From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #365 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 Friday, December 22 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 365 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Rolling Thunder again... [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Great WaPo article about Joni & River [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Joni word for the week [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Joni word for the week [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Tribute Disc Sees Light of Day! ["Christopher Treacy" ] Washington Post Joni surprise [Janet Hess ] Question: Joni Tunings and Name of Technique-slapping guitar strings ["Ji] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:51:33 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Rolling Thunder again... Thank you so much for that, Cassy and thank you for the compliment. It almost makes me want to believe in Christmas. (Just kidding). I usually spend this time of year hibernating alone but this year, I will be with my family (or what's left of it) - Eek! Wish me luck, it will be nerve-wracking. Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it. Mark Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:33:52 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Great WaPo article about Joni & River http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/20/AR2006122001843.html (And I'm betting that they used my Undercover page to know that River has been reocrded over 100 times). Bob NP: Twisted Sister, "O Come All Ye Faithful" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Renowned musicians from a wide span of genres pay homage Joni Mitchell with twelve personal renditions of Mitchell's poetic masterpieces on 'A Tribute To Joni Mitchell'- the first tribute record to the legendary singer/songwriter. Here's a look at the final track list. 'A TRIBUTE TO JONI MITCHELL' TRACK LIST: 1. Free Man in Paris - Sufjan Stevens 2. Boho Dance - Bjvrk 3. Dreamland - Caetano Veloso 4. Don't Interrupt The Sorrow - Brad Mehldau 5. For The Roses - Cassandra Wilson 6. A Case Of U - Prince 7. Blue - Sarah McLachlan 8. Ladies Of The Canyon - Annie Lennox 9. Magdalena Laundries - Emmylou Harris 9. Edith And The Kingpin - Elvis Costello 10. Help Me - k.d. Lang 11. River - James Taylor ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:53:06 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Tribute Disc Sees Light of Day! <'A Tribute To Joni Mitchell'- the first tribute record to the legendary singer/songwriter.> Exciting news, Chris - thanks for passing it along and keep them updates coming. But tell them that it's definitely NOT the first...more like the 10th or so. And where's Chaka's "Hejira"? Or Etta James' "Amelia"? Rrrrrrrrrrr. What the hell - I'll take what I can get. Bob NP: Badly Drawn Boy, "Four Leaf Clover" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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My good friend Judy, who works at the CT Dept. of Environmental Protection, just called to tell me about her fun talent show/Christmas party today at work. Judy and her friends came in 2nd in the talent show. She said: "You know who beat us? Your JONI!" I said: "What?" She said: "Yeah, some lady did Big Yellow Taxi with a great power point presentation of all this environmental stuff and she stole the show." Judy said she played the guitar and sang pretty well. She said she'd try to get me a copy of the tape. Good ole Joni! The gift goes on. Okay, c'est tout. Back to the tree....got the lights halfway done and then come the doves and angels and peace signs. It seems like yesterday I was packing this stuff all away, just before the Joni Tribute at Carnegie Hall. Love and peace, hoping no one really needs a river, Patti P. P.S. Oops. One more thing. I'm all aflutter because tonight I ran into JIM CALHOUN in the store. YIKES! He's our local hero. Maybe only Mr. & Mrs. Muller and Jimmy know who he is. Julius would, and Vince, and you know... I ever-so-casually (fifty-fifty, fire and ice) got behind him in the checkout line and said "Hi Coach" and then blathered on about my sons graduating from UConn and going to Chicago last week and getting to see Ben Gordon play for the Bulls and yada yada yada. He talked about Chicago being a great city so I whipped out a picture of me and Michael wearing his UCONN sweatshirt atop the Sears Tower and Jim smiled and nodded (probably thinking: "Get me away from this nutcase!" LOL....) No, he was very nice and wished me "Happy Holidays" as he left the checkout. Then he heard me exclaim as he drove out of sight: "Go Huskies!" Patti la dorquette. _________________________________________________________________ From photos to predictions, The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes has it all. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:42:13 -0500 From: Janet Hess Subject: Washington Post Joni surprise Just glanced through the Thursday posts and didn't see mention of this, so here goes: I was delighted to find a Joni story on the first page of the Post's style section: Joni Mitchell's Blue 'River' Flows Onto Holiday Playlists By J. Freedom du Lac Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 21, 2006; Page C01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/20/AR2006122001843.html (registration required, I think) Nice Joni pic from 1972 included, too. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:14:57 -0800 From: "Jill Haas" Subject: Question: Joni Tunings and Name of Technique-slapping guitar strings - - --- missblux@googlemail.com wrote: > where he just slaps > the strings with the left hand - does anyone know what it's called? > I've never seen it before. The song is in an alternate tuning, (tuned to an open chord), making it easier to create a chord by simply hitting the strings. The closest word I I have to describe the thechnique is what we used to call a "hammer-on," where the sound is produced by hitting the notes on the neckwith the left hand, rather than plucking, strumming, etc with the right. He uses the same technicques to play the harmonics, which also create a chord since the guitar is already tuned to a chord. This allows a lot less effort to play chords, and a little more time for the rhythm he does on the body of the guitar. Hammer-ons are usually a single note adition to one chord, but this guy is working the whole fretboard (and body) of the guitar. You may thank Joni for using or creating many of the tunings being used today. You can find many of them on the JMDL site under Guitar Tabs. Tune her up, capo her up and go! Good luck and Happy Holidays. P.S. Once you start playing in tunings, you may never want to go back to stanard. I hope you have lots of guitars and lots of extra strings- some of these tunings are a wee bit hard on the catgut. I regularly break my G-string. Get your mind out of the gutter. Happy Exporing, Jill ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #365 ********************************* ------- 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)