From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #69 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, March 11 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 069 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: falsetto [Gary Zack ] Re: falsetto [Catherine McKay ] covers. . .instrumental Joni ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Desert island Discs [Garret ] Re: covers. . .instrumental Joni [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] World Cafe - Joni 1994 Interview Replay/Nellie McKay Thursday ["Lama, Jim] Don't Interrupt the Sorrow ["Sherelle Smith" ] Fw: News! ["anon anon" ] Fw: Fwd: FW: George Bush ["anon anon" ] YESTERDAY [HOOPSJOHN1@aol.com] artist honor [rsc1@humboldt.edu] Re: covers. . .instrumental Joni [Catherine McKay ] Re: artist honor sjc [Catherine McKay ] Recurring "MINGUS" thread [] rlj sjc ["Wally Kairuz" ] Re: YESTERDAY [Catherine McKay ] soprano ["Janine Sherman" ] Re: rlj sjc [Catgirl ] John Guerin and Joni photo ["Janine Sherman" ] Today's Library Links: March 11 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 04:29:01 -0500 From: Gary Zack Subject: Re: falsetto Marian Russell wrote: Does anyone know what Joni sang in the choir? Was she a soprano? Marian "I am from the Sunday school...I sing soprano...in the upstairs choir....." Couldn't resist! :-) Best, Gary ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 06:44:13 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: falsetto --- Gary Zack wrote: > Marian Russell wrote: > > Does anyone know what Joni sang in the choir? Was > she a soprano? > > Marian > > "I am from the Sunday school...I sing soprano...in > the upstairs choir....." > > Couldn't resist! :-) > She has mentioned the soprano thing - she enjoyed doing the descant. Soprano descant is pretty friggin' high (to these ears anyway.) ===== 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, 10 Mar 2004 07:01:48 -0500 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: covers. . .instrumental Joni When I listen to Bob's Joni covers and hear the instrumental only pieces. . something special happens. They are so lovely. . . I wish I could have a collection of instrumental covers only . I imagine playing them in my classroom while the kids are doing their work . . . (or not working, which happens quite a lot too. ; - ) The music puts me in a good place. . . and also, then I can subtly innundate young minds with Joni melodies. .. . Like, I was listening to one of the recent covers (Bree sends them to me after she listens to them) and I am hearing a beautiful instrumental cover of Both Sides Now and at the same time I am feeling Joy and some sadness. . . . Joy and sadness . . . There's is just something about an instrumental only version of Joni's songs. . . I was watching a DVD of Sister Wendy (art historian . . . something about her seems whimsical. . . I like her) and in refering to a piece of art work, she said something like, " one thing we know is that we are born and we die. . .this is the only thing we are sure of." and then I thought (after just listening to a BSN instrumental cover, sorry I don't have it with me, can't tell you the musician). . . I thought, "something's lost and something's gained in living every day." How that line resonates with what life is. . .. How old was Joni when she wrote that? and I remenber listening to a cover a while back, BSN by Les Irvin. . . I think he played BSN on the mandolin. (I think). . and I thought the same thing. . . . how the instrumental versions move me. I like them sometimes in the background of other things I am doing. . .. . . so beautiful. XO Marianne _________________________________________________________________ Frustrated with dial-up? Lightning-fast Internet access for as low as $29.95/month. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:51:52 +0000 From: Garret Subject: Desert island Discs I think it has been a while since we did desert island discs? Or maybe i just missed it if was recent:-) So, i'm either starting a new thread or replying very late to an old one! Here are the eight tracks i would take were i sent to a desert island today: Joan Armadtrading- Willow Nina Simone- Cherish Joni Mitchell- Paprika Plains (of course, they couldn't play this one in its entirety on the radio show, so maybe i'd settle for JOTMAS) Sinead o Connor- Scorn Not His Simplicity Dolly Parton- Nine to Five Patti Smith- Land (again, too long and would be equally happpy with We Three or Free Money) REM- Hope Damian Rice- Delicate, no Amie, no.. Delicate;-) Give me an hour and that list will change, of course, and would probably include Janet, Rufus, Janis.... My luxury item would be an exercise bike and a set of dumbbells (well, i'd be bored so why not?) And my book would either be Complete Shakespeare of LOTR i reckon. GARRET np- Nina Simone, Another Spring - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:26:23 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: covers. . .instrumental Joni **How old was Joni when she wrote that? She was about 24, Marianne...she had been reading Saul Bellow's "Henderson The Rain King" and was taken with a passage about a character commenting about flying in a plane for the first time and looking at the tops of clouds for the first time, and seeing them from both sides. She of course took that thought and expanded it into what is indeed now of the finest examples of pop songwriting that exists; an original and memorable melodic line, coupled with text of universal truth and amazing depth - all in about 3 minutes. No mere coincidence that it's been recorded by well over 300 artists. As for instrumental covers, of course I'm very fond of them as well. It says much about Joni as a COMPOSER that so many artists have found her music strong enough to interpret on its own. I'll put in a plug here for the two David Lahm collections, 'Jazz Takes On JM' & 'More Jazz Takes on JM', and in particular the Rachel Z release 'Moon At The Window', which is just exquisite. In addition, I've put out two special compilations of instrumental-only covers, Volume 20 (All That Jazz) and another one last year called 'Not A Word', simply because I like you find a special quality about these wordless renditions of Joni's music. Bob NP: Prince, "D.S.M.R." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:40:20 -0500 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: World Cafe - Joni 1994 Interview Replay/Nellie McKay Thursday I heard a few cuts from Nellie McKay the other night and I like her stuff (at first listen at least). She's very eclectic and funny, like Lindsay Buckingham or Ben Folds. If I recall correctly, she's very young to have an album, and was schooled in music like Beth Patterson. Anyway, she gets "thumbs up" from me, for what that's worth. Jim L'Hommedieu >David Dye welcomes Nellie McKay This edition of the show features the much-acclaimed Nellie McKay whose music draws from both cabaret and rap, sometimes even in the same song! We'll hear a live performance of songs from her debut album, "Get Away From Me."> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:49:25 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Don't Interrupt the Sorrow Hi everyone! I'm finding myself wanting to hear HOSL (Hissing of Summer Lawns) over and over again. I'm listening to "Don't Interrupt the Sorrow" now. I love this song and everytime I hear it, I see Joni as a waitress waiting on a older, very overbearing and sexist man. I especially feel that when she sings, "Bring that bottle (kindly?) and I'll pad your purse (tip)...I've got a head full of quandry and a mighty, mighty, mighty thirst". When I was a waitress once, I had to endure that leering type of behavior from men who viewed women as trophies. I've had more experiences like that than I care to remember. I'm just very happy that I never lost faith in the goodness of men and their good qualities. Even though I can't put it into words, I understand completely what Joni is trying to say in this song. Sherelle _________________________________________________________________ One-click access to Hotmail from any Web page  download MSN Toolbar now! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:33:15 -0500 From: "anon anon" Subject: Fw: News! >Subject: Fw: News! >Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:11:32 -0500 > >FW: News! >----- Original Message ----- >Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 8:53 PM >Subject: FW: News! > > > > > > > >Subject: FW: News! > >Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:22:56 -0500 > > > > > > > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>A tragic fire on Monday destroyed the personal library of President > >>George > >>W. Bush. Both of his books have been lost. > >> > >>A Presidential spokesman said the President was devastated, > >>as he had not finished coloring the second one." > >>------- End of Forwarded Message ------- > >> > >> > >> > > >-----Original Message----- >A tragic fire on Monday destroyed the personal library of President George >W. Bush. Both of his books have been lost. > >A Presidential spokesman said the President was devastated, >as he had not finished coloring the second one." > > _________________________________________________________________ Frustrated with dial-up? Lightning-fast Internet access for as low as $29.95/month. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/ - -----Original Message----- A tragic fire on Monday destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. Both of his books have been lost. A Presidential spokesman said the President was devastated, as he had not finished coloring the second one." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:33:59 -0500 From: "anon anon" Subject: Fw: Fwd: FW: George Bush Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 5:33 PM >Subject: Fw: Fwd: FW: George Bush > > > > > > > Election time again..... > > > > just so you know: > > *I attacked and took over 2 countries. > > *I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury. > > *I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history >(not > easy!). > > *I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed >in any 12 > month period. > > *I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the >stock > market. > > *I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner. > > *In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days >on > vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but >I did). > > *After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I >presided over > the worst security failure in US history. > > *I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any >president in > US history. > > *In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their >jobs. > > *I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any >other > president in US history. > > *I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a >12-month > period. > > *I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions >than any > president in US history. > > *I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president, >since > the advent of TV. > > *I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution >than any > other US president in history. > > *I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused >to > intervene when corruption was revealed. > > *I cut health care benefits for war veterans. > > *I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to >simultaneously take > > to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the >record for > > protest against any person in the history of mankind. > > *I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US >history. > > *I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any >in US > history. > > *Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US >history. > (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil >tanker > named after her.) > > *I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the >Union > simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy. > > *I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any >market in > any country in the history of the world. > > *I am the first president in US history to order a US attack AND >military > occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of >the > United Nations and the vast majority of the international community. > > *I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the >history > of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland Security"(only >one > letter away from BS). > > *I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending >increases, > more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to >beat, but I > did it!!). > > *I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations >remove > the US from the Human Rights Commission. > > *I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations >remove > the US from the Elections Monitoring Board. > > *I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of > congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US >history. > > *I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. 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BUSH > The White House, Washington, DC > > Note: this information should be useful to voters in the 2004 >election. > Circulate to as many citizens you think would be helped to be >reminded about > my record > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________ > IncrediMail - >Email has finally evolved - Click >Here _________________________________________________________________ Create a Job Alert on MSN Careers and enter for a chance to win $1000! http://msn.careerbuilder.com/promo/kaday.htm?siteid=CBMSN_1K&sc_extcmp=JS_JASweep_MSNHotm2 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:51:15 EST From: HOOPSJOHN1@aol.com Subject: YESTERDAY I decided to write this yesterday after my girlfriend and i had a chance to take a long car ride together, then after reading the very first post inV2004#104, i knew i'd found another reason. most of you have seen me around and heard my 2 cents now and then, some of you are as new to me as i am to you. it's been A VERY LONG TIME since i've gotten to listen, i mean really listen to ANY of the music i find the desire ( and need ) to hear. the reason it's been so long is hard to describe. let me just say that my mental illness hit me like a tornado about 8 years ago, and for the first few years my music was all that held me together, then after shock treatments, i couldn't bear to hear ( or see, or do or be for the most part ). I listened, i put the cd's in the players and the music found it's way to my ears in choppy, sort of, very protected ways. I didn't have the resourses to listen alone and i didn't have the support to listen with anyone else... until yesterday. Christi and i went on a road trip, hejira was in the player, it had been for days, and it played. the car was quiet except for the music and i found myself singing (poorly, after so long) along. the words and melodies, chords, notes all hit me at once. i can't say i remember which song started it, ( I honestly couldn't give you the names of most of Joni's songs, i just know the songs themselves)tears rolled down my cheek as i sang and heard for the first time in so many many years. i bawled like a soul that had been saved, and sang every word and every song, popping in cd after cd, singing song after song, crying until my eyes held no more tears, my heart simply exploding with the truth of the amazing woman i have spoken of for so long. joni mitchell is even more incredible than i have been able to verblize in the past. i understand we all have different opinions and likes and that is cool. when ones heart, eyes, mind, soul are open, really open, the truth of joni's simple, complicated, indescribible being, the greatness of what she has brought to exisitance is irrefutable. thank you my friends for listening. Thank you dear Joni for you. white flags of winter chimneys, white truce against the moon, in the mirrors of a modern bank, from the window of a hotel room. peace Noel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:54:14 -0800 (PST) From: rsc1@humboldt.edu Subject: artist honor Marianne - > I lost favor for Rickie when I saw this interview. . . > when she responded to this question. . .(being compared to Joni). > > I don't know all that much about Rickie but , I found her response > to be less than gracious. . . This seems a bit harsh on Rickie Lee, Marianne. She is an artist in her own right, and a brilliant one at that. And having been compared to Joni since she arrived on the scene back in the late 70's, I can understand being perhaps a bit annoyed by another lazy journalist wanting to contrast her work to Joni. I'm sure it got old about 20 years ago! I've read a few interviews since "Evening of my Best Day" was released, and one of them was conducted by someone who knew her work and asked intelligent,informed and creative questions. Rickie's answers were great - she really seemed to enjoy the interview. Please don't judge her poorly on one or two comments. Also, to suggest that she "bow down" to Joni is utterly ridiculous and more than a little insulting. The are both great singers and songwriters. Mutual admiration and respect would be more appropriate, as is probably the case. > And THEN I thought, . . . Rickie doesn't enough compare to Joni. . > > especially when I heard the first few lines of her song "Ugly Man." > > It is a song she wrote about "president Bush." > > Referring to Bush as an "ugly man.. . . ." > and even though he is the worst president in my life time, > I think Joni would find a more symbolic and interesting way > to speak of this creature. I beg to differ on this point as well. I had listened to this song several times, and had no idea it was about George W. until I read an article about the album that revealed this fact. When you know who the subject is, the lyrics take on a different meaning. Who cares about symbolism? It's a great song, on it's own merits, and knowing it's about Bush only increases my respect for RLJ. I went to see Rickie Lee at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco last fall. I hadn't seen her perform in about 8 years, and was wondering if she still had it. It was an amazing concert. About 6 songs in she hit her stride and the rest of the night was incredible. She had an 8 piece band that included a few multi-instrumentalists, thus allowing her to colour and shade her songs in beautiful voicings. Each song was almost a musical painting. During "We Belong Together" (one of my favorite songs from "Pirates") I began to cry. There was no real reason, like I had some sort of emotional connection to that song, other than I love it. Next, was "Pirates", then "Lucky Guy". Cried during both of those tunes too. Then, she did this soulful, gut-wrenching version of "Coolsville". It ended with her alone at the piano, the entire band watching her to see whether to come back in or not, hanging on her every breath. She was soulful, wailing, whispering, and the aching in her voice was unmistakable. The entire audience was silent as we watched her pour out her soul in front of us. When it was over, I was again in tears. So was my girlfriend, and the unknown women next to me, and many others around us. It was that powerful. The rest of the night was fantastic. She was playful, talkative, and had obviously found her way back to her muse (after not really writing any material for 7 or 8 years). It was pure delight to see her. I only wish that Ms. Mitchell finds her desire to make music once again. If she doesn't, that's fine, and I understand. But Rickie Lee Jones is back doing what she does best and there is no need for her to bow down to anyone. Go see her if you get the chance! Gus Mozart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:12:55 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: covers. . .instrumental Joni --- Marianne Rizzo wrote: > When I listen to Bob's Joni covers and hear the > instrumental only pieces. . > something special happens. > > They are so lovely. . . > ... > and I remenber listening to a cover a while back, > BSN by Les Irvin. . . I > think he played BSN on the mandolin. (I think). . > and I thought the same > thing. . . . how the instrumental versions move me. > > I like them sometimes in the background of other > things I am doing. . .. . . > > so beautiful. Marianne, if you don't have it already, you should get our own jmdler Fred Simon's "Songs of my youth." He has beautiful piano versions of some Joni, some Dylan, some Beatles and a song or two he composed himself. Beautiful arrangements and they make lovely background music - but you can also actively listen to them too (and sing along - in other words, it's not the boring kind of background music, it's the other kind, the lovely stuff.) ===== 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, 10 Mar 2004 19:32:11 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: artist honor sjc --- rsc1@humboldt.edu wrote: > Marianne - > > > I lost favor for Rickie when I saw this interview. > . . > > when she responded to this question. . .(being > compared to Joni). > > > > I don't know all that much about Rickie but , I > found her response > > to be less than gracious. . . > > This seems a bit harsh on Rickie Lee, Marianne. > She is an artist in her own right, and a brilliant > one at that. > And having been compared to Joni since she arrived > on the scene > back in the late 70's, I can understand being > perhaps a bit > annoyed by another lazy journalist wanting to > contrast her > work to Joni. I'm sure it got old about 20 years > ago! Gus, I saw Rickie Lee in the fall here in Toronto. I had never seen her before and she just blew me away. The songs "Lucky guy" and "We belong together", as well as "Company" bring tears to my eyes too. There is an article and interview on RLJ in this month's "Acoustic Guitar" http://www.acousticguitar.com/issues/ag136/feature136.html For guitar players, it also includes the music/tabs for "Sailor Song" from "Evening..." She mentions Paul McCartney as an influence on her writing, talks about being a mother and being a daughter. Nowhere does the name Joni Mitchell come up ;-) I love Joni and Rickie. They're both very different to me. No big deal. I can understand Rickie getting pissed off at the constant comparisons to Joni. She also still gets asked about Tom Waitts. When was that? Thirty years ago? Obviously, some "fans" are caught in a time warp. IMO, RLJ is better than ever and it's good to see her back with this excellent new album and the excellent interviews she's doing. ===== 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, 10 Mar 2004 21:04:03 -0500 From: Subject: Recurring "MINGUS" thread Yo, for the benefit of those JMDLers who are new to the MINGUS album, here's some info. The voice of Jazz in 1979 was a magazine in San Francisco called "downbeat". They used all lowercase. Staff reviewer Neil Tesser wrote about MINGUS and the first sentence was "This is a wonderful piece of work." The full review is at: http://www.jonimitchell.com/downbeat79.html It is my mission in life to keep downbeat's positive reaction to MINGUS alive. Apologies to everyone who's seen me go on about this review twice a year since I discovered jonimitchell.com in the late 1700s. Faithfully, Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 01:21:11 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: rlj sjc rickie lee jones doesn't owe anything to joni mitchell. there isn't an iota of joni mitchell in rickie's music, persona or act. maybe a little laura nyro influence very very early in rlj's career. but from then on it's 100% pure rickie. what she's done is unique and all of her own. her chord progressions, her words, her delivery style, even her weird accent. all rickie's own. rickie is a true original. joni is too. so was laura. because all of them are originals, comparisons are illogical. we're so lucky rickie has had her prayers answered and has found her voice again. i adore rickie for what she is just as i love joni what she has been. the main difference is that rickie still plays ball with me in my neighborhood. wally by the way, catherine, thank you for posting the link for the interview. i loved reading it. but where are the tabs for sailor song? > -----Mensaje original----- > De: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]En nombre de > Catherine McKay > Enviado el: Miercoles, 10 de Marzo de 2004 09:32 p.m. > Para: rsc1@humboldt.edu; joni@smoe.org > Asunto: Re: artist honor sjc > > > > There is an article and interview on RLJ in this > month's "Acoustic Guitar" > http://www.acousticguitar.com/issues/ag136/feature136.html > > For guitar players, it also includes the music/tabs > for "Sailor Song" from "Evening..." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 23:42:52 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: YESTERDAY --- HOOPSJOHN1@aol.com wrote: Christi and i went on a > road trip, hejira was in the player, it had been for > days, and it played. the > car was quiet except for the music and i found > myself singing (poorly, after > so long) along. the words and melodies, chords, > notes all hit me at once. i > can't say i remember which song started it, ( I > honestly couldn't give you the > names of most of Joni's songs, i just know the songs > themselves)tears rolled > down my cheek as i sang and heard for the first time > in so many many years. i > bawled like a soul that had been saved, and sang > every word and every song, > popping in cd after cd, singing song after song, > crying until my eyes held no > more tears, my heart simply exploding with the truth > of the amazing woman i > have spoken of for so long. joni mitchell is even > more incredible than i have > been able to verblize in the past. i understand we > all have different opinions > and likes and that is cool. when ones heart, eyes, > mind, soul are open, > really open, the truth of joni's simple, > complicated, indescribible being, the > greatness of what she has brought to exisitance is > irrefutable. thank you my > friends for listening. Thank you dear Joni for you. > white flags of winter chimneys, white truce against > the moon, in the mirrors > of a modern bank, from the window of a hotel room. > peace Noel, that's a very powerful story and I think it rings true for a lot of people. I find the older I get, the more emotional I get about music, especially music that I loved when I was younger, and of course, Joni is very special. "Hejira" is my desert/winter album. I often listen to it in the bleakest days of winter - January and February, when Christmas is over and done, and springtime seems an eternity away. I hadn't listened to it either for maybe a year or so, but for the last two weeks, it's about the only CD that's been playing in my car on my way to and from work. I've been learning to play "Coyote" on the guitar and wanted to listen to Joni play it, but I just kept listening to the whole CD over and over and never got tired of it, and likely never will. There's always something new to learn or to hear or to visualize when you listen to Joni's words and music, and there aren't a lot of artists we could say this about. ===== 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, 10 Mar 2004 23:51:20 -0500 From: "Janine Sherman" Subject: soprano Rainy Night House "I sing soprano in the upstairs choir ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" my 2 cents, Janine NP: Coyote/DJRD Spectrum 1976 concert No regrets ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:32:30 -0800 (PST) From: Catgirl Subject: Re: rlj sjc Jeez, You make it sound like Joni is gone or something. I think all of the women mentioned are great artists. However, Rikki Lee Jones has put Joni down in the past. We all know Joni is one of the best artists of the century including this one. This is why we are on this list...remember..JMDL?? I think IMO that she is better then Rikki and any other artist out there. She has more LP's with each song being amazing in its own right then any other musician. I know almost every song by heart lyrically. I like Rikki, she does get a little whinie from time to time and sounds like a baby to me. Joni has always held true to be a great talent and amazing singer. She may surprise all of us and come out with another LP. Don't discredit her yet. She still has some life in her. she is the only female musician I know that plays guitar, piano, dulcimer and wirtes almost all of her own music. And I never heard her whine when she sings ever. I never knew that Rikki came from Argentina as well.... Debi Wally Kairuz wrote: rickie lee jones doesn't owe anything to joni mitchell. there isn't an iota of joni mitchell in rickie's music, persona or act. maybe a little laura nyro influence very very early in rlj's career. but from then on it's 100% pure rickie. what she's done is unique and all of her own. her chord progressions, her words, her delivery style, even her weird accent. all rickie's own. rickie is a true original. joni is too. so was laura. because all of them are originals, comparisons are illogical. we're so lucky rickie has had her prayers answered and has found her voice again. i adore rickie for what she is just as i love joni what she has been. the main difference is that rickie still plays ball with me in my neighborhood. wally by the way, catherine, thank you for posting the link for the interview. i loved reading it. but where are the tabs for sailor song? > -----Mensaje original----- > De: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]En nombre de > Catherine McKay > Enviado el: Miercoles, 10 de Marzo de 2004 09:32 p.m. > Para: rsc1@humboldt.edu; joni@smoe.org > Asunto: Re: artist honor sjc > > > > There is an article and interview on RLJ in this > month's "Acoustic Guitar" > http://www.acousticguitar.com/issues/ag136/feature136.html > > For guitar players, it also includes the music/tabs > for "Sailor Song" from "Evening..." **************************** It's all a dream, She has awoke... **************************** Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 01:10:04 -0500 From: "Janine Sherman" Subject: John Guerin and Joni photo Clear DayPoking around the '75-'76 jmdl library articles, I found an exquisite photo of the unfortunately recently deceased John Guerin and Joni (with her kitty) I have never seen before. I guess it was taken before her hejira and "His sad request of her to kindly stay away" (Amelia) and when she tells him to lay down his sneaking round the town And she'll lay down the highway (Blue Hotel Room) Her hair style alludes to the Miles of Aisles era. All pure conjecture. A Hiss of Recognition by Lynn Kellerman Music Gig March 1976 http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=112 Anxious for her memoirs, Janine NP: Talk to Me, Joni ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 02:04:01 -0500 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: March 11 On March 11 the following articles were published: 1974: "Everyone Left Smiling" - Colorado Daily (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=1135 1998: "On the Concert Trail" - Los Angeles Times (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=164 2002: "Minutes" - Saskatoon City Council (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=1027 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #69 ******************************** ------- 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)