Joni Chatroom: http://www.jmdl.com/chat.cfm NE JoniFest 2001: http://www.jmdl.com/jfne2001.cfm Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Hey all! I went to Madison for the first time in about 6 years, and made a point of hunting for the area where Joni shot the cover art of 'Hejira'. Lake Mendota still has ice cover, and the trees are bare, so it wasn't too hard. The landscape hasn't changed a whole lot, and from the view you still can't see buildings, even with Madison's high growth rate. (Its near a park area,and the ice fisherman where out just beyond the tree outcropping on the right of the cover.) Across the road and down a ways is the Dane County Coliseum (now bought by some big corp) where she performed Feb. 29th, 1976. Unfortunately when I got to the spot, it was A Sunny Sunday. Saturday was overcast and would have been more ethereal to view the scenery, (but I was too busy shopping on State Street!) It was cool to be there, just a week past the 25th anniversary. I had been listening to her 76 live shows to get the feeling of the time. If I would have had a camera, I'd have put on my skates and found a beret! (But I don't think it would go with my leather biker jacket...)LOL! Steve
