From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #231 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 Wednesday, August 1 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 231 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Eurofest 2008 [Dave Blackburn ] countdown to S H I N E ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Joni in the London Lite ["Patti Parlette" ] Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni-RIP ["anon anon" ] Anyone have the Amanda Ghost/Joni interview? [M C ] The Grinch Who Couldn't Steal Joni ["Patti Parlette" ] A Case of You ["Patti Parlette" ] [RE]countdown to S H I N E ["Suze Cameron" ] Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #293 ["=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Samuel_Jer=F3nimo?=" ] My Bergman Blues [jeannie ] Court and Spark ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] RE: Shine sampler [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Court and Spark [Bob Muller ] Re: Court and Spark [JLoehr4988@aol.com] Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #290 A Case of You ["Sherelle Smith" ] Re: My Bergman Blues [Michael Flaherty ] Re: My Bergman Blues [jeannie ] countdown to S H I N E ["Patti Parlette" ] Court and Spark [KEVIN DOHENY ] Hotel California DVD [Mark-Leon Thorne ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:00:47 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Eurofest 2008 What? No Dr. Bene or Marion nipping over the North Sea to join us in England next year? It will be great to meet Oddmund, Catherine and the rest. So, Lucy, is there some kind of performance area at Holycombe with P.A or are we envisioning bongos in the dirt around the oak tree? thanks, Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:50:34 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: countdown to S H I N E Suze wrote: >For the record, place me in the catagory of 'grateful regardless of who >Joni releases with' as far as the Starbucks and Hear music is concerned. >I am thrilled that we again have new material to listen to, and will be >counting down the days until September 25th. good idea Suze. . Let's have a count down! (goodbye july, so sad to see you go. . ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ (back in 19) 57 days! keep 'em counting S H I N E ON! \ lOve Marianne _________________________________________________________________ Need a brain boost? Recharge with a stimulating game. Play now! http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=club_hotmailtextlink1 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:16:34 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Joni in the London Lite Bonjour, Joniami(e)s! "Much Joni Jamie" (I love that sign-off, Jamie!) shared: 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 **** Just some random -- perhaps inchoate -- thoughts here.......... First, let me suggest another title: Time for Joni's critics to wake up and smell (for) the roses! Second, let me say that I love love LOVE that picture of Joni. YES! She does all the joy that could be. I want to talk to her. I want to knit her a sweater. I want to write her a love letter. I want to renew her, again and again. With that picture, my Joni heart grew three sizes this day! * Third, I didn't like the way the writer was "talking about my generation": "I could just 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...." Richard, what does "pensionable" mean? I don't know. Oh, maybe that they are ready to collect their pensions, I guess, eh? And "wonky-faced"? WTF is THAT? Myopic chaps? Well, I *never*! Then: "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....." Now *that's* funny....LOL! "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....." Yeah, like if she signed with Halliburton or BushCheneyCo. That would be another story (TIC! "Love is a story told to a frie-end, it's secondhand......") and I would never buy it. But of course, that would never happen. No way, no how. Just my two cents. And now, thanks to Jamie for sharing this article and especially THAT PICTURE, I got a spark for something, some sweet inspiration*...I have got a thing that is unique and new.....hold on a minute....I think you might like it... Love, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ http://liveearth.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:30:05 -0400 From: "anon anon" Subject: Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni-RIP 2 magnificent directors died yesterday... Antonioni was my favorite director... I just love "L'avventura","L'eclisse", and "blow up"... how strange that they should both die on the same day... I'm happy that they both lived long lives... _________________________________________________________________ Need a brain boost? Recharge with a stimulating game. Play now! http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=club_hotmailtextlink1 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:40:24 -0400 From: "Strodel, Joe" Subject: FW: Joni Tribute in Skaneateles, NY Bob, Thanks for the kind words. I totally agree with you on the years covered in the Joni tribute in Skaneateles. The level of the jazz players at this concert were such that they could have easily tackled songs from Hisssing on thru Taming the Tiger. I certainly was hoping for material that reprensented her whole catalogue, as it would be much more appropriate, considering it was a tribute concert, to saluter her entire 38 plus years of songs.Maria DeAngelis has a big following in this area in the jazz world. I asked her why not include any songs from Hejira, Hissing, Mingus, or TI and her answer was that she was inspired by these songs as a young women and wanted to present that phase of her career. So we should have billed the event as A Tribute to Joni Mitchell..... The Early Years. I have to say that hearing these musicians version of Rainy Night House and Down to You were highlight for me, and both songs brought the house down. They did Last Time I Saw Richard all jazzed up and that was another nighlight! Joe ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:35:33 -0700 (PDT) From: M C Subject: Anyone have the Amanda Ghost/Joni interview? Hi all, Out of lurkdom for a moment here. I'm interested in obtaining the Amanda Ghost interview done with Joni on BBC Radio 2 last March. It's now gone from the BBC Radio 2 website. Does anyone have it in any format? In the meantime, because it has not appeared in the Joni library yet, I've gone on the perhaps incorrect assumption no one has it, so I've contacted the Amanda Ghost website. Here's the answer I got. And for now I'm still interested in obtaining the interview in any format. Many thanks. -mc ================================= hi there - as soon as amanda's website is ready we'll stream it as a podcast. my best, frank ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:40:45 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: The Grinch Who Couldn't Steal Joni Oh, the mean one, Mr. Grinch, sang: It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer, And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a polluted river, I could skate away on I'm so hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'm bad Now Starbucks has signed the best baby They EVER had Oh, I wish I had a polluted river, I could skate away on.... I wish I...... Hey! I know what trouble I'll brew! I'll criticize Starbucks, that's what I'll do Then all the fans down in Joni-ville will all cry BOO-HOO! "That's a noise," grinned the Grinch, "That I simply must hear!" So he paused. And the Grinch put a hand to his ear. And he did hear a sound rising over the snow (and the pinewood trees). It started in low. Then it started to grow... But the sound wasn't sad! Why, this sound sounded merry! It couldn't be so! But it WAS merry! VERY! "They've got a lot of soul" Thought the Grinch "They sing Merry Christmas Just like Nat King Coles!" He stared down at Joni-ville! The Grinch popped his eyes! Then he shook! What he saw was a shocking surprise! Every fan down in Joni-ville, the tall and the small, Was singing! Without any lattes at all! He HADN'T stopped Joni from coming! SHE CAME! Somehow or other, she came just the same! And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so? It came without espresso! It came without price tags! It came without frappuccinos or Tazo tea bags!" And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! "Maybe Joni," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. "Maybe Joni...perhaps...means a little bit more!" And what happened then...? Well...in Joni-ville they say That the Grinch's small heart Grew three sizes that day! And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight, He whizzed with his load through the bright Chelsea morning light And he brought back the shiny toys! And the food for the banquet feast! And he... ...HE HIMSELF...! carved the roast apple in its jaw beast! THE END. You're so corporate square? Babies, I don't care! My only channelled aspiration is bringing back that girl we had before. Bring it on, Starbright Starbucks! You've got the Joni lovin' that I like, all right. Love, Patti P., with all glory and honor and praise to Dr. Suess and SIQUOMB P.S. I am not calling any one individual a grinch. Vraiment! I merely refer to the nebulous spirit that has attempted to undo all the Joni Joy that could be. C'est tout, j'avoue! _________________________________________________________________ http://liveearth.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:23:12 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: Eurofest 2008 Dave, it breaks my heart that I cant make it but the time of the fest is very inconvenient for me. In Sweden the summer break will just have ended and I cannot ask for free time a week after the start of the semester. Believe me, I would have loved to meet some of the members of this community. Hoping for another chance, Marion _____ Fren: Dave Blackburn [mailto:beatntrack@sbcglobal.net] Skickat: den 31 juli 2007 16:01 Till: joni@smoe.org; Lucy Hone; missblux@googlemail.com; marionleffler@telia.com Dmne: Eurofest 2008 What? No Dr. Bene or Marion nipping over the North Sea to join us in England next year? It will be great to meet Oddmund, Catherine and the rest. So, Lucy, is there some kind of performance area at Holycombe with P.A or are we envisioning bongos in the dirt around the oak tree? thanks, Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:09:00 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: A Case of You BB: Quelle formidable explication de texte! I enjoyed reading this rather scholarly interpretation. Put on your JMU academic regalia! This song....this woman.....all this talent in one human being......it just blows your (heart and) mind sometimes, doesn't it? So deep between the forceps and the stone. Love, PP 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 _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:27:00 -0400 (EDT) From: "Suze Cameron" Subject: [RE]countdown to S H I N E Countdown.... 57 days! 57 things to do each day while waiting for SHINE August 1st - act out the real meaning of hump day August 2nd - find nearest Starbucks August 3rd - if overseas, phone a friend nearest a Starbucks August 4th - practice ordering your double mocha blah blah August 5th - sort sock drawer or go to church, you decide August 6th - listen again to SHINE sampler - especially Gratitude August 7th - You Tube search for song lyrics August 8th - 8/8 think of something great (Happy Birthday Amy) August 9th - use beano if cooking Mexican cuisine August 10th - write a letter of Gratitude to Ms. Mitchell for recording August 11th - bake cookies and send them to Mrs. Cameron August 12th - create a drum solo for Gratitude August 13th - watch for Letterman's top 10 list and steal ideas August 14th - sculpt joni 'bobble head' for mass consuption at Starbucks August 15th - reread article where joni is retiring from the music business August 16th - learn the steps to Fiddle and Drum August 17th - write lyrics for Gratitude August 18th - scour digest daily for references to Shine August 19th - decide if 'reuben' tipping is really a sport August 20th - prearrange your funeral, cuz you thought it would come before new Joni August 21st - search "Complete Poems and Lyrics" for typos August 22nd - double check marrianne's brownie recipe ingredient list August 23rd - become a member of the 'mile-high' club August 24th - study up to qualify for tough entrance exam for Miss America contest August 25th - religiously brush teeth after scarfing down entire bag of cheetos August 26th - paint by numbers to Gratitude August 27th - try to remember what the last original joni CD was August 28th - plot strategy to camp outside starbucks september 24th August 29th - back to school shopping August 30th - question Joni's release in a month following one with 31 days August 31st - put thinking cap on for September activities Suze, ever the planner - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get all the Hottest Artists on Your Cell Phone - Plus 10 Bonus Tones Today! Find Your New Ringtone at Lycos Mobile. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:33:42 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Samuel_Jer=F3nimo?=" Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #293 Hi Sherelle, My story exactly! "Court and Spark" was even stronger since it was my first Joni Mitchell album. I never liked songs like "Car On A Hill" or "Raised On Robbery" but the rest is really great! Whenever I ear "Trouble Child", especially the line "Breaking like the waves at Malibu", i feel very near to the ocean, any ocean; I feel the sea touching my toes. Samuel > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:24:05 +0000 > From: "Sherelle Smith" > Subject: RE: SV: A case of you > > Thank you for sharing that Marion. Your words give totality to the meaning > of the song. Even though it was a song about a break up, I got so stuck on > the words from the chorus and the kind of love she had for this person, it > was hard for me to hear anything else. I am now beginning to understand > the > song in its totality. I think I needed to hear someone say that they loved > someone this much out loud. (Both Sides Now..."To say 'I love you' right > out > loud...) > > The album that touched my life when I needed it most was "Court and Spark" > as I was going through the realization of unrequited love at that time as > well too. It truly helped me to get through that phase of my life. I > couldn't believe that someone could be so honest about heartbreak. > > Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:07:51 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni-RIP From: "anon anon" > 2 magnificent directors died yesterday... Antonioni was my favorite > director... I just love "L'avventura","L'eclisse", and "blow up"... how > strange that they should both die on the same day... I'm happy that they > both lived long lives... And both are contained in Joni songs...sort of.... "Bergman's nordic blues" "these are the clouds of Michelangelo" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:52:07 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #293 I love the Malibu line. I just spent a bunch of time out in Malibu looking at them waves and hanging out. I drove by Joni's as well (OMG what a groupie) Highlight of THAT trip was Rick's B-Day party for Brad and hanging with the Dulson's and Kakki and getting to meet "the boys" (Val Shel and Chris) who were very sweet and super friendly. Hope to get together with them again next time I am out there in October. Best Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band cell-504-382-0343 http://www.preservationhall.com On Jul 31, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Samuel Jersnimo wrote: Hi Sherelle, My story exactly! "Court and Spark" was even stronger since it was my first Joni Mitchell album. I never liked songs like "Car On A Hill" or "Raised On Robbery" but the rest is really great! Whenever I ear "Trouble Child", especially the line "Breaking like the waves at Malibu", i feel very near to the ocean, any ocean; I feel the sea touching my toes. Samuel > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:24:05 +0000 > From: "Sherelle Smith" > Subject: RE: SV: A case of you > > Thank you for sharing that Marion. Your words give totality to the > meaning > of the song. Even though it was a song about a break up, I got so > stuck on > the words from the chorus and the kind of love she had for this > person, it > was hard for me to hear anything else. I am now beginning to > understand > the > song in its totality. I think I needed to hear someone say that > they loved > someone this much out loud. (Both Sides Now..."To say 'I love you' > right > out > loud...) > > The album that touched my life when I needed it most was "Court and > Spark" > as I was going through the realization of unrequited love at that > time as > well too. It truly helped me to get through that phase of my life. I > couldn't believe that someone could be so honest about heartbreak. > > Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:59:51 -0700 (PDT) From: jeannie Subject: My Bergman Blues My beloved, Ingmar Bergman, Goodnight1 Waitress, This evening I'll have me Some Wild Strawberries. Milk and toast and honey, too, please! And, bring me me a bowl of oranges and sliced cucumbers, too. If you would be so kind and so sweet! Tonight, I'll be smiling, like you are On this quiet summer's night And I'll have me a bottle of that dark red wine You have here at this 24 hour Bar and Grill A crystal chalice for my holy wine, thank you! A pretty cartoon coaster, too Your diamond earrings sparkle So pretty, Madam Waitress Like the Rhine at night Keep those hues of the dim TV screen light on Shining through this glass so darkly Cause I got me a bad case of those bittersweet Bergman Blues. Thank you, Madam May I wear your black diamond earrings Duriing the silence? , !Viva Ingmar Bergman, siempre! Descansa en paz' Jean - --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:46:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Court and Spark Funny. There was not a song or even note on that album that I did not love. Jerry Samuel Jersnimo wrote: > Hi Sherelle, > > > > My story exactly! "Court and Spark" was even stronger since it was my > first > Joni Mitchell album. I never liked songs like "Car On A Hill" or "Raised > On > Robbery" but the rest is really great! > > Whenever I ear "Trouble Child", especially the line "Breaking like the > waves > at Malibu", i feel very near to the ocean, any ocean; I feel the sea > touching my toes. > > > > Samuel > > > >> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:24:05 +0000 >> From: "Sherelle Smith" >> Subject: RE: SV: A case of you >> >> Thank you for sharing that Marion. Your words give totality to the >> meaning >> of the song. Even though it was a song about a break up, I got so stuck >> on >> the words from the chorus and the kind of love she had for this person, >> it >> was hard for me to hear anything else. I am now beginning to understand >> the >> song in its totality. I think I needed to hear someone say that they >> loved >> someone this much out loud. (Both Sides Now..."To say 'I love you' right >> out >> loud...) >> >> The album that touched my life when I needed it most was "Court and >> Spark" >> as I was going through the realization of unrequited love at that time >> as >> well too. It truly helped me to get through that phase of my life. I >> couldn't believe that someone could be so honest about heartbreak. >> >> Sherelle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:26:08 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: RE: Shine sampler WOW!!!!!!! She sounds SO GOOD!!! JONI'S BACK!!!!! thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:26:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Court and Spark A big me too on that one. I love every second, and often will replay it when I get to the end. The whole record to me seems like ONE blissful song. Bob NP: The Dixie Chicks, "Sweet Baby James" - --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:47:53 EDT From: JLoehr4988@aol.com Subject: Re: Court and Spark ' A big me too on that one. I love every second, and often will replay it when I get to the end. The whole record to me seems like ONE blissful song.' Me too!! I have it over my visor and sometimes a C&S song will come to mind and I'll pop it in, however I never listen to just the one song, it's gotta be the whole album,,it's a masterpiece really, I love it!!! Best regards...judy ps...now that i think of it I rarely listen to just ONE song on any joni album! ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:15:54 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #290 A Case of You Bruce, Keep differing! I love your take on the song! I think you are right on! I don't begin to claim that I understand the depth of this song as others do. You've hit on part of what I feel when I hear the song. Kudos! I love what you've said and I dare to stand corrected! Sherelle Bruce wrote: 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 _________________________________________________________________ Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_hotmailtextlink2 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:43:49 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Shine sampler I currently have 2 hours and 46 more minutes to go of downloading on the Shine sampler. You see, I had to wait for a good time when I could tie up the phone line for three hours because, well I've got to download this! Dial up is really a pain but it shall be worth it! So tell me, what all am I downloading here? What is part of the sampler exactly? - -Monika ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:02:45 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: countdown to S H I N E that was precious - ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Suze Cameron" Subject: countdown to S H I N E Countdown.... 57 days! 57 things to do each day while waiting for SHINE August 1st - act out the real meaning of hump day August 2nd - find nearest Starbucks August 3rd - if overseas, phone a friend nearest a Starbucks August 4th - practice ordering your double mocha blah blah August 5th - sort sock drawer or go to church, you decide August 6th - listen again to SHINE sampler - especially Gratitude August 7th - You Tube search for song lyrics August 8th - 8/8 think of something great (Happy Birthday Amy) August 9th - use beano if cooking Mexican cuisine August 10th - write a letter of Gratitude to Ms. Mitchell for recording August 11th - bake cookies and send them to Mrs. Cameron August 12th - create a drum solo for Gratitude August 13th - watch for Letterman's top 10 list and steal ideas August 14th - sculpt joni 'bobble head' for mass consuption at Starbucks August 15th - reread article where joni is retiring from the music business August 16th - learn the steps to Fiddle and Drum August 17th - write lyrics for Gratitude August 18th - scour digest daily for references to Shine August 19th - decide if 'reuben' tipping is really a sport August 20th - prearrange your funeral, cuz you thought it would come before new Joni August 21st - search "Complete Poems and Lyrics" for typos August 22nd - double check marrianne's brownie recipe ingredient list August 23rd - become a member of the 'mile-high' club August 24th - study up to qualify for tough entrance exam for Miss America contest August 25th - religiously brush teeth after scarfing down entire bag of cheetos August 26th - paint by numbers to Gratitude August 27th - try to remember what the last original joni CD was August 28th - plot strategy to camp outside starbucks september 24th August 29th - back to school shopping August 30th - question Joni's release in a month following one with 31 days August 31st - put thinking cap on for September activities Suze, ever the planner _________________________________________________________________ http://newlivehotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:27:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: My Bergman Blues jeannie wrote: >>>My beloved, Ingmar Bergman, Goodnight1 Thanks, Jeannie. Here's something I wrote for another place that you've inspired me to share here. Michael Flaherty For the most part, mourning people I've never met seems odd to me; to mourn them as I would a loved one is downright distasteful. Therefore, without tears or change in my daily routine, I mourn Ingmar Bergman. He is my choice for the greatest film-maker in the genre's brief hiistory, and he is among my favorite artists of any era, regardless of genre. My life will continue on much the same without his living, but it would be drastically different, had he not lived and made films. Sometime in the 80s, The University of Minnesota had a Bergman film festival. It was a series of double features, one showing each, spread over two or three weeks. I went the first night out of curiosity. In the end, I attended every film of every evening. The presentation of people, seemingly real people, with their supressed emotions, and ambiguous motivations, was far beyond anything I had seen before, or, in a way, beyond anything I would see again. I think I became an English major more from Bergman's influence than any prose or stage or writer, and while I've come to prefer those forms to film in general, none succeed any more than Bergman did on his own terms. In recent years I've been buying remastered issues of his films on dvd--I have far more by Bergman than I do by any other film-maker combined--and most have interviews with him. He had made peace with the inevitable death that so concerned him as a young man. In his final film, Saraband, a character dreams of death: he sees his late wife, walking by a river. He runs to her. Then he realizes that he is dead and thinks: all that fuss, and this is all it is. I hope Ingmar Bergman found the peace he described in that scene. - --------------------------------- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:43:57 -0700 (PDT) From: jeannie Subject: Re: My Bergman Blues That's beautiful, Michael! Listen, watch the waitress' black diamond earrings sparkle so brightly, Michael, as you mourn Bergman, in the silence. It's people like Bergman that open up many eyes from the blindness of the world. Thank you, Michael, for sharing and thank you, our dearly departed brother, Ingmar Bergman, for the very same gift of sharing truth and beauty. Michael Flaherty wrote: jeannie wrote: >>>My beloved, Ingmar Bergman, Goodnight1 Thanks, Jeannie. Here's something I wrote for another place that you've inspired me to share here. Michael Flaherty For the most part, mourning people I've never met seems odd to me; to mourn them as I would a loved one is downright distasteful. Therefore, without tears or change in my daily routine, I mourn Ingmar Bergman. He is my choice for the greatest film-maker in the genre's brief hiistory, and he is among my favorite artists of any era, regardless of genre. My life will continue on much the same without his living, but it would be drastically different, had he not lived and made films. Sometime in the 80s, The University of Minnesota had a Bergman film festival. It was a series of double features, one showing each, spread over two or three weeks. I went the first night out of curiosity. In the end, I attended every film of every evening. The presentation of people, seemingly real people, with their supressed emotions, and ambiguous motivations, was far beyond anything I had seen before, or, in a way, beyond anything I would see again. I think I became an English major more from Bergman's influence than any prose or stage or writer, and while I've come to prefer those forms to film in general, none succeed any more than Bergman did on his own terms. In recent years I've been buying remastered issues of his films on dvd--I have far more by Bergman than I do by any other film-maker combined--and most have interviews with him. He had made peace with the inevitable death that so concerned him as a young man. In his final film, Saraband, a character dreams of death: he sees his late wife, walking by a river. He runs to her. Then he realizes that he is dead and thinks: all that fuss, and this is all it is. I hope Ingmar Bergman found the peace he described in that scene. - --------------------------------- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. - --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:04:58 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: countdown to S H I N E Dear Suze wrote (egged on by Hey farmer farmer Marianne): Countdown.... 57 days! 57 things to do each day while waiting for SHINE August 1st - act out the real meaning of hump day August 2nd - find nearest Starbucks August 3rd - if overseas, phone a friend nearest a Starbucks August 4th - practice ordering your double mocha blah blah August 5th - sort sock drawer or go to church, you decide August 6th - listen again to SHINE sampler - especially Gratitude August 7th - You Tube search for song lyrics August 8th - 8/8 think of something great (Happy Birthday Amy) August 9th - use beano if cooking Mexican cuisine August 10th - write a letter of Gratitude to Ms. Mitchell for recording August 11th - bake cookies and send them to Mrs. Cameron August 12th - create a drum solo for Gratitude August 13th - watch for Letterman's top 10 list and steal ideas August 14th - sculpt joni 'bobble head' for mass consuption at Starbucks August 15th - reread article where joni is retiring from the music business August 16th - learn the steps to Fiddle and Drum August 17th - write lyrics for Gratitude August 18th - scour digest daily for references to Shine August 19th - decide if 'reuben' tipping is really a sport August 20th - prearrange your funeral, cuz you thought it would come before new Joni August 21st - search "Complete Poems and Lyrics" for typos August 22nd - double check marrianne's brownie recipe ingredient list August 23rd - become a member of the 'mile-high' club August 24th - study up to qualify for tough entrance exam for Miss America contest August 25th - religiously brush teeth after scarfing down entire bag of cheetos August 26th - paint by numbers to Gratitude August 27th - try to remember what the last original joni CD was August 28th - plot strategy to camp outside starbucks september 24th August 29th - back to school shopping August 30th - question Joni's release in a month following one with 31 days August 31st - put thinking cap on for September activities ***** Tres bien, Suze! NPIMH, pour toi: Neil Sedaka (he's cool, because he played at the Carnegie Hall Joni Tribute) Yeah, yeah, my heart's in a whirl I love, I love, I love my little calender girl Every day (every day), every day (every day) of the year But please let me add: September 15th: Go to to the big anti-war demonstration in DC (a dream that the wars are done) You people are all so wonderful. Baby, I'm amazed! Amazed. And over-stimulated ce soir. So many great posts, so little time to reply. Life is good in Joni-ville. Joy in Joni-ville. Sweet dreams, tout le Joni monde, Patti P. NPIMH: Everybody I love you Everybody I do (oh yes) Though your heart is an answer I need your love to get me through (oh yea, I really do now) When I tell you I love you (when I tell you) You can believe that it's true (oh yes it is) Everybody I love you Everybody I do (oh, yes I really do now...) _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:21:54 -0700 (PDT) From: KEVIN DOHENY Subject: Court and Spark I remember hearing it for the first time on a beat up old record player..with one working speaker..I came across a box of records a dj friend of mine was throwing away and was intrigued by the album cover's warmth..I was a fan of joni at the time..(ok i only had clouds and wasn't quite schooled yet on her other works)..I played it first time all the way thru and bought the cd the next day..I wanted to hear what was supposed to be the scond part of the stereophonic sound(free man in paris .. car on a hill..etc all sound profoundly different with only one speaker..try it for fun..lol) Needless to say from then I on considered it to be a flawless album..It's the album that made me buy everything before it and sense..It grabs hold of you so tightly in the begining that by the time twisted is half way thru you dont know where time has gone...I find Hejira is a similar journey..only a little more complex..just the same these albums have an almost meditative quality..I give joni albums as gifts often.. I have recieved the most thanks for court and spark (and don juans reckless daughter respectively) I still get a kick out of playing someone car on a hill and during the instrumental break having my friends marvel at joni's voice blending with the horns and guitar..or watching the faces of my friends the first time they hear Trouble Child..joni wrote that song for sooo many people.. I am rambling .. obvioulsy I have alot of pent up joni in me.. : peace and love and light to you all.. kevin (the jersey one) lol - --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:28:47 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Hotel California DVD Hi folks. Thanks to Duarte in Portugal, I have a DVD of the recent BBC documentary, Hotel California. Los Angeles: From The Byrds To The Eagles to send on to somebody else. It's a great documentary that looks at the changing face of the music industry in Los Angeles from the late 60s to the late 70s. It features interviews with David Crosby, Graham Nash, David Geffen, Bonnie Raitt, Henry Diltz and JD Souther amongst others and archive footage of the Eagles, the Byrds, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. It puts Joni in the perspective of what else was going on around her in LA and Laurel Canyon. She played an important role in culture of the area and the shaping of the music scene. Please write to me off list after the next digest comes to give everyone a fair chance. Once you have copied it, please off it up to the list again. If you can't copy DVDs, let me know and I will see what I can do. 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