From: owner-jewel-digest To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V1 #422 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 Monday, 29 July 1996 Volume 01 : Number 422 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Sorry, more acid converts!! An amateur athletes motivation Oh No Patty Griffin info from A&M Page ummm got my NH tickets! Re: And change is a bad thing too Re: Where is everyone?!!! Akira back!!-NJC Chang folds!!! Acid_burn is DEAD!!! FW: Rich here Burns.... Caffeine And change is a bad thing too Jewel rules. She RULES! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Connell Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 20:08:59 -0400 Subject: Sorry, more acid converts!! EDAs, Bill (BillSA3), Dennis Harris and I just met on AOL and decided that we REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY like Akira's new name of Acid_Burn...so, from now on: Bill will be Acid_Washed_Jeans Dennis will be Stomach_Acid (appropo or what??) And I will be Acid_Rain And you can all blame Richard Chang.... Mike ------------------------------ From: rwm126@psu.edu (Rich Melko) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 21:17:54 -0400 Subject: An amateur athletes motivation O.K, so I am playing tennis with a friend yesterday. I am a pretty good player, I hit the ball solid and I am happy with my game. I started off playing pretty good. The ball was going where I wanted it too. I usually don't hit the ball with all of my strength because I have some trouble with control when I do. I like to move it around and tire out my opponent. I know that if it comes down to a running game I can win. All of the sudden I lose all of my energy. I thought to myself, shouldn't have eaten those four tacos from Taco Hell. My game was quickly going downhill. I took a deep breath and walked over to the fence. I closed my eyes and tryed to focus. A lot of times it is a matter of concentration and focus. I tried to get myself psyched up so I would regain intensity. Well, what pops into my mind but Jewel. I hear and see her playing Carnivore just like I was back at JewelStock. I felt reenergized. I strated to jump up and down. I started picturing all kinds of Jewel performances, Satellite, Someimes it Be that Way, Nikos, etc.. I get ready and my friend serves the ball. I run through the part where she houls Carnivore right as I am about to swing. I hit that ball as hard as I could. I sent a screaming shot right down the middle, I wasn't thinking about placement at that time but just wanted to crush it. A swing and a miss. I wiffed him and he is a pretty good player. Motivation is a wonderful thing. I continued to play with those thoughts running through my mind and absolutely crushed my opponent. By far the best tennis I have ever played. If you remember I posted a similar story about golf. I personally prefer tennis but I must say to those out there who enjoy playing sports and really like Jewel's music, try thinking about performances that you loved. It seems to work for me. And for those of you who were at JewelStock, Carnivore, Satellite, Sometimes it Be that Way, etc. (I guess all of them) kicked ass, huh. Am I the only one who wanted to go climb a mountain after those shows. An athletes motivation sometimes does rest in the strangest of places. Rich Melko rwm126@psu.edu ################################# Jerry - You're Crazy. Kramer - Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind. ################################# ------------------------------ From: rwm126@psu.edu (Rich Melko) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 21:19:05 -0400 Subject: Oh No I got my JewelStock pictures back Yesterday. Well, a photographer I am not. Some came out pretty good. Thursdays show was not so good. I used 100 speed film and most of them came out gritty and hard to see. To those who know nothing about pictures at all, don't use 100 speed film indoors. Peter took pictures with my camera on Friday with 400 film. They came out good but, Peter, you got some pretty shakey hands sometimes. Some blurry images of Jewel but also some really good ones. My picture with Jewel is pretty bad. I look so stupid. That is probably bacause I was stupid at the time. Being that close to Jewel herself did take it's toll on my ability to reason and left me with a minimal amount of awareness at the time. I knew I should have shaved that morning. If I knew I was going to be getting a picture taken I would have made sure that I would have had the time to take a shower after playing frisbee for two hours. Yes, I was greasy and sweaty with a dumb look on my face. Is there any way that I could superimpose another picture of me, say my driver's license photo, over that one. Oh well, it isn't that bad. Just wish I could do it over again. I am now going to check out the web pages. I hope everyone else took better pictures then I did. Rich Melko rwm126@psu.edu ################################# Jerry - You're Crazy. Kramer - Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind. ################################# ------------------------------ From: Mike Connell Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 21:30:59 -0400 Subject: Patty Griffin info from A&M Page EDA's I'm surprised no one found this before and did not post it...from The A&M Records page on Patty Griffin: - ------ "I've discovered that I really needed to get beyond certain things that I was taught about happiness," says Patty Griffin. "I was taught to keep my mouth shut and be nice. I tried to follow that way of thinking for a long time. But there's a living hell in that and now I'm punching my way out of it. I'm doing it with my songs." LIVING WITH GHOSTS , Patty's A&M debut, is about that transition, that moment of self-realization. Through ten songs of inner conflict, Griffin has captured the feelings of living in a complicated world with striking clarity and contrast. From the first choppy chords of "Moses," to the angry sob of songs like "Every Little Bit" and "Time Will Do The Talking," and ending with the gently-stroked "Not Alone," LIVING WITH GHOSTS is an emotional journey, guided only by an acoustic guitar and the beauty of Griffin's voice. As the youngest of seven children from a struggling family, Patty Griffin thought her dream to become a singer was frivolous, even selfish. But nearly two decades later, this petite redhead with a passionately raw voice finally found the courage to walk out of the dark and onto a stage. These days, holding little more than an acoustic guitar and a repertoire of brutally truthful, haunting and heartbreaking songs that she wrote through years of personal hardship, Patty Griffin has emerged as one of the most exciting singer/songwriters of the burgeoning alternative roots scene. Born in Old Town, Maine, just outside of Bangor ("If you live in New York, you could say it was the middle of nowhere," laughs Griffin), the singer/songwriter was the youngest of the family, tagging behind her three brothers and three sisters. Her father was a physics/chemistry teacher at a nearby high school; her mother, a descendent of a French-Canadian family that had lived in North America since the seventeenth century, stayed at home and tended to the family. As a girl, Griffin followed her mother as she did housework, listening to her sing. "My mom is an amazing singer," says Griffin. "People turn around in church and tell her so and this past summer, I found out that my grandmother's family used to sing on their porch at night, watch the sun go down and harmonize, so I guess it's in my blood." Though Griffin's parents discouraged her from singing professionally ("They felt that so often people are disappointed," she says), she was never prevented from listening to music. Her father bought Patty her first album, the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, for her birthday. "I also loved Bruce Springsteen and Rickie Lee Jones," Griffin recalls. "They have been a huge influence, especially in their lyrical imagery." When she was sixteen, Griffin quietly bought herself a cheap, fifty-dollar guitar and began writing. "I didn't really know I could sing. I just knew I wanted to do it." After graduation, Griffin traveled a little, living in Florida for nearly two years. "I put away my music for a while," she admits, "but I taught myself about self-discipline down there. Physically, I cycled a lot. I really think that by setting athletic goals for myself, I learned how to apply that same strength to my goals as a musician." Griffin moved to Boston and got married but it was a time of limbo for her. Although she wrote poetry, and played her guitar, Griffin was passing the days as a waitress. Her dreams of becoming a singer had never seemed farther away. "At the end of 1992 my husband pretty much decided he didn't want to be married any more," says Griffin, with a deep, measured breath. "I suddenly found myself thrown into a new life, in which I had to consider my options. I didn't want to be a waitress forever. I had always thought about myself as someone who could sing, but not necessarily write. But when I looked back over the work I had done, over all the years, my opinion changed. When relationships end you might start out in a free fall but you end up alive. It becomes a lot easier to tell the truth." Armed with that knowledge, Griffin eventually began performing in clubs throughout Boston. Although shopping an over-produced demo tape, she nevertheless caught the attention of a scout for a major label who asked her to audition. Overwhelmed by her natural talent, he persuaded Griffin to rerecord a stripped-down tape with just her voice and guitar. Six months later, in 1994, she landed a deal with A&M Records and most of that same tape became her A&M debut record. On LIVING WITH GHOSTS, (unconventionally recorded in a room near Boston City Hospital and a kitchen in Nashville), Griffin retains that bare-boned quality that the A&R scout found so compelling, right down to the distant sound of an ambulance that leaked onto a couple of tracks while Griffin was recording in the Boston room. But ask her to explain the meanings of songs on the album, Griffin resists, "My songs come from a place where there aren't words to explain them. It's like when you go to a museum and a guide tells you what an artist was probably thinking. It drives me crazy. I'd much rather look at a painting and feel what's going on in my body." She laughs softly, but assuredly. "It's what I've been striving for in my little quest," says the singer/songwriter, "to make a connection to other people. Hopefully, my music will move them." ------------------------------ From: Maria Penchev Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 21:34:26 -0400 Subject: ummm i'm lIKE nEW oN tHIS lIST... i gUESS i rEALLY jOINED tHIS mAILIN' lIST bECASE mY fRIEND lIKES jEWEL- bUT dO aLL u pEOPLES lIKE jEWEL- jEWEL lIKE tHE sINGER jEWEL? tHAT'S sO wEIRD bECAUSE i JOINED lIKE ALL tHEESE oTHER mAILIN' lISTS aND iT'S lIKE nOONE wRITES oN tHEM... wELL wHATEVER... i dON'T eVEN kNOW wHAT ui pEOPLE r tALKIN' aBOUT... mAYBE sOON i'LL gET uSED tO iT... lATERS... PEACE LOVE AND CHEERIOUS (dON'T MIND mY sPELLIN')- mARIA ------------------------------ From: Crash Boy Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 02:10:06 +0000 Subject: got my NH tickets! hi guys! got my NH tickets in the mail today. cool! but i have a question. the show's gonna be general admission, right? it says so on my tickets, but it ALSO says what seats i have. eh? gen ad with seat designations? i don't get it. it reads: Section/Box Row Seat GA GA1 15 GA GA1 16 odd, eh? oh well. but it should be cool. eric :) ------------------------------ From: Axp90@aol.com Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 22:22:05 -0400 Subject: Re: And change is a bad thing too Sean, I can completely agree with your comments regarding U2. Then you wrote: "And when did Michael Stipe turn from a quirky rock singer into a bald-headed, make-up wearing trans-sexual freak?" I believe in free speech and support your right to post your thoughts. However, I want to share with you that I found your use of the word "freak" hurtful. Jewel's message in the song "Pieces of You" came to mind as I read your words. I am motivated to post this not in Michael Stipe's defense, but to remind all of us that Everyday Angels come in all shapes, sizes, colors, beliefs, AND orientations. Just food for thought... Peace, Axp90 ------------------------------ From: "James H. Judd" Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 21:21:47 -0500 Subject: Re: Where is everyone?!!! >Well I guess a lot of us that are against a news list were all wrong. >Everyone is just sitting back waiting for the news. No need to be active any >more. We can be passive robots like all those boob tube fans. We can just >sit back and have all we need to know about Jewel delivered to us piece meal. >Quick and dirty. No more missing our favorite TV show. Hey, I'll still be >your friend, only difference is I'll have to write to you privatly. > >Igor igorwas@smartcitysys.com Hey Igor, cheer up! This doesn't sound like you. Alright, who snuck on your computer? ;) I'm glad the list is settling down a bit again- but that's just me. I haven't done a lick of work type work the past few days. Several of us are still working on the news list. It won't hurt this list at all, but will help it. I'm doing my best to prevent any damage to the list above everything, since i love it as much as you do. The process is going very well, and you are welcome to join us if you'd like to help sort things out. As its planned right now, nothing will go out on the news list unless it's posted here first. One thing we all agree on is that NOTHING WILL GO OUT ON NEWS THAT DOESN'T GO HERE TOO. News will just be trimmed down ALOT. I have had encouragement from members that only lurk for tidbits on Jewel and delete the rest. My point is our family is a hassle for them- let's give them the option of us not buggin them. That's all we're trying to do. It should help our happiness out too since people who don't like the list and complain will have a home as well. For those of you that have been here for a while when's the last time i was that loud about anything? Being a subset is a prerequisite for the news list in my eyes- otherwise the news list would do damage here by taking away from us. Why didn't i post til now? I had a big long post i wrote about the worst flame i've seen on this list since i joined- i just decided the best way to prevent more injury to the feeling of community on the list was to cancel it. My post was gentle- but i don't want such stuff to see more subject lines than it has to. (hint hint :) Concerning the media: It really irritates me how the media is swooning over the bombing. If they wouldn't make such a big deal about it, terrorism wouldn't have the effect that it does. Compare the pipe bomb to say, oh i don't know, high school football. Which one has more injuries and deaths? BTW, I don't consider the heart attack of the Turkish camera guy to be the bomber's fault- if anyone's to blame i'd say it was the media again, encouraging him to run to the scene of the crime for a paycheck. Now they do a hard job well some of the time- they should just use some common sense and not dwell on things like this. Maybe people in the business on the list can help me understand? Journalists are mostly liberal- don't they understand what concentrating on evil events does to the human spirit? I need to listen to some Jewel. We'll chat later my angels, James ________________________________________________________________________ Computer Science/Engineering Eng. Network Services Web Guy http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~juddjam Auburn University Auburn, Alabama ------------------------------ From: Akira Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 22:47:13 -0400 Subject: Akira back!!-NJC To all angels...... Due to the fact that everyone seems to have missed Akira..... I'll bring him back. Acid burn is no more... ------------------------------ From: Mike Connell Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 22:52:17 -0400 Subject: Chang folds!!! Acid_burn is DEAD!!! Akira wrote: > Boy.... Am I getting hell for this stupid name change? =) > I guess i'll just go back to being little ol' Akira..... 20,000 "Am I RSVP'd" questions did not crush this man, but the heat from an Acid_burn sends him packing!!! Mike ------------------------------ From: Akira Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 22:53:47 -0400 Subject: FW: Rich here - ---------- From: Akira[SMTP:chi3@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Sunday, July 28, 1996 10:52 PM To: 'Mike Connell' Subject: Rich here guess I won't be getting anymore 'Acid burn' jokes huh? Well anyway the only reason I took that handle was a movie. I was bumming one night, and thought I would make it into a blockbuster night. So i went and borrowed the movie 'Hackers', and I loved it! It was a stupid, no plot, adn predictable movie, and I still loved it. So There was this girl in the movie that used that as her handle. I am going out with this girl that looks just like her too. So I thought it appropriate that I should take that as my handle. But As the week went on I realized that I was more of an Akira, and not a Acid Burn kind of guy. Also the girl is really bitchy..... Anyway ... the girl's history and the name too. = ) The things we do for love.......hehehe ------------------------------ From: Akira Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 23:04:10 -0400 Subject: Burns.... Oh... I didn't really mind the burns. In fact, I sort of thought a couple of them were funny... not original, but funny. =) Truth is... the name change was on a impulse, and in memory of a former girlfriend. I gotta stop trying to hook up in those underground clubs! U never know what you are going to get until you step out of the dark.... ------------------------------ From: Karl M Fields Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 23:10:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Caffeine > "The set's only feisty newcomer, caffeinated folkie Jewel, resorts > to covering a song by adult alternative underdog John Hiatt." Decaff herbal tea. Decaff herbal tea! ******************************************************************************* Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. --George Washington Karl M Fields kmf29184@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ From: EMLG55A@prodigy.com (MR ARMAND C MALLORY) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 23:06:51, -0500 Subject: And change is a bad thing too Ovbiously Sean, you are a fan of the Warner - REM, if you listen to Document No.5, Fables of the Reconstruction, Murmur, Eponymous, or any album inbetween you would realize, REM IS A ROCK BAND NOT A BALLAD BAND!!!!!!!!!!!! Monster is a return to the roots for REM. By the way PEARL JAM SUCKS period. ____ SUPERMAN ------------------------------ From: Karl M Fields Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 00:23:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Jewel rules. She RULES! > didnt get very far. [yes punctuation on the computor seems overly annoying > at my level of search and destroy typing skills. I get all "tingley" inside when I read this line. > i loved reading my poetry the first night of JS. it was very > purging. i love words. i love communicating . i love playing with them. > they help see the world- its almost as though i can not see anything, a lover > a bum, a flesh wound untill it is layed out before me in ink. blah blah > blah.............. Especially, when it is followed by this paragraph. I am blown out of the water every time Hiranya writes a message. My heart skipped a beat when I saw a message from Jewel's mom Lenedra. My heart stopped when I saw a message from Jewel, herself. How cool is that? Karl "Search and Destroy (in a good way)" Fields - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. --Robert Frost Karl M Fields kmf29184@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V1 #422 ***************************