From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #21 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, January 23 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 021 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Herjia lyrics and Jaco [Andeemac2006 ] Re: Clouds/That Song About The Midway, ramblin' on ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter [Paul Bishop ] Re: Brecker and joni [missblux@googlemail.com] Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: Don Juan's Recklace Daughter [LCStanley7@aol.com] Euro Jonifest ["Laurent Olszer" ] Brecker and Joni ["Laurent Olszer" ] Re: Geaux SAINTS [Susan Guzzi ] Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter [Catherine McKay ] Joni Mitchell's Alta. ballet production sparks unexpected worldwide attention [est86mlm@amerite] Re: Joni Mitchell's Alta. ballet production sparks unexpected worldwide attention [Catherine McKay ] sjc, these walls come tumbling down ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: mrc [Norma Jean Garza ] FW: Message from Website [Les Irvin ] Re: [Norma Jean Garza ] Re: Joni Mitchell's Alta. ballet production sparks unexpected worldwide attention ["Randy Remote" ] Joni mention in Entertainment Weekly [Motitan@aol.com] Re: Euro Jonifest, etc [Garret ] Joni Covers Train Volumes 71-83 ["Jill Haas" ] New Haven Coliseum Demolition ["Jeffrey Zinkerman" ] sjc, street names ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: a Joni mention, and a cover [Bob Muller ] DJRD [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:04:49 -0500 (EST) From: Andeemac2006 Subject: Herjia lyrics and Jaco People have said that they could not get Hejira, to me if you have savoured all of Joni's music Its a inevitable event that the lovers of Joni Mitchells music should behold Hejira, To me its even more amazing than the non appreaciation of Eric Claptons Layla the first time, In England the album was ciritisized by the Press and it only got the status of CLASSIC Album over the last 10 years. Hejira has lyrics like this to love for all time In a highway service station Over the month of June Was a photograph of the earth Taken coming back from the moon And you couldn't see a city On that marbled bowling ball Or a forest or a highway Or me here least of all You couldn't see these cold water restrooms Or this baggage overload Westbound and rolling taking refuge in the roads - ---- and as a backdrop you had one of the most brilliant musicicans that has ever lived!!!!!!!!! Guesting on most of the songs his style of Bass Playing died with him, unfortunatly. The ultimate respect given to Jaco was some of his Melodys he played on Joni's two Albums of note, were turned into partial string arrangements on Travelouge versions, dont no many musicians that had this done to there bass playing. then there was :- When we were kids in Maidstone, Sharon I went to every wedding in that little town To see the tears and the kisses And the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown And walking home on the railroad tracks Or swinging on the playground swing Love stimulated my illusions More than anything And when I went skating after Golden Reggie You know it was white lace I was chasing Chasing dreams Mama's nylons underneath my cowgirl jeans He showed me first you get the kisses And then you get the tears But the ceremony of the bells and lace Still veils this reckless fool here. To me Hejira was a pinnicle of music creativity that not many artists have ever achived, and add this to the band she managed to put together for Shadows and Light, the whole Experience was wondress indeed, around this period in time. Indeed the only regretfull aspect of this period was that Joni, P Metheny, Lyle Mays , and Jaco didnt come together to create a new Joni Album, how good would that have been. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:11:36 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Clouds/That Song About The Midway, ramblin' on I love playing tsatm... chords are sublime ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:38:45 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: FW: Message from Website ?It was about social injustice, a young white girl dating a young black guy and one line of lyrics in the chorus was "I can't see you anymore, baby, I can't see you anymore". I'd like to get a copy of the song, somehow, somewhere on some sort of media! Any information would be great: name of song, name of album it might be on. Thanks, Sheree (Australia)< Janis ian, society's child ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:54:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Bishop Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter I'm a lurking digester, so my response will come a bit late, but i thought i'd weigh in anyway. DJRD is possibly my favourite Joni album (but, really, who can rank her best work?). For me, the album does have a sense of measured detachment. It seems very precise and analytical, the guitar picking, slapping :), or strumming reminds me of a painter's brush strokes, moreso than any of her other albums. I think a lot of this is to do with the subject matter. Many of the songs concern themselves with dreams and memories, from the wordless echoing flight of the Overture, which reaches a peak in Paprika Plains, where not even words can express her feelings and long-impressionistic instrumental passages dominate, and onto Dreamland itself. The swooping vocals throughout, replicated in the fluid gulping basslines, have a sense of falling back through time and memory into dreams, and as a result, Joni seems to be going for a psychoanalytical (and detached) mood. I think DJRD is an odd title, but it does suit the analytic theme (it's perhaps, on a Freudian level, a dig at being nicknamed the 'Queen of El-Lay'). Dreamland would have been a more obvious title, but then Joni does tend to shy away from the obvious. The fact that Dreamland was a word/phrase close to her heart is shown in her use of it as a Best Of... title. As reflected in one of the song titles, the music sounds in most part like a silky veil, a gossamer sheet like a dream evaporating in the scrutiny of morning. I like to imagine the whole album as a night's dream. the shifting characters, different scenarios as the dream shifts (perhaps the dreamer wakes up to use the bathroom, having drunk too much tequila before going home to bed, and then goes back to sleep?), the day's memories being recycled by the subconscious. anyway. that's what i think. maybe i read too much into it. maybe i didnt read enough into it? and as a p.s, what about that groove on Dreamland? it sounds primordial, elemental, embryonic, and above all, funky. Incredible. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:24:11 +0000 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Re: Brecker and joni Thanks Bob! I'll go to town right now and see if they have it. Bene On 1/22/07, Bob Muller wrote: > > Shadows & Light is the one with Brecker, Bene - and it is a MAJOR one. > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:42:01 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Paul, You need to emerge from lurkdom and digestland. Your wonderful analysis needs a more constant presence here. Jerry > I'm a lurking digester, so my response will come a bit > late, but i thought i'd weigh in anyway. DJRD is > possibly my favourite Joni album (but, really, who can > rank her best work?). > > For me, the album does have a sense of measured > detachment. It seems very precise and analytical, the > guitar picking, slapping :), or strumming reminds me > of a painter's brush strokes, moreso than any of her > other albums. > > I think a lot of this is to do with the subject > matter. Many of the songs concern themselves with > dreams and memories, from the wordless echoing flight > of the Overture, which reaches a peak in Paprika > Plains, where not even words can express her feelings > and long-impressionistic instrumental passages > dominate, and onto Dreamland itself. > > The swooping vocals throughout, replicated in the > fluid gulping basslines, have a sense of falling back > through time and memory into dreams, and as a result, > Joni seems to be going for a psychoanalytical (and > detached) mood. > > I think DJRD is an odd title, but it does suit the > analytic theme (it's perhaps, on a Freudian level, a > dig at being nicknamed the 'Queen of El-Lay'). > Dreamland would have been a more obvious title, but > then Joni does tend to shy away from the obvious. > > The fact that Dreamland was a word/phrase close to her > heart is shown in her use of it as a Best Of... title. > > As reflected in one of the song titles, the music > sounds in most part like a silky veil, a gossamer > sheet like a dream evaporating in the scrutiny of > morning. > > I like to imagine the whole album as a night's dream. > the shifting characters, different scenarios as the > dream shifts (perhaps the dreamer wakes up to use the > bathroom, having drunk too much tequila before going > home to bed, and then goes back to sleep?), the day's > memories being recycled by the subconscious. > > anyway. that's what i think. maybe i read too much > into it. maybe i didnt read enough into it? > > and as a p.s, what about that groove on Dreamland? it > sounds primordial, elemental, embryonic, and above > all, funky. Incredible. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:52:05 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter In a message dated 1/21/2007 12:30:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, lesirvin@gmail.com writes: "anon anon" wrote re DJRD: >it sounds as if Joni wasn't really >that emotionally involved in the album I've always had just the opposite opinion. Songs like "Off Night Backstreet" and "Silky Veils of Ardor" seem to me to be some of Joni's MOST emotionally involved lyrics of her career. "If I'd only seen through the silky veils of ardor What a killing crime this love can be I would have locked up my heart In a golden sheath of armor And kept its crazy beating Under strictest secrecy" "It's been stinger to stinger darling It's been heart to heart You still keep me from finishing Any new love I start" Les NP: The Replacements "I will dare" I have to concur here with you Les....the Don deeply effects my emotions, but then being a Pisces.....Silky Veils is one of the most poignant songs on that album IMHO Rosie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:03:45 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Don Juan's Recklace Daughter Randy wrote: > That's what I was thinking-while DJRD has many moods, > these two songs ("Off Night Backstreet" and "Silky Veils of Ardor") must > be among her most intense, Scorpionic > pieces ever. > Hi Randy, Neat observation and choice of words. My husband was born under Scorpio, and I know just what you are talking about. It is something I really love about him and Joni too. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:49:29 +0100 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: Euro Jonifest Dear Mags, Yes i remember your posting about a canadian fest. I guess the 2008 location will have to be put to a vote? Also the important point to consider is the logistics, namely food for 3 days, PA system and possibility to make noise, lodging, etc. So anybody who's up to the task should come forward and we'll set up a vote? PS: I might have a location in Spain too. Laurent ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:44:41 +0100 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: Brecker and Joni Shadows & Light is also available on DVD, double the pleasure. Laurent ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:20:05 -0800 (PST) From: Susan Guzzi Subject: Re: Geaux SAINTS Yo Yo CHICAGO! I will be nice and say only this ... I wish there was a way that had the Bears not made it that the Saints could have - but at least we don't have to play the Brady Bunch again! Living on the east edge but forever a Bears fan! Peace, Susan - brushing up on my Super bowl Shuffle! Michael Paz wrote: Off to Pete's Bar and Grill downtown LA to watch the New Orleans Saints play the NFC championship and go marching in to the Superbowl. Go Saints! Everybody pull for us please! Paz - --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:36:50 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter - --- Jerry Notaro wrote: > Paul, > > You need to emerge from lurkdom and digestland. Your > wonderful analysis > needs a more constant presence here. > > Jerry Hear, hear. That was great. I didn't hear DJRD when it came out. In fact, I had never heard any of the songs. I only bought it since joining the jmdl. It has since become one of my favourites. I don't think Joni's voice ever sounded better than on DJRD. The opening (Overture/Cotton Avenue)just about takes my breath away. I hate making lists because what is my favourite is pretty fluid, so I can't say which Joni album is my number one, but my favourites include DJRD, Hejira, HOSL and FTR (and you know there may be more.) Paul, I particularly liked this: > Many of the songs concern themselves with > > dreams and memories, from the wordless echoing > flight > > of the Overture, which reaches a peak in Paprika > > Plains, where not even words can express her > feelings > > and long-impressionistic instrumental passages > > dominate, and onto Dreamland itself. > > > > The swooping vocals throughout, replicated in the > > fluid gulping basslines, have a sense of falling > back > > through time and memory into dreams, and as a > result, > > Joni seems to be going for a psychoanalytical (and > > detached) mood. and this: > > As reflected in one of the song titles, the music > > sounds in most part like a silky veil, a gossamer > > sheet like a dream evaporating in the scrutiny of > > morning. > > > > I like to imagine the whole album as a night's > dream. > > the shifting characters, different scenarios as > the > > dream shifts (perhaps the dreamer wakes up to use > the > > bathroom, having drunk too much tequila before > going > > home to bed, and then goes back to sleep?), the > day's > > memories being recycled by the subconscious. > > and then you asked: > > what about that groove on Dreamland? > it > > sounds primordial, elemental, embryonic, and above > > all, funky. Incredible. > The first time I heard that, I thought that it was the most un-Joni-like song I had heard. I have no idea whether she came up with that or if she was influenced by one of the other players. Don Alias, maybe? the version of Dreamland on the Hissing demoes (it was on the Hissing demoes but not used in the ultimate HOSL album) is quite a bit different, although very cool in its own way. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:08:26 -0600 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Joni Mitchell's Alta. ballet production sparks unexpected worldwide attention From the Vancouver Sun http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=52666e7c-1c19-4af0-bd81-1739a078bd5e&k=72373 EDMONTON (CP) - The reclusive Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, environmentalist, painter and icon for a generation, is dancing up a storm of interest over her latest creation - a ballet set to her own music and artwork. Mitchell has joined with the Alberta Ballet Company to produce "The Fiddle and The Drum," which will be performed over five dates between Calgary and Edmonton next month. Since dance rehearsals began two months ago, calls for interviews have been ringing in from all over the world. "We never expected anything like this," said Jean Grande-Maitre, the ballet's artistic director. "We're seeing interest in the creation of a ballet unlike anything we've ever seen in the history of the company, actually." Interest is so high, he said, that both the Sunday Times in London and the New York Times are publishing feature-length articles on the production. The BBC has expressed interest in sending a camera crew to film the event, and Bravo, the specialty arts channel, will broadcast the performance at a later date on cable TV. Grande-Maitre has also received calls from the British tabloid HELLO!, a daily newspaper in Germany, several arts magazines scattered across Europe, and a few dozen radio stations and newspapers from all across Canada and the U.S. For the small-market ballet company, which produces only five shows a year, it's been a bit overwhelming. For Mitchell, who will be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Jan. 28, it's even more daunting because it's her big debut after years away from the public eye. "Whenever she comes out (into public) it's like suddenly everybody goes after her and she gets overwhelmed by it," he said. "She's not always the most comfortable person with the media." Mitchell's agent said she's cut the cord on media requests for the time being. She's too focused on final preparations and won't speak about the ballet until a week before the grand opening. The ballet is 48 minutes long and will feature nine songs from Mitchell's musical repertoire. The production is centred on environmental issues and world violence, stretching from the Vietnam War to the present day. Grande-Maitre wrote to Mitchell nearly a year ago, asking her to consider working on the project. "I was more interested in collaboration than just getting the rights to use her music," he explained. "Joni Mitchell has always loved ballet and dance, and being involved in this way interested her a lot." It's a production that gives Mitchell, responsible for such radio hits as "Big Yellow Taxi," and "Both Sides Now," a chance to combine her various artistic endeavours into one setting. She has led a side-career as a painter since the '80s, but has rarely shown her artwork publicly and has never placed it up for sale. Now she has spent at least 100 hours on the ballet, creating a video installation that will be projected on large screens above the dancers. "The fusion of art forms from her music to the visual arts and dance is so interesting to see," he said. "It was an idea that started with a little bit of talk, and it's blossomed into this wonderful project that is getting such international attention." Laura ****************************************** meet certain guidelines and use popular tax programs for free to file your taxes http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:00:57 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell's Alta. ballet production sparks unexpected worldwide attention - --- est86mlm@ameritech.net wrote: > From the Vancouver Sun > http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=52666e7c-1c19-4af0-bd81-1739a078bd5e&k=72373 > > EDMONTON (CP) - The reclusive Joni Mitchell, Does anyone else think that referring to her as "reclusive" is a bit excessive on the part of the Vancouver Sun et al? I'm sure she gets out and about quite a bit and hasn't walled herself up in her house, which is kind of what "reclusive" suggest to me. Big sigh. Who would blame her for being media-shy anyway when they all ask her the same stupid questions and then quote her only on the "record business as cess pool" items. It hasn't been too long since the papers were full of that stuff. And going really off-topic into njc territory, all this makes me wonder about just how big the gossip media are today. There are just so many magazines, websites and crap-TV posing as journalism shows that regurgitate the same endless blah-blah-blah about the same annoying celebrities. It's just a ploy to take our minds off the real problems of the world - those little things called war, famine, poverty and so on. Keep 'em gossiping about Brittney and Paris and maybe they'll forget about the big issues. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:17:58 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter I'm so relieved. I thought for a moment that I was doing the sweet sucker dance with DJRD all alone. nj - --- Catherine McKay wrote: > --- Jerry Notaro wrote: > > > Paul, > > > > You need to emerge from lurkdom and digestland. > Your > > wonderful analysis > > needs a more constant presence here. > > > > Jerry > > Hear, hear. That was great. I didn't hear DJRD when > it > came out. In fact, I had never heard any of the > songs. > I only bought it since joining the jmdl. > > It has since become one of my favourites. I don't > think Joni's voice ever sounded better than on DJRD. > The opening (Overture/Cotton Avenue)just about takes > my breath away. I hate making lists because what is > my > favourite is pretty fluid, so I can't say which Joni > album is my number one, but my favourites include > DJRD, Hejira, HOSL and FTR (and you know there may > be > more.) > > Paul, I particularly liked this: > > Many of the songs concern themselves with > > > dreams and memories, from the wordless echoing > > flight > > > of the Overture, which reaches a peak in Paprika > > > Plains, where not even words can express her > > feelings > > > and long-impressionistic instrumental passages > > > dominate, and onto Dreamland itself. > > > > > > The swooping vocals throughout, replicated in > the > > > fluid gulping basslines, have a sense of falling > > back > > > through time and memory into dreams, and as a > > result, > > > Joni seems to be going for a psychoanalytical > (and > > > detached) mood. > > and this: > > > > As reflected in one of the song titles, the > music > > > sounds in most part like a silky veil, a > gossamer > > > sheet like a dream evaporating in the scrutiny > of > > > morning. > > > > > > I like to imagine the whole album as a night's > > dream. > > > the shifting characters, different scenarios as > > the > > > dream shifts (perhaps the dreamer wakes up to > use > > the > > > bathroom, having drunk too much tequila before > > going > > > home to bed, and then goes back to sleep?), the > > day's > > > memories being recycled by the subconscious. > > > > > and then you asked: > > > > what about that groove on Dreamland? > > it > > > sounds primordial, elemental, embryonic, and > above > > > all, funky. Incredible. > > > > The first time I heard that, I thought that it was > the > most un-Joni-like song I had heard. I have no idea > whether she came up with that or if she was > influenced > by one of the other players. Don Alias, maybe? the > version of Dreamland on the Hissing demoes (it was > on > the Hissing demoes but not used in the ultimate HOSL > album) is quite a bit different, although very cool > in > its own way. > > > Catherine > Toronto > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:35:16 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Euro Jonifest, etc Dearest Mags! I am especially interested in you putting on a Joni thing my friend. I would like to hear more about that. I think it would be great if you could and I wish you would explore it further. As I was saying, I'm not able to make every Jonifest (though I wish I could) but I would like to see your idea go further my friend! Who knows? It may be something that Joni herself is interested in! Love, Sherelle >From: mags h > >Im thinking that there needs to be a Winnipeg Manitoba Fest in 2008 as >well, if anyone is interested. I know we talked about this before, but it >would be most beneficial to have when the Winnipeg Folk Festival is on. >Does that make sense? thoughts? Would anyone really travel up here? Bah, >who knows. It's a huge festival, so Im not sure of that. OR, I was thinking >about putting on a Joni thing, and seeing if we can sell tickets to >it....not sure how this would work...and who knows...perhaps I can get that > 'person' who knows her, on board....just some thoughts...I promise it >wont be -45 at that time. > > Mags > > np: Rake by Townes Van Zandt...my newest musical flame ;-) > > > _________________________________________________________________ The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes is here. Get all the scoop. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/?icid=nctagline2 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:42:59 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: sjc, these walls come tumbling down The walls of the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum came tumbling down Saturday after it was imploded. Come down to smoke and ash. "Why is watching a large building fall into a heap of dust such a communal experience? Demolition historian Jeff Byles, author of "Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition," knows. "Let's face it, we get a primal kick out of destruction," Byles said in an e-mail. But he suggests the experience can be a bit more complex. "You're celebrating these memories at the same time you're watching a piece of yourself crumple into a 50-foot-high pile of rubble. So these can also be bittersweet affairs." (from http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-nhboom0121.artjan21,0,2012131.story?page=1) They say 20,000 witnessed this. (Not me though. I'll keep the memories and leave the destruction viewing to others.) Many had signs and placards to commemorate different concerts they'd seen there. Mentioned were Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Rosie's Bruce, the Who, "Deep Purple in 74", and others. And many damned hockey games. Both of my sons played there when they were hockey hopefuls in rinks like this. Mais sacre BLEU! No Joni mentions! Whatsa matter with these people? I saw Joni there twice in the 70s. Magical times, both, bien sur! Did anyone here see her there, too? I got to shake her impossibly gentle hand there! Talk about magic moments. I was wayyyyyyyy in the back, but slowly and surely, not to be denied, made it up to to the bottom of the stage by the end. She reached out and shook my hand! How lucky was *I*? I was on cloud nine (number nine,number nine!) for weeks and can still get goosebumps thinking about it. I saw other concerts there, I'm sure, but it's only the Joni ones that I recall. I really don't know the other concerts, at all. Love and peace, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ Type your favorite song. Get a customized station. Try MSN Radio powered by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:57:29 -0600 From: Kate Johnson Subject: Winnipeg Jonifest Mags: > Im thinking that there needs to be a Winnipeg Manitoba Fest in 2008 > as well, if anyone is interested. Oh my, then I'd definitely have to travel there from Saskatchewan. Kate http://xoetc.antville.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:24:46 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: mrc It sounds like a rowdy school inner-city school there. Do you teach or are you a student there? Listen, I've taught here and in Monterrey, Mexico and it's alot of work. But, I'm telling you the absolute truth. Joni's music ALWAYS put my students in a peaceful frame of mind. I didn't even have to teach during certain classes at times, because Joni's music and lyrics were better than any textbook or teacher. NormaJean ' ' - --- Marianne Rizzo wrote: > there were nine fights in my school today > > > also, one pregnant girl was in one of the fights and > was kicked in the > stomach > > _________________________________________________________________ > Invite your Hotmail contacts to join your friends > list with Windows Live > Spaces > http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:39:49 -0700 From: Les Irvin Subject: FW: Message from Website Another case of mistaken identity? Copy Shari on any responses. - -----Original Message----- I remember hearing Joni Mitchell sing the Owl and the Pussycat. I want to play it for my kids, but have not been able to find the soundtrack. Can you help? Thank you, Shari Name: Shari Edelstein email: sle22@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:57:36 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: - --- Marianne Rizzo wrote: > Hi Norma jean, > > I am a teacher there. I hope your pay is better than down here in Texas. > > what do you teach? Anything, but English is my forte. > > what kind of school is it? Here in town, it's been St. Leo and St. Gregory. Catholic. In Mexico, it was Colegio Ingles with the richest of the richest brats galore. They were more receptive to Joni than here in San Antonio. They were good kids, too! More fiery and passionate about about improvisational teaching. > > I play joni's music sometimes. . I always played Joni! > > by the way Bree is my girlfriend. Well, looky here--good for you! > > heh heh. > > I thought she was a man at first too. Maybe it is her size 10 spit-shine shoes. > > : -) :)) > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Norma Jean Garza > To: Marianne Rizzo > CC: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: mrc > Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:24:46 -0800 (PST) > > It sounds like a rowdy school inner-city school > there. > Do you teach or are you a student there? > Listen, I've taught here and in Monterrey, Mexico > and > it's alot of work. But, I'm telling you the absolute > truth. Joni's music ALWAYS put my students in a > peaceful frame of mind. I didn't even have to teach > during certain classes at times, because Joni's > music > and lyrics were better than any textbook or teacher. > > NormaJean > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, > recipes and more on your > Live.com page. > http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701 > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:24:57 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell's Alta. ballet production sparks unexpected worldwide attention Thanks Brian & Laura for letting us know about this- thoughts: I assume the images that will be projected are the ones from her latest gallery show. It didn't say whether the music for this was new or old. I'd guess old. They will show it on Bravo? Bravo! Tickets are on sale now and run from $43-85 (Canadian?). Isn't 48 min kind of short for a ballet? Alberta Ballet invites you to witness Dancing Joni & Other Works, a program including one of the greatest ballets of the 20th century, Balanchine's Serenade along side the world premiere of Joni Mitchell & Jean Grand-Mantre's The Fiddle and The Drum, February 8 - 10 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium and February 16 - 17 at the Northern Jubilee Auditorium. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster by phone or visiting www.ticketmaster.ca. Legendary Canadian artist Joni Mitchell and acclaimed choreographer and artistic director of Alberta Ballet, Jean Grand-Mantre, have come together to collaborate on a unique fusion of dance, art and music, which will premiere in Calgary from February 8 to 10, 2007 and be featured in a one-hour television special. The world premiere of The Fiddle and The Drum, which will speak volumes of Joni Mitchell's life-long concerns about environmental neglect and the warring nature of mankind. "As an artist creating today, quite frankly, I can see no other subject matter that is of more importance now. We need people to awaken to this reality," says Ms. Mitchell. Ms. Mitchell will be in Calgary prior to opening night putting the final touches on the production and will be in attendance at the premiere. The one-hour television special will focus on the unprecedented collaboration between Alberta born Joni Mitchell and choreographer Jean Grand-Mantre, who have become great colleagues in the process. The performance special will be recorded to television in high-definition and produced for CHUM/Bravo by Calgary-based Joe Media Group. The Fiddle and The Drum, a semi-abstract narrative ballet danced in neo-classical style, will be performed to an hour of Mitchell's compelling music and her latest artwork, which will be projected on three large canvass screens behind the dancers throughout the ballet. Alberta Ballet's 26 athletic dancers will merge - through powerful and sensual movements - with Joni Mitchell's eclectic sound and visual art and create a contemporary fusion of art forms that will awaken and stir the soul. "The creative process for The Fiddle and The Drum has renewed my faith in my relationship between art and life. Ms. Mitchell's selfless and gentle participation will most likely be the highlight of my entire career," says Jean Grand- Mantre. For more information about Dancing Joni & Other Works please visit www.albertaballet.com Imagine the power and the beauty when two accomplished artists come together and create a unique, contemporary tableau of dance, art and music. Legendary Canadian artist Joni Mitchell and internationally acclaimed choreographer Jean Grand-Maitre have come together to collaborate on a special ballet that will speak volumes of Joni Mitchell's life-long concerns about environmental neglect and the warring nature of mankind. This semi-abstract narrative ballet danced in neo-classical style will be performed to 47 minutes of Mitchell's provocative music. The dynamic stage fully designed by Mitchell will also include the first release of Mitchell's latest artwork, which will be projected on large canvass screens during the ballet. Alberta Ballet's 26 athletic dancers will merge - through energetic and sensual movements - with Joni Mitchell's eclectic sound and visual art, and create a contemporary tableau that will awaken and stir the soul. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:43:31 -0700 From: Les Irvin Subject: FW: Message from Website Another case of mistaken identity? Copy Shari on any responses. - -----Original Message----- I remember hearing Joni Mitchell sing the Owl and the Pussycat. I want to play it for my kids, but have not been able to find the soundtrack. Can you help? Thank you, Shari Name: Shari Edelstein email: sle22@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:46:18 EST From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Joni mention in Entertainment Weekly My brother and sister have a subscription to Entertainment Weekly and I noticed a Joni mention as I was flipping through it bored this weekend. The artist Jewel (I don't like her music mind you...my apologies to anyone who does on this list but atleast she can recognize) made a list of her top 5 albums she cherishes or something to that extent. Joni's Blue was at #2. She wrote about Joni, "Mitchell and Lynn (Loretta Lynn was #1) weren't trying to cover up." Just a nice Joni mention from a musician. - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:52:58 +0000 From: Garret Subject: Re: Euro Jonifest, etc HI Laurent, As i'm behind on digests i've only come across your post this here very minute. I had a lot of fun at the fest in France in 2005 and would very happily consider going to another. I can tell straight off that i will not be able to make it to anything aragned for this summer (have already booked a trip to minneapolis for the wedding of my friend). I think the "every other year" idea is great. I'd love to suggest Ireland at some point but the organisational demands (and bloody weather) would rule it out right now. GARRET Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:42:54 +0100 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: Euro Jonifest, etc Hi All Sorry i don't post much these days but I'm still lurking. Too busy downloading (legal ) music I guess. Just wanted to submit the idea of a Euro Jonifest every other year. I think that it would make it easier on everybody's budget if they didn't have to cross the Atlantic every year, and thus promote exchange and meeting among jmdlers who would otherwise not come. If needed, Jean Yves will be glad to welcome it again in France. Or there were other offers from Italy. Also, I asked Les why there is no mention of the french jonifest 2005 in the jonifest section? Les replied that "Only because no one took the time to consolidate the information. I'd be happy to feature it there if it can get collected together!" Not sure what it entails, since most pix are on Chris Marshall's site already. Can anybody help please? Finally, I took my 13 year old daughter Lea to see Robben Ford and Larry Carlton unplugged at the New Morning Club in Paris. Of course everybody knows that both guitarists recorded with Joni. Lea loved it and now she's asking for more live gigs. So we're off to see John Martyn play Solid Air at the Roundhouse in London in 2 weeks; if anybody is free for tea on feb 3&4th? Cheers Laurent ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:21:52 -0800 From: "Jill Haas" Subject: Joni Covers Train Volumes 71-83 Hi jdmles, Thanks to Doug, I received this set of 15 discs. They're already on their way to Brian Gross briangross@rocketmail.com in NJ. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:34:04 -0500 From: "Jeffrey Zinkerman" Subject: New Haven Coliseum Demolition Hi Everyone, The New Haven coliseum (New Haven, CT) was demolished over the weekend. Was sad because there were a lot of great shows there. From the chronology on the website, it seems Joni played there twice - once on 11/13/75 and another on 2/23/76 Per chance, anyone on the list go to any of these shows ? Would like to hear any stories. - - Jeff Zink

This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential.  If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.

------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:04:47 -0500 From: srobe444@aol.com Subject: DJRD It was one of the few albums I had whilst living in Brownsville Texas and never really got into it except for Marlena and Dreamland and the great African drum rhthym section (years before Graceland made it hip) which I think had a separate name, but maybe not. That whole side (2, was it?) is brilliant, although when I listened to Dreamland again it contains one of the few really dated cultural references in all Jonidom but which is still strangely relevant : "and Muslims stick up Washington", which refers to an incident almost no one remembers. (Sort of like the 42 or so dead when terrorists blew up Franuces Tavern in 1977 or so - there are no plaques outside the restaurant that I've seen.) It's not that the music wasn't accessible (like DED, which I am now only warming up to), but the lyrics didn't speak to me in the same way (although I certainly got "pissed a tequila anaconda the length of a parking lot.") I do think Hejira is my favorite, although Blue is a close second, then FTR and probably HOSL. I remember going to the record store every day for two weeks until that Hejira came out. It was right before Christmas. I was dating this girl and we listened to Blue Hotel Room over and over again. I think Refuge of the Roads is achingly beautiful. I do think someone should mention Chalk Circle in the Rain and Night Ride Home. I think those are great albums too. Dancing Clown is one of her funniest. Anyway, ta ta. Nice to share. ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:32:52 EST From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: Re: Song for Sharon and meanderings In a message dated 1/20/2007 9:15:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, johnnybgoode@lineone.net writes: Another though occurs to me is Black Crow in any way about Jaco's bipolar disorder. (No evidence on which to speculate). ***************************************************************************** I believe JM put unattributed snatches of conversation (directed to her or simply overheard) into her lyrics. Immediately to mind comes "We walked on the moon: you better be polite" and "Your notch is liberation, Doll" from "Don't Interrupt the Sorrow." Therefore, Whenever she was in JP's presence (or heard him being discussed)before writing "Black Crow," I'm willing to believe she might have lit up to words that became either lyric or theme. Your post was very interesting and provocative; thanks. DAVID LAHM ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:18:17 EST From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Joni in the Last Waltz Well I still have the Last Waltz from the library and I pop it in every now and again. Now I'm not a big fan of the Band (like a couple songs only--I mean they don't make me cringe or anything but I just haven't gotten into them ever....though I will say Robbie Robertson has a lot of stage presence and charisma) but I had to see it for Joni, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, and Ringo Starr. I really like the song Coyote by the way after seeing the performance. Oh man on a sidenote, man was Neil strung out for this concert...although as high as he is he's still the one having the most fun! Neil, what's so funny man? Huh? Anyway, what are your opinions on Joni's performance in this? - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:24:18 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: a Joni mention, and a cover Reading the news tonight, and it sure looks bad, but I perked up when I saw this little article in the Hartford Courant: Young Professionals In Hartford Bean Scene: Emely Anne Burns Here's the Joni part: "My favorite artist is Joni Mitchell. She's always been a major influence of mine. She writes such beautiful music. The lyrics are very thoughtful and just beautiful." Can't argue with her! The whole article is here: http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-nujavabeanscene1022.artjan22,0,2282589.story I'll have to check her out. She just released her first CD, called "Covers", and sure enough, she has a Joni one. All I Want. Tell me you don't have this one, Covers King! Love, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ Type your favorite song. Get a customized station. Try MSN Radio powered by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:10:23 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: sjc, street names Victor wrote: Victor (on Briarcliff Road at the moment though I'd >love to be on Ventura Highway) Quelle coincidence! My ranch house on a hill is on Briarcliff Road! And did anyone mention the Champs Elysees? Or the red dirt road in Spain? Or the road to Baljennie? Along these (black road double yellow) lines, I recently got an email from a friend, one of those "I'd like to get to know you" emails, where you're supposed to list your favorite fruits and stuff, and one of the questions was: "List five addresses where you have lived." Does anyone remember all of their addresses? That got me to thinking of all my past addresses...."in my life, I've loved them all", but my two best Joni addresses were: 5, rue Tournefort (Sitting in a park in) PARIS, FRANCE (1974, when Joni had two albums come out -- C&S and MOA. Free Man in Paris was *constantly* playing in my head that year.) and 5232 University Drive Santa Barbara, (oh but) CALIFORNIA (1967, Summer of Love) (Hi Kate!) Love and peace, Patti P., a 5'6" Aquarian _________________________________________________________________ Valentines Day -- Shop for gifts that spell L-O-V-E at MSN Shopping http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8323,ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24095&tcode=wlmtagline ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:52:25 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: a Joni mention, and a cover I'd be lying if I did, Pat-tay bay-bee. (And I'll leave the lying to the politicians). I've got that one. Matter of fact, I even wrote up a review of the disc on cdbaby. She does a real straight-up version of All I Want, accompanied by dulcimer. Go check out her show and tell me what you think. Don't give up - you'll beat me out one of these days. Eagle-eyed Bob, always on the lookout. NP: Yes, "Perpetual Change" _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:32:37 -0800 From: Subject: DJRD It is written in years old archives that my top 3 are STAS, FTR and DJRD ;-) Don Juan is not her cocaine album - she has already said that was Hejira. Don Juan to me is like her breaking out of a particularly hard shell chrysalis - the millions pieces fly in all directions. It is nuts and it is also off the chart brilliant. I embraced Hejira like all the others (I also followed her from the beginning with STAS at age 14) but part of me did not love it like what had come before. I don't find comfort in melancholy and felt she had gone through some sad, bad times. That doesn''t take away from the brilliance of the lyrics and all, but Hejira to me is depressing because of the feeling I got that she had been through some hard earned changes. The lyrics on Hejira are undeniably some of her most brilliant. But Don Juan - it is like she is breaking out and moving forward and while scattered and reckless - there is passion again. Scorpionic in parts - yes! Perfect observation. But there is something there where she reaches way out of this world and if you have the patience to keep listening you will hear. Kakki ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #21 ******************************** ------- 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)