From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V2 #752 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * To unsubscribe send an email to jewel-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email. jewel-digest Wednesday, September 17 1997 Volume 02 : Number 752 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [Hanan Javaid ] WWSYS and Sean Penn directed YWMFM ["Matt Adler" ] JEWEL COMPILATION AVAILIBLE ["Timothy Paul Mccormick Jr" ] Why is it shameful to be a Jewel fan? [Garrett Fabian ] Re: wwsys lyrics [Fonig@aol.com] UPDATE OF THE AOL LIST [MuzikJok@aol.com] Re: =A4JC=A4 Siena College 9/13/97 =97NJC=97 (Part 1)=20 [Fonig@aol.com] Anyone with Jewel JPG files. [Thiedeman ] Re:Bill & ted thing [dmoreno@thrasher.calstatela.edu (Daniel Moreno)] geneseo 97 [Jeffrey Kokosinski ] jewel poster [Nicolett27@aol.com] I'm new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [klbastarache@juno.com (Krystal L Bastarache)] MrBB- Early Jewel History Updated again & soon to be available at Welcome Page [ABershaw@] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 15:13:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Hanan Javaid Subject: Re: i dont know if you have though about this before people, but is jewel like the real life bill and ted in that she will change the world with her music, maybe not bring the planets into alignment, but still bring about a new kind of truth in human civilization and maybe even time travel using a phone booth, who knows maybe she could even go back and meet socrates ?please give me some response to this, how likely is this, or atleast some of it? and go on tell me more, feel free to share ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:32:21 -0400 From: "Matt Adler" Subject: WWSYS and Sean Penn directed YWMFM I was wondering if anyone has the Who Will Save Your Souls and You Were Meant For Me directed by Sean Penn (or the newer version) Video for quicktime, or any other format? Please e-mail me back. Thanks, Matt Adler cptnpicard@provide.net www.geocities.com/hollywood/1030 Michigan P.S. My birthday is tomarrow, Sept. 18th. Yea, 16, now I can drive! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:22:17 -0400 (EDT) From: "Timothy Paul Mccormick Jr" Subject: JEWEL COMPILATION AVAILIBLE I couple of weeks ago, someone on the list mentioned that, WLIR put out a compilation CD with Jewel "WWSYS" from VH1 Cross roads on it. I ordered it and I got it in today. The price total with shipping and handeling was $20.65. All proceeds benefit BC Group (Breast cancer organization). Others besides Jewel on this compilation are: Dishwalla, Joan Osborne, Dog's Eye View, No Doubt, Tori Amos, Duncan Sheik, Squeeze and Leah Andreone. To order I believe the number is 1-800-487-8580. If not check the web page. www.wlir.com motor city angel, tim - -- Detroit Red Wings 1997 Stanley Cup Champions "And though this world is filled with the grace and beauty of God's hand." -Bruce Sprinsteen "So where is the hope and where is the faith... and the love?" -U2 "She's a flower that grows despite cement wals and she will survive." -Jewel Kilcher ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:30:50 -0500 From: babystar@juno.com Subject: Clueless tape Hi everyone! Okay, I got some requests for a copy of my clueless tape, I am so very sorry, but I forgot who asked me! So, whoever did, will you please please please e-mail me privately again?? Oh, and please tell me if you want all the songs I taped off, or just the Jewel song, okay?? Thanks a bunch, bye!! luv much, kissy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:33:32 -0700 From: queen_of_cups@juno.com (Carrie L Hoff-Sceusa) Subject: NJC...Need EDA Shirt url... Can someone send me the url to order the EDA shirt from Phil? I was searching pages and cannot find it. Carrie Chatty Angel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:50:17 PDT From: "Capriccio 191" Subject: SparkstheEveryday Angel Hi! I need SparkstheEverydayAngel to email me. I lost his addy somehow and I need to talk to him about a CD. Thanks, Jenn - -- Capriccio191@hotmail.com Visiting Atlanta? Come stay with us at the Buckhead Bed and Breakfast Inn. 1-888-224-8797 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:53:34 -0400 From: Garrett Fabian Subject: Why is it shameful to be a Jewel fan? I take so much crap from my friends for being a Jewel fan. Do any of you get that too? They're constantly making fun of me for being "obsessed" with her. I have one picture of the POY cover on the wall of my room, and have some Jewel shows on tape, but other than that, I never even mention her around them! *They're* always the the one bringing her up! Did I miss something or did Webster's add "Having more than one album by any given artist" as one of the definitions for "obsession" and not tell me? If someone finds out that I like her music, be it a guy or girl, their first reaction is, "Oh God, I can't believe you like *her*!" I just don't understand it. - --Garrett "Pretty girl...pretty girl...do you hate her...'cause she's pieces of you?" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:52:13 -0700 From: "Larry G." Subject: Re: Hey everyone At 02:42 PM 9/17/97 DST, jenny herb wrote: >How about isoselese(sp?)!!! thats a good angle name!!!! >Seriously though, i still havent come up with one myself! >jen Subject: Anyone with Jewel JPG files. To all, I just joined this mailing list. I read most of the messages I received and many were about her concerts. I am in Melbourne, Australia! I have to wait for a world tour to see her in concert so you people are lucky, very lucky to be in the US. The last world star who toured Australia was Michael Jackson in November 1996. I would like to know where I can purchase Jewel's 'Spew+ Enhanced CD'. I love multimedia, and I would LOVE to have some Jewel multimedia. Anyway, if anyone out there has some good quality JPG files of Jewel, I would love it if you could attatch it to one of your messages. You may have to send it personally (I'm not sure how it works - I'm only new to this mailing list thingy). Or if you can tell me some good sites then that would be good too. Time to go, Gregg ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:18:49 -0700 From: dmoreno@thrasher.calstatela.edu (Daniel Moreno) Subject: Re:Bill & ted thing i thought about that and tehn started to laugh at myself and now that someone else has said it . . . I am blown away . . . haha . . . but thats like pretty believable to me . . . I mean it brought us all together and we all help each other when we can help and even when we cant we go out of our way to try and comfort people . . . you see what I am saying . . . it is bringing a new order of compassion for our fellow man . . . wow . . . alright now I am getting scared again . . . me being a believer in anarchy which can be brought about through Jewel now . . . hey . . . now I am not scared . . . this is cool . . . danny flying by ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 97 18:41:04 EDT From: Jeffrey Kokosinski Subject: geneseo 97 Someone posted a while back for the Geneseo show. I saved your email but it got lost somewhere. I have the show now, so if you are still interested email me back zoso@eden.rutgers.edu Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 18:28:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicolett27@aol.com Subject: jewel poster Guys- Anyone who is going to a Jewel concet soon, can you PLEASE pick me up a "Participate in Miracles" poster? I'll be sure to pay you back right away!!!! Please???? -Nicole (the sensitive angel) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 18:05:01 PST From: klbastarache@juno.com (Krystal L Bastarache) Subject: I'm new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi all!! My name is Krystal I am 15 years old and live in MA. I have been on here for about a week now and this is my first post. You guys seem to really know a lot about this whole thing so if anyone wants to mail me and show me the whole shebang, feel free! Anyhoo- if anyone has a good angel name for me you can mail me-- i can't find a good one. Thanks Lots!!!!! Krystal :-} +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you want you can mail me privately... KLBASTARACHE@juno.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:39:28 -0400 (EDT) From: ABershaw@aol.com Subject: MrBB- Early Jewel History Updated again & soon to be available at Welcome Page Hello again, As many know already, I've been "not so diligently" working on a detailed "Pre POY Album" Jewel history in my spare time. I've periodically sent this "work in progress" to this list to help educate new EDAs & because the list FAQ is still very limited & out of date. I'm no writer, so forgive the lack of style. This is simply to help fill a gap on a time period mysterious to many and of interest to most new listmembers. I've given Mike permission to include this on his "welcome to the Jewel list" page & I encourage all new folks to check it out his page anyway. It'll help new people immensely. It's at: http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup/ Anyway, this will soon be available there all the time & updated periodically. Please, do not copy this for any publication, including a web page of your own, without writing me for consent. The girl who wrote the "Twist" magazine article was in touch with me & some of the new stuff was included there already. Big thanks to Neal Copperman & Jeff Hanson, whose original FAQ work was the basis on which my work began. New info has been added since last time, & I hope you all enjoy it. MrBB JEWEL-"Pre-POY Album Release" History ********************************************* PART 1-Brief Kilcher Family History: Jewel's grandparents, Yule Kilcher & his wife Ruth immigrated to Alaska from Switzerland in 1941. They settled in Homer on an 800 acre homestead on Kachemak Bay. (Yule later became state senator & was instrumental in drafting the state constitution. ) Yule & Ruth performed publicly throughout Alaska & Europe. The family musical tradition, together with Ruth's particular flair for ethereal verse and love of the natural world became key elements in the musical tradition passed down to their children (& grandchildren) that survives today. The family farm became well known, at first largely through the efforts of Yule, who made a film about the homesteading life and took it on lecture tours across the states and Europe. It was a difficult life & Ruth took refuge in music and writing. Ruth & Yule had 8 children named Mairiis, Wurtila, Fay, Sunrise, Otto, Stellavera, Catkin & Jewel's father Atz. ``Mom was the main musical force in the family,'' says Mairiis, Yule & Ruth's eldest daughter. ``Singing was always a big unifying force, no matter what other conflicts went on. You can't be mad at each other when you have to harmonize.'' Jewel Kilcher was born May 23, 1974 in Payson,Utah where Atz & Lenedra were living while Atz attended college nearby. (Jewel also has an older brother Shane,a younger brother Atz & a younger half brother Nikos.) Upon graduation from college, Atz & Lenedra moved their family back to Homer Alaska where Jewel & her brothers were raised on the 800-acre homestead. Jewel's parents became a popular Alaskan folk singing duo, well known regionally as Atz & Nedra Kilcher. They released their 1st self produced primarily acoustic album in 1977 entitled "Early Morning Gold". This album consists of original Alaskan folk songs written in collaboration or by Atz alone. Here's an edited excerpt written by Allen Reeves, who at the time of the release was President of the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau: "The first time I ever heard Atz & Nedra Kilcher sing, I was struck by the honesty & simplicity of their beautiful folk music---and with the fact they are making history. You see, there has never before really been any Alaska folk music. Oh, there is ample ethnic music, but no real folk music. Not until Atz & Nedra put verse & melody to the spirit of the 'Great Land' The Kilchers paint a pure portrait of Alaska." In 1978 Atz & Nedra released their second album titled "Born & Raised on Alaska Land". This featured more elaborate production & again featured all originals with the exception of a song written by Atz's sister (Jewel's Aunt), Mairiis "Mossie" Davidson (who also released Alaskan folk albums regionally). **************************************************** Part 2: What happened prior to "Pieces Of You"? Jewel grew up on an 800 acre homestead her family owned on Kachemak Bay in Homer Alaska. From a very early age Jewel was exposed to the music of her family. They traditionally sang songs together before every meal. In 1980 at the age of six Jewel began accompanying her parents performing for locals & tourists in Alaskan villages, clubs & hotels. Her earliest musical influences consisted primarily of the music of her family and a particular fascination with Ella Fitzgerald. She also mastered the art of yodelling from her grandfather Yule Kilcher. Jewel was educated at home by family members until the 4th grade when she began attending public school. She suffered from dyslexia & had a difficult time learning to read & write. Her main interest, at this early age, was horseback riding & she spent many hours riding & caring for her very own horse named Clearwater. This included chopping plenty of hay so that Clearwater had plenty to eat over the long Alaskan winters. Lenedra, being very spiritually guided, developed Jewel's spiritual side & raised her with a sense of magic as well as an appreciation & deep respect for the Indian Way. A few years later Jewel's parents divorced & she remained with her father & brothers in Homer initially. When Jewel was 12 she convinced her parents to let her "see more of the world" by spending some time with an aunt in Hawaii. Needless to say, the blond Alaskan was quite an anomaly in Hawaii, but Jewel yodeled her way out of any playground disagreements. She was there for a few months and then returned to stay with her mother in Anchorage, Alaska. Writing became Jewel's expression of choice since she found herself unable to verbalize many of her strong feelings at this young age. She later became enamored by South American poets Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz & Giaconda Belli. She also absorbed philosophers Kant, Plato, Dostoevski (& many others) as well as sensual writers such as Henry Miller & Anais Nin. At age 14, Jewel was "adopted" into the native Indian culture. She participated in a ceremony which included a "talking circle". During this she realized that although she had written for years, she was verbally speechless. Her "adopted" uncles took her for a walk & told her "you have a gift to give the world" and related various native Indian wisdom & folklore. (Note: Dig up a copy of a book called "Mindfire- Dialogues In The Other Future" by Alexander Blair-Ewart published by Somerville House. It includes an early interview with Jewel expanding on this time period & her experiences with the native Indian culture.) She then began a conscious effort to speak more from her heart & and began articulating her feelings. During this time she continued to perform with her father as a duo & later in a trio called "New Directions" which featured Jewel,Atz & their friend Suzanne Little. She also joined a local rap group called "Le Creme" briefly. It was over the course of this decade (1980-1990) that Jewel developed her vocal ability & her experience at working a crowd. Atz was a wonderful storyteller & Jewel absorbed his knack for "fun & entertaining between song banter". Her father also instilled an extremely strong work ethic & taught Jewel what a professional musicians life is all about. During this time, repertoire consisted of mainly Atz Kilcher originals with Jewel singing harmony & background vocals. However, Jewel did take lead vocals on popular cover songs of the day such as "Angel From Montgomery" by John Prine, "Me & Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson, the theme from "The Rose", etc, as well as many others. In High School, Jewel began to accompany herself on guitar. Her junior and senior years of high school were spent at Interlochen Fine Arts Academy in Michigan. Here she studied sculpture, art, music & dance while pursuing a voice major. Interlochen is an expensive private school, and 70% of Jewel's first year tuition was paid for by a vocal scholarship. With the help of her Aunt Mossie & her mother Lenedra, the remainder of the expenses were raised at what turned out to be Jewel's first solo concerts. The citizens of Homer were supportive enough to cover the rest of the first year tuition. She also modeled (fully clothed) for sculpture classes for extra money, often writing & singing between poses. When extra money was needed, she was unfortunately forced to sell her beloved horse Clearwater. It was at Interlochen that Jewel's songwriting ideas began germinating. She also expressed an interest in acting, but Interlochen's policy didn't allow voice majors to participate in the drama program. She persisted in pestering the department until they granted her an audition. She ended up landing the lead role in that semester's play called "Spoon River Anthology" where she played a dead woman who tells tales from the grave. Her performance was so impressive, that Interlochen began accepting non-theater majors into their drama program. During this time she also began to build up a small repertoire of songs. She made a few demo recordings of eleven of these songs. These eleven demos consisted of her very first songwriting attempts. Other than "Don't"(then referred to as "Waltz") & "Dance Between Two Woman"(then simply titled "Dance"), the other 9 songs remain unreleased. Three of those nine ("Billy", "Can't Have My Soul" [NOT WWSYS] & "Money") continued into Jewel's early repatiore. The remaining half dozen being abandoned in favor of many new songs (including "Who Will Save Your Soul"). During Spring Break she joined Lenedra & fell in love with San Diego. The following year she was awarded a full scholarship & returned to Interlochen for her senior year. Upon graduation in the summer of 1992 (& after a brief stay in Boulder, Co,) Jewel again rejoined Lenedra in San Diego, which she now calls home. Jewel worked a variety of jobs including waitressing, but generally lost them when her interest in chatting with the customers surpassed her desire to do the actual job. Eventually she decided that working unfulfilling dead-end jobs was an unbearable way to live. With Lenedra's encouragement they moved out of their apartment, into their vans, to pursue their dreams. With lots of peanut butter, carrot sticks, and a guitar, Jewel settled down to write more songs. Around this time of new songwriting activity, she became very close to local songwriter, Steve Poltz & his band The Rugburns. They shared songs with each other & began collaborating on material. Steve taught Jewel how to better work within a "verse/chorus/verse" structure & his influence balanced her very serious writing style with his more humorous & spontaneous style.(They still periodically collaborate.) Her new ability to churn out songs was revealing a prolific talent at songwriting. She regularly debuted new songs to friends & this endeared her to the few who heard them. In late1993 & early 1994, she began performing sporadic gigs to sparse crowds at various area coffeehouses including one in Pacific Beach called The Innerchange. Word started to spread, and eventually she had a regular Thursday night spot there and an ever growing audience. Her name began to show up in the local press and she landed a few choice opening spots. She took an extended trip back to Homer at the end of the year, and things really took off when she returned to San Diego in early 1994. At the start of the year, the coffeehouse was roughly 60% full, and a mere $3 got you a 3-4 hour set of original material, with the only exception being an occasional cover of Tracy Chapman's "Behind the Wall". Becoming a prolific, versatile songwriter, Jewel still regularly debuted a handful of new songs at each show. These shows were a hotbed of local acoustic talent, and Jewel was regularly joined by frequent collaborator Steve Poltz. Fellow Rugburns Rob Driscoll and Gregory Page also joined them, as well as other local musicians including Joy Eden Harrison, Cindy Lee Berryhill, John Katchur and Byron Nash. Jewel also saw her first "official release" as a participant on 91X's sampler of area talent called "Saint Doug" around this time. She included a take of "Angel Needs A Ride". Everyone who saw her must have told five friends, since each week the crowd continued to grow. Soon, people were being turned away, while a few hardy souls could be seen staring through the large windows at the packed house inside. For extra money, Jewel put together a tape that she briefly distributed herself called "Shiva Diva Doo Wop" which contained the songs "1000 Miles Away", "She Cries","Painters" & "My Own Private God's Gift To Woman".The tape came with a j-card insert that also featured an original drawing by Jewel. Income was also supplemented by selling posters of original artwork by Lenedra which featured a blue background with a purple angel on it & the words "Participate In Miracles". The purple angel glowed in the dark & they sold for $5. The concept behind these posters was to buy two of them, keep one for yourself & post the other in a place you felt could benefit from its message. Around this time, the news of the young (19!) singer had gotten to L.A., and record executives started driving down to sleepy San Diego to catch the shows. They immediately recognized the quality of what they were seeing, and soon the limos were directed towards Jewel's van/home. She was wined & dined by various companies only to be dropped off back at her van. :-) After a brief courtship, she was signed to Atlantic Records by Jenny Price in March of 1994. They started making the trek up to L.A. looking for producers and musicians to record with. The advance on the record enabled Jewel to rent a house with Lenedra, & to purchase a new car (a used Volvo) and a new guitar (a steal due to an imperfection in the finish). All this added exposure continued to draw crowds to The Innerchange, which first added a second show, and then upped the admission price to $5. By this time, Jewel had written over a hundred songs. On July 28 and 29, 1994, a sound crew descended on The Innerchange to record 4 sets of Jewel on her home stomping grounds. All the live recordings on "Pieces of You" come from those two sessions. The remainder of POY was recorded at Neil Young's Redwood Digital Studio at his Broken Arrow Ranch in Woodside,CA during the following month. Atlantic prepared to help promote the album with a number of promotional items. The most popular of these is a CD called "Save The Linoleum". This was released to radio stations to promote the single "Who Will Save Your Soul" & featured both live & studio outtakes from the POY recordings. Included were unreleased versions of "My Own Private God's Gift To Woman", "I'm Sensitive","Race Car Driver", & "Flower". Also an EPK (electronic press kit) was produced for press release along with a contest to win a trip to San Diego. This EPK included a videotape called "Jewel & Mike Take San Diego". It featured an interview done by local DJ Mike Halloran & a brief tour through Jewel's life at the time. Besides interviews,footage included a tour of The Innerchange, the spot where she parked her van every night, surfing, hilarious footage inside Steve Poltz' apartment along with an impromptu duet of YWMFM & a home video of WWSYS. An official video was also produced for WWSYS for release to the video channels. Jewel began 1995 doing what is termed a "residency tour". January was spent rotating 5 nights a week from 5 California venues. Febuary repeated this procedure but hit a rotation of Washington DC, Philadelphia, Cambridge & NYC. It wound up in NYC at Ludlow Street Cafe on 2/28/95, the same day Atlantic released Jewel's album "Pieces Of You". Back home two days later, on 3/2/95, Jewel performed both an early & late show to friends & local supporters in celebration of the album's release at the Cosmopolitan Theater in San Diego. END********************* ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V2 #752 ***************************