From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #460 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 Friday, February 15 2008 Volume 2007 : Number 460 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Yes I/we can [Russell Bowden ] Re: Another take on The Joni Letters [PassScribe@aol.com] lOve [Marianne Rizzo ] Re: Another take on The Joni Letters [Em ] Re: Another take on The Joni Letters [Michael Flaherty ] Jonifest- last chance! [asharaproducllc@aol.com] Imagine my surprise ... ["Lori Fye" ] Herbie and the Grammy ["Tortorici, Frank" ] a new thread? [Dflahm@aol.com] re: celebrity iPod playlists ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: my take on herbie's big win. [Eric Taylor ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:29:58 -0800 From: Russell Bowden Subject: Yes I/we can Gang, The first thing I thought of re: Herbie's speech...(maybe he meant "paraphrase" instead of "coin")....was Sammy Davis, Jr's autobio which was titled "Yes, I Can" Lame thinking from this nor'easter? Maybe, but it flashed in my mind like I was playing Jeopardy. Overtaxed memories for $800, Alex. Hi, El Gee....it's nice to be back. Russ _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:37:06 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Another take on The Joni Letters > From: rza666odb@aol.com > Subject: Re: my take on herbie's big win. > Hey, Matt, Without rehashing all that you've said, I understand you completely and agree with much of what you say because it makes sense. I listened to The Joni Letters and think it's quite good but really didn't think the entire album was so special that I would buy it... I downloaded the one song from iTunes that I think is the best (simply because I like it more than the others): "Edith and The Kingpin" with Tina Turner on vocals. As for people saying that The Joni Letters was the best album of the year, without hearing the others: that reminds me of a guy I used to work with... A few years back, I told him that WFUV was having their end-of-year "Listeners Favorites" poll and that he should vote for his choices for the best albums of the year. He said, "Oh, I'll vote for Bob Dylan." I said, "Bob Dylan doesn't HAVE a new album out this year." He replied, "Well, if he DID, then I'd vote for it." Kenny B ************** The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:53:28 -0500 From: Marianne Rizzo Subject: lOve I am looking for a recording on the internet of Joni Mitchell's "lOve." (from Wild Things. . ) Do you know where I can find it? I want to inspire friends with it on this valentines day. lOve to you aLL on valentines day! be mine. LO VE Marianne I am listening to this again today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4 (free hugs) you've seen it before spread the love _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:03:46 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Another take on The Joni Letters the scope of that album, I'm finding is vast. It foes and goes and goes. That said, I'm way too small to master listening to it. It remains above my head. But its a fascinating place to visit and maybe one day it will seem confortably familiar. Right now its like a white universe expanding outward. I stick my toe in it, but cannot jump in. Like not a black interior space universe, but bright white light rushing on into Einstein's infinity. Like riding that beam of light. I'm glad it won. Maybe its just cuz I'm getting old, but I'm tired of seeing the most fashionable thing win. Let something kinda underground and weird win, for once. Even if mostly old f_ckers listen to it. To me its a challenging album to listen to, and the Grammy encourages me to continue to let it absorb me. I can't absorb it.....but maybe it can absorb me.... and we will merge into some kind of stardust. lol....sorry...I know that was weird... Happy Thursday... Em - --- PassScribe@aol.com wrote: > > From: rza666odb@aol.com > > Subject: Re: my take on herbie's big win. > > > Hey, Matt, > Without rehashing all that you've said, I understand you > completely and > agree with much of what you say because it makes sense. I listened to > The Joni > Letters and think it's quite good but really didn't think the entire > album > was so special that I would buy it... I downloaded the one song from > iTunes that > I think is the best (simply because I like it more than the others): > "Edith > and The Kingpin" with Tina Turner on vocals. > As for people saying that The Joni Letters was the best album of > the > year, without hearing the others: that reminds me of a guy I used to > work with... > A few years back, I told him that WFUV was having their end-of-year > "Listeners Favorites" poll and that he should vote for his choices > for the best albums > of the year. > He said, "Oh, I'll vote for Bob Dylan." > I said, "Bob Dylan doesn't HAVE a new album out this year." > He replied, "Well, if he DID, then I'd vote for it." > > Kenny B > > > ************** > The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the > Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. > > (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:40:09 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: Another take on The Joni Letters PassScribe@aol.com wrote:As for people saying that The Joni Letters was the best album of the year, without hearing the others: that reminds me of a guy I used to work with... Point taken, and IF I had a vote in the Grammys, I would be sure to hear everything on the ballot. As it is, I don't see the need. However, I don't think having heard all of the albums means you're now qualified to judge. To say "I've heard them all and this one is definitely the best" confuses opinion with fact. (It IS a fact that the best musicians (technically) won this year, btw). :-) To me the award proves nothing. Therefore, yes I'm going to pull for the musicians I like the most (and not worry about it if they lose). Michael Flaherty - --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:47:31 -0500 From: "Barbara Stewart" Subject: Herbie on Tavis Smiley Was on last nite on 2nd half of program, including a TS-Joni interview clip. PBS often re-runs it the day after (1pm??). Check your listings. 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: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:04:49 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: lOve I do not have it with me or I would email you an mp3 baby. BUT go here http://www.preservationhall.com/valentine/index.htm and send you sweetie a Valentine featuring my pals from the band in our new video "I Can't Give You Anything But Love". Happy Valentines Day to you all. Please go to the site and check out the new video. Love Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Feb 14, 2008, at 7:53 AM, Marianne Rizzo wrote: I am looking for a recording on the internet of Joni Mitchell's "lOve." (from Wild Things. . ) Do you know where I can find it? I want to inspire friends with it on this valentines day. lOve to you aLL on valentines day! be mine. LO VE Marianne I am listening to this again today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4 (free hugs) you've seen it before spread the love _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:51:19 -0500 From: asharaproducllc@aol.com Subject: Jonifest- last chance! Just a reminder, if you have any desire to attend Jonifest in April please let me know by February 19. I'll be making a final decision by then. Hugs, Ashara ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:45:22 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Imagine my surprise ... Say what you will about Starbucks, but this morning on my way to work I switched from the "POTUS 08" station to the "SBUX XM Cafe" station and I was somewhat stunned to hear a very familiar song: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter. Go figure. Starbucks may be the "corporate enemy" (and you all know how I dislike big corporations and the homogenization of American products) but at least they're helping to get Joni's music into the ears and minds of XM radio listeners. Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:36:04 -0500 From: "Tortorici, Frank" Subject: Herbie and the Grammy I for one think Amy Winehouse is very talented and like her singles. BUT, I see nothing amazing about the album as a whole and think that, out of the 5 nominees, Herbie deserved the award. The whole concept (and delivery) of The Joni Letters was something special. Frank Frank Tortorici Director, Communications The Conference Board (212) 339-0231 f.tortorici@conference-board.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:46:33 +0100 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: sjc? Four Years of Gratitude Hi Patti, Happy anniversary to you, and a happy Valentine's day to you and all of the JMDL'ers. I haven't been with the JMDL as long as you have but I do share your sentiments! Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Patti Parlette Skickat: den 13 februari 2008 23:19 Till: joni@smoe.org Dmne: sjc? Four Years of Gratitude Bon Soir! No wonder I've been so chatty today: I just realized that today is my 4th anniversary on the JMDL! I just want to celebrate yeah yeah Another day of living, yeah yeah I just want to celebrate another day of livin', yeah I just want to celebrate another day of life on the JMDL! I remember lurking for a long time, "getting to know you, getting to know all about you" and you were all like superstars to me. Brilliant people! "My analyst told me" to post, but I was too damned timid at first. My excuse was: "I have too much to say." She said: "Well, you don't have to say it all at once!" Ha ha.....four years later and I'm still blathering on! And you are all "still" superstars; a beautiful moon river of changing faces, looking for an ocean. Thank you for taking me as I am into this wonderful community. It's a warm arrangement. Love & Peace, Patti P. (a little bit corny) P.S. I'll never forget the dizzy-dancing-way-you-feel when I got my first replies. Here, I'll be like the Romper Room lady looking through her magic looking glass: "I see Jerry, and Catherine, and Patrick, and Bree, and Maggie, and Bob, and.....you know there may be more!" It felt kind of like this: At last My love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a lovely song At last The skies above are blue My heart's wrapped up in clover Ever since the night I wrote to you I found a dream that I could speak to A dream to call my own I found a thrill to press my cheek to A thrill like I have never known Oh when you smile, when you smile That's how the spell was cast And now here we are in Joni heaven I found my love at last and it all comes down to you, Miss Joni Mitchell! Vive la Joan! _________________________________________________________________ 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: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:01:10 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Maureen McGovern Maybe, Bob, you prejudged her song choices. This review makes me think she made them her own. Maureen McGovern: A Long and Winding Road Reviewed By: Brian Scott Lipton 7 Feb 14, 2008 7 New York Theatremania The term "jukebox musical" may be used pejoratively in theater circles, but to call Maureen McGovern's new Metropolitan Room cabaret act A Long and Winding Road a "jukebox show" is meant only as the highest praise. Over 80 minutes, McGovern uses her prodigious vocal instrument, interpretive skills, and inherent musicality to illuminate nearly two dozen songs written between 1960-1971. These tunes, by such giants as Carole King, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro and, of course, Paul McCartney and John Lennon, are hallmarks of their era, ranging from precise character studies to gentle fables, from protest anthems to love songs. McGovern not only does them justice, she often paints them in a new light -- as in a light jazz top spin she serves on the Beatles' comical "Rocky Raccoon." Musical director Jeff Harris has pulled together some marvelous arrangements, and he and McGovern get first-rate assistance from bassist Jay Leonhart -- especially on a charming "59th Street Bridge Song." Early on in the act, which has been co-created and directed by Philip Himberg, McGovern's operatic voice threatens to overwhelm the material -- although at least you can make out all the words to "The Times That Are A-Changin'" -- but she quickly proves her subtletly with a truly gorgeous renditon of "The Circle Game." One wishes she did more of Mitchell's repertoire, based on her stunning takes on the singer-songwriter's little-known anti-war song "The Fiddle and the Drum," and the first verse of "Woodstock." McGovern's comic chops aren't limited to "Rocky Raccoon." She produces a hilarious vocalese medley titled "Silly 60s Syllalable," and finds the laughs in Tom Lehrer's satiric masterpiece "The Vatican Rag." But McGovern has always been a superb ballad singer, and, not surprisingly, she shines strongly on King's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" and Taylor's beautiful "Fire and Rain." Still, the true high point of the act comes towards its end as she tackles three Jimmy Webb tunes. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" becomes a perfect three-act play, while a medley of the early section of "MacArthur Park" and "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" is simply breathtaking. I don't think you have to be a "Baby Boomer" -- like me or McGovern -- to enjoy or appreciate the journey of this Long and Winding Road, but revisiting one's past is certainly part of the fun! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:37:28 EST From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: a new thread? Let's compare the most hilarious-or-horrifying screwups of JM lyrics we've ever heard in live performance. And I will get the ball rolling, with this gem, which I heard tonight: "I am a lonely painter; I live in a box of paint." DAVID LAHM **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:08:06 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: re: celebrity iPod playlists That is a funny line. I don't think it was derisive & imagine Joni might have thought it funny too. Btw, Sandra sang at the Walden Woods benefit that Joni was part of. Kate >Now me: Sandra Bernhard cited Joni's GENIUS? I seem to remember a derisive piece from her stand up: "Ethiopia, Joni Mitchell?" She hasn't left MALIBU in 20 years."< ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:01:32 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: Eric Taylor Subject: Re: my take on herbie's big win. B concluded~ >>Thanks to everyone who replied to my original message and thanks in advance to anyone who replies to this one. It gave me a lot to think about. I respect all of your opinions, but I still disagree with most of you. B matt<< & THAT'S what it's really about when it all comes down to it! Usually the Grammy awards piss me off with their tame selections but sometimes i'm plesently surprised. Last year I was elated that U2 got it for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (which is the best album of their glorious career)!!! My enthusiasm for Herbie's BIG win is multifold: that rap & boy bands & neo-madonnas are finally fading; that jazz is FINALLY recognized by pop culture; & that IT IS A JONI TRIBUTE!!!!!!!! i never dreamed i'd live to see the day when a pure jazz album featuring Joni Mitchell's songs would win best album of the year! It's like Mingus in reverse..... ET NP: Radiohead In Rainbows (which deserves at least one Grammy) ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #460 ********************************* ------- 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)