From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #107 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 Saturday, April 17 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 107 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- [none] ["Lucy Hone" ] Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U [dsk ] Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Our vacationing president! ["Richard Flynn" ] Woman of Heart and Mind (no PC, hooray) [AzeemAK@aol.com] Re: Woman of Heart and Mind (no PC, hooray) [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U [Catherine McKay ] Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Woman of Heart and Mind (no PC, hooray) [Catherine McKay Subject: [none] This bit from Debra Shea's post (see below) "When the question was asked again, with an added comment about how the commission wants to question them SEPARATELY, Bush gave exactly the same memorized answer! I was hoping one of the questioners would yell out, "Hey, dude, what about the *together* part??!!" I picture Cheney literally speaking for Bush, like a ventriloquist, correcting whatever Bush says if Bush does answer a question himself, and if that's not the sign of a creepy puppetmaster, I don't know what is. "....... Although I did not see Bush squirming on a stick of his own choice.. the comments you make reminded me of a sketch from a satirical programme called "NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS" when Griff Rhys-Jones plays Ronnie Regan and Rowan Atkinson stands behind him whispering his speech to him. It rambles through topics such as nuclear arms, war, cup cakes, apple pie and little cuddly toys and ends with....... Atkinson "And it never ceases to amaze me Rhys-jone "And it never ceased to amaze me" A.."that a cretin such as I R-J "that a cretin such as I" A.." could become R-J "could become" A... the President R-J "the President A..."of the United States of America" R-J "of the United States of America" That is what I feel about Bush, he is a puppet. And please realise that I reserve equal scorn for our own Prime Minister.... ITs the guys at the back, who have the power. Bush and Blair are the "Fall guys" and happy to be there because they like to be seen to be BIG MEN in control..... How sad that is..... Ah well... Good day to you all Lucy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:58:10 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U **I don't recall if anyone mentioned this, but there is a Joni Mitchell cover in a Damien Rice show that was recently seeded through sharingthegroove.org. Looks like Lisa Hannigan sang an acappella version of Willy...** You're the first to mention it, David. Now, step #2 - we have to get it. Bob NP: Laura Nyro, "Creepin" (speaking of awesome covers...) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:51:39 -0400 From: dsk Subject: Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: > > Let a gentle Joni cover chase away your post press-conference blues: > > http://www.rockacola.com/music/song.asp?song_no=25426 And it did... so soothing. Thanks, Bob. As I listened to it last night, I marveled again at this unique love song Joni has created. In this version, I love that low piano part before he starts singing. (That's as precise as non-musician-me can describe it.) It feels like dipping into a comforting little nest and resting for a while, a very short while because the song must go on... Debra Shea ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:07:53 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U **And it did... so soothing. Thanks, Bob. As I listened to it last night, I marveled again at this unique love song Joni has created.** I agree...and while I appreciated Nuriel's criticism, I don't agree with it. I don't think one has to have any understanding of Canada to fully inhabit this song - it's a song of love & love lost, as universal a theme as there is, whether you're Canadian or not. Joni considers it a standard by virtue of including it on her BSN album. If it's good enough for Joni, it's good enough for me. Bob NP: Alicia Keys, "Wake Up" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:56:33 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: Our vacationing president! Check out this Slate article: http://slate.msn.com/id/2098861/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:51:26 EDT From: AzeemAK@aol.com Subject: Woman of Heart and Mind (no PC, hooray) I finally picked up the DVD a couple of weeks ago. As the first time I saw it was on a REALLY badly recorded VHS tape, it was a sheer delight to watch and listen to it again in pristine DVD quality; a true feast for the eyes and ears. A few thoughts: - - Woodstock was a real goose pimple moment. Wow! - - I've figured out the Maria Muldaur connection! I posted a question a couple of months ago trying to suss out which Joni song Mad Mad Me (the last song on Maria's self-titled album) reminded me of; well, the answer came in WOHAM: it's The Arrangement. Anyone else hear that? - - Joni's singing of Blue brought tears to my eyes. Overwhelmingly emotional stuff. - - No mention of Hissing?? This has been mentioned before, but the absence is no less jarring second time round. Not much about DJRD either. Not a balance I agree with. - - Thomas Dolby deserves a damn good thrashing for what he did to Dog Eat Dog. There are some pretty solid songs there, and it sounds like an 80s mess - are there any other Joni albums that have dated quite so horribly? - - Joni's meeting with Kilauren was another eye-moistening moment. - - I can't believe they would cover Wild Things and find no space for Chinese Cafi, which as far as I'm concerned is *easily* the best song not only of that record but indeed the best song Joni's written since Mingus - and not only that but of course it alludes to Kilauren. - - Towards the end, the performance of Big Yellow Taxi: the audience applauding halfway through the song: WTF is that all about?? - - The extra performances at the end: couldn't they have included a few from different periods. About the only real disappointment in what actually *is* in the whole doc is that there are so many performances from what is, for this fan, a less-than-thrilling concert. A wonderful documentary, all in all - and I could have done with it being twice as long, quite seriously. There was never a dull moment, and I'd love to have heard and seen more. Azeem in London ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:23:50 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Woman of Heart and Mind (no PC, hooray) Thanks for the reminder/review, Azeem. I may just have to crank up the DVD player and watch my copy again. It's pretty freakin' excellent, but like you say it has its flaws. In a way it reminds me of a parents' photo book of their kid, when you have a bajillion photos of the baby but once they hit 12 or so the pics seem few and far between. I think by spending so much time on that first period and breezing through the 80's and beyond you just don't do her true justice. I would think Joni would have demanded better balance. Still, I don't mean to gripe - like you say, it is a lovely document. I'd love to see a sequel that fills in the gaps. And, in reference to DED, there has finally been a song from that album covered! A milestone in the realm of Joni covers...I was beginning to think that we'd never see a cover from that one. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:49:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U --- SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: > Let a gentle Joni cover chase away your post > press-conference blues: > > http://www.rockacola.com/music/song.asp?song_no=25426 > > Chet Lam sings "A Case Of You". Actually pretty nice > too, paying homage to > Diana Krall's cover. > It's very pretty and sweet - that cute Chinese accent. A quote from Chet: The loneliest song I have ever heard in my life. The beauty of the song has been haunting me since I first heard it, and I had to record a version of my own. It hurts, every time. ===== 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: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:53:50 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: A Free Joni Cover 4 U **It's very pretty and sweet - that cute Chinese accent. And it's really not that heavy of an accent - what you need to hear is the Red Bloods doing a cover of the Sergio Mendes cover of Chelsea Morning. Japanese Bossa Nova, and they don't know what most of the words mean so they just sing words and phrases that sound like those words. It is a wonder to be sure, but it's many volumes away yet. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 20:04:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Woman of Heart and Mind (no PC, hooray) --- SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: > Thanks for the reminder/review, Azeem. I may just > have to crank up the DVD > player and watch my copy again. It's pretty freakin' > excellent, but like you say > it has its flaws. In a way it reminds me of a > parents' photo book of their > kid, when you have a bajillion photos of the baby > but once they hit 12 or so the > pics seem few and far between. I think by spending > so much time on that first > period and breezing through the 80's and beyond you > just don't do her true > justice. I would think Joni would have demanded > better balance. > That is the flaw, for sure. It's almost like they were making this very loving and lovely documentary of Joni's life and then were suddenly told they had only 20 minutes to finish it, when they were only about 1/5 of the way through. I'm sure if they had had another two hours or more total film time, they could have come up with more on Joni's life-since-Blue. Maybe there'll be a part two? ===== 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: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 00:06:17 -0400 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Joni as a maple leaf, was Re: Kate bush and quitting the music biz A fallen maple? Q: When a magnificent maple makes no more Sounds in the forest does a crest-fallen audience notice? A: No, an audience is drawn, painted, and dispersed by the sound. An audience is as transient and illusory as a sound. An audience must endure its going hence even as its coming hither. Ripeness is all. Talking shit obviously, Jim Man-of-God PS, But my Lit teachers would have eaten it up... np: Tori Amos' "Boys For Pele": holy cow is this a cool album. Great songs, and it sounds fan-damn-tastic too. I can almost "see" Tori's eyes roll up into her skull on some of those hair-raising yowls. I still think she's electrifying. Like Natalie Merchant, I can't listen to her 3 days in a row, though. From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com >So...since Joni spends the bulk of her time in the USA, instead of Canada (with its maple leaf flag), does that make her an ex-maple?> Nuriel created this interesting typo: >>Just an exmaple of another fine artist>> ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 01:01:24 -0400 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Next marketing gimmick for Joni "Dog Eat Dog- Naked": sweetened demos of every song. Sure, Muller said this long ago but now that the Beatles have done it, Joni can cash in on the latest marketing craze to rise from the cesspool. Lama ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 02:06:41 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: April 17 On April 17 the following articles were published: 1968: "Joni Mitchell - One of the few remaining pockets of musicality" - Toronto Daily Star (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=774 1998: "Bjork, Joni Mitchell Reign Over Walden Woods Benefit" - SonicNet website (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=338 2000: "Hillary and Joni" - Slate (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=497 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #107 ********************************* ------- 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)