From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #156 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 Thursday, May 8 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 156 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Who's still here [Catherine McKay ] CMIARS/Shine [Betsy Blue ] RE: CMIARS/Shine ["Susan E. McNamara" ] Re: Just curious ... who's still here? [Dave Blackburn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 05:14:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Who's still here I have to agree with you there. I've always preferred this format over the chat room or message boards type, and Facebook seems more like the message board type. I can't see many people posting long philosophical discussions about Joni (or anything else, for that matter) on Facebook, which lends itself more to the "Here's stuff about me and why my life is more wonderful/crappier than yours; support this cause, oh, and this one, too; here's a picture of a cat" kind of thing and to the ADHD side of anyone's personality. It was a very long, cold winter for many of us, at least in the north and the east, and even here in the Big Smoke, where it's now kinda-sorta spring because things are budding and blooming and I bravely put the winter boots and things away, but it's still much cooler and generally cloudier than it would normally be. I keep reminding people that, before long, we're all going to be bitching about how hot and humid it is. >________________________________ > From: Rob Procyk >To: joni@smoe.org >Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2014 1:10:42 AM >Subject: Who's still here > > > the JMDL is the only place that feels like "home." Even though many of us are friends on Facebook and have lots of fun on there, I don't follow the Joni discussions on there, really. I love when I see JMDL emails in my inbox. This is the place for Joni discussions for me. So long story short, I'm still here. And as my fellow Saskatchewan comrade Kate stated, it's the shittiest Saskatchewan winter and spring I can remember, apart from my first Sask winter in 1981-82. I'd run like Joni too, if I could, although there's something about this place! > that just sticks to you in ways I could never explain. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 06:21:45 -0700 From: Betsy Blue Subject: CMIARS/Shine Randy: "If you locked her in a garage with no producer, Shine is what she would come out with. Is it great? You tell me." I can never shake the feeling that she made Shine during a solo week in her BC place. It feels like a demo, a reaction to the previous two albums. That said, Night of the Iguana is fantastic, and I love the piano-based songs. If Joni released a whole album of just piano, I'd buy it. The title track rubs me the wrong way, but overall, this is a good album that I frequently enjoy listening to (most of). Betsy NP #selfie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 14:56:54 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: CMIARS/Shine Do you think on the production side that it made a difference that Joni was working with the Starbucks label and not Reprise on this album? She had fulfilled her contract with Reprise and was basically retired. I agree with Randy that it was great she was recording again ... and personally, although not the best of her late period, I really love a couple of songs on this disc, especially Hana (love it!!!), This Place, and If. I really love Shine too but mostly for the message ... I'm usually not a big fan of her cranky songs, but Shine has a meditative quality to it that sends me places. Bob, I had to laugh at your description, Andy Rooney put to music. Haha! Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Betsy Blue Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 9:22 AM To: guitarzan05@gmail.com; joni@smoe.org Subject: CMIARS/Shine Randy: "If you locked her in a garage with no producer, Shine is what she would come out with. Is it great? You tell me." I can never shake the feeling that she made Shine during a solo week in her BC place. It feels like a demo, a reaction to the previous two albums. That said, Night of the Iguana is fantastic, and I love the piano-based songs. If Joni released a whole album of just piano, I'd buy it. The title track rubs me the wrong way, but overall, this is a good album that I frequently enjoy listening to (most of). Betsy NP #selfie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 11:32:44 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Just curious ... who's still here? Anne, A&M Studios, where Joni recorded most of her albums, was pretty basic in 1970. Your equipment may actually be more advanced than theirs, in certain repects. Dave On May 5, 2014, at 8:45 AM, Anne Sandstrom wrote: > Great to see you in m in box, Lori! I'm still here, but mostly lurk these > days. I've been super busy recording a CD of my own music, but it means > Joni's been on my mind a lot lately. The CD whose sound I'm most trying > to capture is LOTC. We're getting closer (but limited somewhat because we > recorded in in our home studio. I have friends who were boasting about > using a $12,000 microphone in their recording. All our equipment and > instruments barely add up to more than that!) lots of love,Anne ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 14:09:05 +0200 From: ingrid lochrenberg Subject: CMIARS Something can be regarded by a person as a masterwork based solely on it's impact....with no criteria or intellectualization in-mind. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #156 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe