I know that in the past I have definitely ruffled some feathers and should have taken a deep breath before I posted about certain things. I think the influx of political posts really started to get to me and therefore I needed to vent. My middle finger innuendo to Andrew was more of a play on the way he wrote about taking your finger and hitting delete, he said he was being a bitch and I know I was. I was also upset about what I felt was a stereotype and how I was sick of the Joni-gay fan posting. I dont think I would be explaining myself unless this topic of the state of the list had been addressed.
I bought Blue after hearing Sarah McLaughlans cover of it and proceeded to buy every album Joni has made. Very few of my friends/family listen to Joni (although not through lack of trying) and I was feeling like I had no outlet for my deep appreciation of Joni and her music. I have been a huge lurker on this list for (I think) over two years and came to the JMDL through jonimitchell.com. I have learned more valuable information about Joni Mitchell that I dont think I would have learned elsewhere and am forever grateful for that. I was looking for a community that discussed Joni Mitchell and love to read other peoples opinions/experiences with her music. I enjoy all of the discussions about her lyrics even if they come up more than once a year, i.e. your notches liberation doll and all stories of meeting her, seeing her in concert, etc. There are certain people on this list that I read their posts and respect them even though I have never met them, and am amazed at their humor and humility. I have never been intimidated to post my thoughts (obviously) nor do I feel that there is an inner circle. I really only post when I feel like it although there are many times I would like to email people off list because I totally agree with what they have written. I tend not to as I am not sure if this is an invasion of privacy, and because I only read these posts during work, I tend to run out of time. I would really hate to see this list micro-managed. As I have stated in the past NJC is really my biggest gripe. I dont think you can limit the amount of emails one person posts on any given day nor do I think can you limit the amount of what they write. I think there are always going to be instances where people hurt other people. I definitely fall into the category of believing that I can write what I want because you dont know me, but dont think that I dont have a conscience about it because nine times out of ten, I do. Sometimes you need to vent and sometimes those words can be insensitive. Is this right? Is this wrong? I think that is a matter of opinion but I think that most people dont write posts to insult others, email can come across that way even if it is not meant to. If it werent for this list I dont think I would know anything about Jaco Pastorious, Brian Blade, Herbie Hancock, The Weather Report, Charles Mingus, Chrissy Hynde punching Carly Simon, Fonimitchell, or how many covers there are of This Flight Tonight. So thanks to all of you for all of the wonderful information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*.
