From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #571 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 Monday, April 6 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 571 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Free man in Paris - holycombe [Sally ] Re: Ignorance was bliss [Victor ] Re: Joni Article in the Guardian (UK) [Scott Price ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 21:39:27 -0400 From: Sally Subject: Re: Free man in Paris - holycombe That was one of the most wonderful and joyous sounds I've heard in days. Anita thank you for sharing the link...worked for me! I got goose bumps and joined in at the top of my voice and for three minutes I felt one with Joni and everyone who reveres her. I hope she heard me all the way in LA. We're pulling for you baby! Sent from Confunction Junction on my iPhone > On Apr 5, 2015, at 1:42 PM, Dave Blackburn wrote: > > Marianne, thatbs Barry Cahill on flute, Ibm playing guitar and Anita was on the drum as I recall. A cast of thousands on the vocals! > > > >> On Apr 5, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Marianne Rizzo wrote: >> >> This is beautiful! >> Thank you Anita and everyone there! >> ( who was playing the flute?. . very nice) >> All sounded so good! >> >> And thanks everybody for all your thoughts and feelings, at this time, >> about joni. >> I appreciate reading all your comments. >> I was so happy to have a dream about her Saturday morning just before waking. >> I may post about that later. >> Love Marianne >> >> >> From: Anita G >> Subject: Free Man In Paris = Holycombe Joni Fest 2008 >> >> Dear All >> Following on from Dave and Robin's invitation to their place next week-end >> for a supportive day and sing song, earlier today I waxed lyrically and >> fondly remembering the Holycombe Festival of 2008 when, one morning we had >> sing song and Dave went into 'Free Man In Paris'. >> >> I uploaded the recording to Hightail and perhaps this link can be copied >> and pasted in to your browser. Doubtless Moni will tell me what's wrong if >> I haven't got it right if she's about today, but I hope this will work. >> >> https://www.hightail.com/download/UlRRZUNqY1NwaFJFQmRVag >> > 00000000&s=19102> >> >> >> This will show folk what it's like to get along to a Joni Fest when >> something impromptu, like this, can happen. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 21:16:48 -0700 From: Victor Subject: Re: Ignorance was bliss Something I learned from my guru, Ma Jaya Bhagavati (Arlo Guthrie is also a follower of her), is that it's not all about us. We may be stressing about this situation with Joni, or be frustrated not knowing what's going on, or angry, wondering why this is happening, etc... The simple truth is, that it's not all about us. When you let that sink in, it makes it a little easier to let it go. What did I do today? I took a walk with my family by a breathtakingly beautiful mountain river near Sisters, Oregon and felt so at peace surrounded by nature. That was not a diversion. It was a conscious choice. Victor in Bend Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 5, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: > > Lori, those are diversions. > > I'm saying that we don't have answers to the questions I asked earlier and have no way to resolve them. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 11:59:55 -0700 From: Scott Price Subject: Re: Joni Article in the Guardian (UK) On 4/5/2015 7:15 AM, mep chorus.net wrote: > she seems to regard Joni's fan base as mainly female, not very > organized collectively, and traipsing off to listen to Joni's music in > solitude Grant writes: >>"What she always lacked was >> the obsessiveness of the male fanbase: the Deadheads and Dylanologists >> who catalogue and compete for record-collection kudos among a >> fraternity of admirers. Where are the dry, 1,000-page volumes of >> musical Joni-trivia, the conferences, the PhD dissertations?" > To which I answer: they're right here!!! Well, maybe not the PhD > dissertations, but just about everything else. Hi Mary P., What's it been, about a decade or so? :-) Assume you're a Badgers fan; I'm rooting for them too. Lemme pick a theme for this: duality...love...spirituality...no, wait, pigeonholing, that's it. I'm guessing Ms. Grant isn't aware of the degree to which some have amassed libraries and collections of the works of Joni Mitchell. And yes, there are a fair share of males in that group. The Dead encouraged soundboard recordings during thousands of performances which naturally led to cataloging and trading and connecting. Old timers here will remember Joni tape trees and how thrilling it was to hear, often for the first time, live recordings of Joni performances that otherwise would have existed only in the memories of those originally present. Nevertheless, the perception, especially in light of the well-documented "obsessiveness" of Deadheads and Dylanites, is that Joni's music is played in a room lit by candles while chanting "Joni Mitchell never lies. Joni Mitchell never lies." Joni's "fanbase" is no less obsessed. It's just not as recognized. After all, it's hard to be noticed when you're stealing away to a quiet place to listen with all your intent to the words and music while you shut out everything else. Happy Easter to all. Scott ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #571 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe