From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #281 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, January 1 2009 Volume 2008 : Number 281 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- John Kelly's Paved Paradise Redux [Brian Gross ] Re: Happy New Year!!! [Peep Richman ] Re: New Joni book coming in April [Kate Johnson ] Re: New Joni book coming in April [Jeannie ] Re: New Joni book coming in April ["Corey Blake" ] WTRF Unplugged [Bob Muller ] It's going to be a good new year! VLJC ["Lindsay Moon" ] 2009! [Catherine McKay ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:06:28 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: John Kelly's Paved Paradise Redux For those of you left coasters who have not yet treated themselves to this outstanding performance, don't miss the opportunity this coming Tuesday Jan 6 at the Hammer Museum in Westwood CA. Will Joni be there maybe? http://www.laweekly.com/events/paved-paradise-redux-the-songs-of-joni-mitchell-425164/ And for everyone on the JMDL, no matter where you are, have a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. take care everyone, Brian - ----------------------------------------------------------- Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. And usually for the same reasons. - ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:47:41 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: New Joni book coming in April Joniphiles - Just got more info on the new book on Joni entitled Will You Take Me As I Am, to be released April 7, 2009. Here's the copy from the book jacket: - ----- Joni Mitchell is one of the most celebrated artists of the last half-century, and her landmark 1971 album Blue is one of her most beloved and revered works. Generations of people have come of age listening to the album, inspired by the way it clarified their own difficult emotions. Critics and musicians admire the idiosyncratic virtuosity of its compositions. Will You Take Me As I Am looks at Blue to explore the development of an extraordinary artist, the history of songwriting, and much more. Writer Michelle Mercer spent a significant amount of time hearing firsthand about Mitchell's internal and external journeys as she composed the largely autobiographical albums of what Mercer calls her "Blue Period," which lasted through the mid-1970s. Incorporating biography, memoir, reportage, criticism, and original interviews into an illuminating narrative, Mercer moves beyond the "making of an album" genre to arrive at a new form of music writing. In 1970, Mitchell was living with Graham Nash in Laurel Canyon and had made a name for herself as a so-called folk singer notable for her soaring voice and skillful compositions. Soon, though, feeling hemmed in, she fled to the hippie cave community of Matala, Greece. Here and on further travels, her compositions were freshly inspired by the lands and people she encountered as well as by her own radically changing interior landscape. After returning home to record Blue, Mitchell retreated to British Columbia, eventually re-emerging as the successful leader of a jazz-rock group and turning outward in her songwriting toward social commentary. Finally, a stint with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue and a pivotal meeting with the Tibetan lama Chogyam Trungpa prompted Mitchell's return to personal songwriting, which resulted in her 1976 masterpiece album, Hejira. Mercer interlaces this fascinating account of Mitchell's Blue Period with meditations on topics related to her work, including the impact of landscape on music, the value of autobiographical songwriting for artist and listener, and the literary history of confessionalism. Mercer also provides rich analysis of Mitchell's creative achievements: her innovative manner of marrying lyrics to melody; her inventive, highly expressive chords that achieve her signature blend of wonder and melancholy; how she pioneered personal songwriting and, along with Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, brought a new literacy to the popular song. Fans will appreciate the previously unpublished photos and a coda of Mitchell's unedited commentary on the places, books, music, pastimes, and philosophies she holds dear. This utterly original book - the first one about Joni Mitchell written with her participation - offers a unique portrait of a great musician and her remarkable work, as well as new perspectives on the art of songwriting itself. Michelle Mercer, a regular contributor to National Public Radio, is the author of the critically-acclaimed biography Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorterhttp://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jonimitchelldisc&l=as2&o=1&a=15854 24684. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Down Beat, and elsewhere. She lives in Colorado and Bahia, Brazil. - ----- If you decide to pre-order the book, consider clicking through at http://jonimitchell.com/news/index.cfm to help support the website at the same time. Thanks, Les [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of image001.gif] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:55:11 -0800 (PST) From: Peep Richman Subject: Re: Happy New Year!!! Here's hoping and wishing that everyone on the JMDL enjoys a fun new year's eve and day...and a safe one. You know that with this post comes my most sincere wishes for each of you to enjoy a new year of the pleasures of self-fulfillment, wounds healed, no new wounds, especially wounds of the heart, wonderful health and many, many joyous experiences...and the comfort and joy Joni brings us. Much love, Bo ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:08:57 -0600 From: Kate Johnson Subject: Re: New Joni book coming in April Woo Hoo! Something to look forward to... Kate **********Stubblejumpers Cafi ********** http://stubblejumperscafe.pnn.com/6853-the-front-page ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:48:55 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: New Joni book coming in April Thanks for the notice on that, Les - I will be getting my copy through the link on JM.com and am anxious to read it. I notice she lives in CO, have you spoken to her at all regarding the book? Bob NP: Neil Young, "Here For You" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:56:25 -0800 (PST) From: Jeannie Subject: Re: New Joni book coming in April This has got to be the best news I could have heard in 2008 and perfect for the new year, for me, anyhow! It feels to me as good as when we got rid of George Bush to make way for Barack Obama and all of us! Truly, Jeannie - --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Les Irvin wrote: > From: Les Irvin > Subject: New Joni book coming in April > To: joni@smoe.org > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 11:47 AM > Joniphiles - > > > > Just got more info on the new book on Joni entitled Will > You Take Me As I > Am, to be released April 7, 2009. Here's the copy from > the book jacket: > > > > ----- > > Joni Mitchell is one of the most celebrated artists of the > last > half-century, and her landmark 1971 album Blue is one of > her most beloved > and revered works. Generations of people have come of age > listening to the > album, inspired by the way it clarified their own difficult > emotions. > Critics and musicians admire the idiosyncratic virtuosity > of its > compositions. Will You Take Me As I Am looks at Blue to > explore the > development of an extraordinary artist, the history of > songwriting, and much > more. > > > > Writer Michelle Mercer spent a significant amount of time > hearing firsthand > about Mitchell's internal and external journeys as she > composed the largely > autobiographical albums of what Mercer calls her "Blue > Period," which lasted > through the mid-1970s. Incorporating biography, memoir, > reportage, > criticism, and original interviews into an illuminating > narrative, Mercer > moves beyond the "making of an album" genre to > arrive at a new form of music > writing. > > > > In 1970, Mitchell was living with Graham Nash in Laurel > Canyon and had made > a name for herself as a so-called folk singer notable for > her soaring voice > and skillful compositions. Soon, though, feeling hemmed in, > she fled to the > hippie cave community of Matala, Greece. Here and on > further travels, her > compositions were freshly inspired by the lands and people > she encountered > as well as by her own radically changing interior > landscape. After returning > home to record Blue, Mitchell retreated to British > Columbia, eventually > re-emerging as the successful leader of a jazz-rock group > and turning > outward in her songwriting toward social commentary. > Finally, a stint with > Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue and a pivotal meeting > with the Tibetan > lama Chogyam Trungpa prompted Mitchell's return to > personal songwriting, > which resulted in her 1976 masterpiece album, Hejira. > > > > Mercer interlaces this fascinating account of > Mitchell's Blue Period with > meditations on topics related to her work, including the > impact of landscape > on music, the value of autobiographical songwriting for > artist and listener, > and the literary history of confessionalism. Mercer also > provides rich > analysis of Mitchell's creative achievements: her > innovative manner of > marrying lyrics to melody; her inventive, highly expressive > chords that > achieve her signature blend of wonder and melancholy; how > she pioneered > personal songwriting and, along with Bob Dylan and Leonard > Cohen, brought a > new literacy to the popular song. Fans will appreciate the > previously > unpublished photos and a coda of Mitchell's unedited > commentary on the > places, books, music, pastimes, and philosophies she holds > dear. > > > > This utterly original book - the first one about Joni > Mitchell written with > her participation - offers a unique portrait of a great > musician and her > remarkable work, as well as new perspectives on the art of > songwriting > itself. > > > > Michelle Mercer, a regular contributor to National Public > Radio, is the > author of the critically-acclaimed biography Footprints: > The Life and Work > of Wayne > Shorterhttp://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jonimitchelldisc&l=as2&o=1&a=15854 > 24684. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, > The Village Voice, > Down Beat, and elsewhere. She lives in Colorado and Bahia, > Brazil. > > ----- > > > > If you decide to pre-order the book, consider clicking > through at > http://jonimitchell.com/news/index.cfm to help support the > website at the > same time. > > > > Thanks, > > Les > > [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/gif > which had a name of image001.gif] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:06:26 -0800 From: "Corey Blake" Subject: Re: New Joni book coming in April Les, thank you so much for this information! Interesting to see that it was done with Joni's participation. That definitely makes it all the more intriguing. Adding it to my wish list now! Corey On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Jeannie wrote: > This has got to be the best news I could have heard in 2008 and perfect for > the new year, for me, anyhow! It feels to me as good as when we got rid of > George Bush to make way for Barack Obama and all of us! > > Truly, > Jeannie > > > --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Les Irvin wrote: > > > From: Les Irvin > > Subject: New Joni book coming in April > > To: joni@smoe.org > > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 11:47 AM > > Joniphiles - > > > > > > > > Just got more info on the new book on Joni entitled Will > > You Take Me As I > > Am, to be released April 7, 2009. Here's the copy from > > the book jacket: > > > > > > > > ----- > > > > Joni Mitchell is one of the most celebrated artists of the > > last > > half-century, and her landmark 1971 album Blue is one of > > her most beloved > > and revered works. Generations of people have come of age > > listening to the > > album, inspired by the way it clarified their own difficult > > emotions. > > Critics and musicians admire the idiosyncratic virtuosity > > of its > > compositions. Will You Take Me As I Am looks at Blue to > > explore the > > development of an extraordinary artist, the history of > > songwriting, and much > > more. > > > > > > > > Writer Michelle Mercer spent a significant amount of time > > hearing firsthand > > about Mitchell's internal and external journeys as she > > composed the largely > > autobiographical albums of what Mercer calls her "Blue > > Period," which lasted > > through the mid-1970s. Incorporating biography, memoir, > > reportage, > > criticism, and original interviews into an illuminating > > narrative, Mercer > > moves beyond the "making of an album" genre to > > arrive at a new form of music > > writing. > > > > > > > > In 1970, Mitchell was living with Graham Nash in Laurel > > Canyon and had made > > a name for herself as a so-called folk singer notable for > > her soaring voice > > and skillful compositions. Soon, though, feeling hemmed in, > > she fled to the > > hippie cave community of Matala, Greece. Here and on > > further travels, her > > compositions were freshly inspired by the lands and people > > she encountered > > as well as by her own radically changing interior > > landscape. After returning > > home to record Blue, Mitchell retreated to British > > Columbia, eventually > > re-emerging as the successful leader of a jazz-rock group > > and turning > > outward in her songwriting toward social commentary. > > Finally, a stint with > > Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue and a pivotal meeting > > with the Tibetan > > lama Chogyam Trungpa prompted Mitchell's return to > > personal songwriting, > > which resulted in her 1976 masterpiece album, Hejira. > > > > > > > > Mercer interlaces this fascinating account of > > Mitchell's Blue Period with > > meditations on topics related to her work, including the > > impact of landscape > > on music, the value of autobiographical songwriting for > > artist and listener, > > and the literary history of confessionalism. Mercer also > > provides rich > > analysis of Mitchell's creative achievements: her > > innovative manner of > > marrying lyrics to melody; her inventive, highly expressive > > chords that > > achieve her signature blend of wonder and melancholy; how > > she pioneered > > personal songwriting and, along with Bob Dylan and Leonard > > Cohen, brought a > > new literacy to the popular song. Fans will appreciate the > > previously > > unpublished photos and a coda of Mitchell's unedited > > commentary on the > > places, books, music, pastimes, and philosophies she holds > > dear. > > > > > > > > This utterly original book - the first one about Joni > > Mitchell written with > > her participation - offers a unique portrait of a great > > musician and her > > remarkable work, as well as new perspectives on the art of > > songwriting > > itself. > > > > > > > > Michelle Mercer, a regular contributor to National Public > > Radio, is the > > author of the critically-acclaimed biography Footprints: > > The Life and Work > > of Wayne > > Shorterhttp:// > www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jonimitchelldisc&l=as2&o=1&a=15854 > > 24684. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, > > The Village Voice, > > Down Beat, and elsewhere. She lives in Colorado and Bahia, > > Brazil. > > > > ----- > > > > > > > > If you decide to pre-order the book, consider clicking > > through at > > http://jonimitchell.com/news/index.cfm to help support the > > website at the > > same time. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Les > > > > [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/gif > > which had a name of image001.gif] > - -- http://www.CoreyBlake.com - a whole lot of me Newest video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrlQ9gU-9HU ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:24:14 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: WTRF Unplugged Just thought I would share this, an acoustic version of WTRF (not Joni playing/singing). Maybe some of you who don't like the sound and arrangements of the album will dig this song more in this setting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk_J-PDXifo For me, WTRF was always been a jewel. Came out at just the right time, it was just what I needed to hear at the time and I still enjoy it. Bob NP: B-52's, "Quiche Lorraine" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:06:13 -0800 From: "Lindsay Moon" Subject: It's going to be a good new year! VLJC I've decided that it was a very good omen for next year that I walked into Starbucks this afternoon and they were playing Joni. Yea! I'm hearing my neighbor playing the soundtrack from the movie "Once" which I saw this year and thought was great. What are some things that people found this past year that they loved, movies, music, new, old, whatever. (Because, ya know, "life is for learnin'" . ) I downloaded some Sly & the Family Stone and Concrete Blonde on my iPod and love it when it comes on. Also found Snow Patrol, Fountains of Wayne, great hit "Someone to Love." Loved the new album from Crowded House (but that's kind of a given with me). Brandi Carlisle. Movies, I haven't really loved much this year. Discovered British director Carol Reed and loved his "The Third Man" (1949) and "Fallen Idol" (1948). About the first 15 minutes of Wall-E then it kind of all went to hell for me. TV, loved finding "Mad Men" and "Gavin & Stacy" on BBC. Happy new year to all! Lindsay ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:20:37 -0600 From: Cindy Vickery Subject: RE: WTRF Unplugged Thanks for finding this and posting it. Excellent cover!!cindy> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:24:14 -0800> From: scjoniguy@yahoo.com> Subject: WTRF Unplugged> To: joni@smoe.org> > Just thought I would share this, an acoustic version of WTRF (not Joni playing/singing). Maybe some of you who don't like the sound and arrangements of the album will dig this song more in this setting:> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk_J-PDXifo> > For me, WTRF was always been a jewel. Came out at just the right time, it was just what I needed to hear at the time and I still enjoy it.> > Bob> > NP: B-52's, "Quiche Lorraine" _________________________________________________________________ Life on your PC is safer, easier, and more enjoyable with Windows Vista.. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/127032870/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:02:56 -0800 (PST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: 2009! I know that some of you have had your share of troubles in 2008. For all of us, may 2009 be a very kind year! Happy New Year and to all a Good Night! __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. 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