On September 23 in Joni Mitchell History: 1968: According to Ken Garner's book "In Session Tonight" (BBC Books 1993), today Joni recorded for John Peel's Radio 1 program 'TOP GEAR.' The program was broadcast six days later. Joni sang Chelsea Morning, Galleries (sic), Night in the City, and Cactus Tree. Joni was booked for several other Radio 1 sessions during tours in 1968 and 1969, but all were cancelled for various reasons. 1985: The Alberta Reporter ran an editorial cartoon today with a likeness of Joni. Wally described the situation on his website: "On what is called The Sunshine Coast near Vancouver, where Joni has had a house and property since the early 70's, a salmon fishing company had begun to build a huge $2 million plant. The other property owners, Joni's neighbors, asked her to join a protest against this enterprise that they believed could destroy the natural state of affairs in the area. Joni spoke to the press from her home in L.A. and said: "I thought I'd purchased a piece of wilderness, but it's being corrupted by industry." The Alberta Report newspaper took the side of the hatchery reporting that it would bring hundreds of jobs to the population who was heavily unemployed, and they claimed that Joni was not really a current resident and was rarely even in B.C. The salmon company complained that this was a case of a Hollywood celebrity trying to smear an honest fish business." More info: http://www.jonimitchell.com/Cartoon85.html 1994: From Wally's Bio Page: "[Today], Joni was the only performer in a special 90-minute edition of MuchMusic's "Intimate & Interactive." This show is probably the best and certainly the longest appearance Joni has ever done on TV." More info: http://www.jonimitchell.com/MuchMusic94.html ------------------------ Search the "Today" database: http://www.jmdl.com/today
