In a message dated 7/2/01 7:28:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< The real fun begins when you repeat the exercise, leaving off your
original
choices. Sort of like hits and misses, extended. The MIT prof gets The
Priest
on that one. The incredible thing about her is how great the second
collection will be, regardless of your choices the first time around.
Bob S >>
That reminds me of the tapes I made some time ago, probably after DJRD came
out.
First, I made a tape in chronological order of each Joni album's title track
on one side of a 90-minute tape and on the other side in reverse order my
favorite other song from each album.
This tape was made to play for friends to show Joni's development and
progression as a singer and songwriter.
Then, because there were still so many songs I'd left out, I made another
tape in the same style, with my next two favorite songs from each album, one
on each side, only this time I made an effort to blend the songs better.
Finally, after WTRF came out, I made a third tape with the songs I liked
best from that album blended with songs I had not yet used from the previous
ones. I had once heard a radio DJ segue the end of the live version of For
Free into the opening of Harry's House and duplicated that, plus other
combinations. It was this third tape that turned out to be the one I played
the most.
Unfortunately, I loaned to a former JMDL member to listen to while she was
moving cross-country and she never returned it. And the inferior copy I had
made no longer plays.
Oh well, since then she's made a few more albums, so maybe one day I'll
make another tape. But then, Dog Eat Dog turned me off to Joni so much that
it took me years to get back to where I could enjoy Chalkmark or NRH.
Paul I
