Bruce Kimerer wrote: > I have just discovered this site and its discussion area. Have read the > posts for the past couple days and now am seeing how the posting thing > works. (Will be curious to see if my message appears in the list of > posts I get tomorrow.) Welcome, Bruce, to your new Joni adventure! I remember, too, first joining a couple of years ago and wondering how it all worked and finding it so strange to try to talk to hundreds of people at the same time. A discussion list was a brand new experience for me and perhaps it is for you too. So kudos to you for jumping right in! > (Question: How do you guys quote previous messages in your own? Cut and > paste?) It depends on which type of list you've signed up for. If you're receiving individual messages, you can set up your mail preferences so that when you press Reply the message you're replying to is automatically quoted, and then you can delete the unneeded parts of the message and only leave the part you're responding to (people receiving digests would greatly appreciate that). To do that in Netscape, select Edit from the top toolbar and go from there. It's probably a similar process for Outlook. If you need more info, please let us know. If you're receiving messages in digest form, then I think you do need to cut and paste. I've never received messages in digest form, so other people may be able to give you some details about that if you still have questions. > I have been a JM fan since Ladies of the Canyon, though I tuned out > after Mingus, then got distracted and missed her work of the 80s, and > only returned to listening with Turbulent Indigo. That return sent me > back into the older material. LOTC is the first album I heard also, given to me in the early 70s by my first boyfriend. It captured me right away. He did too but Joni's the one that's still with me after all these years, and since then I've eagerly awaited each new album, always with the excitement of "I wonder what Joni's doing now". My enthusiasm flagged somewhat during the 80s, I'll admit, even though I continued to buy her cds, but it returned as soon as I heard Night Ride Home. Have you heard that one yet? > In looking at the poll results for albums and songs, I was sorta > surprised where Don Juan ended up on the list -- and how low Paprika > Plains was postioned. Which leads me to my question: Were the unsung > lyrics to Paprika Plains that were printed with the album ever intended > to be sung? And, if so, were they ever performed in concert? As far as I know she's never performed Paprika Plains, but my knowledge about it is limited so I may be wrong about that. There's an efficient search engine on the jmdl.com site that would find every mention of PP if you do a search, in which case you may be able to tell us the answers to the interesting questions you've asked. If you've already done that and not found your answers, maybe someone more knowledgeable about PP than I am will speak up. > (And what does that 'np' mean that people use to list a song at the end > of ther posts?) It means "now playing" and is one way we find out about new music and learn a little more about our fellow listers. Sometimes you'll see NPIMH, which means "now playing in my head". You haven't asked so perhaps you know this already, but a usual question asked by people who have just joined the list is "what is SIQUOMB?", which you may see in a phrase like "she's so siquomb, isn't she?" (and we all automatically nod our heads yes :-). It's an acronym from a mythology she wrote long ago, and stands for "she is queen undisputed of mind beauty". Hmmm, I think I've got that right. If not, someone will let me know. So, again, Welcome! There's a brief flurry of bickering on the list now, which happens once in a while, usually after a period of humor, kindness, generosity and much good will among list members, and almost always passes rather quickly. The good spirit will return soon I'm sure and your questions about Paprika Plains will probably help us get back on track. Enjoy! atb, Debra Shea P.S. One other thing, which again you may know but just in case you don't... Since there are people on the list who want to receive ONLY messages with Joni content, include NJC in the subject heading if your message has No Joni Content. You'll find that many things are discussed here, usually starting with Joni and always returning to her eventually. In between there are some interesting wanderings. You'll see. :-) NP: local tv news, in one ear and out the other
