In a message dated 2/16/01, evian writes:
> I
> was wondering if anyone jumped on the Joni train with albums that we
> always argue over -- namely, WTRF, DED, CMIARS, and let's throw TTT in
> there as well.
I jumped on the Joni train with two of these albums. The first time I ever
really listened to a Joni song was in 87 or 88. I was living in Austin at
the time, and my ex and I were breaking up. Prior to breaking up, we had
planned a trip to San Diego. The plane tickets must have been nonrefundable,
because we went anyway. In the meantime, he decided to move to San Diego,
and called ahead to a friend there who found a cottage for him to rent. So
we both went there, and I helped clean and fix up the cottage he was going to
move into. (This was NOT a fun vacation.) Anyway, I was sitting on a milk
crate in the middle of this cottage, alone, listening to the radio. A song
caught my attention and spoke to me. When the dj came on later to announce
the set he had just played, I wrote down "Dog Eat Dog" by Joni Mitchell. I
don't remember which song it was, but it was from that album.
When I got back to Austin, I immediately went out in search of DED. I
couldn't find it, so I bought CMIARS.
Neil in Seattle
