Joni is 66 today
Female of the Species (Free subscription) | yesterday
Happy Birthday Joni Mitchell This more recent version presented so differently, and still one of the most beautiful songs ever written:
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My other life | Lynne Truss reveals her fantasy career
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Lynne Truss admits that as a girl she wanted to be the Joni Mitchell of Surrey As a 15-year-old, I was entirely devoted to my guitar and I wrote songs the whole time, so secretly I wanted to be a singer-songwriter – like Joni Mitchell, only without the Californian lifestyle and with no experience of big yellow taxis. I remember one plaintive song I wrote (using four chords) about a boy in John...
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Judy Collins: Sweet and sassy at Plaza Theatre
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Although a songwriter, folk icon Judy Collins is best known as an interpreter of material by the most revered stars of the 1960s folk movement. That description, however, doesn’t do justice to the way in which Collins takes the music...
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And the seasons, they go round and round...
Seen Through a Glass (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was thinking of Joni Mitchell's "Circle Game" today. The change of seasons has set in hard, finally. We had a stiff frost this morning, and a temperature of 26°F. It is definitely November in Pennsylvania. After some other work, I got Thomas to work on mowing the lawn. Only...about ten minutes after he started, he comes in and tells me the mower quit and it's smoking. Damn. Burning...
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Les News, 110709
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sarah Michelle Gellar confesses that motherhood was worth the wait. Rachel Zoe fires her #2 Taylor Jacobs. LeAnne Rimes and Eddie Cibrian reportedly take their love affair to Sin City. Joe Perry says that Steven Tyler quit Aerosmith. Elton John gets back to work. Joe Jackson wants money from the Michael Jackson estate. Thus far, there are no immediate plans for [...]
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Tournament of Rock – Legends: Great 48 wraps up, Sweet 16 kicks Monday morning; PLUS, fun factoids about the tournament so far
Scholars and Rogues (Free subscription) | yesterday
Our last pod ended the Great 48 on a subdued note. Nirvana won handily, but voter turnout was low. Does this mean trouble for “the voice of Generation X” at the next level? We’ll know soon enough. The numbers: #3 Nirvana 56% ; #8 John Mellencamp 32%; Los Lobos 12%. On Monday we’ll launch the third phase of the Tournament of Rock – Legends, as our contest to name the greatest...
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Birthday Suits 11/07
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
1891 Miriam Cooper silent film star of the DW Griffith wing of Hollywood ( Intolerance, Birth of a Nation ) 1903 Dean Jagger Oscar winner for the war drama Twelve O'Clock High . Can't say I've seen that one. Anyone? 1923 Gene Callahan started working in feature films in 1960. He'd won two Oscars for Art Direction ( The Hustler and America, America ) by April, 1964. Quick study, yes? I imagine he had...
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Why Celebrate Today? November 7, 2009
Liquor Barn's Party Line Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Btms^ for Saturday, November 7. Drink 4cast 4 2day: Share Caymus Conundrum White Wine w/ Friends (& Strangers!) 2 toast 2 Albert Camus born 2day in 1913. Cheers 2day 2…the U of L Cards as they take on WVU, and to the match up of the UK Cats and EKU Colonels! November 7, Buy A Try Beers @ The Barns: [...]
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Celebrity VIP Lounge Birthday Bitches, Christopher Knight Turns 52
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | yesterday
Actor Christopher Knight (”The Brady Bunch”) is 52. Opera singer Joan Sutherland is 83. Actor Barry Newman is 71. Singer Johnny Rivers is 67. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 66. Singer Nick Gilder is 58. Guitarist Greg Tribbett of Mudvayne is 41. Actor Jeremy London (”Party of Five”) is 37. Actor Jason London (”The Rage: Carrie Two”) [...]
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This week in history
Dutchblog Israel (Free subscription) | yesterday
6 November 1860: Lincoln elected 7 November 1861: Battle of Belmont , Missouri 8 November 1864: Lincoln re-elected 7 November 1913: Albert Camus born 6-7 November 1917: October Revolution 11 November 1918: World War I ends 8-9 November 1923: Beerhall Putsch 9 November 1938: Kristallnacht 8 November 1939: Hitler survives assassination attempt 9 November 1939: Venlo Incident 7 November 1941: Murder of...
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I was who I am
Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day (Free subscription) | yesterday
What a superb talent is Laura Marling. She has the potential to be the Joni Mitchell of our times. Impeccable musicianship and lyrics that convey emotions usually associated with a life that's much older than her 20 years, make her...
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Daily Chat 07/11/09
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | yesterday
A meteorite landed in a wheat field near Ensisheim, Alsace, in 1492. The London Gazette was published for the first time in 1665. Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the US House of Representatives in 1916. Only four months after opening, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed when steady 42 mph wind caused the bridge to begin swaying. Carl Stokes became the first black mayor...
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Celebrity birthdays on Nov. 7
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Opera singer Joan Sutherland is 83. Singer Johnny Rivers is 67. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 66. Singer Nick Gilder is 58. Actor Christopher Knight (The Brady Bunch) is 52. Actors Jeremy London (Party of Five) and Jason London (Dazed and Confused) are 37. Actress Yunjin Kim (Lost) is 36. Guitarist Zach Myers of Shinedown is 26.
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ABBA, the Chantels, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, the Hollies, KISS, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Stooges and Donna Summer.
Althouse (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Such are the nominees this year for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Patrick Goldstein moans: It's pretty pathetic when you consider that you can vote for the Chantels and Darlene Love, but not for Linda Ronstadt, Steve Miller, Chicago, Rush, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Journey, Dire Straits or Stevie Ray Vaughan, just to name a few of the ineligible worthies... Those of us who are actual voters are...
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Friday Random Ten (OMG Deborah got an iPod!)
If I Ran the Zoo (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
1. Little Green -- Joni Mitchell: Except the sound was screwed up, so now I have to figure out if I need to remove and re-upload this one. 2. Whispers from a Spiritual Garden -- Yusef 3. Louisiana 1927 -- Randy Newman 4. My Romance -- Michael Feinstein 5. Know Now Then -- Ani DiFranco 6. El Matador -- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: I had no idea this thing was on my iPod. Turns out it's from the soundtrack...