From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #192 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org 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 Tuesday, July 5 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 192 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Pet Shop Boy peeved! [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Anyone see this? [Jamie Zubairi ] Pet Shop Boy peeved! ["Kate Bennett" ] Joni loves Readers digest ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Pet Shop Boy peeved! [Reuben Bell ] Re: Anyone see this? [jrmco1@aol.com] Re: Anyone see this? [Catherine McKay ] Re: Anyone see this? [Randy Remote ] Re: Anyone see this? [Randy Remote ] Speakeasy [Neil Orts ] articles on joni as a visual artist [Neil Orts ] Re: articles on joni as a visual artist [Catherine McKay ] Re: Pet Shop Boy peeved! [jrmco1@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:51:33 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Pet Shop Boy peeved! I don't get it. Just because you say you like something about a person, automatically means you don't like something else about them? Joni gave Neil a compliment. It wasn't the one he was expecting but, if he really is a fan of hers, he would surely know that she is not the type of person to tell people what they want to hear. That's my AU$0.02 Mark in Sydney. NP: Swords - Leftfield. On 04/07/2005, at 5:00 PM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > Pet Shop Boy peeved! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 16:56:52 +0100 (BST) From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: Anyone see this? http://www.meyersound.com/news/2000/jonimitchell500.htm It's a website from the guy who designed the sound of her 2000 BSN tour Much Joni Jamie Zoob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 11:59:03 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Pet Shop Boy peeved! >He recalls, "I told her I love her records and her reply was, 'I love your videos.' "I'm sure she meant to be nice but I thought, 'Agh! You bitch.' "< The dude sounds way over reactive to me... I imagine joni does not have their record but knows of them via tv (we know she watches lots of tv) & so probably is aware of their work via video... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 12:06:25 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Joni loves Readers digest >The July "Canadian edition of Reader's digest has an interview with Joni in which she "muses on art, life and being from Saskatchewan." I've just skimmed it but it looks good. Some quotes: "Jewel sells 15 million records, I sell 500,000. From my perspective, my influence is negligible." "I haven't [done any songwriting} since '97."< There might just be a connection between those two quotes... regardless, joni's influence over time is enormous it makes me sad that she just doesn't see it... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 15:19:30 -0400 From: Reuben Bell Subject: Re: Pet Shop Boy peeved! It DOES sort of sound like one of Joni's catty remarks, though...you would have had to be there and know her pretty well to figure out what she really meant. Reuben On 7/4/05, Kate Bennett wrote: > > >He recalls, "I told her I love her records and her reply was, 'I love > your videos.' > > "I'm sure she meant to be nice but I thought, 'Agh! You bitch.' "< > > The dude sounds way over reactive to me... I imagine joni does not have > their record but knows of them via tv (we know she watches lots of tv) & > so > probably is aware of their work via video... > - -- Reuben in PA healthy people don't self-destruct. - Cyndi Lauper ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:43:16 -0400 From: jrmco1@aol.com Subject: Re: Anyone see this? I hadn't seen that at all, Jamie. Thanks a lot! See that "Concord Pavilion Amphitheater" pictured at the bottom of the page? (It's called "Chronicle Pavilion, now.) That place is the Northern California venue where I saw Joni Mitchell, LIVE, in concert for the very first time, on June 12, 1983. And the recurring significance of that date has continued to reassert itself throughout my life: * June 12, 1983 - the scheduled date of my graduation from Stanford University. I skipped the main graduation ceremony and walked through the pomp and circumstance the *following* year, so I could go see my heroine perform that day. * June 12, 2004 - the date, just last year, that I lost my dear, precious friend MG to cancer. * June 12, 1957 - the date my beloved soul-mate, Gail, was born. They ask for her "DOB" every single time I have to call hospitals, pharmacies and health-providers, so they can confirm that I'm really her true Caregiver, and not some impostor. And every single time, I'm compelled to think about how much I dearly miss our Mary Grace and how crucial it is that I not fail in my mission to help get my Gail well, by whatever means necessary, and by God. And whenever I think of that date, more often than not, I recall fondly how Joni Mitchell thrilled me, surprised me, and made me cry on that balmy afternoon back in the Summer of '83. She altered the lyrics to "Real Good, For Free," in the most peculiar way! That's when the Sun caught me crying, I'm afraid. Couldn't quite figure out why I cried at that juncture (the 'shrooms, maybe, I thought?) That day, after singing "...but the one man band / by the quick-lunch stand / He was playing real good for free..." Joni added this haunting refrain: "Like a fallen angel / Like a rising star / Playing for a hat full of nothing..." and that's about all I remember of the *new* lyrics she wrote for that song. Anyone know the rest of the new lines? They've escaped me over the years. I sure hope hope Sheryl Crowe doesn't cover them before I'm able to refresh my memory on my own. - -Julius - -----Original Message----- From: Jamie Zubairi To: Joni JMDL Sent: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 16:56:52 +0100 (BST) Subject: Anyone see this? http://www.meyersound.com/news/2000/jonimitchell500.htm It's a website from the guy who designed the sound of her 2000 BSN tour Much Joni Jamie Zoob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:55:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Anyone see this? - --- jrmco1@aol.com wrote: > That day, after singing "...but the one man band / > by the quick-lunch > stand / He was playing real good for free..." Joni > added this haunting > refrain: "Like a fallen angel / Like a rising star > / Playing for a hat > full of nothing..." and that's about all I remember > of the *new* lyrics > she wrote for that song. > I remember hearing her sing: Playing like a fallen (or falling?) angel Playing like a rising star Playing for a hat full of nothing To the honking of the cars. This would have been when she played at the CNE in Toronto, but I don't remember when that was - it was during the bad perm days, but I'm not good with dates. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:55:42 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Anyone see this? jrmco1@aol.com wrote: > That day, after singing "...but the one man band / by the quick-lunch > stand / He was playing real good for free..." Joni added this haunting > refrain: "Like a fallen angel / Like a rising star Those are the lines I remember-is this version on the ROTR video? I was at the Concord show, too. I recall she did "Heard It Through The Grapevine" as the encore. And Vinnie C. being the motor for that band. > / Playing for a hat > full of nothing..." Anyone know the rest of the new lines? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:04:16 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Anyone see this? Cool- as I recall, the sound was superb. Jamie Zubairi wrote: > http://www.meyersound.com/news/2000/jonimitchell500.htm > > It's a website from the guy who designed the sound of > her 2000 BSN tour ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 19:18:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Orts Subject: Speakeasy The Summer issue of the magazine Speakeasy (a literary mag) is "The Arts Issue" and has essays by writers on artists that inspire them. Meghan Daum wrote a nice piece on Joni. I don't know if anyone has mentioned it here already (I can't keep up with you people!) but thought some might be interested. It's a nice essay, especially since I agree with her that I prefer Joni's mature albums over her earlier ones (although I think Daum likes Mingus more than I do!). - -Neil not saying he *dislikes* the earlier Joni albums . . . Neil Ellis Orts 713-838-1787 Houston, TX keep up with my creative endeavors--join my newsletter list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neonews ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 19:23:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Orts Subject: articles on joni as a visual artist Can anyone point me towards articles on Joni as a visual artist? Or an article that significantly mentions her visual art as part of a larger article on her? Also, I recall a story of Joni meeting some famous visual artist (Georgia O'Keefe?) who said she would have liked to have been a musician but you can't do both, visual and musical art and Joni replied, "Of course you can." (Or something to that effect." Can anyone confirm I'm remembering this correctly and point me to the source? Sorry to be a bother . . . - -Neil has a method behind this madness Neil Ellis Orts 713-838-1787 Houston, TX keep up with my creative endeavors--join my newsletter list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neonews ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 03:39:13 +0100 (BST) From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: Re: Pet Shop Boy peeved! Hi Kate, I think you're right about that. I do think this quote always looks more scathing than it actually is... The article where it comes from has taken the printed words from another source (I think I read it a few weeks ago) and made it sound more harsh than the intended... A lot of my friends would refer to their closest friends in the 'bitch' term, it's become harmless especially in London. I can just hear Neil sounding like a friend of mine (as they sound alike)in intonation and it more playfully gay rather than spitefully queenie... Hey, maybe if it does look like she's getting more press... there's no such thing as bad publicity, right? Discuss. Much Joni Jamie Zoob - --- Kate Bennett wrote: > >He recalls, "I told her I love her records and her > reply was, 'I love > your videos.' > > "I'm sure she meant to be nice but I thought, 'Agh! > You bitch.' "< > > The dude sounds way over reactive to me... I imagine > joni does not have > their record but knows of them via tv (we know she > watches lots of tv) & so > probably is aware of their work via video... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 22:53:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: articles on joni as a visual artist - --- Neil Orts wrote: > Can anyone point me towards articles on Joni as a > visual artist? Or an article that significantly > mentions her visual art as part of a larger article > on > her? > > Also, I recall a story of Joni meeting some famous > visual artist (Georgia O'Keefe?) who said she would > have liked to have been a musician but you can't do > both, visual and musical art and Joni replied, "Of > course you can." (Or something to that effect." Can > anyone confirm I'm remembering this correctly and > point me to the source? > > Sorry to be a bother . . . > > -Neil > has a method behind this madness > Neil, if you go to the "library" at www.jmdl.com and do a search on "Georgia O'Keefe", you will get quite a bit. I got 15 items. The first one starts off: '"I am a painter first," Joni Mitchell has emphasized to me at the very beginning of our talks ...' (Hmm, we've heard that a few times!) This is from 1978. (A Search For Clarity by Anthony Fawcett, ) "California Rock, California Sound") She talks about having gone out with the intention of meeting Georgia O'Keefe, and then turning back without meeting her, wanting to respect her privacy. Almost 20 years later, in an interview with Liane Hansen, she now talks about having met O'Keefe, when the painter was in her 90s: "When I met Georgia O'keefe she was in her 90s and she said to me, `Well, I would have liked to have been a musician too, but you can't do both.' And I said, `Oh yes you can.' And she leaned in on her elbows and said, `Really? You know, I would have liked to have played the violin.' I said, you know, `Well, take it up, Georgia,' you know? I mean, you know, start today, you know." (Music Icon Joni Mitchell Discusses Her Music, by Liane Hansen ) NPR Weekend Edition, May 28, 1995). And you know, there definitely may be more. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:42:13 +1200 From: hell@ihug.co.nz Subject: Re: Anyone see this? Julius wrote: > That day, after singing "...but the one man band / by the > quick-lunch stand / He was playing real good for free..." > Joni added this haunting refrain: "Like a fallen angel > / Like a rising star / Playing for a hat full of > nothing..." and that's about all I remember of the *new* > lyrics she wrote for that song. > > Anyone know the rest of the new lines? They've escaped me > over the years. I sure hope hope Sheryl Crowe doesn't > cover them before I'm able to refresh my memory on my > own. Didn't our very own "Texus Tush" (Donna) include these extra lyrics in her performance of Real Good For Free at one of the Full Moon Jonifests? She should be able to answer this question. If I'm wrong, blame my increasingly unreliable memory.... Hell ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 23:37:21 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Anyone see this? You are correct!! I believe *I* was her accompanist for that particular rendition and a lovely one a that (my performance NOT withstanding). I have never been able to get those lyrics in whilst I have tired to perform that tune. Go Tex! Love Paz NP-Still You Turn Me On-ELP > Julius wrote: > >> That day, after singing "...but the one man band / by the >> quick-lunch stand / He was playing real good for free..." >> Joni added this haunting refrain: "Like a fallen angel >> / Like a rising star / Playing for a hat full of >> nothing..." and that's about all I remember of the *new* >> lyrics she wrote for that song. >> >> Anyone know the rest of the new lines? They've escaped me >> over the years. I sure hope hope Sheryl Crowe doesn't >> cover them before I'm able to refresh my memory on my >> own. > > Didn't our very own "Texus Tush" (Donna) include these extra > lyrics in her performance of Real Good For Free at one of > the Full Moon Jonifests? She should be able to answer this > question. If I'm wrong, blame my increasingly unreliable > memory.... > > > Hell ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 02:37:15 -0400 From: jrmco1@aol.com Subject: Re: Pet Shop Boy peeved! A quick check of Petshopboys.com reveals that this incident occurred way back in 1991! Don't know how it appeared on the mass media radar screen again. Must be one of those 'reoccurring' things. My fact checker gets back after the 4th holiday. Until then I'll have to rely on the kindness of strangers... - -Julius - -----Original Message----- From: jrmco1@aol.com To: joni@smoe.org Sent: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 20:29:05 -0400 Subject: Pet Shop Boy peeved! http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/pet%20shop%20boy%20piqued%20by%20mitchell%20snub PET SHOP BOYS frontman NEIL TENNANT was horrified when he finally met his heroine JONI MITCHELL - because she expressed a distinct lack of enthusiasm for his songwriting ability. The gay pop icon admits he may have taken her comments the wrong way, but he's still stung by what he believes was a veiled insult. He recalls, "I told her I love her records and her reply was, 'I love your videos.' "I'm sure she meant to be nice but I thought, 'Agh! You bitch.' " 03/07/2005 09:0 --- -Julius ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #192 ********************************* ------- 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)