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.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 02:25 (nine years ago) link
oh to be a fly on the wall at the mitchell / geffen household
― mattresslessness, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 02:29 (nine years ago) link
Yipes.
https://variety.com/2015/music/news/joni-mitchell-hospitalized-1201463950/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 01:55 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/JoniMitchellcom/status/583099213170417664
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 03:09 (nine years ago) link
Some slightly better word
https://twitter.com/LeslieCBC/status/583101711973236736
https://twitter.com/LeslieCBC/status/583101436243902464
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 03:28 (nine years ago) link
get well soon, joni
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 04:05 (nine years ago) link
Still in hospital, but also "in good spirits":http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/entertainment/joni-mitchell-hospitalized/
― dow, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 13:50 (nine years ago) link
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
― dow, Friday, 3 April 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Tour pic, also from Bass Player
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBsIRNWWEAAp_vY.jpg
― dow, Friday, 3 April 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link
(Lot of other Joni on that YouTube page duh)
― dow, Friday, 3 April 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
full concert at same link, a YouTube thing nowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1XFbhSMxIM
― dow, Friday, 3 April 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
That "tour pic" got Erskine and Hancock w J and J, doesn't it?
― dow, Friday, 3 April 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link
excellent late 70s style happening in those clips
― tylerw, Friday, 3 April 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link
:(
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/04/joni-mitchell-has-fallen-into-a-coma/
― jaymc, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
oh no
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
so tired of cool people gettin sick and dying this year. can't some evil assholes get sick and die for once.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:13 (eight years ago) link
sending you love joni I have so much for you
― marcos, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
― Bookmark No Bingus Permalink (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:25 (eight years ago) link
Really hope she pulls through...this is so sad.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:37 (eight years ago) link
so much for all the snark about "made up" illnesses--assholes. this is a tough day for my family and me
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
comas aren't made up. morgellon's disease looks pretty made up tho.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link
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.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 23:03 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 23:20 (eight years ago) link
Not in a coma according to her website.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 23:38 (eight years ago) link
Great news. Sorry to spread misinformation.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 23:43 (eight years ago) link
Apr 28: Update on Joni's healthContrary 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
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 23:45 (eight years ago) link
Jeez
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
whew, good news, thanx tyler
― sleeve, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 00:18 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nutrasilver.com/morgellons-treatment
― hunangarage, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
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.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:33 (eight years ago) link
approaching perfection
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
Sorry...Kind of similar to the info from late April.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link
"unable to confer w/ doctors"
i wonder... does this mean she can't speak? or isn't conscious?
whatever it is... jeez. poor joni.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
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 :-(
― Tim F, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
aneurysm :(
― Οὖτις, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
=(
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 29 May 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
Wait, RIP, or just the latest bad news?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
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
― tylerw, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
"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=twitterBut we'll just have to see (hope this doesn't turn into a Harper Lee/Ornette Coleman/BB King fracas)
― dow, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
Not that those are all the same-type fracas, of course, but re conflicting sources/caregivers etc
― dow, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
'very serious' condition and being moved to rehab.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 30 May 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
xpost what happened to ornette coleman??
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Saturday, 30 May 2015 23:30 (eight years ago) link
ornette just recently sued somebody for releasing recordings of him without his permission, i'm pretty sure he is fine health wise,
― brimstead, Saturday, 30 May 2015 23:40 (eight years ago) link
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.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Sunday, 31 May 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
btw having read about this subsequently
it's denardo, acting as ornette's "legal guardian," who is suing. i don't know if that means that ornette is infirm or something, or just that in is old age he's decided to empower denardo with the authority to act on his behalf.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Sunday, 31 May 2015 00:31 (eight years ago) link
aneurisms are a bitch.
― surm, Sunday, 31 May 2015 00:34 (eight years ago) link
The Croz weighs in:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/26/david-crosby-joni-mitchell_n_7673682.html
― dow, Saturday, 27 June 2015 23:46 (eight years ago) link
I have been thinking about the song 'Amelia' a lot recently.
― cod latin (dog latin), Sunday, 28 June 2015 11:00 (eight years ago) link
It's such a beautiful, weary dream.
― MatthewK, Sunday, 28 June 2015 13:06 (eight years ago) link