Joni Mitchell: Classic or Dud

Yeah, that's great! Still chain-smoking, I see.

She says she heard, on the radio, a record executive “saying quite confidently, ‘We’re no longer looking for talent. We’re looking for a look and a willingness to cooperate.’ ” The comment crystallized so much for her that she repeats it every chance she gets.

incredible pic

morgellon's thing bums me out, dunno what to make of that

She says she heard, on the radio, a record executive “saying quite confidently, ‘We’re no longer looking for talent. We’re looking for a look and a willingness to cooperate.’ ” The comment crystallized so much for her that she repeats it every chance she gets.

she's been making this same complaint since... 1968? 1970?

according to joni mitchell, joni mitchell has been too good for the record industry since whenever

i mean, god bless her

haha yeah she has been a curmudgeon forever. kind of refreshing -- she never settled into being a cozy personality. not interested in being lovable!
i'd be curious to know what that "burglar" turned up for her nixed box set. probably some cool stuff!
She mentions the guy her record company sent not long ago — “the burglar,” she calls him — to root around her storage unit to cobble together a boxed set she calls a “turd,” which she eventually got killed.

oh to be a fly on the wall at the mitchell / geffen household

Yipes.

https://variety.com/2015/music/news/joni-mitchell-hospitalized-1201463950/

https://twitter.com/JoniMitchellcom/status/583099213170417664

Some slightly better word

https://twitter.com/LeslieCBC/status/583101711973236736

https://twitter.com/LeslieCBC/status/583101436243902464

get well soon, joni

Still in hospital, but also "in good spirits":
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/entertainment/joni-mitchell-hospitalized/

Bass Player Magazine just posted this
"Dry Cleaner From Des Moines"... Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias, Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker bring this house down with this Shadows and Light Tour clip from 1979.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnpyCEUESEw

Tour pic, also from Bass Player

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBsIRNWWEAAp_vY.jpg

(Lot of other Joni on that YouTube page duh)

full concert at same link, a YouTube thing now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1XFbhSMxIM

That "tour pic" got Erskine and Hancock w J and J, doesn't it?

excellent late 70s style happening in those clips

:(

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/04/joni-mitchell-has-fallen-into-a-coma/

oh no

so tired of cool people gettin sick and dying this year. can't some evil assholes get sick and die for once.

oh no

sending you love joni I have so much for you

:(

Really hope she pulls through...this is so sad.

so much for all the snark about "made up" illnesses--assholes. this is a tough day for my family and me

comas aren't made up. morgellon's disease looks pretty made up tho.

Very sorry to hear, though I must admit that I'm in the unfortunate habit of fearing the worst every time I see this thread bumped.

Does anyone know what exactly is going on here, medically? I'm not even that much of a Joni fan but she is such a big part of people I know and love that they've named children after her and her songs.

Not in a coma according to her website.

Great news. Sorry to spread misinformation.

Apr 28: Update on Joni's health
Contrary to rumors circulating on the Internet today, Joni is not in a coma. Joni is still in the hospital - but she comprehends, she’s alert, and she has her full senses. A full recovery is expected. The document obtained by a certain media outlet simply gives her longtime friend Leslie Morris the authority - in the absence of 24-hour doctor care - to make care decisions for Joni once she leaves the hospital. As we all know, Joni is a strong-willed woman and is nowhere near giving up the fight. Please continue to keep Joni in your thoughts. You may add your well wishes for her at the website WeLoveYouJoni.com

Jeez

whew, good news, thanx tyler

http://www.nutrasilver.com/morgellons-treatment

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32592528

excerpt:
A judge has put a friend of singer Joni Mitchell in charge of her medical decisions, after the musician entered intensive care last month.

Lawyer Alan Watenmaker told a hearing on Monday that Mitchell, 71, may leave hospital soon but is unable to confer with doctors about her medical care.

Leslie Morris, Mitchell's friend for more than 40 years, was appointed guardian by judge David S Cunningham.

It is still not clear what the singer-songwriter is being treated for.

approaching perfection

Sorry...Kind of similar to the info from late April.

"unable to confer w/ doctors"

i wonder... does this mean she can't speak? or isn't conscious?

whatever it is... jeez. poor joni.

Yeah the only common scenario that seems consistent with all the stories is a massive stroke leaving her no reliable means of communicating. Hope that's not the case though :-(

aneurysm :(

=(

Wait, RIP, or just the latest bad news?

the aneurysm was the reason she went into the hospital -- seems like they're actually positive reports, all things considered?
http://www.showbiz411.com/2015/05/29/update-joni-mitchell-moved-to-rehab-improving-after-brain-aneurysm

"she didn't have a stroke," unlike the headline on this very article; also see:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6582905/joni-mitchell-brain-aneurysm-sources?utm_source=twitter
But we'll just have to see (hope this doesn't turn into a Harper Lee/Ornette Coleman/BB King fracas)

Not that those are all the same-type fracas, of course, but re conflicting sources/caregivers etc

'very serious' condition and being moved to rehab.

xpost what happened to ornette coleman??

ornette just recently sued somebody for releasing recordings of him without his permission, i'm pretty sure he is fine health wise,

thank god!

yeah, i remember when that album came out with no fanfare it seemed odd. would make sense that they had released it w/o the full cooperation of ornette who seems to exert impressive quality control.