From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #84 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, March 8 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 084 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Sweet Sixteen Joni Sampler [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Wal-Mart culture, njc ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Great Radio Morning [karen ] Re: Great Radio Morning [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Great Radio Morning [karen ] Thanks and Hello [Mary Robinson ] Re: Great Radio Morning NJC [Em ] Human Jukebox [Nuriel Tobias ] Re: Human Jukebox [Em ] njc, from Morning UConn Town ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Human Jukebox ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] Re: Human Jukebox ["Michael Flaherty" ] Yanni (NJC) [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Yanni (NJC) [Em ] FW: Message re; River ["Les Irvin" ] Re: Yanni (NJC) [Em ] Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc [Randy Remote ] Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc [Catherine McKay ] Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc [Randy Remote ] Re: Oscars, NJC ["Richard Goldman" ] Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc [Brian Gross ] Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc [Em ] Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc [Bob Muller ] NJC Claudia's new CD [Bob Muller ] David Gilmour CD: Just Released njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Hem? -- njc [Smurf ] (NJC) Boycott Sturgis and South Dakota! ["Lori Fye" ] Re: Hem? -- njc ["ron" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 21:13:59 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Sweet Sixteen Joni Sampler Hi Stewart. My favourite Joni covers are: Sara McLachlan - Blue, Laurent Cugny - Man From Mars Cris Wiiliamson and Holly Near - The Tea Leaf Prophecy George Michael - Edith and The Kingpin Bonnie Raitt - That Song About The Midway Gary Zack - Winter Lady kind of like spitting - The Last Time I Saw Richard Brian Kennedy - A Case of You Wilson Phillips - California Natalie Merchant - All I Want Judd Grossman - Carey There are are so many that I'm putting together my own compilation. Nice to hear from you. Mark in Sydney NP Little Green - Jack Donahue ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:12:47 -0500 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: Wal-Mart culture, njc Lori profoundly said: >I swear, the whole country has become a Wal-Mart culture. Do you know what >I mean? yes'm indeed I know what you mean. and this is a good potental discussion. . .. because I don't have time to discuss it right this minute, why don't you all discuss it and I will jump in later maybe. . suffice it to say that the walmart lifestyle is shaping our society, culture, economics, psyches, relationships. . etc. . . we are drowning in it. . . . aHHHHHHhhh h h h h h h h h LOve to all, Marianne _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:15:45 -0500 From: karen Subject: Great Radio Morning Don't you just love it when ~the rarest of all things~ you hear a song you love on the radio these days? I had a banner morning this morning ... First, I hear old Neil Young, from his Buffalo Springfield days, an acoustic version of "The Loner." Whoa. Never heard THAT on the radio in all my life. Then ... Joni (not Judy) singing "Both Sides Now" ... Whoa again. A banner radio day. I love it when that happens. But I really don't know life at all, karen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:29:25 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Great Radio Morning I had one this morning on WMNF and it made me sigh Ah-h-h right out loud when I heard the opening chords: Anchorage by Michelle Shocked. Jerry NP: Bette Midler and Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain \> Don't you just love it when ~the rarest of all things~ you hear a song you > love on the radio these days? > > I had a banner morning this morning ... > > First, I hear old Neil Young, from his Buffalo Springfield days, an acoustic > version of "The Loner." Whoa. Never heard THAT on the radio in all my > life. > > Then ... Joni (not Judy) singing "Both Sides Now" ... Whoa again. > > A banner radio day. I love it when that happens. > > But I really don't know life at all, > > karen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:36:18 -0500 From: karen Subject: Re: Great Radio Morning Not commenting about Anchorage, I don't know that song, Jerry, but I have to comment on Dylan and Buckets of Rain, ohmygod I lovelovelove that song. Play it all the time on guitar. It is so beautiful, sososo beautiful. Buckets of moonbeams in my hands, karen On 3/7/06 8:29 AM, "Jerry Notaro" wrote: > I had one this morning on WMNF and it made me sigh Ah-h-h right out loud > when I heard the opening chords: Anchorage by Michelle Shocked. > > Jerry > > NP: Bette Midler and Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain > > \> Don't you just love it when ~the rarest of all things~ you hear a song > you >> love on the radio these days? >> >> I had a banner morning this morning ... >> >> First, I hear old Neil Young, from his Buffalo Springfield days, an acoustic >> version of "The Loner." Whoa. Never heard THAT on the radio in all my >> life. >> >> Then ... Joni (not Judy) singing "Both Sides Now" ... Whoa again. >> >> A banner radio day. I love it when that happens. >> >> But I really don't know life at all, >> >> karen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:12:07 -0500 From: Mary Robinson Subject: Thanks and Hello Bob, Thanks for the Sweet 16 covers. I'm a Joni fan from pretty far back, saw her in concert 3 times in the 70s in the Washington DC area, twice at Constitution Hall (Blue (?) and Court and Spark) and at Merriwether (sp) Post Pavillion (Miles of Aisles). Now I live in upstate NY, can't think of all that much more to say except that her music has sustained me throughout the years, maybe I'll get to writing about when different songs have come into play ... Thanks again. Mary Robinson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 06:08:06 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Great Radio Morning NJC nice to hear you and Jerry are having such feel-good music mornings! wish I could listen at work. Just makes for such a better quality day. Enjoy! Music: the power to delight! Em - --- karen wrote: > Not commenting about Anchorage, I don't know that song, Jerry, but I > have to > comment on Dylan and Buckets of Rain, ohmygod I lovelovelove that > song. > Play it all the time on guitar. It is so beautiful, sososo > beautiful. > > Buckets of moonbeams in my hands, > > karen > > > On 3/7/06 8:29 AM, "Jerry Notaro" wrote: > > > I had one this morning on WMNF and it made me sigh Ah-h-h right out > loud > > when I heard the opening chords: Anchorage by Michelle Shocked. > > > > Jerry > > > > NP: Bette Midler and Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain > > > > \> Don't you just love it when ~the rarest of all things~ you hear > a song > > you > >> love on the radio these days? > >> > >> I had a banner morning this morning ... > >> > >> First, I hear old Neil Young, from his Buffalo Springfield days, > an acoustic > >> version of "The Loner." Whoa. Never heard THAT on the radio in > all my > >> life. > >> > >> Then ... Joni (not Judy) singing "Both Sides Now" ... Whoa again. > >> > >> A banner radio day. I love it when that happens. > >> > >> But I really don't know life at all, > >> > >> karen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 07:53:16 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Human Jukebox Hi friends! In one of her DVD's (Sorry for not recalling which one) Joni says she doesn't want to become a human jukebox. Anyone knows what did Joni mean by that? Thanks and love, Nuri - --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:10:39 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Human Jukebox maybe she doesn't want it to be like you put in a quarter and get to hear whatever song you want, whenever you want. Did she say it in reference to live performances? or? doesn't want to be an "oldies" show. Ha! too bad! I've got the stuff on my iPod! can listen to ACOY whenever I want. :) Em - --- Nuriel Tobias wrote: > Hi friends! > > > In one of her DVD's (Sorry for not recalling which one) Joni says > she doesn't want to become a human jukebox. > Anyone knows what did Joni mean by that? > > > Thanks and love, > > Nuri > > > --------------------------------- > Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:13:50 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, from Morning UConn Town >PS: Hey Patti - guess who's #1 in Men's >Basketball? A clue...it ain't Dook. > Patti who? Patti Witten in Ithaca? Or Patti-Lou Who in Huskyville? You talkin' ta me, Musik Meister? It sure is nice to be #1 at this moment of the world. However, at the same time, I hear Joni's voice in my head (Moi? Hearing Joni's voice in my head? Imaginez-vous!....lol!) warning: "....ah nothing lasts for long, nothing lasts for long, nothing lasts for long...." We have the Big East Tournament ahead, and the Big Dance -- it's a rough road to travel -- so I don't want to get too cocky. Heart and humor and humility must rule. (Please remind me of that if we win the national championship, okay?) We're just particles of change orbiting around the sun, after all. But it sure was fun when in my mind I went to the Carolinas Saturday night, whooping it up (exclamation points galore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) in cyberspace with a few fun-lovin' JMDLers when UNC beat that "other" team. (Who was that again? That team that is now on a 2-game losing streak?) Go Heels, Go Huskies, Go Joni, Go Cindy -- Go everybody who's good! Love, Patti P. P.S. Apologies for the non-Oscar content (with a wink and a smile). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:24:42 -0500 (EST) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: Human Jukebox As with all things Joni, she is saying several things in a familiar, succint manner. 1. She doesn't want to just play hits. 2. She doesn't want to perform songs exactly as recorded. 3. She wants to be original and creative and give the unexpected. 4. She wants her music to sound like it is coming from her heart, not canned from a tinny speaker. Jerry Nuriel Tobias wrote: > Hi friends! > > > In one of her DVD's (Sorry for not recalling which one) Joni says she > doesn't want to become a human jukebox. > Anyone knows what did Joni mean by that? > > > Thanks and love, > > Nuri > > > --------------------------------- > Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:48:03 -0600 From: "Michael Flaherty" Subject: Re: Human Jukebox > In one of her DVD's (Sorry for not recalling which one) >Joni says she doesn't want to become a human jukebox. > Anyone knows what did Joni mean by that? That you would ask for your favorite song and she'd play it on demand. A performer that just playus "hits" and favorites might be looked at this way. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:46:43 EST From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Yanni (NJC) If Yanni wanted to abuse his girlfriend, why didn't he just play one of his CD's for her? Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:52:54 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Yanni (NJC) lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) em - --- FMYFL@aol.com wrote: > If Yanni wanted to abuse his girlfriend, why didn't he just play one > of his > CD's for her? > > Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 10:54:12 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: FW: Message re; River Message from website. Can anyone help? Please remember to copy your response to Emma's email address. - -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:19 AM To: jonimitchell.com Hi, I am planning to base my musical investigation on the song River and I am trying to find some kind of analysis of the song but I am out of luck, could you help me? Do you know of any good analysis of that song or her music in general? Name: Emma Eriksson email: emma.eriksson@edu.boden.se ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 10:09:33 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Yanni (NJC) oops, sorry just meant to giggle back towards Jimmy, not the whole list. sorry :) em - --- Em wrote: > lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > :) > em > > --- FMYFL@aol.com wrote: > > > If Yanni wanted to abuse his girlfriend, why didn't he just play > one > > of his > > CD's for her? > > > > Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:11:38 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc Not sure what this means...but we are a TV culture, spending 10 hours a day in front of the tube. Only an hour or so a week at WalWart. TV shapes, propagandizes, "manufactures consent" to quote Noam Chomsky. TV grabs our interest and squanders it on sub-creatin "comedy", exploitive humiliation of our fellow citizens, fills us up with hustling that would shame a pimp on the street. TV sells us wars and politicians whose only friends are the millionaire ruling class. TV tells us to go to WalWart to SAVE on the things we NEED !! Stay tuned RR ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 15:18:44 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc - --- Randy Remote wrote: > Not sure what this means...but we are a TV culture, > spending 10 hours a day > in front of the tube. > Only an hour or so a week at WalWart. > TV shapes, propagandizes, "manufactures consent" to > quote Noam Chomsky. > TV grabs our interest and squanders it on > sub-creatin "comedy", exploitive > humiliation of our fellow citizens, fills us up with > hustling that would > shame a pimp on the street. > TV sells us wars and politicians whose only friends > are the millionaire > ruling class. > TV tells us to go to WalWart to SAVE on the things > we NEED !! > Stay tuned > RR > Taking time out from home improvement (got paint in my hair and pain in muscles I didn't know I had) to chime in on this. I think it has to do with everyone doing the same thing, everyone watching the same thing, everyone shopping in the same stores, reading the same magazines. Everywhere you go (in Canada and the USA, for sure) there are the same fast food restaurants, a Starbucks on every corner, and oh yeah, a Walmart. Everyone wears the same kinds of clothes, reads the same magazines, watches the same TV shows. Many of these TV shows are inane as hell, but everyone (just about everyone) watches them and then discusses them around the water cooler. If you don't watch these shows, you are considered to be an oddball. Yeah, we are victims of propoganda - whether it's the so-called news or the ads we see and hear on TV or what we consider to be entertainment. Every time you turn around there's some dumb magazine with an article about some celebrity. And people eat it up. Globalization is turning us all into peasants. TV is the new opium of the masses. The shopping mall is the new place of worship. We consume and consume without thinking. There's nothing wrong with entertainment - goodness knows, we all need it. I don't watch award shows. They go on too long and who cares? It doesn't mean much in the end. I enjoy movies, but rarely do I go to the cinema to see them - too expensive and I hate the smell of popcorn and the mess. I'm grouchy that way. I haven't seen most of the films that were in the running, although there are some I would like to see (like, when they come out on DVD). Then again, I don't watch much TV at all and can't remember the last time I watched anything. I always feel like the odd one out in conversations that turn to the latest episode of The Apprentice, or the idol shows, or whatever. I like my fun too, but sometimes I wonder, Where is the deeper meaning? Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:52:57 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc Yes, and especially everyone getting (more or less) the same version of the news and world events. Management of the population. Keep 'em docile, afraid, preoccupied. While you are robbing them in their sleep. (not you, Catherine, I know you wouldn't do that!) From: "Catherine McKay" > I think it has to do with everyone doing the same > thing, everyone watching the same thing, everyone > shopping in the same stores, reading the same > magazines. > Yeah, we are victims of propoganda - whether it's the > so-called news or the ads we see and hear on TV or > what we consider to be entertainment. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:08:11 -0800 From: "Richard Goldman" Subject: Re: Oscars, NJC In perspective, if this had been the "Hollywood Olympics", then Brokeback took the Silver, and while that's not what I wanted or thought, it's good enough for now. ~Richard in San Francisco Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:48:53 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Oscars, NJC But this can hardly be true when the biggest moneymakers (i.e. the most popular) weren't even nominated. Transamerica might get a post-Oscar bounce but it hasn't even made 5 mil. I saw it in NYC thinking it wouldn't play here, and it just opened here Friday - d'oh! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 13:56:31 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc And so much the better if the law-abiding populace has been disarmed, eh? - --- Randy Remote wrote: > Yes, and especially everyone getting (more or less) the same version of the > news and world events. > Management of the population. Keep 'em docile, afraid, preoccupied. While > you are robbing them in their sleep. (not you, Catherine, I know you > wouldn't do that!) > > From: "Catherine McKay" > > > I think it has to do with everyone doing the same > > thing, everyone watching the same thing, everyone > > shopping in the same stores, reading the same > > magazines. > > Yeah, we are victims of propoganda - whether it's the > > so-called news or the ads we see and hear on TV or > > what we consider to be entertainment. - ----------------------------------------------------------- Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. And usually for the same reasons. - ----------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 15:40:46 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc Hi Brian, and all, its been interesting envisioning you all's scenarios. But in my vision I don't see this WalMart-ed, couchfart-ed population as disarmed, at all. To the contrary, I see them stockpiling ammo and everyone has guns. So it remains safe to sit home and watch TV and eat lard right out of the can, or go to WalMart in the Hummer or '72 Dodge RAM. Not saying if that makes it bad or worse, cuz I actually have no firm position on gun control. I see it from both sides. But in this world you all have been describing (somewhat differently from person to person) I've been trying to get pictures, and I *don't* see a gunless populace. Just thought I'd interject. :) Em - --- Brian Gross wrote: > And so much the better if the law-abiding populace has been disarmed, > eh? > > --- Randy Remote wrote: > > > Yes, and especially everyone getting (more or less) the same > version of the > > news and world events. > > Management of the population. Keep 'em docile, afraid, preoccupied. > While > > you are robbing them in their sleep. (not you, Catherine, I know > you > > wouldn't do that!) > > > > From: "Catherine McKay" > > > > > I think it has to do with everyone doing the same > > > thing, everyone watching the same thing, everyone > > > shopping in the same stores, reading the same > > > magazines. > > > Yeah, we are victims of propoganda - whether it's the > > > so-called news or the ads we see and hear on TV or > > > what we consider to be entertainment. > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. > And usually for the same reasons. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 16:03:10 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Wal-Mart culture, njc Good points, Randy & Catherine - I'm proud to say that I watch NO TV (except for special events like the Oscars or watching Dook getting it's behind kicked) and I NEVER go to the mall. What is more troubling about the phrase "Wal-Mart Culture" is that in my mind the connotation is that as a culture we have totally stopped caring how our consumption affects the rest of the world, or even our own communities. If it means we save a quarter on a can of shaving cream, or a dollar on a Barbie doll, or whatever, we don't care that we've forced most of the 'Mom & Pop' stores around our country to close (because they can't compete). We don't care that Wal-Mart (and every other major retailer but Wal-Mart is the biggest and worst) buys practically all their goods from third world sweat shop labor, where workers are exploited and have no life. We don't care that Wal-Mart plays all kinds of tricks to screw their own employees out of a living wage and health care. We don't care, because by God we can save a couple of bucks when we go buy our "stuff". For what it's worth, I don't shop at Wal-Mart. Nor do I buy music at Best Buy or Circuit City, I support my local indie store, Earshot. Nor do I support Home Depot and Lowe's, unless I can't get it at Duncan's around the corner. It's not going to change the world, but it helps me to live with myself. Then again, I'm lucky in that I have the resources to make those choices. Many Americans have to decide if they're going to buy food or diapers and don't have the choice. The over-riding problem, with our culture and with our government is that the thinking is all short-term. What will maximize shareholders returns today? This quarter? This year? Forget the environmental impacts, the economic impacts, the societal impacts. That to me is what Wal-Mart culture is all about, and I loathe it. Bob NP: The Replacements, "Valentine" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 16:07:08 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: NJC Claudia's new CD Those of you who have heard Claudia SanSoucie (that's a BUNCH of us), and those who heard Randall & Claudia at Jonifest 2005 will want to pick up on their new release, out today: http://cdbaby.com/cd/randallclaudia Listen to some samples, add it to your cart, check out. Simple. Go Claud!!! Bob NP: Dinah Washington, "More Than You Know" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:26:24 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: David Gilmour CD: Just Released njc I just brought "On An Island" home from Best Buy. Best Buys claims that the bonus disc (a one track jam apparently) is exclusive to their customers. I don't know if there's an SACD or DVD-A version of it right now but my neighborhood store didn't have one. I don't have a review yet; I'm just passing on the news in case some one wants to hear it on the first week. All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu PS, Is it okay for USA residents to "correct" the Brit spelling of Dave's last name to "Gilmore"? :) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:49:02 -0500 From: vince Subject: njc Gordon Parks dies NEW YORK -- Gordon Parks, who captured the struggles and triumphs of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major black director with The Learning Tree and the hit Shaft, died today, a family member said. He was 93. Parks, who also wrote fiction and was an accomplished composer, died in New York, his nephew, Charles Parks, said in a telephone interview from Lawrence, Kan. "Nothing came easy," Parks wrote in his autobiography. "I was just born with a need to explore every tool shop of my mind, and with long searching and hard work. I became devoted to my restlessness." He covered everything from fashion to politics to sports during his 20 years at Life, from 1948 to 1968. But as a photographer, he was perhaps best known for his gritty photo essays on the grinding effects of poverty in the United States and abroad and on the spirit of the civil rights movement. "Those special problems spawned by poverty and crime touched me more, and I dug into them with more enthusiasm," he said. "Working at them again revealed the superiority of the camera to explore the dilemmas they posed." In 1961, his photographs in Life of a poor, ailing Brazilian boy named Flavio da Silva brought donations that saved the boy and purchased a new home for him and his family. The Learning Tree was Parks' first film, in 1969. It was based on his 1963 autobiographical novel of the same name, in which the young hero grapples with fear and racism as well as first love and schoolboy triumphs. Parks wrote the score as well as directed. In 1989, The Learning Tree was among the first 25 American movies to be placed on the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The registry is intended to highlight films of particular cultural, historical or aesthetic importance. The detective drama Shaft, which came out in 1971 and starred Richard Roundtree, was a major hit and spawned a series of black-oriented films. Parks himself directed a sequel, Shaft's Big Score, in 1972, and that same year his son Gordon Jr. directed Superfly. The younger Parks was killed in a plane crash in 1979. Parks also published books of poetry and wrote musical compositions including Martin, a ballet about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. <>Parks was born Nov. 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kan., the youngest of 15 children. In his 1990 autobiography, Voices in the Mirror, he remembered it as a world of racism and poverty, but also a world where his parents gave their children love, discipline and religious faith. He went through a series of jobs as a teen and young man, including piano player and railroad dining car waiter. The breakthrough came when he was about 25, when he bought a used camera in a pawn shop for $7.50. He became a freelance fashion photographer, went on to Vogue magazine and then to Life in 1948. "Reflecting now, I realize that, even within the limits of my childhood vision, I was on a search for pride, meanwhile taking measurable glimpses of how certain blacks, who were fed up with racism, rebelled against it," he wrote. When he accepted an award from Wichita State University in May 1991, he said it was "another step forward in my making peace with Kansas and Kansas making peace with me." "I dream terrible dreams, terribly violent dreams," he said. "The doctors say it's because I suppressed so much anger and hatred from my youth. I bottled it up and used it constructively." In his autobiography, he recalled that being Life's only black photographer put him in a peculiar position when he set out to cover the civil rights movement. "Life magazine was eager to penetrate their ranks for stories, but the black movement thought of Life as just another white establishment out of tune with their cause," he wrote. He said his aim was to become "an objective reporter, but one with a subjective heart." The story of young Flavio prompted Life readers to send in $30,000, enabling his family to build a home, and Flavio received treatment for his asthma in an American clinic. By the 1970s, he had a family and a job as a security guard, but more recently the home built in 1961 has become overcrowded and run-down. Still, Flavio stayed in touch with Parks off and on, and in 1997 Parks said, "If I saw him tomorrow in the same conditions, I would do the whole thing over again." In addition to novels, poetry and his autobiographical writings, Parks' writing credits included nonfiction such as Camera Portraits: Techniques and Principles of Documentary Portraiture, 1948, and a 1971 book of essays called Born Black. His other film credits included The Super Cops, 1974; Leadbelly, 1976; and Solomon Northup's Odyssey, a TV film from 1984. Recalling the making of The Learning Tree, he wrote: "A lot of people of all colors were anxious about the breakthrough, and I was anxious to make the most of it. The wait had been far too long. Just remembering that no black had been given a chance to direct a motion picture in Hollywood since it was established kept me going." Last month, health concerns had kept Parks from accepting the William Allen White Foundation National Citation in Kansas, but he said in a taped presentation that he still considered the state his home and wanted to be buried in Fort Scott. Two years ago, Fort Scott Community College established the Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity. Jill Warford, its executive director, said today that Parks "had a very rough start in life and he overcame so much, but was such a good person and kind person that he never let the bad things that happened to him make him bitter." - ------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:36:57 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: Hem? -- njc A friend of mine gave me a CD by a group called Hem today. I immediately thought of all the JMDL people who might like this music, and wondered why I hadn't read about it here. (Maybe I missed it.) Then I was talking to another friend tonight, telling him how much I like the CD, and he knew of it, had heard it, and also liked it. Here's a site dedicated to this album: << http://www.rabbitsongs.com/ >> Funny, but it seems as if it's been years since I've heard of a CD I liked this much from a source other than the JMDL! What's up with that? Have you all turned into WalMart zombies? XO, - --Smurf Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:03:20 -0800 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: (NJC) Boycott Sturgis and South Dakota! Sorry, just had to pop back in to say something important to me, in the hopes that some of you will find it important too, and will help me pass the word. (Thanks.) _____________________ Hi Friends, I have just read and signed the petition: "Boycott Sturgis!" Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. Please sign here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/141388669 Even if you don't ride a motorcycle, please consider signing. And please pass it on. Thanks! Lori _____________________ Popping right back out now. L. ~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 09:28:47 +0200 From: "ron" Subject: Re: Hem? -- njc hi >>>>smurf wrote >>>>>A friend of mine gave me a CD by a group called Hem today. I immediately thought of all the JMDL people who might like this music, now thats what i call a friend - hem are a great band - i first heard them on radio paradise & was hooked instantly. they have quite a few live shows available on archive.org: http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cat=Hem another highly recomended artist on archive.org is vienna teng: http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cat=Vienna%20Teng ron np - brian finch - long riders of nam ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #84 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------