From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #385 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 Tuesday, October 8 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 385 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Linda Ronstadt's book (vljc) [Lindsay Moon ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:33:34 -0700 From: Lindsay Moon Subject: Linda Ronstadt's book (vljc) Okay, finished Linda's book. I know Linda is a very intelligent, thoughtful person, and this book merely confirmed that. She reads voraciously and has SO much knowledge about how she wants her music to sound. And surprisingly is somewhat insecure about her vocal talents (which seems unbelievable to me). But as I've mentioned before, I give her a lot of credit for exploring areas she felt compelled to explore and challenge herself and try hard to learn various styles of music (Gilbert & Sullivan, La Boheme, Mexican canciones). Very light on the "gossip" aspect. She does say she and John David Souther were together, as well as Jerry Brown. She never mentions her decision to adopt children but has one photo of her and her daughter and mentions her kids are now teens/young adults. Huh. What was that all about?. She mentions working at the recording studios of George Lucas but never mentions any relationship with him. I suppose it's none of our business. I'm just kind of a gossip junkie. There were, I'd say, some areas or friends important to her early development that then kind of inexplicably drop off. She was very close with singer Nicollette Larson (A Lotta Love) who died but there's never any mention of her death or how it affected her. She at first talks a great deal about her upbringing in Tucson and her parents but then they are not mentioned again until they died. Unfortunate. So all in all I'd say it's a good book, but her writing style may be a little stiff? Still a good read for the musical history ('they told me I should meet this guy who'd worked his way up the William Morris organization in New York and was just out in LA trying to meet artists  his name was David Geffen.') Good Lord. On to Graham Nash's book. Some kind of weird nostalgic bent has come over me. I got some Facebook notification that my high school graduating class has a Facebook page so I went there and looked at some photos. Most names I didn't know but I kept saying, "Wow! Who are these old looking people!!??" Uh, hello? I'm that old??? And then I got a notification about my elementary school Facebook page and that was really weird too. A lot remembered, a lot forgotten. Sigh. Looking forward to Paz Fest reports!! Lindsay ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #385 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe