From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #269 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, September 3 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 269 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Joni's NYC art exhibit ["Michael O'Malley" ] Joni Covers, Volume 92 - The Fruits of my Labor ["Patti Parlette" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:28:14 +0000 From: "Michael O'Malley" Subject: Re: Joni's NYC art exhibit I love this quote from Jean Grand-Maitre in the Canadian Press article. I find it very inspiring and hopeful. It appears that this recent collaboration between Joni and Grand-Maitre has been very fruitful. "She lives to be reborn and risk. She doesn't mind doing a ballet and doing a jazz album with Mingus or reinventing herself and I think the idea of being reborn through the creative process is one that's kept her very much alive." Michael in Quebec Deb wrote: I read an article today specifying that Joni's New York art exhibit will open on September 25, obviously to coincide with the new album. No word on where it will be. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gk_GRqIGauQ4qLZFfIOkN__Y2noQ _________________________________________________________________ Share More On Messenger with a Windows Live Space http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:28:58 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: This Sunday Oh, what a beautiful Chelsea mornin', Oh, what a beautiful day. I got a beautiful feelin' Ev'rything's goin' our way. Do you know what today is? Sure you do. It's the First Sunday of Advent! In the church they light the candles And the wax rolls down like tears There's the hope and the hopelessness I've witnessed thirty years + With Joni. She holds out her candle And she shines it in First Candle Color: Purple Theme: Hope First Sunday in Advent Second Candle Color: Purple Theme: Love Second Sunday in Advent Third Candle Color: Purple or pink Theme: Joy Third Sunday in Advent Fourth Candle Color: Purple Theme: Peace Fourth Sunday in Advent "'Deliver us Lord from every evil and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Joni Mitchell.'" I have half a (heart and) mind to run down to a Christian store and buy me a real Advent wreath. You know, I just might do that later in the week. (Today it's too beautiful in New England to go shopping. Blue blue sky, and no clouds to get in the way.) LOL....then friends and kin would say I have gone completely over the Joni edge, but they're so square. Babies, I don't care! I certainly hope my throwing the lightness on these things does not offend anyone. My only channelled aspiration is bringing back that girl we had before, and doing all the joy that could be. Thanks for this article, Deb. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gk_GRqIGauQ4qLZFfIOkN__Y2noQ The table sure is laden high this month. Bob's covers (merci, monsieur!), ballets, art exhibits, SHINE, Herbie Hancock's CD, her name's in the news everything's first class, and you *know*.... Yikes. Forget the Christian store, I should go to the DRUG store for some pills and powders to get me through this passion play. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. C'est la renaissance de Joni Mitchell! Love, Patti P. NPOMTV in the background: The CBS Sunday Morning Show.....I just heard Paul Anka singing "Both Sides Now"...."his own version", I think the announcer said. Did they invoke her name? Merde! I missed it! Do you think this can be real? Or am I dreaming? _________________________________________________________________ Gear up for Halo. 3 with free downloads and an exclusive offer. http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=SeptemberWLHalo3_MSNHMTxt_1 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:04:40 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Joni Covers, Volume 92 - The Fruits of my Labor Jimmy & Bob are cracking me up this morning! Hey, it's Saturday night, Jimmy - a good time to get your briefs knocked off. The Fruits of Bob's Labor knocked off Jimmy's Fruit of the Looms? Another drive-by fruiting. Knock it off, you two! ; ) What a bunch of fruitcakes (said with the utmost affection and respect). Where is the Fruitcake Lady when we need her? She'd knock you both down to size. (Can't you just picture her face, waving you off?) Oh, you just have to laugh cuz it's all so crazy, in morning Joni town. The wit and the wisdom et tout ca...... And we all shine on, like the (judgement of the) moon and the stars and the sun, pp P.S. Welcome back, Soeur Catherine de Toronto! _________________________________________________________________ Get the device you want, with the Hotmail. you love. http://www.windowsmobile.com/hotmailmobile?ocid=MobileHMTagline_1 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:01:32 -0400 From: motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's NYC art exhibit I love this quote from Jean Grand-Maitre in the Canadian Press article. I find it very inspiring and hopeful. It appears that this recent collaboration between Joni and Grand-Maitre has been very fruitful.? ? "She lives to be reborn and risk. She doesn't mind doing a ballet and doing a jazz album with Mingus or reinventing herself and I think the idea of being reborn through the creative process is one that's kept her very much alive."? ? Michael in Quebec? - ------------------------------------------------ ? That is a good quote indeed!? It's quite an accurate observation since Joni herself has said she is restless as an artist.? That is apparent throughout her work.? That restlessness has caused her to venture into territories that would have not?even been imagined by most artists.? More power to her.? And they say being restless is usually a bad thing.....? - -Monika, at work right now _________________________________________________________________? Share More On Messenger with a Windows Live Space http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-ca? ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:07:35 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: SV: CSNY&J - Wolfgang's Vault this week... Glad to be of Joni service, Marion! (TIC! Well some say it's in service They say "humble makes pure" You're hoping it's near Folly 'Cause you're headed that way for sure) Oh, for sure I'm headed near Folly these days! I hope the weather in your moody sky is better today. Today in New England it's got to be one of the top ten days of the year. Every where it's star-dappled green, blue blue sky, crickets chirping in the ferns...the wind is in from Canada, I think. Just a perfect day. And here and there, you can see a few leaves starting to turn....yellow, orange, and red to color up the sunshine hours. It's comin' on Joni Christmas. As far as "those necklaces with the peace symbol as well? Or the ones with a bell that jingled when you walked?" Hmmmmm. I don't recall the bell necklaces. And oddly enough (LOL...shout out to Oddmund!) I was not into jewelry much. Not sure why....I guess I was into simplicity and felt like a Christmas tree hanging things on myself. Not that there's anything wrong with jewelry. I didn't even get my ears pierced until I was thirty. I did wear a silver bracelet all the time, though....it was like a Joni commandment or something, to put on your finest silver. ; ) I didn't even want an engagement ring....no shopping those days for jewels. I wanted a Marantz 323 (?) receiver and a Duel (Dual?) turntable instead, and new speakers in lieu of a ring. What were the good speakers in the 70s? Began with a K? Those dormblasters? I forget. Those are now at the landfilll. I should have taken the ring. What a foolish girl was I Saying, what a fool was she Money, cold shadows reply.....I could have at least taken it to a pawnshop. Oh...I just remembered another Joni jewelry thing! LOL...you won't believe this, but it's true. At the end of our sophomore jive year of high school (after our sophomore class dance that was named "Night in the City") we were the first class that was allowed to pick a stone color for our class rings. Every class before us had no choice but red/garnet. (Our school colors were black and red...rouge et noir.) Normally I have trouble making choices when it comes to colors and stuff, but not this time. I remember looking at the brochure and stopping dead in my tracks when I saw "August: Peridot." _X__ Peridot Order complete! Love, Patti P., still Joni crazy, after all these years >Thank you, Patti, for that wonderful account! It really cheared me up on >this rather dismal Sunday morning in Sweden (no Chelsea morning here today >whereas yesterday the sun poured in like butterscotch). > >And you got to shake Joni's hand! What an experience that must have been! >I'm not sure I would have been that brave had I had the chance. (I was >really shy well into my thirties, and in 1975, I was 25). > >I also loved your account of clothing back then. I do remember the peasant >shirts, had a variety of them myself. Did you wear those necklaces with the >peace symbol as well? Or the ones with a bell that jingled when you walked? >(They came into fashion around the time when the Beatles released Sergeant >Pepper). > >Enough nostalgia! Shine on, Patti! >Marion >-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- _________________________________________________________________ Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Cafi. http://www.cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_SeptHMtagline1 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 19:02:59 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni Covers, Volume 92 - The Fruits of my Labor Damn Bob, I've heard two of the singles from Chaka, which are great, but too hear her sing "Ladies Man".....that really rocks! As the cheerleaders would say: "Joni, Joni, she's our woMAN, If she can't do it, Chaka CAN" Jimmy, going in labor :) In a message dated 9/1/2007 7:18:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, scjoniguy@yahoo.com writes: > Thanks for the plug, Jimmy - and as my way of saying thanks, here's the > KILLER cover from Chaka - just showed up today. > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 21:22:39 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Joni word of the day crinolines ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 13:25:08 +1000 (ChST) From: "P. Henry" Subject: CSNY&J - Wolfgang's Vault this week... Hi Patti, You're response makes me damn happy I happened across that link and, I agree with Marion, you're description really lifted my spirits and brought me back, "way back" to those days... Thanks. It also brought me back to realizing just how precious my own stories are. I just don't have your gift of expression. (as I am about to prove... again) As you probably know, though it seems nobody much wants to hear about it anymore, (can't blame them) I am one of three that I know of on the list who knew Joni roughly between '65 & '68, (me, personally from '66-'67) prior to Joni's recording career and, I gotta tell ya, looking back on those performances, from the first of those with Chuck, when she'd do her solo set between the two they did together through to a string of her solo weekends, after the venues began requesting Joni minus Chuck, about one every month or so, writing and presenting one or two new songs every time... wow! It just got better and better... You can see what I mean watching those performances on that Canadian TV show chronologically on youtube... ...and add to that, I used to play the interim set between hers and to think back, seeing her sitting there in our tiny coffeehouse audience... see: (3rd thumbnail down) http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/phenryboland/ ...drinking her tea, smoking her Tareytons and watching and listening and smiling and clapping right along with everyone else... "...seems like a dream to me now"! Can you imagine? Joni catching MY sets? Whew! My mind reels! Second to that were those Saturday afternoons... See, I was crashing at the Cellar, our little coffeehouse in Port Huron, MI, at the time and Joni would come and play Friday night then stay overnight at the Harrington hotel across the street. Then, the next morning, she'd have breakfast and head over to spend the whole day rehearsing and writing while I'd just be hanging out. Sometimes we'd jam or she'd call me back to the dressing room to run a few lyrics of a new song by me, having me tune my Martin all weird and having me play something in the background... "Go like this"... sometimes she'd take the time to teach me some of her completed songs like, TCG, UFG, WOI, NITC, JLM & BSN and sometimes we'd just talk... Those were the GREATEST times! Joni was such a natural, mellow person... Even though I realized she was a vastly superior musician, I never felt uncomfortable around her... just because she was so gracious. (and from what I hear, she still is) ...and something few people realize... Joni is the constant joker... and she'd always have some smart-ass comment that would get you off your guard. Back then she only knew Stills & Young, though she met Crosby sometime in '67... By the time of the Woolsey Hall concert I was living in a student commune in the same town and helping organize concerts locally for the folk music club I started at the local college and, I remember, the day I went home with my brand new copy of MOA and, as a matter of cosmic coincidence, a friend of one of the other communees brought some shrooms with him when he came to visit and the three of us tripped together on the first hearing... Ironically, that concert was recorded about an hour's drive from where we were and I never even knew about it! OK, guess I'm rambling on by now... (as usual) time to go... CHEERS! Pat "The last time I saw Joni was Detroit in '68..." http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/phenryboland/ - ------------------------------------------------------ Patti wrote: > WOW! > > Thank you, Pat! Danke schoen, Wolfgang! > > I was there! > > We can't return, we only look behind from where we came.....so I'm looking back, looking back, way back to 1974... and Marion wrote: > Thank you, Patti, for that wonderful account! It really cheared me up on this rather dismal Sunday morning in Sweden (no Chelsea morning here today whereas yesterday the sun poured in like butterscotch)... - ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #269 ********************************* ------- 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)