From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #449 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, February 4 2008 Volume 2007 : Number 449 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- SV: sjc, Interrupting my sorrow ["Marion Leffler" ] Toronto JM tribute ["Barbara Stewart" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:08:25 +0100 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: sjc, Interrupting my sorrow - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Patti Parlette Skickat: den 3 februari 2008 01:44 Till: joni@smoe.org; sherellesmith@hotmail.com Dmne: sjc, Interrupting my sorrow WARNING: Personal, long, and possibly heavy company Dear Ones: Whenever one of you has lost a loved one, I have always felt your pain. Everybody counts with me, and some *too* much. When Joni's mother died, I couldn't even write abut it. When I saw Stevie Wonder last November, he opened with these words: "May 30, 2006, was the worst day of my life. It's the day my Mother died". I was so moved. And now it's my turn. My Mom passed away on January 16th. People will tell you where they've been They'll tell you were to go But until you get there yourself You never really know. Now I know. I've taken a few weeks to get a good grip on my grief, because I didn't want to be crying on your knees. I've been on a lonely road and I've been processing, processing, processing..... and now I feel like I can finally write. I *have* to because I had many Joni moments on that flight to Utah and all through the trip. Even at my Mother's deathbed. (Don't worry: Joni's heart and humor and humility will help lighten up my heavy load.) When I got to Alta View ICU that morning (it was no Chelsea Morning, let me tell you) I was stunned to find her unresponsive. (Her heart and lungs were failing.) I just sat there in shock and disbelief. (This happened in April, but when I got there then and said: "Hi Mom!" her eyes popped open and she came back, slowly. The doctors said it was a miracle, and I thought it was just the power of love and that I could do this again. Not to be. Last chance lost.) I was holding her hand and talking to her as the tears fell down like wax. Eye paint running down. The nurse asked if I needed anything, so I asked for a priest, to perform last rites. I know one priest in Utah, my Dad's, whom he called "Father Cheesehead" because he's a big Green Bay Packers' fan. He got there in 20 minutes. (I guess he wasn't in the airport bar.) I was so surprised to see him that I crashed into his arms. He's a nice man. He talked to me for a while about my Dad, and then went on to do what he came to do. He did a reading or two (can't remember which ones), and then asked me if there were anything in particular I'd like to hear. "Oh, yes! You read this at my Dad's service and it brought me such comfort. I think it's a letter from Paul to the Corinthians. (Uh oh....here she goes!). Joni Mitchell made a song out of it. Do you know Joni Mitchell? She's my favorite singer songwriter." Maybe it was paranoia, maybe it was sensitivity, but I thought I saw a thunderhead of judgement gathering in his gaze. His eyes narrowed, I swear. I thought: "Oh merde! He's going to be pissed about what Joni wrote about shining on the Catholic Church and the prison's that it's made and the churches that love less and less or whatever and we are going to argue about this at my Mother's freakin' deathbed!" But his face softened and he smiled and said: "Wow. Joni Mitchell. I haven't heard her in years!" (Phew!) Then he apologized for not having that passage with him. (So I sang it later to myself.) I'll stop now and just share with you the obituary I wrote, if you want to meet my Mom. She really was the most loving and sweet Mother one could ever have. I have been blessed beyond words. Her little light shines in me now forever and ever. Audrey JOAN. http://tinyurl.com/36abz3 Hoping you are all well and having a bon weekend, wishing you love and peace, Patti P. P.S. I'm getting out of this dark cafe tonight and going on down to the Mermaid Cafe to FINALLY see Emely Anne who does Joni covers. On her CDBaby page some guy named Bob from SC wrote a nice review of her. I wonder who in the world he might be? http://cdbaby.com/cd/emelyanne I can't wait to meet her and introduce myself as "Patti P. from the JMDL"! ; ) P.S.S. No time to proofread so I hope I was coherent. Sorry for the heavy company, but "don't say I didn't warn ya!" "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." -- John Lennon http://www.imaginepeace.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:36:30 +0100 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: sjc, Interrupting my sorrow Dear Patti, you could never be heavy company if you tried! Although I am very sorry for your loss, I am also impressed by the way you express and process your sorrow. Losing one's parents is a traumatic experience even when they were expected to pass away after a long and full life. But I know you have a heart and can cry, and you got Joni and your family and us on the jmdl, so in time you will heal and enjoy life again. I've missed you on the list for a couple of weeks, and now I know why. If I believed in God I would ask him (her) to bless you and your mum. But since my faith is too weak, I just wish you peace of mind and heart. Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Patti Parlette Skickat: den 3 februari 2008 01:44 Till: joni@smoe.org; sherellesmith@hotmail.com Dmne: sjc, Interrupting my sorrow WARNING: Personal, long, and possibly heavy company Dear Ones: Whenever one of you has lost a loved one, I have always felt your pain. Everybody counts with me, and some *too* much. When Joni's mother died, I couldn't even write abut it. When I saw Stevie Wonder last November, he opened with these words: "May 30, 2006, was the worst day of my life. It's the day my Mother died". I was so moved. And now it's my turn. My Mom passed away on January 16th. People will tell you where they've been They'll tell you were to go But until you get there yourself You never really know. Now I know. I've taken a few weeks to get a good grip on my grief, because I didn't want to be crying on your knees. I've been on a lonely road and I've been processing, processing, processing..... and now I feel like I can finally write. I *have* to because I had many Joni moments on that flight to Utah and all through the trip. Even at my Mother's deathbed. (Don't worry: Joni's heart and humor and humility will help lighten up my heavy load.) When I got to Alta View ICU that morning (it was no Chelsea Morning, let me tell you) I was stunned to find her unresponsive. (Her heart and lungs were failing.) I just sat there in shock and disbelief. (This happened in April, but when I got there then and said: "Hi Mom!" her eyes popped open and she came back, slowly. The doctors said it was a miracle, and I thought it was just the power of love and that I could do this again. Not to be. Last chance lost.) I was holding her hand and talking to her as the tears fell down like wax. Eye paint running down. The nurse asked if I needed anything, so I asked for a priest, to perform last rites. I know one priest in Utah, my Dad's, whom he called "Father Cheesehead" because he's a big Green Bay Packers' fan. He got there in 20 minutes. (I guess he wasn't in the airport bar.) I was so surprised to see him that I crashed into his arms. He's a nice man. He talked to me for a while about my Dad, and then went on to do what he came to do. He did a reading or two (can't remember which ones), and then asked me if there were anything in particular I'd like to hear. "Oh, yes! You read this at my Dad's service and it brought me such comfort. I think it's a letter from Paul to the Corinthians. (Uh oh....here she goes!). Joni Mitchell made a song out of it. Do you know Joni Mitchell? She's my favorite singer songwriter." Maybe it was paranoia, maybe it was sensitivity, but I thought I saw a thunderhead of judgement gathering in his gaze. His eyes narrowed, I swear. I thought: "Oh merde! He's going to be pissed about what Joni wrote about shining on the Catholic Church and the prison's that it's made and the churches that love less and less or whatever and we are going to argue about this at my Mother's freakin' deathbed!" But his face softened and he smiled and said: "Wow. Joni Mitchell. I haven't heard her in years!" (Phew!) Then he apologized for not having that passage with him. (So I sang it later to myself.) I'll stop now and just share with you the obituary I wrote, if you want to meet my Mom. She really was the most loving and sweet Mother one could ever have. I have been blessed beyond words. Her little light shines in me now forever and ever. Audrey JOAN. http://tinyurl.com/36abz3 Hoping you are all well and having a bon weekend, wishing you love and peace, Patti P. P.S. I'm getting out of this dark cafe tonight and going on down to the Mermaid Cafe to FINALLY see Emely Anne who does Joni covers. On her CDBaby page some guy named Bob from SC wrote a nice review of her. I wonder who in the world he might be? http://cdbaby.com/cd/emelyanne I can't wait to meet her and introduce myself as "Patti P. from the JMDL"! ; ) P.S.S. No time to proofread so I hope I was coherent. Sorry for the heavy company, but "don't say I didn't warn ya!" "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." -- John Lennon http://www.imaginepeace.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:17:43 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Decemberists' Colin Meloy singing ACOY I had read that he has played this as an encore in recent concerts, here's a video of one of the performances for Victor, Garret, and any other Decemberists fans (like me): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAvwG8RFbcA Bob NP: David Gray, "Hold On To Nothing" - --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:29:30 -0500 From: "Barbara Stewart" Subject: Toronto JM tribute I've been away and not caught up on the list digest. So pardon if this is a duplicate. Hugh's room Toronto, Feb 23 JONI MITCHELL TRIBUTE Mia Sheard ( http://www.miasheard.com/ ), Harmony Trowbridge ( http://www.myspace.com/harmonytrowbridge ), Kurt Swinghammer ( http://www.swinghammer.com/ ), Caitlin Hanford ( http://www.quartette.com/ ), Dan Goldman, ( http://www.dangoldman.ca/index.html )Joan Besen, ( http://www.prairieoyster.com/main.html )Paul Linklater, ( http://www.myspace.com/paullinklater )Chris Gartner, ( http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid =128183225 )Ryan Granville-Martin ( http://www.myspace.com/ryangranvillemartin )and special guests... $22 / $25 B from : Barbara L.Stewart, MLS Library - Sesame Workshop 1 Lincoln Plaza, 4th fl, NYC, NY 10023 USA tel: 212-875-6393 fax: 212-875-7309 barbara.stewart@sesameworkshop.org "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter." - ML King ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:51:48 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: The Music of Joni Mitchell by Lloyd Whitesell Here is the url for this painting on the website: http://jonimitchell.com/painter/view.cfm?id=39&recs=2 It is also on the back of the dust cover for the book that the Mendel published in conjunction with their exhibit of Joni's paintings, 'Voices: The Work of Joni Mitchell'. The text on the website ties several of the elements of the painting to 'Don Juan's Reckless Daughter'. I like it and I think it's appropriate for a book about Joni's music. Mark in Seattle - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: ; ; Cc: ; Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 8:49 AM Subject: Re: The Music of Joni Mitchell by Lloyd Whitesell > Yes it is one of Joni's Paintings...not one of my > favorites....Axilar > Moonrise > > > 1977 > Abstracted Realism > 60 x 72 in > Oil and latex > > Axilar Moonrise > Joni's comments from the StarArt book: > "'Axilar Moonrise' is a dramatization and expansion on a profound > moment of > friendship and closeness between a friend and me. There's a sun and > a moon in > it to represent the passing of a period of time. There's a > metamorphosis of > a woman figure, who I guess is me, either dissolving into the > foliage of > coming out of it but showing a sense of oneness with nature. The > atitude of the > lowest figure with its arms outstretched is a kind of all embracing > surrender > and humility in the face of a moment. Then with the two figures > that overlap > there's a sense of a secret being shared or something whispered in > the ear > and the leaning of one figure to hear it. In spite of its lack of > literacy for > the moment, the person who it was painted for saw it as a pefect > rendering of > that moment. So having the four figures in no way clouded the fact > that it > was an intimacy between two people." > > > > > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL > Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 > 48) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:38:39 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: RE: The Music of Joni Mitchell by Lloyd Whitesell Change the URL to this to avoid the error: http://jonimitchell.com/painter/view.cfm?id=39 - -----Original Message----- Here is the url for this painting on the website: http://jonimitchell.com/painter/view.cfm?id=39&recs=2 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:05:31 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Subject: Re: The Music of Joni Mitchell by Lloyd Whitesell Les has even more detail at http://jonimitchell.com/painter/view.cfm?id=39&recs=1 This painting is 5 feet tall and 6 feet (2 metres) wide, so the cover is a vertical crop of the image. I don't know if it's "good" to an art scholar, but I like it. It's a blend of the old, detail-oriented stuff she did early on, van Gogh's "Starry Night", and the abstract-flavored stuff from the time of "MINGUS". Jim L. Rose said, >Yes it is one of Joni's Paintings...not one of my favorites.... "Axilar Moonrise" 1977 Abstracted Realism 60 x 72 in Oil and latex...> ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:15:01 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Subject: sjc, Interrupting my sorrow Patti, I wondered where you were. I'm sad to hear that your mother passed on. Jim L'Hommedieu Patti Parlette said, >And now it's my turn. My Mom passed away on January 16th.> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:40:04 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: sjc, Interrupting my sorrow, Movie Queens, Mothers, Superbowl Sunday Dear Ken and Marion and Jim, and every other Jonibody who wrote such consoling messages like this off-list: "I am so sorry for your loss. Your message moved me so much, and it sounds like you are processing this milestone with grace. I don't know what else to say. you are in my thoughts and prayers. God bless your sweet mother. Ken'' **** I don't know how to thank you all! You guys rock. You make my heart sing.....now I take these sad songs, and make them better. "Grace" is in interesting word that I would not have thought of. Do you think it's the same as this: If you can force your heart And nerve and sinew To serve you After all of them are gone And so hold on When there is nothing in you Nothing but the will That's telling you to hold on! Hold on! I like that one. That's been playing in my heart and mind a lot recently. (And many many others, of course.) I am re-amazed at all the sweet inspiration that Joni gives us to "hold on" and, not just cope, but shine and...you know there are more verbs. I have one more Joni-kind-of-story about my Mom's last days, if you will permit me. I'm still all emotions and abstractions, so I hope pulling this thread in makes sense. There was a recent discussion between (I think) anon anon and c karma (forgive me if I'm wrong when I'm this weak and this spaaaacey) where one of you said -- about Myrtle-- that Joni needed her Mother to stand up to her once in a while and say: "Get over yourself, Joni!" (LOL....."Who do you think you are? Kitty Welles?") Well, I had the opposite experience with my Mother, who seemed to know my particular needs, my sweeeet tumbleweeds. She always lifted me up. Joni is right again. Love is a story told, and I am so grateful I got to hear this one. I could easily have missed it had the right nurse not been on duty. Listen: it sings of love so sweet, and it will always help me get myself back on my feet. One of the nurses came in to check IVs and stuff. She turned her gaze to me and, weighing my beauty and my (many) imperfections, asked: "Are you her daughter?" Me (tears free-falling): Yes. I just got in from Connecticut. Nice Nurse: Your mother told me that you're a movie star. Me: *She told you *WHAT*? Are you kidding? Was she, you know, loopy? (as I twirled my finger next to my head) NN, smiling: No, no. Not at all! She told me: "My daughter is a movie star", so I asked: "What's her name?" and she said: Patti Parlette. NN continues: I laughed and said: "Really?! I've never heard of her. Are you SURE she's a movie star?" My Mom (Sweet Bird you are, briefer than a falling star) replied: She is to *me*. **** Give me some time I feel like I'm losing mine Out here on this horizon line With the earth spinning And the sky forever rushing No one knows They can never get that close Yes, Joni, you are right again. "Love is a story told." And with that story, I really DO know love at all. With this story to help me make it through these waves ahead, I'm feeling like a moooOOOOOoooovie queen! Oh, and just one more little story, because it is timely. The same nurse told me my Mom said: "Please don't let me die on Super Bowl Sunday." The nurse asked me if my Mother was a big football fan. I shook my head and laughed ruefully. "Not at all. That's just my Mom. My brothers and sons and nephews are into football. She just didn't want to ruin their day." "Mothers are like that. Yeah, they are." (An old children's aspirin commercial). Mamas teach us the deeper meaning. And pardon the leap here, but I am hearing Sally Field sputtering out: "If Mothers ruled the world, there'd be no God-damned wars in the first place!" Shine on all the Mothers! They all love, more and more. Fathers, too, of course. Okay, I'll stop. I promise! Thanks for letting me share all this. Bless you all. Enjoy the Super Bowl if you're into that, or "play what you want!" All righhhht. Love, Patti P., who can't sing her sorrow or paint her joy, so I write. _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 17:59:25 -0800 (PST) From: Peep Richman Subject: Re: Bo,Re:#556 Hi Joni-pals, I am thrilled to learn of the new book "The Music of Joni Mitchell"!!! Wow...that sure gives me an 'up' and something to look forward to reading!!!! One line from "I Had A King" has been driving through the highways of my mind. I can hear Joni singing that first line with amazing clarity of heart and soul. And, I've been thinking and realize that I never did have the king I thought I did in my tenement castle...and I know "my keys won't fit the door". Feels liberating...adds clarity to a long-ago time. Lately, and more often than not, the earlier work of Joni has been particularly helpful on my person quest for insight and growth. "Michael From Mountains".....that one image..."Like puppets on strings hanging in the sky"...."know that I will know you"...oh yes, now I know you very, very...oh so very well. My Michael are some significant people ...mostly men...who have floated and pierced ( yep..pierced) on the shoulder of my life.....but my Michael also represents so many experiences that I've had....hoping to allow the memories to fly free....at least recently "I am not prey to dark uncertainty"...many "stepping stones or sinking sands"...and I'm thinking about "The Tea Leaf Phophecy"...Joni knew this magnificent arrangements of thoughts and images will, so sadly, always apply. Do any of you miss the way the younger you listened to Joni...personalizing many thoughts and images to your life...in your younger years and now as you listen, feel the pain, the joy, the awareness much more vividly? I know I do. I remember not being able to go more than a few hours without listening to Joni...hiding in the work-place bathroom with her words and music playing in my ear. Do you ever consider that the recent more public Joni represents the collective unconscious of almost everyone (almost) in today's world....just some thoughts. Have a beautiful, magical week, my friends. Love with hugs from Bo - --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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