From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #276 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 Saturday, December 27 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 276 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: JMLD, JoniMitchellLyricDiscussion : Jericho and broken TV photos [Lau] Re: Best of 2008 [PassScribe@aol.com] Jericho ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Songs that could make me cry [Kate Johnson ] broken TV photos [do9eatdo9@yahoo.com] Re: Smurf called! [Michael Paz ] Re: broken TV photos [Laura Stanley ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:17:54 -0800 (PST) From: Laura Stanley Subject: RE: JMLD, JoniMitchellLyricDiscussion : Jericho and broken TV photos Rian wrote: OK. Jericho. I know this song is about the willingness of someone to love, but, what is the relation of these lines with the topic : The wild and the gentle dogs Kenneled in me You and your dogs Rian. How many other places are dogs mentioned in Joni's songs? Also, are Joni's photography masterpieces online anywhere? Like the broken TV ones? Love, Laura PS. My mother's sister died yesterday at 4pm. She had cancer. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:43:31 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Best of 2008 > From: "Cassy" > Subject: Best of 2008 - Cassy's List > > I look forward to reading other people's choices and nodding in agreement or > shaking my head or thinking "duh!" why wasn't that on MY list. > > Hi, Cassy, I wasn't impressed enough this year to even find ten albums that I could recommend (based upon what I'd heard of them) but I DO think several are worthwhile, among your choices, like > > Brian Eno & David Byrne, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today > (Sounds good but I'll have to hear the whole thing before I commit to buy it) > > Joe Jackson - Rain > (One of only TWO albums I bought this year that I consider a GREAT album, from beginning to end) > > Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too > (Again, from what I've heard, it sounds good) I also bought Randy Newman's "Harps & Angels"; I think it's good, but not one of his best. And my OTHER great album choice, from start to finish? Tony Bennett's "A Swingin' Christmas" with the Count Basie Big Band. The legend continues to impress me. Kenny B ************** One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp& icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:37:57 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Jericho >OK. Jericho... What is the relation of these lines with the topic : JM said, >>The wild and the gentle dogs >>Kenneled in me Here's what it means to me: One of her feelings is being bound up, like a dog in a kennel. 'Release' is one of Joni's major themes, eh? Like in "All I Want" where she's >>Looking for the key to set me free Or in "Let the Wind Carry Me" >>Papa knows somehow he set me free All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:02:08 -0600 From: Kate Johnson Subject: Re: Songs that could make me cry On 22-Dec-08, at 10:11 PM, PassScribe@aol.com wrote: "I'm generally quite sensitive and can easily cry during certain scenes or passages in films or books, but not as likely with songs." I'm just the opposite, I can read the most heart-rending things without shedding a tear, even the lyrics to songs don't move me ... until they are set to music, which draws out my emotion in a powerful and immediate way. Tears onscreen will do the same thing, but rarely words alone. Joni's "Little Green" is another song that evokes profound sadness in me. When, at the end, she draws out the last word "Sometimes there'll be soooooooorrow...." I know that she is talking about her own grief at losing that child, and that she knows her own sorrow will be recurring. Kate, starting Boxing Day with Bailey's in coffee (after breakfast, of course; I'm not *completely* foolish) Stubblejumpers Cafe http://stubblejumperscafe.pnn.com or the cook's diary... Who Does She Think She Is, Anaos Nin? at http://xoetc.antville.org ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:10:23 +0700 From: do9eatdo9@yahoo.com Subject: broken TV photos Low-ra Stanley wrote: Also, are Joni's photography masterpieces online anywhere? Like the broken TV ones? >> Waddaya mean with broken TV, Lowra? The ones on Shadows and Light album? Or *your* TV set? Rian PS. Quoting Patti quoting Lennon : If Lowra Stanley demanded peace instead of another tv set, then there'd be peace. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:49:25 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Smurf called! :-( I tried to call him today and he could not hear me. He sounded grogy and tired and a little grumpy which I know how that is when you are hurting. Thanks to everyone for the reports though. I am hoping to have a chat with him this week. Did you call him on his cell or on the room phone. Luv Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Dec 26, 2008, at 8:15 PM, Patti Parlette wrote: Dear Smurfers: YES!!! "All I want for Christmas is Yu-ooh-ooh, BABY!" My cellphone rang, buried in my purse. I was busy w/ something...again and again the same situation that I just let voicemail pick up, but this time something compelled me to get it right away. When I saw "SMURF" on the screen, I DO know why my heart flipped. I only know it did. I could not believe my eyes. I have not spoken with him in a long time. I left him a vm yesterday, but never expected to hear back from him. Unable to contain my joy, I flip open the phone to say, right out loud: "BOBBY! I LOVE YOU!" In a tired, slurry/furry voice, I hear: "Have you been drinking?" (LOL...that Smurf. He still doesn't miss a beat.) ("He tried hard to help me, you know, he put me at ease.") Me (laughing it all away): No! I'm eating a Christmas cookie and drinking skim milk. Smurf said something about a New Year's cookie. I think he said he wants a New Year's cookie. (TIC! "In the cookie I read...") (I'm trying to remember the whole conversation, but it's hard. I was so so surprised by his call, and then I got a little nervous. Unprepared. What do you say? So, comme d'habitude, I just started babbling -- cellphone babbling -- and paused for his replies. It was hard for him to talk, I know, so I tried to fill in the spaces). Me: So....how *are* Yu? I hear you saw Maggie today. Smurf: Yes. She asked about the "Shirley Yu" thing. I tried to explain. I don't know if she understood. She's a "borderline fan". (This was said with affection and respect, Maggie. Some kind of a joke.) Me: So she's out on some borderline? Smurf: Yes. I said something about Kitty Welles, and he said "She didn't get that either." Me: So, how are you feeling? Smurf: Tired. Sleepy. Me: Are you comfortable there? Is it a nice place? Smurf: Yes. I'm sleeping a lot. The visits are overwhelming. (He said this in a both sides now kind of way....the love is good, but he is tired at the same time.) Me: You must feel like you're dreaming. "I feel like I'm sleeping, can you wake me?" Pause. Me: That's a Joni line. Smurf: I know, Shirl. I know. That's how it feels. Me: I'm so glad you got the Wally book. I guess you haven't been able to read, though. Smurf: I couldn't read a paragraph. But that one page...that he wrote to me. Me: I know. I'm so glad about that. That is all you needed to read, that one page. (For those who don't know: Smurf always wanted me to ask Wally Lamb if he knew that Joni was not at Woodstock. Wally wrote on the title page of his new novel: "To Bob Murphy: Joni was NOT at Woodstock -- I know THIS much is true -- but maybe she was there in spirit? Wally Lamb") Me: Have you seen Jody today? (Jody told me she and Scott were setting out at 8:30 a.m. today to see him, when Smurf called to tell them not to come because he was throwing up. Breaks your heart to hear him suffering. Jody has said they were going to try again later.) Smurf: She is on her way. (It was 5:11 p.m when he called.) Me: Oh, that's good! Give her a hug for me. Smurf: I will. I don't know what else we said in those 3 min and 40 seconds of Conversation. Comfort. Consultation. I definitely got the feeling that he was calling to comfort me rather than the other way around. I knew it was a real effort for him to speak -- his voice was very weak -- and that it was time to hang up. I can't remember exactly how we said goodbye, the words, but it was (holding back from crying now)....difficult. But very very loving. He definitely is surrounded by love and he knows it. Thank you so much for your reports, Chuck and Anne and Maggie, from the past two days. This call from him tonight was my best Christmas gift, for sure. "The gift goes on...." Big pin-me-in-the-corner-and-he-won't-take-no Smurf hug, with love, to all, Patti P. > To: c.eisenhardt@earthlink.net; anne@sandstrom.com > CC: stephen_epstein@hugoboss.com; ashara@aol.com; alisone4@yahoo.com; anima_rising@yahoo.ca;aurabright@supanet.com; fmyfl@aol.com ; johnsonjs100@comcast.net; jrgoodspeed@yahoo.com; kay@kayashley.com;lesirvin@gmail.com ; lievereckers@yahoo.co.uk; michael@thepazgroup.com; nyro_in_detroit@comcast.net ; pleader@nyc.rr.com;pm_holden@yahoo.com; scjoniguy@yahoo.com; treegreen1@hotmail.com ; loveuconn@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: A Blue Christmas - Christmas with Smurph > From: maggie_mcnally@yahoo.com > Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:37:26 +0000 > > Hello everyone - I have just left Bob and he sends greetings to all. While I was there one of his old bosses called & he told him not to come out because it takes too much of his energy. I tried to reassure him that we didn't care.. He did show a bit of his old self, but his energy is lagging behind his will to amuse. I brought him yet another Joni portrait - one with her huge smile - in hopes what her sunny smile will resonate. I got to see the photo card...wow, Jody, that was shear brilliance. > OK, not much more to report. He is in a good facility. I am grateful for that. > Be well. Maggie > ------Original Message------ > From: Chuck Eisenhardt > To: Anne Sandstrome > Cc: stephen_epstein@hugoboss.com > Cc: Ashara Stansfield > Cc: alisone4@yahoo.com > Cc: anima_rising@yahoo.ca > Cc: aurabright@supanet.com > Cc: fmyfl@aol.com > Cc: johnsonjs100@comcast.net > Cc: jrgoodspeed@yahoo.com > Cc: kay@kayashley.com > Cc: lesirvin@gmail.com > Cc: lievereckers@yahoo.co.uk > Cc: maggie_mcnally@yahoo.com > Cc: michael@thepazgroup.com > Cc: nyro_in_detroit@comcast.net > Cc: pleader@nyc.rr.com > Cc: pm_holden@yahoo.com > Cc: scjoniguy@yahoo.com > Cc: treegreen1@hotmail.com > Cc: loveuconn@hotmail.com > Sent: Dec 25, 2008 8:27 PM > Subject: Re: A Blue Christmas - Christmas with Smurph > > Thanks for this, Anne. I spoke with him around 8 PM. He's happy > there, I think. > I'm glad we all saw this day. ...C. > > > On Dec 25, 2008, at 1:45 PM, Anne Sandstrom wrote: > > > Hello everyone and Merry Christmas! > > > > I just got back from a visit with Bob. The hospice is only about 10 > > miles away, so not a long drive. > > > > Bob is in a lovely place. The hospice is quite nice. It was a > > residence previously. His room is bright and sunny and has a > > fireplace. The mantel and shelves are filled with cards and a print > > of Joni. > > > > I only visited for about a half hour. His sister and brother-in-law > > were there. I mentioned about everyone washing their kitchen floors > > in his honor, but he looked a bit puzzled at that. I'm thinking > > maybe he didn't quite hear me. But then I mentioned "It's a > > Wonderful Life," and he explained to his sister that he always had > > said that people don't show up at your doorstep with buckets of > > money, but then that last year that really did happen for him. (I > > know I have him a bunch of gift cards from Whole Foods and I > > imagine lots of others did something similar.) > > > > To be honest, he looks gaunt and tired. I think the spirit of Bob > > is flickering a bit. But I'm glad I got to see him today of all > > days. I told him I loved him and said "I'll see you again" as I was > > leaving, but to be honest, I'm not sure that's true. We'll see. Oh, > > and I did bring him a couple of candy canes. (Not to eat, but just > > to look at - I don't think anyone eats them anyway.) > > > > Well, that's all. I'm so grateful to know Bob and all of you - and > > to be in the place I am. That's the best gift of all. > > > > lots of love, > > Anne > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry. wireless device Life on your PC is safer, easier, and more enjoyable with Windows Vista.. See how ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:05:49 -0800 (PST) From: Laura Stanley Subject: Re: broken TV photos Rian wrote: > > Low-ra Stanley wrote: > > Also, are Joni's photography masterpieces online > anywhere? Like the broken TV ones? > > >> > Waddaya mean with broken TV, Lowra? The ones on Shadows and > Light album? Or *your* TV set? > > > Rian > PS. Quoting Patti quoting Lennon : If Lowra Stanley > demanded peace instead of another tv set, then there'd > be peace. Hiya Ree, Pictures Joni took of the broken TV. It is Lore-ah. Piece man. Love, Laura ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #276 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe