From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #43 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 Friday, February 1 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 043 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Tales of Joni tickets... [Les Irvin ] Re: 54 Below - Tales of Joni [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Joni, Leonard & Rainy Night House [simon@icu.com] Re: Two Houses - Joni @ The Troubadour - 1969 [Jussi Pukkila Subject: Tales of Joni tickets... .... have been spoken for! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:02:44 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: 54 Below - Tales of Joni Looks like they have added some shows. Hopefully that means the attendance and responses they've been getting has been good. Bob From: Les Irvin To: Joni List Date: 01/31/2013 10:33 AM Subject: 54 Below - Tales of Joni Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org I have 2 pairs of tickets to give away for the "Tales of Joni" event at 54 Below in New York City. Event dates are January 31, February 5 and 18. If you can actually attend, let me know and I'll set you up. - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:13:07 -0500 From: simon@icu.com Subject: Joni, Leonard & Rainy Night House c Karma posted > I liked this article. Did we have so clear a road map to tie Leonard Cohen to "Rainy Night House" earlier? > Lyrically, it all made sense but I was unaware of the actual visit to Leonard's family home. > I think I'll do some research on those "golden factories" too. > > CC > - - - - - This question is apparently inspired by a book review included in the JM.com library. "Leonard Cohens tale of redemption" @ > Leonard took Joni to Montreal. They stayed in his childhood home on Belmont Avenue. > In her song Rainy Night House she described the "holy man" sitting up all night, > watching her as she slept on his mother's bed. > - - - - - Here's a little more information from a message I sent to the JMDL awhile back. Date: Mon. Feb. 23, 1998 RE: "Rainy Night House" FROM: "Various Positions: A Life Of Leonard Cohen" Following his father's death, Cohen won a significant dispute with his mother over custody of Nathan's pistol, a military souvenir. Cohen had been fascinated by his father's military exploits and at one time Nathan had spoken of sending Cohen to a military college, an idea Cohen eagerly accepted. THE FAVORITE GAME describes the dispute over the gun, presented as an important talisman: a "huge .38 in a thick leather case ... Lethal, angular, precise, it smoldered in the dark drawer with dangerous potential. The metal was always cold. Cohen has always been fascinated by weapons, reflected in his novel BEAUTIFUL LOSERS. "I loved the magic of guns," the character F. declares. For several years Cohen himself kept a gun. In her lyric to "Rainy Night House," Joni Mitchell describes how she and Cohen took a taxi to his mother's house in Westmount during her absence: "she went to Florida and left you with your father's gun alone." RAINY NIGHT HOUSE It was a rainy night We took a taxi to your mother's home She went to Florida and left you With your father's gun, alone Upon her small white bed I fell into a dream You sat up all the night and watched me To see, who in the world I might be. I am from the Sunday school I sing soprano in the upstairs choir You are a holy man On the F.M. radio I sat up all the night and watched thee To see, who in the world you might be. You called me beautiful You called your mother-she was very tanned So you packed your tent and went To live out in the Arizona sand You are a refugee From a wealthy family You gave up all the golden factories To see, who in the world you might be. andmoreagain, - - - - - - - - - - simonM http://jonimitchell.com/chronology/complete.cfm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:24:15 +0200 From: Jussi Pukkila Subject: Re: Two Houses - Joni @ The Troubadour - 1969 Many thanks for the show. I just downloaded the files, but I noticed there's just a "place holder" for track 5 ("Willie"), which should also include "Looking Out For Love". So is that song missing from the set? - --jussi simon@icu.com wrote: >Last Oct. Anita G posted the following > > > I am just spending a narcissistic Sunday reading through some bits I sent to joni.com > > and I was re-reading the earliest piece which was 'Concerts Attended' which was my > > sweet little review of my first Joni gig in January 1970. I was surprised by this: > > > > "The second half opened with "Marcie"; the real Marcie was in the audience followed > > by "Nathan La Franeer". She then sang two more songs on the piano; one called > > "Two Houses" and the new Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young single "Woodstock". > > > > Does anybody recall or know anything about "Two Houses"? I wondered if I'd got a bit > > confused with something, there were a lot of new songs at that time. Maybe I got the > > name of the song wrong or was it a song that Joni discarded or renamed. > > Any ideas anyone? > > > > The full article (including my ticket stub) if anyone wants to get in touch with my inner > > adolescent is at: > > > > But I'd welcome anyone who recalls or knows or had ideas about "Two Houses" from them ol' days. > > - - - - - > > >Anita, > >"Two Houses" is really two songs, "Rainy Night House" with a segue into "Blue Boy". > >Although these would have been new songs (to you) when you heard them in concert, >Joni had been performing them throughout 1969. > >As far as I know, "Blue Boy" was first performed at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 1, 1969, and >"Rainy Night House" at The Troubadour on May 22, 1969, a song 'not yet' titled. > >The Troubadour performance is particularly interesting. > >Not only do we hear "Rainy Night House" as "a song that doesn't yet have a title", BUT ... > >There's a 4-Song seque, "Rainy Night House" into "Blue Boy" into "Willie" into "Looking Out For Love". > >It's not clear if "Looking Out For Love" is an addendum to "Willie", or a seperate (incomplete) song. >This is the only known recording. > >Check it out. > >I've UpLoaded some music via YouSendIt. Here's the DownLoad link: > > > > This link you will expire on February 13, 2013 > > >3-Items are included. > > 1. 1969.07.07, Two Houses.aiff (from the Mississippi River Festival - July 7, 1969) > > 2. 1969.05.22, Troubadour.zip (11 Songs - 30 min.) > > 3. KHJ History Of Rock & Roll.aiff (a short interview & "Both Sides, Now" recorded @ The Troubadour) > > >Once again 16Bit/44.1k CD Quality recordings, playable within iTunes. >CDr copies can also be created within iTunes. >- - - - - > > >The Troubadour recording is an audience recording, but don't let that dissuade from listening. > >It's a really nice performance. > >Enjoy! > > > > >andmoreagain, >- - - - - - - - - >simonM > >http://jonimitchell.com/chronology/complete.cfm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:43:48 -0800 From: Shari Eaton Subject: Joni Mitchell - The New Music Interview (1994) Newly uploaded Joni interview: http://youtu.be/9oqUYMkOp4M Sent from my Pimped-out Flying Carpet ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #43 ******************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe