From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #337 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, November 26 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 337 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- The Fiddle And The Drum [Nuriel Tobias ] Joni v.s. Evil [Nuriel Tobias ] Re: Joni v.s. Evil [Randy Remote ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:41:02 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: The Fiddle And The Drum Watched the morning news on channel 2 of Israel. Armed soldiers forcing a Palestinan to play the fiddle for them at the border. Nuriel Meet the all-new My Yahoo!  Try it today! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:14:59 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Joni v.s. Evil What do you think is the best way to fight Evil with songs? To Describe it as it is, or to spread positivity? Nuriel All your favorites on one personal page  Try My Yahoo! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:59:29 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Joni v.s. Evil Nuriel Tobias wrote: > What do you think is the best way to fight Evil with songs? To Describe it as it is, or to spread positivity? Drop jukeboxes on bad people. I think both ways are good. People like Bruce Cockburn, John Trudell, and Joni Mitchell have effectively used serious lyrics to talk about serious things. Maybe the song enforces your own belief in something, maybe it introduces you to an issue that you later learn more about (Magdelena Laundries, for instance). Altho a purely intellectual approach, for me anyway, can be a little too dry, bread with no butter. Spreading positivity; I would say spreading a higher consciousness- showing through art and harmony the possibility for a more harmonious relationship with the world- is another way of going about it. The Beatles, Yes, and many others. The best, like Joni or Pink Floyd or Lennon use both simultaneously. Another approach is just to do whatever you are doing, and donate to worthy organizations. The Grateful Dead did this-you would be hard pressed to find a political song amongst their reperitiore, but they funnelled gobs of money to many philanthropic causes. RR ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #337 ********************************* ------- 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)