From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #85 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 Thursday, March 23 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 085 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- How The Other Half Lives [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: How The Other Half Lives [Bob Muller ] Re: How The Other Half Lives [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni in music lyrics ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Re: How The Other Half Lives ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Alberta Ballet does Joni tune [Kate ] Which Joni Album/Song are you ["Marianne Rizzo" ] ...and another thing... [Mark-Leon Thorne ] RE: ...and another thing... ["Les Irvin" ] Re: ...and another thing... [Catherine McKay ] Re: ...and another thing... ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Re: ...and another thing... ["Jamie's Box of Paints" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:09:21 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: How The Other Half Lives Hi folks. Since you're all getting into Spring fever up there I thought I'd throw out a shout to everyone else in the Southern Hemisphere. I always enjoy the approach of the colder months after a long humid Sydney Summer. Happy Autumn days to everyone on this side of the planet. Can't think of any Joni lyrics that portray Autumn. Anyone got any thoughts on that? On the subject of Dancin' Clowns and a future recording from Joni. A ballet is a great idea. I hope it tours down this way. Also, I just received the DVD of Rosanna Arquette's "All We Are Saying" from Catherine. Thank you very much. I will get those copies flowing as soon as I can. In her interview, Rosanna tells Joni that she is very disappointed that Joni won't record any more and she has retired. Joni replies that she has "...either retired or on hiatus". She also says she has written quite a bit lately but she just doesn't have the enthusiasm to follow it through to recording and putting the songs out there just now. I think it is only a matter of time before Joni gets back into the recording studio. Congratulations to those on the list from the Commonwealth. The Games in Melbourne have been a great diversion and very exciting. Canada is moving up the list on the medal tally I see. Tony Blair arrives in Melbourne on Sunday. I really like the way that disabled events are mingled in with the others events instead of a separate games like the Olympics. I didn't think Melbourne could outdo Sydney's Olympics but Melbourne is looking like a very cool city right now. They can put on a good show. Anyone on the list from Melbourne? Another reminder that the Joni Remix Project is still alive. It has been on hold for some time now. Nothing new has come in for a while. If anyone has any remixes, extended versions or mash-ups of Joni's songs to contribute, e-mail me off list. When it is finally finished, I will distribute it to the list. Enjoy the Spring weather everyone in the north and watch the changing colours of Autumn for those in the south. Mark in Sydney NP Native Land - Everything But The Girl. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:16:37 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: How The Other Half Lives Hi Mark, I'm glad to hear from you as I was thinking about all the JMDLer's in Australia when I read of the damaging cyclone. I hope that everyone was able to stay out of harm's way. Although it doesn't use the words "autumn" or "fall" specifically, Urge For Going is the song that pops in my head when I think of that season; lots of autumnal imagery - grass turning brown, leaves falling, geese heading south, etc. Bob NP: Tears For Fears, "Head Over Heels" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:46:54 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: How The Other Half Lives - --- Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: > Hi folks. Since you're all getting into Spring fever > up there I thought > I'd throw out a shout to everyone else in the > Southern Hemisphere. I > always enjoy the approach of the colder months after > a long humid > Sydney Summer. Happy Autumn days to everyone on this > side of the > planet. Can't think of any Joni lyrics that portray > Autumn. Anyone got > any thoughts on that? Red is autumn green is summer Greens are turning and the sand All along the ocean beaches Stares up empty at the sky ... - - Marcie I said "Send me some pictures then And I'll paint pyrotechnic Explosions of your autumn till we meet again - - Love puts on a new face And then, there's "Urge for going", which doesn't have the word "autumn" in it, but "Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in". Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:58:18 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: Joni in music lyrics Very interesting, yes! I saw her in both Rent and Wicked. I disliked both shows, but loved her. I will look for the cd online. Thanks for sharing that with the group. Jerry Joseph Palis wrote: > I apologize if this may have been discussed before. but many of you may > know Idina Menzel of 'Rent' (playing Maureen in both the stage and > screen) and 'Wicked' (played Elphaba) fame. I found a used copy of her > debut album called "Still I can't be still" last week for $2.99. It was > only today that I listened to it. The album will not make you remember > her vocal acrobatics on Broadway but she has this song called "Fool out > of me" which has a Joni mention. I am pasting the paragraph here. > > I wish I could fight against Ali and win > I wish I could write with Joni Mitchell's pen > Sail the Atlantic on a paddle boat > I wish I could smile like Bobby de Niro > I wish that the lotto was the number of my telephone > I wish I could sing a duet with Bono > Cause I don't want to sound like > Anyone else, you know > I just wanna take you under my spell > Excuse me for saying > What I know down deep is my sin > But maybe I'll fool everybody into thinking > I know just what I am doing > All that I don't know > Paralyzes me > But somehow I keep going on > Just settling for this mediocrity > And I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of me > > > Interesting, no? > > Joseph in rainy Chapel Hill > np: Richard Bliwas - "Positively 10th Street" > > > --------------------------------- > Nouveau : tiliphonez moins cher avec Yahoo! Messenger ! Dicouvez les > tarifs exceptionnels pour appeler la France et > l'international.Tilichargez la version beta. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:26:59 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: How The Other Half Lives Bob Muller wrote: > Although it doesn't use the words "autumn" or > "fall" specifically, Urge For Going is the song > that pops in my head when I think of that season; > lots of autumnal imagery - grass turning brown, > leaves falling, geese heading south, etc. Time for lyrics. There is a great cd of Autmun Songs I have with great songs called When October Goes. That song was recently mentioned here. Barry Manilow wrote the music to an old Johnny Mercer lyric and the result is magic. It moves me, especially when a great artist like Rosemary Clooney sings it. And when October goes The snow begins to fly Above the smokey roofs I watch the planes go by The children running home Beneath a twilight sky Oh, for the fun of them When I was one of them And when October goes The same old dream appears And you are in my arms To share the happy years I turn my head away To hide the helpless tears Oh how I hate to see October go I should be over it now I know It doesn't matter much How old I grow I hate to see October go ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:34:02 -0600 From: Kate Subject: Alberta Ballet does Joni tune Bob Clark, Calgary Herald Published: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Alberta Ballet's growing reputation has reached the ears of Joni Mitchell. The iconic Canadian singer/songwriter will play a prominent role in the company's 40th anniversary season, Calgarians learned Tuesday during the unveiling of the 2006/'07 lineup. Dancing Joni, a work created by Alberta Ballet artistic director Jean Grand-Maitre, will share a blockbuster February program with ballets by George Balanchine and Nacho Duato, one of today's top choreographers. Grand-Maitre met with Mitchell last week in a Beverly Hills restaurant about his idea for a piece based on her music. "She expressed a lot of excitement for this project," he said. "She wants to create it with us. She not only agreed to let me use her music, but she is also going to design the set for the ballet and help me assemble the ballet soundtrack." Mitchell has also pledged to attend the premiere, Grand-Maitre says. "It's going to be very big -- a huge project. I'm trying to get the CBC interested in it as a kind of 40th anniversary special on the making of the work." Mitchell, a Fort Macleod native who grew up in Saskatchewan, was a seminal musical influence on everyone from Van Morrison to Bob Dylan from the 1960s on. According to Grand-Maitre, the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer's contribution to her artistic collaboration on Dancing Joni might even extend to the inclusion of unpublished musical material. "I know she does have an original song she would like to let me use; a song that's never been heard for the ballet," Grand-Maitre says. "But whether she'll be able to record it in time for me to listen to it and choreograph it is another story." Dancing Joni will be in good company. Other pieces on the winter program also reflect increasing international awareness of Alberta Ballet as one of Canada's most innovative performing arts companies. Opening the show will be George Balanchine's Serenade, set to the music of Tchaikovsky. "It's widely considered one of the greatest ballets ever choreographed," Grand-Maitre says of the 1934 neo-classical work. "We're very fortunate to be able to finally be able to premiere it in our company." The third piece will be Duato's Without Words, created in 1998. "I just got confirmation last Friday," says Grand-Maitre, describing the Spanish choreographer as "probably one of the top five choreographers in the world right now. "It's a ballet that is given to very select companies in the world, so it says a lot about our company's reputation that we were able to secure this piece now." Other highlights of Alberta Ballet's 40th year include a brand new setting of Carl Orff's popular Carmina Burana and a refurbished version of Grand-Maitre's own Cinderella -- last performed in Calgary three years ago - -- but with original costumes this time around to match the company's original sets. The season finale will be the Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of Mark Godden's 1998 gothic ballet, Dracula. Assessing his season choices, Grand-Maitre says as the Calgary-based company is developing, "it's becoming more and more contemporary, and I think the audiences are developing a taste for that. I certainly felt that last year. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:55:18 -0500 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: Which Joni Album/Song are you >Which Joni Album/Song are you? that is a beautiful question. . . . I'm going to have to think about that one. . . (and I love all of your responses everyone) LO VE Marianne _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:33:50 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: ...and another thing... Don't forget to periodically check out the jonimitchell.com wallpapers. They are constantly being updated so, keep an eye out for new wallpapers. There are currently 46 wallpapers. The latest ones are, Why Do Fools Fall In Love? and Ladies of The Canyon. As you may recall, Joel Bernstein has requested all wallpapers using his photographs be removed. I don't think it would be a breach of copyright to share them with my friends on the JMDL so, if you would still like any of the Hejira series or Man From Mars wallpapers, write to me off list and I can send them to you. There are six in the Hejira series. They were the most downloaded before they were removed and are based on Joel's beautiful photographs of Joni skating on a frozen (Michigan?) lake. Mark in rainy Sydney NP I Must Confess - Everything But The Girl ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:04:58 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: RE: ...and another thing... >based on Joel's beautiful photographs of >Joni skating on a frozen (Michigan?) lake. Actually, it was Madison, Wisconsin: http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=565 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:47:12 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: ...and another thing... - --- Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: As you may > recall, Joel > Bernstein has requested all wallpapers using his > photographs be > removed. I don't think it would be a breach of > copyright to share them > with my friends on the JMDL so, if you would still > like any of the > Hejira series or Man From Mars wallpapers, write to > me off list and I > can send them to you. Joel Bernstein - ptooey! It's not as if you're making any money off this. Oh well, maybe if I were a professional photographer, I'd understand. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:27:04 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: ...and another thing... Mark, Can I offer a word of advice? I deal in copyright issues every day as a media librarian. If Joel has requested that you take them down, which is his right whether you make money from them, or not, then I would heed his request and not disribute them in any way. It is very rare that a copyright owner give a specific request to cease in such manner, and if he has, he has laid very credible legal basis to seek remuneration from you if you in any way distribute his work for any reason without his permission. Jerry Catherine McKay wrote: > --- Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: > > As you may >> recall, Joel >> Bernstein has requested all wallpapers using his >> photographs be >> removed. I don't think it would be a breach of >> copyright to share them >> with my friends on the JMDL so, if you would still >> like any of the >> Hejira series or Man From Mars wallpapers, write to >> me off list and I >> can send them to you. > > Joel Bernstein - ptooey! It's not as if you're making > any money off this. Oh well, maybe if I were a > professional photographer, I'd understand. > > > Catherine > Toronto > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:03:06 +0000 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: Re: ...and another thing... I love the fact that in the article she explains that she 'donned a pair of black mens skates'. I always thought that her feet looked really big in the photo of SoaPGirl! This explains it all!!!! On 22/03/06, Les Irvin wrote: > >based on Joel's beautiful photographs of > >Joni skating on a frozen (Michigan?) lake. > > Actually, it was Madison, Wisconsin: > http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=565 > - -- 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... Jamie Zubairi can be found at http://uk.voicespro.com/jamie.zubairi1 and http://uk.castingcallpro.com/jamie.zubairi ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:16:36 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: Re: heart of gold / South By Southwest Hi Kate. Thanks for your thoughts. It was great. You should play SXSW you know. I'll be your publicist, okay? ;-) Here's a link to a just-posted AP interview with Neil and Jonathan. They break the news of the pending release of an archival Neil concert series, directed by Demme, apparently. Plus there's mention of a new 9 CD archival box set from Neil. Check it out: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/people/14159962.htm Cheers. - -Julius In a message dated 3/20/06 1:28:59 AM, kate@katebennett.com writes: > Wow Julius what a wonderful experience.B It does seem like he is more > forthcoming & talkative these days.B Zen like b what a great description.B Where > was Astrid his sister?B If I were she, Ibd be sure I was singing in that > show!! > B > >I attended an interview session with Neil Young and "Heart of Gold" > director Jonathan Demme at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin this > past week, Kate.B > > Neil was much more of a confessional interviewee than he has been in the > recent past, clearly, IMO. Incredibly intimate interview, even though given in > front of about 500 people and plenty of press.B I had a seat in the first few > rows.B Neil was relaxed and almost Zen-like in his comments.B Very cool event > to have attended and I'm very glad I did.B An almost historical event, > really, given Neil's recent health scare.< ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:35:33 -0000 From: "Joe Jones" Subject: Re: Which Joni Album/Song are you? Hi, Amelia has a resonance for me - sadly perhaps, "I've spent my whole life at icy altitudes" strikes a chord everytime. Joe (North Wales) - -- Joe Jones: 07771 625411 joejones@onetel.com "Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so" Douglas Adams ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #85 ******************************** ------- 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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