From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #279 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, September 30 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 279 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Chaka Khan's son arrested for murder (Joni mention) [Jerry Notaro ] Stage and Screen Star Susan Egan in Concert - Nov. 7th at Joe's Pub! [Je] writing on Joni in high school ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Our Joan - A wise woman ahead of her times, again [Warrenkeith91354@a] Re: writing on Joni in high school [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Our Joan - A wise woman ahead of her times, again [mags h ] '79 Joni show on STG [David Sadowski ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:37:25 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Chaka Khan's son arrested for murder (Joni mention) Interesting. Since I got to go to the Joni's Jazz rehearsal Chaka's family hung in the audience. I got to meet her 2 "gran-babies" and the rest of her family and entourage. Was she married to one of the famous Motown songwriters? > Damien Patrick Holland, 25 years old, Chaka Khan's son, has been arrested > for murder. The shooting of a man (17 years old) not yet recognized with a > gun took place last friday in a apartment of South Los Angeles (California). > The man died at the hospital after he was transported to. It was "Celebrity > Justice" TV program that revealed the word of the arrest. > Chaka Khan, his mother has been divorced since several years from Damien > Patrick Holland. > > Chaka Khan began her solo career in the late 1970s with the hit, "I'm Every > Woman," a tune written especially for her by the legendary songwriting team > of Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson. Since then, Chaka has recorded nine > albums and been honored with five Grammy Awards. Her solo hits include "What > Cha Gonna Do For Me?" "Clouds," "Papillion," "I Feel For You," and "Through > the Fire." Working with the best of the best in the music world has been a > rewarding experience for Chaka over the years. > > It all started when Stevie Wonder wrote "Tell Me Something Good." Since > then, she has worked with some of the biggest and most outstanding music > talents in the business - her dear friend Joni Mitchell, world-class > producer Quincy Jones and R&B icon Gladys Knight, for example. > > http://noted.blogs.com/westcoastmusic/2004/09/damien_patrick_.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:31:52 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Jeff Buckley For the tenth anniversary of one of the 909s most influential recording, Sony has released a Legacy Edition of Jeff Buckley9s Grace. In addition to 2 masterfully remastered cd9s, there is a DVD which includes The Making of Grace. Discussing his influences he was asked what he listened to while growing up: 3Acoustic Dylan, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and Joni Mitchell, LOTS of Joni!2 Jerry np: Mindy Smith - Raggedy Ann ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:35:15 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Stage and Screen Star Susan Egan in Concert - Nov. 7th at Joe's Pub! > *** Susan Egan - Front & Center in Concert > *** Sunday, November 7th 2004 > *** 7:00PM at Joe's Pub > > Buy Tickets Now: > https://www.telecharge.com/go.aspx?MD=102&PID=1880&AID=VEN000080300 > > Susan Egan's voice has been called, "the perfect Broadway instrument: a > balanced combination of technique and moxie." Her critically acclaimed > solo cabaret encompasses music from her many Broadway shows and > recordings, displaying a mix of standards (Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers and > Hammerstein), modern staples (Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Kander and Ebb, Alan > Menken) and exciting new material from New York's most esteemed upcoming > writers (Heisler/Goldrich, Georgia Stitt, Jason Robert Brown). > > And now with her latest CD, Coffee House, Susan blends classic rock material > from writers such as Joni Mitchell as well! Combined with personal stories > and her engaging musical philosophies, Susan's concert has been acclaimed as > "an all night conversation with your best friend." > > Musical Direction by Christopher McGovern. > > Buy Tickets Now: > https://www.telecharge.com/go.aspx?MD=102&PID=1880&AID=VEN000080300 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:49:21 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: writing on Joni in high school Hi all: Dr. Laura's email about high school writers jolted my memory about me and Joni in high school. My best friend (Olana Kiruluk -- where are you?) gave me "Song to a Seagull" our freshman year. We idolized her sister Donna (she was a big SENIOR!) and her taste in music (she had been to Woodstock) and she originally gave Olana this album, who then gave it to me. Anyway, the rest is (my) history......a fan is born! I have three really strong memories of this time, two of which involve "high school writers": 1. In 10th grade we had to write an in-class essay. Mrs. Carney gave us about 20 statements/topics to choose from. Guess who chose: "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden?" LOL....I wish I could find that essay now, to see what sophomoric jive and/or sweet drivel I wrote. It would be precious, in any case, from a newly-sprouted Joni fan, wouldn't you think? I would imagine I was quite passionate trying to make my case. 2. As chairman of the sophomore class dance, I insisted that the name be "Night in the City". Many of my classmates were saying: "HUH? Who is Joni Mitchell?" but I persisted (a true Jonievangelist even at the tender age of 15!). The dance was a great success, and much better than the big floppy MESS that was our freshman class dance -- the "Purple Haze" we tried to create with dry ice and purple spotlights just made a big wet mess on the floor and we had to end it early. Oh well, at least the band didn't sound like typewriters. 3. In 12th-grade English, we had to do a big project for a major part of our grade, and cool Mr. O'Connor gave us a long list of topics to choose from. I'm reading down the list, wondering whatever am I going to pick, not enthused at ALL by any of the topics, and then: EUREKA!!!! BINGO!!!! AN INTELLECTUAL ORGASM OF COSMIC PROPORTION!!! The sun breaks through the clouds and a choir of heavenly angels sings: "The Impressionism of Joni Mitchell" (NPIMH: Alleluia Chorus). I did a lot of research for that report and enjoyed every minute of it. For the final oral presentation, I remember dragging in my albums (STAS, Clouds, LOTC) and the French art books and having A WONDERFUL TIME (a la Emiliano!). (Aside: Jerry and Muller -- has anyone ever written a Ph.D. dissertation on Joni?). Once again, I don't have a copy of the paper and sure wish I did. Pardon these self-indulgent memories here -- but where else could I share them? Vive la Joan! Love to all, Patti P.S. Should I have tagged this NJC? Do the NJCs only like real hard Joni news? If so, I apologize and will do better in the future. _________________________________________________________________ Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back to School Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04backtoschool.armx ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:58:45 EDT From: Warrenkeith91354@aol.com Subject: Re: Our Joan - A wise woman ahead of her times, again Brian writes: <> Hi Brian, I'm no scientist...and I'm not trying to take away from Joni's genius but I don't believe the stardust idea originated with her. If you have further evidence that in fact it did originate with Joni...please let me know. Later... Jonily Yours, Warren Keith ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:42:59 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: writing on Joni in high school **P.S. Should I have tagged this NJC? Do the NJCs only like real hard Joni news? If so, I apologize and will do better in the future. You were fine in leaving the NJC off, Patti - if you're ever in doubt, put it on, but your post had Joni content, so it doesn't need to be marked NJC. Maybe you can start a new section on the JMDL for "Joni Term Papers"! (If you're like me & Smurf you'll soon discover there's a ton more than you ever thought possible, right Smurf?) As far as I know there's not a Joni PhD dissertation out there, but there probably has been. There IS an item in the articles section discussing the technical aspects of Joni's early compositions. It's about 25-odd pages, and most of it's over my head but I found it very interesting. Bob NP: Joni, "Judgement of the Moon & Stars" (T-log version) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:44:41 -0700 (PDT) From: mags h Subject: Re: Our Joan - A wise woman ahead of her times, again Warrenkeith91354@aol.com wrote: I'm not trying to take away from Joni's genius but I don't believe the stardust idea originated with her. If you have further evidence that in fact it did originate with Joni...please let me know. Later... Warren, I agree with you....and besides, it's all just theoretical supposition anyway, isn't it... see you at the edge of the world.. ;-) Mags. np: Sunny Sunday let us just be side by side, helping, respecting and understanding each other, in common effort to serve humankind. ~Dalai Lama~ Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:09:05 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Our Joan - A wise woman ahead of her times, again **I'm not trying to take away from Joni's genius but I don't believe the stardust idea originated with her. And whoever's collecting Hoagy Carmichael's royalties for "Stardust" would certainly agree. It's been recorded more times than all of Joni's songs put together (which is over 1600 as of yesterday). Bob, 2 days away from yet another volume of the ditties NP: Joni, "Paprika Plains" ah, 'tis a beautiful thing... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 21:48:55 EDT From: Smurfycopy@aol.com Subject: Re: writing on Joni in high school The *other* Bob M writes: << Maybe you can start a new section on the JMDL for "Joni Term Papers"! (If you're like me & Smurf you'll soon discover there's a ton more than you ever thought possible, right Smurf?) >> Ya darn tootin'! And now that you mention it, we do have an Australian exam question with Joni content in the Joni in Fiction section of the JMDL. Go to "Miscellaneous," if you're interested. I think it's there. - --Smurf, who will get a new computer soon and FUCKING DOMINATE Joni in FIction "Hooray for stars, stripes and sequins." - --Gov. Jim McGreevey ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:04:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: mis-heard Joni lyrics LOTC Estrella = "a stray up" woulda put money, I swear... ::shrug:: :/ em ===== - ---------- "But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues You can tell by the way she smiles" Bob D. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:46:16 -0500 From: David Sadowski Subject: '79 Joni show on STG Joni bit torrent on Sharing the Groove: http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgboard/showthread.php?t=84535 Joni Mitchell San Francisco Civic Auditorium September 7 and 8, 1979 This is from the "Shadows and Light" tour with the great group of backing musicians: Pat Metheny Lyle Mays Jaco Pastorious Michael Brecker Don Alias 3 Discs, two complete shows. (audience recording) Disc 1: (September 7th) 01) Big Yellow Taxi 02) Just Like This Train 03) In France They Kiss on Main Street 04) Coyote 05) Edith and the Kingpin 06) Free Man in Paris 07) Goodbye Porkpie Hat 08) Jaco's Solo 09) Amelia 10) Pat's Solo 11) Hejira 12) Don's Solo 13) Dreamland 14) Black Crow Disc 2: 01) Furry Sings the Blues 02) God Must be A Boogie Man 03) Raised on Robbery 04) Shadows and Light 05) The Last Time I Saw Richard 06) Woodstock (September 8th) 07) Just Like This Train 08) Edith and the Kingpin 09) Free Man in Paris 10) Goodbye Porkpie Hat 11) Jaco's Solo 12) Dry Cleaner From Des Moines Disc 3: 01) Amelia 02) Pat's Solo 03) Hejira 04) Don's Solo 05) Dreamland 06) Black Crow 07) Furry Sings the Blues 08) God Must be A Boogie Man 09) Raised on Robbery 10) Shadows and Light 11) The Last Time I Saw Richard 12) Woodstock More info: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=873 http://www.jonimitchell.com/SF79.html ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #279 ********************************* ------- 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? 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