From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #245 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 Sunday, August 28 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 245 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: New Library addition: 'Five Grossest Song Lyrics of All Time' ["Mari] RE: New Library addition: 'Five Grossest Song Lyrics.." - now Liz Braun ["mia ortlieb" ] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Elvis_Costello_Artist=E2=80=99s_Choice=E2=84=A2_ CD?= [dav] sjc, a Joni mention on this flight tonight ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Pat Metheny, Jonifest ["Michael Flaherty" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 05:02:00 -0400 From: "Marian Russell" Subject: RE: New Library addition: 'Five Grossest Song Lyrics of All Time' Mel Bay Guitar Method -- Vol 1??? What an idiot! And I've always thought that the particular verse he's referring to is: Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees Please So he didn't even get the words right. Anyway, this is one of her most popular songs, which IMO says more about the the listeners than it does about the artist, except that she was clever enough to write something that appeals to many more people than just her die-hard fans. Marian ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:05:20 -0500 From: "mia ortlieb" Subject: RE: New Library addition: 'Five Grossest Song Lyrics.." - now Liz Braun I haven't seen this one before: <> "Also feeling cheesed off, one would speculate, are all the mothers who calmly turned to theft or prostitution or whatever it took, rather than give up a child." Oh yeah, that's a really nice environment for a child to be raised in - NOT! Mia ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:36:21 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Joni and Younger Musicians (SJC?) >I went to a small concert given by Suzy Roche. She and I are not that far apart in age, but she's a veteran in the folkworld; if you know the Roche's history, you know what I mean. She almost winced when I told her I wanted to "be like her," saying, "I wouldn't wish this business on my worst enemy."< suzy is great... unfortunately I missed her singing with her sisters but she came to my town a few years ago for a solo performance & was so entertaining... very approachable & I can see why you would feel comfortable giving her your cd... how generous of her to listen & write you... in our conversation I recall she had a daughter whose dad I thought she said was a wainwright? Did I make that up? >Still waiting to hear from Joni, who was handed my CD by a friend, at a gallery opening in CA the same year.< a brave woman you are patti! I am not sure I'd have the nerve to give my cd to joni but maybe through a friend is a safer route... I've given my cds to richie havens & to stacy earle- both very gracious in accepting saying they looked forward to listening on the plane/in the car... no letters although richie signed a tshirt I bought (of his after a concert) & he wrote 'to kate a friend forever, richie havens" LOL... I told him I'd seen him at Woodstock & been a longtime admirer of his... no letters though! When I met shawn colvin (didn't have my cd yet) we spoke briefly & I told her I was a songwriter & her reply was 'good luck!"... I know she sincerely meant it but knowing shawn there was a bit of down to earth sarcasm in there too! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:25:36 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: New Library addition: 'Five Grossest Song Lyrics of All Time' >Speaking of less-than-flattering portrayals, everybody remember Liz Braun? http://www.jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=79< wow, a bitter woman with quite an axe to grind combined with low intelligence... someone who thinks a child raised by a prostitute or thief would be better off than one raised by a stable family but not related by blood... some people should not be outlawed from taking up a pen/typewriter/computer keyboard ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:41:56 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Joni And Jackson: the plot thickens Richard>>After reading the thread on Fountain of Sorrow, I decided to write to Russ Paris who maintains the most excellent Jackson Browne fansite, which is well worth a visit: http://www.jrp-graphics.com/jackson_browne.html<< russ is a friend though I didn't realize he had the jb site... interesting jb has publically alluded to this song being about joni... what russ says is true, songs are usually amalgamations of relationships... he's also friends with jackson's brother so I think his source regarding the song having another inspiration is very credible ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:46:04 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: Joni box set Rr >I understand all the guys had the 'head over heels' experience back then. Croz talks about taking Joni around to meet people, passing a joint around, then telling her to play some of her songs, and watching peoples socks get knocked off.< truly, I can only imagine rr >I was just wondering if she had made any 'songwriter's demos' of her early pre-STAS songs for T.Rush/J.Collins: Urge, bsn, Chelsea, etc. before coming to L.A. ...only the shadow knows, I guess... didn't tom rush say she sent him a demo of circle game, apologizing because she didn't think it was very good... >ps: he was expecting Bing-that's funny I know, I love that part ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:05:52 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: david sapp Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Elvis_Costello_Artist=E2=80=99s_Choice=E2=84=A2_ CD?= Elvis Costello has chosen Tha Last Time I Saw Richard. peace, david ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:24:26 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: sjc, a Joni mention on this flight tonight Dear Joniamigos: I've been away from my computer for nearly two weeks and I've missed you all! Oh, Jonilistie Em, there's NO place like HOME! I am really running behind the times, and have only just skimmed the surface of all the digests and wonderful Joni Fest accounts and photos, but from what little I have seen, I have loved them all. Love is a story told, someone once said, so thank you all for sharing them! It sure does sound like you found an unpaved paradise and got back to the garden. And the children -- how cool that you could bring them! You are teaching your children well, Queens Lulu of England and Catherine of Toronto! (You who are on the road, must have a Joni-code that you can live by!) Okay, now for the promised sjc. Come fly with me! Flying back from Utah (having visited my parents and brothers) with my son Christopher and his girfriend Ashley, I was contemplating and looking at the clouds from both sides now of the airplane windows when the loudspeaker came on: "Look out the left, the captain said, the lights over there -- that's a lightning storm." (Honest to God, those were almost his exact words!) My first-ever lightning storm viewed from ABOVE the clouds, and it was cool. It came to pass, like lightning striking from above -- electric flash on this flight tonight. Kewl!!! But after a while I began to get a little restless, so I picked up the in-flight magazine ("American Way") and was quickly immersed in a nice article on Alanis Morissette and her life in and love for the Monterey Bay area (Julius and Gail country, no?). Oh, but California! California! (Sorry, folks, the old JMOCD is coming back in full force -- I can feel it!) It was a neat little travelogue/travel guide/restaurant review of the area. I say restaurant guide because she mentions food a lot: Come to the dinner gong, the table (interview) is laden high with talk of food-glorious-food such as wasabi mashed potatoes and seared ahi tuna steak over noodles in a soy-based broth and incredible salads and hefty huevos rancheros slathered with homemade salsa and Chardonnay and "Selma's Cookies" ("the best cookies on the planet") and Ambrosia burgers....mmmmm! And you know there may be more! (At this point I want to tell the flight attendant on this flight tonight that I'm very hungry now for a sweeter fare than this dumb tiny bag of pretzels and plastic tumbler of diet Coke!) Sorry, I digressed. Okay, so I'm reading along, when what to my wondering eyes should appear, out of the BLUE, but the name of our SIQUOMB! It should have been no big surprise, of course, for we all know Alanis admires Joni, but still.....! I had been Joni-deprived for 10 days so of course it was a thrill. She's my thrill She does something to me She send chills right through me When I see her name in print 'Cause she's my thrill She's my thrill How my pulse increases I just go to pieces When I see her name 'Cause she's my ONLY thrill On this flight tonight. (Oops! Quote the article, Patti, quote the article! Calm thyself!) - ----------- What are you listening to when you're cruising around from Monterey to Carmel to Big Sur? I listen to a band called Magnet. They're from Norway. Great driving music. I always make mix CDs and do mixes on my iPod, so it'll be everything from Joni Mitchell to Magnet. - --------- (Hello Oddmund, strange strange-named boy from Norway, fellow JMOCDisordered/incessant quoter of Joni -- do you know this group?) Okay, I know, I know. This is not that big of a Joni-deal, but I am still in a state of Joni-arousal. And I want to share it! So I lean across the aisle and tap Chris on the arm. He takes off his headphones (He's got the headphones up high and is probably thinking: Can't numb you out, Mom, Can't drum you out of my mind!) and gives me his quizzical look. I think he's starting to see "the look of Joni-love" in my eyes, because he rolls his and mouths: "What???" over the roar of droning engines. I'm as bright as a neon-light as I give him the magazine and point to Joni's name. He shakes his head and tells me that I'll never change! I insist that he show Ashley (they have teased me CONSTANTLY this whole trip whenever I mention Joni, which I admit, has been rather frequently), and he indulges me so he can numb me out and get back to his DVD. (The years have spun by and now my boy is twenty-something, and he knows well-enough from our shared circle game that when Mama gets like this there is no end 'til he complies.) Ashley reads it and nods and smiles across the aisle and they hand it back to me. I consider sharing it with the jovial people behind me, but then get control of myself. I slip the magazine into my travel satchel to share later w/ Julius and all of you. Soon enough, up go the flaps and down go the wheels, heatwaves on the runway as the wheels set down, and I'm taking my baggage off the carousel, and it's home again, home again, jiggedy jig, to shower off the dust and sleep on the strange pillows of my wanderlust and my chronic JMOCD. You can see the interview yourself here: www.americanwaymag.com. Unfortunately the web article is minus (the minus is loveless!) many of the picture postcard charm photos that are in the printed version. And readers beware: this article might make you hungry, as well as give you travel fever and and a bad case of wanderlust. (I want to go to California now! And I want to faire pee pee on Lieve's throne and see a shooting star in the midnight sky over la belle France! And I then I want to go to Amsterdam. And Rome! And a Grecian isle! And you know....) Bon weekend, and love to all, Patti P. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:16:24 +0200 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: Pat Metheny, Jonifest NP Pat Metheny's fabulous concert at Grinnell, Iowa 77. Contains some of his most inspired music, IMO. Bit torrent available at etree.org. Which got me wonderin': how did the meeting with Joni, Pat & Jaco ever happen? At whose initiative? As you may know, Pat's music makes one travel a bit so forgive me if I'm ramblin'...I'm still near the garden Jonifest: glad to see everybody is back home safely. Thank you Lieve for your kind words and for mentioning the mulberries, whose taste is out of this modern world. You beautifully conveyed the feeling of Jean Yves' place.... I just need to sprinkle a couple of butterflies and less than common zebras (or rather sangliers). I will pass on all your reviews to J.Y and Monique tomorrow and I'm sure they'll appreciate them. Indeed he's found the Garden and I was glad to have an opportunity to share it and that everybody loved the place. Martin this is very unfortunate that you became the clown of this event, and for doing nothing. But to me you will remain as the sound alchemist who showed me a John Martyn tune. Although that was pretty funny at the time, to be honest there was a much funnier moment than Rajah attacking Martin. Bob already mentioned how he honored the french vino on the 1st night. Well during Catherine's marvelous performance (yes Claudia I agree with you that one would have heard Joni was there) Bob was leaning on Queen Lulu. As he opened his mouth and as the first sound almost came out that might have disturbed a magical moment, Lulu swiftly muffled it by putting her hand on Bob's mouth. The few people who saw this including myself were ROTFL. Sorry Bob, don't be sore, I had to help Martin. Laurent NP: Black Crow, Joni & Persuasions 79 (thanks Catherine for the cds and to Anita who was a treat to play with) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:48:05 -0500 From: "Michael Flaherty" Subject: Re: Pat Metheny, Jonifest On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:16:24 +0200 "Laurent Olszer" wrote: > NP Pat Metheny's fabulous concert at Grinnell, Iowa 77. >Contains some of his > most inspired music, IMO. Bit torrent available at >etree.org. > Which got me wonderin': how did the meeting with Joni, >Pat & Jaco ever happen? > At whose initiative? Jaco and Pat were friends before either was famous. They played for Paul Bley for awhile, and were close enough that some sort of meeting was probably inevitable. As for who suggested Pat join the tour, I don't know. Michael Flaherty ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #245 ********************************* ------- 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)