From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #84 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, March 26 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 084 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Court & Spark, and other ancient terms [Ken ] Re: Court & Spark, and other ancient terms [Gmail ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:15:22 -0400 From: Ken Subject: Court & Spark, and other ancient terms Another ancient term (in the same category as "court" and "spark") was "spooning" (akin to my generation's "making out") although, when you visualize what's probably taking place, it would be a bit more intimate than just kissing and touching. I have some old letters (family heirlooms) from the 1920s & 1930s in which "spooning" is mentioned quite often. (I love reading old letters!) Kenny B Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:46:43 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Grammar Question Wow, Catherine. That's what I'm talking about! Okay, so both "court" and "spark" are pretty ancient terms it seems. I wonder if Joni heard Myrtle use them or read them in some book when she was in bed with polio. Fascinating. "For the Roses" was another album title that took some explication for most of us too. Thanks for the sleuth work; another mystery partly solved! Dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:48:13 +0000 From: Gmail Subject: Re: Court & Spark, and other ancient terms Spooning comes from the 16th century term when couples were courting, and often will have to be in the same room as the father of the maiden, the suitor would have to carve a wooden spoon in order to keep, or prove he's kept, his hands busy while the father was out of the room. So the activity of courting became "spooning" which has nothing to do with the more modern day "spoons" that couples do in bed. Sent from my iPhone On 25 Mar 2011, at 20:15, Ken wrote: > Another ancient term (in the same category as "court" and "spark") was > "spooning" (akin to my generation's "making out") although, when you visualize > what's probably taking place, it would be a bit more intimate than just > kissing and touching. I have some old letters (family heirlooms) from the > 1920s & 1930s in which "spooning" is mentioned quite often. (I love reading > old letters!) > Kenny B > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:46:43 -0700 > From: Dave Blackburn > Subject: Re: Grammar Question > > Wow, Catherine. That's what I'm talking about! > > Okay, so both "court" and "spark" are pretty ancient terms it seems. I wonder > if > Joni heard Myrtle use them or read them in some book when she was in bed with > polio. Fascinating. "For the Roses" was another album title that took some > explication for most of us too. Thanks for the sleuth work; another mystery > partly solved! > > Dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:57:22 +0800 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: 40th Anniversary of the JUNO Awards to feature special tribute to Joni Could be pretty cool given the list of performers. Not sure who is doing what, so all you Canadians tune in and tell us all about it. http://tinyurl.com/4tgw6kh Bob NP: Joni Mitchell, "Jericho" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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John Kelly completed work on The Escape Artist after being awarded the Ethyl Eichelberger Award in 2010. The Escape Artist traces the story of a man who has a trapeze accident while rehearsing a theatre piece based on the life of Italian Baroque painter, Caravaggio. Stranded on a gurney with a broken neck in the hospital emergency room, he finds refuge in the images that flood his mind  the sinners and saints, prostitutes and gods that populate Caravaggios paintings. The Escape Artist contains 7 original songs by John Kelly & Carol Lipnik, as well as covers of songs by Claudio Monteverdi and John Barry. Specific past projects by John Kelly have pondered Egon Schiele, Caravaggio, Antonin Artaud, Joni Mitchell, Barbette, Jean Cocteau; autobiography, the Berlin Wall, the Troubadours, the AIDS epidemic, and Expressionistic Film. These works have been performed at The Kitchen, PS 1, the Warhol Museum, the Whitney Biennial, The Tate Modern, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival. Paintings, drawings, photographs and video works have been exhibited in galleries and museums. He has sung the music of John Cage at the San Francisco Symphony, and collaborated and recorded with Laurie Anderson, David Del Tredici, Natalie Merchant and Antony and the Johnsons. Writings include an autobiography 'JOHN KELLY', published by the 2wice Arts Foundation, in association with Aperture. Acting credits include the Broadway production of "James Joyce's The Dead", and films by John Turturro and James Franco. Awards and Fellowships include 2 Bessie Awards, 2 Obie Awards, an Alpert Award, the 2010 Ethyl Eichelberger Award, a Visual Aids Vanguard Award, 2 NEA American Masterpieces Awards, and an Eliot Norton Award. Fellowships include NYFA, Art Matters, Inc., The Guggenheim Foundation, The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, The Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and the Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome. Archive: www.johnkellyperformance.org The Escape Artist Script & Visual Concept: John Kelly Original Songs: John Kelly & Carol Lipnik Additional Songs: Claudio Monteverdi; John Barry Arrangements: Piano, Accordion, Flute: John DiPinto Co-Direction & Dramaturgy: Dudley Saunders Video Design: Jeff Morey Cello: Nioka Workman Violin: Justin Smith The Escape Artist was developed, in part, by The Sundance Institute Theatre Program with ongoing support from the Time Warner Storytelling Fellowship; the Music Theatre Groups Here-See Residency Series; the Dixon Place HOT! Festival; The 2wice Arts Foundation; The Civitella Ranieri Center; The Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome; the Armory Artist in Residence Program at the Park Avenue Armory; and a commission from the 2010 Ethyl Eichelberger Award created by Performance Space 122 and made possible with generous support from the Gesso Foundation. The Escape Artist runs on the following schedule: Wednesday, April 15  Saturday, April 30. Performances Wednesday  Friday at 8PM, Saturdays at 8 + 10PM. Tickets: $25, $15 (students / seniors), $11 with a PS122 Passport Purchase online: http://www.ps122.org/performances/the_escape_artist.html By phone: 212-352-3101 In person at the box office in Performance Space 122 (150 1st Avenue at East 9th St.) Performance Space 122 is one of New York's ultimate destinations for cutting-edge theatre, dance, music, live art and multi-media. Now celebrating its 30th Anniversary Season, PS122 is dedicated to supporting and presenting artists who explore innovative form and provocative content, rigorously challenging the boundaries of contemporary performance. PS122 is committed to a steadfast search for pioneering artists from a diversity of cultures, nations and beliefs. www.ps122.org YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PerformanceSpace122 Twitter: @PS122 | Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5192991003 Jerry ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #84 ******************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe