No, not my wife’s birthday, but I’ve forgotten that before too. Today is Joni Mitchell’s special day. Who knows how many she’s had of them, and who really cares? I’ve invited her to sing for us an old favorite, Big Yellow Taxi, live on stage 1970. For an acoustic version of Carey from last year’s [...]
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I almost missed her birthday
Posted in Joni Mitchell, Music, Visual art on November 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
O Canada
Posted in Joni Mitchell, Music, Poetry, Visual art on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the “any excuse for Joni Mitchell” category, Canada Day will do nicely. Here are the lyrics to “A Case of You” followed by a black-and-white slide show of my favorite Canadian singing this classic from her “Blue” album. It’s not clear whom she wrote this song about, who it was that got into her blood like [...]
Still time to skate away…
Posted in Joni Mitchell, Literature, Music, Poetry, Religion on December 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve had enough of the commercialism already, and with Christmas yet a week away, be assured that you’re not the only one. Try to keep your cool. Keep it simple. Sing traditional carols with family and friends. Eat some chocolate, pour whipped cream with cinnamon into your fair-trade coffee, and read the nativity stories [...]
Another excuse to hear Joni Mitchell
Posted in Joni Mitchell, Music, Poetry, Visual art on November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well, really, we never need an excuse to hear Joni. But today is her birthday and this is as good as any. How old? Not sayin’. She’s timeless. So, join the party and “Come on down to the Mermaid Café and I will buy you a bottle of wine; And we’ll laugh and toast to nothing [...]
A Halloween Song (or, an excuse to hear Joni Mitchell)
Posted in Joni Mitchell, Music on October 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My wife thinks Johnny Cash can’t sing. She’s wrong of course; but it don’t matter: Joni Mitchell can. Joni was a guest on The Johnny Cash Show in 1969 and sang “The Long Black Veil” with The Man in Black himself. The song is mildly spooky; it’s about lovers who meet in secret, on cold dark nights in [...]
