From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #166 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 Tuesday, June 15 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 166 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: A squeamish COY - now Jolie Holland ["Ross, Les" ] OFFER: Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 21-30 of JM Covers [Emilian] MG [Garret ] 2nd hand news ACT Joni show. ["Russell Bowden" ] Re: Sad, sad news ["Marian Russell" ] Re: Sad sad news [steph@cix.co.uk (Anita Gabrielle Tedder)] Subject: Very sad news about Mary Grace ["Sherelle Smith" ] Mary Grace tribute page [] Paste Magazine #10 [Neil Orts ] Mary Grace's Memorial Service [AsharaJM@aol.com] Memorial Services for Mary Grace Valentinsson Kunz [Brei Gross Subject: Re: A squeamish COY - now Jolie Holland SCJoni-Bob, wrote NP: Jolie Holland, "Mad Tom of Bedlam" (anyone else listening to this one, she sounds like a cross between Gillian Welch & Leon Redbone!) I got a sampler CD from 'Word' magazine here in the UK on which was a track by Jolie. 'Old Fashioned Morphine'. From the co-founder of the Be Good Tanyas, Jolie describes it as 'a cross between Good Time Religion and a thousand old blues tunes "suggesting this old world is almost done". Tom Waits describes her music as "like creek-dipping at Birdland".......thanks Tom, that helps......bless. I like it. Les (London) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:09:33 +0200 From: Emiliano Subject: OFFER: Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 21-30 of JM Covers Hi, folks! First, I want to add myself to the mourning for Mary Grace: I didn't have the chance to meet her, not even in list, but surely she's a soul so full of love that her life has been a gift in this world, and her loss has left us more orphans here. but... With many many thanks to Laura, from Illinois, and certainly to Eric who started this offer, and to Bob who did all this amazingly work of careful love and always want to share it with us, I proudly am able to reoffer this: so write to me offlist with your address and promise to reoffer it here, and I'll gladly send you these original (10+1) discs to you Please allow me a couple of days for copying them to myself; you know, the less work I have, the more I'm outdoors!... Have a Wonderful time! Emiliano ********Eric's original post: In order to enable latecomers to the list or new traders have a chance of listening to Bob Muller's incredible compilation of covers of Joni's songs - some 1500 in all - this begins the launch of the Perpetual Joni Covers Trains. For those not familiar with trading trains, here is how they work. When the disks come to you, you make copies of as much of the contents as you want, and then you post back to this list offering to pass the disks along to the next person. You do not keep the originals -- you keep the copies you made for yourself. On most trains, the convention is that you make the copies and send the masters along within two days. For these trains, you must agree to turn them around within one week. Sometimes the offer goes unclaimed. Bob and I expect that to happen from time to time. So, by participating, you agree to just hang on to the disks and then make another offer a month or so later (or to respond if somebody posts a grovel looking for them). In theory, if everybody takes good care of the disks, wrapping them well, not letting them get scratched, etc. and passes them along, these covers will run on the tracks for years. Bob copied 50+ disks for me to launch this and I have copied them so there is a LOT of time sunk into offering these up. Nobody is going to monitor the progress of these trains so if you participate and then lose the disks or fail to re-offer them, you will have kept others from enjoying them. When you post an offer, please include these "rules". One final note, I know a few folks like to compress these into MP3s. If you want to, go ahead but please do not send MP3s to the next person - MP3s permanently delete some of the "data" and sound quality degrades so please pass the masters along. So, anybody who would like to receive volumes 21-30, please send me: 1. Your mailing address and 2. Your promise to re-offer, etc. If you want to know what is on the disks, please see this link: http://www.jmdl.com/covers/byvolume.cfm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:59:21 +0100 From: Garret Subject: MG This certainly is sad news. Mary Grace will be missed. I will light a candle this evening at six and think of the few, but always beautiful, moments of communication i have shared with MG over the last few years. I invite others to do similar if that is appropriate for them. GARRET - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 03:40:45 -0700 From: "Russell Bowden" Subject: 2nd hand news ACT Joni show. Gang, So, I move from SF to Hawai'i and what do they do? A Joni Mitchell show!! I called one of my best friends and made her go to the show.....she called me and let me listen to a few minutes of the show....sounded great. My friend was VERY impressed with the show, not knowing a lot of Joni, but loves the jazz sounds of Our Queen that she has heard. The ironic thing is that I'm going to be in SF right after the show closes....Sheesh! Aloha, Russ NPIMH: TI - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 08:26:34 -0400 From: "Marian Russell" Subject: Re: Sad, sad news Rest in peace, Mary Grace. You were such an inspiration - so funny and so wise. I will miss you. Marian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 15:29 +0100 (BST) From: steph@cix.co.uk (Anita Gabrielle Tedder) Subject: Re: Sad sad news Dear Everyone I imagine I'm one of many who never met Mary Grace and only heard about her through my friends on this list. I have been deeply moved to read all your wonderful memories of MG and how much she touched each and everyone of you. There can be no finer tribute than your writings about her, dear friends. Thinking of all of you in the loss of a dear friend, Mary Grace's family and Mary Grace - whom I never had the good fortune to meet, Love, as always, Anita xx ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:35:19 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Subject: Very sad news about Mary Grace Dear Mags and Brei, Thank you so much for letting all of us know. I recived this in digest format only and therefore did not get a chance to read it before other emails sent by me. I am so so very sorry to hear this news. I read the update from Ashara Friday and was saddened because I lost my father to stomach cancer and I knew the distended stomach was not a good sign from experience. It is so hard to lose someone to cancer. My prayers will be going out to her family for help through this difficult time. It's so hard because there are so many mixed emotions. On the one hand, you don't want them to suffer anymore, and on the other hand, you want to keep them with you as long as possible. I did not know MG very well, but if I am not mistaken, I had the opportunity to meet her at the Pittsburgh Jonifest and exchange emails with her many years ago. Losing a wife and mother and sister is so very, very hard. I pray that the family finds strength and courage. Sherelle I'm very sad to report to all of you, our Joni family, that I just got a phone call from Mary Grace Valentinsson Kunz's oldest daughter Signe, letting me know that her mom passed away earlier this evening. Mary Grace was at home with her husband Jeff, her children Signe, Mary Caitlyn, and Les along with her sisters Pat and Nancy, and was peaceful and pain-free at the end. Memorial service plans have not been made yet, with midweek this coming week as most likely. G-d rest her gentle soul. Brian and Mags _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar  get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:22:08 -0500 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: Very sad news about Mary Grace I am very sad and sorry too - thank you Brian for letting us know. love db >>> Catherine McKay 6/13/2004 7:09:14 AM >>> --- Brei Gross wrote: > I'm very sad to report to all of you, our Joni > family, > that I just got a phone call from Mary Grace > Valentinsson Kunz's oldest daughter Signe, letting > me > know that her mom passed away earlier this evening. > I'm so very sorry. ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca This message has been scanned by the E250. This message has been scanned by the E250. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:58:46 -0400 From: dsk Subject: Re: Mary Grace RIP Oh, MG, I'm going to miss you. You had a way with words that always made me laugh, as in the start of your message about the "state of the list" (a hot topic about a year ago): "Coming up with ideas on how to settle the list is turning out to be a lot like trying to figure out how to juggle the seating for my wedding: who can sit next to the other, which aunt tends to burp more than most and needs a seat by the window; there's just a lot to consider. ... " On every issue MG commented upon, she would consider it all and share her wise observations, with kindness and joy in every message. I feel grateful to have been the beneficiary of her goodness for so many years, and am deeply saddened that she is no longer in this world. My heart goes out to all who loved her. May your happy memories soon help to ease your pain. With love and sympathy, Debra Shea ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:28:25 -0500 From: Subject: Mary Grace tribute page To all: A few of us have thought it would be especially appropriate for the JMDL to pay tribute to and celebrate the life of Mary Grace Valentinsson Kunz by means of a special tribute page on the list website. MG was a subscriber to the JMDL since spring of 1997, by my reckoning, and she remained a subscriber until her death on Saturday, June 12, 2004. The JMDL was an important part of her life. . .and she was an important part of ours. Many JMDLers have precious memories of MG from in-person meetings and telephone calls and e-mail exhanges that range from the philosophical and reflective to the absolutely hilarious. So we are putting out a call for any and all of the following! Send us your remembrances; your past on-list exchanges; personal correspondence that you don't mind sharing (and that you don't think MG would mind your sharing), and anything else you think would serve as a fitting tribute to a remarkable woman who left us far too soon. The page will serve as a place where we can all share our memories of MG, as a community. Please send all materials to mgtribute@lrfye.lunarpages.com. And please feel free to direct any questions to me, at blckcrow@chorus.net. Take good care, Mary. P.S. I am intentionally not making this post "NJC," in case those subscribed to the two "Joni-Only" options wish to contribute. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:32:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Orts Subject: Paste Magazine #10 I don't know if anyone has seen this yet or reported it to the list, so my apologies if I'm duplicating effort . . . But the current Paste Magazine (Los Lobos on the cover) has two items of interest to the list. First, the CD sampler has "All I Want" as covered by Karrin Allyson (although they mistakenly attribute the song to Karrin--I've already written a note to the magazine). Also, there in this month's "Listening to old Voices" page, there is a full page appreciation for Joni by Andy Whitman. FYI. - -Neil p.s.--much sympathy to family and friends of Mary Grace. I too have seen loved ones die of cancer and I am sorry all of you had to go through it, too. Peace to one and all. ===== Neil Ellis Orts 713-838-1787 Houston, TX keep up with my creative endeavors--join my newsletter list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neonews ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:54:56 EDT From: AsharaJM@aol.com Subject: Mary Grace's Memorial Service For those of you that wish to attend, from her friend Janelle: Hello everyone! Mary Grace's memorial service will be held on Wednesday, June 16th @ 11:00 am at Woodland Christian Church, which is located at 509 College St., Woodland, CA.. Everyone is also invited to their home afterwards, which is located @ << I am snipping this bit so as to not have their address made public. If you need the address, please e-mail me privately, thanks. (AsharaJM@aol.com) >> There have been several of you asking about bringing food or helping in some way. Jeff & Mary Grace just wanted people to come and enjoy each other's company and not have to worry about bringing food etc. But, I know many of you still want to help and asked if you could send money to help with the food. If that is something you wanted to do, please feel free to send it to the family @ their home address above. We are in the process of trying to make sure we have enough food, which will be served at the house. If any of you plan on going to the house afterwards, please drop me a line, so I can get a head count. I do have a little more information on Mary Grace's passing. Her digestive system had shut down, causing her stomach to fill with fluid. They were able to drain it a few times, but knew this was something they couldn't continue. I also wanted to send a personal note of thanks for all the prayers and support given to Mary Grace and her family these last months. You are a very special group of people. God Bless, Janelle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:08:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Brei Gross Subject: Memorial Services for Mary Grace Valentinsson Kunz The memorial services for Mary Grace will be held this coming Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 11:00 AM PDT at: Woodland Christian Church 509 College Street (corner of College & Lincoln, 1 block south of College & Main) Woodland CA Signe has said that everyone is more than welcome back to the house after the service and that Mary Grace did not want anyone to feel obligated on her account. Mary Grace is sorely missed by all. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:48:19 EDT From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: MG Mary Grace welcomed me to this list in '99 and we had one or two off-list exchanges. I didn't know her well. But her posts were always warm and loving. Blessed are the peacemakers. I share our feeling of loss and I send sincere sympathy to Mary Grace's family in this sad time. DAVID LAHM ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 01:59:18 EDT From: KindTaper@aol.com Subject: Joni live on video/dvd Hi, I joined your group with the hopes of finding others interested in trading live Joni shows on CD, video or DVD. I hope that kind of activity is not frowned upon here. If it is, please let me know and I won't make any future inquiries to this list. Joni's music has had a wonderful impact on my life, and I am glad that others have been equally affected by her brilliance. One of the ways I continue to enjoy her work is to seek out live performances that have never been released. I have acquired a small, yet diverse collection, and hope to find more. I am primarily looking for footage of her on video or DVD. As I am sure some of you have seen, that "Woman of Heart and Mind" DVD has some excellent clips of her playing live in the late 60's and early 70's. I can't imagine that entire concerts do not exist on film of her playing in those days. Please let me know if you would like to trade with me, and I will tell you what I have. I am not offering recordings for sale, so please don't ask. I am only looking to trade. Thank you and I hope to learn more about Joni and her music from your group. Wes p.s. Although it's certainly debatable, Song to a Seagull might be my favorite song by her. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 02:37:21 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: June 15 On June 15 the following article was published: 1986: "Organizers Pleased By Finale Of Amnesty Concert Tour" - Associated Press (Review - Appearance) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=1141 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #166 ********************************* ------- 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)