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Post by portobella on Mar 9, 2008 14:22:47 GMT -5
There is a very worthwhile article about Carole King, Carly Simon, and Joni Mitchell (titled "The Rebel Angels") in the new Vanity Fair. It is, apparently, an excerpt from a book to be published in April titled Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--and the Journey of a Generation, by Sheila Weller. The article has many wonderful photos of these women! Carly's relationship with Cat is discussed briefly: "She would appear at L.A.'s Troubadour for six days, starting April 6 (1971), opening for Cat Stevens, the British-raised son of a Greek-Cypriot father and a Swedish mother, who, with a tremulous voice that few but Neil Young could equal, was enjoying his first hit, "Wild World." "The Stevens-Simon shows were sold out.... "When Carly flew back to New York, Stevens did, too, and he asked Carly out. On the appointed night, she waited and waited. Before Cat finally arrived, she picked up her guitar and wrote a song for him, because "I was so excited and nervous to see him, and was wasting all this time" on those feelings, Carly recalls. Echoing the rhythms of Stevens's own songs, she sang, "Anticipation, an-ti-ci- pa-a-ation / Is making me late / Is keeping me wai-ai-ai-ai- ai-ting." "I wrote it in 15 minutes," she says. Her second smash hit was born. "Stevens reminded Carly of William Blake--"he was extremely airy in that Blake way, and spiritual." (Indeed, he was spiritual. After a near drowning in Malibu in 1975, Stevens vowed to pay God back for saving his life. He converted to Islam in 1977 and took the name Yusuf Islam.) "Cat would look at me and it would be dazzling, the reflection of all things miraculous." .... " There is a really dazzling picture of the two of them on pp 210-211 (Cat is looking at her so sweetly!), taken by her brother Peter, apparently at the same sitting as the other photo of them on this site (but I much prefer the photo in Vanity Fair). I recommend the purchase of this Vanity Fair issue to any Cat fan!  Bella |
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Post by jsdonze on Mar 10, 2008 13:38:25 GMT -5
Bella, thanks for the heads-up. Vanity Fair is an entertaining publication, but one that I rarely pick up.
I would never have known about this, but will run out right away & purchase the April 2008 issue!
joni...
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Post by shunra on May 2, 2008 5:16:50 GMT -5
I bought the magazine and really the picture of Cat and Carly there is amazing ,he looks like he is really enjoying himself and very much in love with her...I find myself staring at this picture for minutes and minutes...can't take my eyes away..  |
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Post by SuzieQ on May 2, 2008 5:26:55 GMT -5
I tried to get this, but no one stocked it!!!  Any chance you can scan them and show us? PRETTY PLEASE |
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Post by butterfly on May 2, 2008 5:46:46 GMT -5
This is the actual magazine, if it is able to get it in Germany, I will scan the article, but I don't think so. Here is only the German Vanity Fair. www.vanityfair.com/magazine/toc/2008/toc200804204THE REBEL ANGELS
Bursting onto the charts in the early 70s, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon were the smart, searching, sexy voices of a new generation. In an excerpt from her forthcoming triple biography, Sheila Weller zeroes in on the relationships—with the likes of Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Mick Jagger, and (of course) Warren Beatty—that helped inspire their hits. |
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Post by Vivian on May 2, 2008 7:21:18 GMT -5
Thanks. I will try and snatch a copy this weekend, if I find it.
Peace,Vivian
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Post by jsdonze on May 2, 2008 12:18:27 GMT -5
I tried to get this, but no one stocked it!!! Any chance you can scan them and show us? PRETTY PLEASE I was going to try to scan it when I got the magazine, but there is one problem... the picture is on the magazine fold. Cat's right arm & leg [and part of his hair] are on one side of the fold, while most of him & Carly are on the other side. I haven't figured out yet how to scan this without destroying the magazine. Maybe someone with more experience [or a better imagination  ] can think of something. Sorry! joni... |
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Post by Vivian on May 2, 2008 13:03:39 GMT -5
I tried to get this, but no one stocked it!!! Any chance you can scan them and show us? PRETTY PLEASE I was going to try to scan it when I got the magazine, but there is one problem... the picture is on the magazine fold. Cat's right arm & leg [and part of his hair] are one side of the fold, while most of him & Carly are on the other side. I haven't figured out yet how to scan this without destroying the magazine. Maybe someone with more experience [or a better imagination ] can think of something. Sorry! joni... Oh JOANNE, Where are you?  ? Peace,Vivian |
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Post by SuzieQ on May 2, 2008 16:07:58 GMT -5
I was going to try to scan it when I got the magazine, but there is one problem... the picture is on the magazine fold. Cat's right arm & leg [and part of his hair] are one side of the fold, while most of him & Carly are on the other side. I haven't figured out yet how to scan this without destroying the magazine. Maybe someone with more experience [or a better imagination ] can think of something. Sorry! joni... Well, there's a couple of ways I would do it, either put something heavy to flatten it or take out the staples carefully and afterwards replace them, that's the only ways I can think of, then when you have both pictures scanned, put them together in a picture program or you could post both and I will have a go at it. or maybe Joanne will? But the larger amount of pixels, the better the image, as I am sure you know |
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Post by Chris on May 2, 2008 23:03:37 GMT -5
Sue is right, scan each page separately, then stitch them together in your photo program.
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Post by shunra on May 3, 2008 8:13:22 GMT -5
Sorry but I don't have a scanner..
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Post by SuzieQ on May 3, 2008 11:49:29 GMT -5
This picture, it's not this one is it?  |
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Post by jsdonze on May 3, 2008 12:27:12 GMT -5
This picture, it's not this one is it? No, Sue, although it was definitely taken at the same time. In the Vanity Fair shot, Cat is looking at Carly with an interesting, closed-lipped smile on his face, while Carly is looking directly at the camera with a very big smile [almost laughing, it appears]. His expression reminds me of someone thinking "you smart-aleck" -- with his left eyebrow raised a bit. Kind of a skeptical look. It's a very nice photo. I'm going to see if I can scrounge up an exacto knife & perform surgery on the magazine. If I can remove the picture without destroying it in the process [yikes!] I'll see if I can scan it & then figure out how to post it. Wish me luck! This is going to be a challenge all the way around, methinks!  joni... |
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Post by jsdonze on May 3, 2008 16:48:25 GMT -5
Well, there's a couple of ways I would do it, either put something heavy to flatten it or take out the staples carefully and afterwards replace them, that's the only ways I can think of, then when you have both pictures scanned, put them together in a picture program or you could post both and I will have a go at it. or maybe Joanne will? But the larger amount of pixels, the better the image, as I am sure you know Sue, I meant to answer this earlier, but got sidetracked. The magazine is a really thick, bound publication. I wish it did have staples, that would be so much easier! It's over 250 pages, and I haven't been able to come up with anything heavy enough to flatten it out & make a clean copy or scan. Still working on the exacto knife. I know I have one around here somewhere... it's just a matter of tearing everything apart until I find it! LOL joni... |
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Post by SuzieQ on May 3, 2008 19:51:48 GMT -5
Aww bless you Joni. But it seems such a shame to ruin the magazine by cutting out the pages, if the main part is on one side, and you have a flat bed scanner, would it cut too much out to have the middle of the magazine hang over the side? As much as I would love to see all of it, I would hate for you to damage the book. |
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Post by portobella on May 5, 2008 12:07:23 GMT -5
Hi everyone!
I haven't checked in for awhile...unfortunately, the April Vanity Fair probably left the newsstands in mid to late April, though there might be some copies for sale on eBay.
The photo is also included in the book that the article is excerpted from: "Girls Like Us", by Sheila Wenner (the book's photo is much smaller than the one in the magazine, though). I bought the hardcover from Amazon, and it's a great read! The book lists for $28, but Amazon is selling it for just under $17. (I find all three women profiled in the book to be really fascinating, so the investment is worth it to me.)
I am insanely busy right now, or I would cut out the photo and post it now. If no one else does it before I find the time, I'll do it then.
Bella
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Post by portobella on May 11, 2008 14:13:29 GMT -5
Hi everyone, Here is the Vanity Fair photo...I was able to cut the pages pretty cleanly, but I still have a slight gap between the two parts of the photo. Sorry I don't know how to post the photo directly into this message--perhaps someone else who knows how can do it? Thanks! www.esnips.com/doc/794666e7-addc-4918-905c-ed9997595f17/CS_CarlyEnjoy! Bella |
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Post by flemmishfangent on May 11, 2008 14:35:06 GMT -5
Thanks Bella for all the teouble you did but you did it great.Regii
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Post by jsdonze on May 11, 2008 18:31:48 GMT -5
You did a great job! I've been very busy this past week with final exams [not taking them, giving them ] so haven't had an opportunity to work with the photo. I think you did a much better job than I would have. Thanks! joni... |
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Post by Vivian on May 11, 2008 20:02:28 GMT -5
Great pic. Thanks.
Peace,Vivian
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Post by SuzieQ on May 11, 2008 20:11:41 GMT -5
WOW Bella, Thank you so much for all your hard work! We really do appreciate it! What a great picture, just love that cheeky grin!!! ;D  |
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Post by Lucy13 on May 11, 2008 20:37:56 GMT -5
Thanks SuzieQ and Bella! What a niiiiiiice picture .. of them both. |
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Post by Chris on May 11, 2008 20:48:32 GMT -5
Thanks Sue and Bella. I took Sues stitched picture and added a little cloning to it, to come up with this version.  |
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Post by portobella on May 11, 2008 21:10:53 GMT -5
Wow! I knew that there had to be a way to make the "seam" in the photo look "seamless"--and SuzieQ and Christine have done it! Thanks so much to you both--and I'm delighted to have gotten the process started.... Bella |
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Post by SuzieQ on May 12, 2008 3:43:07 GMT -5
Great job Chris |
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Post by downunder72 on May 12, 2008 16:48:18 GMT -5
As I live in Greece there are news stands that sell foreign magazines and papers for tourists.So decided to drive to a port close to the town from which I live and to my delight I found April's Vanity Fair still on the shelf. I paid nearly 11 euros but it was worth it.Some very interesting reading besides the great picture ....... That grin sure says alot Sue, don't you think
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Post by maryb on May 12, 2008 18:04:08 GMT -5
Hi, The magazine is in Australian newsagents at the moment, I bought a copy yesterday. Love Mary
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