From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #356 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, December 13 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 356 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Rolling Thunder Revue Complete [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: BSN again [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Fwd: BSN again [missblux@googlemail.com] Re: BSN again [Catherine McKay ] Re: BSN again ["Cassy" ] Re: Fwd: BSN again [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] rejoicing! ["Kate Bennett" ] Rolling Thunder Revue ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Re: Joni the Prophet ["Lori Fye" ] RE: Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 71-83 of JM Covers ["Rob Argen] Re: Fwd: BSN again [missblux@googlemail.com] "Todo sobre mi madre" - perhaps reaching for JC but what the heck ["Lori ] Re: Joni the Prophet [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] re: back on line ["Joe Farrell" ] Re: JMDL Digest V2006 #472 [Claud9 ] Joni on the radio [David Sapp ] * CLOSED Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 71-83 of JM Covers ["Rob ] Prince delivers falsetto vocal on beautiful Joni Mitchell balla... ["Wa] Re: Joni recording again [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: BSN again- crows ["Kate Bennett" ] "Todo sobre mi madre" - perhaps reaching for JC but what the heck ["Kate ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:21:56 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Rolling Thunder Revue Complete Hello people. I have been trying to upload part two of the Rolling Thunder Revue onto megaupload.com but it sat there doing nothing for over an hour. I've had to go back to yousendit.com for this one. Maybe someone else can post it on one of the other sites. If any other new recordings of this tour come to light, please let me know so I can revise it again. Download Part Two here: http://download.yousendit.com/357B87534A6DCB51 Mark in Sydney NP Alarm Call - Bjvrk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:40:16 +0000 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: Re: joni on mabel mercer Hi Joseph, its not an article but am interview so type in mabel mercer into th research engine it jonimitchell.com and it should get you stuff. Much Joni Jamie Zooby - -- 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 for voice-overs at http://uk.voicespro.com/jamie.zubairi1 acting CV and showreel at http://uk.castingcallpro.com/u/81749 http://www.jamiezubairi.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:03:24 +0000 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: BSN again Hey Jonimoaners, I hope you'll sort the smoking and vehicle-testing issues soon, because I'd like to hear your opinion about the crows singing (if thats what crows do) on I wish I were in love again, on BSN. Why crows? And are they crows...? Let me knows! Otherwise I may get sulky.... Bene ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:26:10 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Joni the Prophet Hi Timbo - yes, this is certainly true. It's happened to me mostly with Hejira (the song) which didn't mean much to me when I first heard it at 18 but now explodes with meaning and significance. Just this morning, I was reading about Iraqmire and Joni's lines: "Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans" were ringing in my head. Bob NP: The Smithereens, "The Seeker" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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I mean, my life would have been great enough, gifted with a good voice and tuned into some of the best music around; Fred Neil, Bob Dylan, Richard Farina, Bob Gibson, Ian Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot, Phil Ochs, all the greats and a great gig, just when I was hitting my stride, as house performer for a truly awesome coffeehouse, playing almost every weekend whether as the intermission set for the likes of Josh White Jr., Loring James, Michael Cooney, or playing the weekend myself when there were no other, better-than-myself acts available... I had all this going on and I was only 17 and then in walks this queen, sparkling with quickfire and beauty unimaginable... and, as if that weren't enough, not only did I get to witness the sweet glory of her sets but I also had the extreme privelege of performing for her as well as, most of the time, she'd come out from the back and watch while I played the interim set. Wow, when I think of that now it just blows me away! I would have been so nervous if I knew I was playing for a legend but the Joni I knew just loved the music and, from her attitude, I knew she was digging it. No, I'm sorry, the only pics I have from back then are posted on my Joni page. The one small polaroid I had of Chuck and Joni and myself was stolen long ago. We didn't have that many shutterbugs in the Cellar gang. Cheers, Pat - -- "The last time I saw Joni was Detroit in '68..." http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/phenryboland/ - -- > Hey Pat. > > It must be wonderful to have those memories to look back on. > You have no doubt told your stories on the JMDL. > I have been a member for many years but for the last 3-4 I just haven't had time to keep up...2 jobs 4 kids..... > Do you have photos from this era? > No doubt they are already posted somewhere. > > Cheers > Michael ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:42:23 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: BSN again No no, Bene - life's too short to get sulky about such things. I've never heard any crows on that track (I Wish I Were In Love Again). When do you hear them? What I DO hear in that track (actually my favorite one on the disc - it at least tries to swing) is Joni singing the same bridge twice as opposed to singing Lorenz Hart's additional lyrics. Bob NP: Placebo, "Running Up That Hill" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:58:43 +0000 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Fwd: BSN again Oops I forgot to cc the list... - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: missblux@googlemail.com Date: Dec 12, 2006 2:28 PM Subject: Re: BSN again To: "Bob.Muller@fluor.com" I guess you are right, so I won't sulk...! The crows that now sound fainter and fainter to me as I try to locate them are in the music preceding the verse that begins with 'The firtive sigh'. It's after the chorus. To be very precise, on my CD it begins quietly at appr. 1 mins 28 secs, then goes away, comes back at 1.45 and is very distinct at 1.55, right after the brass has had a loud blow. Maybe it's something else... Or maybe they wanted crows for stormy weather...?? It sounds like qwaah qwaah just like crows circling in the air. Thanks for listening..! Benedicte On 12/12/06, Bob.Muller@fluor.com wrote: > > > > No no, Bene - life's too short to get sulky about such things. > I've never heard any crows on that track (I Wish I Were In Love Again). When > do you hear them? > > What I DO hear in that track (actually my favorite one on the disc - it at > least tries to swing) is Joni singing the same bridge twice as opposed to > singing Lorenz Hart's additional lyrics. > > Bob > > NP: Placebo, "Running Up That Hill" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:15:50 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: BSN again - --- missblux@googlemail.com wrote: > Hey Jonimoaners, > > I hope you'll sort the smoking and vehicle-testing > issues soon, > because I'd like to hear your opinion about the > crows singing (if > thats what crows do) on I wish I were in love again, > on BSN. > > Why crows? And are they crows...? > > Let me knows! > > Otherwise I may get sulky.... > > Bene > I don't remember hearing any crows but will listen again when I get the chance. My CD player is broken. I guess I could listen on the computer. I'm going to assume that you're right and there really are crows cawing. It wouldn't surprise me, because Joni loves her crows. Her music publishing company is (was? because I think she has had several different names?) Crazy Crow Music. (did it start as SIQUOMB and then becomes Cwazy Cwow?) And then there's the song "Black Crow" (diving down to pick up on every shiny thing) and the outfit she wears skating (on/in the Hejira album and Prairie Girl too.) The crow has great symbolism in many cultures - try a google search on "symbolism of crow" and you will find many references. Joni digs that stuff, so there you have it. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:24:17 -0500 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: BSN again From: missblux@googlemail.com <<< The crows that now sound fainter and fainter to me as I try to locate them are in the music preceding the verse that begins with 'The firtive sigh'. It's after the chorus. To be very precise, on my CD it begins quietly at appr. 1 mins 28 secs, then goes away, comes back at 1.45 and is very distinct at 1.55, right after the brass has had a loud blow. >>> I don't hear any crows Cassy NP: Dan Fogelberg - Seeing You Again ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:11:48 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Fwd: BSN again And you ARE talking about "I Wish I Were In Love Again", right? I listened to those sections - twice - with headphones, at a healthy volume - and I don't hear any crows. Maybe I have a special crow-free version? Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen, "Livin' On The Edge Of The World" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:57:25 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: rejoicing! We are all rejoicing timbo! Everyone's wearing their lampshade crowns! >Dear all.....i hope everyone is rejoicing the fact that joni is back in the studio with Brian blade, Herbie Hancock and the great Wayne Shorter working on a new album...for me her retirement was understandable but just a touch devastating....has anyone noticed how many of her songs become more apt the older one gets....have a great christmas everyone....drink, be merry piss in the fireplace and drag them through turbulent indigo....cheers timbo< ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:15:46 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Rolling Thunder Revue I'm digesting the Rolling Thunder mp3s and this is my favorite moment so far: Joni sings >"Paper" wives and their "paper" kids >paper the walls to keep their gut reactions hid. A woman close to the taper said, >That's a good line! Amen. We'll pass the plate now. Jim L. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:13:09 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Joni the Prophet > Just this morning, I was reading about Iraqmire and Joni's lines: > > "Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans" For me, that's extra significant because I know, Bob, that DED is probably your least fave Joni album! : ) Lori, who loves DED Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:53:27 -0500 From: "Rob Argento" Subject: RE: Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 71-83 of JM Covers The disks arrived yesterday and I have cloned all 13 of them. So Joni Covers 71-83 inclusive are ready to be sent off to the next person. For those not aquainted with the traditional rules, here they are below. First come - first serve - send me a personal email and I will respond both to you and the list. Thanks again to those who have made this possible. /Robban - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Music Is Special" To: "Joni List" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:35 PM Subject: * CORRECTED Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 71-83 of JM Covers > In order to enable latecomers to the list or new traders have a > chance of listening to Bob Muller's incredible compilation of covers > of Joni's songs here is the latest round of the Perpetual Joni Covers > Train. Volumes 71 - 83 (taking you right up to this month's release). > > These are uncompressed WAV files for those who care about such things -- > they are not the MP3 versions. > > For those not familiar with trading trains, here is how they work: > When the disks come to you, you make copies of as much of the > contents as you want, and then you post back to > this list offering to pass the disks along to the next person. You do not > keep the originals -- you keep the copies you made for yourself. On most > trains, the convention is that you make the copies and send the masters > along within two days. For these trains, you must agree to turn them > around > within two weeks. Sometimes the offer goes unclaimed. Bob and I expect > that > to happen from time to time. So, by participating, you agree to just hang > on to the disks and then make another offer a month or so later (or to > respond if somebody posts a grovel looking for them). In theory, if > everybody takes good care of the disks, wrapping them well, not letting > them > get scratched, etc. and passes them along, these covers will run on the > tracks for years. Nobody is going to monitor the progress of these trains > so if you participate and then lose the disks or fail to reoffer them, you > will have kept others from enjoying them. When you post an offer, please > include these "rules". One final note, I know a few folks like to > compress > these > into MP3s. If you want to, go ahead but please do not send MP3s to the > next > person - MP3s permanently delete some of the "data" and sound > quality degrades so please pass the masters along. > > So, anybody who would like to receive volumes 51-60, please send me: > 1. Your mailing address and > 2. Your promise to reoffer, etc. > > Enjoy and happy holidays, Eric > > > P.S. If you are sitting on any of the earlier rounds, please offer them > up > again as its been a while and new folks might be interested. Thanks ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:53:38 +0000 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Re: Fwd: BSN again Hmm... thanks a lot for listening! This is very strange! I hear them at the same places, every time. And as I said, it used to confuse me because I thought they were outside my window. Here is another description, but I guess if you don't hear them then then you just don't hear them...! Right after the fourth verse, which begins with The flying fur of cat and cur and ends with I wish I were in love again, some of the brass, I guess the trumpets, have a loud blast and then go away, then follows some piano and then some other wind or brass, horns I would guess. Then the first brass which I think are trumpets,start coming back, they go bap .. bap.. bap... then bap louder and louder and have another blast and disappear. Each time, just after the blast, there is this qwraa, qwraa, just two or three of them. The second time around at 1.55 - 1.57 mins, they are quite loud. Perhaps the first ones, at about 1.28, you wouldn't notice if you hadn't noticed them previously (at another listen!) at 1.57... I don't hear them on any other song of the album! I guess if the rest of you don't hear them then it's not intended, but some side-effect from something else that is going on. Crows seem to denote misfortune, they seem a bit misplaced here.... Thanks again, though, for listening... Bene On 12/12/06, Bob.Muller@fluor.com wrote: > > begins quietly at appr. 1 mins 28 secs, then goes away, comes back at > 1.45 and is very distinct at 1.55, right after the brass has had a > loud blow.> > > And you ARE talking about "I Wish I Were In Love Again", right? > > I listened to those sections - twice - with headphones, at a healthy volume > - and I don't hear any crows. > > Maybe I have a special crow-free version? > > Bob > > NP: Bruce Springsteen, "Livin' On The Edge Of The World" > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > If you are not the intended recipient of this message you > are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, > dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken > in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the > material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message > are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect > the views of the company. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:29:42 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: "Todo sobre mi madre" - perhaps reaching for JC but what the heck Saw a Netflix movie last night: "Todo sobre mi madre" -- All About My Mother. It's a Spanish film, set in Madrid and Barcelona, and has English and French subtitles available. Penelope Cruz has a supporting role. The movie reminded me of Joni many times for several reasons: - - The play "A Streetcar Named Desire" figures prominently. ("She dodges the light like Blanche DuBois") - - The lead actor, Cecilia Roth, in certain camera angles resembles Joni. - - A supporting actor, Marisa Paredes, plays stage actor Huma Rojo. At one point, Huma says about her own cigarette smoking: "Smoke's all there's been in my life.'' Not that Joni would actually say that very thing, but it reminded me of Joni's belief that smoking grounds her. The movie is interesting and quite entertaining, and I would see it again. Plot Summary for Todo sobre mi madre (1999) A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his 17th birthday as he runs to seek an actress's autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad's father, a transvestite named Lola who does not know he has a child. First she finds her friend, Agrado, also a transvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador, and by happenstance, becomes the personal assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired. She helps Huma manage Nina, the co-star and Huma's lover, and she becomes Rosa's caretaker during a dicey pregnancy. With echoes of Lorca, "All About Eve," and "Streetcar Named Desire," the mothers (and fathers and actors) live out grief, love, and friendship. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185125/ Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:05:59 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Joni the Prophet I don't beat up DED as bad as lots of folks, Lori - I've always contended that CMIARS is my least fave of Joni's albums of original songs. I don't include BSN & TLOG or any of the compilations in that assessment. Bob NP: Tom Waits, "The Return of Jackie & Judy" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:12:02 -0000 From: "Joe Farrell" Subject: re: back on line I have been off line for ages, it's a long story, and i missed the digests and you guys so much. I felt so out of touch with what is happening in Joni land. I have literally just switched back on and read my first digest for a long time and it feels great. I agree that "Cactus Tree" on MOA is a wonderful version and does just shade the studio version. Anyway great to be back. Bob how are you doing? Regards to you all, Joe Farrell. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:09:40 -0500 From: Claud9 Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2006 #472 OMG Michael, THIS is awesome news. Congratulations from the bottom of my heart. I know it's been a rough ride these past few years and you really deserve this opportunity. You've put the time and the heart into what you do and I am thrilled to see you be able to do this. I am glad they worked around your family priorities and gave you the renew Orleans project! Wow, really, THIS IS GREAT !!! I saw on your schedule you'll be in my neighborhood as well! I certainly hope we'll have a chance to get together. I really enjoyed seeing you in D.C. (even after cursing for 3 hours in the car trying to get to D.C.). Well big hugs to you and I'm sure you'll be bouncing off the walls for a few more weeks to come. Have a GRAND time in NY. What a way to ring in the new year!!!! All the best to you and your family and save travels!!! Much love, Claudia on 12/11/06 8:27 PM, JMDL Digest at owner-joni-digest@smoe.org wrote: > Subject: Here's the news (NJC) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:44:39 -0800 (PST) From: David Sapp Subject: Joni on the radio I was listening to planet Jazz the other day, and much to my surprise the hissing of summer lawns was played. It's great to hear this song on the radio, giving me hope that some of Joni's stuff will definitely survive. End of JC. Well hello all my friends. I have been lurking at least since Carnegie Hall because my arms have become too weak to type. I recently bought a new computer and installed voice recognition software so now I am able to type once again. I have missed chatting with all of you and will hopefully be a bit more talkative in the future. Peace David - --------------------------------- Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:08:34 -0500 From: "Rob Argento" Subject: * CLOSED Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 71-83 of JM Covers The disks are going to Doug in Ontario. dmeek@marketbridge.ca He will offer them to the list when he is done. /Robban - -----Original Message----- From: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Rob Argento Sent: den 12 december 2006 12:53 To: 'Music Is Special'; 'Joni List' Cc: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: RE: Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 71-83 of JM Covers The disks arrived yesterday and I have cloned all 13 of them. So Joni Covers 71-83 inclusive are ready to be sent off to the next person. For those not aquainted with the traditional rules, here they are below. First come - first serve - send me a personal email and I will respond both to you and the list. Thanks again to those who have made this possible. /Robban - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Music Is Special" To: "Joni List" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:35 PM Subject: * CORRECTED Perpetual Joni Covers Train: Volumes 71-83 of JM Covers > In order to enable latecomers to the list or new traders have a chance > of listening to Bob Muller's incredible compilation of covers of > Joni's songs here is the latest round of the Perpetual Joni Covers > Train. Volumes 71 - 83 (taking you right up to this month's release). > > These are uncompressed WAV files for those who care about such things > -- they are not the MP3 versions. > > For those not familiar with trading trains, here is how they work: > When the disks come to you, you make copies of as much of the contents > as you want, and then you post back to this list offering to pass the > disks along to the next person. You do not > keep the originals -- you keep the copies you made for yourself. On most > trains, the convention is that you make the copies and send the > masters along within two days. For these trains, you must agree to > turn them around within two weeks. Sometimes the offer goes > unclaimed. Bob and I expect that to happen from time to time. So, by > participating, you agree to just hang on to the disks and then make > another offer a month or so later (or to respond if somebody posts a > grovel looking for them). In theory, if everybody takes good care of > the disks, wrapping them well, not letting them get scratched, etc. > and passes them along, these covers will run on the tracks for years. > Nobody is going to monitor the progress of these trains so if you > participate and then lose the disks or fail to reoffer them, you will > have kept others from enjoying them. When you post an offer, please > include these "rules". One final note, I know a few folks like to > compress these into MP3s. If you want to, go ahead but please do not > send MP3s to the next person - MP3s permanently delete some of the > "data" and sound quality degrades so please pass the masters along. > > So, anybody who would like to receive volumes 51-60, please send me: > 1. Your mailing address and > 2. Your promise to reoffer, etc. > > Enjoy and happy holidays, Eric > > > P.S. If you are sitting on any of the earlier rounds, please offer > them up again as its been a while and new folks might be interested. > Thanks ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:04:20 +0000 From: "Walt Zen" Subject: Prince delivers falsetto vocal on beautiful Joni Mitchell balla... SHOW REVIEW: Prince Nothing Compares 2 Prince: Singer throws out most of the Vegas rules during his new free-form show at the Rio By MIKE WEATHERFORD REVIEW-JOURNAL Dec. 08, 2006 Prince has thrown out the Vegas playbook, and isn't it about time? Think about what most Las Vegas entertainment is, versus what it could be. Las Vegas is an all-night town, but ticketed shows start at 7:30 p.m. and last about 90 minutes. Big stars such as Elton John take the money and play by dated rules, serving up the same short and tidy sets night after night. So it seems like something out of a Vegas movie when your pricey ticket at least buys you nearly three late-night hours within sweating distance of a legend -- particularly one who still has so much to offer. Granted, this whole Prince-in-Vegas thing is a little bit disorienting. Behind its anything goes facade, Las Vegas is an obsessive-compulsive neat-freak that disdains the wild card. So here comes the Purple One, cutting a quick deal with the Rio and hitting the ground running. He gives the old Club Rio a quick makeover and promises to play here every Friday and Saturday night for ... three months? As long as he feels like? Ask him. Or have fun trying. Catching up to last Saturday's show, the idea was to see if things had settled into any kind of routine since the opening of the 3121 club-and-restaurant operation on Nov. 10. Fat chance. The set list had familiar reference points, but the opening weekend's minimalist band approach went out the window with the arrival of a surprise guest star: R&B saxophone great Maceo Parker, along with two more horn players and a keyboardist who have toured with both performers. (Parker returns on Wednesday and Nov. 20, co-billed with Larry Graham & Graham Central Station. Graham toured with Prince in the late 1990s and calls him "Little Brother." You think You Know Who might show up?) The show started a little after midnight and still wasn't over when Prince sang "Purple Rain" at 2:35 a.m. It was one of only a couple of songs in the show that you would call a signature hit -- another rule out the window. And while the general-admission floor thinned as the night wore on, it's safe to say most people had no problems with a set so heavily weighted with songs from the new "3121" album. Prince knows how to sell this stuff. You need not be a hard-core fan to be caught up in the contagious musicality. As Prince moved from guitar to two-bass jams with Josh Durham, from choirboy falsetto to growling sex fiend, the show was as much a celebration of performing as it was a performance. The opening "Sexuality" trailed into "Johnny B. Goode," just because it could. "Girls & Boys" brought out the horn section on a riser accessed by spiral staircase --the fanciest touch on a stage stripped to the back wall, highlighted in florescent paint -- with a Greg Boyer trombone solo the first of many excursions into the jamming funk of the James Brown and P-Funk old school. A confetti drop on the crowd pulled them into the new "Lolita" just as much as "Kiss" or any song he didn't play. As Prince sailed from straight-up gospel blues to heavy rock chords to jazzy bedroom ballads such as "Shhh," there wasn't much time to pine for missing hits. Besides, what's more fun than a party where no one's having more fun than the host? Prince took his guitar into one of the seating areas (which are "upsells" with bottle service) for a solo during Parker's "Pass the Peas" instrumental. He pulled fans up to dance. He threw down playful taunts: "Can you stay up till 5 in the mornin'? Hmph. We'll see about that." Or, "After the show, we're goin' in the restaurant and I'm gonna groove some more. Ya'll can go home if you want." (And, according to Web postings, he did just that - -- until 5 a.m., natch.) When an encore jam of "Partyman" segued into "Play That Funky Music" and then an improvised "Start Me Up," where no one knew many of the words beyond the title, you thought you had seen a one-of-a-kind Vegas show to tell the folks at home about. One encore later, you knew you had. First, Parker and pianist Renato Neto served up a post-2 a.m. instrumental of the Louis Armstrong chestnut "What A Wonderful World." Then Prince came out to deliver a falsetto vocal on the beautiful Joni Mitchell ballad "A Case of You." That, folks, is worth staying up late for. And even if Prince doesn't make Vegas a long- term proposition, it's going to be hard to see those paint-by-numbers headliners in the same light again. - ----- Copyright ) Las Vegas Review-Journal Find this article at: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Dec-08-Fri-2006/weekly/11243345.html _________________________________________________________________ Share your latest news with your friends with the Windows Live Spaces friends module. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:21:47 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni recording again Timbo wrote: > .i hope everyone is rejoicing the fact that joni is back in the > studio with Brian blade, Herbie Hancock and the great Wayne Shorter working > on a new album.. > Soooooo I wonder if Joni will tour and give concerts again? Even if she does just one, I hope to be there! Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:57:03 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: BSN again- crows I think they are the bird version of coyote... (tricksters)... same relationship as hawks are to wolves... >It wouldn't surprise me, because Joni loves her crows. Her music publishing company is (was? because I think she has had several different names?) Crazy Crow Music. (did it start as SIQUOMB and then becomes Cwazy Cwow?) And then there's the song "Black Crow" (diving down to pick up on every shiny thing) and the outfit she wears skating (on/in the Hejira album and Prairie Girl too.) The crow has great symbolism in many cultures - try a google search on "symbolism of crow" and you will find many references. Joni digs that stuff, so there you have it. Catherine Toronto< ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:15:38 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: "Todo sobre mi madre" - perhaps reaching for JC but what the heck >Not that Joni would actually say that very thing, but it reminded me of Joni's belief that smoking grounds her.< Smoking can be very grounding... I know a gypsy woman who is from a family who for many years have made their living telling fortunes... they smoke to stay grounded... they are very good 'seers'... as a songwriter I know how it can be so disorienting to everything except the muse when you allow yourself to be 'open'... i totally get how smoking works for joni ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #356 ********************************* ------- 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)