Joni Mitchell: As inspiring as Stephen Harper never was

Joni Mitchell's process when she wrote the album Mingus was to hang with Charles Mingus and meditate about it afterward then write. Or at least that's how I remember her talking about it when I was a teenager and Rolling Stone wasn't a magazine about college fashions. Joni was a unique genius and sometimes I feel like the world of song owes her everything. She is about as inspiring as Stephen Harper never was. Considering that this blog is about activism in song, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is like a history lesson mixed with compassion.

"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"

by Joni Mitchell