From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #215 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 Friday, July 29 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 215 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Hejira album ["Ross, Les" ] Re: Hejira album [Nuriel Tobias ] Re: Sending up prayers for Gail and Julius [kate@katebennett.com] Re: Prayers for Gail & Julius ["Donna Binkley" ] Circle Game at Farragut North [Lori Fye ] Re: Prayers for Gail & Julius [mags h ] Re: Circle Game at Farragut North [Em ] Re: Circle Game at Farragut North [Smurf ] Fwd: Michael Brecker needs your help [Dflahm@aol.com] re: Hejira album ["mia ortlieb" ] Re: Hejira album [Mike Friedman ] Re: Circle Game at Farragut North [Mike Friedman Subject: RE: Hejira album For me it remains the album by which all others are judged. Bob I'm with Bob on that one. A turning point in my musical needs. Everything that came before, Black Sabbath, Yes, Genesis and all that hoo-hah just swept away. When I bought Hejira it was the tail end of winter - at least I think it was, certainly there was snow around which we tended to get late in the season. Imagine the setting in a remote part of the Scottish Highlands. Walking in the forest following the river upstream with the strains of benny goodman coming through the snow and the pinewood trees. Hah, I laugh now to think about it - I was so into the imagery. Loving the idea of spending my whole life in clouds at icy altitudes. Crows, which are as commonplace as any bird could be in my part of the world, suddenly became noticeable and mysterious. Their calls in the woods echoing and aggressive. When they'd take flight from the high branches they'd send a flurry of snow to the ground like a spirit. I thought they were so cool. ....God I was young! LOL. les ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:54:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: Hejira album Bob Muller wrote: In my case though, when I bought my copy of Hejira, I had already heard all of it thanks to my friend Lisa who had loaned me her copy and said I NEEDED to hear it. OMG what if she hadn't done that? Would I have ever heard it? It's not like it was getting tons of airplay or anything. I shudder to think, but luckily my musical life took another course. Bob Hi Bob and all my happy shiny joni friends, I'm using this chance to thank all those friends and angels we all have met in our lives, the ones who have played us new music and opened our ears to Joni. Thank God almighty for them and her. I'm more of a tragical case. I had to find out about Joni all bt myself. Oooo, scary. In fact, if it hadn't been for my guy who's feet took off when i first played him Joni songs, i'd still be listening to her on my own. Luckily, i never feel alone when listening to Joni. She's there with me and she lays me down to rest. Love you all, Nuriel - --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: kate@katebennett.com Subject: Re: Sending up prayers for Gail and Julius please include me in this circle... i'm behind in digests so by now the procedure is done & i hope all is well & gail is recovering ... so sorrowful to think about the young man & his family but what a wonderful gift of life they gave ... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:15:23 -0500 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: Prayers for Gail & Julius Dear Patti, Thank you so much for keeping us informed of the situation, please continue to let us know of the news. Dear Julius, Please know that my prayers are with Gail and with you during this critical time. May God watch over Gail and the surgery be completely successful to grant her the long life she is intended to spend with you and all of her loved ones. Take care my sweet, gentle friend and please keep us posted. Love Donna >>> "Patti Parlette" 7/27/2005 7:53:02 PM >>> Dearest Joniamigos: Julius just called (7:27 p.m. EST)! Finally! I've been "living on nerves and feelings" all day, waiting for the call! No surgery yet, but everything is fine. "All systems go." The surgery will start at 10 p.m. (PST, I assume....I forgot to ask). Evidently the donor's family needed more time to say good-bye to their 18 year-old son, who died by "trauma" (we are assuming a car accident). God bless them. As a mother, I can just imagine that this boy just graduated from high school....I weep for them. So sad. And he is from Modesto, not Modesta. A team just went there to pick up the organs. I had a hard time hearing him on my cellphone, as my other phone kept ringing and we were having a bad thunder storm, so I hope I got the details right. Julius said he spent the day reading to Gail (a Georgia O'Keefe journal/architectural digest?) and, I think he said, watching TV. Her sister was there, too. Julius and Gail are both fine and in good spirits. He went home for a little nap and printed out a bunch of emails to bring back to Gail tonight, and he wants you to know how grateful he is for all the loving messages. He said the surgery should take 4-6 hours, and promised to call me as soon as he could. He raved about the doctors, one of whom is from the Netherlands, like our John van Tiel (please forgive me if I spelled that wrong!) and he takes that as a VERY good sign. His name is Dr. Baart. Another doctor he raved about is a female named Dr. Feng. He is also very impressed with all the medical students, and the whole transplant team. I said: "Brilliant people, eh?" and he said: "Yes, they make me feel not smart at all." I told him he is the "Coach of the Year" (you know how he loves the basketball analogies), and he smiled through the phone lines and cautioned that "the tournament is not over" and he can't "hoist the trophy up yet." Sweet Julius. I also told him that I wrote to you all last night, and that I forgot the "njc" tag, but that it was for the best, because Anita in the UK got to find out, and that she wrote to me today, VERY concerned, and sends her love. I told him about messages from Sherelle and Hell and Catherine and Mags, too, and you KNOW..... And of course he knows -- and feels -- all of our love. Oh, yeah, one more thing. I asked him last night if Paz knew what was happening (because we know he is in the Honduras), and he said yes, that he called his sister's (or sister-in-laws'?) cellphone there. Okay, I think that's it for now. Let's keep holding hands in a big world-wide prayer circle for our friends. I know you join me in leaving our hearts in San Francisco tonight. Love to all, Patti P. NP, for Julius and Gail: LOVE Although I speak in tongues Of men and angels I'm just sounding brass And tinkling cymbals without love Love suffers long Love is kind! Enduring all things Love has no evil in mind If I had the gift of prophecy And all the knowledge And the faith to move the mountains Even if I understood all of the mysteries If I didn't have love I'd be nothing Love never looks for love Love's not puffed up Or envious Or touchy Because it rejoices in the truth Not in iniquity Love sees like a child sees As a child I spoke as a child I thought and I understood as a child But when I became a woman I put away childish things And began to see through a glass darkly Where as a child I saw it face to face Now I only know it in part Fractions in me Of faith and hope and love And of these great three Love's the greatest beauty Love Love Love ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:35:49 -0400 From: Lori Fye Subject: Circle Game at Farragut North This morning I was in a pretty bad mood, with my back hurting and having to deal with too many yahoos on the DC train system ... the usual stuff. I stopped in the Farragut North station in downtown DC, and was still in the station, rooting through my (motorcycle) tank bag for my office keys. When what to my wondering ears should appear but a familiar lyric, and some familiar chords ... It was the dreadlocked white dude at the top of the escalator, with his electric guitar, singing and playing "Circle Game" -- and quite well, too! Brought an instant smile to my face that lasted at least a few blocks (until I got to my office and the workday began, anyway). I tipped the dude, which is something I very rarely do (there are a lot of street musicians downtown, and I could easily go broke). Gave him a thumbs up, too. I hope he'll play more Joni!! Lori ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:20:25 -0700 (PDT) From: mags h Subject: Re: Prayers for Gail & Julius Hi Patti, and everyone, Im making this one a group mail because it seems we are intrinsically connected anyway... it is an honour & privilege to be part of Team Gail, for reasons that some of you know, I lost my brother not so long ago (2 yrs, but hey it seems like yesterday) and I received some unbelievable support from this very place, so I know all about the power of prayer/community/healing/loving thoughts. Sorry to make this personal, but that's the nature of this place .... anyway , Julius and Gail, we are with you, imagine us surrounding you and holding you safe in our thoughts and prayers. Miracles do happen. love, Mags Donna Binkley wrote: Dear Patti, Thank you so much for keeping us informed of the situation, please continue to let us know of the news. Dear Julius, Please know that my prayers are with Gail and with you during this critical time. May God watch over Gail and the surgery be completely successful to grant her the long life she is intended to spend with you and all of her loved ones. Take care my sweet, gentle friend and please keep us posted. Love Donna >>> "Patti Parlette" 7/27/2005 7:53:02 PM >>> Dearest Joniamigos: Julius just called (7:27 p.m. EST)! Finally! I've been "living on nerves and feelings" all day, waiting for the call! No surgery yet, but everything is fine. "All systems go." The surgery will start at 10 p.m. (PST, I assume....I forgot to ask). Evidently the donor's family needed more time to say good-bye to their 18 year-old son, who died by "trauma" (we are assuming a car accident). God bless them. As a mother, I can just imagine that this boy just graduated from high school....I weep for them. So sad. And he is from Modesto, not Modesta. A team just went there to pick up the organs. I had a hard time hearing him on my cellphone, as my other phone kept ringing and we were having a bad thunder storm, so I hope I got the details right. Julius said he spent the day reading to Gail (a Georgia O'Keefe journal/architectural digest?) and, I think he said, watching TV. Her sister was there, too. Julius and Gail are both fine and in good spirits. He went home for a little nap and printed out a bunch of emails to bring back to Gail tonight, and he wants you to know how grateful he is for all the loving messages. He said the surgery should take 4-6 hours, and promised to call me as soon as he could. He raved about the doctors, one of whom is from the Netherlands, like our John van Tiel (please forgive me if I spelled that wrong!) and he takes that as a VERY good sign. His name is Dr. Baart. Another doctor he raved about is a female named Dr. Feng. He is also very impressed with all the medical students, and the whole transplant team. I said: "Brilliant people, eh?" and he said: "Yes, they make me feel not smart at all." I told him he is the "Coach of the Year" (you know how he loves the basketball analogies), and he smiled through the phone lines and cautioned that "the tournament is not over" and he can't "hoist the trophy up yet." Sweet Julius. I also told him that I wrote to you all last night, and that I forgot the "njc" tag, but that it was for the best, because Anita in the UK got to find out, and that she wrote to me today, VERY concerned, and sends her love. I told him about messages from Sherelle and Hell and Catherine and Mags, too, and you KNOW..... And of course he knows -- and feels -- all of our love. Oh, yeah, one more thing. I asked him last night if Paz knew what was happening (because we know he is in the Honduras), and he said yes, that he called his sister's (or sister-in-laws'?) cellphone there. Okay, I think that's it for now. Let's keep holding hands in a big world-wide prayer circle for our friends. I know you join me in leaving our hearts in San Francisco tonight. Love to all, Patti P. NP, for Julius and Gail: LOVE Although I speak in tongues Of men and angels I'm just sounding brass And tinkling cymbals without love Love suffers long Love is kind! Enduring all things Love has no evil in mind If I had the gift of prophecy And all the knowledge And the faith to move the mountains Even if I understood all of the mysteries If I didn't have love I'd be nothing Love never looks for love Love's not puffed up Or envious Or touchy Because it rejoices in the truth Not in iniquity Love sees like a child sees As a child I spoke as a child I thought and I understood as a child But when I became a woman I put away childish things And began to see through a glass darkly Where as a child I saw it face to face Now I only know it in part Fractions in me Of faith and hope and love And of these great three Love's the greatest beauty Love Love Love Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:41:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: Circle Game at Farragut North So you didn't scowl and say "NO! you play real good for FREE" No money fo ju! Glad that brightened your day. :) Em - --- Lori Fye wrote: > This morning I was in a pretty bad mood, with my back hurting and > having to > deal with too many yahoos on the DC train system ... the usual stuff. > > I stopped in the Farragut North station in downtown DC, and was still > in the > station, rooting through my (motorcycle) tank bag for my office keys. > When > what to my wondering ears should appear but a familiar lyric, and > some > familiar chords ... > > It was the dreadlocked white dude at the top of the escalator, with > his > electric guitar, singing and playing "Circle Game" -- and quite well, > too! > > Brought an instant smile to my face that lasted at least a few blocks > (until > I got to my office and the workday began, anyway). > > I tipped the dude, which is something I very rarely do (there are a > lot of > street musicians downtown, and I could easily go broke). Gave him a > thumbs > up, too. > > I hope he'll play more Joni!! > > > Lori ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:30:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Circle Game at Farragut North - --- Lori wrote: > This morning I was in a pretty bad mood, with my > back hurting and having to > deal with too many yahoos on the DC train system ... > the usual stuff. I was in a bad mood today, too, Lori. And it didn't help that just about everyone else I encountered during the day seemed to be under a cloud too, despite the fact that it was a beautiful, clear, cool day (it's been as humid as it can get *and* about 2000 degrees F for about a week). However, I am usually in a very good mood in the morning because since last November I have been bicycling 15 or 20 minutes to work rather than taking a one-hour subway ride, packed into a too-small train car with lots of angry and anxious people. > I tipped the dude, which is something I very rarely > do ((SNIP)) > I hope he'll play more Joni!! That's easy enough to take care of, Lori. Just put a little tongue in that bell -- Pavlov style! Get there extra early tomorrow morning -- say an hour or two before you're due at work -- and tip him well, but only when he plays Joni songs. He'll catch on. Before you know it, he'll be pulling Dancin' Clown out of his nether regions. That's when you'll know it's time to leave. XO, - --Smurf, who knows too much about dancin' clowns in nether regions ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 20:23:35 EDT From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Michael Brecker needs your help Return-Path: Received: from rly-xh04.mx.aol.com (rly-xh04.mail.aol.com [172.20.115.211]) by air-xh03.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP id MAILINXH33-49e42e94f31179; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:34:06 -0400 Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (vms042pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.42]) by rly-xh04.mx.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXH42-49e42e94f31179; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:33:37 -0400 Received: from LAPTOP ([68.161.45.55]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IKC00F9HX7N0047@vms042.mailsrvcs.net>; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:33:37 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:33:14 -0400 From: "Ron Vincent" Subject: Michael Brecker needs your help To: "Ron Vincent" Message-id: <00cb01c593bb$f8204900$6401a8c0@LAPTOP> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal X-AOL-IP: 206.46.252.42 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Hello everyone -- Please do read the letter below from my friend Susan Brecker, regarding Mike's serious medical condition. Please spread the word and help if you can.... Love, Nina Hennessey & Ray Marchica FROM: Susan Brecker SUBJECT: Michael Brecker needs your help. Dear Family and Friends, My husband, Michael Brecker, has been diagnosed with MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome), and its critical that he undergoes a stem cell transplant. The initial search for a donor (including Michael's siblings and children) has not yet resulted in a suitable match. Michael's doctors have told us that we need to immediately explore ALL possible options. This involves getting as many people of a similar genetic background to be tested. There are some important points to understand concerning this process: 1. The screening involves a blood test only. It can be done very quickly either at a marrow donation center or at a LOCAL LAB. The cost is anywhere from $40 to $75 and your insurance may cover it. (In NYC, you can call Frazier, at the NY Blood Bank, at 212-570-3441, and make an appointment for HLA typing. It costs $40.00.) Check with your local blood bank, or go to http://www.marrow.org to find the donor center nearest you. 2. Your blood typing information can be posted on the international registry, if you choose, where it would also be available to others in need of a transplant. BEING ON THE REGISTRY DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO DONATE, it just means that you may be ASKED to do so. You can take your name off the registry at any time. 3. Should you be selected as a potential donor for Michael, please understand that there have been tremendous advances in bone marrow transplants and the term itself can be misleading. Bone marrow donation is no more invasive than giving blood. Stem cells are simply harvested from your blood and then transplanted to Michael. 4. A match for Michael would be most likely to come from those of Eastern European Jewish descent. If you or anyone you know are in this category please make a special effort to immediately get tested. Ultimately, you would be doing something not just for Michael, but for so many more who are in a similar situation as my husband. 5. You are now part of our internet-based drive for donor testing. If everyone who receives this can motivate a bunch of their friends to get tested, and those friends then forward this email to get their friends to get tested, we will have rapidly expanded the pool of potential donors. I urge all of you to get tested AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Any local blood center/Red Cross center can assist in organizing a drive for Michael, although it would be desirable if you can get a large group, e.g. a synagogue, to sponsor it. Should you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Michael's management office at 212.302.9200 or info@michaelbrecker.com. Thank you so much for your love and support. We are so grateful. Susan xo ____________________________________________________________________________ __ ______________________________________________________ Michael Brecker is 56 and an internationally renowned jazz musician. As a result of his harmonic innovations, Michael is among the most studied contemporary instrumentalists in music schools throughout the world today. Michael has played on hundreds of albums with artists ranging from Herbie Hancock to James Taylor, from Paul Simon to Frank Zappa to Quincy Jones, Chet Baker and Bruce Springsteen---and on and on. As a leader and co-leader of The Brecker Brothers (with Randy Brecker) and Directions in Music (with Herbie Hancock and Roy Hargrove), Michael has received 11 Grammy Awards ,more than any saxophonist, ever. For further information, go to http://www.michaelbrecker.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:02:14 -0500 From: "mia ortlieb" Subject: re: Hejira album Hi Judy, yeah the cover of Hejira is a classic. From that link you gave us, Joni wrote: "At that point my stock was up," Mitchell says. "They let me do all sorts of expensive things in terms of art. I think back now to an album like Hissing of Summer Lawns, when we did all this fancy embossing for the cover. Even Madonna couldn't get embossing these days." I miss that about record albums. They were so artsy. I can remember pulling the record out of the jacket, playing it on my phonograph, and staring at the album cover packaging the whole time the record was playing. I'd study the art, the lyrics, the credits...the whole packaging design. I NEVER do that with CD's. I've got this really cool book that contains great classic album covers. It's called "The Album Cover Album." Any one else here have it? It features Joni's "Blue" and "Court and Spark" album covers. Too bad Hejira was not included, but the book was copyrighted in 1977 so it's possible Hejira may have missed a deadline. Mia ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:15:21 -0700 From: Mike Friedman Subject: Re: Hejira album I remember loving that about the cover of Hissing when I bought a used copy of it in college. The embossing was SO nice. On Jul 28, 2005, at 7:02 PM, mia ortlieb wrote: > Hi Judy, yeah the cover of Hejira is a classic. > > From that link you gave us, Joni wrote: > > "At that point my stock was up," Mitchell says. "They let me do all > sorts of expensive things in terms of art. I think back now to an > album like Hissing of Summer Lawns, when we did all this fancy > embossing for the cover. Even Madonna couldn't get embossing these > days." > > I miss that about record albums. They were so artsy. I can > remember pulling the record out of the jacket, playing it on my > phonograph, and staring at the album cover packaging the whole time > the record was playing. I'd study the art, the lyrics, the > credits...the whole packaging design. I NEVER do that with CD's. > > I've got this really cool book that contains great classic album > covers. It's called "The Album Cover Album." Any one else here > have it? It features Joni's "Blue" and "Court and Spark" album > covers. Too bad Hejira was not included, but the book was > copyrighted in 1977 so it's possible Hejira may have missed a > deadline. > > Mia > ========================================= "See, the human mind is like a...pinata. Break it open, and there's a lot of surprises inside. Once you get the pinata perspective, you see that losing your mind can be a peak experience." - --Trudy (Lily Tomlin) from "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" Mike Friedman San Francisco, CA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:14:19 -0700 From: Mike Friedman Subject: Re: Circle Game at Farragut North Well, I doubt Lori 'slept last night in the Fairmont Hotel....' On Jul 28, 2005, at 2:41 PM, Em wrote: > So you didn't scowl and say "NO! you play real good for FREE" > No money fo ju! > Glad that brightened your day. > :) > Em > > --- Lori Fye wrote: > > >> This morning I was in a pretty bad mood, with my back hurting and >> having to >> deal with too many yahoos on the DC train system ... the usual stuff. >> >> I stopped in the Farragut North station in downtown DC, and was still >> in the >> station, rooting through my (motorcycle) tank bag for my office keys. >> When >> what to my wondering ears should appear but a familiar lyric, and >> some >> familiar chords ... >> >> It was the dreadlocked white dude at the top of the escalator, with >> his >> electric guitar, singing and playing "Circle Game" -- and quite well, >> too! >> >> Brought an instant smile to my face that lasted at least a few blocks >> (until >> I got to my office and the workday began, anyway). >> >> I tipped the dude, which is something I very rarely do (there are a >> lot of >> street musicians downtown, and I could easily go broke). Gave him a >> thumbs >> up, too. >> >> I hope he'll play more Joni!! >> >> >> Lori > ======================================== "I was not always a bag lady, you know. I used to be a creative consultant. For big companies! Who do you think thought up the color scheme for Howard Johnson's? At the time, no one was using orange and aqua in the same room together. With fried clams." - --Trudy (Lily Tomlin) from "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" Mike Friedman San Francisco, CA ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #215 ********************************* ------- 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)