From: owner-jewel-digest To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V1 #385 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 385 Today's Subjects: ----------------- despair and suffering The small details I feel have been left out... Lenedra's voice- Another detail. Re: JewelStock Online Updates Re: Post-JewelStock Thoughts #2 Re: JewelStock Online Updates Accurate&Complete set list-Thursday Attn Ken "Old Black" W. Re: JewelStock: my musings, rememberances, witdrawals, thank you's.... Re: A Letter from Lenedra Adopt me? Re: A Letter from Lenedra [none] well...prt2 Jewelstock/Kudos to the organizers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Crunch Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 18:34:20 -0400 Subject: despair and suffering Hiranya wrote: >Crunch gave me a bag of Crunch bars for Jewel and the band. >Jewel seldom eats candy, even less often eats chocolate, Way to pop my bubble... For those of you that hold ill will towards me (Sinjin!), here's your revenge. Crying in the corner, Crunch ------------------------------ From: Gregory Donavon Ooley Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 17:38:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: The small details I feel have been left out... I second the sentiments of all who have posted with their take on JS, but would like to point out a few details that I haven't seen anyone comment on, but that were special elements in my JS experience- First, though I was definitely blown away, mesmerized and charmed by Jewel's musical performance, I was even more impressed by the poetry that she's been writing. The material from the sleeves of the CD's is great, but her new stuff is some of the most impressive prose I have ever come across. She has a very, very unique way of looking at the world. For those of you that are into poetry but couldn't make it to JS, take my word for it- you should definitely be looking forward to the day when you get to see what this young lady has been writing. Secondly, now this may sound strange but stay with me... I make a concerted effort when meeting famous people to keep a level head and think of them as being nothing more than normal folks who happen to have developed a certain talent that others find interesting - whether it be basketball, writing, music, whatever. I try to be realistic about such experiences, to not be starstruck because I think fame fosters unhealthy illusions. However, beyond Jewel's newly-found fame, and even beyond her musical talents, I found myself completely enchanted with her. She's beautiful, sure, but she also seems to possess this sort of Life Force, this passion that makes her glow. And she obviously gets it from Lenedra who is the same way. Like everyone else, I was keeping an eye out for Jewel all day and night, while waiting in line or between Patty's set and hers, or after the show, and it's amazing how easy she is to find in a crowd, even when nobody is crowding around her. At one point I looked back from my seat and she was standing in the back of the venue alone. She was even standing in shadow, but she seems to have this luminescence, like she's giving off her own light. Not the kind of light that you see, but the kind you feel. Anyways, sorry to get all New Agey on you... And for those who couldn't go but are considering buying the Patty Griffin CD after hearing people rave about her performance, just know that this woman came out to a crowd of people who were thinking "We trust Jewel's taste in music, so Patty should be good, and even if she's not we'll still make her feel very welcome because we're all so kind and brotherly=)..." and then she walks out, picks up her guitar and just tears into this beautiful, emotional set and blows us all away. She really is a great talent. Help her out and buy the CD. Jewel also has a wonderful sense of humor and comedic timing. Actually that's the main reason that I'm so anxious to get ahold of the tapes from JS. One example for you 12-Steppers: At one point she messed up the beginning of a song or something and she meowed. Yeah, you read that correctly- she meowed. And she goes "I meow when I'm nervous. Do you guys do that when you're nervous, meow?" [a couple little giggles in the audience, but silence mostly] "Yeah, neither do I." And everyone just breaks out laughing. So, if she hadn't been a musician she could've been (1) a poet (2) a professional angel, or (3) a comedian. And I'm only half-joking. Lenedra must be so very proud. I've found myself wishing I could eavesdrop on the wonderful conversations that Jewel and her mother must have about all of the heavy things that are happening in their lives. I can only imagine the advice and wisdom that Lenedra and Jewel exchange with each other when they're alone. But, I'm rambling. Sorry this is so long, but I rarely post so I'm allowed to do this... ............................. The letter from Lenedra was very sweet, and I just wanted to say that I, too, am proud of the EDAs for being a group of people that Jewel can trust to not run off with her notebooks and armpitless shirt=) I was really impressed by the way all of the angels treated one another all day and night Thursday. I regret not being at Pinecrest to make a few more friends and sip a frosty, not to mention show Sinjin how a frisbee is really thrown=) Also wanted to thank our Angel Organizers who did an excellent, professional job. (Mike sat directly behind me during the entire show Thursday night, but I didn't turn around and thank him. I'm a quiet guy, up until this post.) JS went perfectly. Not a single hitch. I would remind everybody not to forget what a once-in-a-lifetime, magical experience JS was, but I'm positive that everyone here needs no reminding. Living in fear of forgetting 'the little details', Greg P.S. Does anyone know where I can get ahold of a yellow BMW motorcycle? ------------------------------ From: Gregory Donavon Ooley Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 17:48:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: Lenedra's voice- Another detail. Forgot something. Everyone has mentioned Lenedra's lullaby "Little Bird", but nobody has explained how impressive it was. I mean, Lenedra has a voice of gold. She is nearly as good as Jewel, no joke. I couldn't believe that someone with such a beautiful voice hasn't used it to make a living. Or maybe she has at some point. Does anyone know? Or do you know if she has any training besides late-evening bedside tucking-in? She was very composed during both songs, but obviously touched by the experience, too. I guess 'composed' wouldn't be the right word, exactly. That implies coldness. Peaceful, maybe. Take care, Greg ------------------------------ From: BillSA3@aol.com Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 18:51:06 -0400 Subject: Re: JewelStock Online Updates Dennis, I thought everyone know we were scheduled to have lunch with her. I'm really sorry about letting that slip out. But since thats out now..we did get some wonderful pictures that day..didn't we!! Also..wasn't that a nice letter from Lenedra!! She is a wonderful person to work with. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! For everybody going to the New Hampshire...we should meet before the show...maybe in the parking or something. It should be alot easier spotting Everyday Angels now that we know what we all look like!! Bill aka Dawg Boy ------------------------------ From: AwsmLASER@aol.com Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 18:57:20 -0400 Subject: Re: Post-JewelStock Thoughts #2 I used to live in Braintree. The K-Mart there went out of business about 2-1/2 years ago. Just before I moved away and a Wal-Mart took over the spot where it was at........ J, USN ------------------------------ From: Mike Connell Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 18:57:35 -0400 Subject: Re: JewelStock Online Updates BillSA3@aol.com wrote: > For everybody going to the New Hampshire...we should meet before the > show...maybe in the parking or something. It should be alot easier spotting > Everyday Angels now that we know what we all look like!! I say, bring back the blue ribbons!! From now on, all Everyday Angels should put a blue ribbon on the antennae of their vehicle when going to a Jewel show. It will be our banner, our sign, our flag. (Bill, of course you'll have to check the rent-a-car's policy on blue ribbons, but I think you are safe) By the way, you closed your eyes during the flash for the group shot at The Little Bear, look like a sleepy Dowg Boy Mike - -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | | | JewelStock Online is at | | | | http://www.theartof.com/jewelstock | | | | username = angel | | password = racecar | | | |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ------------------------------ From: ABershaw@aol.com Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:02:52 -0400 Subject: Accurate&Complete set list-Thursday Greetings to all from Mr. BB(Alan) & AmyJo, First, I'd just like to say that we will never forget what a wonderful experience the past few days have been. It goes without saying that the shows were mezmerizing. But what really touched us was the classiness of Lenedra & meeting some truly great new friends. To Mike C, Richard, Dan S,Phil, Leo, Chris, Steve Ito, Dennis(we expected you at the Cape on Sat!)Harris,Andrew & all the others that we didnt get to spend enough time with----it was our pleasure & you will always be in our thoughts! I can be a jaded old fart sometimes, but Jewel's music & the scene at Woodstock has neutralized my cynical nature and made us feel SO good...... From what we heard at the band rehearsals during the day & the soundcheck(including a SMOKIN ELECTRIC version of Jessica), this next release will be a mindblower! We took notes and here is an accurate & complete Thursday night setlist (not including Patty Griffins wonderful set): Intoductions:(Mike & Richard) Poetry Reading(6 or 7 poems) solo acoustic: Don't 1,000 Miles Away Angel Needs A Ride My Fish Family Studies In Love #12 Face Of Love(duet with Lenedra) The Little Bird(Lenedra solo acapella) Louisa & Her Blue Guitar His Pleasure Is My Pain All The Animals Tiny Love Spaces Memoirs Of A Housewife band intro- Satellite Fragile Heart Fading Away(K-Mart Song?) Tough Girl Carnivore(this kicked ass!) solo- Fragile Flame Cold Song Run Tonto Run Grey Matter Moon Over Austin(aka Hotel Angel?) Innocence Maintained encores: Nikos Amen Sometimes It Be That Way Power Of A Woman(You're So Small?) Nicotine Love Thats it. We took notes on Friday,too, but I've yet to find them. I will post it in the next few days. Both shows were recorded in there entirety by Atlantic Records utilizing Bearsville Studio's mobile unit. They were recorded on 24 track digital for possible use on the next album. This means that they have NOT yet been mixed down. This will effect the treeing of tapes for the time being and I'm sure a message from Lenedra will be forthcoming. Sit tight & respect her wishes regarding this. This is all I know. Woodstock is a great community and our time at the Pinecrest was almost as memorable as the shows! While at the "one hour photo developing" place, I ran into Ed Saunders who was the leader of one of the most insane bands of the 60's; The Fugs. He's a hero of mine & meeting him was a mindblower!(anyone other than Leo remember The Fugs?). When my head clears & I get some much needed sleep, I'll post the Friday set list. Until then--signing off. You guys are something else! Mr BB(formerly Alan) & AmyJo ------------------------------ From: kjohnso7@ix.netcom.com (Katherine E. Johnson) Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 16:07:02 -0700 Subject: Attn Ken "Old Black" W. Hey Ken, I can't seem to find your email address in any of my old digests. Will you please respond so that I can get you address (& write). Thanks, Kate (who picked up Broken Arrow today!) ------------------------------ From: AwsmLASER@aol.com Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:13:48 -0400 Subject: Re: JewelStock: my musings, rememberances, witdrawals, thank you's.... Mike, I think the word you are groping for to describe the last few notes of L's performance is ..........DIVINE J, USN ------------------------------ From: gregdunn@indy.net (Greg Dunn) Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 18:14:25 -0600 Subject: Re: A Letter from Lenedra Was this the BEST letter ever or what? >Jewel often says how >glad she is she has such above average good fans, and you are >all the best of the best. I must concur, I have never met such a great bunch of people. It's wonderful that Jewel & Lenedra noticed so pointedly. > Jewel was in heaven--she had an audience who knew her >well, was'nt rude, knew the songs, listened quietly, laughed >at her jokes. Purrfect. R E S P E C T. Says it all. And she reciprocated it by treating us as intelligent folk who appreciate her as she is. That's why the concert was so fantastic. > One more Jewel note. After the lengthy signing Thurs nite >she came inside in a panic because she had left her shirt and >poetry and journal on the stage and she knew it would be gone. >It wasn't and she couldn't believe it. She kept talking about >it. She said she felt so proud to know she was safe with you... Like my brief comment to her during the signing... Jewel is an inspiration to all of us. I feel that I must live up to the standard she sets for behavior between friends, which is why I would never consider taking something of value that belongs to another, in a situation like this. Now a guitar pick, on hte other hand... :) :) I left my backpack with camera, shirts, promo CDs and stuff hanging on the back of a lawn chair right in the middle of everything all afternoon. No one so much as budged it. That's how we are. > And she said to send you big giant hugs and thankyous for >being so supportive of her. She wondered if the word fan >comes from fanatic or from fantastic? We're fanatic about a fantastic person. :) >We could edit out >the band songs (5 or 6 numbers) and get a tape of the rest of >it to you immediately and then do a part two with the rest of >it to you a day or two prior to release. OR we can wait and >get the whole thing to you at record release time (which looks >like end of Feb or so). What do you think? SORRY! Cringe. I don't much care. The performance will exceed one video tape and one audio tape in length; but if the solo/band parts were released separately, each would fit on one tape. So no matter what happens, we'd have to deal with more than one tape of each kind; why not one tape now and one tape later? Anybody else have a reason why this would work for them? >Everyone was so wonderful, it was a very feel-good event. >While I can't promise it yearly, we will definitely do it again. Three cheers for Jewel and Lenedra! Sign me up. Let's prove that this wasn't just a fluke. - -- | 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: jshaw@bcn.net (Jason Shaw) Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:19:14 -0400 Subject: Adopt me? Wow it seems I've joined a huge, wonderful extended family...I can't wait to meet all you at the New Hampshire show. I hope my JS shirt arrives before the show, so at least I can look like I was there :( o ( <|- } >>>--> >>>--> >>>--> jshaw@bcn.net / \( ------------------------------ From: jshaw@bcn.net (Jason Shaw) Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:28:29 -0400 Subject: Re: A Letter from Lenedra > One more Jewel note. After the lengthy signing Thurs nite >she came inside in a panic because she had left her shirt and >poetry and journal on the stage and she knew it would be gone. >It wasn't and she couldn't believe it. She kept talking about >it. She said she felt so proud to know she was safe with you... Isn't it sad that she would have to worry about this at all? What has the world come to. This list is certainly a haven or is that Heaven...hmmmm. o ( <|- } >>>--> >>>--> >>>--> jshaw@bcn.net / \( ------------------------------ From: Fuzzy the Love Bear & Robb Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:31:29 +0600 Subject: [none] are my posts getting out? Robb "I have an impuss control problem and I love it!" and Fuzzy "She kissed me!!!!She really kissed me!!!!!" w/ 12" 'Zilla and Tricky the invisible calico cat ------------------------------ From: Fuzzy the Love Bear & Robb Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:28:54 +0600 Subject: well...prt2 Bearsville - pull in around 2pm. There is a small group of people around the entrance and then some more over at the fountain. Rachel and her friend made some really neat plastic bubbles that I accidentally stepped on. Met so many people that I can't remember, I guess Fuzzy was a great magnet. Meet Gregg and Tony (gotta love that hair), throw Fuzzy over to her for a hug (she's one of the Guardians of Fuzzy along with Liz and Rachel). As I've said at the show my memory for names is not great, well neither is my memory period (bad biology classes!, bad biology classes!). Go over to the circle to meet the rest of the group that is over at the fountain. See Rachel, hard to miss in the tie-die and purple hair. Give her a hug and she steals, I mean holds Fuzzy for a while. Meet Selena, does she look like a roman goddess or what (what a lucky husband!). And she is just as much a sweetheart in person as on the list, gotta love her. Lots of other introductions happen but its just a blur right now, sorry to those who I forgot to mention. Eric sticks out right now, don't remember when he introduced himself to me but a great guy, hope he wasn't the Eric who wrecked. Then Sinjin comes over and says hey do you have a frisbee? Well it just happens that I did, wanted to bring some plaything and the only thing I had was a really old frisbee that got lost in the commotion of the event, if anyone has it maybe I can get it back sometime in the future (my sister gave it to me) if not oh well. Well his plan was for me to throw at the crowd in front of the venue and he would make a diving catch and grab it, well you know the best laid plans of mice and men don't work and this one didn't. Ended up having a big four on four practice session in the parking lot of the We Are the Stinky Frisbee Guard (man did we stink after hour or so of throwing in the hot evening sun). Rich, I think the shortest guy there, had some amazing air. And after he, umm, warmed up, yeah that's it, Sinjin got some good air, catches and a few great between the legs grabs. Only a few, HEADS UP, shots went into the crowd. Thanks again to the guy with long black hair for the water. After I am thoroly tired, started off wearing my baja and jeans, I sit down with the bunch at the door. Rachel had thankfully been taking care of Fuzzy for me. Someone else graciously let me have a pepsi. Can hear auditions for musicians for the tour coming out of the door on the side of the barn. Musicians periodically are walking out. Then all of a sudden her comes Jewel walking out. I'm standing behind Liz and she freezes, I'm whispering breathe, breathe in her ear. Tony, in a lounge chair with her back to Jewel, is the only person she talks to, a quick I like your hair and have always wanted to do something like that with mine, Tony says thanks and then Jewel gets into a little red car to be driven back to her hotel for a quick shower before the show. Sandy and Crunch go for a walk back to the creek. Someone says "Crunch went around the corner with the looker." Someone else says mistaking looker with hooker: "What a great town!" They return an hour or so later with pb&j sandwiches. Me:"how does it take an hour to make pb&j sandwiches that Crunch had already made, hmmmmm." The great lets all mash up in front of the doors and yell at Crunch event Well the show didn't start quite on time and we all ended up smashed up at the front. Dennis kept us in good humors with his quick wit. Fuzzy got some love from Tony and Liz while I got nauseous from the heat, thanks Gerrit for the water. Armand (Arm) is also simply funny with his comments. We see Akira and others on the inside working on the set up. Then we see Crunch, what the hell is he doing in there, and then he is sitting down having a drink in the cool air conditioning while we are all about to die of heat exhaustion on the outside. Akira hold up the F@#% U I'm Sensitive shirt in response to our little bit of noise for bunch of times, comments on it was funny the first three times Akira fly. Jewel comes out with somebody, Mechell (?) her boyfriend maybe, and pretends to try to open the doors and then starts pretending to beat up on the guy. Finally the doors open and we all file in to get our seats. I sit second row one seat left of center. Liz is on my left, Tom from Cal. on my right, Tony in front of me with Greg next to her. Liz is obviously very excited to be there. I go off to the bar to get a nice cool glass of grapefruit juice, the bartender looked a lot like younger Greg from Ohio(?). Then back to my seat for the show. Mike, Akira, and Dan(?) get up on stage for a quick little intro and thanks list before Patty hits the stage. Patty Griffin comes up on stage wearing a nice shirt that I am blanking on and some really cool yellow and blue tights. The power of her voice and her playing was just amazing. I could not sit still. She played, not in this order, Let Him Fly, Mad Mission (about her old boyfriend if I remember right), Poor Man's House (about her father), Every Little Bit, You Never Get What You Want, and couple more for a total of ten or so songs. She commented on how that lately she had been touring all the big motor cities of the north and that when she would walk in the performer's entrance she would get stopped and asked for her pass. But when she first walked into the Bearsville Theater she was greeted by tow hugs and felt so welcome. I was a big fan of her just from the album, but now I'm thinking of starting a ML if I can figure out how to do it and a FAQ (this I will do but may be some time). For the last two or three songs she was joined from what I can gather from the women in the audience and gorgeous dark haired Italian on guitar. Well to sum it up when he hit the stage Liz let out a little swooning noise and made a comment about how simple great looking he is. She ended the show with a beautiful version of Crazy, the old Hank William Sr song (?). This I would love to have a version of this on tape. Intermission, go off with Cal. Tom to have another drink at the bar. Meet dockmaster, and cool off. Back in my seat have a nice discussion with the older Greg about Happy Rhodes who was at the show. What was the name of the CD of hers you recommended? Jewel comes out to much applause and noise. She is wearing a simple great shirt, that I would love to have. It was purple and looked so comfortable, could tell it was one of her favorites with the cute hole in the armpit that she pointed out later in the show. She reads allot of her poety, really beautiful stuff, maybe sometime in the future she will publish a book (hint, hint Hiranya). As she is sorting through deciding which ones to read she drops them onto the ground and it looks like she is throwing them away and the crowd goes nuts Jewel: "You know you try to think of something funny to say and then people just laugh at little things like this." Oh she was so funny at times. Others can do a better job on the set list than me. I'm probably confusing allot of the Thursday show with the Friday show. She asks for request, whole bunch yelled out, "I'll play one that wasn't requested." I think it was Don't. Show just rocks, mainly rarities like Cold Song (both nights so it might be on the album or just one of her personal, and mine, favorites). Three new favorite songs: Kmart Bathroom song, Satellites, and Fat Boy. Kmart Bathroom is one of those songs like many of her's that is funny the first few times you hear it but the more you listen the more you cry (don't worry Tom O'Brien I cried during many myself, Nikos, Moon over Austin, Fat Boy and many more). Its was written when she was really depressed and ended up in a Kmart bathroom and how the florescent lights bring out all the lines in your face and how the mirrors are all fat mirrors Jewel: "Right Girls!" Girls in crowd: "Yeah!" Fat Boy is about Edward who used to work the fields with her in Alaska and killed himself, leaving behind a note saying he didn't feel anyone would love him because he was so big. Made me cry 'cause I sometimes feel that way too. For someone so lovely, Jewel has certainly been through allot in her little bit of life, or maybe that is just a commentary on our society. Allot of her songs are about how we feel pressure from everywhere that it is all in how you look, WWSYS, Fat Boy, Nikos at places, and others. No musician has ever made me cry before, some a little teary eyed, but not flowing, and she does that to me. Back to the show. She comments on the list, how that she was on it awhile ago on some else's machine. She answered the whole cigarette/lollypop question with Tom form LA saying "Grape" which made me laugh so hard. Jewel "I would tell you all if I ever lit up." When she asked again for request later, Liz and I both started chanting Racecar Driver, turns out that she really hates that song, Me "But he is in town" Jewel: "What?" then Liz tells the story. The band just rocked!!! Mark (?) on guitar (and the little one Jewel: "He is a real man who is not afraid to play a little guitar." and while he is tuning in between songs "Notice how his nostrils flare when he is tuning") was just amazing. On Satellites, a song about living in LA, a really beautiful song that is positive not like WWSYS, he barely plays the guitar traditionally the whole time, blowing on the strings and using different knobs for amazing effects. The drummer (Jewel: "I won't tell you what lesbians think his facial hair looks like") who put just enough power into the songs. Then there is T-Bone on base, (Me and Arm: "T- Boooone!!" "T!,T!,T!,T!,T!" with the time-out hand gesture) with his VT hat, though not Virginia Tech but close enough for me. Robb "I have an impuss control problem and I love it!" and Fuzzy "She kissed me!!!!She really kissed me!!!!!" w/ 12" 'Zilla and Tricky the invisible calico cat ------------------------------ From: Steve Ito Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 18:58:13 -0400 Subject: Jewelstock/Kudos to the organizers Hi all, it's hard to believe it all happened, isn't it? I dread attacking the huge pile of unread digests which awaits me at home. So here I am contributing to the nightmarish volume of e-mails following Jewelstock. First of all a big thanks to Jewel and Lenedra and Hiranya for doing this in the first place. Second, huge thanks to Richard (aka Akira), Mike C., Bill, Dan, Crunch, and all the others involved in staging one of the most special musical events I've ever attended. As some of you may recall, I posted publically with my concerns that they might be biting off more than they could chew. I am delighted to admit that I've never been more wrong in my whole life. You guys did a tremendous job. A big thank you, especially to Mike for listening carefully to my suggestions and opinions. I'm glad you guys asked Dan for his assistance. Third, to Patty Griffin for putting on a great show to start Thursday night. As I said before, no new artist has impressed me as much as Patty has since I first saw Jewel. And last but not least, thanks to all of you Jewelstockers who made it such a fun time for us. Some random thoughts on the show: Lenedra (via Hiranya) typed: >in the back and the guy next to me commented on them. He >turned out to be Jeff the List Man! It was great to meet him. >I gave him a couple of buttons. Thanks Jeff without whom >none of the would haved happened! Jeff was there??!!!!???? I can't believe it! Did anyone else know? How come you never made your presence more widely known??? I really would have liked to meet you! And to think, in my arrogant naivete, I thought there was a possibility that with Neal C., Jeff H., Neile G., Matt B. and others not there, there was a possibility I was the oldest (in terms of length of time on the list) member of the Jewel list present at the show. :-) :-) Eric and Jack, you gave us a really good scare. I couldn't believe it when Mike told us that a couple of Jewelstockers got into an accident. I'm really glad you're both OK. Eric, I forgive you for tossing my frisbee to Fang the Theatre Dog (does anyone know what the dog's real name was??), who did more damage to my frisbee than Sinjin could possibly dream of doing. (No offense, Sinjin, it's just that his canines and jaw muscles are a bit better developed!) Jack, I hope your guitar survived the accident. You're both morons for Eric being behind the wheel. Eric, I have a new interpretation for your dream: it was a premonition of your accident. You were trying to become an Everyday Angel in the classic sense of the second word... the stairs are like a stairway to heaven, and symbolize driving drunk in a misguided attempt to free your soul from your body and achieve angelhood. The wide void is what you think is heaven, but really isn't because that's not the right route. I'm really glad you're both alright. Lenedra typed: >than Jewel herself! 2) NO BASEBALL BATS. She got carried >away with herself there. If EDAs were to hush anyone with >anything she's sure it would be feathers! (Jewel suggested >that EDAs bring baseball bats to Neil Young shows to hush >people who were'nt listening to her set) It took me a second to figure out what EDAs were! Rest assured, Lenedra, that though we're a bunch of internet geeks, we know a joke when we hear one! Although I think inflatable toy bats would be permissible. I wouldn't recommend that either, since bopping a Neil Young fan with an inflatable bat would be an invitation for a pummeling. Speaking of feathers, I noticed that the feathers Jewel always had on her guitar in her early shows weren't there anymore (actually I noticed this at her show in in Toronto in May). Of course, those feathers sort of screamed out, "look at me, I'm a folkie!" Would have seemed rather appropriate in Woodstock though. Mike C. typed: >But my God, is she always this incredible, or was it really that JewelStock >was the so far pinnacle of her live shows???? Am I now just fully addicted or >were those two shows combined really the "it can't get any better than this" >of Jewel concerts? Someone please help me on this one. I mean, what would be >the sense of going to a Jewel concert again if it could not be better than >what I just witnessed? Sorry to say this, but you could be quite right. I think I'd have to say that the two of those shows together do represent the "it can't get any better than this", and I've been to a couple of great ones, including the one where she did "Jessica" in Toronto and the Bathurst St. Theatre show, both of which are immortalized on the Rare Angels tapes. She and her band were SMOKING on virtually every song. (in the sense of being hot, not breathing death sticks!) I *loved* Carnivore with this incarnation of the band. Mike C. went on... (and on, and on, -- just kidding, Mike!) >My 1st prize for the he/she "Looked NOTHING like what I expected" award goes >to Dennis Harris, but we all probably felt that way. I agree, but Dennis takes second prize for me. YOU take first prize. However, Dennis also gets my vote for MVEEAAJ. My vote for "Best Accent at Jewelstock" is James Judd from Alabama. I'm so glad I finally got to hear Jewel sing with Lenedra. I'd been so jealous of Neile and the others who'd been lucky enough to see them duet together, and finally we can all count ourselves among the lucky ones. I gave Richard (Akira) my extra copy of _Save the Linoleum_ in recognition of his efforts in organizing the list. It's a tribute to him and the other organizers that everything ran so smoothly. It was also sort of a "I'm sorry" gift for publically raising doubts about his ability to organize the show. Clearly he was more than up to the mammoth task. In return he gave me his Patty Griffin poster. Thanks so much, Richard! I'd been morose about forgetting to bring my Patty CD for her to sign, but it was a beaming Steve Ito who came away from the Thursday night signings with an autographed Patty Griffin poster. Finally, Thursday night was even more magical than most of you know. There was a very special lady in attendance at the Thursday night show. As some of you know, the Jewel list was born out of another great mailing list called ecto. Ecto is a mailing list for a fantastic, but little-known artist named Happy Rhodes. Well, Happy Rhodes was sitting at the bar at the Bearsville Theatre on Thursday night. It turns out that she's friends with Jewel's band members. So was it amazing coincidence, or divine intervention, that the woman who was indirectly responsible for the birth of the Jewel list was there at the show? It's really kind of spooky. Anyway there's far more to the story (which I've posted to ecto) but most of it is kind of depressing so I won't post it here. Anyway, it's great to have met so many of you. Unfortunately I didn't get to meet all of you Jewelstockers, there were so many of you! I guess that'll have to wait until the next one, huh? See you all at Jewelstock II! Steve EPILOGUE: It was truly a special Jewel weekend. Christine and I were driving back to Canada following Dan Stark. Just as we were entering Buffalo, I see the hazard lights on Dan's Mustang start to go on, and Dan pull over onto the shoulder of a very busy highway. We pull over behind him, and watch as he sprints over to our car. "I'm sorry to stop, but this is an emergency, turn on your radio onto 103.3!!!" So we turn off Ernie singing the Rubber Duckie song, and whose melodious voice should pour out, but Jewel's? It was a re-broadcast of Jewel's Boston show! It was SO wierd listening to a beautifully-recorded Jewel concert on the radio driving away from Jewelstock! And then, two minutes after the show ended, when we went into the Duty-Free store in Buffalo, what should we hear on another station, but WWSYS... eerie, huh? What an incredible weekend! ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V1 #385 ***************************