From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #175 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 Thursday, September 18 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 175 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Joni Treasure [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Joni Treasure [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Joni Treasure [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: ["T Peckham" ] Re: Joni Treasure [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni Treasure [Monika Bogdanowicz ] SJC - Costello tapes with Cash, Mellencamp, Kristofferson and Norah Jones [Patti Parlette ] Re: SJC - Costello tapes with Cash, Mellencamp, Kristofferson and Norah Jones [Bob.Muller@Fl] Re: Joni covers (from UK Guardian) + Retro Covers Volume 30 [Bob.Muller@F] RE: Songbooks [c Karma ] Re: Joni Treasure [Catherine McKay ] Re: Treasured Joni Item(s) [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: SJC - Costello tapes with Cash, Mellencamp, Kristofferson and Norah Jones ["Cassy" ] Joni's Treasures (as opposed to Joni treasures) [Kate Johnson ] Joni Mention on Rickie Lee's personal blog [Jeannie ] Daniel Levitin lecture - The world in six songs lecture - vljc [Catherine] Re: Joni Treasure [Catherine McKay ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:25:09 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Joni Treasure Bob, I have kept that photo of you and Joni on my computer. I look at it every once in a while so as to live vicariously though you. My most treasured Joni possession is the DVD of Woman of Heart and Mind. I have a lot of rare Joni bootlegs but that documentary was so well made and it gives me Joni as a whole. Mark in Sydney NP Maya - Banco de Gaia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:26:23 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Joni Treasure Catherine, that's creepy. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:29:09 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Joni Treasure No, Bob. That was my first thought too. It's kind of like realising that the Queen farts. Anyone want a Joni turd? Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:32:11 -0500 From: "T Peckham" Subject: Re: Hi Chuck and C Karma, very nice to hear about your books. It sent me to alibris for an update. (Haven't checked there in a while---no money. :-( ). So of course, what do I finally find but a copy of a book I've been looking to replace for eons. (Actually, I'll never part with my beat-up old copy, but would love to have a clean one.) It's perhaps the first??*Joni Mitchell Complete,* published in 1971. And it's . . . $250.00. Oh well . . . Is this the "first folio" you just bought, Chuck? (Altho I think you wrote that yours was published in '69?) Is it the first two albums combined? The one I have includes many of Joni's early unrecorded songs, along with the first four albums, the album artwork, and many photos like the ones you describe. http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=9163819549&author=joni+mitchell&qwork=3455605&qsort=p&page=1 More below. On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:53 PM, c Karma wrote: > Chuck wrote: > > I was lucky enough to come by a nice copy of the first folio, with > the same self-portrait that appears on the 'Clouds' album cover... > > > I took some handheld shots of it which I'd be happy to share with > anyone who writes me off-line, and is nice. > > If you see this book, jump on it. There is a gatefold black and white > photo by Bonnie Schiffman in the front of the book, and numerous > other b&w and color photos by Graham Nash, Joel Bernstein, and > others including 'Mrs. William Anderson' and these last are presumably > the childhood shots. Great pix of Graham and Cros...on and on. > > ... still looking for the Blue folio, and an FTR that isn't falling > apart!" Back in the day, I'd never seen any Joni songbooks until I found the "Complete" mentioned above. Since it contained a reprint of the *Blue*folio, I was content with it. So I was just about jumping up and down with unexpected excitement when, while browsing a used shop for something else entirely a couple years ago, I happened on a pristine copy of it for $7.00! While I have to agree that the arrangements could be better, I believe they're in the correct keys (for piano, that is) and provide a good foundation if you're able to improvise. *For the Roses* was the next book I bought, and yes, my copy lost its binding decades ago, but otherwise is very clean. And yes, Joni's watercolors (?) relating to each song (including an emotionally revealing portrait of JT) are well worth having along with the wonderful transcriptions. I have *Court and Spark* and two copies--one pretty messed up--of *Hissing*, and two copies of *Hejira*. Why I didn't buy *Don Juan's Reckless Daughter* is a puzzle to me, all these years later, but maybe I'll get lucky and find an affordable one. For reasons I won't bore you with, I don't have any others, but am inspired now to seek out some of them. Is Dave's transcription of the section of "Down To You" for piano? (Alas, I don't play guitar.) I was too damned lazy back in the day to figure it out for myself, and would love to have it. ---Best of luck finding Blue and For the Roses for less than an arm and a leg! Terra NP on headphones: Disc One of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' *Cold Roses* > > > Now me: > > The flat art aspect of Joni's songbooks has always been fantastic. The > quality of the musical transcription, has if you pardon the expression, hits > and misses. I may be out of line in that I can't speak for the anthology > books, my collection has focused on those books that corresponded to > individual studio albums with the exceptions of yes, "Hits" and "Misses" > (gifts from a dear friend) which I believe contain DULCIMER charts where > appropriate. > > Beginning with "For The Roses" there was an attempt to give musicians what > they needed to reproduce her guitar and piano. With the exception of the > middle section of "Judgement of the Moon and Stars", one can accurately play > the entire album. The system lapsed again for parts of "Court and Spark", > notably the guitar notation for "Just Like This Train" and the center > section of "Down to You" (for which I am eternally indebted to Dave > Blackburn for his glorious, full transcription) and was choc a bloc. > > The standouts for musical accuracy are the "For The Roses", "Don Juan's > Reckless Daughter" (the complete "Paprika Plains") and "Taming the Tiger" > books, but all of them do much to expand the visual reach of what was > limited by the LP album gatefolds of the day and their small scale CD > replacements. How very Joni. > > Chuck, I would encourage you to keep searching for that FTR songbook, but > the weak binding was more common than not. I own two and both have given up > the ghost. The DJRD also has a similar problem. Both books have an > uncoated cover finish which I think has contributed. The C&S books however > are also uncoated and don't seem to have the problem to that degree. > Regarding the "Blue" songbook, the musical transcriptions are very > disappointing making the book not worth the premium I've seen paid on eBay, > in my opinion. The transcription of "Two Grey Rooms" in the NRH book is > worth the price of admission alone. > > Does anyone know what a catalog from "Diary of a Decade" might be worth? > > CC > > > > - -- Note to any and all govt. agencies who might be looking in: You can kiss my sweet ass. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:03:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni Treasure It certainly is, so it's a good thing I made the whole thing up! (Maybe that's equally creepy.) - --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: Catherine, that's creepy. Mark in Sydney __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:07:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: Joni Treasure That's what I figured but the real creepy thing is that people sell and worse yet buy these strange things. It is creepy that people buy fluids that come out of one's body or bodily remnants I suppose I'll call them (hair, teeth, etc etc), famous or not. Thanks but not thanks. I don't want a lock of anyone's hair or a tooth or anything after he/she has passed. And I certainly don't want a piece of anyone's bed sheets. I guess it was common that when the Beatles were in the Beatlemania period, touring and going from hotel to hotel, that the maids would come up and cut their sheets and sell them as tiny squares for profit. No thank you again. I know what those rock stars did in those hotel beds man! - -Mon - --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Catherine McKay wrote: It certainly is, so it's a good thing I made the whole thing up! (Maybe that's equally creepy.) - --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: Catherine, that's creepy. Mark in Sydney __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:29:33 +0000 From: Patti Parlette Subject: SJC - Costello tapes with Cash, Mellencamp, Kristofferson and Norah Jones Cassy wrote: I wish Elvis Costello would add Joni to his list of subjects to interview. I can do some wishful thinking can't I? **** Of course you can! "When you wish upon a STAR, makes no difference who are...." Good friends, you and me. But don't say Joni and I didn't warn ya: "If you can dream And not let dreams be your master..." What? You don't know those lines? Don't tell me you don't have SHINE on your iPod yet! ; ) CASSY! xo, pp "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." -- John Lennon http://www.imaginepeace.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn 10 hidden secrets from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:08:43 -0700 From: Russell Bowden Subject: Treasured Joni Item(s) Gang, The Cookbook....'cause Joni and I both have one. Russ Mischief Managed _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn 10 hidden secrets from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550 F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:09:19 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: SJC - Costello tapes with Cash, Mellencamp, Kristofferson and Norah Jones Cassy I'm sure that you know that there already is a terrific Elvis interview with Joni: http://jonimitchell.com/Library/view.cfm?id=1182 Bob NP: The Spinners, "I'll Be Around" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. 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They did nice covers of: Eastern Rain Both Sides Now I Don't Know Where I Stand Marcie Night In The City Chelsea Morning Bob NP: Prince, "Te Amo Corazon" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:42:47 +0000 From: c Karma Subject: RE: Songbooks Funny, but I went back through my collection last night and found that indeed, "Turbulent Indigo" and "Taming the Tiger" were carefully notated with regard to guitar tunings and tabs. I also came upon a copy of what Chuck is calling the "first folio." Mine is titled "The Music of Joni Mitchell", and has the self portrait from the "Clouds" album, was published in 1969, cites the photo references that Chuck mentioned and also has the photo poster intact inside the front cover. The rarest songbook of all, so far as I can tell is "Dog Eat Dog." Unfortunately, it's probably the least sought after as well. I've only ever seen ONE on eBay, and I bought it. HOSL and Hejira are available in very good supply. CMIRS is also widely available. Terra, yes, Dave's transcription is for piano! He turns you into an orchestra, letting the piano speak for the woodwinds and strings. Joni's "orchestral" arrangements usually follow her piano closely but every so often sections step out and these have to be reached for. What makes the early songbooks' piano transcriptions so frustrating is that they don't leave the melody as her recorded piano does, to provide rhythm and color. CC ________________________________ > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:32:11 -0500 > From: northern.muse@gmail.com > To: ckarma@hotmail.com; c.eisenhardt@earthlink.net; joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: > > Hi Chuck and C Karma, very nice to hear about your books. It sent me to alibris for an update. (Haven't checked there in a while---no money. :-( ). So of course, what do I finally find but a copy of a book I've been looking to replace for eons. (Actually, I'll never part with my beat-up old copy, but would love to have a clean one.) It's perhaps the first??Joni Mitchell Complete, published in 1971. And it's . . . $250.00. Oh well . . . > > Is this the "first folio" you just bought, Chuck? (Altho I think you wrote that yours was published in '69?) Is it the first two albums combined? The one I have includes many of Joni's early unrecorded songs, along with the first four albums, the album artwork, and many photos like the ones you describe. > > http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=9163819549&author=joni+mitchell&qwork=3455605&qsort=p&page=1 > More below. > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:53 PM, c Karma wrote: > Chuck wrote: > > I was lucky enough to come by a nice copy of the first folio, with > the same self-portrait that appears on the 'Clouds' album cover... > > > I took some handheld shots of it which I'd be happy to share with > anyone who writes me off-line, and is nice. > > If you see this book, jump on it. There is a gatefold black and white > photo by Bonnie Schiffman in the front of the book, and numerous > other b&w and color photos by Graham Nash, Joel Bernstein, and > others including 'Mrs. William Anderson' and these last are presumably > the childhood shots. Great pix of Graham and Cros...on and on. > > ... still looking for the Blue folio, and an FTR that isn't falling > apart!" > > Back in the day, I'd never seen any Joni songbooks until I found the "Complete" mentioned above. Since it contained a reprint of the Blue folio, I was content with it. So I was just about jumping up and down with unexpected excitement when, while browsing a used shop for something else entirely a couple years ago, I happened on a pristine copy of it for $7.00! While I have to agree that the arrangements could be better, I believe they're in the correct keys (for piano, that is) and provide a good foundation if you're able to improvise. > > For the Roses was the next book I bought, and yes, my copy lost its binding decades ago, but otherwise is very clean. And yes, Joni's watercolors (?) relating to each song (including an emotionally revealing portrait of JT) are well worth having along with the wonderful transcriptions. I have Court and Spark and two copies--one pretty messed up--of Hissing, and two copies of Hejira. Why I didn't buy Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is a puzzle to me, all these years later, but maybe I'll get lucky and find an affordable one. For reasons I won't bore you with, I don't have any others, but am inspired now to seek out some of them. > > Is Dave's transcription of the section of "Down To You" for piano? (Alas, I don't play guitar.) I was too damned lazy back in the day to figure it out for myself, and would love to have it. ---Best of luck finding Blue and For the Roses for less than an arm and a leg! > > Terra > > NP on headphones: Disc One of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' Cold Roses > > > Now me: > > The flat art aspect of Joni's songbooks has always been fantastic. The quality of the musical transcription, has if you pardon the expression, hits and misses. I may be out of line in that I can't speak for the anthology books, my collection has focused on those books that corresponded to individual studio albums with the exceptions of yes, "Hits" and "Misses" (gifts from a dear friend) which I believe contain DULCIMER charts where appropriate. > > Beginning with "For The Roses" there was an attempt to give musicians what they needed to reproduce her guitar and piano. With the exception of the middle section of "Judgement of the Moon and Stars", one can accurately play the entire album. The system lapsed again for parts of "Court and Spark", notably the guitar notation for "Just Like This Train" and the center section of "Down to You" (for which I am eternally indebted to Dave Blackburn for his glorious, full transcription) and was choc a bloc. > > The standouts for musical accuracy are the "For The Roses", "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" (the complete "Paprika Plains") and "Taming the Tiger" books, but all of them do much to expand the visual reach of what was limited by the LP album gatefolds of the day and their small scale CD replacements. How very Joni. > > Chuck, I would encourage you to keep searching for that FTR songbook, but the weak binding was more common than not. I own two and both have given up the ghost. The DJRD also has a similar problem. Both books have an uncoated cover finish which I think has contributed. The C&S books however are also uncoated and don't seem to have the problem to that degree. Regarding the "Blue" songbook, the musical transcriptions are very disappointing making the book not worth the premium I've seen paid on eBay, in my opinion. The transcription of "Two Grey Rooms" in the NRH book is worth the price of admission alone. > > Does anyone know what a catalog from "Diary of a Decade" might be worth? > > CC > > > > > > > -- > Note to any and all govt. agencies who might be looking in: You can kiss my sweet ass. _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows Mobile brings your life togetherat home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:56:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni Treasure It's creepy, bizarre and freakish. I'm not sure what's worse - people buying this stuff, or people selling it. And of course, I'm cheap - you may have noticed the high price tag I placed on that non-existant item. I couldn't afford that to begin with, but you couldn't pay me to take such a thing either. Yech!!! Of course, now I'm feeling all guilty about sending that post. - --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Monika Bogdanowicz wrote: From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: Joni Treasure To: "Joni people!" , "Catherine McKay" Received: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 9:07 AM That's what I figured but the real creepy thing is that people sell and worse yet buy these strange things. It is creepy that people buy fluids that come out of one's body or bodily remnants I suppose I'll call them (hair, teeth, etc etc), famous or not. Thanks but not thanks. I don't want a lock of anyone's hair or a tooth or anything after he/she has passed. And I certainly don't want a piece of anyone's bed sheets. I guess it was common that when the Beatles were in the Beatlemania period, touring and going from hotel to hotel, that the maids would come up and cut their sheets and sell them as tiny squares for profit. No thank you again. I know what those rock stars did in those hotel beds man! - -Mon - --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Catherine McKay wrote: It certainly is, so it's a good thing I made the whole thing up! (Maybe that's equally creepy.) - --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: Catherine, that's creepy. Mark in Sydney __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:54:15 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Treasured Joni Item(s) And I got mine on Monday, and NOW I can see why you all were so concerned...OMG, if this kind of information got in the wrong hands...I shudder to think. (being a little sarcastic here) I might even try cooking something from it sometime. Bob NP: REM, "Ages Of You" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:40:25 -0700 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: SJC - Costello tapes with Cash, Mellencamp, Kristofferson and Norah Jones - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Parlette" <<< Don't tell me you don't have SHINE on your iPod yet! ; ) >>> Nope, I don't have Shine on my iPod, I don't particularly like Shine, Patti. I know I'm a heretic and have privately been told off by some fans of Shine already AND told I'm not a TRUE fan of Joni's because I don't like it so don't you start in on me too, Patti! love, love, love, Cassy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:27:09 +0100 From: Lucy Hone Subject: Re: Joni Treasure CAtherine you are a very very very naughty lady!! You know the Kleenex is for posting about to the Inner Circle ... Ooops now I have mentioned the Inner Circle and will be in infringement of rule 765(ii) and have to walk backwards singing Hejira in Swahili.. Damn you for dragging me out of lurkdom with such naughtiness!!! Lucy - trying to talk in click language only!!! xx >From: Catherine McKay >Subject: Re: Joni Treasure > >The Kleenex with which she blew her nose from somewhere on the FTR tour. I >purchased if from E-Bay for a mere $978. I have a certificate and >everything. It is now mounted in a shadow-box sort of 3-D frame thingy and >hangs on my wall, gently lit by pot lights, next to the grilled cheese >sandwich with the image of the Madonna on it ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:37:06 -0600 From: Kate Johnson Subject: Joni's Treasures (as opposed to Joni treasures) Hi all, from a cool and windy Saskatchewan today. I'd like to hear, not what Joni treasures you own, but what treasures Joni owns that you have given to her. Aside from letters of appreciation, have you ever sent her a gift? Kate, who left an antique plate for her at the Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon a year or two ago. After the story about the lost or stolen mask, I was pretty worried, but I was more worried about getting the thing shipped to her without breakage, so I trusted to the manager of the hotel to get the plate into her hands. The plate contains an image of the Bessborough seen from a vantage point behind one of the bridges spanning the river. I never did hear from Ms Joan, but her management in Vancouver confirmed that she'd received it. http://xoetc.antville.org Who Does She Think She Is? Stubblejumpers Cafi http://stubblejumperscafe.pnn.com/6853-the-front-page ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:18:35 +0200 From: "Laurent Olszer" Subject: Joni Treasure From: Catherine McKay anima_rising@yahoo.ca The Kleenex with which she blew her nose from somewhere on the FTR tour. I purchased if from E-Bay for a mere $978. I have a certificate and everything. It is now mounted in a shadow-box sort of 3-D frame thingy and hangs on my wall, gently lit by pot lights, next to the grilled cheese sandwich with the image of the Madonna on it ROTFL. Now i feel pretty stupid admitting that i bought a 60's suede outfit (jacket, shorts and handbag) all signed by Joni, from "A Star is Worn" shop in L.A. As soon as i got on the Eurostar i realized i should have brought it to Jonifest. Well then for next time IF someone wants to try it on. The thing is, most people flake out so i gave up trying years ago. Laurent ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:39:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeannie Subject: Joni Mention on Rickie Lee's personal blog I get so happy when it comes to news about Joni and Rickie Lee. Y'all are free to check out Rickie Lee's blog. She wants to know which 25 musicians have been most influential for us all. On a sad note concerning Rickie Lee, there is a tribute to one of her cousins who was recently murdered in Tulsa so horrendously. "He was a bird with a broken wing, but now he's riding on the horses, yeah, yeah... Way up in the sky, little darling.. Fly now and soar off like a lion, Kevin, ok?" And when I fall, Jesus picks me up.. And so does Joni and Rickie Lee and the good and true people on the JMDL. Jeannie - --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Rickie Lee Jones wrote: > From: Rickie Lee Jones > Subject: Rickie's Last Tour Dates of 2008 > To: dreamin1957jeannie@yahoo.com > Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 3:38 PM > Rickie will be playing a few more shows in 2008. > > September 25 > Cerritos, Ca > Performing Arts Ctr > 12700 Center Court Dr S, Cerritos, CA > 562-916-8500 > > September 26 > Escondido, CA > California Center For the Arts > 340 N Escondido Blvd, Escondido, CA > 760-839-4138 > > The band is going to consist of guitar players. Every > player is a > multi instrumentalists > > Wyatt Stone, (mandolin, violin, guitars and keyboards) who > joined us > for the Echo and Cafe Nord shows will be with us again. > Wyatt is a > teen-aged virtuoso, just out of high school, in fact, had > to hurry > back to school after the dates last winter. He is a fine > singer of > conservative tone, and he sounds good in the band of > wayward angels > whom I have dubbed Heavens Chain Gang. I love having him on > stage with > me. He is direct and musical. > > I am bring David Kalish, another incredible multi > instrumentalist of > the blues persuassion, (the Evening of My Best Day, co > wrote and > played on Woody and Dutch on the slow train to Peking) my > oldest (he > is very old) Los Angeles friend, co-writer and producer, > and he will > be playing guitars of all sorts and shapes. A dobro battle > is brewing, > for David is not so keen on Wyatt dobroing him out. Look > for lots of > amazing picking in these shows. > > Peter Atansasoff, co-writer and creator on the Sermon on > Exposition > Blvd, will be with us making his wonderful effects and rock > sensibility to the mix. > > Bassist Joey Maramba, the boy genius and Ninja assassin, > has agreed > to again quietly guide our musical prayers. His own band > ninja academy > is pretty amazing to watch, if you ever hear they are > playing around. > > So far these are the players, the list may expand but will > not > diminish, except that Wyatt will only be on the So Cal > shows, as he > starts school next week. > > I may have a keyboard player join us for that show.... The > Rickie web > site has started a blog about the most > 'influencial' singers in pop > music. If you like to make lists, come and make a list for > our blog. I > am intersted in noting what history is whispering in > peoples ears. Who > has been translated from the original time, and who still > lays > uninterpreted? Will I be there? mastress of metaphor > whatafor? > > Lets have fun now. It has been a long, long hard road. > > Much love to all, hope to see you , or at least hear you, > at one of > these last shows. Next year is my 30th year in Music. > > Buy a ticket and take a seat, for time is moving quickly > now. > > love > > Rickie Lee Jones > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list visit > http://greatbigisland.com/mylists/?p=unsubscribe&uid=4a4c4b7bf99fca6f11c4a4def64fcb58 > > To update your preferences visit > http://greatbigisland.com/mylists/?p=preferences&uid=4a4c4b7bf99fca6f11c4a4def64fcb58 > > > > -- > Powered by PHPlist, www.phplist.com -- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:06:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni Treasure No, you should not have brought it to Jonifest. You should have WORN it to Jonifest! - --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Laurent Olszer wrote: ROTFL. Now i feel pretty stupid admitting that i bought a 60's suede outfit (jacket, shorts and handbag) all signed by Joni, from "A Star is Worn" shop in L.A. As soon as i got on the Eurostar i realized i should have brought it to Jonifest. Well then for next time IF someone wants to try it on. The thing is, most people flake out so i gave up trying years ago. Laurent __________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:33:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Daniel Levitin lecture - The world in six songs lecture - vljc Yesterday I attended a lecture at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music by Daniel Levitin, author of "This is your brain on music" and "The world in six songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature" and other books on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. The lecture was somewhat light as lectures go, I suppose, and was a bit of a plug for "The world in six songs," his latest book, but it was not intended to be anything very heavy and was, instead, presented as an interdisciplinary guest lecture combining elements of psychology, neuroscience and music. Dr Levitin spoke for a bit, and then we heard vocal performances by members of the Vocal Pedagogy masters program, interspersed with a little more talk by Dr Levitin. Daniel Levitin contends that it is music that helps to define us as humans and that music preceded speech. He has identified six types of songs that perhaps define us as human: songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love. He made it clear that he wasn't suggesting that there are only six types of songs as absolute fact but more as an easier way to help illustrate his point that music shapes us as human beings. He said that a lot of how we teach little children involves either sing-song talking when we baby-talk to little ones, or little songs to help teach them things. For example, we teach them the alphabet by singing the ABC song. Then, as a little joke, he said that music must have come before language because we need to sing the ABC song FIRST, before we can read or write. Daniel Levitin's focus is more on the popular song, although the performers sang classical songs, two for each of the six types, and a little heavy on the Schubert lieder, but with some amazing singers with beautiful voices, accompanied by an amazing pianist. There were a couple of Joni mentions, with Dr Levitin saying pretty much the same thing both times. He says that singing is probably the most honest expression of human emotion or thought possible. If we read a novel, we don't expect that everything that is written actually happened; if we watch a play or movie, we know that the actors are not really the people they are portraying; but, if we hear a song, in particular of the "confessional" singer/songwriter type, we expect that the feelings expressed in this song are true. While he didn't actually use the expression "Joni Mitchell never lies," he did ask us how we would feel if Joni came out and said that she never meant any of it and had just made it all up. They were selling copies of his latest book outside the concert hall, but a couple of days before payday, I didn't have the money for it, but it's just as well. They were selling them for $32 and I see it on amazon.ca for $16. Yeah! NP (yoiks! an acronym!) Patti Griffin: "What you are" (OMG, this is a pretty song!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:25:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni Treasure - --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Lucy Hone wrote: > CAtherine you are a very very very naughty lady!! You know > the Kleenex > is for posting about to the Inner Circle ... Ooops now I > have mentioned > the Inner Circle and will be in infringement of rule > 765(ii) and have to > walk backwards singing Hejira in Swahili.. > > Damn you for dragging me out of lurkdom with such > naughtiness!!! > > Lucy - trying to talk in click language only!!! > xx > No, no, a thousand times no, my Queen! Tis I who made the unfortunate mistake of mentioning the um, you know, the thing that starts with K, and I must be punished! I bow before your Greatness, while backing out of the room salaaming all the way and clicking... backwards. (Ouch! that hurts!) __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #175 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe