From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #369 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 Wednesday, November 26 2003 Volume 2003 : Number 369 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- HAPPY BIRTHDAY [Steven Blue ] Re: Survey - The Rest [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] No wonder she's not writing.... [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: No wonder she's not writing.... ["Bree Mcdonough" ] RE: Joni Tribute Review - looooooong! (Conversation - Joni) ["Maggie McNa] Fw: No wonder she's not writing.... (for AOL users) [Emiliano ] Re: No wonder she's not writing.... [Catherine McKay ] film, a Joni moment...very brief ["ash" ] Snapshot of our Desert Island Joni (Most/Least) ["michael o'malley" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 04:16:49 -0800 (PST) From: Steven Blue Subject: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy birthday wishes as well. I also agree that it is never too cold for a Martini! Steven A. Blue Atoll Law Enforcement APO AP 96558 Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:48:13 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Survey - The Rest Eagle-eyed Deb asked: "BUT...you left one out. How's about "Love Puts on a New Face?" I think I voted that one my favorite." Right you are, Deb...I did that on purpose to see if anybody was paying attention! ;~) Taming The Tiger (amended) Harlem In Havana: 13 / 0 Man From Mars: 9.33 / 0 Love Puts On A New Face: 2 / 1 Lead Balloon: 0 / 17 No Apologies: 0 / 4 Taming The Tiger: 1.83 / 1 The Crazy Cries Of Love: 4 / 1 Stay In Touch: 2 / 6 Face Lift: 2.33 / 2 My Best To You: 2 / 2 Tiger Bones: 1.5 / 1 Bob NP: Amy Correia, "daydream car" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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Coach calls a time out for a smoke break! :~) Bob NP: Julian Coryell, "Deacon Blues" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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Thanks..Bob... bree >"Joni Mitchell scored 14 points for the Lady 'Cats, followed by Jennifer >Givens with 13, Taylor Burt and Amber O'Connor with 10 each, Ashley Beck >with eight, Sandy Trail with seven, Tiffany Palmer and Angelique Kordich >with six each and Tiia Asikainen with four." > >Coach calls a time out for a smoke break! :~) lol!! >Bob > >NP: Julian Coryell, "Deacon Blues" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >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. 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At first listen I didn't ...BUT it really grew on me. ...it sounded a little like Muzak...but then I found myself listening to it four times in a row." And I hope you were singing along! That recording is from a Karaoke group called Sybersound, not very adventurous but enjoyable all the same. And I agree with you on the "Joy to the World/River" medley, oh my it brought the water to my eyes first time I heard it. More on covers #47 in less than a week. For all these covers, may we be truly thankful! :~) Bob NP: Elvis Costello, "Payday" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. 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I remember that I flew from Boston to San Francisco to attend the Joni/Bob/Van Bay Area concert and then flew back. My brother got an invitation to attend the taping and declined and DIDN'T CONTACT ME because he "knew" that I wouldn't want to go back to the west coast again so soon. I still haven't forgiven him that assumption! Glad you got to see it...it's such a winner. Best, Maggie -----Original Message----- From: Sherelle Smith [mailto:sherellesmith@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 12:04 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Saw Joni on VH1 Classic I was on my way out the door Saturday evening when I saw Joni on VH1 Classic doing "Woodstock" and was in 7th heaven! My daughter had driven down from Connecticut to visit and she was treating me to dinner. she knows how much I love Joni so she just sat there and giggled at me! Joni was playing her V-8 and it sounded fantastic! Believe it or not, I have never seen her live but I don't feel deprived in any way. Her music fills me up so much and as I have said in the past, in my opinion, live for Joni doesn't get any better than Shadows and Light. I think the broadcast was taken from "Painting with Words and Music". Was that the special that so many of our Jonilistas attended? I think the date on the video was 1998. Help me out here! (Smile) Sherelle _________________________________________________________________ Set yourself up for fun at home! Get tips on home entertainment equipment, video game reviews, and more here. http://special.msn.com/home/homeent.armx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:29:03 -0500 From: "Maggie McNally" Subject: RE: Joni Tribute Review - looooooong! (Conversation - Joni) Thank you, Susan for your report. I'm jealous that you got to hang with the two Davids and Pearl&Steve while basking in the glow of Jonimusic. Sounds so fine to me. Now, get Joniholic self up to NY in August, and bring your new buddies with you. (Pearl, Steve - missed you last time!). Maggie -----Original Message----- From: OzWoman321@aol.com [mailto:OzWoman321@aol.com] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 5:27 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Joni Tribute Review - looooooong! (Conversation - Joni) Hello, All - Wow, where do I begin? - the Joni Tribute Night Saturday, November 22, 2003 at The Main Street Cafe in Homestead, FL was a phenomenal success! I had extended the invitation to Pearl and Mingus a few weeks ago and was absolutely thrilled when they RSVPed in the positive, and even brought their significant others - it's always wonderful to put faces to names and to share something with those who feel equally heartfelt. I have a standing front and center table at Main Street - it was my pleasure to have them join me, my husband and friend Nancy for the festivities. We gathered together to celebrate the 60th birthday of an accomplished musician/songwriter/poet/painter/genius - to many of us, there is Joni... and then there is everyone else... :-) Big thanks go out to Laurie Oudin and Laura Sue, the Silver Nightingale for having the idea to do this Joni Tribute. We all three (separately) watched and were inspired by the American Masters special, Woman of Heart and Mind. When they came to me many months ago with the concept and asked if I'd like to participate, I suggested doing it in November for Joni's 60th birthday. I was honored to emcee the event and perform two of Joni's songs (Woman of Heart and Mind and Last Time I Saw Richard) as spoken word pieces - I asked forgiveness in advance for whatever historical/sociological errors/omissions I made during the course of this evening (and there were a few!). I introduced myself as Susan Moss, a Joni-holic - I discovered Joni's music in high school (1968-72) and my line/joke of many years is that my then-boyfriend (now husband) and I Courted and Sparked to Blue... :-) Researching/compiling the between-song factoids/trivia, I felt as if I were back in college writing a term paper - the amount of reference material is overwhelming and I realized there was no way in hell I could cover everything (d*mmit!). I touched on highlights such as SIQUOMB, Little Green adoption/reunion, the Miles of Aisles Mick Jagger/Richard Nixon/Gomer Pyle fan comment, her bout with polio and resultant weird tunings/"chords of inquiry", her decision to miss Woodstock so as to appear on the Dick Cavett show, the many men in Joni's life, other artists who were influenced by Joni, the use of Joni-isms in everyday language (paved paradise, starmaker machinery, back to the garden), her mastery of language in her song lyrics, Joni's various Grammys and Hall of Fame Awards, etc. I promoted websearching of www.jonimitchell.com and www.jmdl.com... I still own Joni's first fourteen *albums* and brought them Saturday night to decorate the back wall of the stage - unfortunately, the duct tape only lasted most of the way through the first set, whereupon they began dropping like flies! It was a nice thought - in retrospect, I should have gone for the staple gun idea after all... :-) The line-up of local musicians was amazing! ~ Conversation - Laurie Oudin ~ Little Green - Laurie and Laura Sue, the Silver Nightingale ~ I Don't Know Where I Stand/I Think I Understand - Alex Kash ~ California - Laura Sue and Alex ~ Song To a Seagull - Laura Sue ~ Twisted - Lisa "Noodles" Hayden, Alex and Laura Sue, Mario ~ Morning Morgantown - Noodles ~ Marcie - Tom Keaton ~ Rainy Night House/Woodstock - Barbara Muze and DeeDee Finney (accompanied by Rob and Stuart) ~ Song For Sharon/Refuge of the Road - Sally Townes (accompanied by Stuart) ~ Hejira/For Free - Matthew Sabatella (accompanied by Damien Fuentes) ~ Cactus Tree - Laurie ~ Big Yellow Taxi/Free Man In Paris/Both Sides Now/Amelia - The Pathfinders (Laurie, Scott Emmons, Mario Carvajal, Josh Aberman) ~ Circle Game - Everyone Before we broke for intermission, raffle giveaways were awarded from slips of paper filled out with attendees' name and/or phone number/e-mail - prizes included: ~ collage poster of Joni faces, created by Luke and Scott ~ event poster with color Joni photo, signed by all the performers ~ the book Voices: The Work of Joni Mitchell from the exhibition of her artwork at The Mendel Gallery ~ "unofficial" recording of Joni at Red Rocks CO, 1983, Wild Things Run Fast Tour ~"unofficial" recording of Joni and James Taylor, London, 1970 ~ Sweet 16, Volumes 1 and 2 (Joni Covers) - compiled by Bob... :-) ~ program from the 2000 Both Sides Now tour and a poster photocopy of a Hejira oil painting bought in Hawaii (donated by Pearl... :-) ~ framed 5" x 7" photo of Joni in Atlanta November 1998, blowing out her birthday candles and a framed 8" x 10" photo of Joni in West Palm Beach during her Both Sides Now Tour in 2000 (photos taken, and donated, by Mingus... :-) Joni has said, "I sing my sorrow and I paint my joy" - impossible to categorize, over the course of her career (and 22 albums), Joni Mitchell has pursued avenues of self-expression, heedless of commercial outcomes. Before we kicked into the last song with all the participating artists (and the audience), I paraphrased Ms. Mitchell herself: We've looked at Joni from all sides now from up and down from give and take from win and lose it's Joni's wisdom we recall we really don't know anyone... who's her equal... :-) I then asked everyone to raise a glass to toast Joni Mitchell, a Woman of Heart and Mind, and help us sing Happy Birthday - I repeat, what a night! Pearl/Steve and Mingus/David: thanks again for being there (rearranging your schedules and driving over 4 hours round-trip, respectively) - after sharing such a special evening with you all, we must stay in touch (when's the South Florida Joni-Fest? :-) Susan http://www.heartsdes ireconcerts.com http://www. horseofadifferentcolorbooking.com "I want to be strong, I want to laugh along I want to belong to the living Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive I want to wreck my stockings in some juke box dive..." ~ Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:43:42 +0100 From: Emiliano Subject: Fw: No wonder she's not writing.... (for AOL users) Wally says: well mitchell distributed four assists, while burt and givens each had three. i'm sure that must be something good. wally, clueless but replying anyway ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:29:33 -0600 From: "Steve Polifka" Subject: Jonifest 2003 pics Does anyone have the website addy to these??? Thanks, Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:33:14 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: No wonder she's not writing.... --- Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > I wonder if Issey designed the uniforms?: > > http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=726&NewsID=507699&CategoryID=3452&on=0 > > "Joni Mitchell scored 14 points for the Lady 'Cats, > followed by Jennifer > Givens with 13, Taylor Burt and Amber O'Connor with > 10 each, Ashley Beck > with eight, Sandy Trail with seven, Tiffany Palmer > and Angelique Kordich > with six each and Tiia Asikainen with four." > > Coach calls a time out for a smoke break! :~) > Hmm, and it's the Cherokee (Louise) County Herald too. Who've guessed Joni's a jock (jockess)? ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:11:00 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Jonifest 2003 pics --- Steve Polifka wrote: > Does anyone have the website addy to these??? > Thanks, > Steve Here ya go, honey. http://www.hatstand.org/gallery/albums.php Have fun. ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:43:22 +1100 From: "ash" Subject: film, a Joni moment...very brief From Tasmania is this old hat? The other night, my children were watching videos, this included the film 'Almost Famous' made 2000 and at the beginning of the film, the 15 year old in the storyline is going thru someone's record collection and there is 'Blue' by Joni..he pauses for a nano second, then he flicks past Dylan....... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:17:31 -0500 From: "michael o'malley" Subject: Snapshot of our Desert Island Joni (Most/Least) Thanks for the line-up Bob! I was fascinated by peoples' choices. I made up a list of all the songs that scored 7 or more hits. I see this list as a snapshot of our Desert Island Joni, as it were. For the sake of comparison, I noted with an asterisk the songs from our list that are not found among the top 35 in the Official JMDL Song Poll. Those marked by a plus sign do not appear on either Hits or Misses. Conclusion: we found some gems (the double-marked songs) that deserve more recognition - see below. Most Favourite Songs from the Most / Least Poll, November 2003 (songs that scored 7 or more Mosts) Cactus Tree + For Free Conversation * + The Last Time I Saw Richard + River A Case of You Cold Blue Steel & Sweet Fire + For The Roses * Judgement Of The Moon & Stars * Same Situation * + Down To You + Don't Interrupt The Sorrow + Harry's House * Amelia + Hejira Refuge Of The Roads + Song For Sharon + Don Juan's Reckless Daughter * + The Wolf That Lives In Lindsay * The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines * + Chinese Cafe * Moon At The Window * + The Three Great Stimulants * + Ethiopia * + My Secret Place * + The Beat Of Black Wings * Passion Play * Two Grey Rooms * + The Magdalene Laundries * The Sire Of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song) + Harlem In Havana * + Man From Mars * + Comes Love * + A Case Of You (BSN) * + * Songs marked by an asterisk do not appear in the top 35 of the official JMDL Song Poll (as of today) + Songs marked by a plus sign do not appear on either Hits or Misses Michael in Quebec ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:16:22 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Snapshot of our Desert Island Joni (Most/Least) "Those marked by a plus sign do not appear on either Hits or Misses. " Thanks, Michael - there were some interesting stats in there to be sure. One thing that was obvious to me was that Joni's best fans don't consider her 'hits' to be her best work. Almost as if they resent them, in fact. It was also funny how so many people refused to pick a "least favorite" for Blue (myself included), as if they were betraying a close friend. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:06:24 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today in History: November 26 1975: Joni, as part of the Rolling Thunder Revue with Dylan and others, performed today at the Civic Center in Augusta, Maine. - ---- For a comprehensive reference to Joni's appearances, consult Joni Mitchell ~ A Chronology of Appearances: http://www.jonimitchell.com/appearances.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:06:24 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: November 26 On November 26 the following articles were published: 1993: "Question" - USA Today (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=958 2002: "Joni Mitchell bewildered by plan for a statue of her" - Vancouver Sun (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=1012 2002: "Joni Mitchell statue proposed for Saskatoon" - Saskatoon StarPhoenix (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=1018 2002: "Mitchell bewildered by effort to honour her with statue" - Regina Leader-Post (Interview) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=1013 2002: "Then she left in a big yellow taxi?" - National Post (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=1016 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:35:23 +1100 From: "don whiteman" Subject: [none] Hi All, I went and seen Neil Young on Friday Night at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. He did the Greendale show with Crazy Horse and a cast of about 40 - 50. Sensational! The new album "Greendale" comes with a solo DVD so you know the story behind the songs. He did Greendale first then came back and tries to shake the place down with classic songs. I got a role of shots that I took. If you get the chance see this show it is worth it. Sensational Don in Sydney ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2003 #369 ********************************* ------- 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)