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An Anti Dentite!

Posted over 4 years ago
A trip to the dentist is always a killer for me. and it was just a cleaning, nothing more. but the scraping in my head i endure when they brutally go after the plaque i left from my poor flossing habits........well, that is my own private hell. what got me through was the lovely music of one of the very greats: Joni mitchell and her 1971 album, Blue. it is exhilarating and sobering and honest and pure. the little details she throws out paint a vivid picture that after all these listens kept me from running straight out of the dental chair screaming. if not for that voice, that unique voice and that beautiful, mysterious melody.........well, that it is a fate worse than death when your an anti dentite. three cheers for Joni
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Comments (12)

  1. Wanbli
    Wanbli says a classic- many say her best At it's core it is a confessional that is easily Joni's most intimate work revealing some heavy sadness at the time I learned that using "in-ear" headphones at the dentist is baaad during the drilling :)
    Permalink posted 01/31/2008
  2. 2bhumane
    2bhumane says Stevie, When it comes to music you are a seer, {my trusted Mog}. I was in love with Joni the first time I heard her, during the last Big Sur Folk Festival, I got to meet her, I even sat on her lap, { no I'm not a lap dancer, but about as close to heaven, in my teenage years i ever got.} She is a Muse with as much humanity and grace that has ever landed on this little fragile Earth we call home. Thanks for keeping her ever present. Peace & Love, Robert
    Permalink posted 01/31/2008
  3. Sturgell
    Sturgell says I'm going to see the dentist for the first time in years and maybe some Joni might calm the nerves
    Permalink posted 01/31/2008
  4. cathygarvey
    cathygarvey says How was JD? and Nubla...? I love Joni too.....I hate the dentist too as well.....we really are soul mates after alll... awwwww....
    Permalink posted 01/31/2008
  5. steve simon
    steve simon says 2b: wow, she sat on your lap, i would kill for that garvey: JD lost weight. nubla was cool but her husband did the scrapping, and i don't want him again. bye baby
    Permalink posted 01/31/2008
  6. Wahiawa786
    Wahiawa786 says Your dentist might take you up on "Music for Dental Calculus Removal." My dentist functions in a collaborative corporation with his brothers, and has patient-controlled cable TV monitors to cut down the anxiety level. I wonder if Gordon Lightfoot's "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" could make complicated root canal work less of a trial? And what dental activity might be set to Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Taking Care of Business?" ("Is it safe?" cackled Dr. Szell.)
    Permalink posted 01/31/2008
  7. steve simon
    steve simon says back in my indiana days, i had a cool dentist who kept the nitrious on full blast, put a blanket over me, lit candles and had a wide screen full tv right above your head with sat tv................it was almost tolerable
    Permalink posted 01/31/2008
  8. dermahrk
    dermahrk says A Seinfeld reference gets me every time. Want the dental trips to be less painful and expensive? Buy an electric toothbrush. It makes one hell of a difference. Since you appear to be conjoined twins, does he need a special chair?
    Permalink posted 02/01/2008
  9. Wade
    Wade says I'm getting my first crown ever next month.
    Permalink posted 02/01/2008
  10. steve simon
    steve simon says dermahrk, i even have a sonicare....freaking flossing is the key, and i grind man, even during the day. drat wade, oh a crown, i would need valium for that
    Permalink posted 02/01/2008
  11. extraordinarypoems
    extraordinarypoems says Once again, you're right on target, friend. I share your dental woes. The single most painful physical experience I have ever had --- far worse, really, than childbirth (well, childbirth with an epidural) was a root canal I had some years back. The doctor gave me shot after shot, and it was still like he was jamming push pins in my tooth repeatedly. I cried in the chair and finally had to say "enough." It took years to ever get the tooth right --- actually, it finally had to be pulled, to my sadness. This is my first adult tooth loss, and it's kind of embarrassing. I'll have to get a bridge and all that when I can afford it. It's in the back, happily -- so no one can really see it. But still, after all the hard work my mother put into taking me to the dentist every six months, I ended up blowing it with one tooth. That damn dentist has to take part of the blame for failing to "stone me, to my soul." God, Joni Mitchell can take me places. Really, just out of this plain old world into a dreamy land where I can make a figure eight on the ice like the girl on Sesame Street --- remember? Thanks.
    Permalink posted 02/05/2008
  12. steve simon
    steve simon says thanks for this great share Extraordinary, i love it and feel it. yes, music as self medication, how novel........and healthier then most of my self medicating
    Permalink posted 02/05/2008

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