From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #398 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, December 17 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 398 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Slate Article: The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever ["Jerry Notaro" ] Re: The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever [Victor Johnson ] RE: Joni Joy to the World! And all the boys and girls... [Sherelle Smith] Andrew Marr Interview [William Waddell ] Some Joni YouTube action.... [Monika Bogdanowicz ] Re: Joni article and Belair Hotel and hope everyone is well [missblux@goo] Re: jamming on Joni [Victor Johnson ] Re: jamming on Joni [Michael Paz ] Re: Joni article and Belair Hotel and hope everyone is well [Victor Johns] Re: Andrew Marr Interview [Monika Bogdanowicz ] JM article in Slate ["Lindsay Moon" ] Re: Andrew Marr Interview ["Randy Remote" ] RE: Joni Joy to the World! And all the boys and girls... [Patti Parlette] Wake 'em, shake 'em, Joni & Melissa! [Patti Parlette Subject: Re: Slate Article: The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever Great read, David. Thanks for forwarding it to us. And so glad 33 1/3 by Seattle musician Sean Nelson was mentioned. So often we hear only about the bad writing or the bad music. Jerry avid Marine wrote: > http://www.slate.com/id/2180012/nav/tap3/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:44:06 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Slate Article: The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever yes, really great article. I can't agree with his assement of C&S tho. But I see what he is saying. I feel like the writer is someone I'd like to sit down with and let him pick the music. :) But only if we *don't* have to listen to his current "binge song" over and over, lol..unless of course I were currently wanting that binge too. Funny, I have also binged on ELH's "Boulder to Birmingham" and have done so during various phases of my life, first when I was ony like 19. Any other's of you "binge" listeners, too? My greatest Joni binges have for what ever reson been the song "Blue" and the song "TI". And others too, but to a lesser extent. Not sure why those two relatively LITTLE songs grabbed me like that. My most recent "binge" song is "Bite the Bullet" from Neil Young's "American Starsn Bars". I had forgotten what a F-U-N album that is!!!!! haha! Rowdy rock n roll for the pure pleasure of it. I've played it probably 20 times in the last couple of days. That CD lives in the CD player in my car at the moment, and I am guilty of putting it back on, over and over. But also in the house on my iTunes. Also have recently binged on a couple of cuts on Richard Shindell's sort of latest "South of Delia". ( I say "sort of" because he;s just released a live CD from a gig I think in Vermont) His version of BD's "Senor" is sticking to me like gum from the hot street to a sneaker. I'd never penetrated the BD version (or it never penetrated me). But sheesh, Shindell's version, I can nearly "smell the tail of the dragon" myself and when he says "stripped and kneeled" I can almost feel grit and pebbles digging into my knees. Anyway, this has veered into NJC territory..... happy Sunday, and good luck to all your various football teams today, if you're into football. Em < wrote: > Great read, David. Thanks for forwarding it to us. And so glad 33 1/3 > by > Seattle musician Sean Nelson was mentioned. So often we hear only > about > the bad writing or the bad music. > > Jerry > > avid Marine wrote: > > http://www.slate.com/id/2180012/nav/tap3/ > - - - - - - - Emzdogz - a little of the social; a little of the solo. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:47:54 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re:The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever > Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:18:27 -0800 > From: David Marine > Subject: Slate Article: The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever > Regarding Ron Rosenbaum's "best Joni Mitchell Song Ever", at http://www.slate.com/id/2180012/nav/tap3/ I can only say: he's welcome to his own opinion, just like everyone else. It's a well-written article but, as far as I'm concerned, "Amelia" is a good song... not my favorite though; I've always felt it was a bit too long and monotonous. Ron also doesn't think the Court & Spark album is Joni's best... I do. Anyway, happy holidays to everyone and a healthy New Year to all, Kenny B ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:10:22 -0500 (EST) From: notaro@stpt.usf.edu Subject: CBS Sunday Morning Music profile next week is James Taylor. They did a story on the Johnny Cash Show DVD release this morning calling it the best music television show ever, but no Joni clips. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:18:38 +0000 From: Sherelle Smith Subject: RE: Joni Joy to the World! And all the boys and girls... Tres Magnifuque! So happy that you got this wonderful response from your friend! Better late than never I say! Michael McDonald (who is another favorite artist of mine) has a place on his forum where you can talk about "other" subjects and I have gotten everyone trained to know that I am a Joni Amigo! It's so sweet because one of the posters wasn't sure if I knew about "Shine" so she posted about it! Good looking out! The six degrees of separation between Michael McDonald and Joni Mitchell is that (I think) they shared the same label (Reprise) for a while, he sang back-up vocals on "Good Friends" and his wife Amy Holland (McDonald) sang back up vocals for Joni as well. If there are any trivia buffs out there, I would love to know exactly what, where, when and how Amy did this! Patti, love you and thank you for including me as I've had to become a lurker laterly with the JMDL. I appreciate it! Love, Sherelle Sherelle> From: loveuconn@hotmail.com> To: joni@smoe.org; sherellesmith@hotmail.com; treegreen1@hotmail.com> Subject: Joni Joy to the World! And all the boys and girls...> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:24:14 +0000> > > Woke up, it was a Chelsea Morning> and the first thing that I saw> was message about Joni.> > Yay!> > And it wasn't even from the list.> > Way back on November 3rd, all dizzy-dancing-way-you-feel about Joni's upcoming appearance on the CBS Sunday Morning Show the next day, I emailed a whole bunch of people. (You have to share the Joni joy, you know!) And now, six weeks later, I get a late reply from someone. (A seed that was planted.) The mother of a hockey player my son used to coach. Ha! I can't wait to share this w/ Michael from Mountains because he really respects this woman, and he will see that I'm not the only Joni fan in the world!> > Okay, here is my message (I can't believe I sent it to so many "non-Joni" people!), and the reply:> > ****> > Subject: Joni on TV Sunday morning at 9> a.m. EST> > Dear Friends Who Love Joni or Who Kindly Tolerate My Loving> Joni and Should Learn More About Her:> > She is going to be on the CBS> Sunday Morning Show which starts at 9 a.m. EST.> > Be there or be> square! ("You're so square. Baby, I don't care.")> > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/01/sunday/main3441230.shtml> > Peace,> > Patti> > "Shine on good humor,> Shine on goodwill."> > -- JM> > > Re: Joni on TV Sunday morning at 9 a.m. EST~> > > Hey Patti!> > So, I actually did remember, halfway through the segment, to check this> out! You are right, she is an amazing woman, and an icon for our> time. I am so thankful to have come of age in the 70's! I am> inspired to get some Joni CD's and give her a re-listen. I think Max will> be interested as well - he's very much into classic rock, so who knows - this> might intrigue him as well.> > I hope you are healthy and happy this holiday season! Give Mike a big> "HI!!" from all of us.> > ****> > A old fan is reborn, and a new one just begun. And so ! this is Christmas....> > Applause, applause!> > I just remembered something I think I forgot to share with y'all.> > When Michael graduated from college, I threw him a surprise party at a Barangrill. I invited his whole hockey team (Bantams, ages 12-13) and the parents because, in my heart and mind, they saved him from the war. I believe they saved his life, and my sanity. (He almost joined the military when he was a freshman because he didn't know what to major in, and then, THANK GOD!!!!!, he discovered, through coaching, that he has a gift for working with kids. Who says those hockey games are damned?).> > As party favors, I made up a little tribute page to Michael w/ 4 pictures and inspirational quotes and the heading/title was: "Be Like Mike!" and it included these:> 1. a picture of him at age 3 in his big brother's hockey uniform ("Dream big!")> 2. a picture of him w/ a huge smile and a wave getting on the school bus w/ his Batman lunch box for his first day of kindergarten ("Go to school!")> 3. a picture of him playing hockey in high school ("Work hard!")> 3. his senior class picture ("Smile!")> Congratulations, Michael!> May 7, 2006> > Then, on a separate, second page, on grey parchment paper, I printed the lyrics to Circle Game. I mean, you just HAD to, right? Darn right. This occasion begs for that song. I rolled these two pages up like a diploma and tied them with a ribbon.> > As people were opening them, I heard one kid say: "Circle Game? Huh? What is that?" The mother who just wrote to me said: "Oh my God! Joni Mitchell! I remember her. Oh, bring this home and read it. It is so beautiful. You will cry."> > Then my older son says: "MOM!!!!! You didn't do a JONI MITCHELL thing for Michael's *graduation*, did you?" Michael looked up suddenly and they both just stared and stared at me in utter disbelief. They shake their heads as if to say: "She'll never change!"> > I just laughed and toasted to Michael, right out loud (and inwardly, silently, to Joni).> > Okay, c'est tout pour le moment. Bon weekend!> ! > Love & Peace,> > Patti P.> > P.S. Quel synchronicite! Michael just called to invite me to his damn hockey game this morning. (He's coaching 5-6 year olds now, those little cuties.) I said: "I was JUST writing about you!" And he said: "Oh, no. Not to the Joni people, are you?"> > Yep!> > NPIMH:> > If I were the queen of the world> Tell you what I'd do> I'd throw away the cars and the bars and the war> Make sweet love to you> Sing it now...> > Joni Joy to the world> All the boys and girls> Joni Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea> Joni Joy to you and me> > > > > _________________________________________________________________> im is proud to present Cause Effect, a series about real people making a difference.> http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_Cause_Effect _________________________________________________________________ The best games are on Xbox 360. Click here for a special offer on an Xbox 360 Console. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/wheretobuy/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:23:51 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Slate Article: The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever "Amelia" does consistently rank way up there (and sometimes at #1) in the JMDL song polling. (It's currently at #3) So he's not exactly going out on a limb with his opinion. That song has been discussed in this forum many many times in this forum and rightfully so. Like the rest of you, I don't think his C&S comments are justified - anyone who refers to it as "muzak" just ain't paying attention imo. Part of the genius of C&S is the emotional and literal punch of the lyrics covered with the jazzy glaze of the musicians involved, the arrangements and the engineering. Hejira, on the other hand, does a better job of drawing attention to the words by setting them in a much starker and darker canvas. Both are works of pure perfection. As for song binging, I've never been one to do that much, although yesterday I was running and Prince's "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man" came on the ipod - I replayed it three times and probably shaved 2 minutes of my time. Coincidentally, my binge song for 2007 is also by Prince - "Guitar". Way back in olden days, my roommate (who is still one my best friends) would binge on the craziest songs...I remember once he played JT''s "Machine Gun Kelly" about 12 times before I told him that if he touched that tonearm one more time I'd gnaw his hand off at the wrist. Bob NP: Fountains of Wayne, "Stacy's Mom" - --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:28:07 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re:The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever Yes, this was definitely an interesting article. Amelia isn't my favorite song (nor is it a binge song). It isn't even my favorite form Hejira but it really is a fantastic song. I had Hejira on in my car the other day and I was just soaking up everything--the words, the music, the feel. Amelia, in particular, does have a great feel to it--a sort of "lonely but I'm ok" feel to it. I have no other way to describe it. I suppose I don't have a binge song from Hejira. Generally, when I put that album on I listen to it in its entirety. It begs you too! If I'm low on time but need a Hejira fix, I play my favorites--Coyote, Hejira, and Black Crow. I also don't agree with his assessment of Court & Spark but what can you do? That album is near and dear to my heart as it was the first Joni album I ever heard. It's brilliant in my opinion. -Monika PassScribe@aol.com wrote: > Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:18:27 -0800 > From: David Marine > Subject: Slate Article: The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever > Regarding Ron Rosenbaum's "best Joni Mitchell Song Ever", at http://www.slate.com/id/2180012/nav/tap3/ I can only say: he's welcome to his own opinion, just like everyone else. It's a well-written article but, as far as I'm concerned, "Amelia" is a good song... not my favorite though; I've always felt it was a bit too long and monotonous. Ron also doesn't think the Court & Spark album is Joni's best... I do. Anyway, happy holidays to everyone and a healthy New Year to all, Kenny B ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) - --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:31:49 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: RE: Joni Joy to the World! And all the boys and girls... According to the album credits, Amy contributes backing vocals to "Tax Free". And thanks Sherelle for this new phrase: "Tres Magnifuque!" Is it pronounced like I THINK it is? Bob NP: Husker Du, "Never Talking To You Again" - --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:38:24 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: jamming on Joni I went to a party last night with some friends and ended up jamming with a bunch of folk...which typically happens at these parties. Being around Christmas and all, I thought I'd pull out "River" and so I started playing and this incredible fiddle player joined in and it was just sublime...I wish I could still just savor the moment but I guess that's just the beauty of music, it just happens without warning. I started talking with someone who had perked up and said she was a big Joni Mitchell fan so I told her about the JMDL and was requested to play some more so we did Free Man in Paris, Amelia, and A Case of You. I wish Paz had been there as there was a request for You Turn Me On...I'll always remember hearing him play that for the first time at the late night restaurant in New Orleans in 2000. We also played a crazy version of the "The Weight" where we kept interspersing various Van Morrison songs in between every verse...wasn't planned at all, just kind of happened. Also really sweet versions of "Eyes of the World" and "Box of Rain". After spending so much time in music school its refreshing to just jam on rocknroll with a bunch of incredible musicians. Victor ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:44:56 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: The Best Joni Mitchell Song Ever On Dec 16, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Monika Bogdanowicz wrote: > Yes, this was definitely an interesting article. Amelia isn't my > favorite song (nor is it a binge song). It isn't even my favorite > form Hejira but it really is a fantastic song. I had Hejira on in > my car the other day and I was just soaking up everything--the > words, the music, the feel. Amelia, in particular, does have a > great feel to it--a sort of "lonely but I'm ok" feel to it. I have > no other way to describe it. I suppose I don't have a binge song > from Hejira. Generally, when I put that album on I listen to it in > its entirety. It begs you too! If I'm low on time but need a > Hejira fix, I play my favorites--Coyote, Hejira, and Black Crow. Although Amelia is my favorite song, I don't particularly agree with his assessment of Joni. He doesn't even mention the title track to Hejira which I think is an amazing song as well. Whether you like Amelia, C&S, Shine or whatever, I don't get it when people overly diss other works by Joni, just to make a particular work seem that much better. It's all good. Victor ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:46:40 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: jamming on Joni Victor, you always seem like you have a good time attending and playing at these events that you post about! You're always livin' it up. Good for you! Man, I bet that was wonderful, jamming like that and on those songs! -Monika Victor Johnson wrote: I went to a party last night with some friends and ended up jamming with a bunch of folk...which typically happens at these parties. Being around Christmas and all, I thought I'd pull out "River" and so I started playing and this incredible fiddle player joined in and it was just sublime...I wish I could still just savor the moment but I guess that's just the beauty of music, it just happens without warning. I started talking with someone who had perked up and said she was a big Joni Mitchell fan so I told her about the JMDL and was requested to play some more so we did Free Man in Paris, Amelia, and A Case of You. I wish Paz had been there as there was a request for You Turn Me On...I'll always remember hearing him play that for the first time at the late night restaurant in New Orleans in 2000. We also played a crazy version of the "The Weight" where we kept interspersing various Van Morrison songs in between every verse...wasn't planned at all, just kind of happened. Also really sweet versions of "Eyes of the World" and "Box of Rain". After spending so much time in music school its refreshing to just jam on rocknroll with a bunch of incredible musicians. Victor - --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:44:50 +0000 From: Sherelle Smith Subject: RE: Joni Joy to the World! And all the boys and girls... Ha! Ha! Ooopsie!!! Ha! Ha! Should have been, "Tres Magnifique!!" Leave it to me to give you a laugh in the AM!!! Thanks for the info Bob! Sherelle Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:31:49 -0800From: scjoniguy@yahoo.comSubject: RE: Joni Joy to the World! And all the boys and girls...To: sherellesmith@hotmail.com; loveuconn@hotmail.com; joni@smoe.org; treegreen1@hotmail.com According to the album credits, Amy contributes backing vocals to "Tax Free". And thanks Sherelle for this new phrase: "Tres Magnifuque!" Is it pronounced like I THINK it is? Bob NP: Husker Du, "Never Talking To You Again" Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. _________________________________________________________________ Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_wlhmtextlink1_dec ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:47:23 +0000 From: William Waddell Subject: Andrew Marr Interview Was glad to see the Andrew Marr interview up on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntAJN70bU30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3T0dVNx5YI WtS _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:54:45 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Some Joni YouTube action.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IDoxi9QsE (Woodstock from '69 or so) -Monika - --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:08:25 +0100 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Re: Joni article and Belair Hotel and hope everyone is well On Dec 16, 2007 5:07 PM, wrote: Am waving back... but I thought I'd better email you as well as I'm not sure anyone can see over there...! I'll wave across the Atlantic too - if anyone got a strange feeling today, don't worry it was just me waving! BN > > On Dec 15, 2007 8:18 PM, Marion Leffler wrote: > .... > Waving to you across the Vresund, > > Marion ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:10:35 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: jamming on Joni On Dec 16, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Monika Bogdanowicz wrote: > Victor, you always seem like you have a good time attending and > playing at these events that you post about! You're always livin' > it up. Good for you! Man, I bet that was wonderful, jamming like > that and on those songs! > -Monika > Thanks Monika, I have some truly amazing friends here in Atlanta who just love to play music. It's funny, occasionally I'll go to a "normal" party where there is no music and people aren't really into music and it will seem really weird...if you mention something about breaking out a guitar they look at you kind of strange, but fortunately I don't go to many of those. But just like anywhere else in the world, some people get it and some people just don't. I'm thankful for all the gatherings and music that goes on here and at jonifests as well. If you come to Atlanta to visit your friend I'll definitely block out some time to get together and jam on some Joni. Victor ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:20:19 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: jamming on Joni I wish I could have been there as well as I always love a late night jam with VJ. We had our Christmas Party as Julian's first annual Birthday Jam. It was a great party as always with lots of music food and libation. Julian and I played a version of Wind Cries Mary as well as Under the Bridge and our friend Clint Maedgen sat in on vox. Best Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Dec 16, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Victor Johnson wrote: I went to a party last night with some friends and ended up jamming with a bunch of folk...which typically happens at these parties. Being around Christmas and all, I thought I'd pull out "River" and so I started playing and this incredible fiddle player joined in and it was just sublime...I wish I could still just savor the moment but I guess that's just the beauty of music, it just happens without warning. I started talking with someone who had perked up and said she was a big Joni Mitchell fan so I told her about the JMDL and was requested to play some more so we did Free Man in Paris, Amelia, and A Case of You. I wish Paz had been there as there was a request for You Turn Me On...I'll always remember hearing him play that for the first time at the late night restaurant in New Orleans in 2000. We also played a crazy version of the "The Weight" where we kept interspersing various Van Morrison songs in between every verse...wasn't planned at all, just kind of happened. Also really sweet versions of "Eyes of the World" and "Box of Rain". After spending so much time in music school its refreshing to just jam on rocknroll with a bunch of incredible musicians. Victor ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:21:04 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Joni article and Belair Hotel and hope everyone is well Hi Bene, I'm glad you made it all the way back home. The Belair Hotel was so much fun. I wish there was one of them here or a portal we could step into and be there instantly, hang out for awhile, and then zap back home. The whole Joni tribute weekend seems so long ago even though its only been one month. Victor On Dec 16, 2007, at 11:08 AM, missblux@googlemail.com wrote: > On Dec 16, 2007 5:07 PM, wrote: > Am waving back... but I thought I'd better email you as well as I'm > not sure anyone can see over there...! > > I'll wave across the Atlantic too - if anyone got a strange feeling > today, don't worry it was just me waving! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:34:34 -0800 (PST) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: Andrew Marr Interview Ooh, thank you for posting that! Much appreciated! -Monika William Waddell wrote: Was glad to see the Andrew Marr interview up on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntAJN70bU30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3T0dVNx5YI WtS _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml - --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:36:07 -0800 From: "Lindsay Moon" Subject: JM article in Slate A friend sent me this link to a beautiful article in Slate on Joni: http://www.slate.com/id/2180012/fr/flyout Sign him up to the List! Lindsay ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:05:25 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Andrew Marr Interview Thanks WtS-that was great-even if it kind of dashed hopes for a tour-then again, she's great for changing her mind. She is so funny, though, sometimes...I'll just leave it at that. She looks good and happy, though a bit cartoonish in my player due to the picture being scrunched vertically. RR > Was glad to see the Andrew Marr interview up on Youtube. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntAJN70bU30 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3T0dVNx5YI > > WtS ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:24:11 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: RE: Joni Joy to the World! And all the boys and girls... And thanks Sherelle for this new phrase: "Tres Magnifuque!" Is it pronounced like I THINK it is? *** MDR, mes Joniami(e)s! (Mort de rire = LOL) Pas exactement, cher Monsieur. The "u" in French is usually pronounced "ooo" or like we say about something yucky: "ewwwwww" (with your lips a little turned down, kind of pouty -- hard to describe en mots. Maybe CoT can explain it better.). Or here's a way to pronounce it that you "can really feel": it's like the "u" in "Duke"! (Like the "Fuke" in "Duck Fuke", mdr!) Et soyez la bienvenue, Sherelle ma belle. Glad that Joni love sucked you back this way -- after you've been two-timing us with Michael McDonald! (Just kidding; you know two discussion lists are better than one. There's a wide world of lovely musical landscapes to discover.) Laughing it all away, Patti P. P.S. Holiday hint: do *not* try to shower off the dust on your glass Christmas tree ornaments (you know, the shiny balls?) with the kitchen sink sprayer. The color comes off. (Life is for learning.) _________________________________________________________________ The best games are on Xbox 360. Click here for a special offer on an Xbox 360 Console. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/wheretobuy/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:33:12 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: Wake 'em, shake 'em, Joni & Melissa! "One of the things that made me quit was that I said I wasn't going to write any more social commentary," Mitchell says. "When I quit 10 years ago, I got stubborn with myself. I took a lot of flack. I didn't want to go through the experience. "I was mad at America. Come on wake up. You know, wake 'em, shake 'em. I just didn't want to be the one." From: http://jonimitchell.com/Library/view.cfm?id=1734 You ARE the one Joni, and we're so glad you are back. There's a whole lotta shakin' going on. I heard that Melissa Etheridge brought the house down at the Nobel Peace Prize concert with "I Need To Wake Up". (Here it is, if you have 3:36 minutes; it's not the concert version, though, I don't think): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2UeBw9fnck The concert is supposed to be on American TV in January: Voila: "But this year, the winner is a famous American and the cause, climate change, is becoming a dominant topic in politics and daily life across the country. Organizers said this year's concert would be shown in January on Fox's My TV, a network started last year. "The Nobel is a global award, not a Norwegian award, so we want a global audience," said Odd Arvid Stromstad, the concert's executive producer. "U.S. TV is more commercialized than European TV, and it's harder to get substance on the big channels. I was brought up on TV being an intellectual means of communications, and it's hard to find that on the main channels in the United States."" That is from (and more on the concert and all): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR2007121102491.html I hope we have lots of good things happening in 2008. (NPIMH: Beatles singing "I've got to admit it's getting better, better, a little better all the time, it can't get no worse....") Peace, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_wlhmtextlink1_dec ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:07:20 +0100 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: 2 Joni's Paris concerts mislabeled Hello A Parisian Joni fan told me last night that he attended both Paris concerts in 72 and 83. The 72 which is circulating as Olympia is actually from the Salle Pleyel. Likewise, the 83 Olympia is really from the Theatre des Champs Elysees. (The 2nd 83 venue Theatre Mogador is correct) Laurent ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:56:25 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: pianos and/or can I walk beside you So I went to this play at this holiday party today and after the Friday night fiasco, I was wondering what kind of piano would be there and I was totally blown away...it was like the complete opposite. A beautiful Boston baby grand piano that was just heavenly. I don't usually get to play really nice pianos so when I do its so overwhelmingly awesome and I play so much better. The tone and resonance of the keys were just magical. I get so used to the many dull, lifeless ones they have at school so playing this was switching from canned tuna to caviar. It was especially fun playing early 70's Stevie Wonder, cascades of chords and arpeggios over achingly beautiful melodies, or just a simple melody like Schubert Ave Maria, leaving me awash in its modest, timeless beauty. Then can I walk beside you I have come here to lose the smog And I feel to be a cog in something turning Well maybe it is just the time of year Or maybe its the time of man I dont know who l am But you know life is for learning We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #398 ********************************* ------- 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)