From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #102 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 Wednesday, March 13 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 102 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Fwd: Joni as undergraduate thesis, repost ["Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: Fwd: Joni as undergraduate thesis, repost This post did not appear in the digests (again). This is attempt #3. Jim L'Hommedieu On 3/11/2013 2:07 PM, Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: > This post did not appear in the digests. His original post did not > appear either. > > Jim L'Hommedieu > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Joni as undergraduate thesis > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:08:16 -0400 > From: Jim L'Hommedieu > To: JMDL > > > > First off, you should know that your email did not appear in the digest, > which is flaky sometimes. Because some people on the discussion list > did not see > your post, I suggest that you re-ask your question. You might want to > ask it several times, (over a month) because sometimes people drop out > for a week or two. > > For a very brief introduction, you could start with the Wikipedia page > about Joni. > > Thanks to the webmaster, Les Irvin, (and several volunteers) there is a > huge quantity of information available onwww.jonimitchell.com. At the > top of the main page, click the link called "Library". There, you can > type in a keyword and search decades of articles at once. For example, > I searched on "Carey" and found dozens of hits. The sources are all > documented so you will have the bibliographic information you need. You > could read a medium-sized biography of Joni by searching on "Wally > biography". It is broken into several sections. > > A book called "Shadows and Light" (Karen O'Brien) is my favorite book on > Joni. The last time I looked, that book was still in print (and > available on Amazon). The author listened to many audience tapes when > she was researching, and re-tells many of Joni's most interesting stories. > > You should probably buy a DVD called "Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and > Mind" too. It was created by PBS (here in the United States) and it is > excellent. > > I suggest that you add "Cactus Tree" and "Little Green" to the list of > songs that you investigate. The stories behind them will uncover > several aspects of her songwriting, performing, and her celebrity. They > might be the most important songs of all. > > When you have questions, you can always post a question to the JMDL, and > you might find that people all over the English-speaking world respond. > > You have a fascinating journey ahead of you. Joni might be the most > complex songwriter of her generation. I think so. Joni wrote about her > own experiences but she was so talented that many of her songs act as > looking glasses, allowing the listener to see themselves in her > stories. As one critic said, "For a lot of people, they felt like 'This > woman (Joni), by the light of my record player, was looking into my > soul.'" If that seems confusing now, it will become clearer over the > next few months. > > Jim L'Hommedieu > > > Alhsmar Sayago asked: > "I would like to know how the songs of Joni Mitchell reflective to her life? > The songs are: Carey, River, Both Sides Now, Hejira, Big Yellow Taxi, > California, A Case of You, Song For Sharon, The Circle Game and Woodstock. > > I decided to choose her and her songs/compositions to be the subjects of my > study for my undergraduate thesis. I would love to hear your insights for > these. And if you have some references, I would love to have them." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:46:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Fwd: Joni as undergraduate thesis, repost I don't know about the digest, but I've seen it at least three times as individual posts! >________________________________ > From: Jim L'Hommedieu >To: JMDL >Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:14:23 AM >Subject: Re: Fwd: Joni as undergraduate thesis, repost > >This post did not appear in the digests (again). This is attempt #3. > >Jim L'Hommedieu > >On 3/11/2013 2:07 PM, Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: >> This post did not appear in the digests. His original post did not >> appear either. >> >> Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #102 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe