From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #246 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Website:http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe:mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Sunday, August 12 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 246 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- exclamation points [Dave Blackburn ] hope . . now, staight up [Marianne Rizzo ] Mr Fish + Hope from Graham Nash [est86mlm@ameritech.net] Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #1091 [David Gizara ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:01:21 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: exclamation points I guess the smoe is randomly adding exclamation points to posts. I didn't write them. Honest. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:45:49 -0400 From: Marianne Rizzo Subject: hope . . now, staight up Hi Mark, I loved those heated political discussions (I welcome them). As for shine, Yes, She did take the gloves off (good point) . . . and I love her for that. I love her expression about the wrongs of the world. . . She seems to have done so more strikingly in Shine by skipping the metaphor that I love. Well, perhaps she feels that people weren't "getting it" much so I'll tell it to them plain and clear . . . and the world just doesn't get it in general so I better tell it to them straight up this time. I do like it straight up, but I really did miss the metaphor . . I love her activism. Marianne Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:58:08 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: Hope from Graham Nash Hi Betsy I, for one, am happy and relieved to read that Joni is healing. When she was making remarks about fighting for her life, I was concerned about just how serious her condition was. It's great to know she's coming through it. I was trying to find something out about Mr. Fish, the interviewer and author of this piece. I found this: http://www.clowncrack.com/about/ From reading that snippet of biography and the GN interview, he seems to be irreverent, radical and (at least in the GN piece) verbose in his writing. His description of himself at age 11 is amusing, employing elaborately descriptive language laced with most of those 7 words that George Carlin talked about and then some. I am interested in finding out how old this guy is. Does anybody know anything about him? His writing and political views seem to come right out of late 60s radicalism. He doesn't pull any punches in his political cartoons either. Expletives aside, I have to admit that I suspect that he and Graham are right about a lot of what they have to say about the present state of our world. I, for one, don't believe for a minute that radiation from the Fukushima meltdown isn't going to have long-term effects on our oceans anymore than I believe that the obscene amount of crude oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is going to just magically wash away. And Marianne, I agree with you that fracking is insane. And yes, I also believe that, in the U. S. anyway, the majority of us have been lulled into comfortable, apathetic acceptance while being firmly held under the thumbs of the few who have enough money to buy their way around just about any accountability or restraint that stands in the way of their avarice. I don't mean to start one of those heated political discussions that we used to have here. So I'll bring this back around to Joni. In her last release, 'Shine' Joni had plenty to say about the horrible abuse the earth has been subjected to and the short-sightedness and denial that allow it to go on. I think there is a lot of hard truth in 'Shine'. Joni has been a sort of prophetic voice for a long time. But with 'Shine' she really took off the gloves and hit hard just like she did with 'Dog Eat Dog'. Graham says he can 'feel her getting angry again'. If she does produce another record, I wonder just how much anger she will express. Graham Nash also says the language of dissent is music and makes reference to the long history of musicians raising public awareness of injustice. I like this final exchange: Fish: All right, maybe we should talk about something more positive. GN: But it is positive because we're trying to bring awareness about certain issues. Sure, the subject is pretty negative, but the fact that we're trying to deal with it is not. And for the record, I am just as guilty as the next person when it comes to fossil fuel addiction and love of all my toys and creature comforts. I'm sure my carbon footprint is not any shining example of 'going green'. And I'm not about to go out and join a movement to start a revolution. I don't read political blogs or newspapers, so who am I to talk? So, if there's no good reception for, then tune me out. Mark in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:56:28 -0500 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Mr Fish + Hope from Graham Nash Mark says, "I am interested in finding out how old this guy is. Does anybody know anything about him?" Mark, According to Harpers web page you will have to date him to find out more information! tee hee http://www.harpers.org/subjects/MrFish I'm not a facebook subscriber but I can lurk around and see limited stuff on Joni's facebook page. His name is Dwayne Booth and you can email him here: mrfish@clowncrack.com Let us know if you find out any more info Laura Secrets behind The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Chaka http://jonimitchell.com/library/video.cfm?id=303 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:51:24 -0700 From: David Gizara Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #1091 Just so ridiculous that a "jazz" club wouldn't book your Joni project. Kenny's take on "I Had A King" and your ""Down To You" were both on my 2012 JM Jazz Summer Solstice Radio Special, which I'm trying to load now to send out to some who wanted it. David Gizara Thursday Night Jazz KLCC on face book. www.klcc.org On Aug 11, 2012, at 12:50 PM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > JMDL Digest Saturday, August 11 2012 Volume 2012 : > Number 1091 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Kenny Werner on Joni, the voice of God [Robin Adler > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:46:59 -0700 > From: Robin Adler > Subject: Re: Kenny Werner on Joni, the voice of God > > Hi Steve, > > I love that quote and thanks for sharing it. I just sent it to a > local jazz club in our area that has been reluctant to book our Joni > band because they don't consider Joni jazz enough. You can't get > much more reputable than Kenney Werner in the jazz community. Let > them try singing "Chair in the Sky". Maybe we'll get the gig now. > I'll let you know. > > > Robin > On Aug 11, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Steve Dulson wrote: > >> Spotted by Michele in the Aug 8 LA Times, the jazz pianist discusses >> his influences, including: >> >> Joni Mitchell: Officially my favorite artist. If you remember the >> old TV show "Biography," the opening always featured drawings of >> some of the most influential people of the 20th century: Babe Ruth, >> Albert Einstein, etc. I would pencil her in right there. It's way >> too limiting to label her "folk singer" or any other label, for >> that matter. She is the Babe Ruth of folk and jazz singing and >> composition. The blend of her lyrics (one of the greatest poets to >> my ears) with her chords and melodies, even the dramatic inflection >> she used to tell her stories, is unique. One is tempted to say that >> Joni Mitchell is a gift from God. One might even call her the voice >> of God. >> >> *************************************************** >> Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA >> FAR-West (Folk Alliance Region - West) >> tinkersown@ca.rr.com www.far-west.org > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2012 #1091 > ****************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #246 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe