From: owner-jewel-digest To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V1 #379 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "jewel-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. jewel-digest Saturday, 20 July 1996 Volume 01 : Number 379 Today's Subjects: ----------------- JewelStock Day II: It was great... irc room Re: Dammit! This is exactly what Jewel didn't want :( Re: Everyday Angels, NJC (So Ignore it if You Want) Re: another JS mini-report Re: JewelStock attendee speaks....--NJC Re: Everyday angels AGH, THE PAIN... Jewelstock in More Detail, Jewel's Hair, the Edge, Virus? The Archangel, Jewel. JS JewelStock (what else?) I'm HOME and happEEE!! Mostly non-jewel JS Whine Time (NJC) Farce Ostrich is no more! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Miguel A. Gonzalez" Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 01:22:14 -0500 Subject: JewelStock Day II: It was great... ...wonderful, etc. Did we expect otherwise? Amateur photo mistake costs Jewel listmember from getting the photo where she waved to me and the other photographer on stage left: to all those at JewelStock II, I didn't have the film threaded correctly for that roll. MAJOR BUMMER! If there is an upside, I took many more pictures from stage right during the last encore - a nice consolation since that was my last roll of film. Apologies to Dan Stark: I was supposed to pick up the LA tape for the tree from you, but I forgot to look for you. Thanks to all who organized the two-day affair (and to Akira and Mike Connell for dealing with my perpetual bouncing replys), I'm way pooped from driving 90 minutes to and from the venue while not missing a day of work, so it's bedtime for me. Maybe I'll channel back to Nedra singing the lullaby during JewelStock Day I... Mike Gonzalez speedygo@interramp.com ------------------------------ From: plus@seark.net (plus) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 00:29:25 -0500 Subject: irc room ok you js attendees, you guys need to come to #jewel on undernet to tell us about it. don't hold out on us so come on in and brag and do all that other stuff to make us feel bad and give yourself an ego. scann your pics of it and send it to us over irc. i'll be there tomorrow around 6 or so and like hunter said, he'll be back sunday. plus the elm and button controversy is in the air. don't let them get to you! ------------------------------ From: tom morales Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 23:11:48 +0100 Subject: Re: Dammit! This is exactly what Jewel didn't want :( Hey Eric, Just remember the angel you just saw may have destroyed your car but she saved your life. Moral: Next time your stoned and tired stay with a big group of people like all the other angels. They'll take care of you. You guys should have stayed there missed work and hung out with whoever was staying for the second show. Eric Montas wrote: > > mike, akira, bill, and everyone who attended friday's show, > > sorry, but as you've probably realized, i didn't make it back for > the show. the plan was that after the party at pinecrest, i was gonna bring > jack (shakey) back home so he could sleep an hour or two before going to > work at 7:30am. i was either going to drive back or sleep at jack's > depending on how i felt. well, i never got a chance to see how i felt. > before driving jack home, bill and tom proven said that neither one > of us should go back until one of us was sober enough. i was cool with > letting jack drive, since he has a higher tolerance than i do, but i had > also never let anyone else drive my car before, so i was a bit wary. i > honestly felt fine enough to handle the trip, so jack allowed me to drive. > we were doing fine, taking 375 to 28 to 87 aka the new york thruway. > i had put in the MOM cd hoping it would help keep me awake. when i felt that > it wasn't helping, i had jack put in sarah mclachlan's Fumbling Towards > Ecstasy, a cd that i could sing along with and keep me up. > well, before i knew it, i heard jack yelling 'dude! dude!' and i > opened my eyes to see driving on the center grass dividing the north and > south bound roads. my first big mistake was driving with cruise control on. > my second big mistake was jerking the wheel back on the road and hitting the > brakes. my car started to spin, and it ran into the right side of the road, > hitting a cement guard rail, and then spinning into a ditch on the side of > the road with a little stream. 'shit! did i just crash?' was my first thought. > i've never had an accident or a speeding ticket in my life, so this > is my first driving mishap in five years of driving. dammit. i feel like > such an idiot. i should've let jack take over when i started feeling drowsy. > i shouldn't have driven with cruise control on. i shouldn't have slammed on > the brakes. oh well. that doesn't help my car or my insurance now. > unfortunately, i wasn't able to attend the second day of jewelstock, > and because of my stupidity, jack never made it to work anyway. well, i'm > sorry i let so many people down, but all the apologizing in the world won't > make up for it. > well, i'm going to try and wash off my guilt. then maybe i'll cry > myself to sleep. 'bye. > > eric > > :( ------------------------------ From: tom morales Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 23:18:45 +0100 Subject: Re: Everyday Angels, NJC (So Ignore it if You Want) scott1@oz.net wrote: > > >I under stand you wanting to get to know each other but I > >think private mail has the same effect > > Yes it does, for the two people directly corresponding. That makes > for a whole bunch of time spent E-mailing say an introduction to a whole > bunch of people. Also, what about the ever-present lurkers? Nobody can > really privately E-Mail them since nobody's seen the addresses on any posts. > How will they get to know people if it's all done through discreetly private > mail? I think it would definitely pull us all apart. Where would we be > without the lighthearted posts from the ubiquitous Skinny Pete? Or the > insightful posts about other artists? We all need to express ourselves to > EVERY member of the list sometime, and not only on the subject of Jewel. I > don't know about everyone else, but I think a one-track list would be > EXTREMELY boring. So, there's my two hundredths of a dollar. Agree or > disagree, just know that nobody should feel sorry for what they post, ever. > > Ben Scott > > And Carter-- AMEN! ------------------------------ From: tom morales Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 23:22:31 +0100 Subject: Re: another JS mini-report I agree. I'm already packaging my blank video tape ------------------------------ From: tom morales Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 23:38:56 +0100 Subject: Re: JewelStock attendee speaks....--NJC Hunter P. Eggink wrote: > > > [I don't want to start any stupid rumors, but can we assume > >the guy on BMW motorcycle was her boyfriend???] > > I'd say that's a safe assumption... since it was me..... > > Hunter Okay Hunter, just don't tell Rafa the guy from Puerto Rico ------------------------------ From: Victor Igor Wasylczenko Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 23:29:02 -0700 Subject: Re: Everyday angels See that. We just got to know you a little better and your OK after all. I knew it all the time. You are just another thoughful everyday angel trying to make our list better. Thanks for the suggestions. Without them, we would just be another list. We don't have to agree on everything. Everyone's input is valuable. Igor igorwas@smartcitysys.com -Hey Kevin what kind of women do you like best? "I like them all. I just like some of them more than I like others". ------------------------------ From: Wendel Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 02:09:46 -0500 Subject: AGH, THE PAIN... Ok, almost 72 hours awake and only, what, 8 hours of sleep. God, I'm glad I'm young(ish). I'd like to start out by saying I really, really really, really feel for those who didn't get to go. I know I thought of all of you, wishing everyone one could be there, and I'm sure the others feel the same. My mind is going in a billion diffrent directions right now, and my fingers can't keep up, so bear with me. I'm honored and humbled by what I expericenced this past couple of days, by the wonderful people I met and I know I will probably never experience anything like it again (of course, there's always next year :) I'm saddened, tho, not only because it's over, but being the first time I'd seen Jewel in person and spoke to her, I'm afraid the next time I see her (next month) won't be the same. I'm espically saddened at the fact that I was so awestruct at the whole experience of actually having her sign my shirt, that I didn't get to tell her that I don't usually look or smell that bad...but I guess that SOME people who were in the venue while the mass of us were sweating outside, waiting. and waiting. and waiting....;) Those people wouldn't know what I was talking about.... Nevermind, I knew it was too late to write anything coherant, spelled correctly and to continue would be pointless. I know I spelled a word wrong, but I can't think enough to run the spell-check...I'm gonna go to bed now. I would like to thank Greg, Toni and Jeremy for acompaning me on the horrifly wonderful, 30- some hour, 1400 mi. road trip that I will never forget and remember fondly for the rest of my life. There, I'm starting to tear up....I knew I was going to eventually. I'll read the 228+ posts tomorrow (after I develope the four rolls of increable shots I got)... Matthew (braindead---–---–---–------------) Wendel ------------------------------ From: Crunch Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 03:53:54 -0400 Subject: Jewelstock in More Detail, Jewel's Hair, the Edge, Virus? I just woke up from a Jewelstock Recovery Snooze. Funny, I was dreaming that I was in heaven, and there was abunch of people that I knew from e-mail there, we all gathered in one place, and an angel sang to us, and read us haunting poetry, and jammed with a phat band. And god said, "It is good." Some more details for non-attendees: Things that you guys should know hit me in spurts. So bear with me. All the numbers may not be right. This is how the show went: Patty took the stage about (8:30?). She gave a rather short, but spectacular set. She sang three songs by her- self, with guitar, then brought some studly looking dude with a guitar on stage and jammed with him for a few songs. She sounded incredible, especially with the back-up. If you have heard her CD yet, check it out. Jewel made the comment that she was not worthy of an opener like Patty (though I disagree, they are a perfect combo!). Jewel hit the stage at 9:15, introduced by Mike "Big Dog" Connell, Akira (another shot?), and Dan "Maker's Mark" Stark . She seemed pretty nervous at first. After starting with a few jokes, she loosened up by reading us some poetry which appeared to be written on scraps of paper, very personal, some of it funny, some of it heart-breaking, some haunting imagery. She then asked for suggestions and launched a solo set. (I'm not going to even try a set list!) After three songs she called Lenedra to the stage, and they sang a duet, bringing tears to their eyes, and not a few listers. Lenedra hen went on to sing us the lullaby that she used to sing Jewel to sleep with. After those songs, we were running out of tissues, so Jewel started to jam. (Again, no set list!) Jewel built the energy level of the room, belting out song after song. Definitely getting into the swing of the show, she interjected with a few jokes and stories, but stuck mainly to music. After about an hour and a half, she brought out the band. Akira will have to fill us in on the story behind the band very soon, because this band contained three of the most incredible musicians on this planet. Apparently, they are not her band, but just some people that wanted to jam with Jewel. And jam they did!!! (Understand, I've never seen Jewel with a band.) The bass player was T-Bone (ala Saturday Night Live), who definitely knew the meaning of the word Funk, and laid down the whole groove for the band. The lead (I'm not sure what the proper term is) was a guy named Mark something. I have never in my life seen and heard anyone do the things he did with a guitar (and I've watched Satriani, Eddie, and all the rest). This guy had utter and complete control of his instrument, making it wail and sing like it was doing the nasty. Absolutely incredible! The drummer's name escapes me. Though he was equally incredible, I didn't have time to watch him. Between T-bone, Mark, and Jewel, I was overwhelmed. These people played some very serious music, jamming out almost like they were trying to leave Jewel behind, but (as they knew) that was not going to happen. Jewel took up her position at the front and brought down the house. Everytime I became hypnotized by one of the guitars, Jewel grabbed me and pulled me back into her aura, enslaving me with the heart-stopping vocals, and a stage performance that will never be rivaled. She did five songs with the band (I think). Though I craved more, I'm not sure if my heart could have taken it. At this point she went solo again, telling stories, making references to the list (it is a lollipop, not a cigarette), and captivating all of us with the beauty of her soul and the honesty of her perform- ance. She ended with two encores that threatened to leave us all in pools of mush on the floor. Jewel looked absolutely devine. She wore a long, thin, purple (which seemed to be the color of the evening, Lenedra had it on, too) spaghetti strap dress, which was intially covered by blue pull-over that had the cutest hole it the armpit (this came off after the band left the stage). She was tanned and blonde and oh so pretty. And I will leave it at that. There is so much more that I want to add (like the watching her practice) but will give others a chance to tell some stories. Jewel's whole set was 2 hours and 45 minutes and she did not take a break!! About the hair thing: Jewel left the venue for 20-30 minutes right before the show (yes, that is what the hold-up was) between her sound check and Patty's set to shower and change clothes. She got back right as Patty took the stage. She rode on the back of her boyfriend's motorcycle and her hair was still wet. That's why it started out a little frizzy. Edge Concert: Jon, Selena, listen close for that commercial. I heard it once also, but didn't catch the details. I thought it said that Jewel was going to perform (I MUST be dreaming. (Or is it deluding, Jon?)). BTW, isn't it a lame commercial? NOW, WHAT IS THIS ABOUT A VIRUS? I have ten digests in my box from the two days I was gone and I am terrified to open them. Please, someone fill me in.... Well, sorry for the length, but it's all very relavant. And please, if responding to this, don't quote the whole thing. Thanks. Love you all!!!! Crunch ------------------------------ From: MrNoctrnl@aol.com Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 04:00:42 -0400 Subject: The Archangel, Jewel. The Archangel is the leader of the angels... SO, there can really only be one, right? Well, I'm convinced that JEWEL is the Archangel, i.e. the leader of the everyday angels. That is why I refer to her as such. By the way, how was tonight's show? I'm not part of any tape trees (mostly because I don't own a tape player... yet.) But I'm seriously interested in getting some video or whatever of JewelStock... but, aren't we all? At any rate, hope all is well wherever you are reading this! Duncan ------------------------------ From: Helen Gladman Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 18:07:37 +1000 Subject: JS Hi Everyone, good the see the JS stories are coming in bit by bit. Sounds like it was worth all the travelling and organising everyone did but still not too much is being said really...I want to hear more detail....and by the way, did anyone meet Tom Proven and can they write and tell me what he's like??? (do you mind being discussed this way Tom??) I'm kinda curious to know.... til next time Helen Helen Gladman - hgladman@ozemail.com.au..... ------------------------------ From: gregdunn@indy.net (Greg Dunn) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 03:24:34 -0600 Subject: JewelStock (what else?) Hi, Angels. This will be not-too-long, as I think a setlist/detailed review will probably be redundant by the time this is posted; besides I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE SONGS darn it -- too busy soaking it up and taking pics. Instead this will be some personal observations of what went on, and why I had such a fahrvergnugen good time! First of all, big hugs or handshakes to Mike, Akira, Tom P., Liz, Rachel, Robb, Dennis (or Dean), Lauren, Steve, Liz, Sinjin, Tom O., Phil, Eric, Shelly, Anthony, Dean (or Dennis), Gerrit, Dan, Liz, Jackie, Selena, Barry, Crunch, Kim, and all the others whose names I'll re-remember right after I send this. :) I've just driven/ridden 13 hours and my brain is barely functioning. You were all great, and I had a blast meeting y'all. I'll forever have fond memories of the get-together before the show. I'll privately Email you later if I have specifics to talk about (like swapping pics!), but THANKS for being there! Matt & Jeremy -- Great ride, fun trip; thanks for being so accomodating. We made it into town about 7 AM Thursday and had a long breakfast; I managed a couple hours sleep and got a shower before joining the rest of the bunch, so I was mostly coherent. Toni -- you're the best daughter a guy could hope for, and it was fun having you along. I thought it was ultra-cool that Jewel bopped in and out of her afternoon band audition and didn't feel it necessary to hide from us or "hold court" which would have taken too much of her valuable pre-concert work time. She acknowledged us with a smile and a wave, and knew we'd respect her privacy. Touching. Heh -- when she left for lunch, she walked right past us at the front steps and spotted Toni. "Wow; that's the BRIGHTEST green hair! That's so neat! I wanted to dye my hair purple but I didn't have the nerve!" Toni was too stunned to do anything but smile and thank her as she sped by. Thanks, everyone, for letting us sit up front as per time of arrival. Toni really appreciated the perspective; I'm sure she'll post later, but I know she had the time of her life. I went to the bar to get a cold non-alky drink (I was nearly dehydrated from that 7 hr wait in line), and was nearly shocked out of my shoes to see an unexpectedly familiar face. The remarkable, talented and under-recognized Happy Rhodes was sitting at the bar with her friend and producer Kevin Bartlett. I knew Happy lived in Bearsville but hardly dared hope to meet her. If you haven't heard her music, pester me for a NJC post or private review. Happy roughly corresponds to 'America's Kate Bush' in her talent and style, but she's absolutely her own original musician. I introduced myself to them and we had a delightful few minutes to talk before the performance started. I was totally jittery - Happy is as important to me as Jewel, though for different musical reasons. She was amused by my nervousness. I introduced her and Kevin to Toni, and Kevin almost immediately wanted a tape of Toni's band to look over. They're fabulous folk. Wasn't Patty Griffin marvelous? I liked the CD but her live performance eclipsed it completely. I missed meeting her *twice* -- after the show and later when it turned out she was staying down the hall from me at the HoJo's. Arrrggghhh. Jewel was -- totally [fill in positive adjective; I can't do it with the few remaining brain cells that are switched on]. She read poetry! Great stuff, too. She concentrated on stuff we WANTED to hear live, instead of stuff she feels obligated to play. She delivered drop-dead awesome renditions of Nikos, Tiny Love Spaces, His Pleasure Is My Pain [Toni's fave] and Nicotine Love. She sang with her mother, and let Lenedra do her lullabye for us! She teased Robb when he hooted after her disgusted reaction to a fluffed start on one song (Tiny Love Spaces?). She didn't play Absence of Fear; darn. She didn't play WWSYS or yodel; yay! (well, she did yodel as part of the punchline to a joke... heh heh). She apologized to Dolores O'Riordan. Heh heh. She looked directly at me for most of the concert. Well, actually I think it was her usual 'focus' spot and I just happened to be sitting near there. :) The band was great [T-Bone Wolk and Jerry Marotta. Holy Cow!], and so were the new tunes including Carnivore. She had the quietest audience I've ever seen -- except after the last note of each song died away, when she had the loudest. She was charming and witty and pretty relaxed in front of her hard-core fan base. I'll go into a fit of raving and drooling if I try to say more. I was completely fulfilled. Don't miss the tapes, people -- they'll be so totally terrific... But they won't show the beautiful and intimate Bearsville Theater, which deserves to be a concert venue! Lauren, Liz and I (plus a few others) were probably fun to watch as we hesitated on approaching Jewel until she concluded a few 'personal' matters after the concert. Whe we finally dared to greet her, she was of course the perfect hostess. Everyone stood a couple of arm's length back from her except for the person actually speaking to her at the time. Her comment: "You are so POLITE! I have people all the time come up to me and say, 'Uh, gimme a kiss sweetheart. Huh huh'" :) I got my courage up and spoke: "You're an inspiration to all of us!" Jewel shyly dropped her head and smiled. Oh man, I got my picture taken with her! Toni snapped a shot of us standing together after I got a CD signed. Jewel: "Is that your daughter?" Me: "Yes." Jewel: "Oh, she's lovely!" Me: "Yes, she is. And a terrific person." Toni was slightly embarrassed; by which statement I'm not sure. :) Thanks, Jewel. Well, we said a few goodbyes and, dead tired, headed back to the HoJo's after grabbing a snack from the supermarket. Toni and I at least had a couple of hours sleep, but Matt and Jeremy had to be toast. Got up about 9 and ran into Woodstock for brunch (ran into a few JSers), then set out for home. 13 hours later, here I am. I'm almost but not quite dead on my feet. I'll probably be back on tomorrow cleaning up some Email replies. It was the best experience I've had in far too many years. Thank you all and good night. Greg (gregdunn for those who don't read the "real name" header :) (totally loopy from lack of sleep) (can die happy now) (Aaah! Aaah! I met two of my idols in one evening!!!) (I'll quit now before I start frothing) - -- | Greg Dunn | "Information is not knowledge; | | gregdunn@indy.net | knowledge is not wisdom; | | GregDunn@aol.com | wisdom is not truth." | | http://members.aol.com/gregdunn/ | -- Frank Zappa | ------------------------------ From: Michael Szabo Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 05:22:48 -0400 Subject: I'm HOME and happEEE!! Mostly non-jewel I just got back to Kent, Ohio from our little 3-day trip. 4:00am Sat. morning, gotta work tomorrow (um, today) at 10:00 am -- yuck. I dropped my pal Greg off at home and the infamous Shelly reclaimed her auto and began her extra 2-1/2 hour trek to Toledo. Thanks to Crunch for the JS play-by-play, I couldn't have summed it up better myself. :) I've still got one of your PB&J's to take for lunch tomorrow at work. The Thursday night Jewel show was definately the high point of the weekend (how could I say otherwise) but the second-high point happened quite by mistake as we (Greg, Shelly, and I -- Liz deserted us for the Friday Jewel show :P ) were driving home. Torrential rains and sleeping navigators caused us to miss our exit to hop on Rt. 84 West (_I_ couldn't have had anything to do with it, could I? I was only driving.) It took us another hour to figure out where we were and by that time we were already in New Jersey and heading southeast to NYC! We were planning on turning around but once we all saw the Manhattan skyline was already so close to us we just decided to keep driving straight downtown -- it was rush-hour, no less! We had almost no trouble finding a parking spot one block over from Broadway and 47th (what luck!). I've never been to NYC so this was an incredible experience (it was Shelly's first time there too). I won't bore you with all the details of our escapades - mostly walking and people watching in Times Square. We stayed for about 4 hours and then begain our 8 hour drive home. The trip was the most fun I've had in the last couple years! It was great to meet people and hang out before the show. Thanks for all the memories. Cheezy Whiz (Michael) .-'| ___ Michael Christopher Szabo / /.-' /'.--. .-;_. _.-'___ School of Architecture / ,. -<' / " |/ // | > /---/ Kent State University /__/ \ \: ==// // / / / \ \---/--'--/'__/ cheezy@newreach.net \_.>State University http://www.newreach.net/~cheezy/personal ------------------------------ From: CornflkGl@aol.com Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 10:47:05 -0400 Subject: JS Whine Time Gu-uys, I MISS everybody !!! I went to work last night, after having only one hour of sleep in front of the fire, and I was hallucinating. Everyone I saw was at the concert. Every song they played on the radio was Jewel . And I, the girl with one of the biggest mouths in the world, was being quiet ( shut UP, Rob, it's true !). Nobody commented on my hair. A couple poeple aked me about the concert, and I took up there whole break times telling them every detail. There was no PB&J and chocoalte waiting in a cooler, no band of rambunctious 20-year-olds out to kill Crunch, nobody trying to tune their guitars to eachother, nobody asking me for the guest book, nobody to just run up to and introduce myself because I knew they shared a part of my life. I was seriously considering driving the 2 1/2 hours back to Woodstock last night after I got off of work (9:30) just to hang out with everybody. Can't we all start a, um, what's that thing callled that hippies used to start to live in ? Anyway, we need one of those. How am I gonna stay up late at night without Gerrit to lean on and talk till I stop understanding what he's saying :) ? Oh boy. Well, I guess I got to be a spoiled brat for a day, anyway. Thanks for all the memories, guys, you we all great people and I can't wait to hook up again next year !@!@!@! Rachel ------------------------------ From: Rafa the archangel <75271.2740@CompuServe.COM> Date: 20 Jul 96 13:23:56 EDT Subject: (NJC) Farce Ostrich is no more! Fellow Angels: After having a very fired discussion with Jose ( my drummer) and Felipe, we decided that Farce Ostrich was gonna break up forever. My writting was getting too slow , I mean what they told me was that :" we need simple but catchy punk songs , not the poetically infested shit you're writting". I added to this point thatare band was also not progressing because we have a no-talent drummer , and at this remark Jose got pissed. Anyway , we were going nowhere ; last week we took 3 days and we spent them aty Jose's house to come up with at least 2 songs , we camer out with half a song , and then it hit me , that song was actually from another group , Buffalo Tom. I told them I loved music , but that the puertorican rock scene has no room for other types of music than ska , and we were a variations of punk and as they told me folk. I said it's impossible cause I myself don't know what is the element that constitutes folk music. They just said : whatever , man. So we broke up. Now , I'm gonna concentrate on getting more guitar classes, and maybe finding a girlfriend. Sorry to clog your mailbox with my crap , but I am very angry and I needed to let this funk go. Until then your friend and automatic cheap archangel:Rafa p.s: the whole tension between us , began after thursday show , one of the worst little gigs, but that's an whole different story. ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V1 #379 ***************************