From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #69 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, March 4 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 069 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: PC and Tom Rush [Bobsart48@aol.com] Re: You Are On a Desert Island [PassScribe@aol.com] Joni, Jackson ["Dr. Katherine Whited" ] Re: PC and Tom Rush ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Mello Joni Offers. [John Calimee ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 17:11:15 EST From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: PC and Tom Rush Kakki wrote: " It is funny because I am mostly "politically incorrect" on the Joni list but I have > always been able to understand and agree with her take on the ills of the > world. To me her work transcends the mere "political" and just draws upon > universal, timeworn truths. Now, her new album - hmmm - I hope she keeps > it universal and does not become partisan but from some of the comments > related here, she may go that way. I hope not. A good message should > reach all, not a select group." Spot on, Kakki. Oh, Joni may have occasionally fallen from grace and allowed personal irritation to infiltrate the painting, but so much less often and less self-indulgently than most mortals. And that in turn goes a long way to explaining how those of us who are not in lock-step with the majority JMDL view on all such issues can nevertheless appreciate and admire Joni's "political" - or should I say "topical" - art. On a different tack, I got to see Tom Rush last night at Joe's Pub. It was a fun evening, and a nice performance. He told the expected story about the Circle Game tape, and also discussed the inspiration - without mentioning Neil Young's name or Sugar Mountain. He did say that "she floored me" when he first heard Joni play - she had asked to do a guest set at the coffee house in Detroit so that Rush could hear her. He also said that he was about a year behind in delivering an album under his contract, and was pretty desperate - so, after a while, he approached Joni every night and asked "did you write any new songs today ?" He mentioned the Carnegie Hall show (and the fact that he played in a completely different and far away venue the very next night). There was nothing political about his show - and the NY audience appeared fine with that. A fair number of people in their late 20's and early 30's, along with the rest of us geezers. He performed Urge For Going - the crowd loved it, and one of the youngin's exclaimed "good song", breaking the brief, hushed silence after the song's end prior to the applause. Surprise, surprise. Apparently he has moved to California and has a 7-year old son - he made some crack about making his own grandchildren. ;-) My friend was a bit surprised that Tom (who was in the foyer to greet patrons as they entered Joe's Pub) did not perform Joshua Gone Barbados (he may have played Wasn't That A Mighty Storm, but I had listening quite a bit that day to his stuff before the concert, and am not sure), in light of the recent passing of Eric Von Schmidt, who apparently was a major influence on Rush. Tom made no reference to his death that I heard (we were at the very frontmost table, which was also fun). Bobsart


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AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 22:08:52 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: You Are On a Desert Island > RE: You are on a deserted island... > > I've always gotten a kick out of contemplating this one, ever since Tower Records' Magazine used to have readers' "Desert Island Discs" in each issue. The two that have ALWAYS been at the top of my list have been Court & Spark and Todd Rundgren's A Wizard, A True Star... after that, it has traditionally been something by Joe Walsh (like, The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get), Bruce's Born To Run, and Flo & Eddie's Moving Targets. Kenny B ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:22:03 -0700 From: "Dr. Katherine Whited" Subject: Joni, Jackson Do you think that Joni wrote Not to Blame (on TI) about Jackson Browne? Do you know if they associate anymore? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 23:56:49 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: PC and Tom Rush Tom is going to play here in St. Petersburg in a few weeks at a friend of mine's art gallery. Only 50 seats. Should be great. Jerry Bobsart48@aol.com wrote: > Kakki wrote: > > " It is funny because I am mostly "politically incorrect" on the Joni > list > but I have >> always been able to understand and agree with her take on the ills of >> the >> world. To me her work transcends the mere "political" and just draws >> upon >> universal, timeworn truths. Now, her new album - hmmm - I hope she >> keeps >> it universal and does not become partisan but from some of the comments >> related here, she may go that way. I hope not. A good message should >> reach all, not a select group." > Spot on, Kakki. Oh, Joni may have occasionally fallen from grace and > allowed > personal irritation to infiltrate the painting, but so much less often > and > less self-indulgently than most mortals. And that in turn goes a long way > to > explaining how those of us who are not in lock-step with the majority > JMDL > view on all such issues can nevertheless appreciate and admire Joni's > "political" - or should I say "topical" - art. > > On a different tack, I got to see Tom Rush last night at Joe's Pub. It was > a > fun evening, and a nice performance. He told the expected story about the > Circle Game tape, and also discussed the inspiration - without mentioning > Neil > Young's name or Sugar Mountain. He did say that "she floored me" when > he first heard Joni play - she had asked to do a guest set at the coffee > house in Detroit so that Rush could hear her. He also said that he was > about a > year behind in delivering an album under his contract, and was pretty > desperate - so, after a while, he approached Joni every night and asked > "did you > write any new songs today ?" > > He mentioned the Carnegie Hall show (and the fact that he played in a > completely different and far away venue the very next night). > > There was nothing political about his show - and the NY audience appeared > fine with that. A fair number of people in their late 20's and early 30's, > along with the rest of us geezers. He performed Urge For Going - the crowd > loved > it, and one of the youngin's exclaimed "good song", breaking the brief, > hushed silence after the song's end prior to the applause. Surprise, > surprise. > Apparently he has moved to California and has a 7-year old son - he made > some > crack about making his own grandchildren. ;-) > > My friend was a bit surprised that Tom (who was in the foyer to greet > patrons as they entered Joe's Pub) did not perform Joshua Gone Barbados > (he may > have played Wasn't That A Mighty Storm, but I had listening quite a bit > that day > to his stuff before the concert, and am not sure), in light of the recent > passing of Eric Von Schmidt, who apparently was a major influence on > Rush. Tom > made no reference to his death that I heard (we were at the very > frontmost > table, which was also fun). > > Bobsart >


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AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:14:38 -0600 From: John Calimee Subject: Mello Joni Offers. Happy Sunday Joni listers. Thanks to Richard Flynn, it's been a warm Joni weekend. I literally stayed up all night in the studio listening to the cds he kindly sent: CBC Radio Biography (2 disks) Joni Mitchell's Induction into Canada's Songwriter's Hall of Fame The Aug. 25th 1979 Concert at Forest Hills, NY. (2 disks) I'm writing to seed the original disks Richard sent me, back to the list. Assuming that the new owner will pass copy them and offer them again, and so on. -For those not into copying mode, I have 2 sets already copied. The first 2 people asking are welcome to them. (Actually, more can ask... it's just that I've used up all the disks I have at the moment. These are ready to go.) The radio biography was well done. Nothing 'new' but lots of snippets of Joni dispersed throughout and songs were nicely placed in context. - -Thanks again to Richard. And a big shout out to David Blackburn for the DJRD remaster. Good stuff. j. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #69 ******************************** ------- 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)