From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #228 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, June 19 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 228 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #785 [Jamie Zubairi Home ] Last night's event [Catherine McKay ] Thank you for your reports! [est86mlm@ameritech.net] Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #779 [Robin Adler ] Re: NEW VIDEO: Furry Sings The Blues @Masesy Hall [Ange T ] Joni in Toronto; me in London ["David J. Phillips" ] JMDL Digest V2013 #785 [est86mlm@ameritech.net] Re: "this Rain" at Massey Hall [Michael Paz ] Re: "this Rain" at Massey Hall [Deb Messling ] Squelch! [Catherine McKay ] Piano lessons [Catherine McKay ] Re: Photos of Joni at Massey Hall [Michael Paz ] Re: BSN - 'chanteuse version' [Dave Blackburn ] Re: JMDL Joni Jazz Radio Special [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] New Library item: Joni Mitchell: Three words for Joni: astonishment, celebration and discovery — Review [] such a good week [Vincenzo Mancini ] Re: JMDL Joni Jazz Radio Special [David Gizara ] RE: BSN - 'chanteuse version' [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] The Joni Suite is bigger than the Dylan Suite :) [Moni Kellermann ] Re: A Luminous Joni at Luminato. Night One. [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: TimesTalks conversation [Michael Paz ] A Luminous Joni at Luminato. Night One. [johncalimee@frontier.com] Photos of Joni at Massey Hall [est86mlm@ameritech.net] Re: A Luminous Joni at Luminato. Night One. [Anita ] Re: Joni's paradox [Dave Blackburn ] News quotes quiz, Toronto Star [Catherine McKay ] Re: News quotes quiz, Toronto Star [Anita ] Re: such a good week [Anita G ] Re: News quotes quiz, Toronto Star [Catherine McKay ] New Library item: Joni Mitchell sings three songs in rare public performance in Toronto [TheStaff@] Re: Photos of Joni at Massey Hall [Michael Paz ] Re: BSN - 'chanteuse version' [kbhla@fastmail.fm] Re: Massey Hall links and photos [Catherine McKay ] Tonight [Marianne Rizzo ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:01:32 +0100 From: Jamie Zubairi Home Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #785 Hello lovely Laura and the wonderful David, who was such great company tonight. I was thinking throughout the Sondheim that we saw (Merrily We Roll Along, which I really enjoyed, and glad you brought me along as I don't usually do musicals) that really Joni should compose musicals. (well, she's need a libretto, I guess, otherwise we might be presented with "I hate the music business" the musical) but her composition for voices is something to be admired. I've just heard "This Rain, This Rain" and I wonder what on earth she would do with it, to float above and weave within that arrangement. I know the sound quality may not be the best given the acoustics and the fact I'm listened to it on my phone, but it was really that stretched jazz, where I get left aching for a melody, but I was listening to her words and imagining a melody, and this could have possibly been her most singer-friendly of songs. But that's just me wanting it to be, wanting her to sing. It may take a few listens but I have a feeling she'll be confounding the critics again soon. A lovely music and joni fuelled evening Jamie Zubairi Actor, Painter, Voiceover, Creative Future Appearances: June 13th Balinese Dance City University July 1st Caged Bird Sings, part of Face 2 Face festival, Lost Theatre July 7 Balinese Dance South Bank Centre ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:25:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Last night's event I'll be posting something about last night's event soonish. I wanted to let my brain settle down a bit, but not for so long that I forget it all, which is wont to happen because I'm just so damn old and everything. It'll be along soon enough. Just so you know. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:15:46 -0500 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Thank you for your reports! Jody, John, and Michael, Just want to say how much I appreciated your 'reports'. Just gobbled them up. Love the details. Love the critiques. How nice you all were able to get together before the evening's performance. Glad (more relieved) to hear that Kilauren was there. I know she lives in Toronto and was wondering if she would attend or if Joni would be getting together with her. Good to know Kilauren was there to see her mother honored so beautifully. Always hope to hear that they are getting along. Makes me happy to hear that Joni was looking happy.....and to see it on the video Catherine captured. Thanks again! Laura ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:29:01 -0700 From: Robin Adler Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #779 Thank you Catherine. Truly thrilling! Robin On Jun 19, 2013, at 1:51 PM, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) wrote: > > JMDL Digest Wednesday, June 19 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 779 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: An Award for Consideration and Effort NJC [Catherine McKay > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:49:07 -0700 (PDT) > From: Catherine McKay > Subject: Re: An Award for Consideration and Effort NJC > > Yes, it does help to be retired, although I probably would have stayed up late to do this and buggered off work early and taken an extra-long lunch hour for this stuff anyway. > > > Being with Jody and Patti P and Sue Tierney, as well as with Pat Moseley and Anne Madden, who haven't posted anything lately but I think they're still both on the jmdl (but I've known Pat for over 30 years), it was like a Jonifest in the classic style. Those of us who knew him talked about Smurf and how much we all miss him, even after this time, and how we wish he were still here with us and just how damn funny he was. > > > We even talked about our ages and how Smurf was always teasing me about being older than him but, as it turns out, I'm probably older than most of the people on the list, even if it is only by a few weeks or months in many cases. > > I feel kind of Jonied out now but imagine how quiet things are going to be after a few days! > > >> ________________________________ >> From: "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" >> To: Anita G >> Cc: Catherine McKay ; jonipeople LIST >> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:33:42 PM >> Subject: Re: An Award for Consideration and Effort NJC >> >> >> >> Amen and amen to that!! >> >> I guess it helps to be retired...:-) > Still, I truly appreciate the GARGANTUAN effort you put in here. Labor > of love, I know, trust me I get that (relative to the covers stuff I do) > but still a lot of labor at that. >> >> Just wish Bob Murphy was here to sing > a couple verses of "Cherish" to you. >> >> Cherish is the word we use to descri-ibe... > :-D >> >> Bob > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #779 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:49:15 +1000 From: Ange T Subject: Re: NEW VIDEO: Furry Sings The Blues @Masesy Hall It's early morning here in Australia and I have spent the past hour, in my dressing gown, glued to my computer screen - soaking up every little detail of the Massey Hall concert. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for taking the time to share the intricacies of the moment with this list!! I knew it would be emotional to hear Joni sing again .... but Furry's Blues was even more profound to me after reading all of your accounts of the night. This little video absolutely floored me (dressing gown collar now wet with tears) and made me feel hugely grateful to be part of the JMDL. You guys rock. Sending you sunshine from Oz Ange angetakats.com.au - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:39:38 -0500 > From: Laura Stanley > Subject: Re: NEW VIDEO: Furry Sings The Blues @Masesy Hall > > SHE SOUNDS WONDERFUL!!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 19, 2013, at 12:14 PM, est86mlm@ameritech.net wrote: > > > Here's Joni singing Fury Sings The Blues @ Massey Hall last night. > > http://jonimitchell.com/library/video.cfm?id=341 > > > > Enjoy! > > > > Laura > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #767 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:29:01 -0700 From: Robin Adler Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #779 Thank you Catherine. Truly thrilling! Robin On Jun 19, 2013, at 1:51 PM, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) wrote: > > JMDL Digest Wednesday, June 19 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 779 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: An Award for Consideration and Effort NJC [Catherine McKay > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:49:07 -0700 (PDT) > From: Catherine McKay > Subject: Re: An Award for Consideration and Effort NJC > > Yes, it does help to be retired, although I probably would have stayed up late to do this and buggered off work early and taken an extra-long lunch hour for this stuff anyway. > > > Being with Jody and Patti P and Sue Tierney, as well as with Pat Moseley and Anne Madden, who haven't posted anything lately but I think they're still both on the jmdl (but I've known Pat for over 30 years), it was like a Jonifest in the classic style. Those of us who knew him talked about Smurf and how much we all miss him, even after this time, and how we wish he were still here with us and just how damn funny he was. > > > We even talked about our ages and how Smurf was always teasing me about being older than him but, as it turns out, I'm probably older than most of the people on the list, even if it is only by a few weeks or months in many cases. > > I feel kind of Jonied out now but imagine how quiet things are going to be after a few days! > > >> ________________________________ >> From: "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" >> To: Anita G >> Cc: Catherine McKay ; jonipeople LIST >> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:33:42 PM >> Subject: Re: An Award for Consideration and Effort NJC >> >> >> >> Amen and amen to that!! >> >> I guess it helps to be retired...:-) > Still, I truly appreciate the GARGANTUAN effort you put in here. Labor > of love, I know, trust me I get that (relative to the covers stuff I do) > but still a lot of labor at that. >> >> Just wish Bob Murphy was here to sing > a couple verses of "Cherish" to you. >> >> Cherish is the word we use to descri-ibe... > :-D >> >> Bob > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #779 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:40 +0100 From: "David J. Phillips" Subject: Joni in Toronto; me in London I haven't been able to bear more than a glance at these posts, because I LIVE IN TORONTO and I'm here in London this week for work. ARRRGGGGHHH! But maybe I can make you all jealous because I got to have dinner and see a show with Jamie. So there! djp ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:18:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #747 Welcome, James. Joni herself has said that she has been told she is from Mars, so you may be on to something with that extraterrestrial thing. It's interesting how she has written so many spiritually connected songs, or perhaps songs that come from another plane, but yet is very earthy in other ways, including many of the less-than-kind-but-probably-not-intended-to-be-nasty comments she has made about the state of the world and the music business. Although many of us would probably agree with some, or even a lot, of what she says, particularly that the music business is the cess pool she describes it as, probably moreso now than ever, and that there is a lot of complete crrrrrap out there being foisted on to the public (who apparently don't recognize it as crap), it's not all crap and, unfortunately, Joni seems to lump it all in to the same heap o' crap. (I could have made that sentence longer, I guess.) Maybe it's the Scorpio in her, stinging without thinking about it.There is good stuff out there and real talent, but you have to know where to find it, I guess. She did say last night that she wanted to retract her recent statements about how honour had died in WWII and that she was having to make a lot of retractions. Her statement about honour having died was in reference to her thoughts that people doing tributes as a way of honouring people like her had more to do with them wanting to promote themselves. I think that, seeing the talent on stage last night (and I could see her using the zoom on my camera lens, so I know she was bopping out to the music and enjoying it immensely), she changed her mind about what that kind of honour means. >________________________________ > From: James Lacy >To: "joni@smoe.org" >Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:47:29 PM >Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #747 > > >Hi folks, > >I am new to Joni's site and would like to know if anyone agrees with me that she is extraterrestrial like beautiful and perhaps more so than any spiritual living female singer in history? >I am 63 and was born in the Haight/Ashbury in 1950. I was and always be an original Haight born hippie. Joni looked and acted like a poster child for our movement. She is like the archetypical hippie Goddess musician. I also noticed she is a Scorpio! So looking forward to the best that is yet to come from this angel. > >James Patrick Lacy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:18:45 -0500 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #785 Hi David, Say hi to de artist Zooby for me! Laura On 6/19/2013 5:13 PM, JMDL Digest wrote: > JMDL Digest Wednesday, June 19 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 785 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Joni in Toronto; me in London ["David J. Phillips" > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:40 +0100 > From: "David J. Phillips" > Subject: Joni in Toronto; me in London > > I haven't been able to bear more than a glance at these posts, because I > LIVE IN TORONTO and I'm here in London this week for work. > > ARRRGGGGHHH! > > But maybe I can make you all jealous because I got to have dinner and > see a show with Jamie. So there! > > djp > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #785 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:06:46 -0400 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: "this Rain" at Massey Hall WOW Catherine thanks so much for posting this. It looks like you had great seats and lucky you were able to record it without being obtrusive to others so that the rest of us mere mortals can get a taste. Glad you all were so fortunate to have the shows there. Love Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com On Jun 19, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Catherine McKay wrote: My first ever Youtube upload. I let the Yootoobs fix my shakiness. I'll add "Woodstock" soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8apQqP-RMLY&feature=youtu.be ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:17:23 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: "this Rain" at Massey Hall I am so grateful to all those who have shared this magical evening with us, through video or just through their descriptions. My cup runneth over - I can only imagine how it felt to actually be there. On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Catherine McKay wrote: > My first ever Youtube upload. I let the Yootoobs fix my shakiness. I'll > add "Woodstock" soon. > Joni Mitchell "This Rain, This Rain", based on the writings of Emily Carr > - -- Deb Messling dlmessling@gmail.com http://bookbook.typepad.com/blog/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:20:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Squelch! http://www.tonightnewspaper.com/2013/06/16/joni-mitchell-squelched-film-on-her-life/ She didn't say "rubbish" - she said "shit." She also said that it takes more than blonde hair and cheekbones (to represent her.) Now, go forth and use the word "squelch" in your words some time today! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:56:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Piano lessons Here's a link to a short clip excerpted from Joni's Luminato TimeTalks event. If you've seen the whole talk, you've already seen this. Joni talks about piano lessons. I remember very well from my own piano lessons when I was six or seven the tunes she sings. They're from the classic "Teaching little fingers to play" book that my siblings and I started out with. Both tunes are played with the right hand, using only the first three notes of the C major scale. The first one goes: "Here we go, up a row, to a birthday party," starting from C and going up to E (C-D-E, C-D-E, D-C-D-E-C-C.) The second goes, "Dolly dear, Sandman's here, you will soon be sleeping." It uses the same notes, but descending from E to C. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/arts-video/video-joni-mitchells-painful-c hildhood-piano-lessons/article12597560/ Many of the things you learn at age six, you keep all your life, and I've always remembered those two first piano tunes. My piano teacher didn't smack people with a ruler, but she did have a knitting needle that she'd tap your wrists with if you lowered them too much. Today's piano teachers, or depending on where they were trained, apparently don't insist on this raised wrists as much, as I learned when I took a piano class for people who took piano as kids but gave it up later and want to try it again. Freedom to move the body and not sit ramrod straight with raised wrists! The blog linked below has a picture of the book as it looked then. It still exists, believe it or not, but it has been brought more up to date. In the blog, the writer quotes something that sounds like what Joni has also said: 'Lesson #3: bThe piano ainbt got no wrong notes. bThelonious Monk' http://greenbough.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/5-lessons-from-teaching-little-fin gers-to-play/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:39:14 -0400 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Photos of Joni at Massey Hall ust had a jam with sam Broussard, Roddie romero and Graham Robinson and a couple of guys from Steve riley's band OMG! Life is too good for me Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com The Paz Group Audio/Video/Lighting Design & Installation Complete Event Production Services Artist, Tour, and Production Management michael@thepazgroup.com Contact-504-382-0343 Home Office-985-764-0395 SKYPE: jmichaelpaz On Jun 19, 2013, at 1:34 AM, est86mlm@ameritech.net wrote: Found 9 Photos of Joni at Massey Hall here: http://www.thestar.com/photos/2013/06/18/joni_mitchell_at_massey_hall.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:29:43 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: BSN - 'chanteuse version' I'm mixing for Denise Donatelli this August at Idyllwild Jazz Fest. I wonder if she'll do a Joni cover. Dave On Jun 18, 2013, at 2:12 PM, kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > Oh yes, Bob - Ann Hampton Callaway and also Denise Donatelli are my two > favorite Joni Cover Girls. > > Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:53:58 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: JMDL Joni Jazz Radio Special Looking forward to hearing it, David - you always do a great job of sequencing and research. Bob - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:32:37 -0600 (MDT) From: TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com Subject: New Library item: Joni Mitchell: Three words for Joni: astonishment, celebration and discovery — Review Title: Joni Mitchell: Three words for Joni: astonishment, celebration and discovery — Review Publication: Toronto Star Date: 2013.6.19 http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2608 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:15:13 +0100 (BST) From: Vincenzo Mancini Subject: such a good week http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2013/6/Wayne-Shorter-on-Joni-Mitchells-jazz ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:16:26 -0700 From: David Gizara Subject: Re: JMDL Joni Jazz Radio Special Hi This year's Joni Mitchell Jazz Summer Solstice Radio Special will be this Thursday at 9 pm (Pacific) streamed at www.klcc.org aired on KLCC Eugene 89.7 FM. Over three hours of Joni Mitchell covers this year featuring mostly Canadian women vocalists. Hope u all can listen David Gizara Thursday Night Jazz KLCC (on facebook) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:03:08 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: RE: BSN - 'chanteuse version' Perhaps it got a boost in that respect from its critically featured spot in "Love Actually" ?> Yes, I would say there's no 'perhaps' about it. The track played a significant part in the film and inspired many a purchase I'm sure. By contrast, the ACOY on the same album spawned nada. Diana Krall's version is currently the one that singers are patterning themselves on, though in MY opinion Ann Hampton Callaway's version should be the new standard. But more on that later. Bob - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:07:38 +0200 From: Moni Kellermann Subject: The Joni Suite is bigger than the Dylan Suite :) http://www.condogta.com/media-gallery/detail/461/5061 They are selling a "Joni Mitchell Suite" (578 sq ft) and a "Bob Dylan Suite" (440 sq ft). They also have suites named after Neil Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Ravi Shankar (misspelled as "Shanker" - LOL), Yo Yo Ma, Dave Brubeck and Charlie Parker. The Joni Suite is the biggest of all 1-bedroom suites :) The building is called the Massey Tower: http://www.condogta.com/content/massey-tower Pricing is $677.51/square foot, so the "Joni Mitchell Suite" will set you back only a little less than $400,000. There are 60 floors and the "Joni Suite" is listed as on "levels 11-58" which means there will be 48 of them, one on each floor from floor 11 to floor 58. So, if you got a spare $400K, you can grab a suite to make that place a residential Toronto Jonifest. Weekly gatherings at the piano bar: ;)) "The Massey Club will be located on the ninth and tenth floors and will include fitness and weight rooms, his and hers change-rooms with steam-rooms along with a piano bar, cocktail lounge, party room, kitchen and dining room. This tenth floor opens onto a spectacular roof gardens designed by the acclaimed landscape architect Janet Rosenberg and Associates which will include a water feature, seating areas, and planting." moni k. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:33:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: "this Rain" at Massey Hall My first ever Youtube upload. I let the Yootoobs fix my shakiness. I'll add "Woodstock" soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8apQqP-RMLY&feature=youtu.be ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:10:08 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: A Luminous Joni at Luminato. Night One. Wow, wow and wow. Thanks John, Michael, and everyone else who put me right in the middle of things. Like Anita I have to say that I got a bit misty-eyed reading the details of the event, sounds so joyful and celebratory. SO happy for Joni who obviously felt LOTS of love. And another great show coming up tonight too. Man oh man. If you'll excuse me, I'm off to build a time machine so I can be there myself, and a teleporter so I can bring y'all up there with me. What an astounding week of Joni it has been...hopefully some recordings of the events will emerge. Bob PS: John, very awesome to hear from you again. The painting you so graciously gave me hangs in my bedroom so I think about you often. - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:38:46 -0400 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: TimesTalks conversation So glad u guys are having so much fun Paz (so close yet SO far away) Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com The Paz Group Audio/Video/Lighting Design & Installation Complete Event Production Services Artist, Tour, and Production Management michael@thepazgroup.com Contact-504-382-0343 Home Office-985-764-0395 SKYPE: jmichaelpaz On Jun 18, 2013, at 1:29 PM, Jody Johnson wrote: Hi Everyone! I finally found a Starbucks with free WiFi! Catherine, thank you for posting all these wonderful photos. I didn't bring my camera for fear that it would be confiscated. I had read that cameras were not allowed. What do I know. I did manage to record some of the interview on my phone, but am so thrilled that a lot have you have already seen it. As Catherine mentioned, we all felt as if we had been invited into Joni's living room to chat, with Joni doing most of the talking, of course. It resembled that even more when Joni plopped her very large designer bag on the coffee table and started rifling through it, exposing her make up bag and other items, looking for her smokes -- haha! Honestly, the entire audience was completely relaxed and mesmerized. There was a whole lotta laughing and crying at the same time going on. Brian Blade was so sweet and shy. You could tell that he absolutely adores Joni, and it seems mutual. I got the feeling that he was there more in support of Joni then to be interviewed himself. Since the interview has been posted, I'll write more later about the concert. I do want to thank our lovely hosts, Catherine, Pat Hillis, and Anne Madden. We are having a blast! Catherine made us a wonderful dinner on Monday night, after the Times Talks. We also met her great kids. Last night Pat and Anne provided us with a fabulous dinner that they had made. Good food and conversation was had by all. Afterwards, Sue T., Catherine, and Pat blew us away with an excellent mini concert. They played, Hejira, People's Parties, and Circle Game --all of which they had rehearsed together for the first time that afternoon! They were amazing! They sounded as if they had been playing together for a long time. Ah, the magic of Joni's music and talented musicians :-) Patti and I had attended the afternoon's Luminato Talk with Sylvia, (of Ian and Sylvia) and ?? I am drawing a blank on the gentleman's name. Patti took notes so I'll let her fill you in. She hasn't had internet access either. Sylvia is funny, smart, and gorgeous! I can't sit still any longer --I have to go out and breath that fresh Toronto air! Lots of love, jody On Jun 17, 2013, at 9:53 AM, "Richard Flynn" wrote: > You can watch and download the talk here: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8VQgRnghb8 > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of shadows > and light > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 12:27 AM > To: Catherine McKay > Cc: JONIMITCHELL DISCUSSION LIST > Subject: Re: TimesTalks conversation > > kudos to all of you who are making this accessible to those that can't be > there. continuing to be inspired by joni and all of you. lesli > > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Catherine McKay > wrote: > >> Was at the TimesTalks thing tonight, close enough to Joni to inhale >> her second-hand smoke. I will hand it to her - she waited an hour >> before emptying her purse to look for them. >> >> Joni was in fine spirits and full of humour. She took a picture of the >> audience at the end. >> >> I have posted pictures to Facebook for anyone who's on it and is my >> "friend" of the Facebook variety. I tried uploading them to Flickr, >> but they seem to have disappeared from there, despite my having spent >> at least half an hour working on naming them. FU, Flickr! Will try >> again later, but too tired now. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:43:53 +0000 (UTC) From: johncalimee@frontier.com Subject: A Luminous Joni at Luminato. Night One. Hi to Everyone! The first night of Joni at Luminato was an electrifying hit. Giving the spoiler away up front, at the end of a stellar second act, Joni took the stage and performed 'That Rain.' Then to everyone's surprise Joni remained on stage and sang 2 songs: Furry Sings the Blues and with help from the evening's performers, Woodstock. It was the perfect end to an almost perfect night. First, the musicians were in top form. The artistry was amazing. Anchored by the stellar performance of percussionist Jeff Haynes and the spirited play of Brian Blade. From the farthest back row you could see the joy in their faces and the snap to their beat. The arrangements were challenging, complex, completely faithful to Joni's arrangements and yet completely fresh and unique. Everyone brought something special to the table. The only bomb of the night was Rufus Wainright's first go around. He was the HAM and the CHEESE with his 'lounge lizard' rendition of Help Me (???) -I can't remember I blocked it out. The guy was frozen in his wiggly performance as he stared at the floor stage right following the teleprompter so he'd get the lyrics right. To his credit he made amends in the second half of the show with a stirring take on Slouching Towards Bethlehem as an Irish lament. He phrased it better. The most out on the limb performance came from Cold Specks. She took Black Crow and utterly reinvented it as a southern plantation slave lament, more spoken than sung. For a song already lacking in easy melodic turns, she cast all of it aside to make the imagery of a black crow less crow and more the dark pit of psychological angst. I imagine half the audience did not get it. I was thrilled by the audacity of it. And I'm sure Joni was deeply pleased. As Rufus finished off the night with Free Man in Paris, Joni sat along the far wall with the other singers and spent the time rocking to the music, but mostly chatting with Ms. Specks. I was right in my expectation that her reading from Emily Carr was in fact a song in gestation! I knew it! I knew it! Before she started in on her 'reading', Joni mentioned that the poem had not been set to a melody. -Yet. Although on one, maybe 2 lines she did scat a few of the words. So bar anything going wrong, 'That Rain' is likely to join the canon of Joni Mitchell songs... and if her health holds out, maybe a few more. She did not look like a woman ready to pack it in. By the successful end of her reading/acting of Emily Carr, one could sense her worries lifting away and she dove whole hog into the two songs. True, she is spot on when she says she's down to a few notes. Her voice is thread bare. She spoke half of Furry, if not more. But she made the best of what little voice she had left. To squeeze the story out of the lines fresh she improvised her phrasing and melody with the aplomb and nuance of a savvy jazz singer. Hand gestures. Hips swaying. And a smile beaming across her face. The person who seemed most 'ill' tonight was Glen Hansard. On more than a few occasions he turned to his fellow stage members clutching high on his chest as if to say to them he was having problems. He usually spats out his lines with energy, but here he slid as gracefully as he could. And on those elegant vocal trills his voice was barely audible. He was still good. Very good. But in comparison to his LA performance, he was under the weather. Anyway, the show was deeply emotional. No one expected Joni to sing. It was icing on the cake. Anyway, that's that. I haven't posted to the list in AGES. But I promised Lisa and John Sornberge that I would. It turns out they were sitting in the row just behind me and my Richard. There was a bit of musical chairs going on behind us, as Rich had worn his tall suit to the performance and Lisa could not see over his head. Thankfully it all worked out. I got to chat with the authors of Gathering Light AND watch an exceptional musical performance AND watch Joni take the stage... j. p.s. I dare say if people found Joni's old voice to be a shell of itself, the flame war over her present voice will be World War 3. She's turning 70. Creatively, she's 50. And vocally she's 103. -And for 2013, I am thrilled beyond thrilled to have it. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:34:05 -0500 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Photos of Joni at Massey Hall Found 9 Photos of Joni at Massey Hall here: http://www.thestar.com/photos/2013/06/18/joni_mitchell_at_massey_hall.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:41:56 +0100 From: Anita Subject: Re: A Luminous Joni at Luminato. Night One. John, just got up this morning to read your wonderful review. You may not post much but this has to be worth waiting for. And I didn't see Joni 'singing' coming at all! Yet you seemed to know it in your bones - brilliant! I'm thinking of Marlene Dietrich from your description. Thanks for sharing the excitement! Anita On 19 Jun 2013, at 05:43, johncalimee@frontier.com wrote: > Hi to Everyone! > > The first night of Joni at Luminato was an electrifying hit. > Giving the spoiler away up front, at the end of a stellar second act, Joni took the stage and performed 'That Rain.' Then to everyone's surprise Joni remained on stage and sang 2 songs: Furry Sings the Blues and with help from the evening's performers, Woodstock. It was the perfect end to an almost perfect night. > > First, the musicians were in top form. The artistry was amazing. Anchored by the stellar performance of percussionist Jeff Haynes and the spirited play of Brian Blade. From the farthest back row you could see the joy in their faces and the snap to their beat. The arrangements were challenging, complex, completely faithful to Joni's arrangements and yet completely fresh and unique. Everyone brought something special to the table. > > The only bomb of the night was Rufus Wainright's first go around. He was the HAM and the CHEESE with his 'lounge lizard' rendition of Help Me (???) -I can't remember I blocked it out. > The guy was frozen in his wiggly performance as he stared at the floor stage right following the teleprompter so he'd get the lyrics right. To his credit he made amends in the second half of the show with a stirring take on Slouching Towards Bethlehem as an Irish lament. He phrased it better. > > The most out on the limb performance came from Cold Specks. She took Black Crow and utterly reinvented it as a southern plantation slave lament, more spoken than sung. For a song already lacking in easy melodic turns, she cast all of it aside to make the imagery of a black crow less crow and more the dark pit of psychological angst. I imagine half the audience did not get it. I was thrilled by the audacity of it. And I'm sure Joni was deeply pleased. As Rufus finished off the night with Free Man in Paris, Joni sat along the far wall with the other singers and spent the time rocking to the music, but mostly chatting with Ms. Specks. > > I was right in my expectation that her reading from Emily Carr was in fact a song in gestation! I knew it! I knew it! Before she started in on her 'reading', Joni mentioned that the poem had not been set to a melody. -Yet. Although on one, maybe 2 lines she did scat a few of the words. So bar anything going wrong, 'That Rain' is likely to join the canon of Joni Mitchell songs... and if her health holds out, maybe a few more. She did not look like a woman ready to pack it in. > > By the successful end of her reading/acting of Emily Carr, one could sense her worries lifting away and she dove whole hog into the two songs. True, she is spot on when she says she's down to a few notes. Her voice is thread bare. She spoke half of Furry, if not more. But she made the best of what little voice she had left. To squeeze the story out of the lines fresh she improvised her phrasing and melody with the aplomb and nuance of a savvy jazz singer. Hand gestures. Hips swaying. And a smile beaming across her face. > > The person who seemed most 'ill' tonight was Glen Hansard. On more than a few occasions he turned to his fellow stage members clutching high on his chest as if to say to them he was having problems. He usually spats out his lines with energy, but here he slid as gracefully as he could. And on those elegant vocal trills his voice was barely audible. He was still good. Very good. But in comparison to his LA performance, he was under the weather. > > Anyway, the show was deeply emotional. No one expected Joni to sing. It was icing on the cake. > > Anyway, that's that. I haven't posted to the list in AGES. But I promised Lisa and John Sornberge that I would. It turns out they were sitting in the row just behind me and my Richard. There was a bit of musical chairs going on behind us, as Rich had worn his tall suit to the performance and Lisa could not see over his head. Thankfully it all worked out. I got to chat with the authors of Gathering Light AND watch an exceptional musical performance AND watch Joni take the stage... > > j. > > p.s. I dare say if people found Joni's old voice to be a shell of itself, the flame war over her present voice will be World War 3. She's turning 70. Creatively, she's 50. And vocally she's 103. -And for 2013, I am thrilled beyond thrilled to have it. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:12:52 -0700 From: kbhla@fastmail.fm Subject: BSN - 'chanteuse version' Oh yes, Bob - Ann Hampton Callaway and also Denise Donatelli are my two favorite Joni Cover Girls. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:29:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Massey Hall links and photos She also did her new poem-set-to-music, "This rain, this rain." I've uploaded it (not the greatest quality, but still...) to my Facebook page. Will try to upload it elsewhere. It's also in Dropbox. I can send a link separately. >________________________________ > From: Vincenzo Mancini >To: "joni@smoe.org" ; onlyJMDL Digest ; "onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org" >Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:54:20 AM >Subject: Massey Hall links and photos > > >Just found them: > >http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/Joni+Mitchell+sings+three+son >gs+rare+public/8544958/story.html > >http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/joni-mitchell-puts-in-rare-public- >performance-singing-three-songs-in-toronto-1.325321 > >http://www.thestar.com/photos/2013/06/18/joni_mitchell_at_massey_hall.html > >so she SANG! >Furry sings the blues, Don't interrupt the sorrow and a choral >Woodstock... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:08:57 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Joni's paradox I was hoping you would add your wisdom to this topic, Chris. That's a valuable insight. On Jun 16, 2013, at 7:06 PM, c Karma wrote: > Reacting to Dave and Jimmy...both of whom I adore... > > As anyone lucky enough to have attended the "Voices" exhibit or owns a copy if > the book might concur, Joni 's body of visual art contains a breath of work > FAR wider and braver than appears in any single interview or video prior and > that has been made available. i woyld never call myself an art expert but Zi > have had the opportunity to visit done of the world's great museums and I can > say without a doubt that she has CHOPS in many media she attempts. The pieces > she has hanging in her home as referenced in the interview,with the exception > of her VanGogh homage earless self portrait, are really not indicative of the > depth or gravity of her painting and visual art. I'm not aware of any > watercolor or gouache as she seems to have preferred marker and photography > for her paper media. Figuratives, landscapes, abstract expressionism are all > represented. While not all are worthy to be called the work of a master, many > are frankly astounding, in my humble opinion. > > CC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:05:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: News quotes quiz, Toronto Star Hint for one of the questions: I wouldn't have posted this here otherwise. And you have a 50/50 chance of answering Q5 correctly. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/06/12/quiz_eight_of_the_best_lines_from_thestarcom_who_said_them.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:16 +0100 From: Anita Subject: Re: News quotes quiz, Toronto Star 'My beard had improved a lot since my first year I hit puberty' Catherine, you said earlier this week that you were close enough at the Luminatio talk to inhale second hand smoke, but were you close enough to notice this? Anita On 18 Jun 2013, at 13:05, Catherine McKay wrote: > Hint for one of the questions: I wouldn't have posted this here otherwise. And you have a 50/50 chance of answering Q5 correctly. > > http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/06/12/quiz_eight_of_the_best_lines_from_thestarcom_who_said_them.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:10:52 +0100 From: Anita G Subject: Re: such a good week Interesting that so much this week is about painting in music and on canvases (Emily Carr etc.). I didn't Wayne Shorter was also painting artist. No wonder he and Joni hit off so well, Anita On 19/06/2013, Vincenzo Mancini wrote: > http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2013/6/Wayne-Shorter-on-Joni-Mitchells-jazz ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:46:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: News quotes quiz, Toronto Star No, no, that was MY beard! >________________________________ > From: Anita >To: Catherine McKay >Cc: JONIMITCHELL DISCUSSION LIST >Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:26:16 PM >Subject: Re: News quotes quiz, Toronto Star > > >'My beard had improved a lot since my first year I hit puberty' > >Catherine, you said earlier this week that you were close enough at the Luminatio talk to inhale second hand smoke, but were you close enough to notice this? > >Anita > >On 18 Jun 2013, at 13:05, Catherine McKay wrote: > >> Hint for one of the questions: I wouldn't have posted this here otherwise. And you have a 50/50 chance of answering Q5 correctly. >> >> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/06/12/quiz_eight_of_the_best_lines_from_thestarcom_who_said_them.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:54:20 +0100 (BST) From: Vincenzo Mancini Subject: Massey Hall links and photos Just found them: http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/Joni+Mitchell+sings+three+son gs+rare+public/8544958/story.html http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/joni-mitchell-puts-in-rare-public- performance-singing-three-songs-in-toronto-1.325321 http://www.thestar.com/photos/2013/06/18/joni_mitchell_at_massey_hall.html so she SANG! Furry sings the blues, Don't interrupt the sorrow and a choral Woodstock... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:58:06 -0600 (MDT) From: TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com Subject: New Library item: Joni Mitchell sings three songs in rare public performance in Toronto Title: Joni Mitchell sings three songs in rare public performance in Toronto Publication: The Vancouver Sun Date: 2013.6.18 http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2607 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:30 -0400 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Photos of Joni at Massey Hall omg sorry I am asleep and mailed the wrong persons and jealous of u ;lucky peeps OMfuckingG again Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com The Paz Group Audio/Video/Lighting Design & Installation Complete Event Production Services Artist, Tour, and Production Management michael@thepazgroup.com Contact-504-382-0343 Home Office-985-764-0395 SKYPE: jmichaelpaz On Jun 19, 2013, at 1:34 AM, est86mlm@ameritech.net wrote: Found 9 Photos of Joni at Massey Hall here: http://www.thestar.com/photos/2013/06/18/joni_mitchell_at_massey_hall.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:17:23 -0700 From: kbhla@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: BSN - 'chanteuse version' Oooooo! Wow, Dave, how sweet! Kakki On Tue, Jun 18, 2013, at 02:29 PM, Dave Blackburn wrote: > I'm mixing for Denise Donatelli this August at Idyllwild Jazz Fest. I > wonder if she'll do a Joni cover. > > Dave ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:29:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Massey Hall links and photos She also did her new poem-set-to-music, "This rain, this rain." I've uploaded it (not the greatest quality, but still...) to my Facebook page. Will try to upload it elsewhere. It's also in Dropbox. I can send a link separately. >________________________________ > From: Vincenzo Mancini >To: "joni@smoe.org" ; onlyJMDL Digest ; "onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org" >Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:54:20 AM >Subject: Massey Hall links and photos > > >Just found them: > >http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/Joni+Mitchell+sings+three+son >gs+rare+public/8544958/story.html > >http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/joni-mitchell-puts-in-rare-public- >performance-singing-three-songs-in-toronto-1.325321 > >http://www.thestar.com/photos/2013/06/18/joni_mitchell_at_massey_hall.html > >so she SANG! >Furry sings the blues, Don't interrupt the sorrow and a choral >Woodstock... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:46:49 -0400 From: Marianne Rizzo Subject: Tonight Catherine, First of all You were a hound today and yesterday and this week. We did not call you up for favors, and you did a good business . . And oh, the work you've taken on with our star maker. . You've got us all belonging to the living with your reports and your down loading your chronicles . . Giving us the gristle and the gravy . . So I want to say thank you again. . And I am channeling patti now (part of her pours out of me) cause you know we miss her . . . Thanks for sharing our woman of heart and mind and the rest of y'all too, Climbing Climbing climbing the hill . . You have all given me this spark and the more you talk to me. . The more. . Two glasses full! Good night for now Much Love to joni And love to all Jmdl friends Looks like we've picked up some hitchers . . Put on your lampshades You know where we've got to get ourselves. . Now tell me, who from the Jmdl will be there tonight? Talk to me. Marianne ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #228 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe