Me again with another Us Magazine Joni reference. In a brief interview
with actor Tim Daly (he used to be in the TV show "Wings"), at the end the
question is:
Us: We hear you're quite the guitar player.
TD: I get very little chance to play anymore, but my son has started to.
It's *so* adorable. My wife and I were in bed one night, and he came in
and said, "Mom, Dad! Have you ever heard of Joni Mitchell? She is so
dope!" We're like, "Yes, honey. We've definitely heard of her."
Okay, so is "dope" a good thing? I assume so!
On another note, very few of my friends listen to Joni and I hold back from
expounding on her for fear of boring those who are not interested. I have
one friend, though, who said she'd recently had an opportunity on a long
drive alone (very rare for us moms of small kids) to listen to HOSL. She
raved on and on about what an amazing CD it is and how much of a genius
Joni is. Who am I to argue? She said she'd have to figure out what Joni
to get next. Being the fine and upstanding list member that I am, I
thought long and hard and decided on "Hejira," which I gave her for an
unexpected Christmas present. I told her no self-respecting Joni list
member would let a comment of what next Joni to get go by without immediate
action. (Unfortunatey, she wouldn't accept it without feeling the need to
rush out and get me something, which was not what I'd intended.) So far,
she said she loves it, but we haven't had a chance to talk since the
holiday madness.
I have gotten the new tape trees and am just so thrilled. Thank you to all
who worked so hard to make it so great! Ashara, you are a queen!! The
first tape of Joni's pre-exhibition interview is very difficult for me to
understand (you know, I'm a court reporter; I need everyone to speak up!)
Is this normal? Well, because of this problem with comprehension, I sort
of wondered at my uncharacteristic blase attitude toward most of the
interview. Then when it came time for the various people to make
introductions at the opening of the exhibit, I almost fast-forwarded. But
I held on. One of the people who spoke (I believe she represented a
sponsor of the exhibit) told a story of being on a plane back to
Saskatchewan and was seated next to a person who had been a longtime fan
who was coming with a group to see the exhibit. As if that wasn't enough,
she said she learned that the group was all HIV-positive. She immediately
felt uneasy and apologized at the man's statement, and he smiled and said
"Joni brings us all together" or something like that. I burst into tears.
It is just amazing to know the ways in which Joni has affected people.
You could see Joni was moved by this story and made a comment to the woman
as she left the mike.
In watching that segment at the Mendel, I wondered about Myrtle. Everytime
the camera was on Joni, Bill and Myrtle, Myrtle seemed to have a kind of
vacant expression her face. Does she have Alzheimers? I hadn't heard
anything about it here. Just wondered.
I'm in the midst of watching the second tape, the "Much Music" segment.
Wonderful!! Joni just finished "Hejira" when I had to stop the tape, and
I thought, yes, I got my friend the right next CD.
Hope you all had a wonderful holiday. My husband and I are trying to think
of new ways to use up all the leftover food, ham especially (I didn't have
all the guests I had expected and have waaaayyyy too much.) Well, let's
see. Are we on the fourth dessert portion of the afternoon, or would it be
the second appetizer portion. Sigh ...
Thank you all for being there to listen to me.
Lindsay
