From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #152 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, May 26 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 152 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #150 [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Joni mentions ["Ric Robinson" ] Joni Video Tree [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Who is Martha? [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Joni at Commonwealth excerpt [jrmco1@aol.com] Casting sessions for the film of Joni's life... [atel79@dsl.pipex.com] This year's Jonifest in France ["Laurent Olszer" ] RE: Joni mentions ["c Karma" ] Martha, Sufjan Stevens [SMC1254@aol.com] Joni Joy in the Morning ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Starbucks CD and JMDL ideas [Jenny Goodspeed ] Re: Starbucks CD and JMDL ideas [jrmco1@aol.com] R&R Hall of Fame Joni, circa 1997 [jrmco1@aol.com] Re: R&R Hall of Fame Joni, circa 1997 [Bob Muller ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 17:11:14 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #150 Hey what a great idea! I think you mean Mariel Hemingway. Who would play the people she associated with? Like, David Crosby and Graham Nash. Larry Klein and Jaco Pastorious. Speaking of Jaco, some of the patients at the clinic where I work are musicians and they are all rapt in Jaco's performance on S&L. One of them had the DVD and they were all dying to watch it but it was a region 1 DVD and were so disappointed when they couldn't play it. As far as I know, it was never released in Australia so all copies are imported as region 1. I couldn't help them as my copy is also region 1. Damn these region codings! Jaco lives on. Mark in Sydney. NP Rolling High - The Avalanches. >Who to play Joni? As a small child the girl from Peter Pan From19 thru 35 Gwenth Paltrow. From then on Rosanna Arquett or Murial Hemingway. Peace Mingus< ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:18:33 +0100 From: "Ric Robinson" Subject: Re: Joni mentions > << In her recent autobiography (and probably other places), Renee > reveals that her older daughter is named Amelia. It seems her > appreciation runs quite deep. >> > > I guess this is largely njc, but maybe not: Amelia is a name I have long > considered as a front-runner in the choosing-a-name-game, should that > happy event come to pass. Well, touch wood and all being well, it's now > something I'm actively considering - and it is partly because of the > beauty of Joni's song and its positive associations with discovering the > record (and I use the word advisedly) that was to become my favourite > ever. I also think it's a beautiful name in itself. > > If it's a boy, we definitely WON'T be calling him Willie :) > > Azeem in London > Ha Ha, been there, done that! My eldest girl is called ... ... Amelia. Ric ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 17:14:32 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Joni Video Tree I would just like to thank those responsible for the Bit Torrent files. I finally downloaded the DVD files and burned it to disc. It works wonderfully. If anyone wants any tips on how to burn (I had problems initially), I'll gladly help out. I used Toast Titanium on a Power Mac G5. Thanks again guys. Mark in Sydney. NP Rock City - The Avalanches. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 17:21:28 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Who is Martha? On 24/05/2005, at 5:00 PM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > she can talk about charlie chaplin movies Wow! I just realised that I have a very tenuous connection to Joni. Charlie Chaplin was my Great Great Uncle and Joni mentioned him in a song. Way cool. I know it's a very loose connection but he was family. Mark in Sydney. NP Talk To Me - Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 03:33:45 -0400 From: jrmco1@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni at Commonwealth excerpt That's a wonderful byte from her talk, Kakki! Thanks so much for the time and effort. And I actually recall her saying most of what you transcribed so beee-utifully (sic) below. And as I recall, the part where she talks about starting to smoke *filterless* cigarettes at the tender age of nine-years-old induced a collective gasp from this heart-healthy Northern California crowd. That's when she wound up adding "sorry," I think. Geez, I was even a little stunned by that admission, and I know the old girl pretty well, at least so I thought. And I smoke, a little bit. Well, more than a little lately, to be honest. But with regard to my idol, Roberta Joan, does she have a beautiful mind, or what? The way the imagery flows from even her most casual recollection. For instance, I could take this bit she spoke and fashion a whole screenplay or short story from it, or most certainly a song, if I was so inclined: "As a child in a small town, the kids where I grew up were pretty brutal and Jen used to chase the dog on the sidewalk with their father's wood hatchet." So could you. But I sure wish Joan was still doing fresh music discs, because to this day, nobody's done it better. Alright, now break out the photos, Kakk! So's we can see how your tan lines are doin'. Did you peel? Welcome back to California! Aren't we the lucky ones! (Not that everyone else isn't as well, in their respective, equally attractive, alternative states around the globe!) - -Julius - -----Original Message----- From: Kakki To: joni@smoe.org Sent: Tue, 24 May 2005 23:50:45 -0700 Subject: Joni at Commonwealth excerpt Aloha Keiki, I just returned from a blissful trip to Kauai and some magical moments of music which I will share later. In the meantime I have transcribed a small bit of Joni's appearance at the Comonwealth Club from my old digital recorder. I will transcribe more as I have time. **************** In response to the question "were you always interested in nature and the environment?" "O.K., my mother was a farm girl and she married my father and they climbed a mountain on their honeymoon. My grandmother kept a scrapbook full of flowers because bascially they were the first white people to settle there so they were making botanical observations and some things they were familiar with from the east. She kept pressed file books and knew the names of a lot of things, names of birds, names of flowers. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:22:05 +0100 From: atel79@dsl.pipex.com Subject: Casting sessions for the film of Joni's life... Quoting Mark-Leon Thorne : << Who would play the people she associated with? Like, David Crosby and Graham Nash. Larry Klein and Jaco Pastorious.>> How about Wilford Brimley for Crosby?? OK, he's getting on a bit, but he has that avuncular walrus thang going on. For Graham Nash, I'm thinking Hugh Grant (if he can do the Manchester accent). Jaco would have to be Steve Buscemi. Larry I'm struggling with, any suggestion? What about James Taylor? It would have to be a very beautiful man with a lot of charisma and preferably some musical talent: Viggo Mortensen? I think of the actresses who have been mentioned so far, the ones who have some small resemblance to Joni are Deborah Kara Unger and Mariel Hemingway. It may be sacriligious to suggest it (I think someone already has), but Jewel might also be a good choice, in that, firstly, she knows one end of a guitar from the other, and secondly, she can actually act, as anyone who has seen Ride With The Devil will know. Azeem in London ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 14:34:04 +0200 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: This year's Jonifest in France Thanks Lieve for posting. The info you pasted is a little old, all latest is indeed at www.jmdl.com/jonifest Scott & Jody just booked the last room at Fargo this week. So we now have about 25 participants. And luckily for me most of the people I was curious to meet are coming over! We are sort of holding some B&Bs in standby for procrastinators. Laurent ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 14:55:20 +0000 From: "c Karma" Subject: RE: Joni mentions Azeem wrote: "I guess this is largely njc, but maybe not: Amelia is a name I have long considered as a front-runner in the choosing-a-name-game, should that happy event come to pass. Well, touch wood and all being well, it's now something I'm actively considering - and it is partly because of the beauty of Joni's song and its positive associations with discovering the record (and I use the word advisedly) that was to become my favourite ever. I also think it's a beautiful name in itself. If it's a boy, we definitely WON'T be calling him Willie :) Well, Azeem...if you are blessed with the opportunity you won't be disappointed with bestowing that name. My Ameila will be 14 this summer, and consistently gets compliments regarding her name. It's not that common and instantly conveys positive images through the Earhart association (the Bedelia character not withstanding). I have already assured my daughter that she will beam brightly when one day, after she tells a stranger her name the answer back will be, "Amelia? It was just a false alarm." CC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:55:50 EDT From: SMC1254@aol.com Subject: Martha, Sufjan Stevens I am very impressed with Martha Wainwright, although I do not think she has found herself yes but this debut is an astonishing attempt. I look forward to more of her. Her brother is IMHO one of the true atrists out there. I love him. I also think Sufjan Stevens is amazing - a true original. Illinois comes out in a week or so. I love a banjo. Stephen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 16:21:41 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Joni Joy in the Morning "Love is a story told ......." This may not be such a big deal to you all, but where else could I share this "Joni on my car radio" story? These unexpected out-of-the-BLUE Joni moments are so sublime! Driving in to work, listening to our college station WHUS FM (HUS is short for Huskies, by the way), I perked up when I heard the DJ say "Joni Mitchell". Uh oh!!! State of arousal, quarter in my Wurlitzer! He went on to say that everyone should want to hear her music from "a million gazzillion years ago". (Huh?) Whatever. Then the Miles of Aisles version of "Circle Game" came on, with all the happy banter that precedes it. ("CAREY!!!!"......"Play what you want!""""......."Alrrrrrrighhhhhhhht!".........."Paint a starry night again man" with Joni's lilting laugh.) (Don't you LOVE that laugh?) So now guess who is smiling and singing out loud while travelling in some vehicle in Morning UConn Town? Make my day! And I'm thinking of Laura and her dad singing this at her son's graduation, how really lovely that must have been... After the song was over, he said he was dedicating it to his son who just turned 25, and that he can't possibly be old enough to have a 25-year-old son. I had to pull over to call "SteepleJack" (the DJ's moniker) on my cell phone. One ringy dingy. Two ringy dingys. Three ringy dingys. Damn! He's not going to answer! Then.... SJ: Hello? PP: Hey, SteepleJack! Thank you for playing my Joni this morning! SJ: YOUR Joni? PP: Yes. I'm a huge fan. Joni Mitchell is a goddess. SJ: Yeah, she is good, isn't she? PP: She is amazing. I am the biggest Joni fan on this campus. SJ: Are you really? PP: Yes. I have what my friends call JMOCD. You know what OCD is, right? SJ: Yes I do. (laughs) So what is Joni doing these days? Can you get her to stop smoking? PP: (Sigh) No, unfortunately. Right now she is writing her autobiography. And she is not performing these days because, as she said: "I sing my sorrow and I paint my joy." You see, she found her long lost daughter a few years ago -- she had given her up for adoption at birth -- and now she is just painting her joy. SJ: Wow, I didn't know that. PP: Yep. And if you ever want to know more about Joni, go to jmdl.com and everything you need to know is there. Or you can just call me. (laughs) SJ: What's the website again? PP: jmdl.com. Joni Mitchell discussion list. SJ: Oh, cool. So where do you work on campus? PP: In the language department. SJ: Which one? PP: Modern and Classical Languages -- all of 'em but English. SJ: Oh, so you teach those dead languages and everything? PP: All languages! SJ: So what's your pet peeve? (I guess that was the theme of the day, but I didn't know that.) PP: Ummm, I don't know. On campus you mean? SJ: Yeah. You must have one. Your boss or something? PP: Oh, no!!!!! I LOOOOOVE my boss. My only peeve is that he is LEAVING! SJ: Well, I'd say that's a pretty big peeve! Where is he going? PP: To California. SJ: So what's your name? PP: Patti. Do you still work in UConn Connects? (that's a volunteer program we both work in, mentoring students who are on academic probation). SJ: Yes. So that's where I know you from! (we went on to discuss some our of students and how to help them) PP: Well, happy b/day to your son. I know how you feel. My son just turned 26. SJ: Yep. We are not old enough to have kids so old. Well, thanks for calling Patti. Good talkin' to ya! I raced into the office with a breathless "sorry I'm late guys but Joni Mitchell was on the radio so I had to pull over and listen and call WHUS where is the radio Mary can you put on WHUS on the radio hurry hurry hurry" and everyone is just smiling and shaking their heads. Phew! Thank God Mary is quick and knows how to respond in these types of emergencies. In seconds she finds WHUS and then we are all listening to Bob Dylan and Van Morrison and then this: SJ: I just got an interesting call from someone named Patti, who is a big Joni Mitchell fan. In fact, she is a COMPULSIVE Joni Mitchell fan; says she has JMOCD. (laughs) You know Joni Mitchell, the one who wrote "Woodstock". VAL: OH!!!!! So THAT'S who wrote "Woodstock". I was biking throught Woodstock CT the other day and I stopped at the Vanilla Bean Cafe and that song was on and I was trying to remember who wrote it. I was thinking "Joan Baez? Judy Collins? So THAT'S who wrote it! Joni Mitchell!" (sheesh, this chick needs some educayshun!!!) SJ: I'd say YOU'RE a little OCD with your biking. (they went on to talk about biking, and my thoughts turned to our Maggie) (but don't talk about BIKING! talk about JONI!) SJ: Well, back to Patti and her JMOCD....I played Joni Mitchell's "Circle Game" for my son, she said she has a son who just turned 26 so we were lamenting our age together. We are just not old enough to have kids that old. Okay, well have a good day everybody. I'm outta here. This is SteepleJack on WHUS FM at 9:59 a.m. - ------------ So, mes amies, the word is out in WHUSkyland: Joni Mitchell! My fave synchro passions....Joni and the Huskies. Oh, what a beautiful morning! Everything is coming up (for the) roses and Husky BLUE! Okay, I'm outta here, too. Have a great day, everyone! Love, Patti NPIMH: If you think that love isn't found on the radio well tune right in........... it sounded really loud they said it really loud on the radio whoa oh oh JONI MITCHELL on the radio whoa oh oh on the radio whoa oh oh on the radio whoa oh oh on the radio whoa oh oh on the radio, radio, radio (fade) (Donna Summer) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:31:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Jenny Goodspeed Subject: Re: Starbucks CD and JMDL ideas hi guys, you two were the only ones who found my jmdl brainstorms at all interesting, so looks like no summer joni projects for me. they *seemed* like good ideas at the time, lol. thanks for your replies. much appreciated. paz, that would great if you could copy the fest CDs for me and i would be more than happy to pass them on to the next person who wants 'em. i'll get you my snail mail. jenny Michael Paz wrote: I wanna play! And BTW I will make you a copy of the discs from the fest if you make a copy for someone else. What ever happened to distribution on this MR. Irvin???? I know they are on the bit torrent thingy but not everyone plays that game. Love Paz > It would be cool to do a similar thing with JMDL. JMDL Selected Joni would be > a far more interesting read/listen, don't you think? > > Or another idea...a mix Joni CD swap. Like a book swap, but instead of > swapping books we choose a person to swap our own personal Joni mix CD. > > If there's any interest, I could organize something. Just let me know Joni > peeps if you like the idea(s). Yes it's true, I'm desperate for a > Joni-related project this summer since I am not fest-bound. > > Jenny > Make Yahoo! your home page Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:45:03 -0400 From: jrmco1@aol.com Subject: Re: Starbucks CD and JMDL ideas Sheesh, Jen, what a bunch of near-do-wells! We never get to have any fun, huh? Why don't you give me your snail mail addy, too. I'm gonna burn something for you anyway, k? Nothing for you, Mikey, 'cause you're too busy taking care of your responsibilities! :-) Well, alright, you get a copy, too. - - Julius (aka: Ray, Ray, Ray...) - -----Original Message----- From: Jenny Goodspeed To: Michael Paz ; Joni Digest ; jrmco1@aol.com Sent: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:31:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Starbucks CD and JMDL ideas hi guys, you two were the only ones who found my jmdl brainstorms at all interesting, so looks like no summer joni projects for me. they *seemed* like good ideas at the time, lol. thanks for your replies. much appreciated. paz, that would great if you could copy the fest CDs for me and i would be more than happy to pass them on to the next person who wants 'em. i'll get you my snail mail. jenny Michael Paz wrote: I wanna play! And BTW I will make you a copy of the discs from the fest if you make a copy for someone else. What ever happened to distribution on this MR. Irvin???? I know they are on the bit torrent thingy but not everyone plays that game. Love Paz > It would be cool to do a similar thing with JMDL. JMDL Selected Joni would be > a far more interesting read/listen, don't you think? > > Or another idea...a mix Joni CD swap. Like a book swap, but instead of > swapping books we choose a person to swap our own personal Joni mix CD. > > If there's any interest, I could organize something. Just let me know Joni > peeps if you like the idea(s). Yes it's true, I'm desperate for a > Joni-related project this summer since I am not fest-bound. > > Jenny > Make Yahoo! your home page Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 19:54:37 -0400 From: jrmco1@aol.com Subject: R&R Hall of Fame Joni, circa 1997 Everybody likes to diss ebay, but I've actually acquired some pretty cool stuff there, Joni-wise. I'm tickled pink at my latest procurement: a mint copy of the Official 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Dinner program. You know the story, Joni is inducted and honored, but she chooses not to attend. Nash presents her with the award months later, out of a paper sack? Read all about it in the JMDL articles archives, I'm sure, if you want to brush up. Upon very close inspection, I'm pleased to find that they did a very nice job on the design in Joan's section of the program. The entire publication is quite well done, actually. Also inducted that year were: The Bee Gees, Buffalo Springfield, CSN, the Jackson 5, Parliament Funkadelic, the Young Rascals, Mahalia Jackson, Bill Monroe and Sydney Nathan. Wow! Heavy-hitters all! All treated with the utmost respect in their respective sections, in terms of attention to detail, photo selection, art design and the like. Splendid collectible, if you can get it. There's a long bio piece on Joan by a Patricia Romanowski, which is well worth sharing, but it's prohibitively long. I got a major kick out of this sidebar by Chrissie Hynde about Joni though. Chrissie gets it said!: Joni Mitchell by Chrissie Hynde Authenticity is the quality I think best describes Joni Mitchell. The fact that she has the most gorgeous voice ever, plays the guitar like a man (figuratively speaking of course) and is a master songwriter, all come secondary to the authenticity that (like blood through an Ace bandge) seeps through everything she does. Many women in the last twenty years have played Joni Mitchell records during childbirth. I believe it's some kind of phenomenon. Why do they do it? Probably because people appreciate the truth more than ever when going through major life events. We have total faith in this woman. She's never fucked us around or tried to get our attention to serve her own means. In fact, we get the impression that she finds fame more than a bit bothersome and would rather be left alone to go off and paint pictures. Still, millions of us wait for her. We want her authenticity to lend credence to our own lives. She makes us feel better, and if you think about it, who doesn't love Joni Mitchell? Nobody I know. - -End- - -Julius ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 18:43:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: R&R Hall of Fame Joni, circa 1997 Congratulations on your win, Julius - far be it from me to dis ebay, I search, buy & sell there every day and think it is the most brilliant website concept ever (besides the jmdl, of course). Thanks too for the Hynde transcription - I am of the opinion that Joni's next studio recording should be titled "Blood Through An Ace Bandage". Bob NP: RjD2, "Smoke & Mirrors" Yahoo! 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