From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #92 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 Wednesday, March 29 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 092 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Joni and Downloading [Nuriel Tobias ] Re: my top 20, always subject to change [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Joni and Downloading ["Jamie's Box of Paints" ] Re: laura nyro and sleeping ["roberto munguia" ] Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #89 [ROBMSTEEN@aol.com] Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #91 [ROBMSTEEN@aol.com] FW: Message from Website ["Les Irvin" ] Joni's Supposed Comments [BlueForTheRoses@aol.com] Re: Joni and Downloading [Nuriel Tobias ] Re: FW: Message from Website [Nuriel Tobias ] Re: Joni and Downloading [Nuriel Tobias ] Re: Joni's Supposed Comments ["Jamie's Box of Paints" ] Re: Joni and Downloading [Doug ] Re: Joni and Downloading [Catherine McKay ] Joni & Yeats again ["Patti Parlette" ] Pirates of Penance ["Jamie's Box of Paints" ] Re: Pirates of Penance [Bob Muller ] Joni and P's ["Patti Parlette" ] Favorite songwriters and more [Allmanfan54@aol.com] Re: Joni and P's [Smurf ] Joni's Supposed Comments [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:40:47 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Joni and Downloading Has Joni ever said anything about downloading her music and downloading in general? I'd love to hear what you guys think about downloading. Love Nuri - --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for low, low rates. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:23:03 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: my top 20, always subject to change 1. Joni Mitchell 2. Johnny Cash 3. Robert Plant 4. Bono 5. Stevie Wonder 6. Michael Martin Murphy 7. Ann Wilson 8. Bob Dylan 9. Mahalia Jackson 10. Roseanne Cash 11. Kate Bennett 12. Judy Collins 13. Basia 14. Janice Joplin 15. Steve Perry 16. Janet Jackson 17. Michel Normandeau 18. George Harrison 19. Steve Tyler 20. Arlo Guthrie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:17:54 +0100 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: Re: Joni and Downloading Hi Nuri When she first announced her retirement a few years ago, she was sniping at the music business, wanting to get out of the clutches of the record company etc and said something along the lines of 'what should I do? Sell my music on the internet?' So perhaps she would consider it in terms of still selling cds but selling actualy downloads, maybe she's not so 'down with the kids' on that front. Much Joni Jamie Z On 28/03/06, Nuriel Tobias wrote: > Has Joni ever said anything about downloading her music and downloading in general? I'd love to hear what you guys think about downloading. > > Love > > Nuri > > > --------------------------------- > New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for low, low rates. > - -- 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: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:30:47 -0500 From: jserkes@aol.com Subject: laura nyro and sleeping Ok for the first time in years, I havent slept with anyone on the joni mitchell discussion group. ever. now, who do i want to sleep with, my wife. gosh how things have changed!! moving on, anyone who doesnt list laura nyro as one of the greatest singers, well, has to sleep with me, now snoring. Joni, who hasnt over the years, been kind to other singers, was so thoughtful, and decent about Laura. Said "she was the only singer who joni thought was worthy" misquoted, but i just got out of bed. forgive me. with my wife. jody l serkes jserkes@aol.com 314.378.6052 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:34:06 -0500 From: jserkes@aol.com Subject: joni and the L word I am sure this was covered earlier, but The L Word, used Joni's ALL I WANT as the closing of the season. Great close. I was thrilled. jody l serkes jserkes@aol.com 314.378.6052 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:24:39 +0200 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: RE: my top 20 Jaysus, it's tough to keep 'em down to 20, apologies to Sherelle, Mick Jagger and Diana Ross who made the long list but not the top 20. The following list is the order they appear on iTunes albums, not necessarily preference. Tom Waits Carl Wilson Beth Gibbons Bjork David Crosby David Sylvian Emmylou Harris John Lee Hooker Janis Ian Joni Mitchell Jorge Drexler Richard Bona Sheila Chandra Smokey Robinson Stevie Wonder Marvin Gaye Levi Stubbs Donald Fagen Van Morrison Andy Partridge ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:12:34 -0600 From: "roberto munguia" Subject: Re: laura nyro and sleeping LOL!! but, YES! Laura is one of the TOP singers! She's the passion eyes of May! the unstudied sea, she's a cameo. and I swear.......................................I swear she was born a weaver's lover born for the loom's desire! Roberto On 3/28/06, jserkes@aol.com wrote: > > Ok for the first time in years, I havent slept with anyone on the joni > mitchell discussion group. ever. now, who do i want to sleep with, my wife. > gosh how things have changed!! > > moving on, anyone who doesnt list laura nyro as one of the greatest > singers, well, has to sleep with me, now snoring. > > Joni, who hasnt over the years, been kind to other singers, was so > thoughtful, and decent about Laura. Said "she was the only singer who joni > thought was worthy" misquoted, but i just got out of bed. forgive me. > > with my wife. > > jody l serkes > jserkes@aol.com > 314.378.6052 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:47:36 -0500 From: ROBMSTEEN@aol.com Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #89 Re: Top 10, no Top 20 Here's my ha'apworth - sticking to 10 keeps the indulgences down: 1. Laura Nyro 2. Van Morrison 3. Tim Buckley 4. Paul Buchanan 5. Joni 6. Rickie Lee Jones 7. Bruce Springsteen 8. Curtis Mayfield 9. Marvin Gaye 10. Smokey Robinson Love from Cornwall and Brighton Rob XX ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:50:44 -0500 From: ROBMSTEEN@aol.com Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #91 Re: Top 10, No Top 20 OK, since you're pushing me... 11. Richard Manuel 12. Rick Danko 13. Levon Helm 14. Bobby Z 15. Eddie Hinton 16. Kate Bush 17. Jon Anderson 18. Robert Plant 19. Donald Fagen 20. David Surkamp Rob xx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:11:44 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: FW: Message from Website Please copy Allan's address on any responses. Thanks, Les - -----Original Message----- From: Allan McPherson - ajmcpher@uvic.ca Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 6:16 PM Subject: Message from Contact Us page I am researching Joni for my university music history paper, and I'm curious if you know why some of the lyrics in Pirate of Penance are not sung. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:09:33 EST From: BlueForTheRoses@aol.com Subject: Joni's Supposed Comments Hey everyone, can anyone clear something up for me? I was talking to a guy online about two or three weeks ago who said that Joni had recently done a concert in Santa Monica, in some cafe, when she said that if she had been an American citizen she would have voted for Bush in the 2004 election because Kerry seemed like such a wimp! I of course nearly swallowed my tongue in shock, because I thought to myself that Bush stands for basically everything that Joni has been against from day one, but I also didn't believe it because she is retired and as far as I know hasn't done a concert for a while. Still, it's been weighing on my mind. Can any of our California members tell me if this is even remotely true? I am hoping it isn't, and I told the man I didn't believe him, but still.......Rick ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:20:57 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: Joni and Downloading Hi Jamie Downloding songs from the net, with or without paying the musician, means that you'd have to burn the cd yourself. The cd's we know/use are'nt the same as the "industrial" cd's. Much poorer quality and they don't last as long. Joni hardly used the internet as a tool, and i don't regret it a bit. I must say that the first way to get new Joni fans among youngsters is "letting" them download Joni. And maybe not only youngsters but everyone. From my own exprience, you'll go and buy the album/s of an artist once you've downloaded some of his/her songs, discovered and liked them. And i don't recall such a fuss made about casettes, when they were in use not so long ago. Once you used to ask a friend to record you albums - so now download them, big deal:) Love, Nuri Jamie's Box of Paints wrote: Hi Nuri When she first announced her retirement a few years ago, she was sniping at the music business, wanting to get out of the clutches of the record company etc and said something along the lines of 'what should I do? Sell my music on the internet?' So perhaps she would consider it in terms of still selling cds but selling actualy downloads, maybe she's not so 'down with the kids' on that front. Much Joni Jamie Z On 28/03/06, Nuriel Tobias wrote: > Has Joni ever said anything about downloading her music and downloading in general? I'd love to hear what you guys think about downloading. > > Love > > Nuri > > > --------------------------------- > New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for low, low rates. > - -- 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 - --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for low, low rates. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:27:01 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: FW: Message from Website Go ask the dancer, she knows the answer!:) Nuri Les Irvin wrote: Please copy Allan's address on any responses. Thanks, Les - -----Original Message----- From: Allan McPherson - ajmcpher@uvic.ca Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 6:16 PM Subject: Message from Contact Us page I am researching Joni for my university music history paper, and I'm curious if you know why some of the lyrics in Pirate of Penance are not sung. - --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:38:10 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: Joni and Downloading When i was younger, i had this repeating dream, over and over again. I'm stepping inside a record store and i'm told to pick anything i want for free. Don't know if you remeber it, but there used to be a downloading site named Audio-Galaxy. When i found it, i felt my dream came true.:) Jamie's Box of Paints wrote: Funnily enough, Nuri, I know all this as downloading is how I got to know most of my new music... You bet that's what i do too, Jamie. It's what everyone should do. Maybe then the next top 10 singers in our list won't be all nearly dead singers! lol! Nuri - --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:43:06 +0100 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: Re: Joni's Supposed Comments Hi Rick I think you're right as this sounds like a pile off bullcraap to me... I know she went on public radio trying to muster votes for someone (and NOT Bush) as she basicallyhad retired from the public stage and would listen all day to American talk radio so when Beginning Of Survival came out she went on talk radio to a) promote it and b) to talk about her opinions on the whole Bush thing... her painting of the cover of Dreamland is 'another 'Bush-fire' so I think her opinion of Dubya is certainly quite clear... As for the performance in some cafe somewhere, I think that was just trying to hook you in... Much Joni Jamie Zoob On 28/03/06, BlueForTheRoses@aol.com wrote: > Hey everyone, can anyone clear something up for me? I was talking to a guy > online about two or three weeks ago who said that Joni had recently done a > concert in Santa Monica, in some cafe, when she said that if she had been an > American citizen she would have voted for Bush in the 2004 election because > Kerry seemed like such a wimp! I of course nearly swallowed my tongue in shock, > because I thought to myself that Bush stands for basically everything that > Joni has been against from day one, but I also didn't believe it because she > is retired and as far as I know hasn't done a concert for a while. Still, > it's been weighing on my mind. Can any of our California members tell me if > this is even remotely true? I am hoping it isn't, and I told the man I didn't > believe him, but still.......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... Jamie Zubairi can be found at http://uk.voicespro.com/jamie.zubairi1 and http://uk.castingcallpro.com/jamie.zubairi ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:09:26 -0800 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?joni=27s=20pro=20bush=20political=20comments?= first i want to say that i'm not a friend of joni's exactly but we do know some the same people - we've had many deep coversations and miracle of miracles she always recognizes me and seems to really care about how it's going.....you know how sometimes it's easier to have a deep talk with someone you won't see tomorrow? it's like that. i know i'm very very lucky for joni to have given me the incredible gift of knowing her. i don't want to betray any trusts so i usually just let rumors fly and figure joni will speak out if she wants to clarify anything. it all adds to the legend. But...... feel like i just couldn't let this rumor stand. it's too crazy. i can tell you for a fact - that as of the august before the election joni was fervently hoping bush and his cohorts would be ousted. wiretapping ( even in her circle) and losses of civil liberties were discussed. we talked about the upwelling of hope of change much like the late 60's - the optimism! i think i gave her one of those bush like a rock t shirts. kerry wasn't mentioned. remember joni is here as a guest. perhaps that's why she says she's apolitical. remember how the fbi kept tabs on lennon? there speaks lesli the paranoid worrier again. God maybe she was just a polite listener. I got the feeling she was totally sincere. maybe she changed her mind in the interim. seems doubtful. I talked to her a little after the election. i told her how deeply depressed i was about the outcome and she said o yeah. the only other time i talked presidental with her she seemed intrigued by ross pierot. go figure also does anyone know why my posts have those wierd characters at the top? I talked to my tech head friend and he said it's a problem with jmdl software. none of my other e-pals recieve kooky return addresses. if you have any ideas please e-mail me off list lesli law51011@lausd.k12.ca.us thanks ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:14:33 -0800 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?joni=20comments?= rick- jamie's right on the money i also remember talking at length with her about these dangerous, dangerous times. that was right before the beginning of survival came out. lesli ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:34:00 -0800 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20Joni=20and=20Downloading?= even though i'll admit that i've copied tapes and cds -once i've thought about it -i really don't think it's fair to the artists to download without a nominal fee. they've worked their butts off getting that music out there. with all the cd burning i think people finally got how much money was really being lost.i think it'd be great if joni started a sample and buy site. maybe our favorite lurker les could design it for her. or can't we afford to give joni cds to our younger folk? in class i teach joni's songs as social commentary. i hope that's not illegal. lesli - ---------- Original Message ------------- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:17:54 -0800 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" To: "Nuriel Tobias" Subject: Re: Joni and Downloading >Hi Nuri > >When she first announced her retirement a few years ago, she was >sniping at the music business, wanting to get out of the clutches of >the record company etc and said something along the lines of 'what >should I do? Sell my music on the internet?' So perhaps she would >consider it in terms of still selling cds but selling actualy >downloads, maybe she's not so 'down with the kids' on that front. > >Much Joni > >Jamie Z > >On 28/03/06, Nuriel Tobias wrote: >> Has Joni ever said anything about downloading her music and downloading in general? I'd love to hear what you guys think about downloading. >> >> Love >> >> Nuri >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for low, low rates. >> > > >-- >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: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:42:51 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Joni and Downloading lesli wrote: > or can't we afford to give joni cds to our younger folk? We should absolutely be giving Joni CDs to our younger folk if we can afford it. Not burned copies, but the "real deal" (unless copies are absolutely all you can afford, in which case I guess it's better to pass on the music "real good for free" than not at all). It's important that recipients of Joni's (or anyone's) music have the lyrics, and it would be wonderful if they could have the cover art (as small as it is on a CD), too. If I couldn't give a "real" CD to someone, I would at least include printed lyrics, or give the recipient the link to where the lyrics could be found (www.jonimitchell.com/lyrics). I've been wanting to give one of my young cousins Dog Eat Dog -- because I think she'll dig the lyrics -- but I intend to give her my vinyl LP along with an original CD. I think she'll enjoy the combination, even if she never plays the vinyl. I do, on occasion, give burned CDs to friends, but typically the music is only that which isn't available on CD via any other means. Of course, I'm lucky enough to be able to afford to buy originals most of the time. Again though, I do believe that it's more important to pass the music along, and I would hope that Joni believes that too -- and if that means someone gets a free CD, that might also mean they get so hooked that they buy more Joni CDs, maybe even her entire catalog. > in class i teach joni's songs as social commentary. i hope that's not illegal. I would hope not, too. In 1971-72 I was in the 8th grade and I had a wonderful English teacher (Mr. Greg Sikorski) who taught The Beatles' songs and lyrics as social commentary, and it absolutely changed my world. I'll bet that Joni would be THRILLED to know that you're using her songs in the same way. What Joni songs are you teaching? Lori San Francisco ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:30:30 -0500 From: Doug Subject: Re: Joni and Downloading Reminds me of when I was in grade 8, I guess it was 1969 or 70, our music teacher handed out photocopies of Both Sides Now from the first songbook, to each student. The lyrics being the topic of discussion. At the end of class, and with a collective groan from the class, she asked for all copies back, because of the copyright. Doug LESLI A WATTS wrote: > in class i teach joni's songs as social commentary. i hope that's not illegal. > > lesli > > > ---------- Original Message ------------- > Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:17:54 -0800 > From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" > To: "Nuriel Tobias" > Subject: Re: Joni and Downloading ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:55:18 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni and Downloading - --- Lori Fye wrote: > In 1971-72 I was in the 8th > grade and I had a > wonderful English teacher (Mr. Greg Sikorski) who > taught The Beatles' songs > and lyrics as social commentary, and it absolutely > changed my world. I'll > bet that Joni would be THRILLED to know that you're > using her songs in the > same way. > When I was in Grade 10, I did an English essay that was going to be based on poetic lyrics of various rock and folk writers (modern poetry). It ended up being entirely Joni though. I had a blast doing that. I included illustrations and so on. I had a wonderful English teacher that year - Miss Riordan - and I got a really good mark on it too. The things we remember from our younger days! It's so good when you have a teacher who *gets* kids. My daughter recently did something similar for one of her classes using the lyrics of Billy Corgan. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:52:42 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Joni & Yeats again I'm just popping in quickly to share something that happened here in the workplace two minutes ago. I have a fairly new dept. head, from Tuscany, and she's great, but she knows nothing about our Huskies, and even worse, she never heard of Joni Mitchell until she met me. (I've got my work cut out for me!) She was just running off to guest-teach a large undergrad lecture class, and confessed to being a tad nervous, because the poet is a little difficult. I said: Who is it? Norma: "Yeats." Me: Wow! You know what? Joni Mitchell wrote a song that refers to a Yeats poem! Norma: Really? Which one? (she didn't even roll her eyes this time) Me: "Slouching Toward Bethlehem." Norma, looking very interested now: Really! Maybe I WILL borrow your DVD!" And her parting words (please imagine the beautiful Italian accent): "Gee, Patti, pretty soon I'll be rooting for dee uhskies and doing Joni Meetchell stuff!" Here's to doing Joni Meetchell stuff! Love, Patti P. Note: "uhskies" is not a typo ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:01:25 +0100 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: Pirates of Penance hi there Hmmm an interesting choice to do a paper on... It's one of Joni's early 'play songs' where sometimes the melody is taken up by a second or even third character in the play. From what I remember of the song (you must excuse me, my stuff is in boxes as I'm moving house this weekend so I'm only going on memory and the lyric section of jonimitchell.com). there are two characters in the song Penance Crane and The Dancer. I don't think the character of The Pirate says anything but generally it's an operetta with Penance Crane - which is an odd character name as I can only think of someone who lives a nun-like existence - her part is full aria while the melody for The Dancer is more recitative, more counterpoint melody. You think that the song is about how Penance Crane was wronged by her lover the Pirate and his fling, the Dancer. But as the song plays we realise that however convincing Penance Crane's argument is, by the strength of the melody, The Dancer's simpler melody (and it has a melody, merely *almost* spoken) upturns Penance Crane's argument simply by being plaintive and direct, like a whisper. In fact you almost miss the one line 'Ask Penance Crane she was out in her garden she saw us' which tells you of The Dancer's honesty. It's quite a complex and ambitious song for a young songwriter and you can see the strength she has as a writer and composer, weaving story, character, melody and arrangement into quite a tight song. I hope this is a good starting point for discussion. I know that there are a few on the list that don't like Pirates of Penance that much. It does have that slight over dramatic, 'something to prove' air about it. It does. It proves she has talent. Much Joni Jamie Zoob - -- 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: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:09:08 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Pirates of Penance Jamie, An excellent post - and getting back to the original question, it's important to note that there ARE no unsung lyrics - all of the lyrics as printed in the album's libretto and on jm.com ARE sung. Some are sung simultaneously so it might be that they were missed, but I would suggest that the questioner go back and listen with headphones (I heard them without) and he'll see. Pirate of Penance is certainly a curio of a song - - very much written in the same style of "The Gift Of The Magi" with different characters and near-operatic recititave. And of course, I would not be doing my job as Covers King if I let it go without saying that PoP is the only song on her debut LP that has never been covered. Bob NP: Sam Cooke, "Nothing Can Change This Love" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:07:06 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Joni and P's (Warning: silly post ahead) Marianne parle: "patti parlette's posts leaves me perpetually . . . .." What? Picking pecks of purpley pink pickled peppers at people's parties in piques of preposterous and provocative alliteration? Pourquoi is every personne always pickin' on me? I guess the name invites it. In second grade some boys called me "PP" and laughed and laughed. Ha ha. Well, at least you are friendly and not cutting, like that stoooopid boy in 6th grade who once called me Fatty Fartlette! Jerk! He can go F himself, right? How many Michaels here had to put up with "Michael, Michael, Motorcycle?" That one used to drive my little Michael crazy in kindergarten and first grade. He really hated that. But back to P's, with real Joni content: Joni loves P's, this I know For the Bible (Joni Mitchell.com library) tells me so! Voila: David Dye: Joni Mitchell is our guest on the show today. She's released her 17th album back on the record label where she started, Reprise. She's a poet, a painter, a pinball player and -- Joni Mitchell: (Laughs) Anything that begins with P. DD: Right. I was working on the P's there obviously. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have pasted un petit peu of that interview below, which was held, I kid you not, in Philadelphia, PA. Peace and Posie Power, Patti P. P.S. All this talk about P's reminds of something I've been meaning to tell you, Roberto. I know you've been at la piscine a lot these days, and that you parle un peu de francais, so I think you will enjoy this petite histoire. I was once at a pool at Lake Placid when a a little boy started peeing into the pool. As the people at the piscine stared in shock, la pere (qui parle francais), positively mortified, ran and pulled le petit pee-er away from the pool and pronounced: "Ne fais pas pee- pee dans la piscine!" Alors, ne fais pas pee-pee dans la piscine, d'accord? Et voila la preuve aProPos des P's, from our library: World Cafe Interview by NA ) WXPN-FM September 5, 1994 THE WORLD CAFE, WXPN-FM, Philadelphia, PA September 5, 1994 Announcer: As we move from 1996 into 1997, we are marking the 5th anniversary year of The World Cafe, and one of the ways we are celebrating is by playing back some of the best shows from the past five years. At the top of any list is our 1994 visit with Joni Mitchell. Today, we'll spend two hours in conversation with Joni Mitchell. It's hard to imagine a more influential artist in the 70's and the 80's than Joni. Her confessional songwriting, use of open guitar tunings, musical textures from all styles of music and all countries around the globe were ahead of their time at every step in her career. There's so much music to get to and so little time that even two hours is not enough. We'll talk about jazz, art, songwriting, and life with Joni Mitchell in this special 5th anniversary edition of The World Cafe. Go back for a couple of things at the top, including this one, "Chelsea Morning." (Music up: "Chelsea Morning" and "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio.") David Dye: Joni Mitchell is our guest on the show today. She's released her 17th album back on the record label where she started, Reprise. She's a poet, a painter, a pinball player and -- Joni Mitchell: (Laughs) Anything that begins with P. DD: Right. I was working on the P's there obviously. Well, one of the most influential musicians of our time, I'm glad you could be on the show. - ---- Yes, Joni, we're glad you could be on the show in our lifetime. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:37:04 EST From: Allmanfan54@aol.com Subject: Favorite songwriters and more I've been on the JMDL for a couple years now, though I don't often post. I find it enough for me to read everyone else's posts each day, and those of 1 or 2 in particular. Recently I have become unemployed, so I have a little more time, and I have a couple things I wanna write about. First I want to mention Rosanna Arquette's documentary, All We Are Saying. The cable company Nazi's gave me 2 free months of Showtime to appease me for taking over a month to fix my cable modem, and I was looking at the Showtime on demand feature when I noticed this documentary. I like Rosanna, and of course I love music so I watched it. Joni is on it in several places, so it is worth seeing for that alone, but it is also a very well done piece with a wide range of artists being interviewed about how they find, or realize their muse, how they balance (if at all) art/life, and the state of the music industry as it is today. We all know how Joni feels about that. As the credits roll, there is footage taken apparently at Joni's house, so if you do watch it, watch the whole thing. Its on Showtime, but also on Showtime On Demand if you have that, or if you know anyone who does, you could just crash their house and hijack their TV for a couple hours. I have enjoyed reading peoples lists of favorite songwriters, so I though I would sheepishly add my own. Music rules !! 1.) Joni (no last name nec.) 2.) J.T. (Stringbean) 3.) Robert Hunter (Just a box of Rain) 4.) Bob Dylan 5.) Neil Young 6.) Carole King 7.) Joan Baez 8.) Graham Nash 9.) David Crosby 10.) Steven Stills (especially Manassas) 11.) John Lennon (all we are saying.........) 12.) Paul McCartney 13.) Paul Simon 14.) Nanci Griffith 15.) Stevie Nicks 16.) Jimmy Buffett 17.) Jon Anderson 18.) Leonard Cohen 19.) Woody Guthrie 20.) Bruce Frank ( you don't know him, he's my best friend) Just to clarify, these are my own personal favorites, not necessarily who i see as the best of all time. Finally, just a word about Patti P. Patti knows her Joni lyrics well, but there is so, so much more to her............you may live your whole life and never meet another person whose heart is so pure, honest, and full of love, hope and peace. There. I said it, and I'm glad. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:53:52 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Joni and P's I figured I'd be smart, Patti, and write something about peridots and periwinkles, but I was unsure of the spelling so I googled "peridots and periwinkles" to see if Google corrected me. Well, imagine ma suprise, Patti, when the first Google item that came up was a post to the JMDL from YOU in 2005! Petit friggin' monde, eh? You are the premiere JM disorder power patient, Patti! - --Smurf, who switched from the public swimming pool to a piscine privee for the extra p - --- Patti Parlette wrote: > (Warning: silly post ahead) > > Marianne parle: "patti parlette's posts leaves me > perpetually . . . .." > > What? > > Picking pecks of purpley pink pickled peppers at > people's parties in piques > of preposterous and provocative alliteration? > > Pourquoi is every personne always pickin' on me? > > > I guess the name invites it. In second grade some > boys called me "PP" and > laughed and laughed. Ha ha. > > Well, at least you are friendly and not cutting, > like that stoooopid boy in > 6th grade who once called me Fatty Fartlette! Jerk! > He can go F himself, > right? > > How many Michaels here had to put up with "Michael, > Michael, Motorcycle?" > That one used to drive my little Michael crazy in > kindergarten and first > grade. He really hated that. > > But back to P's, with real Joni content: > > Joni loves P's, this I know > For the Bible (Joni Mitchell.com library) tells me > so! > > Voila: > > David Dye: Joni Mitchell is our guest on the show > today. She's released her > 17th album back on the record label where she > started, Reprise. She's a > poet, a painter, a pinball player and -- > > Joni Mitchell: (Laughs) Anything that begins with P. > > DD: Right. I was working on the P's there obviously. > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > I have pasted un petit peu of that interview below, > which was held, I kid > you not, in Philadelphia, PA. > > Peace and Posie Power, > > Patti P. > > P.S. All this talk about P's reminds of something > I've been meaning to tell > you, Roberto. I know you've been at la piscine a > lot these days, and that > you parle un peu de francais, so I think you will > enjoy this petite > histoire. I was once at a pool at Lake Placid when a > a little boy started > peeing into the pool. As the people at the piscine > stared in shock, la pere > (qui parle francais), positively mortified, ran and > pulled le petit pee-er > away from the pool and pronounced: "Ne fais pas > pee- pee dans la piscine!" > Alors, ne fais pas pee-pee dans la piscine, > d'accord? > > Et voila la preuve aProPos des P's, from our > library: > > World Cafe Interview > by NA > ) WXPN-FM September 5, 1994 > > THE WORLD CAFE, WXPN-FM, Philadelphia, PA > September 5, 1994 > > Announcer: As we move from 1996 into 1997, we are > marking the 5th > anniversary year of The World Cafe, and one of the > ways we are celebrating > is by playing back some of the best shows from the > past five years. At the > top of any list is our 1994 visit with Joni > Mitchell. Today, we'll spend two > hours in conversation with Joni Mitchell. > > It's hard to imagine a more influential artist in > the 70's and the 80's than > Joni. Her confessional songwriting, use of open > guitar tunings, musical > textures from all styles of music and all countries > around the globe were > ahead of their time at every step in her career. > > There's so much music to get to and so little time > that even two hours is > not enough. We'll talk about jazz, art, songwriting, > and life with Joni > Mitchell in this special 5th anniversary edition of > The World Cafe. > > Go back for a couple of things at the top, including > this one, "Chelsea > Morning." > > (Music up: "Chelsea Morning" and "You Turn Me On, > I'm a Radio.") > > David Dye: Joni Mitchell is our guest on the show > today. She's released her > 17th album back on the record label where she > started, Reprise. She's a > poet, a painter, a pinball player and -- > > Joni Mitchell: (Laughs) Anything that begins with P. > > DD: Right. I was working on the P's there obviously. > Well, one of the most > influential musicians of our time, I'm glad you > could be on the show. > > ---- > > Yes, Joni, we're glad you could be on the show in > our lifetime. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:18:22 -0800 From: Subject: Joni's Supposed Comments Hi Rick, I don't know about a "concert" but I have read and heard that she sometimes gets up impromptu and sings in small cafes in town. As for the rest, I find it surprising - although she is quite the raconteur in a small crowd and maybe just was having fun. I wouldn't worry, though, because she previously nicked Bush in an article around the time of the last election. Maybe she didn't care for Kerry, either ;-) Kakki ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #92 ******************************** ------- 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)