From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #168 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 Tuesday, June 23 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 168 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: paved paradise redux - set list + john kelly's visual art [Michael Pa] Joni, but no Phony [Gerald Notaro ] your momma [Willie Yanock ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:08:46 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: paved paradise redux - set list + john kelly's visual art Thanks Patrick. I was wondering how many of my programs he was using on the VG-8. I did a ton of them for him for the last show. I had to send him some info and now he is editing his own programs which I know he did for Sex Kills. Cool. Thanks for the info. Paz On Jun 21, 2009, at 7:55 PM, patrick leader wrote: you know, after i'd filed the review i realized i hadn't talked about the instruments at all. i think john played four guitars, one electric. i know he played electric on 'sex kills', very aggressively. it was cool. his acoustic playing seemed very good to me as well. he also played dulcimer for 'a case of you'. the bassist played bass guitar as well as standing bass, both plucked and bowed. zecca played his keyboard and a grand piano (though not enough) as well as percussion (shakers) on a couple of songs. one nice moment was in "conversation. all the musicians were together for the first verse, then john was alone on guitar (with, i think, a different strumming pattern) for the two discarded verses. then the other two musicians came back in when john returned to the published lyrics. patrick np - george michael and elton john, don't let the sun go down on me - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Michael Paz Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 7:44 PM To: patrick leader Cc: joni Subject: Re: paved paradise redux - set list + john kelly's visual art How much did he use the VG-8? Did he play acoustic at all? Paz On Jun 21, 2009, at 3:24 PM, patrick leader wrote: hey folks - i saw john kelly's new show on friday; i've sent my review to les and i'm Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:37:35 -0400 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: Joni, but no Phony [image: New York Post] JONI, BUT NOT PHONY By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI *June 22, 2009* -- FOR the past decade or so, Joni Mitchell tunes have graced Feinstein's and the Oak Room. When uptown cabaret canaries stray from the Great American Songbook, they often turn to the loon from Saskatoon: She's a little folk, a little soft-rock, a little jazz -- classy! Even better, she's wordy and a tad weird. But while other singers do the songs, John Kelly does the whole package. Sprung out of the 1980s East Village alt-scene, Kelly has been paying tribute to Mitchell, off and on, for 25 years now. Typically, he first tried out his characterization at a now-defunct drag-a-thon -- which gets a sly tip of the hat when Kelly sings "By the time we got to Wigstock" in "Woodstock." Yet while Kelly wears a blond wig and a pair of Mitchellesque floor-length dresses, this reprise of his 1996 show "Paved Paradise" isn't a camp trip but rather a subtle, performance-art take on Joni Mitchell as icon. In a hall-of-mirrors way, Kelly, who accompanies himself on guitar and dulcimer, is backed by two of the singer's own idols, Vincent van Gogh (Paul Ossola) on bass and Georgia O'Keeffe (Zecca Esquibel) on keyboards. The set list hops through Mitchell's career in rough chronological order, reaching wide from "The Fishbowl," a poem the songwriter wrote in 10th grade, up to the title track from Mitchell's 2007 album, "Shine." Kelly emulates his model's vocal swoops in their original key, but he doesn't try to disguise his decidedly masculine lower register. This ambiguity permeates the entire show and is driven even further by a stunning costume change during "Down to You." It ranks as one of the most honest, tender and inherently theatrical moments of the year. This distance is both enhanced and undermined by Kelly's stylized emulation of Mitchell's expressions -- part coquettish, part bashful. Even when tuning a recalcitrant guitar, he remained in character and yet somehow *other*. "Paved Paradise" is a little magical John-Joni island, outside of the here and now. Sure, there are times when Kelly feels a little tentative. But his emotional connection to the material never falters. It's something that Mitchell -- who once said she'd "sacrifice the perfect time and the perfect pitch to color the words" -- would certainly embrace. *elisabeth.vincentelli @nypost.com* *PAVED PARADISE REDUX: THE ART OF JONI MITCHELL * *Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St.; 212-598-0400. Through Sunday.* Home - ------------------------------ NEW YORK POST is a registered trademark of NYP Holdings, Inc. NYPOST.COM, NYPOSTONLINE.COM, and NEWYORKPOST.COM are trademarks of NYP Holdings, Inc. Copyright 2009 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved. - -- Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:46:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Willie Yanock Subject: your momma Sarcasm, Distortion, Anger, Pain, where is Forgiveness, Joy, or even Love? ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #168 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe