From owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Wed Jul 5 17:27:36 2006 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k65LRZqH010529 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:27:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k65LRZIe010526 for jewel-news-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:27:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200607052127.k65LRZIe010526@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-jewel-news@smoe.org using -f Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:52:53 -0300 To: jewel@smoe.org From: Fjjordao Reply-To: Fjjordao Subject: Jewel-News: Interesting interview Sender: owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1586/Wed Jul 5 15:22:07 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:27:35 -0400 (EDT) This is an interesting article. It talks about the cartoon she's developing for Nickelodeon, the Soul City Cafi project and her ideal radio system (which I completely agree). http://www.femalemusician.com...l.htm TALKING WITH JEWEL By Theresa Orlando From the remote tundra of her Alaskan youth to the triumph of international stardom, Jewel has traveled a singular road as an acclaimed singer, songwriter, poet, actress and painter. The three-time Grammy nominee has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Her latest release, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland, is slated for release May 2, 2006, marking her first album in three years, her sixth total. Alice features the debut single "Again & Again." Here's a portion of an exclusive interview I conducted with Jewel on March 24th. Theresa: Congratulations on your anticipated release of Goodbye Alice in Wonderland! You mention on your website that this album plays in true sequence to your life, an autobiographical album. Can you pinpoint when and where the title came to you, and share that with us? Jewel: Probably halfway through the record, I have a song on the CD that's called Goodbye Alice in Wonderland. And as we were tracking, I kind of began to realize a loose theme to the whole record was forming that sort of had to deal with the topic of trying to understand and find the truth, and start to come to grips with the fact that we're told a lot of fairytales about life, and love that aren't necessarily true, and a willingness to sort of find the truth. Goodbye Alice in Wonderland sort of seems to sum up that theme for me. Theresa: Rob Cavallo was helping you with the production. What specific strength did he bring to the project for you? Jewel: Rob's really great because he's has a lot of commercial success, but it's only because he really cared to find out what's authentic and sincere for the artist he's working with. And I think that the record speaks so truly that it rings true and reverberates outward from there. It's not a contrived hit, so to speak. And I sort of thought he was just a "rock guy", but when I met with him, I really did realize that he cares a great deal about emotional sincerity and that's what I really needed. Theresa: Who are some of the other musicians that appear on this record that you'd like to perhaps mention that really stand out for you? Jewel: Everybody's great. I've worked with my bass player Paul Bushnell for quite a long time, who was on at least 3 records of mine. These guys are just really talented, and we actually kind of come into the room and play them the song how I wrote it on acoustic guitar, and they'd sit around and they'd really kind of get what I was trying to get across. They'd really just kind of interpret it, and have a tremendous amount of skill, but also a tremendous amount of emotionality, so that they could interpret it and sort of bring that out without just squalling it up, and popping it out. Theresa: Right, and am I correct in saying that your process of songwriting is pen and guitar? Jewel: Yes! Theresa: I heard that you're not too keen on the whole technical aspect of the recording process. So what are some of your dislikes and likes about the recording process, in the studio, with the technology. Jewel: This is the first record where I've felt pretty confident. I've been able to accomplish what I wanted to. In general, I find the recording process to be so contrived and so repetitive, that is sort of beats the life out of a song. The way technology has gone, is the temptation to achieve perfection is just so prevalent, you know? You sing a song 20 times, then you take each 20 takes, and then you pick it and you Frankenstein together, one perfect, ultimate take. I guess technically, it's perfect, but emotionally, it leaves you feeling kind of dead. And, me, personally, I just get bored, you know? I can't sing a song 20 times and just bring it every time. So what we did on this one, was we sang live. What you're hearing on the record is a live tape; beginning to end. The band played live, I sang live at the exact same time, and we cut it. It's like a song at a concert. We're all playing live which generally is just never done. You record the drums, and then you add the bass later, and then you track the piano, and you sort of build it up layer-by-layer and it's just like, for me, it just takes the life and the fun out of it. It just really translates in sort of a dead-feeling track to me. I finally kind learned enough of the process to try and influence to keep a lot of the spontaneity into it. Theresa: I did want to touch upon your Clearwater Project. That to me, is a very extraordinary , powerful and meaningful project. I know it's deviating a little from the album, but I want to get your take on some words on what you feel that are perhaps the most crucial areas for your project. Jewel: I started the Clearwater Project when I was 21 or so. I guess what inspired me to do it was when I was homeless and living in my car. I had kidney problems, and I needed to drink two gallons of clean water a day. I was on a 5-dollar-a-day budget. And you could spend all that on water. I needed it for food, and gas, and everything else life takes. It really started to startle me how expensive and inaccessible water really was, and the idea that water would become a luxury of the elite, was a shocking notion. When my first record became successful, I started this project called The Clearwater Project. We basically solved water problems on a small village level. I've really actually never done press on it or anything. It's been funded by myself, solely. 50 cents of each ticket goes to The Clearwater Project. And my brother runs it. And some friends that happen to be biologists will basically find a village that has a water problem. Like certain tribes in Africa, that needed solar paneling, so we bought them solar paneling and helped them dig a well. Or in Tibet, they needed great filters because they have a lot of anaerobic activity. So we put in about 15 sites, in 12 different countries. Theresa: That's amazing. I definitely want to keep abreast of that because I'd love to assist in the area of helping promote that particular project. I am a person who is all about clear water, and clean water myself, so I think it's a great project all around. Congratulations, that's a beautiful thing to do with your success. Jewel: Thank you. Theresa: You got it. One other question I did want to askyou never mentioned a few places, are there any other specific areas that are your next target of attack that are in the works right now to get a water filter process going? Jewel: I think we're about to start a project in Tanzania. That seems to be the one we're working on next. On my website, there's a link to Clearwater. That's Jeweljk.com. You'll see a place to go into and check out what we're doing. Theresa: You have toured the world, of course, and other than you're home state of Alaska, where do you feel your best fan base is anchored? Jewel: I'm not sure. It's really become such a global community; it's really hard for me to say. Anything about the Internet, people can sort of find their tribe or wherever they feel like their like-minded group is from anywhere. I'm a fan of my fans. I think I have kind of a cool fan base. It's pretty mellow. Everyone kind of leaves me alone in all the right ways, and supports me in all the other right ways. I feel really lucky. I've never really been in tabloids. My fans don't seem too weird. They just seem like people that are like me; kind of just grooving out on what somebody's doing and trying to get their own thing going. I guess I never really thought of it in terms of what city everybody lives in particularly. Theresa: Fair enough. And in the past, your "Soul City Cafi" project inspired and gave opportunity to select, independent artists including an opportunity to open up for you. Do you anticipate opening that project door again? Jewel: I haven't yet. I'd love to do it on a bigger scale. I found the scale I was doing it on, it was great and rewarding, but I'd love to do it on a bigger scale if I can. I'd love to do like a singer/songwriter American Idol type of thing that puts the accent on what you're creating, not just what you're mimicking. So you're not just a pop star. You're a person whose provoking thought hopefully. There's talk about VH1 trying to do a show like that, we'll see what happens. Theresa: So I asked Brenda Russell this question a couple of weeks ago and she found it a good question, so I'm going to throw it in the mix. Is there any particular line of a song that you've written that resonates with you more than others? Jewel: I try to make every line count. Oddly enough, one of my favorite lines is a line I stole off of Rikki Lee Jones. I actually called her and asked her permission to rip it off. (laughs) I couldn't think of a better one. I finally called her and was like, "Ms. Jones, (laughs) if I could think of a better line I would, but I can't, can I use yours?" It was "the sharp end of what you say". And I just always liked that line and I ended up putting it at the end of a song called Break Me. Her line says, "You climb up my windowsill using the sharp end of what you say", and my line says, "you can hurt me with your bare hands, you can hurt me with the sharp end of what you say". But anyway, I did get permission from her and I plagiarized it (laughs). Theresa: That's a very cool tidbit of information. Thank you, I appreciate that sharing. Ok, touring and promoting for your anticipated release is probably the main goal for your immediate future as a singer, songwriter, poet, actress, and painter. Where do you think your next form of expression may be built upon from this CD? What will you think you'll do, some writing or do you think you'll just go with the flow kind of thing? Jewel: I'm actually working on a cartoon for Nickelodeon called Punk Rock Angel Girl. And I drew it and wrote it, and conceived it, and I'm the voice. I guess it's completely narcissistic (laughs) but it was a lot of fun. I was an art major in school, and really missed drawing. We're just now doing our pilot. Hopefully it will rate well, and we can go onto make a series. Theresa: Very nice. Congratulations and good luck. Jewel: Thank you. Theresa: This is sort of my "trademark" question that I do ask people. If there was one thing you could change regarding the music industry, what would that be? Jewel: Well, gulp, I would change radio format. I would love to make records where the fans could kind of choose the tracks they want to hear. Where DJ's kind of get to play tracks that aren't just singles, but that are somehow relevant to listeners. That's actually why I took Goodbye Alice in Wonderland and released it on the Internet with it's own little super 8(?) home video. I felt it should be a single, but its 6 minutes long, and there's nothing pop about it. But I felt like the fans could relate to it. So I'm trying to release my own underground Internet singles while at the same time I go with more conforming radio singles. You know, regular format. But that's one thing I'd like to change. From owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Tue Jul 11 10:08:45 2006 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6BE8jqH008376 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:08:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k6BE8jq6008375 for jewel-news-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:08:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200607111408.k6BE8jq6008375@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-jewel-news@smoe.org using -f Subject: Jewel-News: Good Day video now online From: "Fjjordao" Date: Tue, July 11, 2006 9:44 am To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1591/Mon Jul 10 15:41:02 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:08:45 -0400 (EDT) Check it out! http://music.aol.com/artist/jewel/22611/main# I haven't seen it though, my computer doesn't play it... From owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Fri Jul 14 22:54:40 2006 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6F2sdqH011683 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:54:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k6F2sdEV011682 for jewel-news-outgoing; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:54:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200607150254.k6F2sdEV011682@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-jewel-news@smoe.org using -f From: "Matt Sullivan" To: jewel@smoe.org Subject: Jewel-News: Jewel on Craig Ferguson show Re-Airing Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:44:56 -0500 Sender: owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1599/Fri Jul 14 01:35:31 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:54:39 -0400 (EDT) from Jewel's site: "In case you missed Jewel's amazing performance of her new single 'Good Day' on the 'Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'; it will be re-airing July 21st on CBS. Check the CBS website for more details." From owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Tue Jul 18 17:11:25 2006 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6ILBPqH028460 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k6ILBPHA028458 for jewel-news-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200607182111.k6ILBPHA028458@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-jewel-news@smoe.org using -f Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:31:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Jewel-News: MTV article on Jewel in animated series From: "Mike Connell" To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1606/Tue Jul 18 16:56:15 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:11:25 -0400 (EDT) From: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536485/20060717/jewel_pop_.jhtml?headlines=true at the link there are some other Jewel features that cannot be posted in this email. ____________________________________________________ Jewel's Yodel Is A Superpower In New Animated Series Jewel's yodel isn't just some vocal-gymnastic thing she does to show off  it's a secret power. Her rebel yell can shake people out of their complacency. At least, that's according to her upcoming animated series "Punk Rock Angel Girl," in which the singer/songwriter moonlights as a superhero  kind of. "Punk Rock Angel Girl, or PRAG, she's just a teenager," Jewel explained. "She's a punk rocker, but what I call punk rock is getting angry with a cause. A lot of the show is about anger as a transformational, useful tool. There's a difference between pent-up aggression that's randomly expressed  that's just confrontational with no thought behind it  versus positive anger, thinking for yourself and making tough decisions." Jewel created the concept, wrote the first episode and drew the title character  whom she also voices  for the Nickelodeon series, set to debut this fall. The former art major thought the cartoon would be a fun way to use parables and satire "in an unassuming way," unlike, say, her "Intuition" video, which depicted her becoming an overly sexualized, overly commercialized pop star. It was meant to be ironic, but not everyone got the joke. With "Punk Rock Angel Girl," she hopes she can do something sophisticated and simple at the same time. "I really enjoy the medium," Jewel said. "It's so much fun creating this whole world, but it's so hard to get everything I want in." It's still a work in progress, so Jewel's got time to cram all her ideas into the series, which currently exists as two-minute stand-alone shorts. In the first, called "Tough Choices," PRAG discovers that a big, faceless corporation called Megacorp is trying to brainwash the youth of America to buy things that nobody would ever need. Megacorp's minions are disguised as celebrities  but underneath, they're actually robots, and if revealed as such, they attack. "It's a faceless network conspiracy to make people stupid," Jewel said. In "Tough Choices," one of Megacorp's robots pretends to be the pop idol Francoise, who picked PRAG's band to open up for him on tour. But instead of coming out to sing, he exhorts the crowd to buy a ton of products. In another episode, one of Megacorp's robots pretends to be Barbara Walters, who's supposed to be reporting on a protest at Central Park where a group wants to replace the ugly animals with pretty ones. "Normally, PRAG is pretty cynical, but this level of stupidity is just shocking to her," Jewel said. "This robot impersonating Barbara Walters is saying these dumb and absurd things: 'Worms deserve to die.' 'Cows are ugly.' Stuff like that. And while she'd normally walk away and not get involved, she's starting to get upset and angry." To top it off, Punk Rock Angel Girl gets a strange sensation when she gets angry, a feeling like she needs to throw up, which becomes a yodel as a lightning bolt comes out of her. These "Yellow Yodel Bolts of Energy" help PRAG tap into her inner reserves of power  but she also discovers that everyone has this power within them; it's just a matter of finding out what triggers it. For PRAG, it's being around stupidity, and for Jewel, that means there's an abundance of inspiration for future shorts. "There's going to be tons of pop-culture tie-ins," she promised. "When Matthew McConaughey plays the bongos naked, when Janet Jackson's boob pops out, it turns out they were just one of the brainwashed zombies. And it's up to PRAG to save them."  Jennifer Vineyard From owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Sat Jul 22 14:56:06 2006 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6MIu6qH026827 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:56:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k6MIu660026826 for jewel-news-outgoing; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:56:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200607221856.k6MIu660026826@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-jewel-news@smoe.org using -f Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:11:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn F Subject: Jewel-News: Jewel's Performance of good day on Craig fergerson To: jewel@smoe.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on jane.smoe.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1614/Fri Jul 21 16:27:38 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1614/Fri Jul 21 16:27:38 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1614/Fri Jul 21 16:27:38 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:56:06 -0400 (EDT) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:11:17 -0400 (EDT) X-Greylist: IP, sender and recipient auto-whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [199.201.145.78]); Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:11:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain X-Rcpt-To: Sender: owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Hey guys I uploaded the performance of the Good day performance on the late late show. It was a rocking performance and while your there check out my other videos My friend Nicole said it was a cheap promotion to get my other videos noticed lol but yeah check out the perofrmance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5pcc45RMV0 From owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Tue Jul 25 17:22:44 2006 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6PLMiqH003297 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:22:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k6PLMipj003296 for jewel-news-outgoing; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:22:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200607252122.k6PLMipj003296@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-jewel-news@smoe.org using -f From: "Matt Sullivan" To: jewel@smoe.org Subject: Jewel-News: Jewel Chat Transcript Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:56:03 -0500 Sender: owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1618/Mon Jul 24 21:12:40 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:22:44 -0400 (EDT) **FROM WASHINGTONPOST.COM ... REALLY SHORT, MISS THING STARTED THE CHAT LATE =) ** **BORING QUESTIONS!!! THE ONES I SUBMITTED WERE SOME 20/20 TYPE SHIT!!*** Groningen, Netherlands: I've seen people lable you as 'pop queen,' 'country chick' and some people would class your music as 'jazz.' Which musical genre do you think suits you best? Or do you think it has changed over time? Jewel: Hmmm. I grew up to a lot of differert artists, from Nina Simone to Joni Mitchell to Loretta Lynn so I guess it makes sense that you can hear a lot of influences in my music. I guess the one thing that ties it all together for me is the storytelling aspect, that would be it. _______________________ Annapolis, Md.: On Your official Web site you had a version of Good By Alice that is a more accustic version. Are you going to release that version? Download? Jewel: I'm pretty sure you can find a bootleg already online but at some point, yeah, I'll probably an acoustic version of it on something. _______________________ Jacksonville, Tex.: I, too, live on a ranch and I enjoy it very much. I was wondering what types of work you engage in at the ranch. Also, do you garden flowers or vegetables? Jewel: No gardening. We have about 300 acres in Coastal and Kleim grass. We run about 200 mother cows, so the ranch work includes everything from fixing fences to doctoring cows to picking rocks out of fields. _______________________ Boston, Mass.: Do you plan on doing anymore shows by yourself on the east coast anytime soon? Jewel: I'll be touring the east coast in November through December. _______________________ Fairfax, Va.: What do you think of American Idol, the TV show? What did you think of Katharine McPhee's version of Over the Rainbow? Jewel: Didn't hear Katharine McPhee's version but I love that song. As for American Idol, I think the show at least encourages a higher standard of singers in an industry that has certainly strayed from singing being a prerequisite for the job. That said, I don't think it necessarily encourages artistic freedom or songwriting. _______________________ Washington, D.C.: How can someone learn to yodel? Jewel: Lots of practice and a soundproof rooom. _______________________ Washington, D.C.: What's your take on Hollywood -- like it, hate it, want to be part of it? Does the culture appeal to you? Jewel: I guess it's never really appealed to me although as a voyeur who can come and go it can be quite an entertaining culture but nothing that should be taken too seriously. _______________________ Leesburg, Va.: Can you speak to (1) "artistic freedom" versus the Indie Label format, and how this industry measure impacts what you release either written word or voice? Thanks! Jewel: I think that artistic freedom begins and ends with the artist's resolve. I believe any artist in any format should be able to maintain artistic integrity in whatever field they choose, indie or major label. It's a hard fight no matter where you are. _______________________ Gaithersburg, Md.: Do you miss Alaska, if so what aspect do you miss the most and which do you miss the least? Jewel: I still get homesick for Alaska quite often. It's mainly the landscape, the mountains and the ocean that I miss. I I don't necessarily miss the long, dark winters. _______________________ Dayton, Ohio: First I would like to say that I am so pleased you returned to your musical roots. Question: Have you ever thought one day you might do collaborations with any other artist? Jewel: I've never seen any of my music as a separation from my roots. It's all been storytelling from my life but I'm glad you like this most recent record. It's one of my favorites too. As for a duet, I got to sing with Bob Dylan, also B.B. King, so my wish list is pretty much taken care of with the exception of my regret for not having sung with Nina Simone. _______________________ Tucson, Ariz.: What was it like touring with Rob Thomas? Jewel: Touring with Rob Thomas was great fun. It was a blast to have another band on the road and to get up on stage and sing with him. _______________________ Grover Beach,Santa Barbara, Calif.: What happened to the Clear Water Foundation (I think that is what it was called)? Is it still around? If so, how can we get involved? Jewel: Yes, I still run the Clearwater Foundation. If you want to get involved you can find a link on my Web site: jeweljk.com. It has been run by me and my brother since I was 21 and we solve water problems on the village level. So far we have put in 15 filtration systems in 12 different countries. _______________________ New York, N.Y.: Hi Jewel, During this era in which the industry is so driven by artificial, oversexed and undeniably talentless fluff, how would you encourage up-and-coming songwriters/performers to be heard and recognized in an environment that seems so set on ignoring true talent? How did you remain focused and driven in the beginning? Jewel: I never got into music to become liked or famous. I started writing music because I needed it and it moved me and it helped me. I don't think real artists need to be encouraged to create real art. They just need a forum to perform their real art in, which means fans and consumers need to let radio stations and record labels and promoters know that they are still interested in real artists so that they will continue to give real artists a forum. _______________________ Gaithersburg, Md.: I'm 50 years old and, I admit, I bought your latest CD. Your voice is just too strong and interesting to ignore. So, my question: Is it OK for an old guy like me to buy your music? (Honest question!) Jewel: LAUGHS. I'll take any fan I can get. I find that "older" fans that grew up listening to a lot of the great acts tend to be more loyal fans. _______________________ Wixom, Mich.: How long does it take you from start to finish to write a song? Jewel: Um, well, every song is different but in general they come to me quite fast -- in a couple hours. Writing is an odd experience. It's sort of like reading a book out of my head. You can't see the words; you can only feel them. It feels like it's already written. You just need to discover it properly. _______________________ Brownsville, Tex.: As an actress, you have only made one feature film and been in several TV shows. As far as you future is concerned, what kind of film project(s) are you looking for in doing? Do you want to go any further and chose parts than are diffrent than who you are? By the way, I love your entire body of work! I wish you all the best! Jewel: I made a decision several years ago to kind of let acting go because I was beginning to spend all my free time working on acting and as I look around at many in my profession I see that often they grow old to be famous and affluent but not necessarily happy. Because so much time is spent on maintaining the career -- not developing a life outside of the career. I enjoy acting immensely and take parts when they come but no longer actively pursue movies. This is really just a fancy was of saying I'm lazy ... and I enjoy the ranch and being with my boyfriend. _______________________ Clarksburg, W.Va.: I loved you on the "Iron Chef" program, that must have been a lot of fun? Do you get time enough to enjoy the food? Jewel: I'm a big fan of Iron Chef and the Food Network. Though we shot at 8 a.m. and I was eating raw lamb by 8:30 a.m. which was a first to say the least, I did thoroughly enjoy Bobby Flay's cooking and a lot of it. _______________________ Jefferson, Wisc.: How do you feel the general public has responded to the evolving of your styles? Jewel: Everything considered, I think my fans have been resilient and open-minded, which is heartening because music really should be a liberal and accepting community. I really enjoy diverse styles of music and it has given me great joy to continue to experiment and push myself musically. _______________________ Jewel: Thanks so much for bringing in your questions and I hope to do this again soon. It's nice to talk directly with the fans. _______________________ washingtonpost.com: This concludes our discussion with Jewel. She had another interview to do. Hopefully, as she indicated, we may have her back with us. From owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Tue Jul 25 17:25:47 2006 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6PLPlqH003443 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:25:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k6PLPkN0003442 for jewel-news-outgoing; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:25:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200607252125.k6PLPkN0003442@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-jewel-news@smoe.org using -f To: jewel@smoe.org From: MrBB Subject: Jewel-News: Lenedra's new blog Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:43:21 -0400 Sender: owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1618/Mon Jul 24 21:12:40 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:25:47 -0400 (EDT) ___________________________________________________________ List Moderator Note: For those relatively new to Jewel-News and not that familiar with her management team, the two people mentioned below are Jewel's mother and former manager (Lenedra) and West Kennerly who has been Jewel's official photographer for over a decade. __________________________________________________________ Hi All, For those of you curious about what Lenedra has been up to, she has started a new blog at Yahoo 360 and you are welcome to check it out. Here's the link: http://360.yahoo.com/lenedracarroll West Kennerly and I also created simple pages there, although mine has no real content yet. However, you can see a vintage photo of me from 1974 (the year Jewel was born) that is the uncropped version of my avatar at Jewel: Unedited. West's page has a recent photo of him and Django, the celebrity beagle, who is alive and well, for those of you who may have wondered whatever happened to him. Have a look if you feel so inclined and leave us entertaining messages, Otherwise, lets hope we all survive World War 3. Alan NP: The summer 2001 footage of you guys baking in the heat outside 12th & Porter before the the EDA concert in Nashville, which I'm finally getting around to logging five years later... From owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Fri Jul 28 06:54:28 2006 Received: from smoe.org (ident-user@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6SAsSqH010059 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:54:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k6SAsSdF010058 for jewel-news-outgoing; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:54:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200607281054.k6SAsSdF010058@smoe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: smoe.org: majordom set sender to owner-jewel-news@smoe.org using -f Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:41:18 -0700 From: "Larry Greenfield" To: jewel@smoe.org Subject: Jewel-News: Jewel at Ellis Island Sender: owner-jewel-news@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1624/Thu Jul 27 13:11:25 2006 on smoe.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (smoe.org [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:54:28 -0400 (EDT) From Genealogy.com web site: Swiss National Day Celebration at Ellis Island Saturday - Featuring Jewel 7/27/2006 The Swiss are having a holiday on Ellis Island this weekend. I rather wish I'd heard about this earlier. I would like to have attended. I too, have Swiss roots New York (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) July 27, 2006  International pop star Jewel will put her Swiss roots on display with a performance at the Swiss National Day celebration on Ellis Island, Saturday, July 29, 2006, from 12:15 to 1:00 honoring Switzerland's 715th birthday. The event, presented by www.swissroots.org will also feature the newly designed exhibition, "Small Number - Big Impact," a lively presentation of Swiss immigration history to the U.S. that will run at Ellis Island until October 31, 2006 and is organized by "The Association for a Swiss Migration Museum." Swiss Minister of Culture, Federal Councilor Pascal Couchepin, will officially open the exhibition, and will deliver the Swiss National Daykeynote address. Furthermore, Swiss National Daywill showcase a wide range of Swiss entertainers, exhibits, and culinary delicacies. Proud of her Swiss heritage, Jewel decided, much like Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger, to join "Swiss Roots," a program that seeks to inspire Americans to connect with Switzerland, and she will become a "Swiss Roots" spokesperson. She says: "I was raised aware of my Swiss roots, singing traditional songs and eating traditional food. I even have a Swiss passport." As a Swiss-born American, Jewel's father, Atz Kilcher, with whom she will perform at Swiss National Day, helped familiarize his daughter with her family's Swiss heritage. Jewel became aware of Swiss Roots through the makers of "Small Number - Big Impact ," and is one of the celebrities featured in the exhibition at Ellis Island. Others include Marc Forster (Oscar-winning film maker), Adolf Rickenbacker (inventor of the electric guitar), Albert Gallatin(finance minister under President Thomas Jefferson ), Elisabeth K|bler-Ross (psychiatrist and death researcher), Louis Chevrolet (racing driver and car maker), Robert Frank (photographer), Andreas Dietsch (early socialist), Othmar H. Amman (bridge builder) and General Johann August Sutter(adventurer). The exhibition also includes the "Swiss Forum," a lounge in which visitors have access to Internet stations enabling Swiss-ancestry genealogical searches. In addition, a comprehensive exhibition catalogue will be on sale at the Ellis Island Museum's book shop. *About "Swiss Roots"* "Swiss Roots" brings the United States and Switzerland closer together through activities that foster dialogue and understanding, through online exchanges and live events. The program's centerpiece, www.swissroots.org, is a state-of-the-art website that serves as a tool for more than one million Americans of Swiss descent to discover their ancestral roots, and as a gateway for those curious about Switzerland to discover and communicate with the Swiss people. The "Swiss Roots" website was launched officially on March 29 at the Embassy of Switzerlandin Washington, D.C., and will be active well into the future. Featuring various events throughout the United States, "Swiss Roots" showcases the best in Swiss innovation, culture, history, education, and business. The project is managed by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York and the official Swiss representations in the U.S., in cooperation with numerous local Swiss associations. "Swiss Roots" is coordinated by Presence Switzerland (the Swiss Government's country branding agency) and supported by Switzerland Tourism(the official Swiss tourist board) and Pro Helvetia (the Swiss Arts Council). The program is additionally sponsored by private sector companies such as Swiss Helvetia Fund , Swiss International Air Lines and Swiss Post . About Jewel An accomplished and world-renowned singer, songwriter, poet, and painter, Jewel has continued to explore fresh musical avenues, branching out from her folk roots to incorporate rock, pop, country, blues, jazz, and classical influences into her work. Jewel's personal odyssey, partly chronicled on her landmark 12-times platinum debut, "Pieces of You," comes to full flower on "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland," her most recent album which was released in May. Marking her first album in three years  and sixth all told  the collection is her most autobiographical work in more than a decade, tracing her path from the extreme solitude of Alaska to the extreme joys and pitfalls of fame. "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland" follows 2003's "0304," which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart, simultaneously becoming both the highest-debuting and highest-charting album of her career to date, while also marking her fourth album to hit the top ten on the national charts. To date, Jewel has sold over 25 million albums worldwide, enjoying career longevity rare among her generation of artists.