From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #32 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 Wednesday, February 2 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 032 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Starbucks CDs and a Name-Drop [Mark-Leon Thorne ] MOA...whoa!!!!! [Em ] Re: Joni Covers, Volume 61: Now we're talkin'! [FMYFL@aol.com] Joni's most artistic songs? ["David Henderson" ] Joni serious ["David Henderson" ] RE: Starbucks CDs and a Name-Drop ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: MOA...whoa!!!!! [Em ] Re: MOA...whoa!!!!! [Lori Fye ] french Jonifest ["Laurent Olszer" ] Starbucks CDs ["joe farrell" ] Re: Just ice, and cakes out in the snow... (sjc) [Michael Paz ] Richard, dirges, and Goat Dances [eaddy sutton ] Re: Richard, dirges, and Goat Dances ["Mark or Travis" ] Leonard, by the lonely painter [Smurf ] Good Friends Demo - Geffen Recordings [Gary Zack ] Re: goodbye [Nuriel Tobias ] RE: Good Friends Demo - Geffen Recordings ["Wally Kairuz" ] You are made active ["FredNow" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:18:11 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Starbucks CDs and a Name-Drop Will that be available at all Starbucks or just US branches? I haven't seen that CD series in Starbucks in Sydney. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 08:17:05 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Starbucks CDs and a Name-Drop > Thanks for the heads-up, Bryan - I'm anxious to hear what she picks, > especially from The New Radicals. I guess this is an update to her "My Top 12" > from the BBC in 1983. Hopefully, no Edith Piaf! WHAT??????????????? Ok, Muller. I just got the 10 cd set of all her music and you're getting a copy! Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 06:03:25 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: MOA...whoa!!!!! Just got this a day ago...what an amazingly attractive (to me anyway) album! Anyone else think this is one of the best recordings of Joni's voice? I like the fact that she really "tries", too, on these. They don't have that so off the cuff "I'm sick to death of this song" quality about them at all that some singers get when the songs are no longer brand new. And that despite that she probably *was*..according to the "paint another starry night" comment. It seems clear to me though, that "FTR" stuff was new at this time. I ADORE the CBSASF on this. (altho I hate the crowd's intitial oooh and ahhhh at the start of it... wow! she's gonna sing the junkie song, she's gonna sing the junkie song...) Am not quite all the way through this yet, but find myself quite enamored. Am making this my resident "car CD" for the next while. Anybody know who the little dude was who yelled the "you have more class than Mick Jagger, Richard Nixon and Gomer Pyle combined!" comment is? Is he among us here on the list? lol.... c'mon, 'fess up! :) Em < 6. Billy C - Both Sides Now: Now HERE'S the one that gets them all > talking...love it or hate it, it's bound to get a reaction! Don't know much about > Billy, he was a jazz singer in the 70's, and this lounge-a-rama swings at times > with a horn section, and drags to a crawl in others, with Billy's voice > dipping down to hit notes that even Paz can't grab. As for me, well I'm one of the > "love it" crowd. > I'm one of the love it crowd too Bob. This one is so strange, but truly a gem. I've never heard Ed yell at me so much to say "Turn that crap off"!!! " LOL thanks again for sending me Covers 61. It really is one of the best volumes. I really do appreciate all your hard work! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:36:51 -0500 From: "David Henderson" Subject: Joni's most artistic songs? >Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:23:38 EST >From: Bobsart48@aol.com >Subject: Re: Joni's Most Artistic Songs ? >Here's my list of Joni's most 'artistic' efforts - limited to the 'smaller' >kind. Chronologically >The Arrangement >Blue >Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire >Lesson In Survival >The Jungle Line >Don't Interrupt The Sorrow >The Boho Dance >Furry Sings The Blues >Black Crow >Cotton Avenue >The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey >Moon At The Window >Lakota >The Beat of Black Wings >The Reoccurring Dream ('cause Joni thinks so) >Sunny Sunday >Yvette in English >Turbulent Indigo >Last Chance Lost I love all of the above. I don't really think of these as "artistic" so much as story songs, almost theatrical. I love that side of her writing, and I don't think many people can write these stories well, stories that are not first person or confessional. I think her only competition in this arena is my other favorite songwriter - Stephen Sondheim. These stories of other peoples' lives - where Joni is an outside observer - are very different, have a different feel, than her more first-person, confessional type songs. Of course, we all interpret them our own way. My only disagreement with you is that I personally don't feel that Last Chance Lost, Blue and Moon at the Window belong in this category. I've always thought these were very personal first-person presentations from Joni, not the more "artistic" storytelling or observational songs. You've left off a couple of my favorites that I do think fall into this category - The Tea Leaf Prophecy and Harry's House. BTW, I love The Reoccurring Dream . . . I love all of the different vocals and voices. Maybe it's because I'm a marketing and media person, but I appreciate her fascination with that theme - how advertising and media and "the in crowd" effect our morals, our basic values, even when we are not aware of it. She's touched on this theme in several songs over the years. David ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:46:27 -0500 From: "David Henderson" Subject: Joni serious Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:43:28 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Joan Baez njc >>>>I always think of Joan Baez as being very serious. Too serious. So serious she wouldn't make a joke like that. So, it's good to hear a joke from her. Of course, I've never seen her live and for all I know she could be one of those people who sings serious songs and who supports serious causes but is also hilariously funny. Who knew?< >>>>I once thought of her that way (serious) & for good reason. She was a dedicated activist (& I think remains so) as well as a singer back in the day. Speaking of back in the day, she was the one that got us holding up our matches/lighters at Woodstock- a cutting edge moment that now has become clichid. Anyway, I saw her in concert several years ago (maybe more than several) after not seeing her since those long ago woodstock days. She was light & funny & blew the entire perception I had of her as oh so serious totally away. You know Court and Spark was my first introduction to Joni, so I have never thought of her as all serious or a person without a sense of humor. Help Me, Just Like This Train, Raised on Robbery and Twisted were all humorous or had very humorous moments, so I always thought of her as having a fun side. David ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:09:58 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Starbucks CDs and a Name-Drop I came across this parody while looking for info about the latest minor Joni releases (available here: http://con.ca/issues/5/8/98 ) : Big Green Coffee By Jason MacIsaac A song parody of "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell They paved paradise and put up a Starbucks With plenty of grinders and a bunch of fake arthouse schmucks Do we need another one? There was a bookstore but now it's gone They paved paradise and put up a Starbucks Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop, shoo-bop-bop-bop They had just one, not too far down the street And now it seems they have to put one up every fifteen feet Don't it always seem to go That they keep expanding out of control They paved paradise and put up a Starbucks Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop, shoo-bop-bop-bop Hey Mr. CEO, I think that's enough now Everywhere I look, I see Gap, Blockbuster, Microsoft and AOL Geez! Didn't it once seem before That we actually had a choice in our stores They paved paradise and put up a Starbucks I say, they paved paradise and they put up a Starbucks Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a Starbucks Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Yesterday I saw another wrecking ball land And a big green coffee knocked down my favorite burger stand! I don't mean to have a cow But where am I gonna get my lunch now? They paved paradise and they put up a Starbucks Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a Starbucks Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Oh, now, they paved Starbucks and they put up a parking lot Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop Hey, steam rolled paradise and put up a Starbucks Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Jason MacIsaac apologizes profusely to Joni Mitchell. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Notaro Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:17 AM To: Bob Muller; BRYAN8847@aol.com; Joni List Subject: Re: Starbucks CDs and a Name-Drop > Thanks for the heads-up, Bryan - I'm anxious to hear what she picks, > especially from The New Radicals. I guess this is an update to her "My Top 12" > from the BBC in 1983. Hopefully, no Edith Piaf! WHAT??????????????? Ok, Muller. I just got the 10 cd set of all her music and you're getting a copy! Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:27:10 -0500 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: MOA...whoa!!!!! > Anyone else think this is one of the best recordings of Joni's voice? Yes. Joni's voice really shines on MOA. So does her sense of humo(u)r. I've loved the album since the first time I heard it. I think it was the second Joni recording I ever got (the first being Hejira). I bought it in Regina, Saskatchewan in probably 1978; it was an off-brand cassette tape. It was my first exposure to the rest of Joni's (released) music up to that time, and I was -- and remain -- enthralled. So much good stuff on one recording. I wore it out. Em, you need to get ahold of a vinyl copy of MOA, for the photos. Come up to DC and I'll show you mine. >; ) People exclaim over Shadows & Light, but for live recordings I think MOA beats S&L by ... miles. : ) Lori ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:41:27 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: MOA...whoa!!!!! HI Lori, I was kind of wondering if the actual vinyl album included more as far as lyrics and photos. Like the only lyrics in the CD are to "Jericho" and one other tune. Then I thought well maybe thats because those were perhaps the only 2 tunes that hadn't appeared yet on other albums. But I could be wrong about that. Guess Jericho was written well before DJRD, huh? Lori! Would love to see *yours* someday. Thanks for the offer! :P Em ps: am happy to have this CD version tho, don't know if its remastered or what, but its crystal clear. - --- Lori Fye wrote: > > Anyone else think this is one of the best recordings of Joni's > voice? > > Yes. Joni's voice really shines on MOA. So does her sense of > humo(u)r. > > I've loved the album since the first time I heard it. I think it was > the second Joni recording I ever got (the first being Hejira). I > bought it in Regina, Saskatchewan in probably 1978; it was an > off-brand cassette tape. It was my first exposure to the rest of > Joni's (released) music up to that time, and I was -- and remain -- > enthralled. So much good stuff on one recording. I wore it out. > > Em, you need to get ahold of a vinyl copy of MOA, for the photos. > Come up to DC and I'll show you mine. >; ) > > People exclaim over Shadows & Light, but for live recordings I think > MOA beats S&L by ... miles. : ) > > Lori ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:44:58 -0500 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: MOA...whoa!!!!! > Like the only lyrics in the CD are to "Jericho" and one other tune. Then I thought > well maybe thats because those were perhaps the only 2 tunes that hadn't > appeared yet on other albums. If memory serves, that's the way it is on the album too. Anyone else recollect differently? > Guess Jericho was written well before DJRD, huh? Yep. Anyone got the photos -- you all know *the one* I'm mostly talkin' about -- from MOA online anywhere? Lori ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:53:08 +0100 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: french Jonifest I hate to bug people but a reminder is needed: Many of you have expressed an interest and said they were definitely coming to the french Jonifest. However very few deposits have been made. Those that have been made are for on site lodging which is full except for camping. The purpose of a deposit is this: since august is the high tourist season, I must personally guarantee the room reservation with the B&Bs. For those of you who make their own reservation at La Fargo hotel, I still need a small deposit because we are preparing food for a given number of participants. So if you do not make your deposit I cannot take a chance of booking and then paying for an empty room if you don't show up. Which means that if you procrastinate you won't get something as close or as cheap or as confortable as you would by booking now. When contacting me for booking, please indicate whether you plan on staying in the area longer than the 3 nights, and if so exactly how many nights before and after the fest. It will be extremely difficult to book those rooms for extra nights at the last minute. Reservations get filled very early in the year. Laurent ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:25:48 -0000 From: "joe farrell" Subject: Starbucks CDs Does anybody know how i can get copies of the forthcoming Joni Starbucks CDs in the UK? Is there a Starbucks shop online where i can mail-order them? If not is anybody prepared to buy them for me in the USA and send them to me in the UK, i will of course reimburse all costs. Joe. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:55:48 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Just ice, and cakes out in the snow... (sjc) Yo Walt' I LOVE Michael and he has endured for me over the years. I listened to his latest compilation disc all the way through the other day and I still love those songs. I agree about Joni as well, esp. her clever but humorless songs altho I bet some people still see some wicked humor coming through (you know who you are Smurph!). Best Paz > In a message dated 1/21/05 5:25:06 PM, smurfadelica@yahoo.com writes: > > >> But once I've heard a song that makes me laugh a few >> times, it's over. It's like listening to a joke I've >> heard too many times ... yet again. >> >> (The only exception to this that I can think of right >> now is Cole Porter, and I that's probably because he >> really did take a poet's delight in language and word >> play. He never did "jokes," per se.) >> > > You know who else comes to my mind in this context, Smurph, is Michael > Franks, who has been compared with Cole P.; he has staying power for me, and > I > think the key may be he can write funny/silly (like Popsicle Toes or Monkey > See, > Monkey Do, which wear out, like you said, but which are so good, it takes a > while), but he can also write funny/sad (I still can't hear "Mr. Blue" without > dissolving into a puddle of weep) and funny/wistful (perhaps 90% of his > output). I think both of the Wainwrights fall into this category, too. > > Joni is sometimes at her best when she's funny/lite -- a lot of her > social/personal observation songs, or when she pokes fun at herself as well as > others, > like in People's Parties and Boho Zone --but i don't like her so much when she > gets caustic and bitter, where she's clever but humorless -- some of her most > memorable songs fall into this category, admittedly, like Sex Kills, > Magdelaine Laundries, No Apologies, and (truly, I dislike this song because > it's got a > boring melody and really only sophomorpic observations to make: Borderline) > -- and sometimes it's hard to know when she's kidding, and when she's dead > serious and only I see some (unintentional) humor in her lyrics. In '95-'96, > when battling cancer, I used to listen to Job's Sad Song and scream out the > "What > Have I Done To You??!!" chorus, and either laugh or cry, and I used Facelift > similarly during my father's final illness. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:12:56 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: my joni mitchell tribute record Hi Zach I like your cover of Top of The Worlds very much. Congrats on the record. You should get it up on cdbaby (where you can also post up to 8 clips of your songs as well). I think your plan is a strong one. You don't say what you are studying though. Are you headed for a back up career or a parallel career (like me -music production)? What ever it is, NEVER let your music take a back seat to it or it can be gone for ever. I know so many talented people that write and play one day and the next they "grow up" and move on. I did a tribute record to Joni called PazFest-A New Orleans Tribute To Joni Mitchell Volumes 1 and 2 http://cdbaby.com/pazfest. I recruited many of my musician friends locally and nationally (Brian Thomas and David Lahm from the list) to come to town and play. I am threatening to release the follow up Volume 3 this year. I wish you the best of luck on your projects and hope to meet you one day at a Jonifest. Best Michael Paz NP-CW/Steve's Boogie-Eric Johnson > Hi All, > > My name is Zach. I don't post all that often, but > love reading the posts daily. I have posted before, > but not frequently. I wanted to post an idea I had and > see if I got any feedback from list members about it. > This is my attempt at breaking out of lurkdom, really, > to be an active member of the group (I've been waiting > for an excuse). I put out a CD last year called > "Moment of Clarity" that included a Joni cover--I > became one of very, very many who've put out a cover > of "A Case of You"--and some of you may have heard it > as the ever so wonderful, kind and gracious Bob Muller > put it on one of the fantastic cover volumes recently, > which was an honor to be included on. I'm currently > living and studying in London and am nearing the > halfway point of this three month experiment across > the pond (and how wonderful it is over here, too!) so > I'm not sure how my finances are going to hold out (if > anyone knows a good producer or manager, PLEASE be in > touch) but I'm hoping to put out my second > mostly-if-not-all-this-time originals cd by the end of > the year. The idea that I've had for after that, > though, would be that my third cd would be a Joni > tribute record. > If you're interested in checking out my homepage to > find out more about the first album, go to: > http://www.geocities.com/zacharyscot/ > I don't think there's an mp3 of ACOY up, but I believe > there is a link to a cover of a brilliant Patty > Griffin song called 'Top of the World' that'll give > at least a little indication of my style. Anyways, > thanks for reading. I'd love feedback and responses. I > love reading all of your posts, so thought I might > contribute something for once. Best to you all. > > Sincerely, > Zach ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:22:48 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: John Kelly sings Joni I think John Kelly is tits. Kakki suggested that he contact me to consult me on VG-8 programming. I ended up getting him a VG-8 and doing quite a bit of programming for him his shows. In appreciation he sent me a flight case for my VG-8 as well as a signed copy of his book which is fantastic. I tried to get together with him in NYC one time but our schedules did not collide. I would love to see his live show. I have tried several times to get people to book him down here in New Orleans. I still have a video of his show that his manager sent to me. Best Paz NP-Alpine Mountain-Eric Johnson > Thanks, Brian. This is a real treat. John is not only talented, but a > genuinely nice person. > > Jerry > >> Jmdler and performance artist John Kelly was on WNYC New York Friday night. >> >> "John Kelly sings Joni Mitchell on the radio for the first time when he joins >> David Garland on Spinning On Air. Accompanied by pianist Zecca Esquivel (who >> appears as artist Georgia OKeefe in concert), Kelly performs several Joni >> Mitchell songs, and dicusses what the songs mean to him, as well as his >> encounters with Mitchell herself. Kelly also shares some of his other vocal >> projects and talks about his lengthy career at the vanguard of Performance >> Art." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:21:11 -0500 From: eaddy sutton Subject: Richard, dirges, and Goat Dances So sorry I sent along the whole dang thing last time -- thanks for letting me know of the faux pas. A dirge?! Oh Garret, you have wounded me deeply . . . I am at an utter loss for words. Okay, I'm over the 'utter loss for words' part now. I think 'Richard' is such a brilliant, brilliant reflection of one moment in time, one flash of clarity - a reflection of that moment when you realize you have to resign yourself to the fact that there is no perfect solution to some situations . . . I must agree with this gentleman regarding the final song on Blue. The crescendo -- Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings and fly away; only a phase, these dark cafe days -- is it indeed. Lovely lines to croon loudly along with, the essence of transformational Joni. Want to talk about dirge, about plodding, dark downers, lets talk the namesake of "Hejira." This album hits a deep one in me, as I grew up with white sand roads and the clouds of Michelangelo on the west coast of Fla. It just thrills me that she was there when I was just a kid. (Anyone know the details of just where she fixed dinner for them and Boston Jim? Naples, Englewood, Siesta Key?) But this song I do not like, even hate, as it brings down the whole album experience with its monotony. I have cursed it many times as I must skip it and pretend to erase its existence on an otherwise perfect and profound set of poetry. Perhaps somewhat could enlighten me and remove this blight. "Pretty lies" . . . is this an original phrase of hers? I recently discovered that "I am as constant as the Northern Star" is spoken at least twice by Caesar in Shakespeare's play. I would be happy to share the entire quote and scene reference if anyone is interested. (It seems no one was much interested in comparing Goat Dance interpretations -- I don't think it's sex, I suspect it's a true cultural gig. Honestly -- no one else out there has ever tried to bust it out?) looking forward to some discussion -- Eaddy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:21:31 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Richard, dirges, and Goat Dances eaddy sutton wrote: > Want to talk about dirge, about plodding, dark downers, lets talk the > namesake of "Hejira." .... But this song I do not > like, even hate, as it brings down the whole album experience with its > monotony. I have cursed it many times as I must skip it and pretend to > erase its existence on an otherwise perfect and profound set of > poetry. Perhaps somewhat could enlighten me and remove this blight. I got a chuckle out of reading this, Eaddy. Many people on this list see the album 'Hejira' as the apex of Joni's output and some as the greatest record ever made. From time to time I have contested this, citing what to me is a repetitiveness to several of the songs on the record and similarity in tone and tempo between most of the tracks. The song 'Hejira' itself is treated with particular reverence by many list members. I think the song 'Hejira' has some wonderful poetry in it. As far as the monotony is concerned, try thinking of riding in a car for a long space of time over a long distance. The monotony of the sounds the car makes, the repetition of the 'fine white lines' on the highway and the regularity of the utility poles, traffic coming the opposite way, even the scenery on some stretches of road. I think the song is deliberately evocative of this. And over the years I seem to hear more and more every time I play this particular cd and set out once more on the spiritual journey that Joni charts on it. Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:25:39 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: MOA...whoa!!!!! --- Em wrote: > Anybody know who the little dude was who yelled the > "you have more > class than Mick Jagger, Richard Nixon and Gomer Pyle > combined!" comment > is? Is he among us here on the list? lol.... > c'mon, 'fess up! > :) > Em < Subject: Leonard, by the lonely painter A painting of Leonard Cohen by Joni: http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/joni.html Also, this strange entry from the site: I bought a house there for $1,500. I still have it. All of this sounds very idyllic but it was naive and because Id never set up a career  what Joni Mitchell later called the star-stoking machinery  for myself, by the time the 70s came round and everything had gotten hard-nosed and materialistic, I got wiped out. Say what? The star WHAT machinery? And "setting up a career" isn't really what the star-maker machinery is all about anyway. That story is at: http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/qmag.html Harumph! - --Smurf, wearing tube socks with style, and such an innocent smile __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:11:27 -0500 From: Gary Zack Subject: Good Friends Demo - Geffen Recordings I know I'm behind on this, but until recently I just didn't have the bucks for Joni's "Complete Geffen Recordings." I've really been wanting to hear the demo of "Good Friends" for a long time, so today, I went to the CD store I thought might have it. Not behind the counter or in Joni's slot. The clerk told me after looking it up in his computer that it looked like they had a copy but it was packed and ready to be returned (it had been on the shelf for awhile) and that it was in one of the crates going back. They told me to call tomorrow and they'd find it. I asked the clerk if he would just skim the top of the crates to see if he could find it, to save me a trip back, and if he didn't find it, no sweat. Moments later he returned with the Joni set in his hands. I haven't listened to it much yet...but the demo of "Good Friends" is ALMOST worth the price of the set. Just Joni and her piano, with slightly different lyrics, and a great interpretation of the song. The piano reminds me a bit of Laura Nyro, and yet Joni's piano style is definitely her own, and very attractive to my ears, as is Nyro's. The song gave me that same grin that I used to get when I'd listen to one of Joni's new albums for the first time. It was almost an involuntarily laugh as a result of being astounded at something that could be so good. As I believe Jim may have mentioned, the booklet in the set is not well-made, and it looks to me like it will crack if you open it too widely (and probably will) so it's a fragile piece, and somewhat impractical if you really want to read it! (Since so easily damaged, probably a collector's piece some years from now ;-) ) I haven't listened to the "Baby Blue" or "Two Grey Rooms" demos yet...trying to savor one at a time. Best regards, Gary np: Beth Neilsen Chapman - Hymns Has this been discussed before? Interesting CD of Catholic Hymns sung in Latin, including "Tantum Ergo" "O Sanctissima" "Panis Angelicus" and "Ave Maria." Beth has some nice harmony vocals as well. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:21:00 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: You've Reached The Wrong Number re-enjoy if you can...:) Nuriel Tobias wrote:One day the phone rings at Joni's living room. "Hello?" "Hi, is this Joni Mitchell?" "Speaking" "Hi, my name's Shoshana and i'm your daughter". "Oh. Well, sorry, Shoshana, i've already found my daughter several years ago" "What? Do you mean that i have also found my sister?!" "No, Shoshana, i only bore one child. Are you sure you've called the right Joni Mitchell?". "Sure i'm sure - i knew you were my mother the moment i've downloaded "One Tin Soldier!". One day the phone rings at Joni's living room. "Hello?" "Hi, is this Joni Mitchell?" "Speaking" "Hi, my name's Pedro and i'm your son" "Oh. Well, sorry, Pedro, but i only bore one child and it's a girl" "Are you calling me queer, Mama?!" One day the phone rings at Joni's living room. "Hello?" "Hi, is this Joni Mitchell?" "Speaking" "Hi, my name is Myrtle and i'm looking for a missing daughter" One day the phone rings at Joni's living room. "Hello?" "Hi, is this Joni Mitchell?" "Yes..." "Prove it!!!" One day the phone rings at Joni's living room. "Hello?" "Hi, my name's Don Juan and i would like to have a word with my Granddaughter Shoshana" One day the phone rings at Joni's living room. "Hello?" "Hi, Ma, it's Kilauren. What's up?" "I'm afraid you've reached the wrong number" All your favorites on one personal page  Try My Yahoo! Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:18:36 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: goodbye bye for now. KISS you all nuriel. Nuriel Tobias wrote: Victor...Please...Please don't...I remember that day, was really a bad day, then i listened to one of your songs...And in your music i found peace...YOU ARE PEACE, Victor...Saying goodbye is when all your dreams fade and die...but they never do...Surely not yours...Don't let this goodbye echo in your head once you're out there...there's no peace out there, Victor...none wheatsoever...this madhouse is where it's at...Please don't...oh no no no...The only way is down... Yours, Nuri Victor Johnson wrote: > [Original Message] > From: Em > To: Victor Johnson ; Lori Fye > Cc: > Date: 11/14/04 6:12:35 AM > Subject: Re: politics and the list NJC PC - and depression > > --- Victor Johnson wrote: > > No I don't believe that all people CHOOSE to be depressed. > > Just wishing you peace, Victor. > > Em > > Thank you. I'm tired of this squabbling. It does not bring me peace. I've been on this list since early 1999, have attended paz fest and five jonifests, and immortalized them in the song, Parsonage Lane, written on Sept 10, 2001. But maybe its time to move on. I can't take this anymore. 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What will yours do? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 02:31:28 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: Good Friends Demo - Geffen Recordings i listened to the GF demo online. i had exactly the same impression, gary: very nyroesque piano. to know that many of joni's 80's catalogue was written on the piano or the guitar and not to have access to the original demos is very frustrating. i heard impossible dreamer and dog eat dog -- only joni and piano -- and they sounded like songs from for the roses. two gems. unfortunately, i have these two on tape but i don't have a tape player anymore. i heard there was some sort of file trade on the jmdl, a site where i could download stuff. how does that work? maybe i could get the master class and the 2nd fret stuff that way. i don't have any of the joni early material on cd. i know bob muller must know how to deal with this thing. wally > -----Mensaje original----- > De: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com]En nombre de Gary > Zack > Enviado el: Miercoles, 02 de Febrero de 2005 02:11 a.m. > Para: joni@smoe.org > Asunto: Good Friends Demo - Geffen Recordings > > > I know I'm behind on this, but until recently I just didn't have the > bucks for Joni's "Complete Geffen Recordings." I've really been wanting > to hear the demo of "Good Friends" for a long time, so today, I went to > the CD store I thought might have it. Not behind the counter or in > Joni's slot. The clerk told me after looking it up in his computer that > it looked like they had a copy but it was packed and ready to be > returned (it had been on the shelf for awhile) and that it was in one of > the crates going back. They told me to call tomorrow and they'd find > it. I asked the clerk if he would just skim the top of the crates to > see if he could find it, to save me a trip back, and if he didn't find > it, no sweat. Moments later he returned with the Joni set in his > hands. > > I haven't listened to it much yet...but the demo of "Good Friends" is > ALMOST worth the price of the set. Just Joni and her piano, with > slightly different lyrics, and a great interpretation of the song. The > piano reminds me a bit of Laura Nyro, and yet Joni's piano style is > definitely her own, and very attractive to my ears, as is Nyro's. The > song gave me that same grin that I used to get when I'd listen to one of > Joni's new albums for the first time. It was almost an involuntarily > laugh as a result of being astounded at something that could be so good. > > As I believe Jim may have mentioned, the booklet in the set is not > well-made, and it looks to me like it will crack if you open it too > widely (and probably will) so it's a fragile piece, and somewhat > impractical if you really want to read it! (Since so easily damaged, > probably a collector's piece some years from now ;-) ) > > I haven't listened to the "Baby Blue" or "Two Grey Rooms" demos > yet...trying to savor one at a time. > > Best regards, > > Gary > > np: Beth Neilsen Chapman - Hymns > Has this been discussed before? Interesting CD of Catholic Hymns sung > in Latin, including > "Tantum Ergo" "O Sanctissima" "Panis Angelicus" and "Ave Maria." Beth > has some nice harmony vocals as well. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:14:34 +0100 From: "Wallykai" Subject: Delivery service mail Before use read the help [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of Jol03.com] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:14:37 +0100 From: "FredNow" Subject: You are made active Before use read the help [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of viupd02.com] ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #32 ******************************** ------- 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)