From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #247 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 Monday, August 13 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 247 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Night of the Iquana ["Mark" ] Night of the Iquana [LC Stanley ] Re: Night of the Iquana [Catherine McKay ] Kenny Werner on Joni, the voice of God [Steve Dulson ] Re: Kenny Werner on Joni, the voice of God [Bob Muller Subject: Re: Night of the Iquana They sure are, Laura. It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I know the lyrics of the song refer to the movie. Richard Burton is the bus driver/preacher who has taken a group of Baptist school teachers on a bus tour to Puerta Vallarta. He is being teased and seduced by the young niece of the leader of the group. The niece is 'the kid in the see-through blouse', played by Sue Lyon in a role similar to 'Lolita', the movie that made Lyon famous. Grayson Hall, who some of you may remember as Dr. Julia Hoffman in the original television series 'Dark Shadows', plays Lyon's self-righteous aunt who is out to ruin Burton. Burton's character has been driven out by his congregation back in the U.S. by scandal surrounding a similar episode with a young Sunday school teacher, 'He could lose his bus. for the same sweet sin, that took his church from him'. So Burton sort of high-jacks the bus and takes the group to a remote resort hotel. Ava Gardner plays the widow who runs the hotel. There are two young Mexican men that Gardner uses to fulfill her sexual needs, 'the widow and her lover-boys, down on the beach'. There are two characters in 'Nigh of the Iguana' that Joni's song does not refer to. Deborah Kerr plays a painter traveling with her grandfather who is a poet, struggling to complete what turns out to be his last poem. Burton is numbing himself with heavy use of alcohol, 'Since the preacher's not dead, dead drunk will have to do!'. Kerr, whose character is almost saintly - chaste and spiritually wise - helps the preacher get through his crisis in a rather unusual way. I had to check Wikipedia for a plot summary because I haven't seen this movie in a long time. The film was adapted from the Tennessee Williams play of the same name. Mark in Seattle - -----Original Message----- From: LC Stanley Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 8:28 AM To: Joni List Subject: Night of the Iquana Is the song and movie connected? http://www.youtube.com/movie/night-of-the-iguana ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:28:06 -0700 (PDT) From: LC Stanley Subject: Night of the Iquana Is the song and movie connected? http://www.youtube.com/movie/night-of-the-iguana ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:41:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Night of the Iquana In a word: yes. The song is based on the movie which, in turn, is based on a stageplay which, in turn was based on a short story - all by Tennessee Williams. Shortly after "Shine" came out, I borrowed the film from the library, and quite enjoyed it. "Hana" is also based on a movie, but I don't remember its name. I do know it was mentioned here quite a while back. That movie was also based on a novel, which I also borrowed from the library, but I couldn't get into it. (I couldn't find the movie, so went for the book.) I don't remember the name of either the movie or the book, but it wasn't "Hana." - ----- Original Message ----- > From: LC Stanley > To: Joni List > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:28:06 AM > Subject: Night of the Iquana > > Is the song and movie connected? > > http://www.youtube.com/movie/night-of-the-iguana ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:00:49 -0400 From: Steve Dulson Subject: Kenny Werner on Joni, the voice of God 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 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:42:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Hello, Lurkers and all; new movie called "A case of you" Hello to all the lurkers who have delurked. Nice to hear your voices! (How long does a person need to be silent to be considered a lurker?) While browsing some websites about film, I came across something that's currently in production and due to be released in 2013. The film's name is "A case of you," and I wonder whether the title comes from Joni's song and whether or not the song or any of her music might end up in it? According to IMDB, the plotline goes thusly: A young writer tries to impress a girl he meets online with an embellished profile, but finds himself in a real mess when she falls for him and he has to keep up the act. The director is Kat Coiro; the writers are Christian Long, Justin Long and Keir O'Donnell; and the cast includesPeter Dinklage, Vince Vaughn, Evan Rachel Wood, Brendan Fraser, Justin Long, Sienna Miller, Sam Rockwell and Busy Philipps. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817081/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:59:36 -0500 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Exclamat!on Po!nts! So funny!! Your post reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with Elaine overusing exclamation points because of her boyfriends lack of them when leaving her a note. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSKn8RlD7Is Laura "I guess the smoe is randomly adding exclamation points to posts. I didn't write them. Honest." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:40:51 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Joni news from our corner Greetings all, It's nice to see some stirrings on the list as people are posting again. With little news coming from Joni herself and so many topics having been discussed over the years I suppose it's not surprising the the big list falls quiet sometimes. Facebook doesn't help, with its slightly insidious appeal to our more ADD nature, inviting us to jot down a quick sentence or merely click "like" to indicate we were there. Anyway, I have thoroughly enjoyed the six years I've been on this list and have met many friends through it who have opened their homes, gathered for dinners when in town, and exchanged musical matters outside of Joni. And then there are the Jonifests - each one of them memorable and joyous. Here's hoping there will be more to come. Les Irvin, web guru responsible for the ever-wonderful JoniMitchell.com did make his funding goal for another year, thanks to a rather modest number of us who donated to keep this treasure hosted for another year. Contributions were way down this year, for whatever reason, and I would urge everyone who has enjoyed the resources this amazing website provides to contribute every June or July in some modest amount so that Les is not responsible for all the webmaster work AND paying for the hosting out of his own pocket. The donation link is always active and it's never too late to contribute $10 - $20 to http://jonimitchell.com/donate.cfm For the past three years I have been offering a further incentive to contribute by soliciting Joni covers recorded by the musicians amongst us, to be sent to those who contribute funds, and there have been some stunning tracks sent in. Perhaps the musicians among us have become lurkers too, as there were just five covers this year, down from eleven last year and about fifteen the year before. This is a fun opportunity to spread your talents around a friendly group; please help keep this fundraiser/covers campaign alive in years to come. My band Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet, which most of you know of by now, is in its seventh year of playing Joni Mitchell's music exclusively and our repertoire has grown to encompass perhaps a third of her total catalog. In some cases we present the songs as they are heard on the records but in an increasing number of cases we approach the songs as jazz musicians, using the material is a structure and building something entirely new out of it. So it's not quite a "tribute" show. We like to think of it as a show built around the work of a great composer, as one might focus on Gershwin or Duke Ellington, and Joni's seeming retirement from music has left a void. People we meet everywhere love her music and are hungry for it still, and others who are barely aware of who she is often "get" it when they are introduced to her music through our band. Of course, as players, we find the music and lyrics endlessly fascinating to play, so it looks like we'll be doing this project for years to come. Lately we've been working on Joni's jazz years and have some shows coming up featuring music from the Hissing to Mingus albums. We have some incredible new players in the lineup too, including Dan DiPietro on bass who is an avid Jaco aficionado, and sounds eerily like him on Dry Cleaner and Coyote. Rick Schmidt, one of the foremost pedal steel guitar players in the world is also a lifelong Joni fan and will be playing with us. Rick got to record an album with Henry Lewy years ago, so there's your one degree of separation! We have a show coming up at 98 Bottles in downtown San Diego on September 1st featuring both of them. In case Mutts of the Planet is new to anyone who recently joined the list, allow me to plug our CD Safaris to the Heart: The Songs of Joni Mitchell, and our 94 minute concert DVD of the entire Blue and Court and Spark albums, with special guest Max Bennett playing bass, both available via http://www.robinadler.com/products.html The lady who books the famous jazz club Yoshi's in Oakland is a huge Joni! fan and has shown a big interest in booking the band to play there so we may be headed north to the Bay Area to play, and in a couple of weeks we'll be at the Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines festival for about the fifth year. Love to all the friends we've made through this list, Dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:21:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Kenny Werner on Joni, the voice of God And his 2012 release has a cover of "I Had A King" on it. Additionally he recorded a Joni tribute tune called "One For Joni" back in '06. Yep, he's a fan. Bob ________________________________ From: Steve Dulson To: joni@smoe.org Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 2:00 PM Subject: Kenny Werner on Joni, the voice of God 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 http://www.far-west.org/ ------------------------------ 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 onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #247 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe