bad! And also like all the others, I could not have done it without the help of others, in this case: Steve Polifka Joe Farrell my kid sister Chris Susan (OzWoman) (thanks for a great lead) And now, on to the tunes: 1.Alexander & Noelle - Woodstock: This 70's duo from the midwest turn in a very pretty Woodstock...nice airy vocal complemented by piano, guitar, percussion and backing vocals. Very rare and worth hearing! 2. The Film Studio Orchestra - The Circle Game: Pleasant enough muzak version...you could do worse in an elevator I suppose... 3. Triple Trio - Big Yellow Taxi: More college acapella, and not particularly exciting. The lead vocalist is very timid, the group has a hard time with the pacing of the song, and they even do a few unintentional key changes. Other than that, it REALLY rocks! :~) 4. The Group - Both Sides Now: About as creative as their name, sorta like the New Christy Minstrels without the pizzazz. Not that the NCM had any pizzazz, mind you, so you get the idea. 5. The Travellers - Morning Morgantown: MM covers are rare as hen's teeth, so I like this one a lot. The Travellers were a Canadian folk group, they also covered Circle Game on a previous volume. This one has some strings backing and other colors as well. 6. The Little Folk - The Circle Game: 60's UK folk, another fairly obscure recording - very much has an Irish feel to it, and this live recording features the audience doing a bit of a singalong. 7. Julie De Azevedo - Big Yellow Taxi: Love it! Starts up with an extended Jaco-ish bass line, and then kicks in with the full band in a kickin' live version of BYT. Julie is a mormon from the land of Alison, and she usually sings stuff with more of a spiritual bent, so she must have caught this one from Amy Grant. However she did, I'm glad she did because this one's a pretty good little jam. 8. The Olive Branch - Both Sides Now: One has to wonder why they bothered. 9. Barry Manilow - River: I'll bet y'all are expecting me to dis this one, but I ain't gonna do it. Barry made lots of great records, and this take on River may be a tad too lush for MY tastes but he does a nice job with it all in all. Maybe next he can do "Harlem in the Copa Cabana"! 10. Blue Tapestry - Coyote: 11. Blue Tapestry - California: Much has been said about Blue Tapestry, the Joni/Carole King tribute group from the UK, and more deserves to be said! These guys go WAY beyond being a 'copy', and perform all these songs flat out with their own talents on full display. And the songs they pick - oh my! Both of these are superb, and we'll be hearing lots more from them over the next few months. 12. John Munro - Both Sides Now: This guy apparently died of some rare disease or something when he was in his 20's so I guess I shouldn't say anything too bad...but he starts out with "curls & furls of angel hair". I HATE it when they do that! :~) 13. The Greene String Quartet - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: A very different 'classical' feel to the Mingus melody, with some excellent solos and a nice "lazin' down the river" feel to the whole thing. 14. Maggie Anderson & Gregg Cagno - River: What can I say? Maggie & Gregg are both beautiful folks with beautiful voices, and this song is a perfect choice for Maggie's warm voice & Gregg's acoustic guitar. Yum. 15. Andrew Hardin - Just Like This Train: Hey, whaddya know, it took us 40 volumes but we finally got a JLTT cover! This one came out last year, it's an instrumental version, nicely produced. The BEST cover of this song ever recorded! 16. Dana Johnson - Both Sides Now: You know when you go into those cheesy "recording (karaoke) studios" in a theme park and make a record? OK then, you have an idea of what this one sounds like. 17. The Modern Folk Quartet - Big Yellow Taxi: A toe-tappin' bluegrass take...Besides doing a Joni song, this band features none other than Henry Diltz, who took some of the best Joni pics ever! Also features Chip Douglas who would go on to do some work with The Monkees. 18. Therapy - Carey 19. Therapy - Big Yellow Taxi: Don't know much about them, the girl singer sure does have a great voice though. A UK folk group from the 70's, and another hard-to-find recording. 20. The Art Gallery - Both Sides Now: They must have never heard the Olive Branch and decided the world needed another limp washrag version of BSN... So there you have it...your JMDL Joni Covers Volume 40. If you made it this far, thanks for indulging me, and give yourself a high five! Bob NP: The Group, "Both Sides Now" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:53:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Darice Subject: Me and Bobby and Kris and Joni and Janis (sjc) I remember hearing Kris K's version of Me and Bobby several years before the Janis version. A DJ friend of mind played KK's first album for me at KPRI in San Diego. He stopped at this song and said, " this will be a big it, but not by Kris". I am fairly sure, 30+plus years later, and with serious short and long term memory problems, that ME and Bobby was written BEFORE Janis and Kris were together. Darice ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:57:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Little Bird Subject: Re: Covers # 40...life begins at 40! > Hi all, hard to believe that May is upon us > already...May day! May day! Interesting to note that "Help Me" by Joni Mitchell would be "M'Aider" in French. Your trivia of the day: "Mayday" is actually a French term for 'help me': m'aider. (The "er" is pronounced "eh") M'aider! - -Andrew __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:29:14 EDT From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Full-sized album art In a message dated 4/30/03 3:01:50 AM, les@jmdl.com writes: << From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Joni on LP: who needs a collection? > "Here are 14 albums by Joni Mitchell (17 LPs total). I saw that last night too! Even though I have most of those on vinyl, I was drooling ... Framed, they would look great on a music room wall. (I really do miss full sized album art.) >> I've already bought record albums just for the great artwork on some even though I have no intention of ever listening to the music inside (well, of course at flea markets and garage sales for a couple of bucks.) Plus, have you tried reading the tiny print on some of the liner notes in CD's? You could go blind.... Kenny B ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:44:57 -0400 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Covers # 40...life begins at 40! Bob..you and your helpers out did yourselves for 40. Blue Tapestry is just superb. My favorite Coyote cover to date. (that woman can really sing..wow!) Oh..and far as Barry goes... what about Lead Balloon? Of the covers you listed I left my favorites..but I accidentally deleted Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. Thanks .. Bree >1.Alexander & Noelle - Woodstock: This 70's duo from the midwest turn in a >very pretty Woodstock...nice airy vocal complemented by piano, guitar, >percussion and backing vocals. Very rare and worth hearing! > >5. The Travellers - Morning Morgantown: MM covers are rare as hen's teeth, >so >I like this one a lot. The Travellers were a Canadian folk group, they also >covered Circle Game on a previous volume. This one has some strings backing >and other colors as well. > >7. Julie De Azevedo - Big Yellow Taxi: Love it! Starts up with an extended >Jaco-ish bass line, and then kicks in with the full band in a kickin' live >version of BYT. Julie is a mormon from the land of Alison, and she usually >sings stuff with more of a spiritual bent, so she must have caught this one >from Amy Grant. However she did, I'm glad she did because this one's a >pretty >good little jam. > >9. Barry Manilow - River: I'll bet y'all are expecting me to dis this one, >but I ain't gonna do it. Barry made lots of great records, and this take on >River may be a tad too lush for MY tastes but he does a nice job with it >all >in all. Maybe next he can do "Harlem in the Copa Cabana"! > >10. Blue Tapestry - Coyote: >11. Blue Tapestry - California: Much has been said about Blue Tapestry, the >Joni/Carole King tribute group from the UK, and more deserves to be said! >These guys go WAY beyond being a 'copy', and perform all these songs flat >out >with their own talents on full display. And the songs they pick - oh my! >Both >of these are superb, and we'll be hearing lots more from them over the next >few months. > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:51:11 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Covers # 40...life begins at 40! In a message dated 4/30/2003 10:46:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, bree_mcdonough@hotmail.com writes: > Blue Tapestry is just > superb. My favorite Coyote cover to date. You're so right Bree! I'd heard so much about Blue Tapestry, and now I know why. Plus Barry Manilow's cover of "River" is Excellent. Thanks so much Bob and all who contributed to this wonderful #40 Covers CD! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 20:58:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Little Bird Subject: Joni's horoscope for May According to Vanity Fair: SCORPIO: And you thought you were done for. Finito. Kaput. How wrong you were. Saturn's transit through your 8th house gave you good reason to believe the end was near. But this month, as Jupiter culminates in your solar midheaven, you have the opportunity to stop gnashing your teeth long enough to show people that, in true Scorpio style, you are back from the dead for the zillionth time and ready to give the world a glimpse of stocking, or perhaps even more. If it gives you pleasure, however, you may carry on gnashing your teeth a little bit longer. - --- - -Andrew __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 02:30:05 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: May 1 1969: Joni guests on the Johnny Cash show, set to air on June 7th. After the show, Bob Dylan, who was also on the show, returns to Johnny Cash's house with Earl Scruggs, Bob Johnston, and Boudleaux Bryant for dinner. After dinner, they each perform a song, Dylan sang the old standard "These Working Hands." According to Graham Nash, who also recalls a dinner at Cash's, attended by, among others, himself, his then-girlfriend Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, and Eddy Arnold, Dylan sang four or five songs. Presumably it was the very same dinner. Nash recalls Sara, Dylan's wife, sitting there crying at the drama of the moment. 1983: Joni performed at Zenith in Paris - ---- For a comprehensive reference to Joni's appearances, consult Joni Mitchell ~ A Chronology of Appearances: http://www.jonimitchell.com/appearances.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 02:30:05 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: May 1 On May 1 the following items were published: 2001: "Joni Mitchell: A Work in Progress (A Fan's Perspective)" - JMDL (Biography) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=623 2001: "Joni Mitchell: A Work in Progress (A Fan's Perspective) (Part 2)" - JMDL (Biography) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=944 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #148 ********************************* ------- 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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