From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #86 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, March 20 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 086 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Words To Music [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Words To Music [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Misc Music News sjc ["Randy Remote" ] RE: Had to abandon C&S and Blue/People/SJC ["Stephen Toogood" ] Re: Joni dreams [Kate Johnson ] A Tribute to Joni thread on IMWAN [Andeemac2006 ] 2 new Joni covers ! ["Michael O'Malley" ] Re: Misc Music News sjc ["Randy Remote" ] Re: 2 new Joni covers ! [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] FW: A Tribute to Joni thread on IMWAN ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 [Doug ] Joni Interview on Radio 2 - A pox on bloody technology [Chris Marshall ] radio 2 joni ["Ross, Les" ] shine and good dreams are bad ["Ross, Les" ] RE: Joni Interview on Radio 2 - A pox on bloody technology ["Richard Flyn] Joni interviewed by Amanda Ghost [Gertus@aol.com] another link [Gertus@aol.com] Come In From The Cold: The Return of Joni Mitchell [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: joni plays the saxophone?? [Bob Muller ] Re: Comments on "I Came To Hate Music" [Bob Muller ] Joni's mama [] Re: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 ["Randy Remote" ] Re: Joni's mama ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] BBC show [jserkes@aol.com] Re: Joni's mama [] BBC Interview ["Jamie's Box of Paints" ] RE: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: Joni's mama [Motitan@aol.com] Re: Joni's mama [Victor Johnson ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:00:43 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Words To Music Hi folks. I got the Words To Music: Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame DVD in the mail today. Thank you very much Brian. It's unedited and contains the McGill University presentation of the Doctor of Music award to Joni as well. Oddly, Chaka Khan was not even mentioned and, as stated before, all French content was removed. The interesting thing for me is that the commercials were left in. A unique opportunity to watch Canadian TV. It seems TV commercials are similar everywhere. Mostly pretty annoying. "Little Mosque On The Prairie"? How tacky! Is this meant to be a comedy? The show was fantastic though. Herbie Hancock almost brings Joni to tears when talking about her work with Charles Mingus. I have now copied the disc for myself and can send it on to anyone else in Australia or nearby countries. If you live in this region but don't have the capacity to copy DVDs, let me know and I will run you off a copy. Otherwise, let me know ON LIST if you'd like the original to copy and send on. Write to me on list so those who get the digest have an equal chance. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:12:56 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Words To Music Oh, I meant to add that it's not a good idea to put your address on the list. Just let me know if you want the disc and I will write back asking for your address. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:11:31 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Misc Music News sjc BBC Radio 2 will air part one of "Come in From the Cold, the Return of Joni Mitchell" tomorrow, (Tuesday) at 8:30 PM. The show will offer sneak peaks at songs from her upcoming CD "Shine", and dialog between Joni and songwriter Amanda Ghost. Streaming here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/ Short BBC web article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/ The Archdeacon of Tobago is warning that the public may be tempted to try the gay lifestyle due to the influence of Elton John, who is scheduled to perform there next month. Not sure if Archy was wearing a dress when he said this. Tony Bennett is going out on tour. Comic Chris Rock directed the latest Chili Peppers video, "Hump De Bump". Paul McCartney has settled his divorce to Heather Mills- She will receive $56 million and a mansion. They will share custody of their daughter, Beatrice. A John Lennon cover CD to benefit Amnesty International's Darfur program will feature Green Day (Working Class Hero), Regina Spektor (Real Love), Willie Nelson (Imagine) and a cover of "#9 Dream" by REM. The CD, "Instant Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur" will be out June 12. REM's single comes out today. Yoko Ono has donated all song royalties to the cause as well. Jury selection for Phil Spector's murder trial began today. The trial will be televised on Court TV. No one witnessed the shooting, but Spector's chauffeur allegedly heard the gunshot, and witnessed Spector exit his home with a gun, uttering, "I think I just shot her"; and an Alhambra police officer allegedly said she heard Spector say, "I didn't mean to shoot her. It was an accident". Spector's been out on $1 million dollars bail for four years. Cyndi Lauper will tour in June with a focus on gay rights. The "True Colors" tour also features Debbie Harry and Erasure, and guests on some dates include Rufus Wainwright, Rosie O'Donnell, and Indigo Girls. $1 of each ticket sold will go to the Human Rights Campaign. Two of Jerry Garcia's electric guitars and a whole lot more Grateful Dead collectables belonging to their late road manager Ram Rod will be auctioned off May 8 in San Francisco by Bonhams and Butterfields. Joe Boyd worked with Muddy Waters, Dylan, Nick Drake, Roland Kirk, and more, and ran London's UFO Club which gave Pink Floyd their earliest exposure. Now he has written a book, "White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960's". Les Paul still plays two sets every Monday night with his band at the Iridium Jazz Club in NYC. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:15:25 +0000 From: "Stephen Toogood" Subject: RE: Had to abandon C&S and Blue/People/SJC It is nice to know there ARE nice people out there. I remember some years back my apartment got robbed, and low and behold the only cd they left me with was Joni Mitchell "Hits". I always felt there was some irony in that!. Steve (livid because he'll be eating rice for the rest of the week, you see vodka doesn't constitute a food!) >From: Motitan@aol.com >Reply-To: Motitan@aol.com >To: joni@smoe.org >Subject: Had to abandon C&S and Blue/People/SJC >Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:47:38 EDT > >Well on my way to work, Mort broke down on the highway. Mort's my car. >You >see, I had Court & Spark playing in my car and I had Blue along with some >other cds in a bag that I was taking to work. Well my car broke down and >since >I have no cellphone I had to start walking to the next exit to use a >phone. >I just grabbed my purse, keys, and actually contemplated grabbing my bag >with my cds in it before I went. However, I left them there. > Good thing is, there are some decent people out there, which on my >bad >days I doubt there are, haha. A nice woman saw me walking, stopped, and >dropped me off at a gas station to use the phone there. Then the gas >station lady >gave me free coffee, numbers to towing places, and told me to call the >police so they wouldn't get my car towed. I just thought that was all >very nice. >It's such a good surprise when things like that happen. It made my bad, >bad >weekend not look so bad since I realize there are some good people out >there. > And it's good my car broke down so it'll be fixed in time for >Jonifest! >I had been a bit worried about my car and was going to get it checked out >soon. I guess it's good timing so it'll be ready for Jonifest! >-Monika >P.S. I drove to the shop where my car is right after work to pick up my cds >from my car. I'm sorry but I need my music! > > > >************************************** AOL now offers free email to >everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. _________________________________________________________________ Solve the Conspiracy and win fantastic prizes. http://www.theconspiracygame.co.uk/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:17:08 +0000 From: "Stephen Toogood" Subject: RE: Free Man In Paris - Sufjan Stevens download Thanks so much Laura - this is really surprising! Steve >From: est86mlm@ameritech.net >Reply-To: est86mlm@ameritech.net >To: joni@smoe.org >Subject: Free Man In Paris - Sufjan Stevens download >Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:53:31 -0600 > > Found this in my email box. > >Download >Sufjan Stevens - Free Man In Paris >http://savefile.com/files/553584 > >Track #1 from the upcoming Joni Mitchell Tribute > >Laura > >************************************************************************* >FIRST day of SPRING FREEBIE* Mark the calendar > >Free iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts on March 21 >----------------------------------------------- > >"All day long, Dunkin' Donuts locations all over the US will be giving >away free 16-ounce iced coffees. >Their iced coffees are "double brewed" for smoothness and come in nine >different flavors, in addition to regular coffee." > >Win a candy bar >http://www.nestlecrunch.com/crunchandwin/login_register.aspx _________________________________________________________________ Txt a lot? Get Messenger FREE on your mobile. https://livemessenger.mobile.uk.msn.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:55:41 EDT From: Snapple1984@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni and the Wonder Years In a message dated 3/19/2007 12:04:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org writes: Wonder Years Hey Monika, I LOVE the Wonder Years! I was just a kid when the show was on but I loved it and like every other nine-year-old girl I had a huge crush on Fred Savage. I didn't really know much of the music on that show at the time. So BSN is played during the first episode? If I remember it right, the first episode is the first day of sixth grade, Kevin is surprised at how cute Winnie is, Winnie finds out her brother has died in Vietnam and Kevin and Winnie share their first kiss. Is that about right? :) - - Kira NW: The X-Files ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:57:50 EDT From: Snapple1984@aol.com Subject: Re: Feminist Choice In a message dated 3/19/2007 12:04:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org writes: I buy into some aspects of societal expectation but not all. I would never die my hair blonde because I'd look really ugly. I might go darker but I've never worked up the . . . um, er . . . ovaries? I do straighten my hair half the time (it's naturally curly) and I do shave even when I'm going to be wearing jeans, just because I've gotten used to the way it feels and I don't like not shaving now. I don't wear makeup or jewelry because I figure it's better to leave alone what I know nothing about. - - Kira ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:08:06 EDT From: Snapple1984@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #120 In a message dated 3/20/2007 12:02:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org writes: Subject: Joni dreams? I've read someone mention on this list a dream they had with Joni Mitchell in it. That being said, have any of the rest of you had a dream with Joni on it? I just find dreams so fascinating really. I tend to have dreams with EVERYONE I know in them at some time or another and many, many famous people, especially musicians (including Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, etc etc...dreams are fun!). I have had two Joni related dreams. The first was that I was looking at musician ads and someone was starting a Joni Mitchell tribute band! How cool would that be? The second dream I had, she was actually in. I dreamt that I was hanging out with Joni and Stephen Stills for some reason and I was begging them to come to an open mic night I used to play at. I told them there was some real good music there--they'd meet some good people, and then they could blow them all away. They were both hesitant at first but then agreed to come. That's when the dream ended! So what about you? I've had a couple Joni dreams. The first one was a couple years ago and I don't remember it that much although I do remember Joni was about forty-ish, still had long hair and was wearing a long flowing dress of mist green and also a crown of daisies. That's sort of embarrassing on my part. The second dream I just had a couple nights ago and I dreamed that Joni was running some sort of school and also had a TV show. IT really made no sense, it was kind of a nature show where she locked people in a closet with wild Canadian animals. Then all the class assignments were about Canada too and I was really behind. I'm sure that just came about for a couple reasons - 1) I AM really behind in my writing class and 2) I had just been talking extensively about Joni and other Canadian artists to this Canadian kid in my class. I went to a peace rally on Sunday. Although it's nice to see so many people who believe in peace, I always leave feeling rather depressed, knowing that ultimately our rallies do no good. Especially disturbing is the fact that by the end (at least here in Portland) most of the people who are really trying to affect change our gone and the only people left are a hodgepodge of anarchists, socialists and everything else, including scientologists, who start dancing to marimba music and starting shit with the police. Then, of course, this is what gets reported on. I have nothing against these groups of people, just the people who provoke the police and attract bad press to an otherwise peaceful event. - - Kira (in Portland) NW: The X-Files ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:38:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: Misc Music News sjc Randy Remote wrote: > Cyndi Lauper will tour in June with a focus on gay rights. > The "True Colors" tour also features Debbie Harry and > Erasure, and guests on some dates include Rufus > Wainwright, Rosie O'Donnell, and Indigo Girls. $1 of > each ticket sold will go to the Human Rights Campaign. Read about this last week and was mad because the Radio City Music Hall performance is on the day I leave NYC. > > Les Paul still plays two sets every Monday night with > his band at the Iridium Jazz Club in NYC. Always try toe see him when I go to NY. He is still amazing and one of a kind. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:37:34 -0500 From: Kate Johnson Subject: Re: Joni dreams On 20-Mar-07, at 2:00 AM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > So what about you? Oh yeah. Several times a year I dream that Joni and I get together. She is usually very busy and quite distracted by her public wanting her attention, but particularly enjoys my company as I am someone from "home." The last time, just a week or two ago, she was wondering if I could go on the road with her as her assistant. I told her I'd love to, but have my kids at home for another three years. After that .... Kate of the North http://xoetc.antville.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:38:20 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Andeemac2006 Subject: A Tribute to Joni thread on IMWAN http://www.imwan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11765 All so this thread about a Deluxe version of Blue http://www.imwan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11502 any hints on when the new Joni CD may come out ??? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:41:32 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: A Tribute to Joni thread on IMWAN From: "Andeemac2006" > http://www.imwan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11765 > All so this thread about a Deluxe version of Blue > http://www.imwan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11502 > any hints on when the new Joni CD may come out ??? The cover for the tribute CD (1st thread) is totally cool. "Shine" will be released in the fall according to The Guardian, and a few other sources, or early summer according to the BBC. As to Blue, the threaders suggest it is more of a repackaging than a remastering. Smells like a marketing scam, and haven't us Joni fans had enough of those? RR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:26:18 -0400 From: Doug Subject: Joni on BBC2 today Is anyone recording this show? CD or high bit rate MP3. I will be able to hear it online, but the sound quality is not-so-good. Starts at 4:30 PM EST http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/ Doug ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:57:42 +0000 From: "Michael O'Malley" Subject: 2 new Joni covers ! Right here http://www.archambault.ca/store/Product.asp?mscssid=6D5C2ED7CC087A1CDC042244DA41E894&sku=001957578&type=1 Quebecoise chanteuse, Luce Dufault's new release, Demi-lune, (Half Moon) has two Joni covers (in English) on an otherwise French disc of ballads. Dufault has one of the most soothing and beautiful voices on the Quebec pop scene today. Enjoy. Michael in Quebec _________________________________________________________________ Your Space. Your Friends. Your Stories. Share your world with Windows Live Spaces. http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:49:09 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Misc Music News sjc London time, which, I think, translates to 4:30 PM EST or 1:30 PST-google "time difference" to make sure. > EST Time??? > best > Paz > On Mar 20, 2007, at 12:11 AM, Randy Remote wrote: > > BBC Radio 2 will air part one of "Come in From the Cold, > the Return of Joni Mitchell" tomorrow, (Tuesday) at 8:30 PM. > The show will offer sneak peaks at songs from her upcoming > CD "Shine", and dialog between Joni and songwriter > Amanda Ghost. Streaming here: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/ > Short BBC web article: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:12:22 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: 2 new Joni covers ! Hey, thanks for the tip, Michael - I'll add them into our database. Wish she was doing them in French, and wish she was doing something other than these two, but as you know I welcome all comers. In other French-language Joni cover news, I just scored an LP off ebay with French-language covers of Morning Morgantown, Songs To Aging Children Come, and (of course) BSN. Can't wait to hear the first two: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=290093663306&rd=1&rd=1 Also, you may recall that Joe Dassin recorded BYT long ago as "Le Grand Parking". Just discovered and have since gotten a copy of Fabienne Thibeault's recording of "Le Grand Parking". Thanks again for being my eyes on the Canadian scene - it takes a village, especially when the Village Idiot is in charge. Bob NP: Joni, "Cactus Tree" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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The audiophile vinyl version, on the other hand, sounds fabulous--thanks to Simon for recommending it. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Randy Remote Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:42 PM To: Andeemac2006; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: A Tribute to Joni thread on IMWAN From: "Andeemac2006" > http://www.imwan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11765 > All so this thread about a Deluxe version of Blue > http://www.imwan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11502 > any hints on when the new Joni CD may come out ??? The cover for the tribute CD (1st thread) is totally cool. "Shine" will be released in the fall according to The Guardian, and a few other sources, or early summer according to the BBC. As to Blue, the threaders suggest it is more of a repackaging than a remastering. Smells like a marketing scam, and haven't us Joni fans had enough of those? RR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:07:46 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Comments on "I Came To Hate Music" Well, that was an interesting article. I find anything interesting that I learn something new in. Anyhow, Joni said: "I'm not considered a poet," she says. "Dylan is, Jim Morrison is.............." My apologies to Doors fans as I don't hate the band (don't like them either but still hate is such a strong word) but I hate Jim Morrison. American poet my ass. Anyone could get that drugged up and start talking about the birds in the sky and ramble on and on. I have always thought and will always think that he gets too much credit. I saw that Doors movie a while back and was left feeling sorry for the band because they had to deal with him all the time...well for a limited time. But on the other hand, he was what made the Doors. I just don't get it with him. So I say again, in case you missed it, American poet my ass. Now, Dylan, I like. And Joni said: (about Chuck) "He married what he was pretty certain was a dumb blonde....." Wow, Chuck sure sounds like a winner. I don't know too much about Chuck Mitchell other than the basics and what was said in WOHAM. Jesus Joni, you could do better than a man like that. On one hand I wonder why Joni always went for the musicians. You know I'll read the crap that happened and always think "Joni find a guy outside of the music world." Musicians are so messed up (no offense!). They have issues x10 and of course there's always that whole cheating thing.....which is not cool. But then again I understand why Joni went for the musicians. That's who she knew, it was and still is part of her world, and well, some of them were and still are quite fascinating. - -M NP: Pride And Joy- Stevie Ray Vaughan ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:07:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 I'm listening! At work, Told my colleagues not to bother me. OK so far, but anxious to hear the new stuff. Will I have to pull the same slacker stuff at work next week? - ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:29:10 +0000 >From: Garret >Subject: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 >To: list > >Anyone else tuning in? >GARRET Deb Messling http://www.sensibleshoes.vox.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:36:06 -0400 From: Doug Subject: Re: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 Excellent interview! The online audio was good and unbroken. Loved the little snippet of Joni playing piano again. Yay!! Doug Deb Messling wrote: > I'm listening! At work, Told my colleagues not to bother me. OK so far, but anxious to hear the new stuff. Will I have to pull the same slacker stuff at work next week? > > ---- Original message ---- > >> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:29:10 +0000 >> From: Garret >> Subject: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 >> To: list >> >> Anyone else tuning in? >> GARRET >> > > Deb Messling > http://www.sensibleshoes.vox.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:50:17 +0000 From: Chris Marshall Subject: Joni Interview on Radio 2 - A pox on bloody technology I'm listening now - and finally (/finally/) recording the bloody thing, five or so minutes in. So, I spent the last hour or two of this afternoon all smug thinking that I could use my swanky digital radio (the UK's XM/Sirius equivalent) to record this program to an SD card. It was one of the major selling points of the thing: you can record stuff to an SD card stuffed up its hind end. That said, I dropped close on $300 on the thing and I've never actually used its recording facility. You can see where this is going, right? So I grab a selection of blank SD cards and do the technological suppository thing. "SD card not readable" says it. With all the cards I tried... This is five minutes before the program was due to start. Oh and the radio's long out of warranty. Been faulty all along, clearly. So, I then traipse the radio through to my office. It's got an optical digital output, so I can hook that straight into one of my two multitrack firewire recording interfaces and haul it into Garageband or Logic on the mac. Seems not to be quite a standard optical digital out though. Further futzing was required to get everything to sync up, by which time we're over 5 minutes in, and I'm ///fuming///. So, finally, it's recording, and I'm just waiting for the next gremlin to come along and piss me right off. Regrettably, I fear the sound quality isn't going to be great - it sounds slightly fuzzy around the edges to my cold-raddled ears. I'll settle for it being the source material at fault.... Sigh. - --Chris Marshall chrisAThatstand.org (AIM: Chr15Marshall) "If you're ever lost, I'll beat the world to finding you" Stryngs, "Bobblehats and Beer" Band website, with downloads, at http://www.stryngs.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:37:15 -0500 From: "Christopher Treacy" Subject: BBC Pt. 1 - Not Impressed.... Hey Gang, Well - I can't say talking with Amanda Ghost has provided us with any great revelations.maybe a couple of interesting little tidbits at best. But personally, I couldn't be LESS interested in how Joni's career got started, how she came to have her songs covered so early on, etc.to us, that's really old news. For those that didn't catch the stream, musically speaking you missed next to nothing.a live version of Chelsea Morning and snippet of live Cactus Tree from BBC Archives, and literally seconds of two new songs, "Shine" and "Bad Dreams are Good" neither of which came across as finished (and both of which had a distinctly pro-tools feel to them from the way it sounded here). I really hope there's more to it in the end - wasn't she planning on getting Brian Blade and the boys back together for these sessions???? **SIGH** Maybe we'll get a whole song next week. Cheers, Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:45:07 +0000 From: Garret Subject: Re: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 SO what did you guys think? She sounds in good mood in this interview. Can you imagine if Joni had not given up athletics as a child? We might be here talking about her best speed in the 100m, lol. But seriously, the new music clips..... i don't know if i was impressed with shine. I don't think her voice sounded any better than T'log, but i was listening on the computer. The piano music sounded good though. GARRET On 3/20/07, Deb Messling wrote: > I'm listening! At work, Told my colleagues not to bother me. OK so far, but anxious to hear the new stuff. Will I have to pull the same slacker stuff at work next week? > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:29:10 +0000 > >From: Garret > >Subject: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 > >To: list > > > >Anyone else tuning in? > >GARRET > > Deb Messling > http://www.sensibleshoes.vox.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:08:24 -0000 From: "Ross, Les" Subject: radio 2 joni well, the software worked fine and i've got a 60 megabyte file with the entire interview on't. a lot of the same same. she sounded in good form and liked ms ghost. the music from the new album was very tantalising. 'shine' sounds lovely musically and the 'bad dreams are good' snippetette very promising. next week's sounds like it'd be more interesting concentrating on the Blue period and her 'hits' period. it'd appear that we're to be treated to teenee weenee selections from the new album though. les (slightly exasperated in london) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:42:41 -0000 From: "Ross, Les" Subject: shine and good dreams are bad for those out there who missed the show and don't fancy listening through the 45 minutes of same-old-same-old, here's a yousendit link for a file i've chopped out from the interview. it features the very few minutes wherein we get a listen to the new work. they're both very brief and run from one into the other. london les (no relation to boston jim) You have a file or files called shine.mp3 (1 file(s)) Link: http://www.yousendit.com/download/M3BsckhVNXZkMnMwTVE9PQ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:16:10 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Joni Interview on Radio 2 - A pox on bloody technology I captured the stream successfully on my computer. Streaming BBC2 does have that tin-can super-lossy swooshy quality. I could make it available in mp3 on YouSendIt, but the stream is up already on "listen again": http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?/radio/aod/radio2_aod.shtml?radio2 /r2_jonimitchell" - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:50 PM To: Joni LIST Cc: lesirvin@gmail.com Subject: Joni Interview on Radio 2 - A pox on bloody technology I'm listening now - and finally (/finally/) recording the bloody thing, five or so minutes in. So, I spent the last hour or two of this afternoon all smug thinking that I could use my swanky digital radio (the UK's XM/Sirius equivalent) to record this program to an SD card. It was one of the major selling points of the thing: you can record stuff to an SD card stuffed up its hind end. That said, I dropped close on $300 on the thing and I've never actually used its recording facility. You can see where this is going, right? So I grab a selection of blank SD cards and do the technological suppository thing. "SD card not readable" says it. With all the cards I tried... This is five minutes before the program was due to start. Oh and the radio's long out of warranty. Been faulty all along, clearly. So, I then traipse the radio through to my office. It's got an optical digital output, so I can hook that straight into one of my two multitrack firewire recording interfaces and haul it into Garageband or Logic on the mac. Seems not to be quite a standard optical digital out though. Further futzing was required to get everything to sync up, by which time we're over 5 minutes in, and I'm ///fuming///. So, finally, it's recording, and I'm just waiting for the next gremlin to come along and piss me right off. Regrettably, I fear the sound quality isn't going to be great - it sounds slightly fuzzy around the edges to my cold-raddled ears. I'll settle for it being the source material at fault.... Sigh. - --Chris Marshall chrisAThatstand.org (AIM: Chr15Marshall) "If you're ever lost, I'll beat the world to finding you" Stryngs, "Bobblehats and Beer" Band website, with downloads, at http://www.stryngs.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:50:34 EDT From: Gertus@aol.com Subject: Joni interviewed by Amanda Ghost You can here it here:-_BBC Radio Player_ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio2_aod.shtml?radio2/r2_jonimitc hell) Jacky ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:52:58 EDT From: Gertus@aol.com Subject: another link Or from here_BBC - Radio2 - Documentaries_ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:57:11 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Come In From The Cold: The Return of Joni Mitchell Well, I managed to record part one of Come In From The Cold: The Return of Joni Mitchell thanks to BBC 2's streaming. For those who were hoping to hear the new album in its entirety, you might be disappointed. There is just a taste. In part one there are just snippets from two tracks; "Shine" and "Bad Dreams Are Good". Joni does, however, talk a little bit about her thought processes behind the album and songs on it. Amanda Ghost is a good interviewer and chats to Joni like they are neighbours having a cup of coffee together. Yet, she manages to keep Joni from ranting too much. Without giving away too much, there are some interesting revelations in this interview. The album, Both Sides, Now was not a contractual obligation as discussed here previously. In fact, according to Joni, it was just the opposite. Joni always wanted to record an album of covers but was contractually prevented. Travelogue on the other hand was to fulfil her contract but she says she enjoyed the experience anyway. She also talks about the reason for David Crosby producing her first album and what Chuck Mitchell thought of the song, Both Sides, Now. Her grandson, Marlin was the inspiration for the song, "Bad Dreams Are Good" (the title is a direct quote). Shine "Oh, let your little light shine. Let your little light shine. Shine on Vegas and Wall Street. Place your bets. Shine on all the fishermen with nothing in their nets..." Oh yeah, Joni now plays saxophone. A true renaissance woman. The album, "Shine" will be released around June. I will be out of bed at 7.30am (AEDT) next Wednesday to record part two. In the meantime, here is part one in mp3 format for you to download: http://download.yousendit.com/1D68F98A7A4ACB93 Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:39:45 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Come In From The Cold: The Return of Joni Mitchell From: "Mark-Leon Thorne" > The album, Both Sides, Now was not a contractual > obligation as discussed here previously. In fact, according to Joni, it > was just the opposite. Joni always wanted to record an album of covers > but was contractually prevented. Travelogue on the other hand was to > fulfil her contract but she says she enjoyed the experience anyway. I just took that to mean that she was not allowed to do an album of covers and have it count toward 'albums owed' in her contract-and reading between the lines- guess that when she presented them with the notion that she had no new songs, they relented. But I could be totally wrong. RR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:38:24 -0500 From: Deb Messling Subject: joni plays the saxophone?? I wonder what this means. Remember on Night Ride Home, she credited herself with playing the oboe, when in fact she was playing a synthesizer. Maybe the same thing here? >Oh yeah, Joni now plays saxophone. A true renaissance woman. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- dlmessling@rcn.com http://www.sensibleshoes.vox.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:58:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: joni plays the saxophone?? I'd bet money that you're right, Deb - that was my immediate thought as well - surely she doesn't have the sustained lung power to blow a sax, but I could be totally wrong. Joni seems to have a magical way of doing what she wants to do. Thanks to everyone who posted clips, opinions, etc. I couldn't get it at work (our firewall blocks all internet radio streams) so I will enjoy it later. Reminds me when she was on a radio interview for TTT on the west coast and JMDLer's were pulling over on the road to listen. Bob NP: Macy Gray, "I Try" - --------------------------------- No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:02:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Comments on "I Came To Hate Music" And therein lies the problem; in any discussion of relationships, there are ALWAYS three sides...party #1's side, party #2's side, and the truth which is usually somewhere in between. Bob NP: John Rankin, "Big Yellow Taxi" - --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:18:18 -0700 From: Subject: Joni's mama This may have already been posted but I heard from a good source that Joni's mother passed away yesterday. It must be a terrible loss for her. RIP dear Myrtle. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:30:52 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 > SO what did you guys think? > She sounds in good mood in this interview. Can you imagine if Joni > had not given up athletics as a child? We might be here talking about > her best speed in the 100m, lol. > > But seriously, the new music clips..... i don't know if i was > impressed with shine. I don't think her voice sounded any better than > T'log, but i was listening on the computer. The piano music sounded > good though. > GARRET Well, the clips were extremely short, just a few seconds, so kind of hard to form an opinion. I think Shine sounded ....fine...kind of like where TI left off-again hard to say. Kind of eerie for me since several songs I've written of late have "shine" as a part of the title or chorus: Let It Shine, Our Love Still Shines, two that say 'shine a little light' (Joni's line is 'let your little light shine'). I was even thinking of calling my next CD Let It Shine, but had decided against it, but enough about ME! (weird, though). It was cool to hear about the early years of songwriting, and while she wouldn't admit it as such, images of her pitching her songs to Tom Rush and the guys. And the way she described working with Crosby and the record biz attitude of the time. Amanda Ghost asked the right questions, alot of them about songwriting, even getting repremanded for saying it was hard to put existing poetry to song, when, in fact, "they write themselves" my dear girl. How many black people impressions did she do, like 3 so far? I must take issue with her dismissal of the protest songs of her generation as "ineffective" and "adolescent". These songs moved a generation, helped spread awareness and stop a war. I doubt if she has even heard "An Untitled Protest" by Country Joe. There's "Machine Gun" by Jimi Hendrix,"Masters of War" by Dylan, "War" by Edwin Starr. These songs were artful in themselves, hardly adolescent, and certainly effective. Okay, maybe none of them caused Nixon to sit down and sob...or maybe they did-he sicked the FBI on Lennon....(end of rant). Altogether, a nice ride on the interview side, was hoping for a full song, though, instead of a few seconds. RR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:32:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: Joni's mama sad. thanks for telling us Kakki. RIP indeed. Wishing peace to Joni and her family. Em - --- kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > This may have already been posted but I heard from a good source that > Joni's > mother passed away yesterday. It must be a terrible loss for her. > RIP dear > Myrtle. > > Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:33:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: Joni's mama Has not been posted. Thanks for letting us know Kakki. I can't find anything yet about her death, but in tribute here is where you can find two recent interviews and recollections: http://www.cbc.ca/jonimitchell/index.html?copy-interviews Jerry kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > This may have already been posted but I heard from a good source that > Joni's > mother passed away yesterday. It must be a terrible loss for her. RIP > dear > Myrtle. > > Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:35:00 -0400 From: jserkes@aol.com Subject: BBC show I listened to the BBC show today. Terrific, but lacked meat as my canadian buddy frosty said. I couldnt agree more. I look forward to the second session. I do want to say that it is still such a pleasure that Joni is still in it, as she is as brilliant an artist as we have in the last 100+ years. Jody L. Serkes Los Angeles, CA jserkes@aol.com 314.378.6052 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:48:33 -0700 From: Subject: Re: Joni's mama Yes, Jerry, I immediately thought about those dear interviews when I learned the news. If anyone hasn't heard them yet, they are just priceless and give much insight into what pretty much wonderful parents Joni was blessed to have. Joni's mother had a long time here on earth but that does not abate the loss Joni and her dad must feel. Part of me wonders if maybe Joni will bring her dad out to stay in California. She will need to hold him close. Kakki > Has not been posted. Thanks for letting us know Kakki. I can't find > anything yet about her death, but in tribute here is where you can find > two recent interviews and recollections: > > http://www.cbc.ca/jonimitchell/index.html?copy-interviews > > Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:58:57 +0000 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: BBC Interview Yeah, it's all stuff we've heard before - interview wise.... but really she's not said this stuff on NATIONAL RADIO so I guess it was a good interview, all being said. The tinyTINY snippets of the new album, I was holding my breath for a full song... I'm glad that the piano is sounding like a piano... and the song Shine... yes the lyrical line is a lot leaner, maybe she will get a few more vocalists covering her songs now! You know how these vocalists like to indulge themselves and not just sound like intelligent people but 'emotional' beings. These songs might appeal to vocalists, finally, whetted the appetite? I dunno... I hope the album is good... we shall see... I am waiting with baited breath... Much Joni Jamie Zoob - -- I am a lonely Painter I live in a Box of Paints I'm frightened by the devil But I'm drawn to those ones that 'aint afraid... Jamie Zubairi can be found for voice-overs at http://uk.voicespro.com/jamie.zubairi1 acting CV and showreel at http://uk.castingcallpro.com/u/81749 http://www.jamiezubairi.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:32:07 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 This little light of mine I'm going to let it shine Oh, this little light of mine I'm going to let it shine Hallelujah This little light of mine I'm going to let it shine Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/this_little_light_of_mine.htm - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Randy Remote Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:31 PM To: Garret; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Come in from the cold BBC radio 2 > SO what did you guys think? > She sounds in good mood in this interview. Can you imagine if Joni > had not given up athletics as a child? We might be here talking about > her best speed in the 100m, lol. > > But seriously, the new music clips..... i don't know if i was > impressed with shine. I don't think her voice sounded any better than > T'log, but i was listening on the computer. The piano music sounded > good though. > GARRET Well, the clips were extremely short, just a few seconds, so kind of hard to form an opinion. I think Shine sounded ....fine...kind of like where TI left off-again hard to say. Kind of eerie for me since several songs I've written of late have "shine" as a part of the title or chorus: Let It Shine, Our Love Still Shines, two that say 'shine a little light' (Joni's line is 'let your little light shine'). I was even thinking of calling my next CD Let It Shine, but had decided against it, but enough about ME! (weird, though). It was cool to hear about the early years of songwriting, and while she wouldn't admit it as such, images of her pitching her songs to Tom Rush and the guys. And the way she described working with Crosby and the record biz attitude of the time. Amanda Ghost asked the right questions, alot of them about songwriting, even getting repremanded for saying it was hard to put existing poetry to song, when, in fact, "they write themselves" my dear girl. How many black people impressions did she do, like 3 so far? I must take issue with her dismissal of the protest songs of her generation as "ineffective" and "adolescent". These songs moved a generation, helped spread awareness and stop a war. I doubt if she has even heard "An Untitled Protest" by Country Joe. There's "Machine Gun" by Jimi Hendrix,"Masters of War" by Dylan, "War" by Edwin Starr. These songs were artful in themselves, hardly adolescent, and certainly effective. Okay, maybe none of them caused Nixon to sit down and sob...or maybe they did-he sicked the FBI on Lennon....(end of rant). Altogether, a nice ride on the interview side, was hoping for a full song, though, instead of a few seconds. RR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:03:42 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's mama In a message dated 3/20/2007 8:22:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kbhla@fastmail.fm writes: This may have already been posted but I heard from a good source that Joni's mother passed away yesterday. It must be a terrible loss for her. RIP dear Myrtle. Kakki Thanks for letting us know Kakki...... My deepest sympathy to the Anderson family.... Joni's Mama was so proud of her rosie in NJ ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:46:03 -0500 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: Joni's mama Thanks for letting us know. Losing your mom is heartbreaking, period, and Joni obviously had an intense relationship with her mom. At 07:18 PM 3/20/2007, you wrote: >This may have already been posted but I heard from a good source that Joni's >mother passed away yesterday. It must be a terrible loss for her. RIP dear >Myrtle. > >Kakki - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- dlmessling@rcn.com http://www.sensibleshoes.vox.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:03:19 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's mama Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this. These sorts of happenings really put things into perspective. RIP. I hope Joni and the rest of her family are doing as well as they can. - -Monika Hare Krishna. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:20:10 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Joni's mama On Mar 20, 2007, at 8:18 PM, wrote: > This may have already been posted but I heard from a good source > that Joni's > mother passed away yesterday. It must be a terrible loss for her. > RIP dear > Myrtle. > > Kakki That's so weird as my best friend Amy's mother passed away yesterday as well...about 2:00am in the morning. We had been expecting her to go pretty soon (she suffered from Parkinson's disease) but it is never easy. Amy's mother raised her single handedly as her father abandoned them when she was little. Amy had spent the last 5 years or so caring for her herself and working full time. A nurse came 5 days a week but it was still an enormous task and she always put it before anything else. One reason I admire her so much. The memorial service is scheduled for Thursday and her mother told Amy several years ago she wanted me to sing at her funeral, so I will be singing "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor. Oddly enough I sang in a choral performance tonight w/orchestra accompaniment, Faure's Requiem, an achingly beautiful peace...sad but beautiful. Maybe it was for Myrtle and Jeri, Amy's mom. Victor, amazingly at peace with all of this...music is the best medicine(and laughter) ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #86 ******************************** ------- 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)