From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Saturday, February 3 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 037 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Jonifest! [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Sakes alive, it's Volume 85 ["Allison Crowe Music Mgmt" ] Upcoming Joni Tribute [Bob Muller ] Re: Martha? [Michael Flaherty ] Re: Jonifest! ["Lori Fye" ] possible Joni fest newbie [MoVFTYite@aol.com] Famous Last Words Department ["Richard Flynn" ] RE: Famous Last Words Department [Les Irvin ] Joni anecdote [Motitan@aol.com] Re: Joni anecdote [Em ] Re: Famous Last Words Department ["Randy Remote" ] Re: Famous Last Words Department [Scott Price ] Re: The future of Joni [Nuriel Tobias ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 19:25:40 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Jonifest! That's fabulous, Ashara. Do I qualify for a flight from Sydney? :-) Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:57:09 -0800 From: "Allison Crowe Music Mgmt" Subject: Re: Sakes alive, it's Volume 85 In a, to me, remarkable coincidence I was introduced to Scottish singer Todd Gordon and his version of Both Sides Now just a few hours back - via his MySpace page (@ http://www.myspace.com/toddgordon ) My thoughts/feelings on launching the player were identical to yours, Bob. And, happily, it turned out that this is a pleasing discovery - he has a lovely voice, and terrific, one may even say, impeccable taste in vocalists, writers, players and accompanists. He gigs a lot, too, so, I'm looking forward to catching him live if I manage to get a night off the next time I'm in the UK. Here's a comment from his self-description: "High on the list of songwriter/ performers I respect are Randy Newman, Joni Mitchell, Dory Previn and Janis Ian." Slainte, Adrian ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:09:16 +0000 From: "c Karma" Subject: re: Martha? Thinking back to the period, the only Martha who made headlines for an extended period and might have been obvious at the time was Martha Mitchell, the wife of Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell. She made headlines because she refused to shut up about the Watergate scandal and her husband's role in it. It seems to be consistent with the song, no? Given Joni's admiration for those who don't go quietly, I'm thinking Martha is the other Ms. Mitchell. Martha died in a Washiington hospital about a year before DJRD was released, having lapsed into a coma. Maybe it's the lines about Washington from "Otis and Marlena" that point me in that direction? RIP Martha. 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Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:04:44 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: Martha? >From: c Karma ckarma@hotmail.com >Maybe it's the lines about >Washington from "Otis and Marlena" that point me in that direction? This line is almost certainly referring to the rises in oil prices in the late 70s. I had always wondered about Martha Mitchell being Martha, and maybe she is, but in the context of the lines I think an artist like Martha Graham makes more sense. Michael Flaherty _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:26:01 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Jonifest! > If I may inquire so, how much does it cost to go? Check out the Jonifest Info page, here: http://www.jmdl.com/jonifest/register/info.cfm, which contains all the information regarding costs, as well as answers to other questions you may have. Lori, only able to be there in spirit this year Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:58:40 EST From: MoVFTYite@aol.com Subject: possible Joni fest newbie Hey all, I'm reading about Jonifest and it sounds so wonderful. I really want to attend -- but I work on Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday mornings, and I am pretty sure I won't be able to take off work that weekend. Would it be worth it for me to show up on Saturday evening? I hate to miss the first half :-( Seriously, tell me what you think. Angela Gold Denver, CO ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:51:48 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: Famous Last Words Department Don Heckman in his New York Rimes Review of Blue, wrote: "I suspect this will be the most disliked of Miss Mitchell's recordings, despite the fact that it attempts more and makes greater demands on her talent than any of the others." Full review at: http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=801 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 13:49:02 -0700 From: Les Irvin Subject: RE: Famous Last Words Department Famous Last Words Department, Chapter 2: "Where [Hissing] suffered from a sometimes inaccessible technique, [Hejira] lacks the compelling, original viewpoint of her best work." - - Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times, December 11, 1976 http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=155 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:56:37 EST From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Joni anecdote Well it's Friday yet again so I'll share with you a very trivial Joni related story. Last weekend I was driving in my car with my friend (well he's not my friend anymore--I don't speak to him anymore) to a bar to get a couple of drinks. I feel that whoever the driver is gets to pick the music and no one else can say anything. It's an absolute sin to put your hand over on the volume button and turn down my music. If you do that once in my car, I make sure you never do it again! Don't mess with the music man! I've been in some cars listening to shitty music but I keep my mouth shut as it's his/her car, right? Well last weekend as we were driving I put in "For The Roses." Well just after a few notes of the beautiful piano opening of "Banquet" my former friend presses the eject button, turns to me, and says, "no, this is too quiet," and takes the cd out. He took For The Roses out of my cd player as I was driving! I was so pissed by this. That's crossing the line man. Especially since its Joni. If he'd listen he might learn something. I should have right there and then told him to get out of my car and leave me alone! That would have saved me a lot of grief and stress he caused me. This situation is why I don't talk to him anymore. No I'm just kidding! Alot of crap happened since then and that's why we're not friends but maybe I should judge a man by his reaction to Joni? I'm just kidding again. Although maybe this was an example that I should. I'm just half kidding now! Anyway, good Friday to you all and thanks for reading! - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:22:42 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Joni anecdote when I was on vacay 2 years ago, my friend told me NO! to MOA. We were in MY car driving to a state park to see alligators...but no - she "vetoed" MOA. grrrrrrrr... but she did turn me on to Neko Case, so I can't be totally unhappy with her. But I found it cheeky. Also on another vacation, the same person nixed my iPod for playing Leonard Cohen. Hey it was on "shuffle" You know??? sheesh.. happy Friday. Em - --- Motitan@aol.com wrote: >> Well > just after a few notes of the beautiful piano opening of "Banquet" > my former > friend presses the eject button, turns to me, and says, "no, this is > too quiet," > and takes the cd out. He took For The Roses out of my cd player as > I was > driving! I was so pissed by this. That's crossing the line man. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 13:59:46 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Famous Last Words Department Okay. What's "inaccessable technique" ? And yeah, Hejira was not at all compelling, and sounded like everything else on the marketplace. What a copycat. From: "Les Irvin" > Famous Last Words Department, Chapter 2: > > "Where [Hissing] suffered from a sometimes inaccessible technique, > [Hejira] > lacks the compelling, original viewpoint of her best work." > - Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times, December 11, 1976 > http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=155 From: "Richard Flynn" > Don Heckman in his New York Rimes Review of Blue, wrote: > "I suspect this will be the most disliked of Miss Mitchell's recordings, > despite the fact that it attempts more and makes greater demands on her > talent than any of the others." > Full review at: > http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=801 Mr. Heckman is now working as a weather forcaster. RR ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:21:08 -0800 From: Scott Price Subject: Re: Famous Last Words Department Randy Remote asks: >Okay. What's "inaccessable technique" ? Burundi? Most the the album is quite sophisticated, definitely ahead of its time. This like a lot of Joni's catalog is not easily consumed. My guess is all of the above contribute to the writer's "inaccessible" assessment. Hilburn has by and large been supportive of Joni. Perhaps he was longing for more of the open portraits of the artist ala "Blue." What he/we got instead with Hejira was loneliness and duality alongside the highway. So much of her art requires multiple listens and analysis to appreciate; I wonder what his opinion of this album would have been a couple years later or even today. Scott >>"Where [Hissing] suffered from a sometimes inaccessible technique, [Hejira] >>lacks the compelling, original viewpoint of her best work." >>- Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times, December 11, 1976 >>http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=155 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 22:27:24 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: The future of Joni http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8WzHl_ltZE Enjoy:) love you all, yah! Nuri:) - --------------------------------- Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 ******************************** ------- 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)