From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #14 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, January 17 2010 Volume 2010 : Number 014 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- On Joni's health ["Miguel Arrondo" ] Re: I'm very ill, I'm fighting for my life [Mark Domyancich ] Re: Very Ill, I'm fighting for my life. [passscribe@aol.com] Re: On Joni's health [Kate Johnson ] Re: Joni very ill [Lori Fye ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:36:41 -0300 From: "Miguel Arrondo" Subject: On Joni's health Hello, everyone on the list. I've came back from holidays just to read the bad news. Then, I read most of the comments about the sad situation that Les had disclose. I don't know how serious her condition can be, but I surely wish to send her (and all of you who are so sad about this, like me) my hope and best wishes, because I know that "all the incurables have a cure, five minutes before death". A free translation from a local poem. Joni overcame polio as a child. She got up and walk (and did a lot of other things, fortunately for us). When I was myself postrated, 23 years old, and doctors told me that I would never be able to even move my hands (I broke my neck on a jeep accident), I had for months, like a mantra on my head, the lines from "Judgement of the moon and stars": "... You've got to shake your fists at lightning now You've got to roar like forest fire You've got to spread your light like blazes All across the sky They're going to aim the hoses on you Show 'em you won't expire Not till you burn up every passion Not even when you die..." That words helped me a lot, maybe they were not meant to the purpose I gave them, but they surely helped me. I faced the hoses of the medical diagnostics, I kept roaring, and I didn't even bother about death itself, I was sure I'd never expire. And I did not, stood on my walking feet again, and lived a wonderful life so far, with her music always sounding around. A strange thing is that I had no idea, on these days, that my favourite singer/songwriter had passed through polio, this information wasn't available here in Argentina when internet didn't exist yet. So, now, I hope Joni keep on fighting, roaring and burning. I wish I could help her, like she helped me. She has a clearly advantage, she's already inmortal. Best wishes to you all, Miguel ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:45:31 -0600 From: Mark Domyancich Subject: Re: I'm very ill, I'm fighting for my life I also agree. I'm reminded of something she said during her performance at the Gene Autry museum many years ago when she says something to the effect of her hearing being different due to the something with lightbulbs... and the bad thing about interviews like this one is that we don't know if Joni said it in jest or if she's really serious about it. And slightly aside from the point, but how can an interviewer go on for freaking paragraphs about the ballet and only spend a few sentences on her health? - -Mark Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:44:46 -0500 > From: Deb Messling > Subject: Re: I'm very ill, I'm fighting for my life > > Fighting for her life? I don't buy it, personally. Joni is a very > dramatic personality and my opinion is that she tends to exaggerate the > troubles in her life. I realize that is an incredibly presumptuous > statement, given that I obviously do not know Joni personally. I guess I > can smell a hypochondriac, being one myself. I hope this doesn't sound > unkind. I remember Joni saying once she expected to grow into a > cantankerous old lady, swinging her cane at people and writing nasty > letters to the editor. I fully expect that she will do this. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:07:03 +0000 From: whizzboom@comcast.net Subject: Re: Joni very ill You feel better, now? Good, you go and wipe up. I just worked on 2 different lengthy responses to this and decided to scrap both. You want to call me cold? You have no idea who I am or what I'm about - its an unnecessary snap judgment but you're certainly entitled to your opinion. People get old. They get sick. They pass on. Joni is not a young woman. And she hasn't necessarily been very good to her body of the years in addition to the post-polio complications and all else. *of course* I feel badly she's ill. But she comes off badly in this intv and while I certainly side with artists who've been railroaded in the press, as a semi-retired journo myself, I'm frankly tired of listening to her berate people for asking her questions she thinks are stupid or doesn't feel like answering. It's joni's prerogative if she doesn't feel like looking back and compiling the box anymore. But yes, it pisses me off. And I'm not going to pretend it doesn't just because she's sick a/o it might offend someone I don't know. I actually feel like *she's* being a little cold. I'm tired of being made to wait 3-5 years for overblown orchestral re-workings and decent but unremarkable records like TTT and Shine. I've been waiting to hear what the alternate Mingus takes sound like for what seems like an eternity! So - think what you want. Sorry my honest stance bums you out. - ------Original Message------ From: Russell Cole To: joni@smoe.org Cc: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Cc: CJT email Subject: Re: Joni very ill Sent: Jan 16, 2010 9:32 PM > I guess what I'm trying to say is, while of course I'm upset to hear her admit she's very sick, > I'm *more* distraught that she's canning the box. That just really blows. I spoke with my remaining > contact at rhino a few weeks ago and he said it was on hold, but would likely come down the pike in > that latter part of this year. And *that* was giving me something to hold on for. > Cheers, > Chris, heading into his 40th birthday burdened with shitty news. *sigh*. This was an unbelievable post. Joni states in an interview that she might die, oh and she's putting the breaks on her box set, and you're mainly distraught about the latter? Man, that is cold. Just for you, I hope it never comes out, though you can be sure that if she does pass away, that thing will be out six months later (in time for Xmas, of course), and will be a best seller (see: "Now That I Am Dead", by French, Frith, Kaiser, and Thompson). Hey, was the bad news the first thing or the second thing? Just wondering how shallow you really are... Russ Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:58:53 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: FW: Message from JM Contact Us page Can anyone help Lauri-Ann? - -----Original Message----- I am in search of Choral arrangements of music written by Canadian Composers. Are there any of Joni's songs that have been arranged in 4 parts for choirs? If so, could you please let me know how I can get my hands on them? Name: Lauri-Ann Loreto Neal email: lauri-ann.neal@ncdsb.on.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:10:53 EST From: passscribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Very Ill, I'm fighting for my life. In a message dated 1/16/10 3:27:02 AM, owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: > From: "Les Irvin" > Subject: "I'm very ill, I'm fighting for my life." > > http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2203 > Wow... very scary comments in that story. Kenny B ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:37:08 -0600 From: Kate Johnson Subject: Re: On Joni's health Sentiments that would surely warm the cockles of Joni's heart, Miguel. Kate On 16-Jan-10, at 7:36 PM, Miguel Arrondo wrote: > When I was myself postrated, 23 years old, and doctors told me that > I would > never be able to even move my hands (I broke my neck on a jeep > accident), I > had for months, like a mantra on my head, the lines from "Judgement > of the > moon and stars": > > "... You've got to shake your fists at lightning now > You've got to roar like forest fire > You've got to spread your light like blazes > All across the sky > They're going to aim the hoses on you > Show 'em you won't expire > Not till you burn up every passion > Not even when you die..." > > That words helped me a lot, maybe they were not meant to the > purpose I gave > them, but they surely helped me. I faced the hoses of the medical > diagnostics, I kept roaring, and I didn't even bother about death > itself, I > was sure I'd never expire. And I did not, stood on my walking feet > again, > and lived a wonderful life so far, with her music always sounding > around. ... > She has a clearly advantage, she's already > inmortal. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:02:49 -0800 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: Joni very ill Wow, things on this list have gotten ugly pretty fast. Sad. I could be completely wrong, but after my numbness wore off I texted and emailed 3 friends who aren't on this list but who would give a shit: "Word is that Joni is not well. Send good stuff her way." It's not that hard. Just do it. Lori Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #14 ******************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe