From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #145 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, April 17 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 145 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: New Library item: Chaka Khan to perform at Joni Mitchell tribute during Luminato [Bob.Mu] Re: New Library item: Chaka Khan to perform at Joni Mitchell tribute during Luminato [Catherine McKay ] Re: Review of Ladies of the Canyon, as reissued on LP by Reprise [Dan Ols] Re: Instagram number 2 [Jack Merkel ] Re: Instagram number 2 ["Mark" ] RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #479 [Mary Morris ] Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #479/ Joni Photo [Anita G ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:52:45 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: New Library item: Chaka Khan to perform at Joni Mitchell tribute during Luminato So does this qualify as a Chaka Khan & Rufus reunion? ;-) Bob From: TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com To: joni@smoe.org Date: 04/16/2013 05:25 PM Subject: New Library item: Chaka Khan to perform at Joni Mitchell tribute during Luminato Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org Title: Chaka Khan to perform at Joni Mitchell tribute during Luminato Publication: Canadian Press Date: 2013.4.16 http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2569 - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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Although I went to a concert last year, I don't remember if there are additional fees on top but, if so, it probably isn't as high as what Ticketmaster charges. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, April 20, at noon (E.S.T.) I believe that if you have a Visa Infinite card (whatever that is), you can buy a ticket now. Here's the link to the Joni thing: http://luminatofestival.com/events/2013/joni-portrait-song The general Luminato url is http://luminatofestival.com/ >________________________________ > From: "TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com" >To: joni@smoe.org >Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 5:30:27 PM >Subject: New Library item: Chaka Khan to perform at Joni Mitchell tribute during Luminato > > >Title: Chaka Khan to perform at Joni Mitchell tribute during Luminato >Publication: Canadian Press >Date: 2013.4.16 > >http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2569 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:00:50 +0100 From: Jamie Zubairi Home Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 I have yet to do this but I want to get on to photoshop and ramp up the blue on this photo. The pose and expression in this photo and the cover of "Blue" are extraordinarily close. Jamie Zubairi Actor, Voiceover, Painter, Photographer. Acting Agent: Pelham Associates 01273 323 010 SpotLight Showreel Unbroken Line Upcoming Appearances: Recent work: *Tino Sehgal Unilever Commission "These Associations" *Turbine Hall, Tate Modern *Unbroken Line*' OvalHouse, supported by public funding from the Arts Council of England. On 16 April 2013 14:36, Susan E. McNamara wrote: > I was thinking the same thing Jack!!! Here is a shot of this amazing > picture: > > > http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/arts/2004/04/15/jonix.jpg > > > Susan Tierney McNamara > email: sem8@cornell.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jack > Merkel > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:01 AM > To: Marianne Rizzo > Cc: joni list > Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 > > I'm curious about the object in the forefront of this picture. While > others have suggested its a mirror, and it probably is, it reminds me a > great deal of a magnifying glass that is used by Grahah Nash in a wonderful > portrait he did of Joni. > > Jack > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 13, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Marianne Rizzo > wrote: > > > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > > > Look ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:47:33 -0500 From: Dan Olson Subject: Re: Review of Ladies of the Canyon, as reissued on LP by Reprise Not to quibble, but the first sentence states the distance from NYC to Woodstock as 300 miles (it's more like 100). Here's the excised paragraphs: Comparing the different LP pressings I had on hand with this Rhino reissue was both instructive and enlightening. On some records, and on some systems, this album can sound a bit thin and bright. Most every track has plenty of upper midrange and lower treble and not much else. In other words, its a bare bones recording. This album needs a sympathetic mastering for all that compelling imagery and emotional insight Mitchell has carefully crafted to have any chance of succeeding. Thankfully, the Rhino reissue avoids any of those issues. Pressed at RTI with near flawless surfaces, my copy is quiet and flat. Most importantly, this mastering from the original analog tapes by Chris Bellman of Bernie Grundman Studios is absolutely superb. My original US first pressing (WLP with A-1A/B-1A lacquers) lacks low-end weight and transparency in comparison, even if it does sound a bit warmer. It may have been produced during the golden age of Warner Brothers/Reprise, but it sounds a bit rolled off. So does a later A-1B copy (which suffers from sibilance), as does an obscure RCA Dynaflex pressing with two-tone labels and a stamped 1S in the dead wax (its even brighter). An early 90s non-gatefold German heavyweight reissue actually sounds pretty good. It has improved clarity and a fuller presentation compared to the US original, but its a bit dry and clinical. Its important to remember that this recording features a young Mitchell, with her high airy voice intact. Also, the only other instruments besides piano and acoustic guitar are woodwinds and percussion. And there is no bass guitar. Consequently, anything that adds richness to the lower midrange without sacrificing detail is welcome. Thats what Bellman has achieved here. Everything has clarity with exceptional low-level resolution, but without a hint of being overly detailed. There is a new depth to the midrange, and the vocals are convincingly life-like: rich, nuanced, transparent and without sibilants. In other words, Bellman nailed it. In fact, I think he knocked it out of the park. The labels and gatefold jacket also replicate the original Reprise LP successfully. Not to be missed. There was a DCC mastering of this album scheduled to be released in the 90s, but, unlike the DCC LP and CD of Court and Spark and the DCC CD of * Blue*, it never made it to print. So this audiophile 180-gram reissue is a very welcome addition to the used LPs available. Also included in the Rhino LP reissue series are *Blue* (mastered by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman) and *Court and Spark* (mastered by Chris Bellman), both of which were previously reviewed on this site by Michael Fremer. The *Hissing of Summer Lawns* (also mastered by Chris Bellman) is the fourth in the series. On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: > I was reading reviews of the LP re-issues of some of Joni's Reprise > records when I found this review. He talks at length about the songs > themselves before he gets around to reviewing the quality of the reissue. > On a scale of 10, he rates the music as a 10 and the technical quality of > the sound as 10 also. > > http://www.analogplanet.com/**content/joni-mitchell%E2%80%** > 99s-laurel-canyon-rediscovered > > Reprise/Rhino R1 6376 180g LP > Produced by: Joni Mitchell and Henry Lewy > Engineered by: Henry Lewy > Mixed by: Henry Lewy > Mastered by: Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering > -------------------- > "Joni Mitchell s Laurel Canyon Rediscovered" > Posted By Randy Wells on June 28, 2012 > > Joni Mitchell s decision to stay in New York City instead of traveling 300 > miles north to attend a three-day rock festival in August of 1969 was > probably a good idea. If she had actually seen Woodstock for herself, she > may not have created such an intense and idealized song by the same name. > > David Crosby of the group Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSNY), which > made Mitchell s Woodstock a big hit in 1970, said that she captured the > feeling and importance of the Woodstock festival better than anyone who had > been there. Her songs about Los Angeles Laurel Canyon community written > around the same time received similar attention to detail. > > The resulting album, Ladies Of The Canyon, revealed a more confident > singer-songwriter. Still restless and introspective, her music showed more > lyrical maturity and rhythmic drive compared to her previous release, the > 1969 Grammy award winning Clouds. Her delicate vocals seemed to have gained > another octave as she reached deeper to convey her feelings about life, > love and its complexities. > > In 1969, the Aquarian themes of Woodstock (peace, love and music) were > being played out on a smaller scale in the secluded Los Angeles > neighborhood of Laurel Canyon, which is defined by a road that links > Hollywood Blvd. to Mulholland Drive. Two years earlier Mitchell had > purchased a wooden cottage surrounded by cypress trees that had been built > by a jazz musician into the side of a hill on Lookout Mountain Avenue. > Living in Laurel Canyon also meant that friends surrounded her, including > Crosby, Stephen Stills, John Sebastian, Linda Ronstadt, Carol King, and > Cass Elliot. > > Several of the songs Mitchell wrote at the time, including the title > track, were a direct result of her embracing that slice of bohemian > counter-culture while maintaining a sense of domesticity. They also > reflected her close ties to the members of CSNY, who helped sing back up > harmony on the album s The Circle Game a song that was inspired by > fellow Canadian Neil Young s Sugar Mountain . Mitchell s blossoming > relationship with her boyfriend Graham Nash was also significant. They had > fallen in love the previous year and were living together in Mitchell s > home (with two cats in the yard). > > Willy was Nash s nickname and the song Mitchell composed about him. It > was written during a trip they made together to shoot the inside gatefold > photograph for CSN s debut album. That song laid out their relationship > bare for all to see. Nash would respond with Our House on Dij` Vu and > later with Simple Man on Songs For Beginners when they broke up after > Ladies Of The Canyon was released. > > Everything about Ladies... had been honed to a fine edge, but that > polishing also meant more work. Drawings by Mitchell were featured on the > soft matte cover, and her handwritten lyrics graced the inside gatefold > (with a line missing from Woodstock ). At the time she observed, The > drawings, the music and the words are very much tied together. (It s) the > kind of material I want to write I want to be brighter, to get people up, > to grab people. So I m stifling my feelings of solitude. > Mitchell would return to those feelings of solitude on her next album, > embarking on a confessional journey that would produce her dark > masterpiece, Blue. But that record of painful beauty was a year away. > Ladies, while just as sparse in its arrangements, remained mostly innocent > and was far less self-questioning. > > The songs were performed on piano and guitar in a style that was changing > from the acoustic folk of her first two albums to something like the pop > sound she would later achieve on her best selling record, Court and Spark. > Like that release, Ladies... was recorded in nearby Hollywood at A&M > Records Studio - because the piano at A&M is the best in the whole world, > said Mitchell. Henry Lewy handled engineering duties and provided guidance > in producing the additional cello, clarinet, saxophone, flute, and > percussion. > > Released as RS 6376 on Reprise Records in the spring of 1970 when Mitchell > was 26 years old, the LP sold quickly and became her first gold record. It > confirmed Mitchell s ability to convey complicated emotions in a simple > way. Take for example the charming Morning Morgantown . This lead off tune > echoes the sunny Chelsea Morning from her previous album, but adds a > poignant tone to her soaring vocals, making it much more introspective. > > For Free could have been written about today s abundance of struggling > artists. It portrays a street musician who keeps playing even though he isn > t really getting paid. Mitchell questions her own good fortune of becoming > successful while wondering what freedoms she may have given up in the > process (this struggle between art and commerce would be revisited). > Conversation is her first soft rocker that churns away on the back of > strumming guitars and bop vocals by The Saskatunes (in actuality a > multi-tracked Mitchell). > > The environmental anthem Big Yellow Taxi with its unforgettable line > they paved paradise and put up a parking lot may be her best-known track > on the album. The lyrics were inspired by a view Mitchell saw from her > Honolulu hotel room. Amazingly, she effectively connects the betrayal of > the land to a taxi that takes her lover away. Who else could diffuse an > ecological protest song by wrapping it up in romanticism and finishing it > off with a laugh? And then there s The Circle Game which remains one of > her most magical songs if simply for the reason it s the archetype of a > vision that is both achingly personal and universally thematic without > becoming too sentimental. > > eh? JL> > > In retrospect, Joni Mitchell was blossoming as an artist on Ladies Of The > Canyon. It provided a personal platform on which she could paint her > ever-evolving canvas. Conflicted between her desire for love and a need for > independence, Mitchell expressed a variety of emotions based on her > experiences, including those in Laurel Canyon. Like her earlier work, it s > optimistic - but it s also significantly more mature in outlook. The hopes > and dreams of a generation of California baby boomers may be gone, but we > still have this album to listen to. Essential. > -------------------- > All the best, > Jim L'Hommedieu > Columbus, Ohio ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:00:46 -0500 From: Jack Merkel Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 I'm curious about the object in the forefront of this picture. While others have suggested its a mirror, and it probably is, it reminds me a great deal of a magnifying glass that is used by Grahah Nash in a wonderful portrait he did of Joni. Jack Sent from my iPad On Apr 13, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Marianne Rizzo wrote: > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > Look ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:24:06 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 Wow. This image fascinates me. The positioning of the dog and the ceramic frog ashtray (dog and frog?) create a diagonal slope with Joni's head at the top. And then there's the positioning of that strange looking mirror in the front. The shape creates another visual balance point in the composition of the picture. The frog also has an oval shape in it's back. And then there's the face of the strange figure that forms the base of the mirror, looking in the opposite direction that Joni is. I wonder if Joni is looking in the mirror at the image she is creating for this photograph? Or is she just looking down at the dog? Her left eye seems to droop which does make her look sad. It also accentuates that visual slope. Maybe it's just the camera angle or the position of her head. Of course I'm talking a lot through my you know what because I'm no expert on photographic or any other kind of visual artistic composition. Given some wisdom (questionable) and a lot of jive, here. I will admit that she looks much older than her actual age. It makes me think that whatever health struggle she went through, be it Morgellons or something else, took a toll on her. I don't recall seeing any pictures of her during the time we were hearing about that. We got her words occasionally in this or that interview, but until recently, I don't remember seeing current images of her. Maybe she lay down golden in time but woke up before vanishing completely. I am very grateful for that. Lots of feelings about this one. Ever since Joni has been appearing in public again, to me there seems to have been an almost drastic change. But maybe it's just me. The story about lifting up her chin to see how she would look if she had cosmetic surgery made me laugh the first time I read it because I sometimes stand in front of the bathroom mirror and do the same thing with the top of my face. What if the bags and lines around my eyes were tightened up and smoothed away? (my beard hides most of what gravity has done on the bottom ;-) Then I think of two people in particular, Cher and Joan Rivers. For awhile their faces had this weird look like they were waxworks figures or mannequins. Now they just look strange, even grotesque. I'm so glad Joni was wise enough never to have done that to herself. I do think there is beauty in the faces of older human beings. There is something about these photos of Joni from Instagram that touches a chord of familiarity with me. Makes me think of a great aunt who lived into her 90s, only because she was someone I knew and loved from my childhood, not because Joni resembles her. But Joni is not in her 90s. She's not 70 yet. She's a little bit over 10 years older than I am. It seems that the changes in appearance that time brings about have accelerated for me in the last ten years. What will I look like in 10 years? As I said before, I have never met her. I know the people who met her up in British Columbia for the PWWAM viewing seemed just as enthralled with her as if they were meeting that bold young woman who recently created such wonders as 'For the Roses' and 'Hejira'. No matter what the outward appearance is, the same soul must still be in there. I sometimes look in the mirror and wonder, though. Is that same person still in there today that was there 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago? To borrow a line from a Judy Collins song, I often feel 'imprisoned in your bones behind the ising glass windows of your eyes.' My body is aging and there are certainly aspects of that that I don't like. But I'm stuck in here for now and I am most certainly not ready to leave yet. I guess what all this rambling boils down to is that I often wish I had a time machine so I could go back and actually meet the woman I remember being so fascinated with in my 20s and have the chance to actually experience that clear soprano voice that reached so deeply into me. But although that is not possible, that woman is still there. Her spirit still resides in that body in spite of whatever changes time has wrought on it. Making art of one kind or another is an indestructible part of that spirit. And once again, the photograph in question looks like an attempt to create a work of art. Something just occurred to me on looking at the picture again that is probably way off the mark. He is three One's in the middle unmoved Waiting to show what he sees To the other two And the dog is a mutt of the planet? Nah. Mark is just full of it more than usual tonight. Mark in Seattle - -----Original Message----- From: Marianne Rizzo Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 6:46 PM To: joni list Subject: Instagram number 2 http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 Look ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:49:49 -0700 From: Mary Morris Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #479 My first impression of the first photo in the kitchen was that Joni looked soooo old. That turkey neck - it was something my gramma had in her 90's - not in her 60's. I wanted to give Joni a "Lifestyle Lift" - just the neck. But now that the pictures are out, you can't do it. I like the second instagram better. Both show Joni looking like Joni's always looked - that peculiar way of looking & seeing that she has, along with the distinctive mouth - there were moments in Joni's youth that I thought she looked older & very striking. It's sad to see someone get old. You know the cigarettes take their toll on the skin & such & I don't like that aspect. I would love to see her with her grandchildren, all smiles, you know ? I think it's nice we get to see these, though. GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 03:00:04 -0400 > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #479 > > > JMDL Digest Sunday, April 14 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 479 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Instagram number 2 ["Mark" ] > Re: Instagram number 2 [Kate Johnson ] > "For The Roses" on LP [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com] > RIP: specialty stereo stores, njc [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:24:06 -0700 > From: "Mark" > Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 > > Wow. This image fascinates me. The positioning of the dog and the ceramic > frog ashtray (dog and frog?) create a diagonal slope with Joni's head at the > top. And then there's the positioning of that strange looking mirror in the > front. The shape creates another visual balance point in the composition of > the picture. The frog also has an oval shape in it's back. And then > there's the face of the strange figure that forms the base of the mirror, > looking in the opposite direction that Joni is. I wonder if Joni is looking > in the mirror at the image she is creating for this photograph? Or is she > just looking down at the dog? Her left eye seems to droop which does make > her look sad. It also accentuates that visual slope. Maybe it's just the > camera angle or the position of her head. > > Of course I'm talking a lot through my you know what because I'm no expert > on photographic or any other kind of visual artistic composition. Given > some wisdom (questionable) and a lot of jive, here. > > I will admit that she looks much older than her actual age. It makes me > think that whatever health struggle she went through, be it Morgellons or > something else, took a toll on her. I don't recall seeing any pictures of > her during the time we were hearing about that. We got her words > occasionally in this or that interview, but until recently, I don't remember > seeing current images of her. > > Maybe she lay down golden in time but woke up before vanishing completely. > I am very grateful for that. > > Lots of feelings about this one. Ever since Joni has been appearing in > public again, to me there seems to have been an almost drastic change. But > maybe it's just me. The story about lifting up her chin to see how she > would look if she had cosmetic surgery made me laugh the first time I read > it because I sometimes stand in front of the bathroom mirror and do the same > thing with the top of my face. What if the bags and lines around my eyes > were tightened up and smoothed away? (my beard hides most of what gravity > has done on the bottom ;-) Then I think of two people in particular, Cher > and Joan Rivers. For awhile their faces had this weird look like they were > waxworks figures or mannequins. Now they just look strange, even grotesque. > I'm so glad Joni was wise enough never to have done that to herself. > > I do think there is beauty in the faces of older human beings. There is > something about these photos of Joni from Instagram that touches a chord of > familiarity with me. Makes me think of a great aunt who lived into her 90s, > only because she was someone I knew and loved from my childhood, not because > Joni resembles her. > > But Joni is not in her 90s. She's not 70 yet. She's a little bit over 10 > years older than I am. It seems that the changes in appearance that time > brings about have accelerated for me in the last ten years. What will I > look like in 10 years? > > As I said before, I have never met her. I know the people who met her up in > British Columbia for the PWWAM viewing seemed just as enthralled with her as > if they were meeting that bold young woman who recently created such wonders > as 'For the Roses' and 'Hejira'. No matter what the outward appearance is, > the same soul must still be in there. I sometimes look in the mirror and > wonder, though. Is that same person still in there today that was there 20, > 30, 40, 50 years ago? To borrow a line from a Judy Collins song, I often > feel 'imprisoned in your bones behind the ising glass windows of your eyes.' > My body is aging and there are certainly aspects of that that I don't like. > But I'm stuck in here for now and I am most certainly not ready to leave > yet. > > I guess what all this rambling boils down to is that I often wish I had a > time machine so I could go back and actually meet the woman I remember being > so fascinated with in my 20s and have the chance to actually experience that > clear soprano voice that reached so deeply into me. > > But although that is not possible, that woman is still there. Her spirit > still resides in that body in spite of whatever changes time has wrought on > it. Making art of one kind or another is an indestructible part of that > spirit. And once again, the photograph in question looks like an attempt to > create a work of art. > > Something just occurred to me on looking at the picture again that is > probably way off the mark. > > He is three > One's in the middle unmoved > Waiting to show what he sees > To the other two > > And the dog is a mutt of the planet? > > Nah. Mark is just full of it more than usual tonight. > > Mark in Seattle > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Marianne Rizzo > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 6:46 PM > To: joni list > Subject: Instagram number 2 > > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > Look > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:41:42 -0600 > From: Kate Johnson > Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 > > I think I can hear Myrtle: > "You're going to EAT off that table after that dog's been on it?" > LOL > Kate > > b?b > 1b.b?b > 1b.b?b > 1b. > Stubblejumpin'Gal > http://goldengrainfarm.blogspot.com > > Follow me on Twitter: > https://twitter.com/#!/blondiblathers > > On 2013-04-13, at 7:46 PM, Marianne Rizzo wrote: > > > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > > > Look > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:57:56 -0400 > From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com > Subject: "For The Roses" on LP > > I have bought FTR on white label pressings many times and I like the sound. Has anyone bought a Japanese pressing of it? I think Reprise reissued it on 180 gram; is that right? Please compare / contrast in your own words. > > There is an unopened copy of unknown pedigree on eBay right now, available for an opening bid of $400! LOL. No thank you! > > Jim L'Hommedieu > Columbus, Ohio, USA > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:12:17 -0400 > From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com > Subject: RIP: specialty stereo stores, njc > > The last great specialty stereo store in my town (Columbus, Ohio) has closed. These guys sold everything from $50 headphones all the way up to cost-is-no-object brands like Krell and Wilson Audio. They specialized in 2-channel stereo for 34 years and they will be missed by many of my generation. > > If I decide to buy different speakers, I will have to drive 2 hours to Cincinnati to hear the alternatives. > > Jim L'Hommedieu, who has a few more grey hairs every year > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #479 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:47:22 +0100 From: Anita G Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #479/ Joni Photo Mary, I have to say I flinched when I read your post. It's a little about Joni, but equally about my own struggles with ageing. I know Catherine said a few bits and bobs about ageing recently and I know I find it hard. You say it's sad to see someone get old. I could ask why it's so hard to accept something that is part of life, completely natural and inescapable. I know there are lots of comments on Joni.com from Joni herself about ageing. Why does it have to be 'sad'? My hair is now completely grey. Do I dye it? I have jowls, dark rings etc. etc. Do I get them lifted or prize every wrinkle as a manifestation of my journey through life? Today, you could show me the way to the plastic surgeon because I feel so scared about my march towards Death. Yet tomorrow, I may be more accepting. Damien Hirst said why bother with moisturiser when in 50 years you'll be a skull? (I am reaching for the Oil of Olay as we speak :~) Joni is no longer the woman of my/our youth. The transitions Joni has made in her music from that high pitched voice of LOC, through to the maturity of 'Hejira' the extraordinary music of DJRD or Mingus, through to the simplicity of 'Shine' - all of it feels like I am witness to her journey, too. Joni may have struggled to be in life without the drug of her choice, she may not be able to sing like others from her time (Baez or Emmylou) and she may have a turkey neck. But, to me, she remains immensely human. When I look at the photos, I feel hopeful that I can manage my own ageing, like her, in a way that respects the true turning of the Wheel and the truth of my own life journey, Anita On 14/04/2013, Mary Morris wrote: > My first impression of the first photo in the kitchen was that Joni looked > soooo old. That turkey neck - it was something my gramma had in her 90's - > not in her 60's. I wanted to give Joni a "Lifestyle Lift" - just the neck. > But now that the pictures are out, you can't do it. I like the second > instagram better. Both show Joni looking like Joni's always looked - that > peculiar way of looking & seeing that she has, along with the distinctive > mouth - there were moments in Joni's youth that I thought she looked older > & > very striking. It's sad to see someone get old. You know the cigarettes > take > their toll on the skin & such & I don't like that aspect. I would love to > see > her with her grandchildren, all smiles, you know ? I think it's nice we > get > to see these, though. > > GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire > meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:56:02 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Images of Joni on Instagram On 15/04/2013, Marian Russell wrote: > There are quite a number of other photos of Joni at this link (page down to > find them). In many, she looks very happy. Thank you for finding this > site, Marianne. > > Marian Yes, there are many images tagged with her name. I searched Joni's name and got many, many pictures of the cover of "Blue". http://statigr.am/tag/jonimitchell/ Faded LP covers of "Blue". The cover of "Blue" with feet. The cover of "Blue" with a coffee cup. The cover of "Blue" with other album covers. Many, many shots of the cover of "Blue" as a screenshot of YouTube. The cover of "Blue" with a hand. Many different pictures of the cover of "Blue" with a record player. The cover of "Blue" with a CD case. Scans of the cover of "Blue" from CDs. A framed LP cover from the cover of "Blue". The cover of "Blue" on an iPod. Her contribution to our culture can be traced by these images, among many other ways. Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:42:30 -0700 From: shadows and light Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 such a great composition. thanks, shelli On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Marianne Rizzo wrote: > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > Look ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #145 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe