From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #38 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 Saturday, February 4 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 038 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: long Digest content [PassScribe@aol.com] Re: Rockwood photos [PassScribe@aol.com] Re: long Digest content [Box of Paints ] New York, New York! [JRMCo1@aol.com] Sue Me If My Big Yellow Taxi Goes Too Fast [Catherine McKay ] Hooded Meshell [whizzboom@comcast.net] Re: View my photos ["Michael Flaherty" ] Rainy Night House (Joni... covered by Dar... :-) - loooooooong! [OzWoman3] Refuge of the Roads DVD ["Les Irvin" ] New York Times Tribute Review [JRMCo1@aol.com] Re: Refuge of the Roads DVD ["Michael Flaherty" ] Re: New York Times Tribute Review [JRMCo1@aol.com] Re: Sue Me If My Big Yellow Taxi Goes Too Fast ["Mark Scott" ] Re: New York Times Tribute Review ["Mark Scott" ] RE: Refuge of the Roads DVD ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: View my photos [Catherine McKay ] Re: Refuge of the Roads DVD ["Michael Flaherty" ] Kenny B's "Night In The City" Photos are available & Chinatown lunch [Pas] View my photos [passscribe@aol.com] Re: Kenny B's "Night In The City" Photos are available & Chinatown lunch [Catherine McKay ] Re: View my photos [Catherine McKay ] from the UMGF [ZZScotty@aol.com] Re: View my photos [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Woke up it was a New York Morning... ["Cassy" ] Forgive my omissions! ["Sherelle Smith" ] RE: Hooded Meshell ["Sherelle Smith" ] Re: Woke up it was a New York Morning... [Michael Paz ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 07:45:31 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: long Digest content Hi all, Thought I'd pass along a little tip (that some of you may be able to use) when you get lots of JMDL posts and some are long: I often get so many emails (including digest posts) and don't have the time to sit at the computer & read through every one. Where I work, they print out daily reports of one kind or another that get thrown in the trash when they're done. I take that paper (as much as 100 sheets a day), bring it home & use the reverse side to print out long emails or posts (like the JMDL site) and then read them at my liesure while I'm having breakfast or lunch or when it gets slow at work. Saves me money on buying paper (plus I'm recycling) and also makes it easy to just circle or highlight something I want to respond to next time I get back online. Kenny B > > > From: BlueForTheRoses@aol.com > Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2006 #42 > > Can I somehow not get the digest version of the messages, but instead get > them on an individual email basis? I wind up deleting the digest a lot of > times because it is too much of a hassle to go from start to finish and > read.....Could my method be switched? Thanks! Rick ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 07:50:12 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Rockwood photos Hi, Michael, I've got some good shots of you. I'm going to try to post my photos as per your instructions and will get back to everyone if it works. Kenny B > From: michael@thepazgroup.com > Subject: View my photos > > Rockwood fotos. Everybody but me. > > You're invited to view these photos online at Kodak Easyshare Gallery! > Just click on View Photos to get started. > http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=147velf0.ot8iq30&x=1&y=j7aahr > > If you'd like to save this album, just sign in, or > if you're new to the Gallery, create a free account. > Once you've signed in, you'll be able to view this > album whenever you want and order Kodak prints of > your favorite photos. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:35:34 +0000 From: Box of Paints Subject: Re: long Digest content Hi Rick What you need to do is go back to jonimitchell.com and uns.ubscribe from the digest list and resu.bscribe to the individual posts list. They are (I find) easier to manage as you can save a particular thread or message and just DELETE everything you don't like or haven't had much thought for... the JoniOnly list has probably the smaller amount of posts... it does take getting used to when you see an inbox full of JoniPosts but in reality... you can just as quickly delete rather than scan through what doesn't catch your eye. All the best Jamie Z > > > > From: BlueForTheRoses@aol.com > > Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2006 #42 > > > > Can I somehow not get the digest version of the messages, but instead get > > them on an individual email basis? I wind up deleting the digest a lot of > > times because it is too much of a hassle to go from start to finish and > > read.....Could my method be switched? Thanks! Rick > - -- I am a lonely Painter I live in a Box of Paints I'm frightened by the devil But I'm drawn to those ones that 'aint afraid... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 09:40:18 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: New York, New York! Wherever I go, I always leave my heart at home near San Francisco. But New York City has just about taken all the rest of me. I love that town!!! Just back in California from the Big Apple and everything's a dizzy, dancing blur of awe and incredulity. And that it was all Joni-infused, from my perspective, without Siquomb herself being within 3000 miles of the place continues to flabbergast me. If ever I had questions about her stature in the music/entertainment world, they've been assuaged by this trip to NYC. She's huge, mammoth, gargantuan... Queen Kong-like in proportions! In the league of, well, perhaps Sinatra and then, Dylan I suppose, but I can't think of anyone else that approaches, living or dead. Is that just me? Anyway, I can't wait to sink my teeth into my report to the list, because I've got a lot of juice on Carnegie Hall reception and Tribute concert, Rockwood, Kitchell at the Living Room and SO MANY WONDERFUL JMDLers! Thank all you phenomenal people so very, very much for all the good times and did they ever roll! Wow! I've been a part of this list for near 9 years now, and still it's hard to believe this thing is real. But it's been proven time and time again...in Pittsburgh, Boston, France, Woodstock, Los Angeles and now New York City. Our JMDL is a world-class organization and I'm very proud to be associated with you all. Such class. I'm not worthy, really. Thank you. And music, music, music and musicians, musicians, musicians, extraordinaire indeed! Unimaginable, had I not been there and experienced it myself...and this time I have ample witnesses!!! What a 3-night, 4 day, round the clock party and culture extravaganza. I'm utterly depleted, but I'm well beyond satisfied with the trip. And thanks for all the fabulous magnets!! Haha! I'm delighted! More on that later, of course, as my alter ego's magnet obsession remains unresolved... :-) And as ever, thank you from my heart Roberta Joan Mitchell for the wonder of your music in my life. - -Julius ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 09:42:50 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Sue Me If My Big Yellow Taxi Goes Too Fast This is kind of goofy: http://www.mashculture.nl/mash.html Then look for: Paysano: Prince vs Joni Mitchell - Sue Me If My Big Yellow Taxi Goes Too Fast Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 07:40:52 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: View my photos LOL - that was pretty much of a train wreck top she was wearing, but she looked pretty good and was very sweet when Joe & were talking to her, unlike Suzanne Vega who was Miss Arrogant Snobetta. Yuck, now I'm pissed that I spent so much dough buying all that vinyl and CD's of hers. (Not really). And speaking of outfits, as much as I love MeShell, her "homeless person" costume was extremely inappropriate for Carnegie Hall. We needed someone's Mom backstage saying "Young lady, you are NOT going out looking like that!!!" Bob, still in NYC having fun NP: Abigail Washburn, "The Lost Lamb" - --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:10:32 +0000 From: whizzboom@comcast.net Subject: Hooded Meshell Just a quick note, since I'm sure others were wondering about this... Me'Shell has epilepsy - so the bright lights are bothersome to her. It's one of the reasons she's been socnsidering retiring from live performance, b/c even though she always has extra signs posted about this, pp still insist on using flash photography when she's on stage...I watched her cut a set short once b/c of it, and I was really annoyed (at the crowd). Cheers, Chris ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:34:29 -0600 From: "Michael Flaherty" Subject: Re: View my photos On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 07:40:52 -0800 (PST) Bob Muller wrote: unlike Suzanne Vega who >was Miss Arrogant Snobetta. Yuck, now I'm pissed that I >spent so much dough buying all that vinyl and CD's of >hers. (Not really). I met her after one of her own concerts (this was in the 80s, so maybe she is the way you percieve her now), and found her painfully shy. Sometimes when shy people get forced into meet'n'greet they can come off pretty poorly. Michael Flaherty ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:02:54 EST From: OzWoman321@aol.com Subject: Rainy Night House (Joni... covered by Dar... :-) - loooooooong! Hello, All - I arrived back in South Florida laaaaate last night - the trade-off to Spirit Airlines' economical rates ($121 FL/NY round trip - yay!) is their penchant for delays (2 1/2 hours on the way up, over an hour on the way back - ack!). Regardless, I had an amazing time, before/during/after/surrounding the Joni Tribute - it was absolutely delightful to meet Patrick and Julius (thanks for organizing the pre- and post-gatherings!), Bob Muller, Ashara, Kay, Debra, Jack, Jahida, Joe, Craig, Cassie (super JMDL pins!). Always great to see Pearl and Steve (who live a few miles down the road from me) - missed all those unable to make it for one reason or another... Below is what I posted to the Dar Williams list Thursday evening - at that point, I hadn't read any of your reviews... but interesting to see many similar opinions and observations... :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey, All - Where to begin? - first of all, I am in the library of Adelphi University, where Ms. Goldberg teaches a class every Thursday evening. Can't tell you the last time I was in a college library - I feel as if I should be mainlining a mix of coffee and white crosses... :-) My flight from Florida was delayed 2 1/2 hours, setting my arrival time at midnight Tuesday, where of course sharon was outside Baggage Claim of LaGuardia to scoop me up and whisk me away to her lovely abode in Brooklyn, which she shares with Whoopi the cat - we stayed up until 4 a.m. yakking, yakking (imagine that!) and slept until 11 the next morning, replenishing our energy with cinnamon coffee and raisin bagels with cream cheese. We leisurely got ready and took the subway into Manhattan, where we detrained (is that a word?) at 34th, so as to take the walking tour to Carnegie Hall - points of interest included Rockefeller Center (including the skating rink), the NBC studio windows, MTV, a souvenir shop (small gifts for my family), the Empire State Building, the Champs Elysses (Free Man in Paris!) Bakery (which I made sharon take a picture of), all the designer stores (Versace, Pucci, Gucci, etc.), a hot pretzel stand, The Metropolitan Museum of Art gift shop, St. Patrick's Cathedral (where the saints du jour were arranged and one could choose with whom to light a candle - St. Jude, patron saint of the impossible, for me). I know there is much I am forgetting - this was more than the 25-cent tour! So... we arrived at Carnegie Hall about 6:45, in time for a pre-show JMDL (Joni Mitchell Discussion List) gathering - a la Falcon Ridge, it was delightful to put faces to names. We were handed a one-sheet program detailing the order and setlist of the evening, seeing that Dar was up *second*, performing Rainy Night House from Ladies of the Canyon - zippity! We found our places a few minutes before 8, settling into the cushy red seats in Row M, whereupon I looked around and up (and up and up) at the architectural beauty and the historical significance - Carnegie Hall at last (and I didn't even have to practice, practice, practice... :-) [sharon's already told you the sick cat story, re: Joni's non-attendance - oh [three-second-pause] well... It would have been nice but... after everything Joni's given us in her "body of work", so to speak... she owes us nothing more - no worries... ] With 24 performers on the program, I won't presume to provide details of every one - I'm going to hit the highlights (for me). sharon does so well summarizing - I realize my flowery modus operandi but am powerless to do it differently. Dar - one word: exquisite! Rainy Night House (purportedly written about Leonard Cohen) is an extremely difficult song (major understatement) - this is a piano composition, so Dar had an accompanist and appeared sans guitar (so strange to witness). She looked absolutely beatific, very 30's/40's torch-singer-esque in the full blue skirt/fitted black top/blue platform shoes combination. She hit every note with purity and richness and confidence, investing the song with the nuance it deserves - when she reached the line of "I sing soprano in the upstairs choir... ah ah ahhhhhhhhhhh", I thought I would cry... except that I was smiling too broadly. I was tempted to whoop after the line "she went to Florida" but postponed my exultation so it would blend in with everyone else's thunderous applause and cheers - After Dar finished, sharon and I leaned into each other, said simultaneously, "she nailed it"... and knew we could relax... Laurie Anderson's version of Both Sides Now was a perfect performance of a life-changing (inward and outward) song - it's a paean to questions... rather than answers, as some people choose to interpret. Wisdom comes in being able to admit one doesn't always know (clouds, life, love) - something's lost and something's gained indeed... I adored The Wood Brothers' version of Black Crow - with just a cello and guitar, the song was incredible and their harmonies kicked it up more than a few notches. Suzanne Vega should include Amelia in her own setlist - she took her time, breathed through the powerful lyrics and made us believe in dreams and false alarms... Pharoah's Daughter, a Middle Eastern group, made the difficult God Must Be a Boogie Man accessible... although they missed the chance to involve the audience in the call-and-response chorus - how fabulous it would have been to hear "God Must Be a Boogie Man" repeated back from the sold-out audience in the clarity of the Carnegie Hall acoustics! Jessie Malin was a delightful surprise - never heard of him... but you can bet I will investigate. He brought unbridled enthusiasm to Carey - my cheekbones ached from joy... Michelle Williams (of Destiny's Child) was another unexpected treat - I'm not an R&B/pop/boy-girl band fan... but her version of Help Me was lively, fun and sweetly sung ("we love our lovin'... not like we love our freeeeedom"... :-) Amy Grant told a very cool story of asking Joni's permission a few years ago to record Big Yellow Taxi - Joni said yes, but then followed up with "but you might as well charge $25 to take inflation into account", referencing the Tree Museum lyric... Tom Rush's accompanists (bass, piano and drums) on The Circle Game were all students whose music education had been funded by Music for Youth, illustrating the true purpose of the benefit - it was announced that over $130,000 was raised that night! Okay, I just have to say this - Sonya Kitchell kicks *ss! I hear she is only 16 but Trouble Child resonated with the power and beauty of her voice - with her on stage was Assembly of Dust, and she and the lead singer traded lines, harmonized and brought the song to a new, delicious level. I will be finding more about her when I return home - wow... :-) Shawn Colvin wonderfully covered Turbulent Indigo, a very off-the-radar Joni song - her outfit, to me, albeit very Shawn, was very distracting (think Jane Jetson)... Margo Timmins' (and Cowboy Junkies") version of River was stunningly melancholic - I also loved how she changed the line from "he loved me so naughty made me weak in the knees" to "he loved me so slowly made me weak in the knees"... Richie Havens has had a lovely understated cover of Woodstock in his repertoire for a while now - Walter Parks (of the Nudes) is his regular accompanist... but how cool to see (and hear) Stephanie Winters on cello joining them (I couldn't take my eyes off her butterfly sleeves... :-) Yes, I consider myself a Joni-holic and this evening fueled my fandom and renewed my faith in the strength of her songs - I told sharon today that I'd always seen the undercurrent theme of traveling (traveling, traveling), concretely and as a life metaphor. It is all about the journey rather than the destination anyway - it's even more gratifying to have Dar associated with and contributing to this worthwhile project and artistic triumph. She made so many new fans last night - during our *post*-concert Joni French restaurant get-together, those who had not previously heard of her were all a-buzz on hearing more! Loved having the chance to see Tom before he moves to San Francisco - meeting Gene and Isabel for dinner tonight after sharon gets out of class. Tomorrow's schedule includes another trip into the city (and I can pick up a Big Yellow Taxi snowglobe I meant to buy for myself last night) for more sightseeing (we did the cultural appreciation Tour of Brooklyn today) and then I fly back to Florida tomorrow evening... Boundless thanks to Dar and sharon and The City That Never Sleeps, oh my! - most of all, thanks to Joni, A Woman of Heart and Mind. She's quoted as saying, "they'll crucify you for changing and they'll crucify you for not changing. I'd rather change" - since my introduction to her music in the late-60's (my high school years), her segues from folk to blues to pop to jazz over her 40-year career and 26-CD discography continue to intrigue and empower and inspire me (truly a "rich exchange, a warm arrangement"... <3) Susan "I was all out of choices, but the woman of voices She turned round the corner with music around her, She gave me the language that keeps me alive..." ~ Dar Williams ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 11:28:10 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: Refuge of the Roads DVD Can someone help Cristian?? Please be sure to copy to his (her?) email address. Thanks, Les - -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:50 PM Subject: Cristian del Fierro, asencio_28@hotmail.com Hello !!! I`m writing you because I`ve just bought the Joni Mitchell DVD "Refuge Of The Roads" and I cannot find where is the access into the extrass. When I`m in the main menu, there`s only appear "play program", "audio set up" and "song selection". Please, can you tell me how I can get it ? Thank you and have a nice day. Name: Cristian del Fierro email: asencio_28@hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:40:10 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: New York Times Tribute Review February 3, 2006 Music Review | Tribute to Joni Mitchell Songs Open to Interpretation Flaunt Their Staying Power By JON PARELES One way songs survive is to prove themselves adaptable: to become widely heard through endless rearrangements and multiple genres. Another way is to be just the opposite: so personalized and obstinate that every performance becomes one more imitation of the song's originator. Joni Mitchell has written both kinds of song, to judge by a tribute concert on Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall. It was a benefit that raised $130,000 for the Music for Youth Foundation, which supports music education. Ms. Mitchell, who has post-polio syndrome, was not there; a statement from her said she was home with "a very sick cat that needs medicine twice a day." But her open-tuned guitar chords, her vocal slides and her vibrato were emulated by half of the 23 acts on the bill. The concert only hinted at Ms. Mitchell's eclecticism. Representing jazz was the ballad singer Little Jimmy Scott, who performed the standard "At Last" b which Ms. Mitchell has recorded b as a series of short, stabbing, utterly dramatic outbursts. Most of the lineup featured singer-songwriters playing acoustic guitar or piano. Dar Williams, Amy Grant, Shawn Colvin, Sonya Kitchell (backed by Assembly of Dust), Joanne Shenandoah, and even male performers including Martin Sexton, Marc Cohn, Jesse Malin and Mark Oliver Everett (leading Eels) stayed close to Ms. Mitchell's versions of the songs they chose. It was a measure not only of how inseparable Ms. Mitchell's songs are from her performances of them, but also of how many songwriters have modeled themselves on her since the 1960's. On the surface, Ms. Mitchell's lyrics have the candor and detail of a diary; behind them is a meticulous organization of ideas and images. Her music has grown ever more idiosyncratic. She began her career with the simple folk harmonies and symmetrical melodies of songs like "Both Sides Now," but went on to incorporate jazz harmonies and the spontaneous rushes and pauses of conversation in her phrasing. What seems improvisational in the first verse is clearly a structure when it returns. With songs from the 60's, the 70's and the 90's, the concert sketched Ms. Mitchell's trajectory. As a young woman, she made grand philosophical statements about life's cycles and paradoxes in songs like "Urge for Going" and "The Circle Game"; Tom Rush, an early advocate for Ms. Mitchell's songwriting, performed them both with reflective serenity. "Both Sides Now" got two renditions. Laurie Anderson used pulsing electronic chords and plucked fiddle notes to make the song a solitary reflection on disillusionment; Judy Collins made it sweetly optimistic. Nellie McKay tried to remake "Chelsea Morning" with a hint of piano rumba; it resisted. And Richie Havens sang "Woodstock" as a quiet elegy for long-gone 1960's idealism. Ms. Mitchell's 1970's songs grew more restless, more willful, and more innovative. She sang about a character b possibly herself b who was constantly in motion, traveling from place to place and man to man. The folky melodies gave way to mutable lines that were more naturalistic and more virtuosic. Michelle Williams (from Destiny's Child) sang "Help Me," from 1974, following the melody's leaps and dips and swoons while using the breathy tone and self-congratulatory moves of current R&B, a fascinating mismatch. The Cowboy Junkies turned "River," from the 1971 album "Blue," into a rootsy torch song. The Wood Brothers (Chris, from Medeski Martin & Wood, on bass with his brother Oliver on guitar and vocals) brought a bluesy openness to "Black Crow," from 1976, and Suzanne Vega, sounding closer to Ms. Mitchell, sang "Amelia" backed only by a bass, making it the song of a lone voyager. Neil Sedaka cheerfully linked "Raised on Robbery" back to piano-pounding 1950's rock. By the 1990's, Ms. Mitchell's melodies were stretching toward jazzy recitative, as her lyrics confronted a world she found ever more merciless. Meshell Ndegeocello, playing bass accompanied by ghostly guitar and percussion, captured the desolate tension of "Cherokee Louise," about an abused teenager. And Bettye LaVette turned "Last Chance Lost," a terse and bitter breakup song, into an intense, wrenching soul lament that seemed to encompass a lifetime of disappointments. She made the song her own b no easy feat. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:41:47 -0600 From: "Michael Flaherty" Subject: Re: Refuge of the Roads DVD On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 11:28:10 -0700 "Les Irvin" wrote: > Can someone help Cristian?? Please be sure to copy to >his (her?) email > address. > > Thanks, > Les I took care of it, Les. Michael Flaherty ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 14:10:12 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: Re: New York Times Tribute Review Mwah haha! Talk about "damning with faint praise." I love the way the NY Times review disses so snide, yet gently in the following excerpts: "Nellie McKay tried to remake 'Chelsea Morning' with a hint of piano rumba; it resisted." And... "Michelle Williams (from Destiny's Child) sang 'Help Me,' from 1974, following the melody's leaps and dips and swoons while using the breathy tone and self-congratulatory moves of current R&B, a fascinating mismatch." LOL! Reading the NY Times reviews is a laugh riot sometimes. I live for it... - -Julius In a message dated 2/4/06 10:57:44 AM, JRMCo1@aol.com writes: > February 3, 2006 > Music Review | Tribute to Joni Mitchell > > Songs Open to Interpretation Flaunt Their Staying Power > By JON PARELES > > > One way songs survive is to prove themselves adaptable: to become widely > heard through endless rearrangements and multiple genres. Another way is to > be > just the opposite: so personalized and obstinate that every performance > becomes > one more imitation of the song's originator. > > Joni Mitchell has written both kinds of song, to judge by a tribute concert > on Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall. It was a benefit that raised $130,000 > for > the Music for Youth Foundation, which supports music education. Ms. > Mitchell, > who has post-polio syndrome, was not there; a statement from her said she > was > home with "a very sick cat that needs medicine twice a day." But her > open-tuned guitar chords, her vocal slides and her vibrato were emulated by > half of the > 23 acts on the bill. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:16:01 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: Sue Me If My Big Yellow Taxi Goes Too Fast - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine McKay" > This is kind of goofy: > > http://www.mashculture.nl/mash.html > > Then look for: > Paysano: Prince vs Joni Mitchell - Sue Me If My Big > Yellow Taxi Goes Too Fast That's amazing! I bet Joni would get a kick out of it. You suppose Prince lifted his chords from Big Yellow Taxi? Mark E. in Windy Seattle power went out around 5:41 this morning and came back on about 10 minutes ago. house is finally starting to feel warm again. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:22:32 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: View my photos - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Flaherty" > I met her after one of her own concerts (this was in the > 80s, so maybe she is the way you percieve her now), and > found her painfully shy. Sometimes when shy people get > forced into meet'n'greet they can come off pretty poorly. > > Michael Flaherty This is very true. I suffer somewhat from this myself. Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:49:22 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: New York Times Tribute Review - ----- Original Message ----- From: > self-congratulatory moves of current R&B, a fascinating mismatch." > > I thought 'self-congratulatory moves of current R&B' a very apt way of describing the boring vocal exhibitionism that has become so rampant in too many singers these days. Ok, so you can trill up and down 10 or 20 notes on one word. So what? What does it add to the song? Nothing, as far as I'm concerned. Self-congratulatory indeed. Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 14:36:49 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Refuge of the Roads DVD The only "extra" is the Photo Gallery, which is on the root menu on my copy. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Les Irvin Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 1:28 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Refuge of the Roads DVD Can someone help Cristian?? Please be sure to copy to his (her?) email address. Thanks, Les - -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:50 PM Subject: Cristian del Fierro, asencio_28@hotmail.com Hello !!! I`m writing you because I`ve just bought the Joni Mitchell DVD "Refuge Of The Roads" and I cannot find where is the access into the extrass. When I`m in the main menu, there`s only appear "play program", "audio set up" and "song selection". Please, can you tell me how I can get it ? Thank you and have a nice day. Name: Cristian del Fierro email: asencio_28@hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:24:48 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: View my photos - --- Bob Muller wrote: > trust that Shawn > Colvin's music was better than her wardrobe...is > that a > pink plastic > tablecloth from the 50's she's wearing?> > LOL - that was pretty much of a train wreck top > she was wearing, but she looked pretty good and was > very sweet when Joe & were talking to her, In those photos of her where you could just see the top, it looked like it was going to be very elegant. Then you see the whole thing - with jeans - and it looks just plain silly. unlike > Suzanne Vega who was Miss Arrogant Snobetta. Yuck, > now I'm pissed that I spent so much dough buying all > that vinyl and CD's of hers. (Not really). I've heard Suzanne Vega is very shy and sometimes shyness comes across as arrogance or snobbishness. Maybe she's socially inept. > Bob, still in NYC having fun Hey! No fair! Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:50:55 -0600 From: "Michael Flaherty" Subject: Re: Refuge of the Roads DVD On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 14:36:49 -0500 "Richard Flynn" wrote: > The only "extra" is the Photo Gallery, which is on the >root menu on my copy. She/He doesn't have that, so I said it's probably a defective copy. Michael Flaherty ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 17:54:46 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Kenny B's "Night In The City" Photos are available & Chinatown lunch Hoo-HAH! Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Well, after being involved in photography for most of my life (and only converting to digital a couple years ago) I finally managed to create a photo album online at that Kodak site Paz used. Man, ain't this new technology sumpting? BTW, in my post about the Rockwood, I mentioned that Paz backed the final act (that young girl singing) but I was wrong; it was David Lahm on the piano for that one. Paz backed the girl from Oregon who sang before her. To access my photos, please go to: http://www.kodakgallery.com/AlbumMenu.jsp? I think it's better to view as "album" than slideshow but you decide. If you can't access through the above link, try putting keywords in like "Night In The City" or "Kenneth's Album". Let me know if you could access it alright/ BTW, I know that some of you have been accessing the JMDL site while still in the city. If anyone is interested in going for lunch tomorrow in Chinatown, my wife & I are going into the city in the morning & will be in through the afternoon & going to Wo Hop to eat at some point. If anyone's interested, give me a call at home (516) 794-6609 or cell (516) 841-6609 (yes, same last four digits!) and we can discuss it. Kenny B ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 14:48:00 -0800 (PST) From: passscribe@aol.com Subject: View my photos You're invited to view my online photos at the Gallery. Enjoy! It's very easy to set up an account at no charge... Kenny B You're invited to view these photos online at Kodak Easyshare Gallery! Just click on View Photos to get started. http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=7uz5qf0.147dhvjg&x=1&y=n5gcme If you'd like to save this album, just sign in, or if you're new to the Gallery, create a free account. Once you've signed in, you'll be able to view this album whenever you want and order Kodak prints of your favorite photos. Enjoy! Instructions: Click view photos to begin. If you're an existing member you'll be asked to sign in. If not, you can join the Gallery for free. http://www.kodakgallery.com/Register.jsp Questions? Visit http://help.kodakgallery.com. - ------------------------------------------------ EASYSHARE Gallery Customer Service http://help.kodakgallery.com/support Phone: (800) 360-9098 Outside the US and Canada: (510) 985-9798 - ------------------------------------------------ If you cannot see the links above, copy and paste the following URL directly into your browser: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=7uz5qf0.147dhvjg&x=1&y=n5gcme ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 18:51:26 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Kenny B's "Night In The City" Photos are available & Chinatown lunch - --- PassScribe@aol.com wrote: > To access my photos, please go to: > http://www.kodakgallery.com/AlbumMenu.jsp? > I think it's better to view as "album" than > slideshow but you decide. > If you can't access through the above link, try > putting keywords in like > "Night In The City" or "Kenneth's Album". Let me > know if you could access it > alright/ Kenny, this just takes you to the main page and wants you to log in. It doesn't give you a search option. You'll probably need to send an invitation from your account for it to work. Mmmm, Chinese food.... Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 18:55:03 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: View my photos - --- passscribe@aol.com wrote: > You're invited to view my online photos at the > Gallery. Enjoy! It's very easy to set up an account > at no charge... Kenny B > > You're invited to view these photos online at Kodak > Easyshare Gallery! > Just click on View Photos to get started. > http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=7uz5qf0.147dhvjg&x=1&y=n5gcme > Disregard the earlier e-mail. This link works, but wants you to sign up. I do have an account so I was able to get in using my password and user name (once I had remember what they were). I think there's also a way to invite people without requiring them to sign up. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 18:58:12 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: View my photos - --- passscribe@aol.com wrote: > You're invited to view my online photos at the > Gallery. Enjoy! It's very easy to set up an account > at no charge... Kenny B > > You're invited to view these photos online at Kodak > Easyshare Gallery! > Just click on View Photos to get started. > http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=7uz5qf0.147dhvjg&x=1&y=n5gcme > Where are my manners? Sheesh.... very cool photos, Kenny. Thanks for sharing! Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:18:11 EST From: ZZScotty@aol.com Subject: from the UMGF Hi all. Just dropping in from a serious lurkdom with the following post from the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum: http://p082.ezboard.com/ftheunofficialmartinguitarforumfrm4.showMessageRange?t opicID=29637.topic&start=1&stop=20 Sean ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:26:51 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: View my photos In a message dated 2/4/2006 6:39:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, passscribe@aol.com writes: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=7uz5qf0.147dhvjg&x=1&y=n5gcme These are great Kenny! Thank you... Rosie ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:39:49 -0500 From: "Cassy" Subject: Woke up it was a New York Morning... It's going to take me more than one attempt to tell the story of my New York trip and to be honest... some of what happened in New York will stay in New York - my lips are sealed, I promised! I couldn't sleep at all the night before I left, I got maybe a couple of hours sleep at most and felt a little bit dazed as I left home. Arriving in NY I found a shuttle into Manhattan and went directly to my hotel. I'd made arrangements for an early check-in and was pleasantly surprised to get to my room early enough to call other JMDLers for lunch. Paz phoned a friend of a friend who was working Carnegie Hall for the show. We were very lucky to be invited in to hang around for sound-check and were seated in the front of the house while Jessie Malin was playing Carey. As it turned out, Jessie's band members played 5 or 6 songs as the "house" band for the night. They did a phenomenal job as back up musicians. It's never easy to play with complete strangers but they acquitted themselves beautifully. There were rehearsal halls on the floors above the stage where the actual music were settled prior to hitting the stage for final set-up. Once on stage each of the performers sound-checked and their settings were "saved to a file" for the evening performance, that's how the transitions went so smoothly from artist to artist... they plugged in, their file was brought up on the computer and away they went. It was interesting to observe as the artists asked for more kick or less piano etc. I was enthralled. Looking to my left I saw Amy Grant and Vince Gill walk in with a friend of theirs. Amy got busy setting up and Vince walked over to each of us and shook hands, introduced himself and we chatted a bit before he sat down to watch his wife. What a nice man! Amy sang, the sound tech saved her file and she came down to spend a few minutes with us too before heading out. Julius wanted to go and check out Citigroup Cafe so we left briefly to do that and Paz headed backstage to visit. When we left the cafe to head back in, I thought Julius was behind me so I walked directly up onto the stage to go backstage, find Paz and tell him we were leaving. When I looked behind me no Julius! I stopped in my tracks half way along the left side of the stage to wait but no one arrived. I had met Harry, Jessie Malin's tour manager, a few minutes earlier and was chatting with him a bit when I heard strains of "Help Me". The band and the back up vocalists were doing their check but Michelle Williams was late arriving and they had no lead for the check. I was just standing along the side singing lead with them and Harry nudged me he said "there's an open mike up there". I thought I'd died and gone to heaven... singing on the stage at Carnegie Hall! I was a bit shy about just walking over and singing at the mike but I belted it out anyway. After I left, all awash with emotion and spinning from the excitement I was walking to the door and in walked Judy Collins! I shook her hand, said hello and was, frankly, in too much of a tizzy to do much else at that moment. What an experience. The dream of a lifetime! I hooked up with Julius and Paz outside and probably gushed. They told me they had heard "someone" singing and I said "it was ME!" I will never forget it as long as I live. I am reliving that sense of wonder now as I type. More to come... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:51:52 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Forgive my omissions! Please forgive me for omitting any artists from my review! That was not my intention especially with Little Jimmy Scott! My goodness he did a fantastic job!!! He gave me goosebumps! He was so regal in his white suit and had so much class and style. Unfortunately, this was my first time hearing him live and I was filled with regret for not hearing him in earlier years! I feel bad for everyone whose performances were not up to par. I know that their hearts were in it for sure. I kept wondering how many on the stage let the fact that they were playing Carnegie Hall enter their minds and if those thoughts affected their performance in any way. I couldn't help thinking each time someone took the stage, "They're playing Carnegie Hall! They're playing Carnegie Hall!!!" I was in awe for them!!! Love, Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:56:27 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: RE: Hooded Meshell Oh wow! I did not know this about her. I was getting into my interpretation of her performance (not wanting to be in the limelight but instead giving it to the music). I didn't judge her at all though. I was in awe of her. She could stand on her head behind a curtain and I would still like her. I'm so sorry that it is such a struggle for her to be onstage. Thanks for letting us know. I deeply appreciate it! Sherelle >From: whizzboom@comcast.net >To: sherellesmith@hotmail.com >CC: joni@smoe.org >Subject: Hooded Meshell >Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:10:32 +0000 > >Just a quick note, since I'm sure others were wondering about this... > >Me'Shell has epilepsy - so the bright lights are bothersome to her. It's >one of the reasons she's been socnsidering retiring from live performance, >b/c even though she always has extra signs posted about this, pp still >insist on using flash photography when she's on stage...I watched her cut a >set short once b/c of it, and I was really annoyed (at the crowd). > >Cheers, >Chris ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:28:06 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Woke up it was a New York Morning... Thanks very much Cassy. My lips are sealed too although I was a little breathey there in some of my accounts of the week in NYC. See you in Vegas! ;-) Love Paz NP-Tinted Glass Sonya Kitchell > It's going to take me more than one attempt to tell the story of my New York > trip and to be honest... some of what happened in New York will stay in New > York - my lips are sealed, I promised! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 22:51:10 -0500 From: "Cassy" Subject: People's Parties I took a few minutes to hook up with Sherelle, Donna and Gary and then went to the lobby of the hotel to meet with others from the group. I met the enigmatic Lynn Skinner and immediately felt as though I'd met a soul-sister, what a gracious and kind woman she is, not to mention talented. Forgive me for not remembering everyone's names, I met so many people over the last few days it's difficult to keep them straight (not that I'd try to keep anyone straight who chooses not to be). Julius, Julius, Julius... How can I begin to thank you for the fabulous party you hosted? Your friend Kelly was such a delight to hang out with and as you performed your social-butterfly duties she and I spent quite a bit of time together as she began to understand that the JMDL isn't always "only-Joni". The performances were a lot of fun as everyone joined in at-will and sang their hearts out too. Rose showed us all a new photo she'd received and it was spectacular. Leading up to the pre-show party, I'd been keeping track of RSVPs because I was making JMDL pins for everyone, it was a fun little project and I enjoyed it though some of the pins were less than perfect... hell they were free so I didn't get any complaints. My idea was to commemorate the merging of the JMDL site with JoniMitchell.com AND the Carnegie Hall tribute in one pin and since the original JMDL artwork was, in my humble opinion, really good I didn't want to reinvent the wheel and design something totally new so I just modified it very slightly and it came out pretty good. It was a great opportunity for me to meet each person who attended personally as I handed them their party favours. It seemed a good way also to identify everyone as part of the group. As the time for the "VIP" cocktail party approached several of us departed and made our way into the designated area. I was surprised that no one took our tickets or even bothered to look at them as we entered... I spent the additional money why? Oh yeah... it was for charity. On entering the area, no "stars" were immediately apparent but they began to trickle in over the next little while. I personally met: Suzanne Vega, Lou Reed, Phoebe Snow, Richie Havens, Eels, the band for Jessie Malin (Harry told me Jessie would not be attending he was downstairs throwing up from stage fright) Amy Grant (again) Sonya Kitchell and Laurie Anderson. I had a photo taken with Richie Havens and when I asked someone to take my photo with Suzanne Vega my battery died !!#*!&* I was so disappointed. Kindly, Barbara offered to get a photo for me with Lou and Suzanne and Gary took one of me with Phoebe Snow. Another woman (the one who won the auction for the Joni jacket on eBay - forgive my memory lapse of your name) took a couple of others. What a pistol huh? A couple of notes regarding meeting the artists: - - Phoebe Snow was mightily hurt that she wasn't asked to sing for the tribute, she had spoken with the producers when she found out about it and they turned her down saying the "program was full". She was telling Gary and I that she is a huge Joni fan and desperately wanted to perform at this event but that it mustn't have been in the stars. I could tell she was disappointed that more people hadn't recognized her. I had had each of the artists sign my "Complete Poems & Lyrics" book on the page of the song they sang (Amy Grant was upset she hadn't thought of bringing her own copy to do the same) so I asked Ms. Snow what her favourite Joni Album was she said "Blue, of course" so I had her sign the title page for that Album, she was thrilled and wrote "Phoebe Snow loves Joni Mitchell" and signed. - - Lou Reed was not scheduled to perform either and spent much of his time escorting Suzanne Vega around during the early part of the event. I asked him what HIS favourite Album was and he answered "Hejira" but then turned to Suzanne and quietly asked her which album something I couldn't hear was on, then turned back to me and changed his answer to "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" so he signed that title page. Lou Reed has a really bad reputation for being a son of a bitch when it comes to socializing. I've heard horror stories of him snapping rude remarks to fans who ask for autographs, even his peers don't have much nice to say about his social skills. The night of the tribute he was an angel. He hugged people, posed for photos, signed autographs, laughed and joked with people... I was stunned. - - Ms. Vega seemed bemused by the goings on and though she signed and posed for photos with grace she was obviously intimidated by the crowd, or stoned, I didn't know which. - - Richie Havens... wow! I felt his energy from five feet away and when he signed and gave me a hug I never wanted him to let go of me, he gave off so much positive vibe I felt as if I was getting everything I needed without ever having known I needed it in the first place. He laughed and talked and more importantly he listened to what people said to him too. - - Jessie Malin's band members were just tickled to have even been recognized. They talked with me for quite a time about the whole experience of playing Carnegie Hall with musical icons and being among them. They were genuinely humbled by the experience and they thanked me as much for my recognition of them as I did for their time in signing my book. We talked a little about the afternoon soundcheck, about Amy Grant wanting brushes on the drums and not sticks. They were surprised at how observant I'd been about a few mistakes they'd made and laughed easily. A real pleasure to meet these guys before they get "big". - - Eels have big egos. They initially behaved as though it were an inconvenience to sign autographs and said they were just about to leave. I raised my eyebrows a little in the direction of Mark Oliver Everett ("E") and just stared into his eyes for a second and he said "Ok, I guess we could do that for you" so I got him to sign then his band mates, he joked with his autograph that he hadn't written "All I Want" and stated to me he wished he had. His bass player is so tall and the other guy has the second most beautiful blue eyes I've ever had the pleasure to gaze into (Kevin Montgomery - - son of former Cricket Bob Montgomery - has the very best). It was time to go into the show so I picked up a little bag of goodies they had for the VIP attendees and realized there were way more than they needed. I grabbed an extra one and ran it down to the cafe so we could perhaps raffle it off later then ran back upstairs. Towards the tail-end of the crowd entering the hall I spoke to the ladies giving out the bags and asked if I could have a few extra for our friends who had been in the coffee shop for a private party. They checked with their boss and he said "sure" so I also took enough for Paz, Kay, Patrick and Julius who had organized the events for our NY "fest". I was hoping to get one to auction off at the later event but there weren't any more. There were lovely commemorative posters of the show in the bags. It was lovely rubbing shoulders with musicians whose music I've admired. Like Bob, I wish the cocktail party had been after the concert so I would have recognize more people but those I did recognize were worth the additional cost. Besides they had free drinks. More to come... ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #38 ******************************** ------- 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)