From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #41 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, February 7 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 041 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Photos of Joni [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Hi there/New to this list - karen joins the list! [Jerry Notaro ] Re: concert comparisons [Bobsart48@aol.com] Re: Photos of Joni [Nuriel Tobias ] Joni at Wembley 83 dvd Vine [Duarte Moniz ] Re: sonya kitchell ["ron" ] Re: concert comparisons [Debra Shea ] Re: concert comparisons [Debra Shea ] Sonya Kitchell in Michigan ["Cassy" ] Re: concert comparisons [Bob Muller ] Hi there/New to this list ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Re: concert comparisons [Box of Paints ] Re:recycling paper to print Joni info (now it has Joni content ;-) [PassS] Re: Bob comments on my photos [PassScribe@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 07:59:32 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Photos of Joni http://www.jonimitchell.com/photographs/searchresults.cfm?from=jr ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:58:09 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Hi there/New to this list - karen joins the list! > i think it was a terrible mistake on the part of the event producer not to > find room for phoebe snow. she covered 'a case of you' in 1998 and made a > big deal about it, i remember hearing her sing the song on an NPR special. > i definitely felt that passion for the music was missing from some of the > artists who did get to perform. > How true, Patrick. Phoebe has never gotten the recognition she deserves. On the final episode of Roseanne, she sings the theme at the end of the episode acapella and it is amazing. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:59:28 -0500 From: karen Subject: Carnegie Hall Fashion Statements Oh my gosh, you guys, I am laughing so hard at reading what a couple of you said about Shawn Colvin9s outfit at Carnegie ~ I was thinking the exact same thing when I was there! What was she thinking? Yikes. Best outfit has to go to the young woman who was playing the cello ... For .... Gosh, it9s already a blur, how sad is that ... Anyway, some of you may remember (especially those with a keen eye for fashion, heh) ... The woman who was playing the cello in the PINK shirt with THE SLEEVES, ohmygod, I wanted her shirt, what a great gig shirt that is. Although, actually, playing the guitar it would be kind of a pain-in-the-xxx, really, wouldn9t it, with those looooong sleeves getting all tangled up in the strings, and all. Worked nicely for the cello, tho. : ) bestkaren ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:23:20 EST From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: concert comparisons Patrick replied (in part) to Karen's concert review post "truthfully, i'm glad joni wasn't there. i think she would have been dispirited. i've just listened to the tnt tribute cd, and reread some of the comments from joni's jazz in 1999, and joni was so inspired to be at both concerts. both performances had an electicity that the carnegie concert didn't ever really find." Hi, Karen - and welcome again. As you see, you'll get a variety of opinions on - well, almost everything here. While I understand the disjointedness of so many different acts, I felt that was a fair price (and an expected on, in this case) for getting to see all those different performers. I for one enjoyed seeing so many performers I had never seen or heard before. So which ones should have been shaved in advance instead of, say, Phoebe Snow ? Heck, even after the fact, there is considerable difference of opinion as which were the better acts :-) Patrick's comment begs this "chicken and egg" question - "can you think of anything offhand that may have contributed to the difference in the electricity levels between the TNT and Central Park concerts and the Carnegie Hall concert ?" ;-) Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 07:02:29 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: Photos of Joni Joni in white is much nicer than Joni in black:) Nuriel LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: http://www.jonimitchell.com/photographs/searchresults.cfm?from=jr - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:26:51 -0000 From: Duarte Moniz Subject: Joni at Wembley 83 dvd Vine Thanks to Randy Remote [guitarzan@direcpc.com] and thanks also to Laurent Olszer for finding it. It is BBC In Concert 4/24/83, the quality is quite good, the Klein/Vinnie band. The deal is, it's a PAL format, so it won't play on a NSTC (ie american) dvd player, but should play on your computer with Media Player. The first to email me privately with a snailmail address and a promise to offer to members of the JMDL list will receive it. All you need to do is make a copy for yourself and pass the _ORIGINAL DISC_ on to the next lucky person. It's a fabulous upgrade to whatever you had before. Obviously, you need to be able to burn DVDs to participate in this special offer! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:30:38 +0200 From: "ron" Subject: Re: sonya kitchell hi >>>>bob wrote > You can check out Sonya Kitchell here: > http://www.sonyakitchell.com/ i just cannot believe thats a debut from a 16 year old................& people try & tell us that music today is no good just a pity that the postage costs more than the ep, oh hell, its worth it & thanks to everyone for the photos & reports - so good to see all those faces again, & to put faces to some i only know from the list ron np = sonya kitchell - cold day ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 11:49:27 -0800 (PST) From: Debra Shea Subject: Re: concert comparisons - --- Bobsart48@aol.com wrote: > Patrick's comment begs this "chicken and egg" > question - "can you think of > anything offhand that may have contributed to the > difference in the electricity > levels between the TNT and Central Park concerts > and the Carnegie Hall > concert ?" ;-) For the TNT show: Joni was there, Joni performed, it was all going to be taped, and there was some variety in the show. In addition to the singing, speakers were given enough time to tell about their connection to Joni and her music and even gush a little. There were also films about Joni while the set was being changed. A lot of thought and preparation went into that show. I didn't get to the Central Park show so can't give a firsthand reaction to that. I do remember, though, reading the intro the organizer gave that included talking about Joni's 1979 performance out in Queens, with the light misty rain, and how magical that was (I was there and I agree!), so the organizer was a long-time fan, and that passion for her and her music came across (or so it seemed based on what I read about it). It was also the first tribute, I think, so that alone would make it unknown territory and exciting. The Carnegie Hall tribute started to feel like an endurance test about 5 songs from the end. I didn't have a program so didn't know how much longer the show was going to be. There was no intermission, the announcer was a disembodied voice, the routine was the same for each act: men in suits move equipment into place, announcement, performer out onto stage, sing, leave, men appear again... very efficient, and very boring after a while. The little stories a couple of people told added some refreshing variety, but there wasn't enough of that. And the concert was too long to not have an intermission. Better, I think, to have had fewer performers if it meant there was time for talk or something in between the songs other than men in suits rearranging the equipment for the next performer. It felt mechanical. It must be difficult to give one's best performance under those circumstances. Debra Shea Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:11:28 -0800 (PST) From: Debra Shea Subject: Re: concert comparisons > --- Bobsart48@aol.com wrote: > > > ... difference in the electricity > > levels between the TNT and Central Park concerts > > and the Carnegie Hall > > concert ?" ;-) On further reflection, it's unfair to compare the (rich, many resources available, made for tv) TNT tribute with the one at Carnegie Hall, which was a fundraiser, so they wouldn't want to spend the money on things such as films. It would cut into the money raised. An enthusiastic live announcer, though, would have made a huge difference in the feel of the show. The most enjoyable tribute I've been to was the "Wall to Wall" one at Symphony Space a few years ago. That, too, was a fundraiser, and it lasted 10? 12? hours and never felt tiring or boring, partly because people were free to get up and wander around and it was generally a loose happy atmosphere. It felt like a celebration of Joni and her music rather than just a fundraiser. Debra Shea Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:20:59 -0500 From: "Cassy" Subject: Sonya Kitchell in Michigan I just found out that Sonya Kitchell is playing in Ann Arbor on February 19th at the Ark. Is anyone interested in going to the show? Sunday February 19, 2006 Pieta Brown & Bo Ramsey With Special Guest: Sonya Kitchell Show starts at 7:30 pm Doors open at 7 pm Warmly, Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:27:43 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: concert comparisons Yeah, Wall to Wall was 12 hours Debra - and for me that and that alone makes it the best...the mo' Joni covers, the better! Plus, the Wall to Wall gig featured quite a bit of 80's Joni where the other two acted like she crawled under a rock for the decade. And almost every performer played several songs so they could really get into it, although I can still say that with some of them, even one song was one too many. Plus...two words: Helga Davis. Bob, who loved all three and is ready for the next one - and there IS another one or two to catch this month... NP: Claire Hamill, "Urge For Going" - --------------------------------- Bring words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with your Yahoo! Mail. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:40:11 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Hi there/New to this list Hi Karen, Thanks for introducing yourself. I hope you like it here. I appreciate the Cowboy Junkies too. Their concerts really do live up to their albums. They sound the same every night. Somewhere around here I have an audience recording of the Junkies and Margo says something like, >"I have an understanding with my husband. If the guy who wrote the next song calls me, I'm *allowed* to go. I have loved his music since I was in school. To be able to sing one of his songs every night is pure joy. Although you might not think so, I think this next one is a woman's song." Then she sang, >Screen door slams...> >Mary's... >dress waves> >Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays.> >Roy Orbison sang for the lonely> >Hey, that's me and I want you only> >Don't turn me *home* again> >I just can't face myself alone again> I remember it like it was yesterday. But on the other hand, Joni is The True Center. All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu About the Cowboy Junkies' take on "River", you said, >~ They were my favorite, did the best job I thought of sounding just like themselves doing a great cover, really, really great.> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:55:14 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: Carnegie Cowboy Junkies Junky One of the many highlights of my trip to NYC for the Joni Tribute was meeting Margo Timmins, lead singer for the Cowboy Junkies, at Carnegie Hall's famous stage door right after the show! I ogled her, despite my best efforts, and gushed about her rendition of "River" earlier in the evening. And finally, I got to tell her how much I love her cover of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane," and I mentioned how it was such a coincidence, in that I had just spoken to Lou in the hall moments ago! She loved all that, apparently. And instead of autographs, I got hugs and kisses...and such sweet memories. Ah, New York. Just like I pictured it. Skyscrapers and everything... - -Julius P.S. - Guess the Junkies played Toronto and Margo mentioned Carnegie from stage. I've pasted the article below. A bluesman who's aging well BRAD WHEELER Colin James and Cowboy Junkies At Massey Hall In Toronto on Saturday The bounding boy blues-rocker is now a man, age of 41. Now, don't get it wrong -- Colin James, the Regina Kid, is neither paunchy nor grey. In fact, in blue jeans and an untucked button-down shirt, the singer-guitarist was presentable and spry on Saturday, even taking a trademark jaunt through the crowd at Massey Hall, bending a Stratocaster's blue notes as he took to the red carpeted aisles. But something was different here. The number James walked to was the set-closing Keep On Loving Me Baby, a swinging Otis Rush blues that meandered with quotes from Howlin' Wolf and the obscure Jessie Mae Hemphill. His version dates back to 1990, and can be grouped with other James hits of the era -- the cute and excitable Five Long Years, the guitar bravado of Voodoo Thing or the oversold emotion of Why'd You Lie. The crowd, one suspects, would have loved to hear those songs, but James chose instead to concentrate on his latest album, the confident blue-eyed soul of Limelight. Here was either a sign of an artist's maturation or just plain good sense: the showoff shenanigans of youth rarely age well, and James's old flash would be no exception. What has aged well is James' voice, always a soulful instrument, but now better employed. As a spitfire young'un, James could try his hand at Stevie Ray Vaughan's hurricane guitar, but the deep blues voice was unapproachable. With the material of Limelight, James looks to other heroes -- singers who are titans, but surprisingly within range. On the show opener, Better Way to Heaven, we heard Van Morrison. The hooky, up-tempo When I Write the Book, though composed by Nick Lowe and Dave Edmonds, sounded like an old Sam Cooke outtake. And the Blind Boys of Alabama might have perked their ears to Far Away Like a Radio -- "atheist gospel," according to James, but essentially a slower, darker version of his Just Came Back from 1990. A rendition of If You Need Me paid tribute to the late Wilson Pickett, and Bobby (Blue) Bland would have to approve of the last of three encores, Ain't Nothing You Can Do (for a Heartache). Both those numbers, and all the rest, were completed by a band that included a pair of horn players and Colin Linden. The hirsute, ever-grinning guitarist traded slide licks with James on the rocked delta blues of Dylan's Watching the River Flow. "I've done the same old trick so many times," James sang on the Van Morrison-ish Limelight, "looking for a way to make it new." He's found it: The new James is a good James -- sha la la, sha la la. Before James, we heard an opening set from the Cowboy Junkies, local suppliers of noir, countrified ballads for nearly two decades now. Judging solely from their set, it doesn't appear the band's approach has changed much over the years. The band (including an accordionist, harmonica player and Margo and Michael Timmins on vocals and acoustic guitar, respectively) stuck to stools and chairs. Whether performing their own material (such as 1992's Black Eyed Man) or covers (Springsteen's You're Missing from the recent Early 21st Century Blues), the presentation was uniformly narcotic and melancholic. It could be said that the Junkies make others' songs their own, but, really, that would sound too much like praise. Twenty years of musical brooding become less and less an artistic statement, and more a cause of clinical concern. It must be said that singer Margo, dressed in black and looking very Geena Davis-like, was much cheerier with her between-song banter than her murmurous vocal style would suggest. She humorously recalled past poor moments of her youth and compared Massey Hall favourably to Carnegie Hall, where the band had just taken part in a Joni Mitchell tribute. With that, she sang, quite nicely, a version of Mitchell's River. Attractively, Timmons seemed more comfortable on stage than ever, to the point of mocking her band's gloomy image. "Heartache and misery," she remarked lightheartedly. "We made a career out of it." Colin James plays Belleville, Ont., today, and Richmond, B.C., Feb. 3 and 4. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:54:02 -0500 From: "Scott and Jody" Subject: A Few More Photos Hi All! I thought I had sent this link to both lists, but now noticed it only went to NortheastJonifest. Thanks Everyone for all the GREAT photos and reports so far!!!!!! Reporting soon. jody ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 01:19:42 +0000 From: Box of Paints Subject: Re: concert comparisons Hi Bob Clair Hamill's UFG is the first cover I ever heard and the first time I ever heard this song was her version. I have the old LP which is certainly bleak like the area where she comes from (it's a cliche to call the Northeast bleak but it seems fitting). A distinctive voice without feeling like it settled... but then it was only her first album and she was 17! Much Joni Jamie Z On 07/02/06, Bob Muller wrote: > > NP: Claire Hamill, "Urge For Going" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 22:50:09 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re:recycling paper to print Joni info (now it has Joni content ;-) Kate, I've been doing this for at least a year with my Canon i560 ink jet printer with no apparent problems. Kenny B > From: Kate > Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #38 > > Kenny B: > > > 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. > > With various printers I have used, it was made clear that if you put paper > with a printed side through, as you have been doing, the ink on the other > side will wreck your printer. So I've not done what you're doing. > > Maybe it depends what kind of printer? But anyway, I'd be careful and check > into it before following your lead there! I could cut my paper purchases by > half if I could recycle this way ... as it should be. > > Kate ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 23:37:22 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Bob comments on my photos Just wanted to let everyone know that Bob Muller has put comments on all my photos (in my Kodak site post http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=7uz5qf0.147dhvjg&x=1&y=n5gcme) describing the performer & the song they did. I had no captions when I sent them in 'cause I wasn't sure of all the names and NEVER could have remembered the songs they did without taking notes. A very sincere THANKS to Bob for his time & effort and... for just being Bob! Kenny B ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #41 ******************************** ------- 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? 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