From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #237 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, August 6 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 237 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- A Tribute To Joni Mitchell Album [jeannie ] Case of you [missblux@googlemail.com] Case of you again [missblux@googlemail.com] She had a mouth like yours [missblux@googlemail.com] Green Flag Song Catalogs Still Available ["Helena Ruffin" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 02:55:59 -0700 (PDT) From: jeannie Subject: A Tribute To Joni Mitchell Album It seems to be sounding nicer and much sweeter as I relax to listen. I can actually listen to k.d. do, 'Help Me,' and enjoy it. It's a nice version, after all. Sounds of sweet freedom coming ms. lang through the hissing of summer lawns. "Very Impressive, " said Gibby, my son, to me, when he heard Prince do, 'A Case Of You.' He said, "It's just one of those CDs you have to listen to, Nen," and I finally did. It seems to be that when I hear a Joni re-make, I stand with such judgement of the moon and stars. jean - --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 15:12:51 +0200 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Case of you Hi Bruce, I read your interpretation of A Case of You sometime last week and wanted to tell you that I really liked it. Funny how many of us have stumbled over that line, I could drink a case of you... and funny how, although this is one of my favourite songs and I have attached a lot of significance to just that line, I have still been wondering about the other verses. You deserve a degree here for that interpretation of yours! As far as the woman with 'a mouth like yours', I will have to think about your interpretation. I always thought of it as just some similarity in the shape of the mouth and the way she holds her lips or pulls a smile, some of those little things in other people that make them resemble each other, not because they are related, but because of a similar attitude. When you are taken in with someone, these things can sometimes make a intriguing impression when you meet them in others. That's all from me! Bene Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:32:06 -0600 From: Bruce Eggleston Subject: Re: Wholy holy? Dear Gordon, Thank you for picking up on that, but in truth the presumed Catholic imagery did come strictly from the lyrics, not from any import of theology in my life. I'm as agnostic as one can be, having dropped out of the Mormon or LDS (I'm a native of Salt Lake City, Utah) Church at the tender age of 15 years. I don't attribute Catholicism to Ms. Mitchell either, but I do think there are sins of commission in that regard in her divine lyrics. The "devil and the deeds", "be[ing] prepared to bleed", and "in my blood you're my holy wine" are entirely suggestive of religious/ Christian imagery and lore. It is a stretch to invoke the Saintly Mother, but the phrase "She had a mouth like yours" does say female relative. The meeting of this female relative always had a hint of the mysterious, as it is not like meeting the parents at a bar-be-que of hog but and beer. A mother who raised such a first tier cad as the subject of the of the song would have to possess saint-like qualities to survive such a whelping. As such, a saint-like mysterious mother is not wholly out of context. But I pick nits. "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." Gordon, thank you, I truly appreciate the dialog That is what I love about this benighted and holy sanctuary of Jonism, our spirited teacher and muse of the broken-hearted. Bonneville Bruce ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 15:19:48 +0200 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Case of you again Hi Gordon, and Burce, yes, I forgot that: I thought about 'a mouth like yours in that way too: that she talks like him! But it has to be said that the religious imagery always seemed very important to me in this song, that is why I relate it to 'Love' on Travelogue. We had a long discussion about religion and love some time ago. I get the same feeling from Nick Cave's Into My Arms as I do from these two songs. Why oh why is Into My Arms so difficult to play on the guitar?? Bene From: Gordon Mackie : Anyway, the line 'I met a woman, she had a mouth like yours' does not make me think of a literal 'mouth'. I always thought it was a poetic use of language meaning she 'spoke' like you, had a similar accent or phrased sentences the same way. And whilst I'm on a roll, I suppose having a physical mouth like someone could be purely co-incidental and not necessarily implying of a relative at all. I agree though with (Mc) Bruce that Joni does use a fair bit of catholic imagery here (or maybe, in dour Scotland it's more accurate to state non-reformation Christian imagery). Have as peaceful a weekend as is possible everyone Gordon (in dull, dour Glasgow) Bah humbug! (whatever that literally means) A Mouth Like Yours (Hardcover) by Daniel Duane "I really do think I'm better off, both for having lost Joani Artois and for having loved her in the first place..." Key Phrases: New York, San Francisco, Joan Artois This took the thunder off my face ! See more on Amazon....does this count as a Joni in literature reference?? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 15:23:48 +0200 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: She had a mouth like yours Yes, Michel - she would be someone who had been going through the same kind of trouble as the lover, so she would what kind of trouble a potential lover was up for. I thought about that too. Bene Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:52:58 +0000 From: "Michel BYRNE" Subject: She had a mouth like yours I've always instinctively understood that line as meaning the woman was as garrulous or as prone to swearing as the singer's lover, in the sense of a woman who would be/may well have have been a match for the man, as a former or potential lover. It only occurred to me later that the line might refer to a relative of the man's, or simply someone who's face reminded the singer of her ex. A passing observation... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 07:53:45 -0700 From: "Helena Ruffin" Subject: Green Flag Song Catalogs Still Available One of the many wonderful opportunities that came out of Joni's recent show for me was a new friendship and working relationship with Lev Moross, Joni's gallerist here in L.A. While we were working on my portfolio yesterday, he mentioned he has several signed and unsigned catalogs still available from her show. I thought some of you might want to know this tidbit. If you're interested, you can email Lev at the gallery for more information: lmoross@artterritory.com Helena NP: CSPAN Radio ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:17:08 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: sjc? Parlette's Syndrome is Everywhere on this Marbled Bowling Ball! (sjc = silly, or some, Joni content) SoB, But it ain't me, babe, No, no, no, it ain't me, babe, It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe. Thanks for your confidence, baby, but it's Oddmund! *He* started it! He asked if anyone had a problem with quoting Joni lyrics in love relationships, and that opened the closet door for the rest of us. The walls came tumbling down and we all went running free. It should be called Kaarevik's Syndrome. Oh, okay. Compromise. Kaarevik-Parlette Syndrome, maybe, since I did take it up just a *few* notches, I'll admit. Mea culpa. But I'm notches liberation, doll! LOL.... Although I really think JMOCD is probably the best term. All glory and praise and honor to JM! SoB wrote: I am addicted to Gawker.com, which has some of the funniest writing on the Internet -- even if they're often very unkind. Anyway, here's what they have posted there now (their second Joni reference this week!): << This was such a magical week for comments, you guys. Seriously! (A circle jerk of hilarity amid the vituperation!) We sometimes found ourselves laughing so hard we cried. Laughing and crying, you know, it's the same release.>> Yay! That's great. Dontcha just love it? But we still have some work to do. We have to infiltrate CBS. Jerry, I know you watch the CBS Sunday Morning Show. It started off well and good enough with "Our House", but then they dropped the (marbled bowling) ball. Did you see the piece on tombstones this morning? What a last chance lost! They should have named it: "Granite Markers: Those tributes to finality to eternity." The piece ended with the question (paraphrasing, can't remember exactly): What do you want your tombstone to say? That got me to thinking. (Je pense, donc je suis.) Then it came to me, Like lightening striking from above Electric flash: I've looked at life from both sides now. Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it here with "some of the funniest writing on the Internet" right here in Joni Land -- SoB, CoT, Suze and Jimmy's silly wiener jokes, and you know..... Love, Patti P. P.S. This may be lame, but this wienerish joke from h.s. always made me laugh. Charlie Brown was the in-thing in those days when we used to dance a foot apart. (Sorry, Richard, I know you don't like Charlie Brown, but as She says, "you can't please 'em all!", so please do forgive.) Charlie Brown was wearing a see-through bathing suit. Lucy came up to him and cried out: "Charlie BROWN!! I always KNEW you were crazy, but now I can SEE your (you're) nuts!" Sophomore jive....sorry! _________________________________________________________________ A new home for Mom, no cleanup required. All starts here. http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:39:05 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: Shine hope IN honor of Joni Mitchell's upcoming album release (Shine) on September 25, 2007, I would like to celebrate. . (everywhere there was song and celebration.) with every body joining in (underlined) to focus on the theme of hope. . . . and make a list of things that are hoped for. . things that you hope for. . . things that you wish. . dream some dreams: for example, hOPe ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ We hope for the health of the planet and atmosphere to be restored, healed. . . I hope that every creature has a fighting chance. . . for the dear froggies, that they may find water. . for the coral reefs. . . for the fishes in the deep blue sea. . for the grass hoppers and each bird. . each graceful deer. . . every thing in the pond, in the sky, on the ground. . all beings. . our very hearts. I wish. . . in honor of Ms. Mitchell. . What is one or some things you hope for? Stating them can bring change. . . like a "prayer." evERYboDY joIN in evERYboDY joIN in (and. . . how else can we celebrate?) Marianne _________________________________________________________________ See what youre getting intobefore you go there http://newlivehotmail.com/?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_viral_preview_0507 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #237 ********************************* ------- 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)