From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #168 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 Monday, June 4 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 168 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Your first Joni album? ["Lori Fye" ] Re: [none] ["Lori Fye" ] Re: Your first Joni album? [Mark-Leon Thorne ] SV: Your first Joni album? ["Marion Leffler" ] Re: Your first Joni album? ["AJ" ] Re: Your first Joni album? [Bob Muller ] RE: Your first Joni album? ["Richard Flynn" ] Joni in Fiction ["mia _" ] Re: Joni in Fiction [Motitan@aol.com] Your first Joni album? ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Mondolin Bros, Staten Island, Joni & Song for Sharon [RoseMJoy@aol.co] RE: Your first Joni album? [Joseph Palis ] Re: Your first Joni album? [Deb Messling ] Re: Joni in Fiction [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni Covers Volume 89 - Blue Moons & Junes [Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Your first Joni album? My first was Hejira, purchased on cassette tape in probably March 1977. I was in the Air Force, in radar repair school ("tech school," as we called that part of our AF journey), and I was 18 years old. My first roommate had just moved into a vacant room across the hall and had taken her stereo with her. Needing music, I went to a convenience store version of the Base Exchange (BX, or PX as it's called by some of the other services) and bought a mono speaker cassette player and a few tapes. I bought Hejira because it occurred to me, "Joni Mitchell. I think I've heard of her." Hejira ... disturbed me, in a way, because it was so unlike anything I'd listen to before. It also fascinated me. I listened to it again and again, partly because it was one of two or three tapes I had. Today, though, I can't remember what those other tapes were! Hejira just kind of took hold of me. 30 years later, it remains my favorite album by anyone, ever. There's more to the story, but that's a start. Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 00:25:23 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: [none] > Some surrealister sang: >> once in a while. . . in a big blue moon . . . there comes a night like >> this. > is that crickets I hear or frogs? All I heard was the flick of a lighter ... ; ) Lori ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 17:42:59 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Your first Joni album? Nice thread, Monika. I've told my story several times so I'll be brief. My first Joni album was the Australia only release, "The World of Joni Mitchell". A good compilation of the best songs from her first 4 albums. I latched onto songs like Blue and Song To a Seagull. It accompanied me on my hitchhiking journeys, first through the Australian desert and then to Canada where, I tried to find Joni's first album which was not available at the time in Australia. I found STAS in a little store in Vancouver and carried it in my backpack all through North America and pulled it out to play whenever I visited someone who was remotely interested. I even had it in my backpack up in Whitehorse where it was - -40. That's my story. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 12:01:53 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: Your first Joni album? My first two albums were Songs to a seagull and Clouds. I don't remember which one I listened to first, only that I listened to both every day. The year was 1970 and I was in England, working as an au-pair (a kind of mother's help. This was, still is, a popular way for European girls to spend some time abroad). I was 20 years old and my eyes were "full of moon". I shared a room with another girl, and the albums were hers, she played them to me. When I first heard Joni sing, I was mesmerized. I couldn't get enough, and the lyrics fascinated me, too. Later I bought every album when it was released until the mid-80's when I lost sight of her and my interest in popular music had to give way for nursery rhymes and research studies. I only rediscovered Joni some months ago, I have completed my collection with cd's up to Turbulent Indigo and I am as fascinated as ever. Marion in Sweden - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Motitan@aol.com Skickat: den 3 juni 2007 00:33 Till: joni@smoe.org Dmne: Your first Joni album? I know just a few people on this list mentioned what album they first got by Joni and the memories associated with that. Well I decided why not make a thread here about it? It'll make good discussion, help me remember who had what first, and let you tell your story some more or those who have not, to do so. So what was the first Joni album you got? What did you think about it? What impression did you get? - -Monika (Mine was Court & Spark followed very closely by Blue....but of course....and unfortunately not back in '74 when C&S came out.....just in '06......) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 08:18:57 -0500 From: "AJ" Subject: Re: Your first Joni album? FTR, which I'd heard and already loved by the time I bought it. Then Court and Spark. Then, gradually, the rest of them through Hejira. Then there was a long non-buying period, which was ended when I bought Hits and Misses, which introduced me to her post-Hejira work. - --AJ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 06:21:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Your first Joni album? The first Joni album I HEARD was C&S. The first one that I bought and owned was Hejira. I didn't hear STAS & MOA until I joined this group in 1998. I didn't hear Blue until sometime into the late 80's. After Hejira I picked up every one that came out except for Mingus which I got on cassette as a gift later, and kicked myself that I had been scared off by the reviews and had denied myself the pleasures of it. Thanks to Lisa who looked through my macho record collection and informed me that I didn't have enough female vocalists in there. She loaned me her copy of Hejira and like Lori, it was 180 degrees from anything else I had but I was mesmerized by it. Thirty-plus years later, I still am. Then again, I was pretty mesmerized by Lisa as well Bob NP: Seal, "Colour" - --------------------------------- Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 10:22:23 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Your first Joni album? STAS in 1968. (I was 13.) After that, I bought every Joni album when it came out, for better or for worse. I remember that I went to the record store to get the Joni Mitchell record and also picked up the debut album by a group called "Big Brother and the Holding Company" on Mainstream Records. Later that year, I bought their follow-up lp "Cheap Thrills." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:04:48 -0500 From: "mia _" Subject: Joni in Fiction I was reading about Neil Young in Wikipedia (trying to see if Trans is available on CD - love that album,but so tired of playing it on cassette!) when I came across a Joni in Fiction item that I don't believe I've ever seen here before. Under the "Popular Culture" heading: In the Futurama episode, "Bendin' in the Wind", when Beck and his entourage chase after Bender they get on to Beck's tour bus. As Beck's bus pulls away Neil Young's head is in a jar looking out the window. Behind Young is the head of his Los Angeles scene peer and fellow Canadian Joni Mitchell. I've never seen the show, but it sounds kinda creepy - heads in jars? Mia _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?ss=Restaurants~Hotels~Amusement%20Park&cp=33.832922~-117.915659&style=r&lvl=13&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=1118863&encType=1&FORM=MGAC01 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 11:15:13 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni in Fiction In a message dated 6/3/2007 11:11:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, hvnphun16@hotmail.com writes: Under the "Popular Culture" heading: In the Futurama episode, "Bendin' in the Wind", when Beck and his entourage chase after Bender they get on to Beck's tour bus. As Beck's bus pulls away Neil Young's head is in a jar looking out the window. Behind Young is the head of his Los Angeles scene peer and fellow Canadian Joni Mitchell. I've never seen the show, but it sounds kinda creepy - heads in jars? - ----------------------------------------------------------- Hmm, I've never seen the show itself, only the previews. It does seems like quite an interesting show...and when I say interesting, I mean quite strange. Heads in jars, eh? A thing of the future.... - -Monika ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:27:07 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Your first Joni album? Monika with questions of a thousand Joni dreams asked: "So what was the first Joni album you got? What did you think about it? What impression did you get?" Joni Mitchell: Song to a Seagull March, 1968. I was fourteen. I guess I kinda liked it. I guess it sort of struck a chord with me. (Play that warm chord, play it Joni, over and over and over again, my friend.) I guess it changed my life. To quote from: http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=286, a Rolling Stone review: "If nothing else, the album is good for the soul." Worked for me! As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, Joni world without end. Amen. - -- Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ Get a preview of Live Earth, the hottest event this summer - only on MSN http://liveearth.msn.com?source=msntaglineliveearthhm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 12:33:20 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Mondolin Bros, Staten Island, Joni & Song for Sharon Great photos Kenny! Thank you rosie ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 21:39:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: RE: Your first Joni album? I did not discover Joni until 1990. Sure I read about her in magazines, books, etc but it is always as an influence to others. Reading those accounts gave this mantle of Joni being ancient. That changed when our seminar coordinator from Cyprus in 1990 talked about the female vocalists he liked. Then he added "But no one can approximate Joni Mitchell." Having already been impressed by his list of favorites, I bought what was available in the record stores (still called record store rather than music store) in Manila -- Night Ride Home. From the get-go the chirping of crickets, the nocturnal sounds of insects providing back-up vocals to Joni appealed to me. I have loved that album since. Then I got "Blue" which remains my first love even if HOSL became my ultimate favorite. Joseph in rainy Chapel Hill np: Enrico Caruso - Celeste Aida P.S. Felicitations to Dr. Bene for the doctoral degree! - --------------------------------- Ne gardez plus qu'une seule adresse mail ! Copiez vos mails vers Yahoo! Mail ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:06:21 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: Your first Joni album? Old time JMDLers have heard this story enough times that I must be certified Coot of the list, telling my boring stories over and over... My first album was Clouds, which I bought on July 19, 1969. My sister talked me into buying it because SHE wanted to hear it, but didn't want to spend her own money in case she didn't like it. I loved it immediately, and holed up in my room playing it over and over. The next day my parents (I was 13) were angry with me because I wanted to listen to my Joni Mitchell album instead of coming downstairs to watch the moon landing coverage on TV. BTW, my sister did like the album, and all summer she kept borrowing it without asking, which I recorded bitterly in my diary. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- dlmessling@rcn.com http://www.sensibleshoes.vox.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 21:52:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni in Fiction - --- mia _ wrote: > In the Futurama episode, "Bendin' in the Wind", when > Beck and his entourage > chase after Bender they get on to Beck's tour bus. > As Beck's bus pulls away > Neil Young's head is in a jar looking out the > window. Behind Young is the > head of his Los Angeles scene peer and fellow > Canadian Joni Mitchell. > > I've never seen the show, but it sounds kinda creepy > - heads in jars? > It may sound creepy, but it's hilarious. Futurama is a great adult cartoon show from a few years ago by Matt Groening of Simpsons fame. Unfortunately it lasted only a few seasons and I'm sure that had to do with the crappy schedule. They kept moving it around or preempting it for something much less interesting. It still plays in reruns on some TV stations. Don't know if yours have the same names as ours here in Canada, but I think it plays on Teletoon here, among others. I remember the episode, but I don't remember Joni's head in a jar. The heads-in-jars thing was an ongoing gag in Futurama. The show is set 1000 years in the future. Famous people from our time had had their heads preserved in jars. They could still talk and so on, but not much more (being merely heads in jars.) Richard Nixon's head-in-a-jar showed up quite a few times. Catherine Toronto ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:20:09 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Joni Covers Volume 89 - Blue Moons & Junes Thanks Bob for another excellent collection. Penny Wager's, Marcie is wonderful. Shame about the crackling. I still like Doug Ashdown's version though. My other fave here is Holly Brook's, All I Want. It almost beats Natalie Merchant for me. Did I miss a part two of last month's retro covers? I got disc one but never saw a posting for disc 2. Mark in Sydney NP All I Want - Holly Brook. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #168 ********************************* ------- 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)