From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #169 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Tuesday, June 13 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 169 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Tom Rush concert (some JC) [Chuck Eisenhardt ] Re: Exciting News!! [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Joni quote on PBS ["mia _" ] Re: LAURA NYRO Inquiry ["Ron" ] RE: ...suffer what they must [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Songs to Aging Children (aka Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke) sjc [Pat] RE: ...suffer what they must ["bluejr@adelphia.net" ] Re: re Folk Blues Country Afro- Celtic [Patti Witten ] Songs to Aging Children (aka Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke) sjc ["Kate] RE: Shawn Colvin's next album - These 4 Walls (SJC) ["Azeem" ] Mika Princ'esa Noastre and Tziganest Neboon [Nuriel Tobias Subject: Tom Rush concert (some JC) Barb and I saw Tom Rush Saturday night at Sanders Theater @Harvard. Great show, wonderful room. Tom looked great, but not exactly like the Circle Game cover. Rush player 'Circle Game' early on. It was amazing to hear him do it. He told a story of being at a festival with Joni, and backstage he overheard B.B. King teaching Joni how to play 'The Thrill Is Gone' for a guest shot. He said, 'First, we play some shit, then you sing, then we play some more shit, you sing again, then we play some more shit.' Rush did 'Urge for Going' late in the program. Someone shouted out for it, and he said he was going to do it for an encore, but did it then and there. (He got all the words right!) My other favorite moment was when he was describing being a Club 47 rat hanging out and learning Blues from the folks coming thru town. He said he used to write down even colorful expressions he heard tossed off by the players My favorite quote related was from a New Orleans player: (referring to a piece of the male anatomy) '....so cold out there it shrunk me up like a stack of dimes'. (pause) ',,,,about 30 cents worth' Chuck ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:42:50 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Exciting News!! Happy to share the news, Kakki. I'm delighted to see that the first run is already gone, I figured that it would be. I haven't checked, but the songs are probably also available for download on itunes and other sources for those that don't want to wait until re-stocking gets done. I think that Henning might have been hesitant to give cdbaby lots of copies - last time 'round he sold lots of CD's at Jonifest and by the time he put it on cdbaby lots of us already had purchased copies. I hope he continues to shift major units with this one, I'd love to see them carry on and dip into Joni's 80's/90's work a bit and of course venture into more unreleased territory. Bob NP: Morcheeba, "The Sea" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. 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Joni was even quoted: We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden. Although I'm not much of a gardener myself, I enjoyed this program immensely. The photography was incredibly beautiful and I loved listening to the interviews of the gardeners, especially about their artistic approaches. The show was also broadcast in high def which just made it more appealing to watch. Highly recommended. Mia ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:28:37 +0200 From: "Ron" Subject: Re: LAURA NYRO Inquiry hi matt > Having said all that, does anyone here know of any Laura Nyro footage, > aside from the Monterey clips? I managed to find one video of a song, > Laura performing on a brightly lit stage. Pictures from this same > performance are in the photo archive on lauranyro.net, and I wondered if > anyone could tell me the story. Was this a whole concert recorded for > television or broadcast on television? well - i cant help you with the story about that clip - but i can point you to some others. go to youtube: www.youtube.com & do a search on laura nyro. i found 8 clips listed. http://www.youtube.com/results?search=laura+nyro&search_type=search_videos&search=Search ron ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:30:50 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: RE: ...suffer what they must Catherine quoted: "It's not the earth the meek inherit, it's the dirt." - --- Lerner and Lowe Here are some quotes about the earth: A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. - - Franklin D. Roosevelt Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the hands in the earth, that ancient ceremony of which the Pope kissing the tarmac is merely a pallid vestigial remnant. - - Margaret Attwood Mud is the most poetical thing in the world. - - R. H. Blyth Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. - - Kahlil Gibran It is apparent that no lifetime is long enough in which to explore the resources of a few square yards of ground. - - Alice M. Coats All that we did, all that we said or sang Must come from contact with the soil . . . . - - William Butler Yeats, The Municipal Gallery Revisited Soil is a resource, a living, breathing entity that, if treated properly, will maintain itself. It's our lifeline for survival. When it has finally been depleted, the human population will disappear. .... Project you imagination into the soil below you next time you go into the garden. Think with compassion of the life that exists there. Think, the drama, the sexuality, the harvesting, the work that carries on ceaselessly. Think about the meaning of being a steward for the earth. - - Marjorie Harris, In the Garden, 1995 When you throw dirt, you lose ground. - - Texan proverb Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains. - - Author Unknown The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly, but living poetry like the leaves of a tree, which precede flowers and fruit - not a fossil earth, but a living earth; compared with whose great central life all animal and vegetable life is merely parasitic. - - Henry David Thoreau, Walden Soil . . . scoop up a handful of the magic stuff. Look at it closely. What wonders it holds as it lies there in your palm. Tiny sharp grains of sand, little faggots of wood and leaf fiber, infinitely small round pieces of marble, fragments of shell, specks of black carbon, a section of vertebrae from some minute creature. And mingling with it all the dust of countless generations of plants and flowers, trees, animals and b yes b our own, age-long forgotten forebears, gardeners of long ago. Can this incredible composition be the common soil? - - Stuart Maddox Masters, The Seasons Through Most of all one discovers that the soil does not stay the same, but, like anything alive, is always changing and telling its own story. Soil is the substance of transformation. - - Carol Williams The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the earth and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth. Their tipis were built upon the earth and their altars were made of earth. The birds that flew into the air came to rest upon the earth and it was the final abiding place of all things that lived and grew. The soil was soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing. - - Chief Luther Standing Bear You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. - - Native American Wisdom ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:46:32 -0400 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: Songs to Aging Children (aka Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke) sjc Brian Gross wrote: > > Too old to die young > A generation that found meaning in rock 'n' roll now seeks guidance for aging > gracefully in a culture of youth. > By WILLIAM McKEEN > Published June 11, 2006 Thanks for sharing this! Fantastic article. I sent it on to my fellow Rosanne Cash songwriting workshops alumni. For me it was pretty male-oriented -- only 2 women were mentioned in the article, Janis and Joni - -- but close to my own perspective nonetheless. Wonder what Joni would say about that? Maybe, "Same old same old." Here's the link again for those who missed it http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/11/Perspective/Too_old_to_die_young.shtml#Anc hor-49575 Patti - -- http://pattiwitten.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:16:54 -0400 From: "bluejr@adelphia.net" Subject: RE: ...suffer what they must Or another quote, although this was in reference to acquiring real estate, from Will Rogers: "Land, they're not making any more of it". JR in NH - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:09:13 -0400 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: re Folk Blues Country Afro- Celtic ron wrote: > americana: > well - yes. blues, and folk, and jazz, and country, has been around for > ages. but not in the way it is blended together now. there are some truly > great artists out there. I didn't catch the beginning of this thread so forgive me if this only muddies the water (sorry!) AFAIK "Americana" is an industry-generated term often used to replace "alt-country" and intended to capture the radio listening demographic that likes Rock, AAA, everything-but-pop-Country, and genres from folk to bluegrass to all things Texas. I'm not knocking it -- I'm attracted to the related press and the radio format, and much of my own stuff falls into this bin -- but isn't it artificial in the sense that it's a marketing term, not a genre created by fans and bands, like punk or grunge? http://www.austin360.com/xl/content/music/xl/2005/10/music_10-13-05.html http://www.americanamusic.org/ http://www.americanaroots.com/content/index.php And, yes, there are some truly great artists in this format. I like these a lot: Rosanne Cash, Patty Griffin, and Eliza Gilkyson. Patti - -- http://pattiwitten.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:19:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul In MD Subject: Worm Traveling The Net Today Hi Jonilistas, There's a worm traveling thru Cyberspace today targeting users of Yahoo email. If anyone receives an email from an acquaintance with the subject line "New Graphic Site", DON'T open it. Here's a link to the story which you can open without fear. http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060612/tc_pcworld/126048 I inadvertantly opened an email before I realized what it was. If I've infected anyone, I humbly apologize in advance. Back to lurkdom ... Paul In MD Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:30:13 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Songs to Aging Children (aka Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke) sjc Nice to see an article remembering the band... they were brilliant & one of a kind... however the author's pov was a little one sided IMO or just didn't do all of his homework... robbie has released quite a few albums that I've enjoyed over the years (singing his own songs) & levon performs regular shows & invites his friends to join him in his studio in Woodstock ny... sounds like a great event! http://www.levonhelm.com/midnight_ramble.htm >The five members of the Band stood on that hillside, dressed - so one wag said - like frontier rabbis, giving us a calm, reasonable and reassuring voice in times of insanity. Where are these boys of summer now? Rick Danko, dead of a drug overdose; Levon Helm, his magnificent voice ravaged by cancer; Richard Manuel, dead of a suicide in a Florida motel room; Garth Hudson, musical genius and backwoods recluse; and Robbie Robertson, retired from performing, tinkering with a film score now and then.< ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:43:03 +0100 From: "Azeem" Subject: RE: Shawn Colvin's next album - These 4 Walls (SJC) > We are done! It took a little less than a year to make. > I am so so proud of this work. > It will be called "These 4 Walls". John [Leventhal] has > done a beautiful job. I'm so happy. And relieved. The > artwork is kooky, of course, done by a woman named > Maggie Taylor. [ www.maggietaylor.com ] Well I'm delighted Shawn has a new album on the way; my heart sank when I saw that John Leventhal was again (over)producing, but as I've waxed huffy about that in the past I won't repeat myself. Paul continued: << She's also just announced more good news for us Brits - the probability of a UK tour in September! Whilst I've seen her several times since, the first time was at the Jazz Cafi in London - with Larry Klein on bass and Stueart Smith (now with The Eagles) on guitar, in 1994. It was absolutely brilliant - a Sony showcase promoting her then new album 'Fat City' which she'd not long recorded in Joni's home studio (The Kiva). >> Paul, I was there!! That was a stunning show indeed, one of the greatest gigs of my life. Shawn was on ripsnorting form as a singer, guitarist, between songs raconteuse and general funny woman. Steuart Smith, despite his regrettable inability to spell his own first name, was jaw-droppingly good, while Larry Klein played great bass and proved quite a comedian too. She finished with You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, the first time I'd heard her unimprovable rendition of Dylan's classic. I saw her a week or two later at a much bigger theatre in London, and that was, if anything, even better. She showed her ability to combine bathos with pathos with her hilarious - and perfectly timed - introduction to Shotgun Down The Avalanche, one of her greatest songs; Larry Klein did his Neil Diamond impression; Steuart Smith dazzled us again. Shawn in concert is a wonderful thing, dear people, don't hesitate if you get the chance. You will find out what you can't find from her studio records (thanks to John Leventhal, mutter mutter): that she really is a superb guitar player. Azeem in London - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/361 - Release Date: 11/06/2006 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:11:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: RE: Shawn Colvin's next album - These 4 Walls (SJC) - --- Azeem wrote: > Steuart > Smith, despite his regrettable inability to spell > his own first name, > was jaw-droppingly good, LOL! Blame his parents, I guess - but I'm also looking forward to a new Shawn. It has been a while. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:59:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: Exciting News!! I've heard claims that Joni's next album, titled "Schpotz On My Appfles - A Tribute To Denmark's Songwriters", will not only include famous Danish songs as "Ik Druten ist Volk MERN Dast Moo-Moo in Deir Gloostbliken" ("I Do Believe That's MY Cow You're Holding in Your Barnyard"), "Wir Hosk Raufen Knookst Familust, Ort Das Klend Bersten Likrish Genbruten" ("We May Not Be The Danish Royal Family, But We Do Occasionally Enjoy Having Salted Liquorice For Breakfast"), "Flaus DRAGEN Dist Zauk Turkken Sloprauk MIR Blustruk Kooken Rezept?!" ("How DARE You Feed That Turkish Immigrant With MY Butter Cookies?!" and "Ner, Ik Dort Forkst Dost Svedska Whooren Ok Naturn Bloondska" ("No, I Don't Think That Swedish Bitch Is a Natural Blonde"), but will also include several unreleased Danish songs as "Var Erst Dost Noostrat Loofstar Ond Dok Hans Christian Andersen Urkfolt, Grostbist?" ("What Are Those Strange Stains I See In Your Hans Christian Andersen Book, Grandson?"), "Vir Hast Dut Flugen Raufst Copenhagen Zolt Vir Huslik Mer Zon Ik Hetrozezualist" ("We Had To Leave Copenhagen Once We Found Out That Our Son Is Heterosexual"), "Ik Flostska Mik Hoosbrok Hast Glooben Der Klinen Murmod, Doktur" ("I'm Afraid My Husband Has Gone To Visit That Little Mermaid Statue Again, Doctor"), "Vod Ik Zakst Du Miks Doks Glops Karen Blixen Oort, Bak Ik Zerbaloostrik NEI framski Afrikansksa Brosks!" ("When I Said That You Should Get Into Karen Blixen, I Most Certainly Did NOT Mean That You Should Start Dating African Men!", and last, op zog not least, the very unreleased song "Ik Nei Zankst Mit Kinst Os Van Gogh, Ust Task Dorn Zuren Gasks Muhammadska Karkooska!" ("I'm Not Saying That My Child Is Van Gogh, But He Sure Can Draw Some Excelent Muhammad Cartoons!") Love You Guys, Nuri Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:37:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Mika Princ'esa Noastre and Tziganest Neboon On their way to swimming pool this morning, my parents decided to visit my place and surprise me with a fresh chocolate croissant. So me and my dad are sitting on the sofa while my mother, as usual, looks for anything she can clean. Since my CDs collection is, as usual, a total mess, my mother decides to oragnise it. So she's digging into that chaos of CDs with no covers, covers with no CDs, etc', when she suddenly spots the little lyric book that's included to the Turbulent Indigo CD with that tiny black and white photo of Joni holding her painting, wearing sandals and smiling to the camera. My mother glimps at Joni's photo, hands it to my father, and says to him in Romanian: "Nu, skumpi, che spui de-la mika princ'esa noastre?" - "Well, my dear, what do you say about our little princess?" He looks at the photo and says to her: "Oy-vey, dec'e TU nu pots se arets la-fel cu ya la virsta tine'?" - "Oy-vey, why can't YOU look like her at your age?" To which my mother replied "Da che krez, tempitule, ce yo sunt un tziganest neboon?!" - "And what do you think, moron, that i'm a crazy gypsy?!" I nearly choked on my croissant! Nuri Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #169 ********************************* ------- 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)