From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #186 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, July 2 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 186 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: advance word on karrin allyson's new album (lots of joni refs) [Jerry] Marianne Rizzo; joni@smoe.org ["Kate Bennett" ] RE: Marianne Rizzo; joni@smoe.org ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Marianne Rizzo; joni@smoe.org [Ken ] Covers 54, Where Aaaaare You? [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Fwd: from the family of Mary Grace Kunz [JRMCo1@aol.com] Re: from the family of Mary Grace Kunz [JRMCo1@aol.com] Today's Library Links: July 2 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:34:37 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: advance word on karrin allyson's new album (lots of joni refs) Glad you have found her, Joseph. I've been a fan of hers for a long time. Did you know she was an Indiana University Music grad? She was singing in clubs there when I was hanging there around the early 80's at the beginning of my academic career, but I never had the pleasure of running into her. Jerry > sorry for cross-posting but those who loved karrin allyson's version > of 'blue motel room' from her _in blue_ album, should check out her > latest album called _wild for you_. here's a review and some joni > references which i support wholeheartedly. > > "It's always a blast hearing the way a child of the '70s will interpret > the classics from that era, and the two-time Grammy nominee picks > plenty of gems, some mega-popular, others more obscure, to sink her > stylized jazzy teeth into. Although she's most celebrated for her > interpretations of Gershwin, bossa nova, Monk, and Coltrane, in her > liner notes Allyson reminds listeners that she has scattered various > similar covers throughout her extensive catalog. Weaving her wistful > vocals like a precise thread through the needle-sharp, often sparse > piano-based arrangements of Gil Goldstein, she does an admirable job > with Cat Stevens, Elton John, and James Taylor, but seems most > comfortable and passionate tackling hits by the ladies who no doubt > fostered her childhood dreams. She adds elegance and a lightly swinging > grace to "Feel Like Makin' Love," offers thoughtful, plaintive twists > on two Carly Simon gems, and earns a quote of praise from Melissa > Manchester herself for a soulful, rangy rendition of "I Got Eyes." > Hands down, however, Allyson's voice is best suited to interpret Joni > Mitchell, and her vibrant, alternately restrained and powerful cruises > through percussive arrangements of "All I Want" and "Help Me" are the > album's true highlights. Since Allyson has made past recordings focused > on covers of one artist's material, it wouldn't be fantasizing too much > to want her at some point to do an all-Mitchell tribute. She's at her > wildest when she's taking chances." ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide > > > > > > Joseph S.E. Palis > Department of Geography > University of North Carolina > Saunders Hall, CB 3220 > Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-3220 > TEL: 919 962 8901 > FAX: 919 962 1537 > > palis@email.unc.edu > joepalis@yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:18:38 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Marianne Rizzo; joni@smoe.org I use only biodegradable products I buy mostly all organic foods I drive my car as little as possible In the future I hope to buy a hybrid car... My goal is also to find a way to invest in solar panels for our home >suggestions as to how to treat the earth. ~ Reduce, reuse, recycle. . *in that order. ~ start composting your table scraps. . it is fun. ~ plant a tree ~ teach ecology now you. Love Marianne< ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:26:28 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: Marianne Rizzo; joni@smoe.org >You could always get a biodegradable car. It's called a horse. A hybrid horse is called a mule. They both run on oats and produce gas. Fancy that.< Yup those kinds are my very favorite mode of transportation! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 13:18:16 -0400 From: Ken Subject: Re: Marianne Rizzo; joni@smoe.org You could always get a biodegradable car. It's called a horse. A hybrid horse is called a mule. They both run on oats and produce gas. Fancy that. Kate Bennett wrote: >I use only biodegradable products >I buy mostly all organic foods >I drive my car as little as possible >In the future I hope to buy a hybrid car... >My goal is also to find a way to invest in solar panels for our home > >>suggestions as to how to treat the earth. >> > >~ Reduce, reuse, recycle. . *in that order. >~ start composting your table scraps. . it is fun. >~ plant a tree >~ teach ecology > >now you. > >Love Marianne< ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 19:53:24 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Covers 54, Where Aaaaare You? How can it be July already - man oh man, half the year is done - can you believe it? Speaking of hard to believe, with another new month comes a new collection of Joni covers, and July's collection, Volume 54 is like a box of cheap South Carolina fireworks; some work and are really explosive, and a couple are duds. But at least with the Covers, there's no having to pickup all those bottle rocket sticks! Thanks to my buddy and helper extraordinaire Paul Maggio for his assistance with this volume. And here's what you'll hear (Emiliano, I'll try to remember to put in all the song titles!): 1. George Sawyn - 2 By Joni: It's a medley of Paprika Plains & Pirate of Penance! Just kidding, it's a pretty acoustic guitar medley of BSN and Circle Game. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/georgesawyn 2. Alan Caddy Orchestra - Woodstock: The UK put out lots of soundalike versions of Matthews Southern Comfort's cover...for the love of God, why? 3. Yoghill - Refuge Of The Roads: Those of you who have heard Thierry Antoine's songs know that as a Frenchman he has trouble with his R's. That makes this selection a particularly challenging one, but if you can get past his accent (no problem for me) you'll hear a simply lovely guitar and I like they way he picks up the pace a bit. 4. Repairs - Michael From Mountains 5. Repairs - Woodstock: I know what you're thinking...Bob, you idiot, you had MfM on Volume 7! Well, these are both from a live record that Repairs did, so it's a different recording, so there, nyah. Pretty much the same arrangement though, and I like their take on Woodstock a lot, it's got a nice funky chunky feel to it, and if you haven't heard their treatment of Mfm it's real nice. 6. Charlie Matthews - Both Sides Now: Why is it all these UK easy listening dudes sound like Anthony Newley? 7. Betty Buckley - Amelia: This is an audience recording made from her recent cabaret show. She does a great job and is a big big Joni fan as we know, she's done quite a few and they're all stellar. 8. Don Conoscenti - River: This one is my pick as the favorite on this disc. Don's voice is simultaneously fragile and strong, and the harmonies and piano/guitar here are exquisite. And he adds a unique touch by incorporating pieces of 'Auld Lang Syne' and even Lennon's 'Imagine'. A very moving ending to a song that always makes my eyes wet anyway. 9. Allan Omar Castro - Both Sides Now: Originally from The Phippines, now an NYC cabaret performer. This is pretty nice - hear a part of it at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/allanomarcastro 10. Dixie Crosby - Blue Motel Room: This one's a bit ragged, maybe that's what Ms. Crosby is trying to achieve, that down and out effect. She actually reminds me of Lucinda Williams a bit. Anyway, I won't badmouth a Hejira cover. 11. Ernie Watts - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: A nice instrumental jazz stretch with fine playing all around. Ernie plays the sax, but allows everyone some nice solos. 12. Tony Malone - Carey/Morning Morgantown: Nothing I can say will describe this track, a medley of the two songs done in a dixieland/bluegrass/polka style. See I told you it was indescribable! Tony was an 80's Toronto rocker who formed a band called Drastic Measures. I've never heard of him but maybe some of you Canadians can fill me in. This one is a lot of fun - VERY unique to say the least. 13. Stacy Frank - Both Sides Now: This one's a recent recording, but it retains the cheesiness of BSN's recorded decades ago. 14. Gemma Schettino - Big Yellow Taxi: 15. Gemma Schettino - Carey: She's got a nice voice, these songs are not easy to sing when you get down and to it, and she navigates them pretty well. Nice guitar accompaniment too - sounds like an inspired Jonifest performance, which I say as a compliment. 16. Mayumi Itsuwa - Both Sides Now: This woman is so beautiful I have fallen totally in love with her. I only hope she's on on the list and is reading this now - Mayumi, come run away with me NOW. Oh, and the song's nice too - she sounds like Nancy Wilson (Heart, not that other one) with a slight Japanese touch. 17. Deborah Thacker - Help Me: Deborah plays Help Me pretty close to the original, a little simpler arrangement, singing the flute part and giving it a carefree feeling. Unfortunately, after hearing Karrin Allyson's version, this one is tough to judge. 18. Celeste Prince - A Case Of You: This one is not like Joni's at all, it has a hip-hoppy Alanis vibe to it, and not surprising as it was produced by Glen Ballard. I appreciate her updating the sound and taking a chance of converting it to a pop ballad sorta thing. Hear some of it at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/celesteprince And that brings us to another close of another volume; 18 tracks, over 76 minutes of Joni-related goodness. If you already have a copy I'd love to hear what you think. If you don't have a copy and would like one, let me know. And if you want to win a copy, stay tuned and I'll have another giveaway soon. Yours in covers, Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 22:26:05 EDT From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: Fwd: from the family of Mary Grace Kunz Mary Grace's sister Pat asked me to forward the following to the List. Please pardon that I haven't tagged this njc, but I didn't want to miss anyone who may be concerned. Thanks. - -Julius Return-Path: Received: from rly-yi05.mx.aol.com (rly-yi05.mail.aol.com [172.18.180.133]) by air-yi01.mail.aol.com (v100.23) with ESMTP id MAILINYI11-7d540e0c724f9; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:34:39 -0400 Received: from mx2.sover.net (mailgate2.sover.net [209.198.87.64]) by rly-yi05.mx.aol.com (v99_r4.3) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYI59-7d540e0c724f9; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:34:28 -0400 Received: from mailgate4.sover.net (mailgate4.sover.net [209.198.87.109]) by mx2.sover.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i5T1YPGC016050 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:34:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from laptop (dialup4540.wnskvtao.sover.net [216.114.177.223]) by mailgate4.sover.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i5T1YLrw012554 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:34:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Terry" To: Subject: from the family of Mary Grace Kunz Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:34:21 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Disposition-Notification-To: "Terry" X-AOL-IP: 209.198.87.64 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Thank you all so much for the lovely memorial site dedicated to our beloved sister, MaryGrace Valentinsson Kunz. It has been an enormous comfort to us that you all love her as much as we do. It has been a very difficult time for our family, Im finally back in Vermont with our mother and have not yet begun to recover from the shock and grief. My sister Nancy and I are very grateful to be able to spend the last few days with MGtalking, laughing, crying, planningas sisters do. As a team (MG, Jeff, Nancy & I) we reached our goal of getting MG home to visit with her children and her husband and for that brief gift we are so thankful. In lieu of flowers or other condolences the family requests that any donations should be directed to the Mary Grace Kunz Memorial Account c/o Yolo Federal Credit Union 266 W. Main ST. PO 657 Woodland, CA 95776. Even the smallest amount would help us build a balance that would help defray the educational costs of her five children. Thank you again for your generosity and you are all in our hearts and prayers. Sincerely, Pat Waterman Dorset, VT ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 23:30:36 EDT From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: Re: from the family of Mary Grace Kunz [Rats! The fwd was garbled so I'm resending. Sorry 'bout the bandwidth. Also, I just wanted to remind everyone that I'm still offering the 15 song collectible CD "Mary Grace: A Musical Tribute" free to all contributors...just email me your address and let me know you'll contribute. I'll send you the disc straight away. Thanks again, folks. -Julius] _______________ Thank you all so much for the lovely memorial site dedicated to our beloved sister, MaryGrace Valentinsson Kunz. It has been an enormous comfort to us that you all love her as much as we do. It has been a very difficult time for our family, I'm finally back in Vermont with our mother and have not yet begun to recover from the shock and grief. My sister Nancy and I are very grateful to be able to spend the last few days with MG talking, laughing, crying, planning as sisters do. As a team (MG, Jeff, Nancy & I) we reached our goal of getting MG home to visit with her children and her husband and for that brief gift we are so thankful. In lieu of flowers or other condolences the family requests that any donations should be directed to: Mary Grace Kunz Memorial Account c/o Yolo Federal Credit Union 266 W. Main ST. PO 657 Woodland, CA 95776. Even the smallest amount would help us build a balance that would help defray the educational costs of her five children. Thank you again for your generosity and you are all in our hearts and prayers. Sincerely, Pat Waterman Dorset, VT ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 02:00:44 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: July 2 On July 2 the following articles were published: 1986: ""His Royal Badness" Rocks Sheridan" - Associated Press (Mention) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=1126 1998: "Joni Mitchell Headlines Old Town School of Folk Music Grand Opening Benefit" - PRNewswire (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=245 1999: "Joni's Jazz Celebration Draws Major Stars And Mitchell Too" - AllStar Website (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=440 2000: "Is it art? Joni Mitchell's home-town fans don't care" - Ottawa Citizen (Review - Art Show) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=535 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #186 ********************************* ------- 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)