From: owner-jewel-digest To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V1 #381 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 Sunday, 21 July 1996 Volume 01 : Number 381 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Braintree's K-Mart's bathroom Re: JewelStock: my Web site updated (if ya care) THE FROG Re: Poem for Jewel New Hampshire, Aug 17 A Hellish Path to see an Angel Yipeeeeeee!!! Dy-no-MITE! (Re: Le Virusse du "Good Times") Jewel.. ahhh... Re: Press? My JewelStock Experience(long) Poems Re: Press? ... Re: Poem for Jewel Volt going postal?! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CornflkGl@aol.com Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 21:15:34 -0400 Subject: Braintree's K-Mart's bathroom Hey, BTW... I was thinking I'd make a pilgrimage to Braintree to take pictures of the K-Mart bathroom- anybody wanna come with me ? Braintree is about an hour from me, and I promise I'd find a way to scan the picture in and get it on the net...really... Rachel ------------------------------ From: plus@seark.net (plus) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 20:14:53 -0500 Subject: Re: JewelStock: my Web site updated (if ya care) hey guys, i just saw greg's pictures from jewelstock! the rest you js attenders need to hurry and scann and post up your pictures for the rest of us to see. make a collection or something to put in the jewelstock web site like a photo gallery! i can't wait to see some more! plus ------------------------------ From: W1GGY2@aol.com Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 21:20:12 -0400 Subject: THE FROG Oh, we musn't forget to list in our memoirs about THE FROG, whom I think was more of a Patty fan than a Jewel fan because he came hopping toward the stage and stayed throughout Patty and intermission, but when Jewel came on, he went back to his froggy home. (I think only the people in row 1 know what I'm talking about!) Amy ; ) ------------------------------ From: AESTHETE99@aol.com Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 21:29:57 -0400 Subject: Re: Poem for Jewel Very nice. Yes it is cheesy and I think that's completely appropriate. I feel like a baby every time I think about being there. I an trying to keep these feelings to myself as I mentioned them to someone at work today and they gave me that "Oh-no-I'm-working-with-a-stalker-I'm-going-to-see-on-America's-Most-Wanted-so on" look. So Liz and Angelica, I can sympathize with you. We should all have a Weep-In together sometime. In fact, I wrote a semi-poem about my experience but it is far too depressing and long to share. Besides that, I don't want to piss off the Jewel List Police. "Pull over son! Is that an open bottle of NJC I see ?!?! Spread 'em!" Jon P.S. Shelly, if you ever need to talk about that drinking problem, I'm here for you. ------------------------------ From: jshaw@bcn.net (Jason Shaw) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 21:30:45 -0400 Subject: New Hampshire, Aug 17 So, who's going to the August 17th show in New Hampshire? Is anyone planning any list related get-togthers or events? CAn't wait...It'll be my first show. - -- Jason o ( <|- } >>>--> >>>--> >>>--> jshaw@bcn.net / \( ------------------------------ From: LORD OF THE SITH Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 21:32:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: A Hellish Path to see an Angel This is my first time posting. I was encouraged by a few members to tell my story of getting to JewelStock, so I decided to make my journey the subject of my first post. My trip started actually with a trip to New Orleans because I came back with more money than I had expected. Enough to pay for a plane ticket, anyway. I decided to use the money for JewelStock. I started my journey in Knoxville, TN. Unfortunately, it was temporarily halted when my connection flight from Pittsburg to Laguardia was canceled. I ended up having to hop on a flight to JfK. I called my friend in NYC who was to pick me and go to the show with me. Everything seemed fine until I got to the airport and my friend wasn't there. Great. I waited and waited. He never showed. Turns out later that he had this idea stuck in his head that I was coming in Thursday. Well, at least I was in the right state, but I had to figure out how to get to Woodstock. I went to a transportation information desk and asked for the best way to get to Woodstock. I was promptly informed that the subway did not go to Woodstock. I was about to give a not so nice reply but was interrupted by a suggestion to go to the bus stop. I found a bus going to the subway, got on the subway, then figured out where the main bus terminal was. I get to the bus terminal and after some questioning found a bus heading to woodstock and leaving at 5pm. Plenty of time. I bpought a ticket and headed off. Well, I made it to the city limits of Woodstock where I was dropped off. About this time I realized, I now have $22 to my name. No way back to the City until the bus comes sometime between 6 and 8 the next morning, and no place to sleep. hey what's the big deal. In the meantime I see a sign saying Bearsville was only 2 miles away. Looks like it was time to walk. I started walking thru the town and thankfully saw the firestation, so I knew I was on the right track. I probably walked for another half hour when I saw the theater before me. Thankfully, the web site had had pictures. Walk in at about 8:15pm, find a seat, and enjoy Patty Griffin. After she left the stage, I was thankfully introduced 2 guys sitting beside me, Dave and Mike. Mike was driving back to NYC after the show and volunteered to take me back. What a relief because I knew someone in the City that I could stay with. Since I have already taken up so much space, I will say quickly that the show was fantastic. Best thing my eyes and ears have ever experienced. Hell, it was better than sex. Well, the first time anyway. Oh, special thanks to Mike (Mickster@LI.NET) for driving me home and refusing to let me pay for any part of the trip, Dave for introducing me to Mike, Leo (lmunter@teleport.com) for being friendly even though I cramped his ride back, the organizers of JewelStock for doing such a fantastic job, and JEWEL for being nicer to her fans than any other musician in the history of the world....... Seth wtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtw Seth Fleishman / _ \ Lord of the Sith |=-(_)-=| lordsith@email.unc.edu \ / http://www.unc.edu/~lordsith/ Partner, WTW Communications http://www.wtwcom.com/ wtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtwwtw ------------------------------ From: JEWELFAN22@aol.com Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 22:00:06 -0400 Subject: Yipeeeeeee!!! Hi everyone!!!!!! I got my pics back....in the one with me and Jewel she is smiling....I wish I would have taken my glasses off though....I have this look on my face like oh my God I could die right now and be happy!!! It looked like I was going to faint!!!!!!!! I have some really cute pictures!!! If only I had a pic of Jewel kissing Fuzzy.....hmmmm...oh well. Is anyone planning on going to the concert in Columbus, OH at the end of August. If so let me know. I would like to know because I want to go see Jewel AGAIN and I am searching for a ride if no one in my family wants to go!! I don't care about seeing Neil Young just Jewel...wouldn't bother me though. :) -Liz ------------------------------ From: Carter Navarro Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 19:04:57 -0700 Subject: Dy-no-MITE! (Re: Le Virusse du "Good Times") Most anyone with Internet sense realized the falsehood that is the Good Times "virus" many many months ago. Yet it seems to pop up every once in a while in some bizarre cycle. Economist that I strive to be, perhaps I'll research its collinearity with the state of the nation's economy. As dress length goes up and down in times of good and bad, perhaps the "Good Times" virus ironically rears its silly head during times of economic uncertainty. The stupid thing is, the country is doing just peachy, contrary to the image the NYSE habitually presents. Listen to Uncle Greenspan: everything's fine. JewelStock sounded like an unbearably joyful experience. I don't think I'll take a hammer to my head just yet, since I'm still convinced I'll burst into flame upon verbal contact with Miss Kilcher. As long as it's just a two-foot walk-by or a wink, I'll be just fine. Well, my fingertips did spark a bit at the wink, but a little rubbing alcohol fixed that right up. Yeeeaarrrrrrgh! What sounds even more joyful than Jewel, though, was the union of a great number of Everyday Angels. This is what I REALLY feel left out of, so I'm making it my mission to meet at least one of you before I die. Since Gerritt lives closest (I think), he's my chosen victim. I'm stalkin' you, man! I'm gonna start up a weekly category for the summer, as long as I'm working at the library: "Carter's Favorite Book Title of the Week." This week, it's a tie between ... "Those Amazing Eels" and ... "How to Be Sexy With Bugs Stuck In Your Teeth: a Motorcycling Manual for Women" The first is a very unpopular children's title and the second is a very uhhh ... I have no idea. After months of waiting, I finally found an imported bootleg from a NIN/Bowie concert with my Holy Grail of music, the David-Trent duet on "Hurt." Like an idiot I didn't buy it, figuring with the big boot market for NIN shows a better recording would eventually come along. Plus it was $25, money better spent on California's lethal new gasoline concoction. My weekend officially begins now. - - Carter Navarro, Dewey Decimal Demigod ------------------------------ From: heddy@Jungle.net Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 17:30:24 -0500 Subject: Jewel.. ahhh... Hi, just thought I'd be one of the many to post how great Jewelstock was. After getting some much needed sleep, I realized today that I probably will never see a show like that ever again... oh well, there's always my memories. Oh, by the way, my name keeps getting deleted from the mailing list.. in fact, im not really on right now. You know, it feels good to be home, knowing that the California guys still have 30 hours to drive. :) -lauren l. /**********************************************************/ /* Heddy */ /* heddy@jungle.net */ /* */ /* Sent from The Jungle Online */ /**********************************************************/ ------------------------------ From: rjk1@cs.wustl.edu (Bob Kollmeyer) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 16:46:17 -0500 Subject: Re: Press? > With all due respect, let's at least consider not telling the press > much if it means we have a better chance of doing this thing again... Not to mention the inherent difficuties of treeing the tapes out if the list doubles in size as a result of media attention. I'm torn, really. Jewel deserves all the praise in the world for doing this for us (even if it had to be at a time and place that many <*sniff*> couldn't attend... "Nashville" they said. "Whoopie!" say I. "New York" they said. "Aaaaergh". 8( ), and the only reason not to give her due credit would be out of selfish motivation. There can be no question, however, that any media exposure involving this list (especially if "member only" benefits are perceived) will cause an explosion in subscription. Not saying this is a bad thing, neccessarily, but doubling the volume of this list (already over 1 MB/week) could be a little overwhelming. Fortunately, that'd be enough to scare off most anyone who was just around to try and pick up information on free private concerts. ;) bob ------------------------------ From: "James H. Judd" Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 19:14:20 -0500 Subject: My JewelStock Experience(long) Ok, my trip, Skip to the parts you like- i am going to try to include most of the good stuff i can to answer everyone's questions. I'm sending this to the list as well as my friends not on the list. I got up at 4:30 Wednesday, after conditioning my body to survive at that hour by doing it the previous 2 days as well. I hopped in the car after grabbing the stuff i'd laid out the night before. Went to Amsouth by Kroger, got moolah, met my old friend I85 in Opelika. [time warp] Arriving in Riverside this side of Atlanta, i parked at a fellow angel's house, chris. We would ride together to WoodStock, NY over two days. He is a cool fellow- they lived in a nice neighborhood that reminded me of Montgomery. His mom liked my car, and told me i could park it in their driveway instead of the street which was the original plan. Off to a good start so far- i made it from the bank to his house in just under an hour and a half. The cell phone fell out of my pocket in my car, and the pistol stayed in Atlanta too. We left, and with my handy printout of the shortest route from the delorme web site we knew the way. Chris had an atlas of the US that proved quite helpful later too. Anyway, spent the next few hours getting to know my third met-in-person angel on the way to North Carolina, where i will continue the story since the trip was not very eventful and i'd already been that far north. [time warp] We stopped at Wendy's in one of the carolinas, i think it was North. Anyway, later in the trip we decided that Wendy's was one of the official sponsors of JewelStock we stopped there so much on the way. Ok, so maybe we were just trying to tell them that and get free food- you got me. [time warp] We hit my first real mountains i've seen on the eastern US- they were very pretty. I liked the trip from NC to NY alot better than the trip from AL to NC as far as the scenery since it was all new to me. Cute little farms and mountains with different flavors of tree so that from a distance i thought it was burned. Cool trip so far. I was surprised to see more religious stuff like three crosses by the interstate- i thought that was just a southern thing. Not the first thing i learned new on the trip. We decided to stay in York, Pennsylvania for the night, and after wandering through a rather run down and a little scary neighborhood we decided to go with the Comfort Inn. A little noisy being near the office on the first floor, but a good stay. Guess what came on the tv when we got there? The MOM special on Mtv! We got to see Jewel sing Quiet Warrior the night before we would see her live- no, we weren't excited. [Zzzzzzz] We awoke at 8:00- i had a decent sleep since i was used to waking up at four- and they had a free breakfast. Yummy- hadn't had Frosted Flakes in years. They had lots of cool things to eat too- various pastries, eggs, OJ, coffee... it was a good start for the day. [Varooooom] Decided to stop by Washington DC on the way, since it wasn't much out of the way. We had been lucky with timing all trip. It happens that Clinton was motorcading out of the White House right by us when we were walking around to the front. It was neat to be so close to someone so famous, but it didn't compare to the next night- more later on that. Saw the usual things in DC, and it was alot nicer than i expected in the government area. Only thing we didn't get to see that i wanted was the tour of the smithsonian buildings- they were closed when we got there. A great stop on the trip though- thanks chris. Oh, somewhere in there we stopped in Allentown (Pennsylvania?) to eat and stumbled upon a place- guess where- yep, Wendy's in this cool outdoor mall type thing. Not only was it neat to finally hear weird accents, but we found a yarn shop. It was so funny- there were two little granny types working there- so stereotypical- we both couldn't help but let out a little giggle. We found the ultimate blue ribbon and bought a yard of it for $.59 plus tax- it had metal reinforcements along the edges and was big blue colored and metalic- at the end of the trip we halved it as a keepsake- only about a foot was left after the wind had its way with it. [memory blur] On way we got sidetracked in New Jersey's back country roads, and i got wooozy. My fault since i was navigator- chris was kind enough to drive the whole trip. This was the only unpleasant part of the trip- a mere 30 minutes of pain- well worth it. [JewelStock] We arrived at JS at 5:30, and my cheeks were sore from smiling so much the way up. It was a little uncomfortable walking up from the parking lot for me seeing no one i recognized. I had this huge name tag on since i knew that i was too shy to just walk up and start asking names- thank goodness for Paul, one of the first people to say hi. (sorry i didn't get the chance to talk/know what to say, but i was out of it). Met the other famous people- Tom, pjk, Robb(and lucky fuzzy, sorry about that shot i missed!!!!!), wow, so many to remember- everyone was so nice. There is so much to tell now about the day and night, so much running through my head. Snippets: - -got to sign the book we were giving to jewel- harder to think of what to say than my high school yearbooks. - -met a bunch of cool people, wish we had gotten there earlier so i could have had time to adjust and relax (hindsight 20/20 blah blah blah) - -waited for the concert, it started late due to sound check delays- lucky for me i could peek in the window from where i was in line and see some goings-on. I got to see Lenedra (jewel's mom for the people not in the know) through the window. - -Ate at the Bear Cafe or something, it was fancy food, not like tom petty food. but it had all the life reviving water i could drink, and it was a nice place i wouldn't mind eating at again. Not super, but i'm not slamming it. [The concert] After waiting in line for too long, we got in. This barn that looked, well, crappy on the outside was incredible on the inside. Lotsa what i think was pine (light colored, polished wood) all over the place. It had a spiral staircase going down to a sub-area where the restrooms and some other rooms were. Bar area with glass between the stage room and bar rooms- great idea. The stage room was nice- no food or drinks- fabric seats, all good seating. Excellent venue choice! I was near the back sitting between chris hoeh and steve ito, and it was incredible. Not sitting between them, the concert :) [the concert] Wow, patty griffen was quite good, with a strong voice. I bought her CD. Naturally the Angels there all applauded loudly for her, and she felt welcome i'm sure. She had taken her one day off of her tour to come and sing for us- how nice. Jewel came out and no one applauded. Tee hee, yah- like she could get us to shut up. Oh, that was right after thanks were given to various people (THANKS). Now comes the hard part, trying to relay the experience. Jewel sang a few songs off the CD(including Amen, which is the one song i didn't hear in Atlanta that i wanted to) but most of them were hand picked for the hard core fan's enjoyment. No WWSYS, in other words. The perfect mixture of band accompaniment and solo was used IMO. Jewel's mom sang a song/lulaby she used to get Jewel to sleep. It was so personal and intimate- i was in another world. So surreal. So groovy. A trance. The whole thing was caught on video and audio DAT, so you can see it later. I can't do it justice. It was so nastalgic with the tuning up and down of jewel on stage- it was just like Rare Angels. Encores as usual, we gave her standing ovations. I finally got the bravery to ask for Jessica after Steve had once already, and Jewel went "Jessica *pause* *think*" i wonder what she was thinking? Waiting for audience reaction? I thought about clapping but i didn't want force it on her- surely there's some reason why she didn't play it. After the show i was a little hurt and disappointed, jewel didn't come out on stage to sign stuff and chat. I waited around, and most people were gone. I got a picture of Jewel's top she had taken off and big blue and old yeller in what i hope will turn out to be a really cool shot. I resisted all temptations to steal her top off the edge of the stage. I hung out inside the bar area for a few minutes, and logistic things were figured out with Chris. Then i went outside. [Post concert mob] There was Jewel outside talking, photoing, and signing for fans!!!!!!!!!!! What my dreams of JS had hoped was coming true. She ended up waiting until everyone was satisfied before she went back inside. She was so sweet, but tired. She looked like someone who was drunk- so spent after the incredible concert and tired, yet happy and joyous. So cool. I waiting in this kind of mass line, such a polite mob, staying back about 5 feet from jewel in all directions. I finally got up front, and jewel signed my Rare Angels insert. All i could do was giggle- such anticipation and giddiness. She had moved on to someone else without getting a photo with me- but was i going to leave? no. I joked with some listers about adobe-ing myself in with jewel, just to take the shot with anyone. So easy for me to entertain computer people :) Then i asked her in a meek little southern voice, "could i get a quick snapshot with you?" she was like "Sure" and we got it. I can't wait to see how it turned out. No chance of taking that roll to kmart. I must have said thank you to her or something since she said something and touched me on the arm as i was going away. Ahh. An angel's touch. It was very weird- people didn't hang around as much in the mob after they got their stuff signed or a shot- must have been politeness to jewel. I stood off a few feet and watched as she signed more stuff and got in a group shot with her mom, patty, and someone else....... darn, can't remember. She remarked that it was like a press conference- it looked like the forth of july *click* *snap* *flash*- just like when she walked out on stage the first time. Then i went back up after everyone was almost done and got wanted her to sign my JS Tshirt, and she took it from me, and drew on the face one of her little angels!! I couldn't believe it- thank you jewel! She signed it above too. Wow. I never would have thought i would have gotten that. I managed to stutteringly ask her about the two versions of Jessica she had done in her recording for the new CD, and she said "Oh, you heard about that? Y'all [ok, so it wasn't y'all, but it registered in my mind that way] are going to hate(kill?) me, i did a punk version of Jessica" I was like "Ok" I was not myself- wish i could have come up with something cool to say like "i'm sure we'll love it" Sigh. Then i went and Jewel's mom Lenedra signed the shirt too. I could manage to actually talk to her, after she said "Hi James", reading my huge name tag. I said she pronounced my name alot better than i could hers, and she said that it was just like Loretta. That's what i remember anyway- i was not in a sober state- i was still floating on air from jewel. I told her she had done a good job with "that one", and that i enjoyed her lulaby. I went with Steve ito, his female friend from Toronto, and a guy from Florida (damn, what were their names??? sorry, but i really do remember better when it's written on email) to Pinecrest lodge where there was this little bar thingie and a bunch of angels outside. This was my real i'm elated, i can talk now, time. I got to talk to Dan Stark, Tom Proven, Steve Ito, Rocker from Alabama, a quick meeting of Gerrit from CA, so cool. Very cool. Others too, i'm sorry if i can't remember. Anyway, I was a little stressed out that no one was going back to Kingston, where i was staying, but Steve's friend gave me a ride. It was Steve, his friend, and Tom all in the car. So cool. Think about it- we had A guy from Alabama, one from California, and two people from Toronto in the car, in such a feeling of pure bliss and bonding- so wild. So crazy. So cool. Just like "Goldfish don't bounce" my choice out of the ones Jewel told us for the next album. I regretted not having more time to get to talk to everyone. I hope the second day was as much fun as the first. Sorry i couldn't stay, but i'm glad too since nothing could compare to that one night. I still have a happiness inside that just won't go away, not that i want it to. That's the best time i've had since i was little and we got an Atari 2600 and PCjr on the same christmas. Thanks everyone! It was so perfect! Peace, Love, Jewel, James __________________________________________________________________________ Computer Science/Engineering www.eng.auburn.edu/~juddjam Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Eng. Network Services Web Guy ------------------------------ From: 451 Charles Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 22:23:03 -0400 Subject: Poems I'm collecting all the poems I can find that are by about or dedicated to Jewel. Please write or post some poems. I'll post a compilation of poems after I get a sizeable amount so let me hear from ya. Thanx, Charles ------------------------------ From: Mike Connell Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 22:26:04 -0400 Subject: Re: Press? Bob Kollmeyer wrote: > > With all due respect, let's at least consider not telling the press > > much if it means we have a better chance of doing this thing again... > Not to mention the inherent difficuties of treeing the tapes out if > the list doubles in size as a result of media attention. All true, but... Let's all keep one very important thing in mind here. Contacting any media about this extraordinary event is not our responsibility. That lies with Jewel's management, plain and simple. Anyone on this list that does so is overstepping their boundaries, IMHO. Mike - -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | | | JewelStock Revisited is at | | | | http://www.theartof.com/jewelstock | | | | username = angel | | password = racecar | | | |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ------------------------------ From: Gregory Willms Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 22:50:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: ... ok, out of pure consideration for all of you angels who couldnt make it, ill try to avoid talking about the absolute bliss i am STILL in. (she drew an angel on my guitar) :) ...Jay from the navy, mail me. big al, dharris, and i want to get together with you again. ...dharris, heres my address 384 powell rd powell, oh 43065 im now going to attempt to try to stop glowing :) - -greg - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - Conversation of the day from JewelStock DHarris: Is there a gas station or something within walking distance? Psycho Nail Guy: Kingston is that way. And don't go that way, it's far. Pipe-Smokin' Bob: ... DHarris: ... Thanks... ------------------------------ From: Victor Igor Wasylczenko Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 19:49:48 -0700 Subject: Re: Poem for Jewel Angelica, As Cher said in the movie Moonstruck, "Snap out of it." The poem said it all for me in one line. "I hope that the hearts you touch touch yours as well." Thanks for sharing your beautiful words and feelings. Igor igorwas@smartcitysys.com ------------------------------ From: volcano@sirius.com Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 08:40:10 -0700 Subject: Volt going postal?! >Ok, so I didn't want to rub it in the faces of those who could not >attend but JewelStock is going down as one of the greatest nights in my >life. And volt's response was: You guys suck. You all just suck. Leave us alone. ;P volt the guy who's crying inside cuz he wanted to go to Jewelstock SOOOOOO BADDDDDDD P.S. If I can't get any (audio/video) tapes of this event, I'm gonna go postal. And my response is: AMEN BROTHER. :) Candra ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V1 #381 ***************************