In a message dated 8/4/02 3:01:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Always interesting to discover what brought someone to 'here'. When was > that moment when you decided to type in Joni Mitchell in your search > engine and why? And when you saw that the jmdl exists, how long did it > take you to join in/ And then, how long did you sit back on the > sidelines ? > > > > all the best, > Mags and Brei > in South Jersey. > First of all, I'd like to say thank you to everyone on the list who has welcomed me. That felt great! As for the above question about why I ended up here now, I'm not completely sure. I've known about the JMDL for a long time. Back in the mid-90s when the web was new, I, like probably a lot of you, did searches for info on Joni. Eventually I came across Wally Breese and the JM Homepage. Wally and I had an email correspondence for a while and I think I eventually sent him a lithograph based on the song Amelia with a drawing of Joni in the print that I had done. Although I've never stopped listening to Joni, in the past few months my interest has been renewed. This could be in part because Joni is a genius and her music just has that capacity, and partly because I'm trying to get all of her music in a digital format. So, with each new CD purchase, it's almost like hearing the music for the first time. [BTW, does anyone know if Dog Eat Dog can be purchased on CD anywhere? It seems to be out of print.} I kept hearing Magdalene Laundries on spinner.com. It was the version with The Chieftans. I think it is such a great version of the song and it really made me listen to the song in a new way. I love the lines at the end...."not any spring...." I went and got that which got me started on this quest to get everything Joni has ever done. I'm something of a collector by nature, so this combines two interests. I thought that joining this list would be a good way to learn about works by Joni that I didn't know about, and already that has proven to be true. Thanks again to everyone for the warm welcome! Frank
