From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #38 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 Sunday, February 4 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 038 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 [StDoherty@aol.com] Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #44 [MINGSDANCE@aol.com] Moons and Junes and a Ballet ["Michael O'Malley" ] Great New York Times profile of Joni and upcoming projects [Paul ] Re: Moons and Junes and a Ballet ["Randy Remote" ] Re: Brits and the grape... wjc ["Randy Remote" ] Re: New York Times article [Bob Muller ] Re: New York Times article [mags h ] Re: New York Times article ["Evelyne Dubois" ] Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 [StDoherty@aol.com] Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 ["Stephen Toogood" ] Thank you, you big jonillovers, you!!! ["Jill Haas" ] Re: New York Times article [Motitan@aol.com] Re: Thank you, you big jonillovers, you!!! [Victor Johnson ] Re: Another Joni anecdote [waytoblue@comcast.net] Re: Attendees [Bobsart48@aol.com] Sad news ["Sherelle Smith" ] Re: Urge for Going [Bobsart48@aol.com] Sad News...one more thing ["Sherelle Smith" ] questions for Joni ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Re: Newbie [Bobsart48@aol.com] Re: STAS/MOA why oh why?!?! ["Lori Fye" ] Jonu un NYTimes [MINGSDANCE@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:00:06 EST From: StDoherty@aol.com Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 In a message dated 02/03/2007 3:07:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: 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 I don't know why - but I remember thinking when this album first came out that the Martha she mentions was John Mitchell's wife. Talk about talk to me ... this dame wouldn't shut up! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:52:15 EST From: MINGSDANCE@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #44 In a message dated 1/30/2007 3:11:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org writes: http://www.cansong.ca/en/inductees/2007.aspx JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort MacLeod, Alberta, 7 November, 1943) MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 Raw truth, pointed irony and unsettling beauty are words that describe both the artist and her art. Joni Mitchell  an accomplished singer, painter, poet and photographer -- is one of the most prolific, influential female recording artists of the twentieth century. A brilliant surrealist and gifted poet, Mitchell blends musical complexity with intellectually astute lyrics, creating a sound that is quintessentially her own. Driven by her passionate intensity and unbending free spirit, Joni Mitchell has succeeded in breaking pop boundaries and continually refusing to abide by the rules of the recording industry. From the earliest stages of her versatile career, Mitchell has garnered respect and admiration from both her musical peers and her expansive and expectant fan base. Throughout her artistic journey, she has seamlessly evolved her raw self-expression through folk music to jazz to rock n roll, world music and avant-garde styles. She accomplished this at a time when other artists dared not step out of the confines of pop music in such a bold fashion. Her deeply personal and colorful lyrics and innovative sounds have touched millions of people for over four decades and the creative legacy she has bestowed through her genius is unsurpassed. Born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943 in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Mitchell experienced her artistic calling from the age of seven when she convinced her parents to give her piano lessons so she could release the melodies she heard in her head. She also discovered her drawing skills early in life and recalls her first creative outbursts, inspired by events such as watching the movie Bambi, which disturbed her so much that she felt compelled to draw out her emotions. Like many children of her era, Mitchell contracted Polio at the age of nine, another incident that she tributes as a starting point of her true identity as an artist. As a teenager, Mitchell was a self-taught ukulele player, which she bought to entertain at parties, not being able to afford a guitar. In 1965, Roberta Joan Anderson enrolled in the Alberta College of Art in Calgary, but soon dismissed her classes as not creative enough for her standards. She sang Judy Collins songs in Calgary pubs and later that same year moved to Toronto with the aspiration of becoming a folk singer. Struggling to get into the music business and sustaining herself through low-paying department store jobs, Mitchell soon decided to marry Chuck Mitchell, whom she had met in Calgary. The pair moved to Detroit where they both performed as folk singers in various clubs. The marriage and partnership of Joan and Chuck Mitchell dissolved within a year and a half and she then moved to New York City to pursue her dreams of becoming a recording artist. A relative unknown, Mitchell quickly cultivated a cult following as a live performer and talented songwriter. This distinction was owed in part to the fact that her songs were being performed and recorded by well-established folk and country artists, such as Tom Rush, George Hamilton IV, Canadian born Buffy Sainte-Marie and Judy Collins, whose cover of Both Sides Now in 1968 became Jonis first hit song. In 1967, David Crosby stumbled upon a Joni Mitchell performance in Florida, and was so awestruck by what he heard and saw that he became one of the steering wheels of Mitchells first recording contract on Reprise Records. Mitchell was scheduled to perform at Woodstock in 1969 but was advised by her manager not to appear in case the well-publicized traffic jams preventing artists from leaving the concert area would jeopardize her scheduled appearance on the Dick Cavett Show the following Monday. Her frustration and regret at not having been able to participate in this life-changing musical event led her to write the song Woodstock, which ironically went on to become an anthem for her generation. The song was a success for Crosby, Stills & Nash later that year. Following on the mild success of her album Ladies of the Canyon, Mitchell took a year off from the recording industry to travel and seek creative inspiration. From that period of spiritual introspection in 1971, came Mitchells intense and magical album Blue, which became an instant classic and critically acclaimed, firmly establishing Mitchell as one of the most important songwriters of her time. Since her early folk roots, Mitchell has ventured her talents in jazz music, experimental and synth-pop, working with greats and pioneers of various music genres, such as Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, Willie Nelson, Peter Gabriel, Thomas Dolby, Weather Report and Chaka Khan. Her poetry set to music has been performed the world over, by such diverse artists as Frank Sinatra, Chet Atkins, Glenn Campbell, Neil Diamond, Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor, Bing Crosby, Willie Nelson, The Byrds, and countless others. Mitchell has been the recipient of many Gold and Platinum albums, two Juno Awards and five Grammy Awards. In 1981, Joni Mitchell was inducted in the Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with a personal presentation by ex-Prime Minister Pierre-Elliot Trudeau. In October 1988 she was awarded the Premio Tenco during the San Remo Song Festival in Italy, received the Billboard Century Award in 1995, and on May 6, 1996 Joni received the coveted Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Joni was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2004, Joni Mitchell was made companion of Order of Canada. Mitchell recently re-released her album Hejira, which is seen by many as one of the moodiest of her albums, in celebration of its 30th anniversary. She is also currently at work on her first new album in nearly a decade. A mature artist of great courage and integrity, Joni Mitchells compelling art forms have entrenched her within the Canadian and international music scene as a sensitive and vital contributor. She lends a painters vision to all of her work and, with a painters ability to be self-adjudicating; she refused to work with a producer, allowing her work to develop naturally and in a most original way. Having only recorded two songs in her career in standard tuning, the bulk of her repertoire comes from a palate of nearly sixty original open tunings. This produced some very fresh chordal movements, which are currently being studied in American music schools today. The strength and uncompromising manner she brings to each of her artistic explorations continues to fascinate and amaze both industry members and music fans alike. *Credits: ASCAP Jonimitchell.com SONG INDUCTEE: BOTH SIDES NOW MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1967 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) Both Sides Now, also known as Clouds, is a classic recorded by countless artists looking to share a piece of Mitchell's songwriting genius. Written in 1967 and inspired by a passage from the book Henderson The Rain King by Saul Bellow, Both Sides Now was an international hit for Judy Collins, who recorded the song in 1968 and won a Grammy Award later the same year for Best Female Folk Performance. With its soul-searching, Zen-like lyricism and gentle melody, Both Sides Now is a meditation on fantasy and reality, each verse being divided into both a naive and an experienced way of looking at clouds, love and life. The song is about childhoods end. Its about shedding the fairytales of Disney and facing the world as a realist. It isnt the voice of hope nor is it the voice of resignation. It is an attempt to find a way of conducting oneself in a world becoming increasingly violent and perverse. Judy Collins has said, "Joni came down from Canada to add the poetic lustre of her songs to our musical lives. Joni's songs are delicate and feminine and stronglike she is. Collins told Mitchell, "You can break my heart anytime you like. Just open your mouth and sing." Cover artists include: Dave Van Ronk, Judy Collins, Tori Amos, Claudine Longet, Pete Seeger, Frank Sinatra, Anne Murray, Neil Diamond, Robert Goulet, Willie Nelson, Paul Young and Clannad, Chet Atkins, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespy, Gabor Szabo, Uncle Seth, and many more. SONG INDUCTEE: WOODSTOCK MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1970 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) Joni Mitchells Woodstock was composed on the weekend of the infamous Woodstock festival in 1969 and became a hit for Mitchells close friends, Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1970. Disappointed because her management refused her permission to enter the Woodstock festival site due to an appearance on the Dick Cavett Show the following Monday, Mitchell resigned herself to watching the festival on television in New York City. Saddened by missing the event of her generation, Joni was inspired to write the song by imagining she was there. Mitchell recalls: "It hurtit was like I was the grounded daughter, but the boys get to go. Most of the song was written on the last night of the [festival], out of frustration of being disallowed to go. Crosby, Stills and Nash heard it later and asked permission to record it." Crosby, Stills & Nash flew back from the festival on Monday night and made a surprise appearance on the Dick Cavett Show, on the night of Mitchells appearance. Her heart sank as the band described Woodstock for the audience. Woodstock soon became referred to as an anthem for a generation and for the late 1960s. It was also noted in Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poems where she said it was one of the greatest poems of our generation. Cover artists include: the Matthews Southern Comfort Band, Stevie Wonder, Big Country, Steve Fisk, Barry Miles, Bonnie Raitt, Spin Doctors, Led Zeppelin, Dread Zeppelin, Fairport Convention, John Williams, David Lahm, George Kahn, Richie Havens, and many more. SONG INDUCTEE: BIG YELLOW TAXI MODERN ERA. 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1975 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) Big Yellow Taxi is Joni Mitchells most recognized song despite having only reached number 24 on the Billboard charts upon its release in 1975 from her album Ladies of the Canyon. Admired for Mitchells unique melody and soothing vocal work, the song currently ranks as number nine on CBC Radios Top 50: The Canadian Version. Big Yellow Taxi was written in 1973 after Mitchell was in Hawaii peering out of her hotel window hoping to glimpse the breathtaking scenery, only to see an enormous parking lot. The song is about taking nature for granted. Although the parking lot in Hawaii was the point of inspiration for the song, it was written for people everywhere surrounded by natural beauty and not aware what a gift it is. Big Yellow Taxi was written as a nursery rhyme, like London Bridges Falling Down and Ring Around the Rosy. This seemingly naive lyric was about great atrocity and Joni hoped that children would sing it in order to wake up adults. This was her greatest hope for this song. Cover artists include: Green Day, Bob Dylan, Amy Grant, Sarah McLachlan, Cher, Percy Faith, James Taylor, Counting Crows, Joe Dassin, Vanessa Carlton, Big Country, Dick Hyman, Chris Thomas King, Sara Hamman, Monty Alexander, and many others. Samples have been used in Janet Jacksons 1997 single Got Till Its Gone. SONG INDUCTEE: HELP ME MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1973 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) Joni Mitchells best selling single to date, Help Me succeeded in reaching number seven on the Billboard charts in 1973 and stayed there for 19 weeks. From her album Court and Spark, the beautiful love ballad reflects Mitchells love of jazz, blended with her unique folk touch. Under pressure from her record company to produce a hit, Joni attempted to play her music with existing session players. Unfortunately, it was in vogue at the time for rhythm sections to have the bass played with dead strings and the drummer would play with a pillow in his kit drum to keep the bottom end in the background. When Joni insisted that she wanted a more full bodied and resonant bottom end, she ran up against nothing but resistance from the musicians, who were insistent on conforming to the current trend. At the same time Stevie Wonder was also craving and achieving a more prominent bottom sound so Joni took her engineer, Henry Louie, over to one of his sessions to show him that it was technically possible. In Help Me, Mitchell sings about ones loss of strength when faced with feelings of love for another. How one feels threatened by love and the weaknesses and insecurities it brings us, rather than surrendering ourselves to feelings of joy and happiness. Cover artists include: k.d. lang, Wynonna Judd, Divine Brown, Michelle Williams, Guvner, Nicole Kramer, John Hart, Mandy Moore and Ginger Mackenzie SONG INDUCTEE: YOU TURN ME ON, IM A RADIO MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1972 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) You Turn Me On, Im a Radio was Joni Mitchells first hit single from her 1972 album For the Roses, reaching the Billboard top 20 in January 1973. The country-inspired song about the struggle to maintain ones innocence and vision in the recording industry was a lighter step away from Mitchells usually introspective lyrics. Featuring seductive lyrics peppered with sexual innuendos and humorous touches, You Turn Me On, Im a Radio was written as a joke for David Geffen who was prodding her to write a hit single Graham Nash took part in sessions for the song, and his harmonica part was used on the final release. The song also features a beautifully orchestrated chorus. Cover artists include: Wynonna Judd, Iris Koch, Little Miss Higgins, Jane Hall, Beth Nielsen Chapman, The Cantrells, Carmina, Steve Goldberger, Gail Davies, and many more. ==================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:53:17 +0000 From: "Michael O'Malley" Subject: Moons and Junes and a Ballet from today's Globe & Mail Highlights: The new semi-abstract ballet is 48 minutes long and will feature nine songs from Mitchell's musical repertoire, including the recently recorded If that draws its lyrics from the Rudyard Kipling 1908 poem. Of the 40 songs she presented to him, they eventually narrowed it down to nine. The score ranges from Sex Kills, an uncensored power-rock critique of everything from oil spills to little kids packin' guns at school and the general "massive mess" we're in to For the Roses, a lush, uplifting orchestration about the importance of artists. The protective world is what Grand-Mantre now sees as the essence of Mitchell's eclectic artistry, which ranges from her early pop-folk to avant-garde jazz, symphonic orchestrations and more recent forays into hip hop. Full text here and below http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070203.JONI03/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Music The Alberta Ballet debuts a work based on Joni Mitchell's songs, ALEXANDRA GILL writes ALEXANDRA GILL CALGARY -- Jean Grand-Mantre did not grow up listening to Joni Mitchell. The artistic director of Alberta Ballet, a native of Hull, Que., leaned more toward Jacques Brel. The acclaimed choreographer does, however, share the iconic singer-songwriter's passion for risky innovation. So two years ago, when a friend told him that Mitchell was born in Alberta and is also a painter, his restless toes started twitching. Could this loose connection, he wondered, lead to some sort of collaboration in tune with the company's new mantra of producing works "like nothing you've seen before"? On Thursday night, that flutter of inspiration will soar into a grand allegro when The Fiddle and the Drum has its world premiere in Calgary. The new semi-abstract ballet is 48 minutes long and will feature nine songs from Mitchell's musical repertoire, including the recently recorded If that draws its lyrics from the Rudyard Kipling 1908 poem. The production's theme, like the new album Mitchell is working on, addresses her long-time obsession with pending disaster from war and environmental damage. The stage will feature three large canvas screens, onto which her paintings and a new multimedia video that she created specifically for the ballet will be projected. The entire program, titled Dancing Joni, will also include George Balanchine's Serenade, set to Tchaikovsky's Serenade in C major. "I didn't just want to use the rights to her songs," says Grand-Mantre, who says he is now one of Mitchell's greatest fans. "I wanted it to be a true collaboration." After immersing himself in her work, Grand-Mantre sent Mitchell a letter that read: "I would like you to imagine our spiritual Olympians giving life to your poetic metaphors in a protective world of sound, texture and colour that you will build around them." The spiritual Olympians are the 26 dancers in an ambitious company led by Grand-Mantre since 2002 that Michael Crabb, writing in New York's prestigious Dance Magazine, recently pegged as "the Canadian troupe to watch." The protective world is what Grand-Mantre now sees as the essence of Mitchell's eclectic artistry, which ranges from her early pop-folk to avant-garde jazz, symphonic orchestrations and more recent forays into hip hop. "There is something about her music that is protective," he says. "It's like a great Ingmar Bergman film. We live in a world with such a huge proliferation of information and imagery -- with the emergence of reality television, you don't even know what's real any more. But there's something about her music that brings you right back to your humanity and connects all the dots. She understands something so deep within us. She protects our human integrity in some way." Roberta Joan Anderson, as she was named at birth, was indeed born in Alberta - -- in 1943, in historic Fort MacLeod, the first outpost of the North West Mounted Police in Western Canada. When she was 9, her family moved to Saskatoon, the place she considers her hometown. After finishing high school, she attended the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. Grand-Mantre and Mitchell met a little over a year ago at a restaurant in Beverly Hills, Calif., where she has lived since 1968. "It was one of the most exciting dinners of my life," says Grand-Mantre. They sat on the terrace for three hours, talking about everything under the sun -- life, death, war, love, pagan rituals and the environment. By the end of the night, Mitchell agreed to be a part of the ballet. Grand-Mantre says he's glad he reached her then, since Mitchell is now once again in the spotlight with many demands on her time. In addition to the ballet, the new album she is recording and last week's induction into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame, she recently had an exhibit of new artwork in Los Angeles. This spring, she will be honoured with a new tribute album, to be released by Nonesuch Records. The artists covering her songs include Bjork (Boho Dance), Sufjan Stevens (Free Man in Paris), Elvis Costello (Edith and the Kingpin) and the artist now known once again as Prince (A Case of You). Although Mitchell has declined to talk to the press about the ballet until later this week, after she arrives in Calgary for dress rehearsals, Grand-Mantre says she was incredibly generous with the time she gave him. "When we began meeting, I said, 'You're going to have to let me in a lot more.' We spent hours on the phone, talking about her songs." The political theme she spearheaded was initially a difficult one for him. "I drive a little car. I turn the water off when I'm brushing my teeth. I'm against the war in Iraq. But to create a ballet along these themes? It was not something I had thought about before." Since coming to the Alberta Ballet in 2002, Grand-Mantre has created a niche for the company with strong theatrical works that deal complex human relationships, including a risqui and highly acclaimed adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons. "Joni says she would prefer to write upbeat ballads about the beauty of life, but she can't bring herself to do it," Grand-Mantre explains. Of the 40 songs she presented to him, they eventually narrowed it down to nine. The score ranges from Sex Kills, an uncensored power-rock critique of everything from oil spills to little kids packin' guns at school and the general "massive mess" we're in to For the Roses, a lush, uplifting orchestration about the importance of artists. It's not exactly a collection of her greatest hits. The video, which Mitchell spent more than 100 hours creating, will be projected onto a stretched Indian drum above the stage. Mitchell's paintings, T built on dark photo imagery of current events, will be projected on two huge screens on either side of the stage. And Grand-Mantre says the theatre will be filled with more smoke and light than any ballet has ever seen. "We wanted to create the feeling of a rock concert," he says. "I was thinking of Pink Floyd. She liked that a lot." Grand-Mantre, who has worked with such renowned ballet companies as the Opira National de Paris and Teatro all Scala in Milan, admits he's never been more nervous in his career. "Joni keeps saying, 'Oh, Jean, we can only do our best.' " Michael in Quebec _________________________________________________________________ Your Space. Your Friends. Your Stories. Share your world with Windows Live Spaces. http://discoverspaces.live.com/?loc=en-CA ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 12:44:19 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Pictures from CSHoF Here are some of my pictures from the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame event (the ones that turned out more or less OK). Most are from the welcome party the night before, with the exception of the picture of Herbie Hancock at the podium, which was at another press event just before the concert. Unfortunately there are no pictures of Joni. I was tempted to call this post njc but some of the Joni-onlies may be interested anyway. The pictures aren't great quality but then again, I don't get paid to do this and the only photography course I had was at the Y so many years ago, it doesn't really count. http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/anima_rising/album?.dir=/d17fre2&.src=ph&.tok=phG7hOGBk60nzRSM > > Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:52:40 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Subject: Great New York Times profile of Joni and upcoming projects Here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/arts/dance/04yaff.html?ref=arts ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:03:36 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: New York Times article Wow. one of those interviews that comes around only rarely: http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=1547 Les NP: Pat Metheny "Two Folk Songs" with Michael Brecker.. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 10:04:59 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Moons and Junes and a Ballet People who attend will be the first to hear a new Joni song, and see a film she made-cool... ...I don't know if I would call FTR an uplifting song, though...how about "a jaundiced view of the nexus between art and commerce"? RR From: "Michael O'Malley" > The new semi-abstract ballet is 48 minutes long and will feature nine > songs from Mitchell's musical repertoire, including the recently recorded > If that draws its lyrics from the Rudyard Kipling 1908 poem. > to For the Roses, a lush, uplifting > orchestration about the importance of artists. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:15:31 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Brits and the grape... wjc - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Johnson" >I just heard that global warming was responsible for delaying the Joni >Mitchell reissues, Maybe so, but it's also responsible for a new Joni Mitchell CD (and it's pretty much done!) "It's a red alert about the situation the world is in now. We're wasting our time on this fairy tale war, when the real war is with God's creation. Nobody's fighting for God's creation." On "If I Had a Heart, I'd Cry," one of the songs she used in the ballet, she sings, "Holy earth/How can we heal you/We cover you like blight/Strange Birds of Appetite/If I had a heart/I'd cry." - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Irvin" > Wow. one of those interviews that comes around only rarely: > > http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=1547 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 12:26:55 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: New York Times article Man, what an awesome article...and while we're at it, what a GREAT F*CKING time to be a Joni fan! Between her HoF induction, this ballet project, her upcoming new album (which is really sounding like it's going to be killer, but I'm working hard to not get over-excited), a documentary she's working on, the Nonesuch tribute, and the C&S book (run don't walk to get it, it is superb), it's tough to keep up. And I'm lovin' every minute of it. Bob NP: Blue Tapestry, "Free Man In Paris" _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 13:29:16 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: Re: New York Times article I agree, It is a fab time to be a Joni fan. That said, it is my hope, truly madly deeply I hope that everyone will go easy on her. She's had so much shredding done of her work in the past and it wears me out. I cannot imagine how it feels to work so hard on something creative to have it shot down without giving it a chance ... as per the criticism about Hejira or Hissing. Drives me bats. Mags, thriving in -40+ Bob Muller wrote: Man, what an awesome article...and while we're at it, what a GREAT F*CKING time to be a Joni fan! Between her HoF induction, this ballet project, her upcoming new album (which is really sounding like it's going to be killer, but I'm working hard to not get over-excited), a documentary she's working on, the Nonesuch tribute, and the C&S book (run don't walk to get it, it is superb), it's tough to keep up. And I'm lovin' every minute of it. Bob NP: Blue Tapestry, "Free Man In Paris" _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:21:14 -0500 From: "Evelyne Dubois" Subject: Re: New York Times article Precious, so precious human being you are Joni. I so wish you could live forever. I love you. Evelyne. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Irvin" To: Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 1:03 PM Subject: New York Times article > Wow. one of those interviews that comes around only rarely: > > http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=1547 > > > > Les > > NP: Pat Metheny "Two Folk Songs" with Michael Brecker.. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 18:09:04 EST From: StDoherty@aol.com Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 In a message dated 02/03/2007 3:07:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: Subject: Re: The future of Joni http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8WzHl_ltZE Enjoy:) love you all, yah! Nuri:) Yikes - I thought happiness was the best facelift ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:16:41 +0000 From: "Stephen Toogood" Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 Thanks for that, never heard of the band let alone of the song before. Really put a smile on my face. amelio747 >From: StDoherty@aol.com >Reply-To: StDoherty@aol.com >To: joni@smoe.org >Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 >Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 18:09:04 EST > >In a message dated 02/03/2007 3:07:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, >owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: > >Subject: Re: The future of Joni > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8WzHl_ltZE > >Enjoy:) > >love you all, yah! > >Nuri:) > > > >Yikes - I thought happiness was the best facelift _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail is evolving  check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:05:06 -0800 From: "Jill Haas" Subject: Thank you, you big jonillovers, you!!! A note of thanks... To all that have either contributed to my shameless plea for money to go to JoniFest and to those who have sent me exceptionally cool recordings, links to great stuff, etc., etc., and ad infinitum. Your generosity is unparalled. I have taken the plunge and signed up for JoniFest. Heaven help the poor souls who end up as my roommates. I can sing a Joni song for just about any occasion. Guess what might prompt me to break into "Urge for Going"? Finding JMDL has been one of the highlights of my very boring life. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:19:19 EST From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: New York Times article Yes, what a wonderful article. So very insightful, informative, and fascinating really! This all sounds so interesting. The excitement certainly is brewing. - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:28:27 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Thank you, you big jonillovers, you!!! Some climb, some fall, some rise, to get to Jonifest... Victor NP: newly purchased Shadows and Light DVD - Hejira "travelling in some vehicle.." appropriately enough :) On Feb 3, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Jill Haas wrote: > > Finding JMDL has been one of the highlights of my very boring life. > > Jill ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 21:06:19 EST From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Another Joni anecdote Yes I am bored today. I was supposed to go out tonight but decided to stay in and hide from the bitter cold (it is 5 degrees right now!). Anyway, earlier my sister was sitting on the couch watching tv. I told her, "hey we're going to watch something real good from a DVD I have. The guitars sound fantastic and from what I hear it sounds like a great song. It's so short though it breaks my heart." My sister then replied, "Monika, I don't care." And then I basically said it's too good for you to miss and it'll be a birthday treat (it is her birthday today). So I popped in Woman of Heart and Mind and started pressing next to go through the chapters. When my sister saw what it was, she said, "You're making me watch Joni Mitchell? I don't like Joni Mitchell." I just told her to be patient and listen to how great it is. I then played her the clip from the Big Sur Festival and was ecstatic after watching it saying how good it is. My sister replied, "are you kidding me? That was too short to even judge whether it's good or bad." I of course disagreed. Oh and I forgot to say. Before showing that clip I was fast forwarding the clips with Joni and Graham in it and my sister said, "Graham Nash could have honestly done better than Joni Mitchell." I just said I thought they were a very nice couple (she's not a Joni fan...if you couldn't tell by now, haha). Point of all this is (well there's no point) I always like to share the things I enjoy. I do the same thing when I'm with friends. I'll bring over a concert DVD I like or bring attention to the music I'm playing in my car or make them a mixed cd telling them they have to listen to this. I have this annoying obsession with wanting to convert people to the things I like. I just want to spread the joy! Anyone else like this? - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 21:17:42 EST From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: STAS/MOA why oh why?!?! About a couple weeks ago or so I had to return Song To A Seagull back to the library because someone else had ordered it and it was therefore on hold. Checking the system, it is due back on 02/20 and one other person is in line ahead of me! That means another 3 weeks more without it after the 20th unless the person returns it beforehand. I've been thinking I should just go out and buy it already but my cd rack is full! I'd need to buy another cd rack too! Oh I don't think I can wait so long though. In addition, I'll finally be getting Miles of Aisles shortly from the library. It is due on the 7th but that's still so far away to me. Days go by so very slow at times. The last two weeks have been a drag and I just wish they could be a blur. And I've been waiting for this one now for a little bit of time and I'm getting pretty anxious here. I believe it was Tom Petty who once said the waiting is the hardest part. - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 21:45:47 EST From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: Heckman on Joni Richard Flynn wrote: "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 " I would point out that this was hardly an unfavorable review, and in any event he more than redeemed himself a year later when reviewing Joni's Carnegie Hall concert - which I attended. _http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=814_ (http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=814) Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 19:08:36 -0800 From: "Jill Haas" Subject: Re: Another Joni anecdote Oh yea, baby! I just tuned one of my guitars to the tuning for "Coyote" and challenged my roommate to figure out how to play it. He is an accomplished musician (guitar, bass, piano, tenor sax), but his response was "this is totally foreign to me." I replied, "if you learn how to play even one Joni tune, I guaranee you'll become a fan." He says he'll have to think about it. BTW, are you going to try to make it to JoniFest? I would love to meet you! Jill - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 6:06 PM Subject: Another Joni anecdote I have this annoying obsession with wanting to convert people to the things I like. I just want to spread the joy! Anyone else like this? - -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:06:48 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Re: Another Joni anecdote When I first got into Nick Drake I was working at a music store and was constantly trying to convert people into Nick Drake fans. This was over 10 years ago, before Volkswagon ever thought of using his song "Pink Moon" in a commercial. I even threw a party for what would have been his 50th birthday and performed the song "Fruit Tree"...it totally felt like he was there in spirit. I still feel a deep comraderie with him. Victor NP: scrabble online/ESPN on television I have this > annoying obsession with wanting to convert people to the things I like. I > just want to spread the joy! Anyone else like this? > -Monika ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 22:07:58 EST From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: Attendees Bob Muller answered a question Subject: Re: Paz not going.doc Well Mike - FWIW I still plan on going. But I don't know if/what I'll be performing if anything. All my players have pulled out. Maybe we'll all just get up and do "Fiddle & The Drum". I was bummed about hearing some of that news. Even worse, I haven't touched a guitar in months. But I'm coming to the Fest if Ashara can tell me where to send the balance of my money Bobsart Crackin his fingers. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:21:43 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Sad news I did not put a njc tag on this because this concerns a dear Joniamigo. I just got a call from Paz tonight. We've been trying to make plans to get together next week in Baltimore with Claudia and John. Our dear friend Michael Paz has lost his brother Donald Joseph Allen to ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). No one including Donald knew he had it until about three weeks before his death. Paz of course is pretty out of it. He said someone took him out last night and got him to take his mind off of things instead of him just going to his room to fall apart. He said that later he did go to his room and thankfully passed out. The group was onstage performing while he was on the phone with me. I asked him if he would like me to post on his behalf and he said he would. the funeral is Tuesday I believe and he will be flying back to Baltimore on Wednesday. I plan to make sure I am there to meet him in Baltimore and stand by my friend at this sorrowful time. He has suffered so much loss within these past two years yet he has been brave and courageous enough to keep living life to the fullest anyway. He truly is an inspiration to me and I feel so blessed to even know him. Please say a prayer or think some good thoughts to get him through this difficult time. He is our Joni friend of the heart. Thanks so much. Love, Sherelle _________________________________________________________________ Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 22:20:03 EST From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: Urge for Going Monika wrote "Subject: Urge For Going I was just wondering if any of you have heard Crosby & Nash's cover of this song? It's such a beautiful rendition with their harmony vocals and all. In fact, this is how I first heard of the song. I had liked this song for a while now and then a while back noticed it was written by Joni. Of course, that was before I had started getting into her. I just thought, wow, they sure do cover a lot of Joni Mitchell songs................ What do you think of the song? I really love the guitar on the song as well. That opening is so hypnotic. " Ha ! I Hadn't touched my guitar in 3 months, and picked it up today - first song I played was Urge for Going, Joni style. Just something in the air maybe, with the onset of winter and all here in the northeast :-) Yeah, they do sort of seem to have a connection to Joni ;-) Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:34:04 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Sad News...one more thing I forgot to add that Paz said that the band played St. James Infirmary as a tribute to his brother last night and will do so tonight as well. That is so touching and I am grateful in my heart for these guys. They have hearts and souls.... Love, Sherelle _________________________________________________________________ Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:36:52 -0500 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: questions for Joni did we do this before? I can't remember. . Imagaine you meet up with Joni and you can actually speak. . . what are the 100 questions you would ask her? (add to the list) 1. Who is Martha? From: StDoherty@aol.com Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #37 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 I don't know why - but I remember thinking when this album first came out that the Martha she mentions was John Mitchell's wife. Talk about talk to me .... this dame wouldn't shut up! _________________________________________________________________ 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: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 22:44:14 EST From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: Newbie Thea initialized "Now, I've probably written more than you ever wanted to hear from me...I'll" try to keep it a little shorter in future! Peace, Thea" No way ! More ! We love the new member posts - and especially you yutes. (My daughter doesn't post, but she's been a convert for 6 years now - she's 26) Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 19:50:46 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: STAS/MOA why oh why?!?! > I've been thinking I should just go out and buy it already but my cd rack is full! Buy another rack, or stack the extra CDs on the floor. But buy everything Joni ever recorded. You won't regret it. : ) Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 02:56:33 EST From: MINGSDANCE@aol.com Subject: Jonu un NYTimes Just got this from my friend at the LATimes. Not sure if it's posted yet as I'm way behind on my digest reading. Enjoy! Peace Mingus_http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/arts/dance/04yaff.html?_r=1&ref=arts& oref=slogin_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/arts/dance/04yaff.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin) ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #38 ******************************** ------- 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)