Kate Bennett wrote: > > an interview with larry klein (who mentions joni several times of course... > joni and i have been talking about some things" > > !!!!! woohoo!!!!
Me too on the woohoo. I see this as another clue that Joni's going to start writing music again. When I read that she's listening to talk radio, with different stations on in different rooms, and recalling how she's said she always takes the most interesting bit of what she encounters, and twists and expands it into her unique creations (a la Boho Dance), and that the interviewer described her as angry at what she was hearing... I don't think painting, which she does for joy, will be able to convey those feelings. My first thought was that a new Joni album is on the way. I see T'log as her subtle anti-war statement, especially considering the paintings she included. And the songs... when listening to Dawntreader, I wondered why she picked THAT song. It's one of my favorites on T'log, but really, of all her early songs, why that one? Then I heard the line "a dream that the wars are done" and it struck me that many of the songs on T'log mention war, or conflict (and not only the romantic relationship kind), a desire for peace in the world, and the healing nature of love. Lines from Otis and Marlena, and "we're like America and Russia" and Woodstock and Slouching and Borderline all make me wonder if there wasn't an anti-war message in her choice of some songs. I'm imagining that whatever Joni does next will be a stronger statement about what's going on in the world, and probably won't be anything as simplistic as "war is bad", which of course is why I want to hear her take on it all. If she and Larry visit London again or Vince Mendoza is near by while they're "talking about some things", well, then, never mind... Debra Shea
