From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #346 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 Friday, November 7 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 346 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Happy Birthday Ms Mitchell ["ash" ] Re: alternate tunings - Moody Blues LJC [Bobsart48@aol.com] Re: Joni's 60th on the radio, Friday, Nov. 7th, WFUV, NYC [Bob.Muller@Flu] Cris & Holly talkin' 'bout "Tea Leaf" [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Joni and Wally [MINGSDANCE@aol.com] Joni's birthday plans [Murphycopy@aol.com] JMDL CD tree #1 ["Laurent Olszer" ] Wally & joni & kilauren ["Kate Bennett" ] am i right??? ["ron" ] Re: Wally & joni & kilauren [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Wally & joni & kilauren [Les Irvin ] joni and les and jim and bob and bob and ashara and... ["Wally Kairuz" ] Joni & Heart [ash ] Happy Birthday Joni [HOOPSJOHN1@aol.com] HAPPY 60TH, JONI !!!!!! ["Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Joni's 60th Birthday [russell brooker ] Re: Happy Birthday Joni [Bobsart48@aol.com] Re: Joni's Decade of Honors [Bobsart48@aol.com] Today in History: November 7 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] Today's Library Links: November 7 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] Happy Birthday Joni! [MINGSDANCE@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 19:20:55 +1100 From: "ash" Subject: Happy Birthday Ms Mitchell From Tasmanian (6th Nov) I have a friend on the local ABC (Northern Tasmania) radio show called Elaine Harris, she is the radio announcer, her show is called 'Tas Drive' 4.00pm to 6.00pm. Audience: 3 million..ooops maybe 10,000? She is blind as tho that is anything to do with anything? Anyway we have daily email chats and I mentioned that Ms Mitchell was celebrating a certain birthday and her reply was..... "Will see if I can manage a Joni track tomorrow. No promises!!"..... but she will, as yesterday she played 'Yellow Taxi'.......and talked with a (1960's) Australian guitarist about Babyboomers, he saying that the babyboomers are stuck in a music limbo..which is good for Joni fans! Ash......STOP PRESS...The lady above has rung and said yes there is to be 'huge' Joni birthday bash!!....its to be done by the morning crew...at......5.30am!!!!..they will play 3 songs and a bit of a bio...I am informed! oh a for am alarm clock!!! Oh Yes Ms Mitchell .....have a Happy Birthday!....and again sorry I could not be there (or where .......there was??)...have a good one! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:48:33 EST From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: alternate tunings - Moody Blues LJC Bob Muller replied (about Joni / Moody Blues 'connections'): "-The Moody Blues had Nights in White Satin - Joni had Night In The City" Thanks for the clever and entertaining response, Bob. :-) And speaking of a Night in The City, my wife (who is a Moody Blues fan) and I will be seeing them at City Center on the 25th this month. I am actually quite looking forward to it. I think Justin Hayward is a major talent, and that the Moody Blues comprise a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:27:34 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Joni's 60th on the radio, Friday, Nov. 7th, WFUV, NYC Hi Bob, thanks for de-lurking & for posting this information. I attended the Joni Mitchell Wall-to-Wall concert back in March that was broadcast on WFUV & they they told me that they would be rebroadcasting some of it on her birthday. I'd love to have the entire 12-hour gig to enjoy again & again. If you have any "in" with the station management, I'd be happy to make a nice donation to the station in exchange for the tapes of the show. Bob NP: Boxing Gandhis, "Speak As One" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:55:04 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Cris & Holly talkin' 'bout "Tea Leaf" Here's the whole interview: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/article-35992.html And here's the JC: GS: There are two other wonderful covers that I wanted to mention. Joni Mitchell's "The Tea Leaf Prophecy" ? CW: Yeah, what a tune. GS: ? and Jane Siberry's "Bound By The Beauty." The magic that occurs on "The Tea Leaf Prophecy" is not only due to the fact that your voice so beautifully matches Joni's, but with Holly picking up the "Study war no more/Lay down your arms" repetition throughout, the song is taken to a new level. CW: I picked both of those tunes. I was listening to a lot of music to bring to the table. I wasn't sure how we were going to do them, but Holly agreed that I should carry the narrative on that one ("The Tea Leaf Prophecy") and that she should carry the narrative on "Bound By The Beauty." I think they are both songs that may have missed the attention of some people. They carry their own weight with them and their own beauty. "Tea Leaf Prophecy" certainly speaks to the endless hope to lay down the arms and absolutely study war no more and have real peace. There's something about it that says this always happens during war and in the background there is this plea to not study war no more and to lay it down, lay it down. It never quite happens, but it speaks to the constant dream of peace. "Bound By The Beauty" is what artists are. It's why we do what we do. All artists?painters, dancers?anybody who does their work in an artful way. Whether they are writers or maids in a motel. If you do it in an artful way, you are making more beauty in the world. That's what I think we should all be doing in some way. Not making less. And I don't think war makes beauty in any way. But peace does. I never have been able to buy the anomaly. That we make war to have peace. Any of the things that this particular administration is touting?it is the exact opposite thing. In order to have safety in our land, we spy on each other. It's the fox in the henhouse kind of philosophy and I just don't buy it. For us, to live in truth is how you live in peace. You are able to say you make mistakes, you are able to say if you really want to free the people of Iraq, or if there are hidden agendas there. A lot of us think there are and they're just not being talked about. Yet, they seem to be glaring. I think it is the job of artists to be bound by beauty and to speak the truth everywhere you can, which is sometimes risky business, especially these days. " Bob NP: Billy Bragg, "Accident Waiting To Happen" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:44:57 EST From: MINGSDANCE@aol.com Subject: Joni and Wally Hey Bob, All the mention of Wally you can get is well deserved. He was my friend too. He completed Joni's life by connecting her back with her daughter, so I'm sure Joni sees Wally as An Angel sent from up above because she spent years searching for her daughter and always came to a dead end until Wally. When I spent the day with Joni she spoke Quite fondly of him. He gave her my photos of her 55th Birthday concert in Atlanta blown up for a gift from the JMDL so I will be forever grateful to him for connecting me with Joni as well. I'll be listening. Joni has always been to me the tops in anything she does. Thank you for getting them to play as much as they can. Have a "Great Party" at the station! Peace Mingus ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:31:25 -0500 From: Murphycopy@aol.com Subject: Joni's birthday plans Has anyone heard what Joni is planning for her birthday? Wasn't it about a year ago she went to Nash's big 60th bash? I wonder if I'll be invited, or if she's angry because I haven't updated Joni in Fiction for a few months . . . - --Bob NE: Nacho Cheesier Doritos with black coffee ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 20:34:53 +0100 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: JMDL CD tree #1 Hello AMO (aka Muffin Man, my favorite Zappa song) I'm your man for trading. I tried emailing you off list but my email came back undelivered. Will answer you next week, on my way to Ireland. Laurent ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:03:28 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Wally & joni & kilauren > and Joni and how Wally helped put Kilauren ( Joni's daughter ) back in touch with Joni and all that stuff that I presume most of you already know about. < Hey I like that idea & would like to mention something about it at our tribute to joni on Sunday...can anyone provide me with a good link that I can excerpt a line or 2 about this story? What year was it does anyone remember? Thanks ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:10:12 +0200 From: "ron" Subject: am i right??? hi an entertaining website with some joni content - what more could we ask for :-) a parody of woodstock - not very good tho........... http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/jonimitchellcsny0.shtml some more parodies - havent read them yet - & misheard lyrics - "born with a moaning cancer" - might explain her recent interviews re other musicians & the music biz!!!! :-) http://www.amiright.com/artists/jonimitchell.shtml & http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/mitchelljoni.shtml ron ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:10:35 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Wally & joni & kilauren http://www.jonimitchell.com/Reunion97.html - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 13:35:14 -0700 From: Les Irvin Subject: Re: Wally & joni & kilauren At 11/6/2003 01:03 PM, Kate Bennett wrote: >Hey I like that idea & would like to mention something about it at our >tribute to joni on Sunday...can anyone provide me with a good link that >I can excerpt a line or 2 about this story? What year was it does anyone >remember? Thanks Everything you need to know about the reunion is here: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/reunion.cfm Articles about Wally and the reunion are here: Web Site Reunites Joni Mitchell and Daughter http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=84 E-mail Reunited Joni and Daughter http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=713 Singer Joni Mitchell Found By Daughter On Internet http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=81 A Mother and Child Reunion -- via the Web http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=94 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 18:39:29 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: joni and les and jim and bob and bob and ashara and... this list has become SO big, such an age of aquarius thing. it is the only community i know that represents the values of the 6th sun so faithfully. joni must or at least should know about les irvin and his work. i wish there were a way we could communicate to this terrible woman that we all adore what les has done for us and for HER. and there's jim, who has kept wally's work alive, built upon it and enhanced it. another hero. there's ashara, who has consolidated the idea of jonifests and taken it to a level of international organization. her fundraising has contributed significantly to supporting the jmdl and jonimitchell.com. there's bob muller, who has undertaken the IMPOSSIBLE task of combing the earth to collect the evidence of joni's presence in other artists' hearts and minds. there's bob murphy, a writer looking into other writers' work to find how not only real people but also imaginary characters bring joni's name, music and lyrics back to life as their stories unfold. there's mark and sue and marian and all the others who *guessed* the alternate tunings and chord shapes so that we could learn not only joni's music but a lot about harmony and musical theory too. there are all the people my jellyfish brain can't recall right now who have helped creating art for the jonifests, supported fundraising initiatives by making donations and organizing events, written articles and essays for the sites, gave of their scholarship and insight to define terms and clarify cultural references in joni's lyrics -- all the people who wrote and painted and philosophized and hypothesized and took a universe that might have remained virtual and turn into a f*cking REAL community. people who took their musical instruments across the world so others could play at jonifests; people who took photos and posted them for others to feel always a part of it all, people who tape-treed, perma-vined, video-branched. people who sent gifts to other people in different continents so that the less privileged could be at a par and be happier. i could never think of all the people that have made the jmdl and jonimitchell.com the pillars on which a brand new world is beginning to be created. in the future, humanity would be made up of families like ours. it was joni's figure, art and person that called us all together. nevertheless, it is the work of wally, les, jim, ashara, bob, bob, and all the wonderful other people that i will have to include under a glorious ETC. that took this abstraction, a mere feeling, and fleshed into a home for all of us and living, 24/7 tribute to joni mitchell. joni mitchell: you owe these people a lot. neither laura nor rickie nor any other had such a gentle and adoring realm over which to reign. joni, don't ever forget that the people are the throne. with love to joni and LOVE to all my sisters and brothers in the joni community, wally, the lesser k, starting the worldwide wave of celebration on the eve of joni's 60th birthday ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:55:59 EST From: BRYAN8847@aol.com Subject: Good for a laugh This review of Blue posted on amazon.con not as good as Janet Jackson, but she's getting there, November 2, 2003 Reviewer: Cranky Reviewer (see more about me) from America I dig Joni Mitchell. She's just alright. She still remains in the shadow of Janet Jackson, but over time, I think Mitchell will really come into her own. This is a really good album, even though it gets boring in some spots. But I think if she stays focused and works more on her lyrics, she'll be just as great as Janet Jackson. This I can be sure of. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:05:07 EST From: Justalittlebreen@aol.com Subject: Quick hello...Joni Noodles..."morbid" idea for next fest (sjc) Hi, all, My hands are back in commission, for the moment, so I'm trying to catch up with back e-mail, including a *lot* of not-yet-read jmdl digests. Hello to all of you -- had a dream about JoniFest the other night. Amazing that after 13 years here in San Francisco, I *rarely* have dreams set here, but after two fests (what -- eight days, total?) at the Full Moon, I now have dreams set there. Sigh. Speaking of the fest -- a couple of people at the fest asked if I would send them copies of Joni Noodles, the, um, dada-esque and extremely badly (on my part) prepared and feverishly performed (ditto) series of vignettes that Susan Guzzi and I performed on Friday night at the fest. I had intended to add some performance notes, etc. (e.g. -- poor Susan's panicked eyes as I blithely skipped lines here and there -- Susan, i know I've said it before, but if you're reading this, *please* forgive me -- it was the fever...). Then I got back still sick, got better but again lost the practical use of my hands, and...yadayadayada. I'm doing better lately, and I'd like to keep any promises made. Anyone who'd like the full script with performance notes, please e-mail me off-list. I'm back on the piano, too, and working on the stuff I'd *originally* intended to perform at the fest (of a more musical nature). I also had another idea -- two actually, but I'll keep one to myself for now - -- for performing Joni's music chorally (I know from hearing some of Bob Muller's cover CDs that it's been done before here and there -- like the Yale Men's Chorus singing I Don't Know Where I Stand, I think -- yes, Bob?). Would anyone be interested in exploring doing some songs... oh, I'll have to just come out and say it -- Would anyone be interested in becoming part of the Morbid Little Christmas Chorus? I worked out a piano-and-voice arrangement of Gift of the Magi a year or so ago, and I'd be willing to work out four-voice arrangements of that and the other three (River, the "Christmas is sparkling" verse of Chinese Cafe, Facelift) if I got some nibbles among likely fest-goers. Nibbles from people who can read music or would like to contribute instrumentally are especially welcome, but all nibbles are welcome, so to speak. Reminder for nibblers, and noodle seekers, and jmdlers in general -- I've changed my screen name for just my jmdl friends to "JustALittleBreen@aol.com". Love and peace and happy Joni's 60th to all, Walt Breen ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 10:07:06 +1100 From: Melissa Subject: Joni's Birthday Recognised on Sydney Radio The breakfast radio program on ABC 702 in Sydney acknowledged Joni's birthday this morning. The program has a nice mix of serious local, national and international political commentary, quirky (Sydney-based) stories, the usual traffic and weather reports all interspersed with a little bit of music. The program is presented by Angela Catterns, and she has a segment every morning called "Voice From the Vault". Here, she plays a small excerpt from a radio interview with an unidentified famous person, and listeners phone in to guess the owner of the voice. This morning's segment was a no-brainer, with the first caller correctly identifying Joni's distinctive, unmistakable voice. It turns out that Angela Catterns is a huge fan of Joni's, and the winner of this morning's segment is also a fan (which is quite serendipitous!). Angela Catterns went on to play "Come in From the Cold". Given the time differences, could Sydney be among the first to celebrate Joni's 60th??? Happy birthday Joni! NP - Karma County "Love Sublime" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 23:55:48 +0100 From: Emiliano Subject: Fw: joni and les and jim and bob and bob and ashara and... (for AOL users) Great post, Wally: We *love* you! Emiliano - ----- Mensaje original ----- De: "Wally Kairuz" Para: Enviado: jueves, 06 de noviembre de 2003 22:39 Asunto: joni and les and jim and bob and bob and ashara and... > this list has become SO big, such an age of aquarius thing. it is the only > community i know that represents the values of the 6th sun so faithfully. > > joni must or at least should know about les irvin and his work. i wish there > were a way we could communicate to this terrible woman that we all adore > what les has done for us and for HER. > > and there's jim, who has kept wally's work alive, built upon it and enhanced > it. another hero. > > there's ashara, who has consolidated the idea of jonifests and taken it to a > level of international organization. her fundraising has contributed > significantly to supporting the jmdl and jonimitchell.com. > > there's bob muller, who has undertaken the IMPOSSIBLE task of combing the > earth to collect the evidence of joni's presence in other artists' hearts > and minds. > > there's bob murphy, a writer looking into other writers' work to find how > not only real people but also imaginary characters bring joni's name, music > and lyrics back to life as their stories unfold. > > there's mark and sue and marian and all the others who *guessed* the > alternate tunings and chord shapes so that we could learn not only joni's > music but a lot about harmony and musical theory too. > > there are all the people my jellyfish brain can't recall right now who have > helped creating art for the jonifests, supported fundraising initiatives by > making donations and organizing events, written articles and essays for the > sites, gave of their scholarship and insight to define terms and clarify > cultural references in joni's lyrics -- all the people who wrote and painted > and philosophized and hypothesized and took a universe that might have > remained virtual and turn into a f*cking REAL community. people who took > their musical instruments across the world so others could play at > jonifests; people who took photos and posted them for others to feel always > a part of it all, people who tape-treed, perma-vined, video-branched. > > people who sent gifts to other people in different continents so that the > less privileged could be at a par and be happier. > > i could never think of all the people that have made the jmdl and > jonimitchell.com the pillars on which a brand new world is beginning to be > created. in the future, humanity would be made up of families like ours. it > was joni's figure, art and person that called us all together. nevertheless, > it is the work of wally, les, jim, ashara, bob, bob, and all the wonderful > other people that i will have to include under a glorious ETC. that took > this abstraction, a mere feeling, and fleshed into a home for all of us and > living, 24/7 tribute to joni mitchell. > > joni mitchell: you owe these people a lot. neither laura nor rickie nor any > other had such a gentle and adoring realm over which to reign. joni, don't > ever forget that the people are the throne. > > with love to joni and LOVE to all my sisters and brothers in the joni > community, > > wally, the lesser k, starting the worldwide wave of celebration on the eve > of joni's 60th birthday ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 19:33:17 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Quick hello...Joni Noodles..."morbid" idea for next fest (sjc) "(I know from hearing some of Bob Muller's cover CDs that it's been done before here and there -- like the Yale Men's Chorus singing I Don't Know Where I Stand, I think -- yes, Bob?)." You saved yourself a whuppin' with the noodle, Walt...the Whiffenpoofs recorded it in 1972, and a lovely version it is too! So glad to see you back - love the new name. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:38:41 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Here's to you Joni!! A lovely woman in Rochester, NY shouted from the bleachers at your BSN tour .." Here's to you Joni...Happy birthday Joni"...and very humbly you said .."Oh...thank you..it's Friday!" Thanks to you I've met many friends of spirit...connections that just would not have happened with out you. So ..Joni..have the grandest of them all. I love you!! Bree _________________________________________________________________ Send a QuickGreet with MSN Messenger http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/cdp_games ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:42:20 +1100 From: ash Subject: Joni & Heart From Tasmania Well I was in this bookshop and saw this large (it would break a coffee table!!) book Rock & Roll...year by year by Luke Crampton and Dafydd Rees. printed by DK $50.00..US and it amazingly has a few Joni photos and about 20 entries on her. and next door was the music shop...well I had to 2nd glance and saw this DVD. HEART...Alive in Seattle!! well as the owner of all the vinyl Lps and all the cassettes and a few Cd's by them....plus being in the fan club years ago (I used to get Xmas cards from them!..sad eh???) and also I receive every few months a newsletter..I have seen Heart quite a few times!! So I looked at the cover of this CD and thought oh my god this looks awful...but bought it anyway...I have just played THE DVD and WOW it ........ ROCKS!!! Ann still has a great voice and Nancy mmmmmmm..so much for being called the poormans Led Zep...I recommend this DVD!! and yes more...... in the DVD rack underneath was Joni Mitchell's Woman of Heart and Mind..as Bobsart recommended this.....so with plastic card..I got this too! and I can see the difference now.... to the TV programme!! and I feel now with the Bonus feature songs..the DVD is real celebration rather than a eulogy! I love how Joni on the Bonus track is a complete master of the guitar and the....audience....all those girlish looks she gives out....you temptress you....shame!! and her voice is brilliant! Ash ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:11:28 EST From: HOOPSJOHN1@aol.com Subject: Happy Birthday Joni My guide, My mentor, my teacher, my student; tothe one who walks with her eyes open and wonders what she sees. to the one who is not afraid to wonder out loud, to venture a guess ,to take a chance and not too proud to be stumbling forward or walking backwards in order to see the signs she may have missed. to the one who feels deeply, hurts unbearbly, loves unwaveringly, sings honestly, frightens easily and dances radiantly. I thank God for you. I am blessed. Happy birthday to you Joni Mitchell. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 00:23:24 -0500 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: HAPPY 60TH, JONI !!!!!! We love you. Thanks for everything. The next time you're in Cincinnati, give me a call. We'll get some lunch al fresco and bitch about Nixon, the new boss, & "same as the old boss". I'd just like to see you sometime. I stole that from Joni the Mitch. Ya know, the one from Saskatoon who does n't lie. Lama, photographer to the JMDL who notes it is 12:16 AM Eastern Time on Novemeber 7th, 2003 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 21:36:31 -0800 (PST) From: russell brooker Subject: Joni's 60th Birthday Hello All, This is my first post ever, and I'm certainly not sure whether it will get through or not, but I'll try (Yes I always Try...) A bit surprised that there was not more going on at her websites about her _60th Birthday_ for goodness sakes!!! Can't believe it's been 35 years (gulp!) since I first met Joni. Hard to believe. But she's been a constant (as the Northern Star) in my life ever since then. I interviewed her for the first time (and Leonard C. whom she was "going with" at the time) in her dressing room backstage at The Troubadour in June of 1968. (I got an advance copy of her first LP in May of that year, and already being a singer-songwriter myself, upon hearing the record, it changed my very life). She was 24 then. I've met with Joan several times since then, and have seen her live (only solo with her Martin D-28) 35 times. But that's not what matters. What matters is that she has touched my life, and influenced my music more than even The Beatles (and that's saying alot!). So Here's To You, Joni...you are the most gifted writer, singer, and performer I've ever seen. The most beautiful Woman, in every way. And I'm sure if the Clintons were still in the White House, November 7th would be proclaimed a National Holiday! I don't do "groups", but here's one that is dear to my very Heart. We Do love her, don't we? We sometimes forget that she's the Very Best There Is. And thank God she's still alive (even with all those cigarettes!). - -Russell P.S. It would be interesting to know what she'll be doing on her Big Day, wouldn't it? (Not to pry) She'll hopefully be with family and going out to dinner somewhere! P.P.S. If anyone would like to contact me regarding my Joni experiences, please feel free to contact me directly. All The Best! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 00:57:04 EST From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Joni Happy Birthday to the Greatest Artist of the English-speaking World over the latter third of the 20th Century !!! May your next decade be marked by good health and happiness - and be as rewarding and fulfilling as the one just past. Bob Sartorius ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 01:37:54 EST From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's Decade of Honors I was thinking about the decade just past from the perspective of Joni's honors, awards and other milestones. I wonder if at its outset of it she could have foreseen the following (not necessarily in chronological order): Her reunion with her daughter and grandchildren Recording of four new albums Grammies for TI and Both Sides Now Billboard Century Award Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Songwriters Hall of Fame Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Mendel Art Gallery - Voices Both Sides Now and Shadows & Light - the biographies World Leader's Tribute - Toronto TNT Tribute Wall To Wall Joni Mitchell Tribute (Symphony Space NYC) Woman Of Heart and Mind (American Masters) Walk of Fame Companion - Order of Canada appointment Nine Jonifests (and you know there may be more) I imagine I may have left a fair amount out, too. It's been quite a decade for Joni's fans - imagine how she must feel ! Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 02:02:47 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: November 7 1943: Joni was born in Fort MacLeod, Canada 1965: Joni performs at The Chess Mate in Detroit. 1995: Joni played a surprise show at Greenwich's Village Fez Club in New York, in front of 200 fans, including Chrissie Hynde, Carly Simon, Natalie Merchant and Marc Cohn. Things got a bit out of hand when Carly and Chrissie had a "confrontation". Find out More info: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=40 http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=807 http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=1127 1996: Joni's appearance on the CBS This Morning Show is taped and broadcast the next day. 1998: Joni performed in Atlanta. More info: http://www.jmdl.com/performances/docs/981107.cfm http://jonimitchell.com/RoadAgainAtlanta1198.html - ---- For a comprehensive reference to Joni's appearances, consult Joni Mitchell ~ A Chronology of Appearances: http://www.jonimitchell.com/appearances.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 02:02:47 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: November 7 On November 7 the following articles were published: 1982: "High Spirits Buoy a Joni Mitchell Album" - New York Times (Review - Album, with photographs) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=291 1994: "Poet-singer-painter Joni Mitchell still one of a kind" - Denver Post (Review - Album) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=885 1994: "Special from Newsday" - Newsday (Interview) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=204 1998: "Mitchell and Dylan, Just Like Old Times" - Washington Post (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=422 2002: "Page Six" - New York Post (Interview) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=959 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 02:46:59 EST From: MINGSDANCE@aol.com Subject: Happy Birthday Joni! I just wanted to wish you a very "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" Joni before I drag myself to bed. I hope you get to spend it with Kilauren, Marlin, and Daisy Joan, Myrtle and Bill.It's 2;30 in the morning here and I just tipped my wine and played "My Best To You", with the head phones of course since Rolls just doesn't understand:~) I hated turning 50 so I'm sure 60 ain't much better. I have called all of our radio stations to play your music, even the redneck station and said if you 'don't have her I'm sure you have Amy Grant? So here's to you! Peace and goodnight, Mingus ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #346 ********************************* ------- 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)