<<The little artsy stuff (coyote and mouse, Joni and luggage, the skater
or dancer or whatever he was, even the James Dean segments and the rock
and roll dancers) can all go. That is very dated. >>
Love it. So much charm, wit and passion throughout the whole video. Don't know if its
dated or not. The image of Joni climbing into the back of the red sports car with ice
skates is too cool. I've always loved S&L, both audio and the video. In fact the only
thing I don't like about it is her hair :~)
Want to thank everyone who made the trek out to NYC for "our" Jonifest. I had a great
time and hope you all had fun touring our insane city. I especially want to thank
David Lahm for hosting the entertainment at his lovely cabaret. I love David's piano
interpretations of Joni's songs.
David and 2 local musician friends also did a knockout version of "Goodbye Pork Pie
Hat" I also enjoyed finally getting to hear Kay perform live. Kay you're great
--please play out more.
On Sunday night at the apartment, Alison knocked everyone out with her renditions of
"The Times They Are A'Changin'" and "You Ain't Going Nowhere" (Hey, this is a
Jonifest, not a "Bobfest"!) She even accompanied herself on guitar quite assuredly --
turns out she had been practicing every day on my new guitar while I was away. The
night before at Judy's, Alison wowed everyone with her singing of Ladies of the
Canyon, California and Coyote--some of the hardest Joni songs to sing. I kidded Alison
that I was going to quit my job and focus all my energy on managing her career, just
like Elliot Roberts did with Joni. Hey a guy can dream.
Alison and I rented "The Last Waltz" yesterday which I had not seen in a long time.
When Joni comes out to sing Coyote, I thought I had figured something out -- Robbie
Robertson is Coyote! The way she kisses him and caresses his face before she starts
playing... He is such a coyote. (Alison thinks he's cute.) Incidently when I rented
the video, I had to sign a credit card authorization for $200. The clerk said that the
video is out of print (I think he's right, I had been looking for it for the past six
months or so and have not seen it). And he said that there were only a couple of
copies of it around for rent in the city. This seems
like it would be a prime film for restoration on DVD with a big promo and fanfare and,
(hopefully, hopefully) extra footage showing the other songs Joni did that night.
Could this be possible?
My favorite Joni song lately is "Mr. Tambourine Man" that I got when I visited Ashara
last month. Thanks Ashara --- I Love This!
Jeff
