Tag: Joni Mitchell

Authenticity and the 60s

June 23, 2011
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(NOTE: This post is a follow up to my article in salon.com:http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/06/18/father_after_death_open2011) “Teach your children well. Their father’s hell did slowly go by. And feed them on their dreams….” –Graham Nash Frank Sinatra is haunting Mrs. Muse and me. Not our house. We don’t wake to the sound of a ghostly rat pack stumbling around…

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Joni’s Blue

September 9, 2010
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I’ve heard it said that it’s easier to learn from art that’s less than great. The same is true of criticism.  It’s easy to describe the machinery in flawed works. Works of genius are tougher – the very things that make them great are those leaps beyond what’s been done before, beyond what follows the formulas…

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Ten Lost Romantic Gems of the ’60s

July 20, 2010
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Without resorting to research, I tried to remember ‘60s love songs I hadn’t heard in years due to their falling off the radar. Half of these I used to sing, the others remain stuck in my heart. 1. “A Woman is a Prism (And Not Made of Stone)” (Eric Andersen) This old folkie might be…

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Ten ’60s albums that changed everything

May 12, 2010
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1.Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan) It’s soaked in what the master himself called “that wild mercury sound.” Reasons it’s stupendously great? “Visions of Johanna,” “Sad Eyed Lady,” “Just Like a Woman” – enough right there.  Oh yeah, and “Memphis Blues Again,” “I Want You,” “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat”… 2. Blue (Joni Mitchell)* OK, it came…

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Three Graces Part 1 – Joni Mitchell

April 27, 2010
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The Three Graces, Antonio Canova, The Hermitage I. Tangled up in Blue First there was Joni….

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