From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #103 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, April 8 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 103 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Most Valuable Joni Item ["mike pritchard" ] Re: Both Sides Now on DVD-A ["Jamie's Box of Paints" ] Joni guitar licks [Dave Blackburn ] Joni at the Duplex ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Re: More music forthcoming? [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni guitar licks [Catherine McKay ] theocracy/timocracy, hierocracy... democracy? ya goota be kiddin` me! [os] sjc< Annie DIllard [osiris ] Not much going on in Saskatchewan? Wrong. [Kate ] Re: Most Valuable Joni Item [Randy Remote ] Re: Joni guitar licks [Randy Remote ] Re: Not much going on in Saskatchewan? Wrong. [Catherine McKay ] "Shadows And Light" on CD [] RE: "Shadows And Light" on CD ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: "Shadows And Light" on CD [merk54@aol.com] Re: Most Valuable Joni Item [Bob Muller ] Re: Most Valuable Joni Item ["Lori Fye" ] Re: "Shadows And Light" on CD [Bob Muller ] questions ["Marianne Rizzo" ] re: Joni guitar licks ["c Karma" ] Joni at the Duplex ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Re: questions ["Cassy" ] Re: Most Valuable Joni Item [RoseMJoy@aol.com] earth / sky ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Re: Joni questions [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: "Shadows And Light" on CD ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Re: Joni only, or all posts about music? ["Lori Fye" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 12:13:29 +0200 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: Most Valuable Joni Item >>And I won't ask, but I can imagine - damn! I didn't even know that a GOLD Hejira existed. The Gold Blue usually sells for around $100 on ebay these days, with WTRF going for about half that.<<< Why would anyone in their right mind want to pay through the nose for GOLD version of WTRF? mike in Barcelona, feeling dazed and confused... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 13:11:13 +0100 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: Re: Both Sides Now on DVD-A Hi Dave Yes I have a copy but only so far have a dvd-video player so only hear it in stereo (pah!) but I'm looking to upgrade to include the whole shebang with a hi-spec audio system. I have heard it on a mate's system and it was breathtaking... I think I should go into various audio shops with the disc and just blow them away with it... Probably the only dvd-audio disc out there (of modern music) that is worth the transfer. I think Counting Crows have one... but really... I wish that Travelodge would be transferred in the same way, but only because I love certain tracks on that album so much more. It is lovely hearing the 'smoky Joni' do her thing in surround, close our eyes and she could be 3 feet away singing... Much Joni Jamie Zoob PS sorry for not piping up about this post, I've been moving house for the past couple of weeks and finally it's all over and I've moved but still not got internet in the new place so I'm at work 'on lunch' at my desk On 31/03/06, Dave Blackburn wrote: > I don't know how many of you are into hi-res surround DVD-A but Both > Sides Now is absolutely breathtaking when you are "inside" the mix. > As far as I can tell it is the only Joni album available in true > 24/96 5.1 surround. If your DVD player is DVD-A capable and you have > the home theater speaker thing set up I highly recommend getting a > copy. They cost the same as a full price CD, about $18. > > But I'm getting the idea on this list that Joni's "smoky" last albums > are not well liked round here. My take on the smoking thread is that, > although watching someone shorten their life by smoking is tragic, > that very "tragic-ness" is conveyed in the singing voice and adds > gravitas to a lyric like nothing else. Bonnie Raitt too would never > have her sound without the whiskey and smokes all those pre-Grammy > years. For my money Joni's voice is gorgeous on her last albums even > though she sounds like a different singer than before. And BSN in > surround is the way to hear it. > > Dave > - -- 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: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:07:27 +0800 From: "Australian Seashells" Subject: More music forthcoming? Just stood in front of my CD collection, looked at Joni's collected works (every one a voyage of discovery and what a journey) and mused about the unlikely event of more original music from her turning up on that shelf. I feel like howling. Don't get me wrong. I do appreciate being a painter can be a full-time job too. Plus you can listen to music while you're painting. Do I love the visual arts? You bet. I have just discovered Rosella Namok (great painter, fabulous work!). Movies? - count me in, let's go. But Music is a fine line, an escalator, a barge, a toboggan slide directly into your subconscious, neatly bypassing security checks and other safeguards. It carries what you put here in the way of content, feeling, atmosphere, lyrics, understanding, heart's blood - you name it. It rushes right in and does weird and wild things to your insides. It's universal, making you grow, widening horizons and certainly helped me undermine my stubborn predjudices and limitations. Joni has dealt me a big, yummy, hefty slice of that cake and I am thankful and appreciative but I can't help it - I feel like Obelix, wanting the even bigger, yummier uncut bit. I want it all. Howl. If Joni has some unpublished music up her sleeve, I sincerely and truly wish she would release it now. If producing a new album is really too elaborate and expensive, why not make a few tracks available on the net? Now that would be like playing to a small intimate audience. The big wide world wouldn't notice, but all who care certainly would. Does she think she's forgotten? That nobody cares? Kidding, right?! Or is this reluctance still about success and recognition?! (Not that I mind the ongoing argument, as long as it turns into such songs as "Tiger" - please go right ahead, anger can be useful). But does she need gold-rimmed invitations or perhaps more heartfelt posts like these? Surely success is represented right here? To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. - inaccurately attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882). Go on, google it and find out who really wrote this - you know you want to.. :) Simone ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 07:35:50 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Joni guitar licks To which I must add the opening riff of Coyote. I get this rush of excitement knowing that the wonderful ride of the whole Hejira album is about to unfold. And I totally agree with CC about the George Benson/Jazz Chorus and (I'm guessing) MXR Phase 90 or Gibson Univibe being a great signature sound. She never used it again on other albums. The guitars and Jaco bass parts were also double tracked on much of the album and that gives the overall sound a great thickness and extra chorusing. I've been able to dial up a pretty close emulation of it on my POD XT with Epiphone 335; Robin and I are about to add Coyote to our show and so I've working on this sound. Dave Blackburn <6. Refuge Of The Roads, Song for Sharon and Hejira (Hejira/Shadows and Light versions)...the Ibanez George Benson and Roland Jazz Chorus amp combo still is a signature sound: insular and personally intimate, brilliantly devised in complement to the compositions and further proof of Joni's genius.> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:43:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Joni at the Duplex Tales of Joni: The Storefront Sings Mitchell Presented April 23 & 30 by BWW News Desk The Storefront has announced plans for its second production of 2006. Tales of Joni: The Storefront Sings Mitchell will be presented on Sundays, April 23rd and 30th at 7pm at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre (61 Christopher St., in the heart of New Yorks West Village). Tales of Joni follows on the success of We Miss Nancy: The Storefront Sings LaMott, which was presented in both 2005 and 2006. A stellar array of theatre and cabaret performers will present Mitchells work over the course of the two evenings. Included in the cast will be: Todd Almond, Lisa Asher, Bobby Belfry, Jeff Blumenkrantz (Broadways Urban Cowboy), Pamela Bob, Jarrod Cafaro (Naked Boys Singing), Nick Cearley, Brandon Cutrell, Sarajean Devenport, Baby Jane Dexter, Tim DiPasqua, Suzanne Fiore, Michael Holland, Karen Mack, Liz McCartney (Broadways Taboo), Brian Nash, Kate Pazakis, Ricky Ritzel, Gabrielle Stravelli and Rachel Ulanet. Tales of Joni will be produced and directed by Phil Geoffrey Bond, with Musical Direction by Ray Fellman. "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century. Uncompromising and iconoclastic, Mitchell confounded expectations at every turn; restlessly innovative, her music evolved from deeply personal folk stylings into pop, jazz, avant-garde and even world music, presaging the multicultural experimentation of the 1980s and 1990s by over a decade," state press notes. Mitchell began her rise to acclaim as singer of folk-rock music beginning in the mid-sixties. In addition, she also found success writing songs for other singers--"Both Sides Now" was a hit for Judy Collins, "Eastern Rain" for Fairport Convention" and "The Circle Game" for Tom Rush. Earning a cult following, her 1969 sophomore effort, "Clouds," reached the Top 40, while 1970's "Ladies of the Canyon" sold even better on the strength of the single "Big Yellow Taxi." It also included her anthemic composition, "Woodstock," a major hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. She reached her apex of commercial and critical approval with her landmark 1971 record Blue. Stylistic experimentation would mark follow-up albums such as "For the Roses," "Court and Spark," "Miles of Aisles," "The Hissing of Summer Lawns," "Hejira" and "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter," among others. Mitchell returned to pop territory for 1982's "Wild Things Run Fast;" the first single, a cover of the Elvis Presley hit "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care," became her first chart single in eight years. Mitchell made a move into electronic sounds with 1988's "Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm," featuring guests Peter Gabriel, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty and Billy Idol. Albums since include "Night Ride Home," "Taming the Tiger" and "Both Sides Now." Mitchell has announced that 2002's "Travelogue" will be her last album, as she intended to retire. Fortunately, she later renounced those plans. There is a $12 cover charge ($10 for members of MAC and Cabaret Hotline Online), as well as a two-drink minimum. Credit cards are accepted, and no one under 21 will be permitted. For reservations, please call 212.255.5438. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:56:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: More music forthcoming? - --- Australian Seashells wrote: > If Joni has some unpublished music up her sleeve, I > sincerely and truly wish > she would release it now. If producing a new album > is really too elaborate > and expensive, why not make a few tracks available > on the net? I would be content if she would decide to officially release a lot of the stuff that many of us have as bootlegs - the early songs. Even if I already have a lot of that stuff, I'd still welcome an offical release of it, with Joni's art and a nice booklet to go with it (large-print, please!) But I wouldn't object to a new song or two either. Maybe she's just taking a break? Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:59:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni guitar licks - --- Dave Blackburn wrote: > To which I must add the opening riff of Coyote. I > get this rush of > excitement knowing that the wonderful ride of the > whole Hejira album > is about to unfold. Oh yeah! Always sounds to me like just heading out on a trip to somewhere special. Every vacation road trip should commence with the playing of "Hejira" in its entirety the minute the key turns in the ignition. Those coyote chords are just the ticket. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:26:49 -0700 (PDT) From: osiris Subject: theocracy/timocracy, hierocracy... democracy? ya goota be kiddin` me! J S Bach has been credited with so many noble and Universal works. Beyond Brandenburg Concertosthe Well Tempered Clavier, Cello Suites, Jesu Joy of Man`s Desiring.. Music written and directed solely for the praise and Glory of "The One." "Woe be they Who forsake Eternity for the exploitation of the moment." Historically the quote is to have said... "Woe be He"... That was then, this is now. Politics makes for strange bedfellows; and, in light of the discourse on "Bareback Mountain" ,... I would have to agree. Although I have not seen it, We all have an obligation to "be" who and what We are. I`m sure that Plato and Aristotle would have their own opinion(s), just as We do. After all, they so eloquenlty described society... government ..democracy. As well as recognized Human nature. Absolute Power corrupts absolutely. Plutocracy? *snort*... yeah, You betcha! Xerocracy... Critical Mass.. "They can kill me once but; they can`t kill me twice". The common people rule? "I gotta get a" new hat" Bullwinkle Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:58:26 -0700 (PDT) From: osiris Subject: sjc< Annie DIllard Cold rain, a need for warmth have me quilted and warm beside the fire. Reading Anie Dillard again. "A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek." Joni has always provided me with such massive imagery, with the Art of words. Her and Dillard seem somehow connected... "like stations in some relay." I had to pause, contemplate after reading this one... again: "If the landscape reveals one certainty, It is that the Extravagant gesture is the very stuff of Creation. After the one extravagant gesture in the First Place, the Universe has continued to deal exclusively in extrvavgances. Flinging intricacies and collossi down aeons of emptiness; heaping profusions on profligacies with fresh vigor." Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:39:52 -0600 From: Kate Subject: Not much going on in Saskatchewan? Wrong. Bree: > also...on the prairies..not much going on..so any weather change would be > of great interest...a break in the monotony. Saskatchewan weather changes often and quickly. Like the agricultural lifestyle, it is far from monotonous for those who live and work in it, but since the province's economy is agriculture-based and the farm work schedule depends on the weather, people are intensely aware of what it's doing. Yep, we look to the sky and we notice what direction the wind's coming from. Also, we don't get a lot of precipitation some years so rain is usually welcomed, and because of our "big skies" an incoming squall can be quite the sight to see ... people would certainly clear a dance floor to go outside and watch a rainstorm coming in, especially if we haven't had any for a while. While there is a common misconception (by urbanites and teenagers) that all the excitement happens in the cities, where there is assumed to be a wider choice of entertainments, all you have to do is drop into a curling or skating rink in any small community in Saskatchewan and you'll find quite the beehive of activity ... every night and every weekend, all winter. And winter sports aren't all that can be found to do. Slo-pitch and softball are popular out here in spring and summer, and there are tournaments most weekends, and people travel all over the province to attend those in other communities as well. Then there are choirs, arts councils, Kinsmen and Lions groups ... kids are involved in dance, karate, 4-H clubs, and so on and so forth .... and don't get me started on all the stuff the ladies' church auxiliary groups have going on at any given moment. There is constant fundraising (dances, runs, walks, bake sales, bazaars, raffles, talent shows, teas, lunches, barbecues, poker derbies, on and on it goes ... there is something happening EVERY weekend and pretty much every night of the week in the town of about 1000 outside of which I live) for an endless number of charities (Saskatchewan people, in this "have-not" province of one million people, give more to charity per capita than any other province; whenever there's anything going on in the community, people get out and support it) and for projects like new halls, rink repairs, etc ... there is ALWAYS something going on! And not just in the winter. People are very active socially, and they're still working hard too, so they're always busy. Not much going on? Ha! The provincial economy is sluggish, yes -- but people who choose to live here find that there is plenty to do. Ah, the pastoral life ... well, it's not the quiet, laidback "retirement lifestyle" that urban dwellers imagine ... it's hard labour, usually seven long days a week ... and what amazes me is how people around here find the energy and time to be involved in all the social activities that are available. But they do. Bree, I didn't take offence at your off-the-cuff characterization of prairie weather or lifestyle ... but it is a too-common illusion I couldn't let pass without saying something. There is plenty going on ... I guess it's because people are people, wherever they are. Kate http://xoetc.antville.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:52:40 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Most Valuable Joni Item - ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike pritchard" > Why would anyone in their right mind want to pay through the nose for GOLD > version of WTRF? Because it's one of her best albums, silly! My most valuable Joni would be the memories of her performances at Bread & Roses w/Herbie Hancock & solo previewing songs from WTRF, and her show at Berkeley with Tom Scott/LA Express, complete with nipple slip! RR ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:56:10 -0700 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Joni guitar licks Gotta mention that opening chromatic run on "Woman of Heart and Mind" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 15:09:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Not much going on in Saskatchewan? Wrong. - --- Kate wrote: > While there is a common misconception (by urbanites > and teenagers) that all > the excitement happens in the cities, where there is > assumed to be a wider > choice of entertainments, all you have to do is drop > into a curling or > skating rink in any small community in Saskatchewan > and you'll find quite > the beehive of activity ... every night and every > weekend, all winter. And > winter sports aren't all that can be found to do. > Slo-pitch and softball are > popular out here in spring and summer, and there are > tournaments most > weekends, and people travel all over the province to > attend those in other > communities as well. My brother lives in Alberta (that rich oil province where they pay no sales tax, dammit!) Not the prairies, to be sure, but the foothills of the Rockies. (Well, sometimes. Right now, and for a few years since he was laid off at the papermill, he's working out of Edmonton, but his wife and youngest child are still back in stinky Hinton). They've lived out there for quite a long time and are ALWAYS doing something. They think nothing of driving hundreds of kilometres for a hockey game (whether it's the pros in Edmonton, or one of the kids' teams) or to see a rock concert. I can't believe how much energy they've got. I whine and bitch about how long it takes to get to and from work. I live less than 10 km from where I work, but still need to allow an hour each way because of traffic, subway delays & so on. There is definitely something to be said for living - and working - outside the city. My bro drives home (several hundred km) every weekend and then goes back to Edmonton either Sunday night or Monday morning early. And I've always loved a good thunderstorm. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:04:32 +0300 (EEST) From: Subject: S&L CD (cont.) Hi I noticed lots of sellers on eBay have the S&L 2xCD. They look like shops actually because it's a kind of standard bulk listing... I noticed the track listing is identical to my 2xLP, but if the details are correct, the total time is less than what's on my vinyls... I once made a tape of the 2xLP and made a note that the length is just over 84 minutes - the 2xCD (listed as Elektra 075596059022) is only: "1hr 12min 26sec". Looks like a mistake in the listing, but can anyone confirm it one way or the other....? - --jussi ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:49:15 +0300 (EEST) From: Subject: "Shadows And Light" on CD Hi I have "Shadows And Light" on 2xLP, but I am looking into buying it on a more playable format, meaning CD and/or DVD. I tried finding information about the formats but now I'm all confused... Am I right to think that there is no one format (audio or video) that has the complete track selection? I am aware of the 1xCD that omits some tracks and also of the DVD that omits different tracks, but adds "Raised On Robbery" and "Jaco's Solo". I suppose the older VHS and LD's are identical to DVD? Then there's a Japanese 2xCD set and a more recent U.S. (?) counterpart. Is the U.S. set remastered and does it sound better? Any differences in artwork worth mentioning? What about the chatter between tracks? I remember reading somewhere that the formats differ in that aspect as well. Is there someone out there that could tell me which format has what? - --jussi ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:27:51 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: "Shadows And Light" on CD This looks like your best bet and it's cheap: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002GXI/ I haven't done a back to back comparison with my vinyl, but with 2 discs, it should be complete. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of jus_puk@surfeu.fi Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 3:49 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: "Shadows And Light" on CD Hi I have "Shadows And Light" on 2xLP, but I am looking into buying it on a more playable format, meaning CD and/or DVD. I tried finding information about the formats but now I'm all confused... Am I right to think that there is no one format (audio or video) that has the complete track selection? I am aware of the 1xCD that omits some tracks and also of the DVD that omits different tracks, but adds "Raised On Robbery" and "Jaco's Solo". I suppose the older VHS and LD's are identical to DVD? Then there's a Japanese 2xCD set and a more recent U.S. (?) counterpart. Is the U.S. set remastered and does it sound better? Any differences in artwork worth mentioning? What about the chatter between tracks? I remember reading somewhere that the formats differ in that aspect as well. Is there someone out there that could tell me which format has what? - --jussi ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:01:56 -0400 From: merk54@aol.com Subject: Re: "Shadows And Light" on CD Not to make a confusing situation even more so, but I remember having S&L on cd (made from the LPs) which I listened to for years. When it finally came out on CD, I remember being shocked while listening to it because I thought one of the songs was a completely different version (sorry - I can't remember which one). It might just be drastically remixed, but the difference was obvious, and if I recall, it was most noticible in the lead guitar. Another friend also noticed the difference. I have never gone back and done song by song comparisons to prove this, but I definitely believe this to be the case. Does anyone else recall noticing this and if so, what song was it? Jack - -----Original Message----- From: Richard Flynn To: jus_puk@surfeu.fi; joni@smoe.org Sent: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:27:51 -0400 Subject: RE: "Shadows And Light" on CD This looks like your best bet and it's cheap: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002GXI/ I haven't done a back to back comparison with my vinyl, but with 2 discs, it should be complete. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of jus_puk@surfeu.fi Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 3:49 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: "Shadows And Light" on CD Hi I have "Shadows And Light" on 2xLP, but I am looking into buying it on a more playable format, meaning CD and/or DVD. I tried finding information about the formats but now I'm all confused... Am I right to think that there is no one format (audio or video) that has the complete track selection? I am aware of the 1xCD that omits some tracks and also of the DVD that omits different tracks, but adds "Raised On Robbery" and "Jaco's Solo". I suppose the older VHS and LD's are identical to DVD? Then there's a Japanese 2xCD set and a more recent U.S. (?) counterpart. Is the U.S. set remastered and does it sound better? Any differences in artwork worth mentioning? What about the chatter between tracks? I remember reading somewhere that the formats differ in that aspect as well. Is there someone out there that could tell me which format has what? - --jussi ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 15:54:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Most Valuable Joni Item > Why would anyone in their right mind want to > pay through the nose for GOLD > version of WTRF? I remember being in Best Buy way back when, and I saw a table with ten or so of them, selling for $4.95 each. Wish I had had the good sense to snatch them up, but since it was before ebay, jmdl, etc. I had no idea. Bob, big time WTRF fan NP: Ani, "Grey" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:19:18 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Most Valuable Joni Item > Why would anyone in their right mind want to pay through the nose for GOLD > version of WTRF? I just remembered I have one of those! An old gf bought it for me as a birthday gift, I believe. It's purty. Don't know what she paid for it, but she worked for Camelot Music at the time. Lori, who enjoys WTRF from time to time ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:39:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: "Shadows And Light" on CD Hi Jussi - always glad to see a message from you. I love S&L, and I have the 2-CD version. I had the LP release as well, and I couldn't tell you if anything from the 2-CD release is short of the original content - sounds like it's all there to me. Looks like the DVD omits "Don's Solo", "Dreamland", "God Must Be A Boogie Man" & "Woodstock" contained on the CD BUT the DVD contains "Jaco's Solo" & "Raised On Robbery" that's not on the CD and wasn't on the vinyl. So my advice - get 'em both! Bob NP: Peter Case, "Put Down The Gun" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:27:02 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: questions I am wondering about Joni''s references to questions. . . .. of any kind. I don't feel like looking it up. . . . and after all, I have YOU. What are any of Joni's references to *questions (of any kind)? Thanks. Marianne _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:33:22 +0000 From: "c Karma" Subject: re: Joni guitar licks Dave wrote: "To which I must add the opening riff of Coyote. I get this rush of excitement knowing that the wonderful ride of the whole Hejira album is about to unfold." The Rolling Stones seem to agree with you wholeheartedly since Richards ripped it intact for "Waiting on a Friend" (see "Tattoo You"). Wonder if he used the same open tuning? The second side of that record being as good an R&B recording as ever made. Some are probably asking, "what's a second side?" I often miss the theatricality inherent in framing LPs for turntable playing. There needed to be a pace that required a certain art in sequencing. It was especially difficult for double albums, designed to be played in side order. In my mind, that's what made "Shadows and Light" and "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" all the more brilliant. CC ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:04:11 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: Joni at the Duplex This sounds good! Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:43:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Joni at the Duplex Tales of Joni: The Storefront Sings Mitchell Presented April 23 & 30 by BWW News Desk The Storefront has announced plans for its second production of 2006. Tales of Joni: The Storefront Sings Mitchell will be presented on Sundays, April 23rd and 30th at 7pm at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre (61 Christopher St., in the heart of New Yorks West Village). Tales of Joni follows on the success of We Miss Nancy: The Storefront Sings LaMott, which was presented in both 2005 and 2006. A stellar array of theatre and cabaret performers will present Mitchells work over the course of the two evenings. Included in the cast will be: Todd Almond, Lisa Asher, Bobby Belfry, Jeff Blumenkrantz (Broadways Urban Cowboy), Pamela Bob, Jarrod Cafaro (Naked Boys Singing), Nick Cearley, Brandon Cutrell, Sarajean Devenport, Baby Jane Dexter, Tim DiPasqua, Suzanne Fiore, Michael Holland, Karen Mack, Liz McCartney (Broadways Taboo), Brian Nash, Kate Pazakis, Ricky Ritzel, Gabrielle Stravelli and Rachel Ulanet. Tales of Joni will be produced and directed by Phil Geoffrey Bond, with Musical Direction by Ray Fellman. "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century. Uncompromising and iconoclastic, Mitchell confounded expectations at every turn; restlessly innovative, her music evolved from deeply personal folk stylings into pop, jazz, avant-garde and even world music, presaging the multicultural experimentation of the 1980s and 1990s by over a decade," state press notes. Mitchell began her rise to acclaim as singer of folk-rock music beginning in the mid-sixties. In addition, she also found success writing songs for other singers--"Both Sides Now" was a hit for Judy Collins, "Eastern Rain" for Fairport Convention" and "The Circle Game" for Tom Rush. Earning a cult following, her 1969 sophomore effort, "Clouds," reached the Top 40, while 1970's "Ladies of the Canyon" sold even better on the strength of the single "Big Yellow Taxi." It also included her anthemic composition, "Woodstock," a major hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. She reached her apex of commercial and critical approval with her landmark 1971 record Blue. Stylistic experimentation would mark follow-up albums such as "For the Roses," "Court and Spark," "Miles of Aisles," "The Hissing of Summer Lawns," "Hejira" and "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter," among others. Mitchell returned to pop territory for 1982's "Wild Things Run Fast;" the first single, a cover of the Elvis Presley hit "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care," became her first chart single in eight years. Mitchell made a move into electronic sounds with 1988's "Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm," featuring guests Peter Gabriel, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty and Billy Idol. Albums since include "Night Ride Home," "Taming the Tiger" and "Both Sides Now." Mitchell has announced that 2002's "Travelogue" will be her last album, as she intended to retire. Fortunately, she later renounced those plans. There is a $12 cover charge ($10 for members of MAC and Cabaret Hotline Online), as well as a two-drink minimum. Credit cards are accepted, and no one under 21 will be permitted. For reservations, please call 212.255.5438. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:45:11 -0400 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: questions Marianne asked: <<< What are any of Joni's references to *questions (of any kind)? >>> Here are a few that popped into my head: The Dawntreader Peridots and periwinkle blue medallions Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor Treasure somewhere in the sea and he will find where Never mind their questions there's no answer for The roll of the harbor wake The songs that the rigging makes The taste of the spray he takes And he learns to give He aches and he learns to live He stakes all his silver On a promise to be free Mermaids live in colonies All his seadreams come to me Conversation But I'll listen to his questions I'll give my answers when they're found He says she keeps him guessing But I know she keeps him down See you Sometime We're in for more rain I could sure use some sunshine on my apple trees It seems such a shame We start out so kind and end so heartlessly I couldn't take them all on then With a headful of questions and hypes So when the hopes got so slim I just resigned But I'd still like to see you sometime I'd sure like to see you Warmly, Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:16:00 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Most Valuable Joni Item My most valuable Joni item has got to be her first promotional headshot photo circa 1968 when she was under the management of Elliot Roberts _http://jonimitchell.com/bio/bio.cfm?id=232_ (http://jonimitchell.com/bio/bio.cfm?id=232) I purchased it on Ebay for about $30.00. I don't know how true it is, but the guy I bought it from told me it was found in the garbage in front of the old Filmore East and that it came from Bill Graham's office. Can you imagine?!? I have yet to see another one surface. rosie in nj ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:27:31 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: earth / sky And "geared to changing weather" is a great line too. It sounds fantastic. It jangles like a Rickenbacker. Marianne said, >When I hear:> >>"they're such sky oriented people">> >(that line is delightful)> >I think of Native Americans.> Jim L Now playing in the other room: Tori Amos' "China". Remember that one? She has some great lines too. "I can feel the dis- tance. Get- ting close." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:58:34 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni questions A lazy inquisitive mind asks: What are any of Joni's references to *questions (of any kind)? Hi Lim, Perhaps my favorite Joni question ever is: "Do you want to dance" Other favorites: "does the moon play only silver" "dying roses will they will their perfumed rhapsodies to me" "and when (I) we ask you why" "how did you come to trade the fiddle for the drum" "Can I(we) help you find the peace and the star" "Lady, have you no heart" "wondering, where had it to go" I can think more easily of commands than questions in Joni's songs... like "shine your light on me Miss Liberty" or "look at those jokers" or "study war no more" or "send me somebody whose strong and somewhat sincere," etc. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 00:05:57 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Re: "Shadows And Light" on CD I second that. One of the things about the DVD is how much energy is on stage during "Dry Cleaners". Plus, it's pretty cool to see Metheny in the same band as Pastorius. I even like the video which accompanies "Amelia". Jim L. >Looks like the DVD omits "Don's Solo", "Dreamland", "God Must Be A Boogie Man" & "Woodstock" contained on the CD BUT the DVD contains "Jaco's Solo" & "Raised On Robbery" that's not on the CD and wasn't on the vinyl. So my advice - get 'em both!> ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:34:39 -0400 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: Not much going on in Saskatchewan? Wrong. No offense taken at all Kate. I enjoyed reading your post. It gave me a nice insight into rural life there. Bree > >Bree, I didn't take offence at your off-the-cuff characterization of >prairie >weather or lifestyle ... but it is a too-common illusion I couldn't let >pass >without saying something. There is plenty going on ... I guess it's because >people are people, wherever they are. > >Kate >http://xoetc.antville.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:06:22 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Joni only, or all posts about music? Thinking more about this ... Victor wrote, about the option of subscribing to the "only Joni" options versus receiving all posts: > Actually that's NOT really an option because then one > only gets email relating to Joni, excluding any other > music related email, which would defeat the whole > purpose of switching. What do the "only Joni" people think of receiving email that may not be Joni-related but is still music related? If listers were to omit the (N*JC) tag from music-related email, would you welcome that? Or do you already get enough other music-related email from other sources? Personally, although I subscribe to the "everything" mode, if I subcribed to the "only Joni" mode I think that I would like prefer to receive all music-related email. Otherwise I would miss out on a lot of great new music that people hear and pass on via this list. But that's just me. What about YOU? I'm posting this to the entire group because I would like to encourage discussion about it. You can respond privately to me or to the group, with or without the (N*JC) tag. (Or has this been discussed before?) Thanks, Lori ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:08:27 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Joni only, or all posts about music? Let me rephrase: > You can respond privately to me or to the group, with or > without the (N*JC) tag. Actually, it's not really my call ... please use your best judgment. Lori P.S. - This was a typo: > I would like prefer to receive all music-related email. Just because I now live in California doesn't mean I've, like, started talking that way! ; ) ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #103 ********************************* ------- 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)