Paz wrote: she is getting old herself and right before my eyes. Which might be the reason that I said to Susan that I called y'all old hippies and not old peoples, even though, this was addressed to Maggie. It seems to me like they both would want to slap me for saying either one, so I should probably just ignore the whole thing...
Anyway, my 0.2 (or less) on T'log...the album has grown very rapidly on me and I'm discovering the songs 'de nouveau'. I've gone from being somewhat annoyed by the falling quality of her voice to hearing the beauty of it. The songs from TI that I for that same reason wasn't so crazy about before, have become among my very favorites. Others are Judgement..., For The Roses, Just Like This Train, Hejira, Cherokee Louise, and The Dawntreader. These songs as well as the rest of the album are haunting. Nothing by other artists I put on after these CD's can pass the Joni-standard-test, so I usually just press repeat... Also after getting this album, I've decided, though, to give BSN another chance (this album was put back on the shelf shortly after purchase, because I thought the songs were overdone). Hopefully, this one will grow on me too. Ok, so let me also just tell you guys shortly about the latest things happening in my commencing song search for my cd. Within the last few weeks, I've talked to several songwriters, who'll work with me. Beth Patterson has given me some songs in somewhat the same style as the Norwegian song that I sang at Jonifest this year. I've also talked to an Swedish singer/songwriter, Theresa Anderson, who will pass some songs on to me. For those of you who don't know her, she used to be married to and play with Anders Osborne for nine years and she's written some beautiful songs. A third songwriter, I'll be working with, is Will Robinson, who's written for Reba McEntire! I feel deeply flattered that he'll work with me (am actually in a state of disbelief about it)! I generally want to try on lots of different styles, and I'll probably fall through once in a while. But that's the great thing about coming from another country - people (except for Paz!) don't expect anything from me, and I can do lots of things and get away with it! Goodnight for now... Christina
