I watched and taped part 1 of "Joni Mitchell - a woman of heart and mind" on CBC tonight. I don't think any of you will be disappointed. This is a very tastefully done look at our Joan, featuring much music and lots of lovely images, both still shots and film. It also includes interviews with James Taylor, Graham Nash, David Crosby, David Geffen and Elliot Roberts, as well as Joan herself.
Is there anything in it that the really fan doesn't already know? Probably not. I for one had never seen Joni's wedding pictures from her brief marriage to Chuck Mitchell, but I'm sure some of you have. And there were some recordings played of early Joni solo, as well as with Chuck - again, things some of you probably have in your collections, but not this lister. I video-recorded it here at home and also realized I could videotape it at the TV I have at work (sometimes I'm such an eejit that never occurred to me until today when I was looking at the little TV on my desk, realizing it had a VCR built into it, so I headed down to the drugstore downstairs and picked up a videocassette. It's very obvious the love the interviewees have for Joni still, especially Graham Nash. It made me wish things had worked out for them, as it's very evident how madly in love with her he was. If the only problem was competition for who would get to the piano first, then I'm sure they could have figured that one out quickly; still I totally get Joni's point about her frustrated poet/artist grandmothers and why she didn't want to get into a relationship that might make her want to kick the door down. I'm looking forward to part 2 next week and once again, I don't think any of you will be disappointed when this shows up on PBS in a bit less than a month. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
