From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #253 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, September 4 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 253 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Jonifest 2004 ["Ross, Les" ] Re: Bob's Sweet 16 Vol.3 [david sapp ] Re: k. d.'s Joni covers [Richard Goldman ] Re: Twin Sons... [PassScribe@aol.com] JoniFest 2004 CD's ["Les Irvin" ] Re: JoniFest 2004 CD's [Catherine McKay ] Jonifest pics [Cat McKay ] Today's Library Links: September 4 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:45:13 +0100 From: "Ross, Les" Subject: Jonifest 2004 Mmmm...what's to be said about Jonifest 2004? Giselle rules. Claudia rules. Kay rules. Collaborations prevailed. Harmonies dominated. All-star revues featured. MG tributes concluded. It was a very special vintage. Very special. With fewer of us gathered it was a more leisurely paced Fest this year. Performances started later with fewer songs I seem to recall and more time spent between performances. Just an impression, I may be wrong. Chef discovered seasoning this year so the food though previously excellent in quality actually got to have flavour this time. Which was nice... The weather was good. Sunny. The pool was freezing and suited my free presbyterian sensibilities. Chastening...like I needed help with that. We were visited by a Bear. I didn't get his number, maybe next time. The public were allowed in and failed singularly to impress. Especials in that regard to that odd mother and son duality. The bus trip up to the Full Moon was its dependably raucous self. Contained and fun for the first part descending into musings on the refinements of pubic shaving. Somehow poodles featured and I can't remember how...but there you have it. By Kingston we'd established three rows of seating clear front and back of our gathered volubility. Not a head peeping above the seat backs. How they must have sighed in relief when we disembarked the bus at Big Indian. I've said it before and it applies this year too. I've been to professional weekend festivals that haven't thrown up as much good music as was made this year at Fest. In no particular order of brilliance were: Giselle singing Two Grey Rooms, Space in my Heart (I think it was called) and Hallelujah. Claudia singing I don't know what but they were all just excellent. Kay singing Pink Moon and some songs of her own which were incredibly sophisticated and subtle. Giselle singing Two Grey Rooms, Space in my Heart (I think it was called) and Hallelujah. Chuck E and Jenny Goodspeed singing Whispering Pines (I think) during which Chuck's voice, normally a restrained instrument, really opened up and wrapped itself around the song. Giselle singing Two Grey Rooms, Space in my Heart (I think it was called) and Hallelujah. Catherine McKay taking Beat of Black Wings completely home with a driving guitar rhythm. Paz threw some 'everybody-back-to-my-place' sets where the gathered hoards were shepherded through his faithful productions of joni songs. It was the A-list party to get into. Docta Laura nailed Battle of Evermore Barbra Little burnt down My Funny Valentine Mary P speaking of Mary Grace ....Giselle also did some nice stuff..... ...and you know, there were more but my fuddled head can't recall them all now.... It was a very collaborative year for performances. With varying levels of preparation sets were selflessly and brilliantly supported by fellow attendees. Jenny, Claudia, Strings, Donna and Kay seemed to lend a hand to harmony work the entire weekend. Derek (Bang Bang) Scurll (Stryngs' drummer) seemed ubiquitous turning up to drum on several sets before turning his hand to delicious keyboard support for Barbara Little and La Guzzi. Chris M on bass aparently still the best bottom at the Fest. Nothing more to add to that observation. Song Circles again gave up gems. Donna heading up on Angel from Montgomery the chorus for which produced a mesmerising spiral of harmonies. We were on form. Victor put out some Neil Young elliciting the same wall of sonic sensualities from the gathered drunk and disorderlies. Ah, now I think there may be a clue there.... Oh yes and Giselle gave out When Doves Cry both in the circle and on stage. That was superb. God that was excellent fun. Pool Room post performance partying revealed in Jason Avery a monster guitar talent. Mr Avery we have your number. You will not escape so lightly next Fest. You've been warned. Come prepared. :-) Maggie (ah, Maggie) and Alex led a march up to the look-out ridge on Saturday. Surprised to see that Fall had arrived for some of the trees. Spots of red here and there. Most Valued Player this year was a much closer run thing than in previous years. Contenders were the afore mentioned Bang Bang, Chris M'Bottom and Jenny Goodspeed. It was neck to neck for Bang Bang and Jenny. Jenny's harmony work elevating everything it graced to an otherworldly beauty was just pipped by Bang Bang's turn on the keyboards. ("is it cuddle time yet?....", smurph..) Okay, that's it for another year or maybe longer, who knows. Les (london, back at work, tired as usual and observing with amazement that Fest already seems like ages ago....where does the time go? I wonder where the time goes..) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:46:11 -0400 (EDT) From: david sapp Subject: Re: Bob's Sweet 16 Vol.3 << that "Imagine" riff, I get chills, man. Chills. >> <> Yes it all works musically with River - but is ther a lyrical connection between these songs? Other Vol 3 highlights - Beat of Black Wings; Tea Leaf; Shades of Scarlett; Ethiopia. As a tribute to Joni's unique style I've noticed that a lot of covers are pretty straightforward exemplars of a genre - jazz, rock, etc. But the originals, in Joni's hands, can never be so easily classified. peace, david People looking seeing nothing Dog eat dog People listening hearing nothing Dog eat dog People lusting loving nothing Dog eat dog People stroking touching nothing ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:41:28 -0700 From: Richard Goldman Subject: Re: k. d.'s Joni covers Kate, You are hilarious. You just gave me the chuckle I needed this morning. But it's not true! I have loved Joni for 37 years... intensely, devotedly, fascinatingly, and deeply. Rufus isn't even 37 years old yet! (though he made it past the dire 27 year threshold, so that's a good sign). What I wish for Rufus, is that he develops somehow into the master (?mistress?) of music, that Joni is. I do love him, don't get me wrong. I'm so enamored, I am flying over the pond, to London and Scotland, to see his first ever full band shows in the UK, which I guess is something I never did for Joni, so there's that. He has "Mitchelesque" qualities to me, in that his songs can be stories, and audio-paintings, and I do feel that he is a genius, but a young one, whereas Joni, to me, has had her genius expressed for many many years now. Ok, that's enough clap trap. You made me laugh, Kate, which I/we all need in this ironically dark time in this country. ~Richard n.p. "Midnight Radio", John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig & The Angry Inch >Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:39:31 -0700 >From: "Kate Bennett" >Subject: Re: k. d.'s Joni covers > >Richard >Ok guys, don't get me wrong. I love Joni as much as the next of you > >all....< > >we know you love rufus more... ;~} ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 23:13:48 EDT From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Twin Sons... I bought a copy of Twin Sons of Different Mothers too, although I got it used. Still counts, eh? Kenny B ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 21:37:05 -0600 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: JoniFest 2004 CD's Joniphiles - Another wonderful JoniFest has passed us by and the team of JMDL audio experts are working around the clock on making the tapes available as soon as possible. Details will be posted here when ready. In the meantime, how about a preview? The very last official song at the Fest was done by Gizelle and Claudia as a tribute to Mary Grace - Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". After hearing this you'll realize that these two ladies really ARE angels rather than human. It's a stunningly beautiful end to a great fest. Stream the tune: http://jmdl.com/hallelujah.ram Or grab the MP3: http://jmdl.com/hallelujah.mp3 These aren't linked on the website anywhere as they are a sneak preview just for JMDLers. Enjoy! More great tunes to come soon. Les ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 23:54:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: JoniFest 2004 CD's --- Les Irvin wrote: > The very last > official song at the > Fest was done by Gizelle and Claudia as a tribute to > Mary Grace - Leonard > Cohen's "Hallelujah". After hearing this you'll > realize that these two > ladies really ARE angels rather than human. It's a > stunningly beautiful end > to a great fest. > > Stream the tune: http://jmdl.com/hallelujah.ram > Or grab the MP3: http://jmdl.com/hallelujah.mp3 > > These aren't linked on the website anywhere as they > are a sneak preview just > for JMDLers. > > Enjoy! More great tunes to come soon. > Thanks for posting this, Les. It's even more beautiful the 2nd time around. I managed to hold the tears back the first 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: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 00:12:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Cat McKay Subject: Jonifest pics Jonifest pics Ive started scanning, and some of the network issues seem to have been resolved, so more photos have been added to my Jonifest pics. You may need to hand-draw faces on some of the people - I call it interactive photography. http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/anima_rising/album?.dir=/8bc8&.src=ph&.tok=phSe.rBBOi5XIJVZ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 02:27:42 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: September 4 On September 4 the following articles were published: 1979: "Joni jazzes it up to create Mitchell Music" - Vancouver Sun (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=865 1979: "Joni Mitchell concert soars despite audience" - Oregon Journal (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=878 1979: "Joni's jazz can captivate audience, too" - Vancouver Sun (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=866 1979: "Mitchell strong on color" - Vancouver Sun (Review - Concert) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=860 1999: "Joni Mitchell Keeps Busy" - S.L. Feldman & Associates (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=632 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #253 ********************************* ------- 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)