From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #46 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 Wednesday, May 14 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 046 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Girls like us ["Marion Leffler" ] New to the group [paulcastle@talktalk.net] Re: Carly Simon/Girls Like Us [PassScribe@aol.com] Re: Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) [David Eoll ] Re: Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Ladies of the Canyon & Across the Universe ["Kate Bennett" ] re: beautiful songs ["joe farrell" ] Re: new BYT cd [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] re: annie's brownies [David Eoll ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:52 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: Girls like us Hi all, I haven't read the Carole and Carly parts yet but I finished the Joni chapters and I doubt that Joni will find them easy to read, if she ever does. The lovers she counted on her side were not all good guys, three of them beat her, and Crosby is said to have treated women badly (though not Joni). Then again, the book is the product of an author, not an accurate account of these women's lives. She put the pieces together in a narrative of her own, I think one should remember this. Marion ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 07:01:40 -0400 From: paulcastle@talktalk.net Subject: New to the group o;?o;?o;?o;?Evelyn from northwest Canada wrote: > I lived in Matalla, Crete in 1970, when Joni came and lived there for > a short time. >I wonder if there is anyone else out there that was part of those 300 >people and that beautiful, crazy wild and tough time? Hi Evelyn - how I would have loved to have been!! I did meet a really good conga player (whose name I forget) in Winnipeg back in 1975 who claimed to have lived in the Matalla caves and to have jammed with Joni there. As Bob said, I'm sure that we'd all love to hear more about those times. Did you know Carey Raditz? I like Joni's description of meeting him for the first time ( http://jmdl.com/library/view.cfm?id=401 ) - > Some of the people that have remained in my life entered my life in a > colorful way. Carey Raditz [the inspiration for the song "Carey"] blew > out of a restaurant in Greece, literally. Kaboom! I heard, facing the > sunset. I turned around and this guy is blowing out the door of this > restaurant. He was a cook; he lit a gas stove and it exploded. Burned > all the red hair off himself right through his white Indian turban. I > went, 'That was an interesting entranceB I'll take note of that.' very best PaulC np Say a Little Prayer - Shawn Colvin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:13:27 EDT From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Carly Simon/Girls Like Us If Carly Simon found it hard reading "Girls Like Us" ("I saw things in a way that to me seemed just too harsh, even if they were true.") then I wonder what she thinks of Ian Halperin's book, "Fire and Rain...The James Taylor Story" (Citadel Press, 2000). This was one of the most in-depth biographies I've ever read; it was like every nuance of his (and to an extent, Carly's) life was detailed... WAY deeper than it had to be, IMO. If she read this book, I'm sure she would have found it even more difficult to handle. Kenny B ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:48:41 -0400 From: David Eoll Subject: Re: Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) > From: Jerry Notaro > Subject: Born to the Breed - NJC > > Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) > Release date: July 14, 2008 > > Tracks > 1. Since You've Asked - Baez, Joan > 2. Easy Times - Lauderdale, Jim > 3. Fisherman Song - Parton, Dolly > 4. My Father - Hynde, Chrissie > 5. Secret Gardens - Colvin, Shawn > 6. Song For Martin - White, Kenny > 7. Born To the Breed - Speace, Amy > 8. Albatross - Wainwright, Rufus > 9. Fortune Of Soldiers - Webb Sisters > 10. Fallow Way - Webb, Jimmy > 11. Trust your Heart - Peters, Bernadette > 12. Holly Ann (The Weaver Song) - Williams, Dar > 13. Song For Sarajevo - Eskandarian, Ali > 14. Che - Mudriczki, James > 15. Since You've Asked (reprise/dialogue) - Cohen, Leonard I must say, I'm more than a little disappointed that Bob Dylan didn't pony up for this. I kind of feel he owes her. She was an early promoter of his (along with Peter, Paul and Mary) and there are certainly more than a couple songs of his, lovely songs, that I probably wouldn't even be aware of if Judy hadn't covered them. "Farewell" and "Time Passes Slowly" jump to mind. "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" is another one. "Mama, You've Been On My Mind" C'mon, Bob! What gives? He's coming to the Worcester Palladium soon. Maybe I'll go and yell from the audience for some Judy songs. re: Born To The Breed. I'm assuming this song is about Judy's son, no? If so, then it is really sad, considering what ended up happening with him. She obviously had so much pride and great hopes for him in this song. And our hopes and dreams can suddenly be brought crashing down by events that we have no control over. I can't imagine anything more horrible happening to a parent. I want my son to bury me, not the other way around. But, if he were to take his own life, I don't know how I would ever carry on. But, Judy not only continued living, she continued making her music. Such strength. Such grace. Peace, David ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:12:27 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: In today's New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/arts/music/13roma.html?ref=music Music Trailblazers, but Selling a Romantic Kind of Love By STEPHEN HOLDEN Published: May 13, 2008 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 09:18:06 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Born To The Breed (A Tribute To Judy Collins) > re: Born To The Breed. I'm assuming this song is about Judy's son, no? > If so, then it is really sad, considering what ended up happening with > him. She obviously had so much pride and great hopes for him in this > song. And our hopes and dreams can suddenly be brought crashing down by > events that we have no control over. I can't imagine anything more > horrible happening to a parent. I want my son to bury me, not the other > way around. But, if he were to take his own life, I don't know how I > would ever carry on. But, Judy not only continued living, she continued > making her music. Such strength. Such grace. How right you are, David. She writes about dealing with his death in her wonderful book Singing Lessons, which comes with a bonus cd, BTW. I have a very close friend, an artist, who was in rehab with her son in the late 60's in Philadelphia. It was one of those very private, very expensive places. Judy would come and visit her soon all the time, and Chris, my friend, just adores her. He painted a gorgeous painting of Joan of Arc years later after he became very successful. He was too shy to ever write her, but I sent a her photograph of the painting. She sent him a lovely card and said she remembered him and how much she loved the painting. Nothing has ever touched him as much. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 16:40:00 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: Tribute to Judy Collins Dave wrote: I must say, I'm more than a little disappointed that Bob Dylan didn't pony up for this. I kind of feel he owes her. She was an early promoter of his (along with Peter, Paul and Mary) and there are certainly more than a couple songs of his, lovely songs, that I probably wouldn't even be aware of if Judy hadn't covered them. Doesn't that go for Joni, too? Marion ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:39:01 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Ladies of the Canyon & Across the Universe AtU- I loved it because it really did capture the spirit of the time as someone said. Kind of like a metaphor is used in writing to get to the essence of something you are describing. No it wasn't an historic piece but I'm not sure why anyone would expect that from a musical. But trust me, in many ways it was very historically accurate (in the way historical fiction is). More so than anything I've ever seen on film about that time. And yes it was romantic but so were those times which were also very psychedelic (with or without the drugs). Almost every bit of what happened in the film happened to me or to people I know. It was an amazingly painful, profound & magical time that I feel so blessed to have experienced. Kate ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:47:26 +0100 From: "joe farrell" Subject: new BYT cd thanks for the link on this cd Bob. i just bought a copy. i have Unknown and Famous Songs of Joni Mitchell by them which is excellent. regards, Joe Farrell. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:51:31 +0100 From: "joe farrell" Subject: re: beautiful songs i think the live version of Cactus Tree on MOA is stunning. Joni's voice on that track is perfect, gets me every time. truly beautiful. regards, Joe Farrell. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 16:03:26 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: new BYT cd You're quite welcome, Joe - I love the CD myself and have been enjoying it for about two weeks now as I got an advance copy. I've been patiently awaiting CDBaby to post it so I was glad when they did. They're all wonderful (could have done without TCG but that's just because it's been done and done), but the one that really blew me away was "Blue On Blue" (maybe I should say it blue me away). Anyway, I had heard it before of course but hearing it done in this setting just brought to the front of my brain how breath-takingly beautiful this song is. Please post back to the list when you get it and have the opportunity to absorb it a bit. I'm anxious to hear your thoughts. 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Who wants the whisk, who wants the spatula, and who wants the bowl? The recipe was well timed too, because Circle Game started right as they went in the oven and as I cleaned up. Good omen. Love, David ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #46 ******************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe