From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #104 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 Sunday, April 10 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 104 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Joni reference. ["A. Millington" ] re:Rolling Stone "The Immortals" ["mia ortlieb" ] Joni dreams and Meeses to Pieces [littlebreen@comcast.net] Praire list from Rhino [BRYAN8847@aol.com] Re: Praire list from Rhino [Jamie Zubairi ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 09:41:21 +1000 From: "A. Millington" Subject: Joni reference. While listening to a talking tape/CD book in the car. The Walker by Jane Goodall read by Nicki Paull (Crime Fiction) Bolinda Audio Books 2004 Quote "London August 1971,Chapter 1 London was a wash with pale sunlight and Joni Mitchell was singing Chelsea Mooring in Briony's head as she was watching a real Chelsea morning through the cab window...." end quote ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 12:26:54 -0500 From: "mia ortlieb" Subject: re:Rolling Stone "The Immortals" Great writing from Jewel on Joni...but, how old is Jewel? I was about six or seven when Blue came out, and I know I am waaayyy older than Jewel. She speaks about history as if she were there: "When she first did it, it was a very fluffy time -- pretty girls singing about pretty things." Maybe her mom helped her write this, lol! Mia ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 19:37:02 +0000 From: littlebreen@comcast.net Subject: Joni dreams and Meeses to Pieces Hi, Patti and gang -- Patti said: <<...And to add a teeny Joni content, I was so wrapped up in the double euphoria here last year that I dreamt that Joni came to our campus, and I was torn between going to the parade and watching her perform. She was standing on on a noisy corner waiting for the walking green by our Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts and I ended up taking her impossibly gentle hands and blood-red fingernails and bringing her to the parade. All the fans were screaming for the Huskies, and I was yelling: "But look, everybody! LOOK! It's JONI MITCHELL!!!! (I know, I know, I'm a Joni nutcase! But you take me as I am, right?)>> *You're* a Joni nutcase? As I alluded recently, I think we're all bozos on this bus/website! If I've seemed a little manic lately (no, Walt, really?) it's because I am, as of this week, off ALL painkillers, sedatives and most recently, all antidepressants (which were prescribed for sleep or pain, not for depression, which I rarely if ever suffer). My mistake was impatience -- I decided to go cold turkey on the last two (trazodone and nortryptaline, if anyone cares) at the same time. And to paraphrase Lloyd Bridges in the first "Airplane!" movie, I sure picked the wrong week to give up nortryptaline and trazodone! "Insomnia, mania and amnesia" has a wonderful alliterative ring to it, could even be a line in a Joni song if she does a follow-up to Cold Blue Steel but with antidepressants instead of heroin, but you don't want to go through what I've been going through; at least, like (alas!) the 2003 fest, I won't remember any of it. Too make matters worse and my misery complete, I got a nasty persistent sinus infection and started getting high fevers the same day I quit the damed drugs (and you will soon see the results of that day, in a separate posting). But this, too, shall pass! I don't get the appeal of "real" antidepressants, like say prozac, which I tried once (doctor's suggestion, not my idea: "I'm not *depressed* -- my life sucks and I'm reacting *normally* for a change!") just in time for my best friend Stephan's birthday two years ago. I'd taken my first capsule that morning, and almost immediately, my penchant for smelling phantom odors was exacerbated. That morning, it was Eau de Dead Mouse. It was so strong, I was sure that a mouse really had died in one of our walls, but suspicously enough, the smell was everywhere and nowhere. And Robert couldn't smell anything, which clinched it. Stephan, who is Quebecois, and best gal pal Lisa and I went to Absinthe, a very nice bistro two blocks from my apartment; alas, my predicament persisted, so I didn't eat much. When my friends asked why, I told them. Then I started laughing (remember, people, the prozac wasn't my idea). They asked what it was, and I asked them if they'd ever seen The Cheap Detective, the Maltese Falcon parody with Peter Falk. They had. I asked if they remembered Ann-Margaret's version of La Vie En Rose: La. La la la la la la. La la la la la la. La la La Vie En Rose. Which is perfect, as most anglophones know only these words! Anyway, what had entered my mind was a slight variation: La. La la la la la la. La la la la la la. La la La Sourie Morte [the dead mouse (f)]. Stephan, who had dressed completely and gorgeously in black and white as a Magritte subject, complete with bowler hat but without the apple in his face (so we had already drawn some attention), picked up on this, and started coming up with lyrics on the spot. I can't remember any of them now, but I started giggling hysterically at the table, as did Lisa, who doesn't speak much French but like most people is subject to Giggle Contagion. We all laughed so hard i was sincerely afriad the waiter was going to have to ask us to leave. Anyway, I christened this problem Dead Mouse Syndrome (DMS, French: Syndrome de Souris Mort or SSM); fortunately, its occurrence has diminished, become rare, for me, but when oh when will the medical community recognise this problem so that the drug companies can make a killing on yet another problem that doesn't exist? I mean, I've already done half their marketing job for them by inventing a name and triradical abbreviation for the nonexistent ailment! Music up: Man wakes up and bolts upright, cupping his mouth in nauseated misery. Wife: What's wrong honey? Man: (Can't answer) Wife: It's that awful DMS again, isn't it? Man nods miserably. Wife: Stay put -- I'll go get the Mouseaxecoxib! [later] Man is cooking breakfast, wife comes in from outside. Wife: Well, *someone* must be feeling better! Man: Yup, that Mouseaxecoxib really did the trick! Wife: What are you cooking? Man: Anchovie and limburger omelettes -- want one? Music rises... Announcer: Ask *your* doctor about Mouseaxecoxib, and smash those meese to pieces! [Extremely rapidly] Should not be taken by nursing mothers, people with perdsonality disorders, or anyone with internal organs. Side effects may include rapid breathing, a burning sensation you-know-where, death, and a desire to cook smelly egg dishes... Anyhoo... Another side effect of going off the Rx has been vivid dreams, and I had a doozy the other night. [Background info -- I went to, and worked at, Brown University throughout most of the '70's and '80's, so many of my dreams take place there; also, while the Kennedys have always been Hahvuhd people, JFK Jr. did actually attend Brown in the early '80's. First time I saw him, maybe spring of '81, he definitely turned my head -- gorgeous, if a tad too young for me. A [straight] friend I was with chuckled and asked, "Do you know who that is?" "No, why, did you go to high school with him or something?" "Um, it's John-John [JFK's nickname]" "Yikes. I would never have guessed -- lucky him, he mostly got his mom's looks! I don't suppose..." "Well, there are rumors, since he's done some acting here, but I think it's mostly wishful thinking." "Yeah, well, he's way out of my league anyway..."] In the dream, in an alternate reality, JFK Sr. had not been assasinated, and I had somehow met and befriended their third child, a young woman, Sarah, who also attended Brown, and in fact I saved her life after a disastrous explosion in one of the buildings on campus. I became a welcome member of the Kennedy family and I turned Sarah onto Joni, whom she arranged to have me meet! Heaven!! Joni and I became friends, and as the years went by, she appeared at several benefit thingies that I was involved in; just before I woke up (nooooooooo!), flash to the future, I'm about 60 and Joni's 70-something, there's a orchestral concert honoring her, and I'm introducing the conductor as Joni beams... Most people dream in short stories -- I dream in miniseries. Best to all, Walt Let the walls go tumbling down Falling on the ground And all the dogs go running free The wild and gentle dogs Kenneled in me ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 21:51:07 EDT From: BRYAN8847@aol.com Subject: Praire list from Rhino Don't know if this has been posted yet, but here's the SOAPG line-up as officially shown on rhino.com. T'log version of Louise, short version of Cold and of course everyone's favorite, Ray's Dad's Cadillac. Joni's "sound" has often been eclectic, even within the confines of particular albums, but this collection seems particularly so to me. URGE FOR GOING THE TEA LEAF PROPHECY (LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS) CHEROKEE LOUISE (Orchestral Version, 2002) RAY'S DAD'S CADILLAC LET THE WIND CARRY ME DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER RAISED ON ROBBERY PAPRIKA PLAINS (Remix) SONG FOR SHARON RIVER CHINESE CAFE/UNCHAINED MELODY HARLEM IN HAVANA COME IN FROM THE COLD (Edit) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 06:32:55 +0100 (BST) From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: Re: Praire list from Rhino Thanks for that Bryan I wonder who's doing the remix of Paprika Plains? Do you think it's going to be Missy Elliot? I can imagine it to an r'n'b swing. Maybe Moby will do a remix or Massive Attack. Or The Blockheads, or the Propellerheads We can only wait... For anyone still awake, it's 632am in London. I ahve insomnia and I am kidding about the above Much Joni Jamie Zoob - --- BRYAN8847@aol.com wrote: > Don't know if this has been posted yet, but here's > the SOAPG line-up as > officially shown on rhino.com. T'log version of > Louise, short version of Cold and > of course everyone's favorite, Ray's Dad's Cadillac. > Joni's "sound" has often > been eclectic, even within the confines of > particular albums, but this > collection seems particularly so to me. > > URGE FOR GOING > THE TEA LEAF PROPHECY (LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS) > CHEROKEE LOUISE (Orchestral Version, 2002) > RAY'S DAD'S CADILLAC > LET THE WIND CARRY ME > DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER > RAISED ON ROBBERY > PAPRIKA PLAINS (Remix) > SONG FOR SHARON > RIVER > CHINESE CAFE/UNCHAINED MELODY > HARLEM IN HAVANA > COME IN FROM THE COLD (Edit) > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #104 ********************************* ------- 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)