From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #65 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 Sunday, March 8 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 065 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Blue Motel Room and Refuge of the Roads [Laura Stanley ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 08:27:04 -0800 (PST) From: Laura Stanley Subject: Blue Motel Room and Refuge of the Roads Hello, These two songs say Joni was traveling in the southern USA which is cool. She talks about Winn Dixie which I know was or is a grocery store in the south. I've been to them in Florida. She also talks about white sand and the Gulf which could have been anywhere from the west coast of Florida to Alabama or maybe even all the way to Texas. Does anybody know if Joni traveled alone? These songs sound like she was traveling alone. What was she doing in the south I wonder? Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:41:39 +0000 From: Jamie Zubairi Home Subject: Re: Blue Motel Room and Refuge of the Roads Hi Laura, yes it's well documented that Joni drove back from New York alone. From the article in 1988 in Q Magazine, or the Painting With Words & Music dvd she recounts the story... check it out on the jmdl website. Look up 'Mademoiselle Oink' 2009/3/7 Laura Stanley > Hello, > > These two songs say Joni was traveling in the southern USA which is cool. > She talks about Winn Dixie which I know was or is a grocery store in the > south. I've been to them in Florida. She also talks about white sand and > the Gulf which could have been anywhere from the west coast of Florida to > Alabama or maybe even all the way to Texas. > > Does anybody know if Joni traveled alone? These songs sound like she was > traveling alone. What was she doing in the south I wonder? > > Love, > Laura > - -- Feel like supporting a World Record Attempt while giving to charity? go to: http://www.justgiving.com/zooby Jamie Zubairi can be found for voice-overs at http://uk.voicespro.com/jamie.zubairi1 acting CV and showreel at http://uk.castingcallpro.com/u/81749 agent: http://www.pelhamassociates.co.uk 01273 323 010 http://www.jamiezubairi.co.uk Facebook me! Everest Blog: http://jamiezubairi.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 08:53:41 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Blue Motel Room and Refuge of the Roads There is also a LOT of NEW information about this time in Joni's musical/personal history in the upcoming Michelle Mercer book. Don't miss it. Laura, she was traveling back to the west coast from New England, on her Hejira. Having lived in the Southeast since 1968, and shopping at the Winn Dixie for lots of those years, I thought it was very cool when that chain got a shoutout. They are still in business, but they moved out of our area a couple years ago. Bob, off for his Saturday run on a GORGEOUS day. NP: Mark Kozolek, "New Partner" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 13:40:57 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Blue Motel Room and Refuge of the Roads See also my annotations to "Blue Motel Room": http://jonimitchell.com/musician/song.cfm?id=BlueMotelRoom She undoubtedly would have seen the sign on Tybee Island: END US 80 MY OTHER END IS IN SAN DIEGO And know she had coast to coast / just to contemplate. Fortunately, no one had seen fit to annotate "boom-boom-pachyderm" ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bob Muller Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 11:54 AM To: Jamie Zubairi Home; Laura Stanley Cc: joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Blue Motel Room and Refuge of the Roads There is also a LOT of NEW information about this time in Joni's musical/personal history in the upcoming Michelle Mercer book. Don't miss it. Laura, she was traveling back to the west coast from New England, on her Hejira. Having lived in the Southeast since 1968, and shopping at the Winn Dixie for lots of those years, I thought it was very cool when that chain got a shoutout. They are still in business, but they moved out of our area a couple years ago. Bob, off for his Saturday run on a GORGEOUS day. NP: Mark Kozolek, "New Partner" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 15:37:58 -0600 From: Dan Olson Subject: Re: Blue Motel Room and Refuge of the Roads It is also noteworthy that she was driving across the country ("the burning desert"), prolifically composing, but limited to guitar only - she had no access to a piano. It could be her only album (maybe besides STAS and Clouds) that is all acoustic guitar. (Of course, she had additional musicians in the studio, and Jaco's bass parts were overdubbed at a later time, but that's probably another thread). ~Dan On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Richard Flynn wrote: > See also my annotations to "Blue Motel Room": > http://jonimitchell.com/musician/song.cfm?id=BlueMotelRoom > > She undoubtedly would have seen the sign on Tybee Island: > END > US 80 > MY OTHER > END IS IN > SAN DIEGO > > And know she had coast to coast / just to contemplate. > > Fortunately, no one had seen fit to annotate "boom-boom-pachyderm" ;-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bob > Muller > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 11:54 AM > To: Jamie Zubairi Home; Laura Stanley > Cc: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Blue Motel Room and Refuge of the Roads > > There is also a LOT of NEW information about this time in Joni's > musical/personal history in the upcoming Michelle Mercer book. Don't miss > it. > > Laura, she was traveling back to the west coast from New England, on her > Hejira. Having lived in the Southeast since 1968, and shopping at the Winn > Dixie for lots of those years, I thought it was very cool when that chain > got a shoutout. They are still in business, but they moved out of our area > a > couple years ago. > > Bob, off for his Saturday run on a GORGEOUS day. > > NP: Mark Kozolek, "New Partner" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:50:20 -0800 From: "gene" Subject: emergence of joni mitchell Excuse me if this has been posted before, but I came across this on the kvmr.org community radio website looking for a potential Joni Mitchell program on Sunday Mar. 8 at 12 noon. You can stream the radio show via computer at kvmr. org. Anyway, here's a previous show "The Emergence of Joni Mitchell" done on Nov. 16, 2008 celebrating her 65th birthday. Hope you enjoy this tasty morsel. http://www.kvmr.org/programs/sunshowcase/index.html ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #65 ******************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe