From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #230 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, July 31 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 230 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Billboard Starbucks Article ["Randy Remote" ] Joni in The London LIte ["Jamie's Box of Paints" ] Paul McCartney, Starbucks, and Sgt. Pepper ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #290 [Bruce Eggleston ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:28:15 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Billboard Starbucks Article A bit of new info. Curious statement: "This is true Joni -- it is almost the return of her as a storyteller." Almost?? http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=3D= 1003616416 Joni Mitchell Joins McCartney On Hear Music Roster July 25, 2007 Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. Joni Mitchell, who had been largely retired from the music business = since 2002, has joined Paul McCartney on the roster of Starbucks = Entertainment's Hear Music label. Mitchell's new album, "Shine," will be = released Sept. 25 through the coffee retailer's stores as well as = traditional outlets. Mitchell angrily threatened to quit recording after the release of = 2002's "Travelogue," but her work with Starbucks on a 2005 "Artists = Choice" compilation helped encourage her to not throw in the towel just = yet. "Joni acknowledged back in 2005 that not only was she very, very = impressed with our commitment to music and our customers' love of music, = but that [the compilation] really helped to re-energize her passion for = music," Starbucks Entertainment president Ken Lombard tells = Billboard.com "As we continue to have discussions with respect to this = new CD, it is obvious to us that she's back, in a big way." In fact, it was Mitchell who reached out to Starbucks when she was = nearing completion on "Shine." "Frankly, for Joni fans, this is the Joni = they've been waiting for," Lombard enthuses. "This is true Joni -- it is = almost the return of her as a storyteller." "Shine" includes nine new songs plus a new version of Mitchell's = evergreen, "Big Yellow Taxi." The album is part of a series of new work = from the artist, including a ballet based on her music, "The Fiddle and = the Drum," and a visual art exhibit that opens in the fall in New York. =20 =20 "We're thrilled that Starbucks are partnering up with Joni Mitchell," = says Martin Bandier, chairman/CEO of Mitchell publisher Sony/ATV Music = Publishing. "In a rapidly shrinking traditional record market, the = opening up of this niche market and others like it is great news and it = reinforces my belief that music is alive and well and being consumed = more than ever, in ways and places we never contemplated."=20 Hear Music launched in June with the release of McCartney's "Memory = Almost Full," which has already sold 448,000 copies in the United = States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "I think we did a lot of things right," Lombard says of the label's = rollout. "We could not be more excited about the success of the record. = As much as anything, not only is it important that we were excited, but = Paul was very pleased with the commitment we displayed toward really = generating excitement around the launch. As we move forward with Joni, = you'll see that same level of commitment." And, there are more signings to come. "We talked about three artists by = the end of '07 and 8 in '08," Lombard says. "Frankly, we're in a lot of = discussions right now. We're excited about Joni today and hope to be = able to announce new signings very soon." [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of spacer.gif] [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of dot.gif] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:47:16 +0100 From: "Jamie's Box of Paints" Subject: Joni in The London LIte http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23406273-details/article.do Time for Joni's critics to wake up and smell the coffee By Paul Connolly, London Lite 30.07.07 Add your view Joni Mitchell Star's bucks: But Joni's deal also gets her music to fans Look here too * Music blog You could almost see the lentil-huggers' beards spontaneously combust. "Sell-out!" they cried, brushing the dried tofu from their hemp sweaters. Who had attracted the ire of the pensionable old hippies? Joni Mitchell, wonky-faced folk pin-up of all slightly myopic chaps of a certain vintage. What had she done to deserve such a tirade? She, er, signed to a record company to, er, release her new album, Shine, due out in September. Now, of course, the Joni Mitchell controversy is a little more complex than I've suggested so far. But only a little. What has so infuriated some of her fans is that the label she has signed to, Hear Music, is owned by Starbucks. Of course, Starbucks is regarded unfavourably by many people for wiping out smaller coffee shops and for charging #3 a go for a coffee. But they're much like any other company - they want to make as much profit as possible. Judging by the criticism Mitchell has endured you'd have thought her previous labels, which include Warners and Geffen, employed only orphans and gave 90 per cent of their revenues to the Fluffy Kitten Benevolent Fund, rather than being globe-straddling entertainment monsters desperate to wring every last penny of profit from their artists. Perhaps if Mitchell had signed to Lockheed Records or another label funded by an arms company (there actually aren't any, so don't worry) her critics might have had a point. But Starbucks is offering a valuable customer service. Older artists, such as Mitchell and her new label partner, Sir Paul McCartney, are finding it increasingly difficult to secure record deals as the mainstream music business focuses its attention on the 15-20 demographic. Here's a quick stat. In the Seventies the average age of an artist in the US charts was nearly 31. Now it's closer to 21. Consequently, you don't find older artists on MTV and you rarely hear them on the radio. But Starbucks is now giving them exposure in their outlets. I think it's really sharp niche marketing and evidence that some of the better music biz minds are operating on the fringe of the industry. The deal is certainly not evidence that Joni Mitchell has sold out. She hasn't re-recorded Big Yellow Taxi with the line, "They paved paradise and put up a Starbucks shop". Or given approval to the Mitchell Macchiato or The Hissing Of Summer Lawns Latte. You can't equate it, as some have, with old Mr Rainforest, Sting, who, upon finding his record sales on the wane - it was if the world had suddenly learnt how to hear again - lent one of his po-faced ditties to an advert for a petrol-guzzling Jag a few years back. Now, that was proper selling out.  Agree? Disagree? email me at soundingoff@thelondonlite.co.uk - -- 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 Facebook me! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:48:58 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Paul McCartney, Starbucks, and Sgt. Pepper Paul McCartney talked to David Dye recently in the WXPN studio. He talked about Starbucks' idea for promoting "Memory Almost Full". He quoted his producer saying that the major labels are like dinosaurs wondering what their future might be "after the meteor hit." Dye asked him if he's ever able to just be a regular guy, a non-celebrity. The answer might surprise the younger folks. (We older folks know McCartney's always had both feet on the ground.) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11781240 Jim L. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:22:09 -0400 From: "Jeffrey Zinkerman" Subject: In Love with Love & Money Hello All, I bought the Miles for Aisles Album last week and I am pretty blown away. I intentionally have not bought all of Joni's album at once because I want to spread out the goodness. This album is Hot - I guess I am surprised not to have heard more about it. Some users on Amazon have criticized the Tom Scott Band, but I think they are really good. Joni's voice is obviously amazing. But I am indeed in Love with Love & Money. - - Jeff Z This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential.  If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:24:10 -0600 From: Bruce Eggleston Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #290 I beg to differ with both points of view on the line "I could drink a case of you and still be on my feet". This is my signature line from my signature song from my favorite Joni album, so I have spent much time contemplating this wonderful metaphor. I see this as the height of passion, where no thought or substance is greater than her feelings for the object of her desire. She laughs off the strong intoxicants because her love and raw desire are much stronger, and she is able to persist in her passion, to still be on her feet. This is the essence of aggressive determined passion. The key to this interpretation is the lines, "I drew a map of Canada, Oh, Canada, And your face sketched on it twice." In that moment of loneliness she calls out to her innermost roots, Oh, Canada, in an epiphany of longing and sorrow for the way things were and the way they might have been. In the center of that passionate outburst for home and sanctuary, your (his) face was sketched on it twice. In the vortex of the duality of loss and passion, of home and loneliness, she recites the litaney, "You are in my blood like holy wine Oh, and you taste so bitter but you taste so sweet Oh I could drink a case of you I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet Oh, I'd still be on my feet." This is the divine passion, beyond the mundane, beyond ideomatic logic, pure Joni. Then she turns to the threnody, [ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek thrDnE idia, from thrDnos bwailingb + E idD bsong.b] "Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints. I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid." The passion and outpouring has passed and deep introspection has set in. Joni could have ended the song there, but she divines this coda, a visit from the saintly Mother, "I met a woman, she had a mouth like yours". The Mother causes passion to well up again, but this time around she says, "You're my holy wine", moving form the metaphor to the fact. Bonneville Bruce A Case of You Just before our love got lost you said I am as constant as a northern star And I said, constant in the darkness Wheres that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar. On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue tv screen light, I drew a map of Canada, Oh, Canada, And your face sketched on it twice. Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine Oh, and you taste so bitter but you taste so sweet Oh I could drink a case of you I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet Oh, I'd still be on my feet. Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints. I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid. I remember that time that you told me, you said, Love is touching souls, Surely you touched mine Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time. Oh you are in my blood like holy wine, And you taste so bitter but you taste so sweet Oh I could drink a case of you, I could drink a case of you darl,ing Still I'd be on my feet, And still be on my feet. I met a woman, She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said, Color go to him, stay with him if you can, Oh but be prepared to bleed, Oh, but you are in my blood you're my holy wine Oh, and you taste so bitter, bitter, and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you darling, Still I'd be on my feet, I'd still be on my feet. On Jul 30, 2007, at 1:00 AM, JMDL Digest wrote: > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:55:12 +0200 > From: "Marion Leffler" > Subject: A case of you > > Hi all, > > Kevin wrote: > > > > "As I was on a roll I remembered that anther posting said they > could not > > understand the line from "Case of You" - why would you want to > drink a case > of > > you but still be on my feet". I see this as Joni's way of putting > someone > down > > bigtime. This shows that Joni can be ruthless: "constantly in the > > darkness...where's that at?...if you want me I'll be in the bar"; > the image > of being > > two-faced (bitter and sweet/ darkness and light). In contrast to > Strange > Boy" > > where love is the strongest poison and medicine of all the "love" that > exists > > between her and her lover is now as strong as diet coke!" > > > > I beg to differ, Kevin! I think that what she means is that > although he is > "in her blood like holy wine" she will get over him and "still be > on her > feet". That's not putting somebody down as much as encouraging > oneself to > move on. > > > > Marion ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #230 ********************************* ------- 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)