From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V3 #303 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Tuesday, June 2 1998 Volume 03 : Number 303 * If you wish to unsubscribe, send an email to jewel-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Jewel tour dates, go to: * http://jewel.zoonation.com and click on "TOUR" * OR * go to the OFFICIAL Jewel home page at http://www.jeweljk.com * and go to the "What, When, Where" section * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: jewel-digest V3 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- OT: Jewel Quake2 Skin ["Francois Cartegnie" ] Jewel article/interview in today's USA Today! :-) [Mike Connell ] Re: Bearsville [Tlcathome@aol.com] NJC: EDAF weekend was a success [Tlcathome@aol.com] JC: Addendum to previous post [Kevco ] Reminder that Jewel is going to be chatting live on Yahoo! Chat :) [Kevc] Re: NJC: Possible EDA Gatherings in NJ this summer? [VampSlayr6@aol.com] Jewel on TV (CFPL) [Paul Schreiber ] Bad angelfood request [Winthrop Douglas ] IRC chat [Winthrop Douglas ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 10:30:54 +0200 From: "Francois Cartegnie" Subject: OT: Jewel Quake2 Skin Just to tell that after a night of work, there's a new skin for the Quake II game : Jewel !!!! (Built from the great picture of the hits magazine) You can download it at : http://www.mygale.org/02/fcdesign/frskins.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 06:38:23 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: Jewel article/interview in today's USA Today! :-) Hey folks, The long overdue article about Jewel hit the USA Today online site today (June 2nd) at: http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/lmds234.htm If for some reason that link does not work, start here: http://www.usatoday.com/life/lfront.htm and work your way to it. I can only assume it's also in the printed USA Today newspaper at newsstands across the land. For those that cannot get a newspaper, here's the full article - Mike :-) Poetry shows another facet of Jewel Jewel says she has grown ''bored with music.'' Bored? This is a woman who spent most of her 24 years scraping, suffering and struggling to make it as a musician - growing up in the wilderness of Homer, Alaska; living out of a car; singing in local coffee houses and bars; getting turned down by hospitals when she needed treatment for a chronic kidney problem but didn't have insurance. And then she hit big just three years ago with the album Pieces of You, which has sold more than 6 million copies. ''I exceeded every goal I ever had,'' she says. ''It's like a Datsun pickup winning the Indy 500.'' But for Jewel Kilcher, the fame and the money - even the achievement - are not what's most important, she says. That's how the boredom set in. ''You know how it is,'' she says. ''You need a new challenge. I had been touring a long time. I was good at doing live shows and creatively was being very atrophied.'' So she went through ''the chicken scratch'' in her journals - 15 or so of them from the past eight years - and pulled together a book of poetry. The collection of 109 poems is called a night without armor (HarperCollins, $15), and she will give poetry readings for the next few weeks. ''If you want the most honest glimpse of me,'' she says, ''look at my poetry. I don't exist unless I'm writing. I don't understand daylight or lovers or the world. I need it to deal with hardships in my life. There isn't a day that I can really go without it. Through it, I come to know myself.'' Others may try mind-expanding drugs or they may party wildly, but that has never appealed to Jewel, she says. ''There's a lot of darkness I battle in my own mind. If I were to do drugs or alcohol, it would sink me. I've never been a partier. The idea of distracting myself with a party and losing a year didn't seem attractive to me. . . . I've tortured myself mentally - it doesn't feel good.'' Is she saying she has contemplated suicide? ''Everybody does. There was a time when I was 18 when I was saying 'OK,' . . . but I also had this realization that I didn't want to give up and, damn it, I would figure it out.'' She doesn't want you to think she's to be revered for that. ''I don't think I've gone through anything other people haven't gone through. My feelings are not that original. My expression of them makes them unique. We all have lust, loneliness and insecurity.'' Not all of us use poetry to understand our lives, however. ''It taught me to be human,'' says Jewel, who after high school graduated from an art school in Michigan. ''I'd read a lot of philosophers. I learned to reason . . . but they didn't teach me how to relate or understand love.'' A lot of the poems are love-related. She won't say that they are about particular men, only that there are ''little cryptic notes'' that only they might get. One of her best friends is Flea (Michael Balzary) of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Other than that, she had a French-Canadian model for a boyfriend for a while and she dated Sean Penn. She's ''in between relationships right now.'' Asked what she looks for in a man, she says, ''To tell you honestly, I feel like men come to me.'' Men like Jean-Claude Van Damme, with whom the tabloids had her linked? She laughs. ''God, I've never even met him! My fans are like, 'Please say that's not true!' '' And she says it's not. ''I spent a lot of my life alone, which isn't sad to me. I move emotionally a lot. I outgrow things quickly. I'm more committed to my growth than to staying with friends.'' Her mother is her best friend. ''She has always been my twin,'' says Jewel. Her parents divorced when she was 8; she went with her mom. ''She has encouraged me to be my highest and never stall my growth to fit in.'' Where that growth might lead, say, in 10 years, she has no idea. ''Wherever God places me.'' Married with children? ''I'm still too young to think about that. Men have wanted to marry me and it's just not for me. I'm sure it will be one day.'' She's still dealing with fame. ''I see why it destroys a lot of people. I have incredible people around me who know my goals spiritually. I also knew why I got into music - to help people. I've never had to compromise my integrity. I've never worried about being cool or hip. It's allowed me to remain sane.'' But what about looking the part, dressing the part, to be cool or hip? ''I've always looked at magazines; they make me anxious. As a kid and to this day, everybody's so beautiful and perfect. It made me feel like there's an insurmountable gap between them and me. Now that I'm in them and people are commenting on me, it's very ironic. I think the images and standards we have of beauty are unrealistic. I think the idea that a woman feels flattered when she's complimented on her beauty is archaic.'' So she doesn't worry about her weight? ''Of course I do!'' she says. ''I don't know a girl that doesn't. I'm committed to trying to be healthy. You go through premenstrual munchies and feel bloated as heck and go in front of a camera, and people are cruel. I'm committed to being in front of people and not being perfect.'' She continues, ''It always encouraged me to see Meryl Streep or Bette Midler or Isabella Rossellini, people besides Kate Moss, who are beautiful, to give me some hope. It's so hard to love ourselves. I know so many young women who don't know their worth. I don't want to look back and feel embarrassed knowing I've squandered the opportunity of living on being self-absorbed.'' She also says it's premature to look back and call her one of the Women in Rock, the phrase that became so popular during last summer's Lilith Fair concert tour. ''I feel like a pup,'' she says. ''I feel like Janis Joplin and Joni Mitchell and Ella Fitzgerald were the real deals. I still have to prove myself.'' She adds, ''It's not like we suddenly began to exist when Lilith started. It's been kind of a catch phrase. Personally I don't like being a 'Woman in Rock.' I'm a brain, I'm a mind. I'm a person. I'm a poet.'' And to fans who worry that her boredom remark means she's no longer a musician, don't worry. ''My love of music doesn't change,'' she says. ''I love the immediacy of music and its ability to affect people. I'll be doing another record as soon as I'm done with the film.'' The film is Ride With the Devil, directed by Ang Lee and filming through July. She's also writing - prose - for another book. And she's forming a charity. ''I care deeply for people. I'm inspired by people like Martin Luther King who knew you could not fight the enemy by despair. ''Helping people is such a trite little summary. In my own life, I've felt deeply many things, intense loneliness, intense worries for survival, and there's people that go through worse daily. It's not OK for me to just be breathing. It's not OK for me just to get by. ''I want to do with my life what is worthwhile. I think in the end, kindness matters. People understanding their own beauty and divinity matters. Whatever career I'm in, it has to be toward those goals.'' By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY - - * If you are new to the Jewel list and need a helping hand * The Jewel EveryDay Angels List Homepage & Guide is at: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup * * If you have any Jewel list related questions, please feel free * to email me at ducksoup@spectra.net * or you can IM me on either of the AOL names below: * DuckOfPrey or WhyADuck55 on AOL or AOL Instant Messenger ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 07:34:11 PDT From: "Steve Garner" Subject: tab book I think that the tab book idea is really cool... being a guitarist myself, I could contribute a few of Jewel's songs that I've learned to play. And the cool thing is... Jewel's songs aren't difficult to play... they're fun! I know that all the songs from POY are available in tab from various places on the net, so they should be easy to get a hold of. There are a few of Jewel's rarer songs out there in tab form too, but not too many. Anyway, I look forward to hearing more about this idea! Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 09:41:59 EDT From: Tlcathome@aol.com Subject: Re: Bearsville Hi all!!! Bearsville '98 is an EDA camping gathering that occurs in the Bearsville/Woodstock area - It will again be held at Steve's Campsite and Mike will have a page up for the gathering again this year - right Mike? :-) And we'll probably put a page up ourselves with additional info. To see pictures from last year, check out Eric's (Crashboy's) page at Crash Boy's EDA Page . The gathering is July 17-19. We had a great time last year and I'm sure it'll be at least as fun this year. The e-mail addy to RSVP to and send other inquiries to is BRSVL98@aol.com - I will not, however, respond to questions asking if Jewel will be doing another JewelStock, because this is simply a gathering in memory of JS, held as close to the anniversary date as possible - just happens to fall on Saturday this year :-) I hope to be a able to post a contact person for rides soon. The person who did it last year is no longer subbed to the list. When you RSVP, please include your location and if you can give a ride or need a ride. Tammy :-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 10:39:58 EDT From: Tlcathome@aol.com Subject: NJC: EDAF weekend was a success Hi all!!! Just wanted to let you all know how well the EDAF gathering and the foodbank thing went!! Most everyone arrived Friday evening and night, and as usual we all got a just a few hours of sleep :-) We actually made it to the foodbank just slightly late - if you've ever been to a gathering, you know how hard it is to get everyone up and out at the planned time :-) We were pretty impressed with how well they have their system of getting you started down - it was only maybe 10 minutes til we were into the task at hand. Our 'job' for the day was sorting frozen food. We're talking pallet sized boxes of frozen food - mostly spinach - lol Anyone who attended ever want to see spinach again? heh. We had a lot of fun with it though. Between the EDAF volunteers and other volunteers that were there that day, we worked something like 30 pallets (a truck load is 22 pallets). I think they were pretty impressed with how quickly it was done - I also got the impression that they almost had trouble keeping up with us in getting boxes and pallets out :-) Anyway, the event was so successful and inspiring that we will probably make this a quarterly event, so look for announcements in a couple months for an August gathering here - and be prepared for a June blood drive!!! After the foodbank, we returned to the 'Campbell Inn' and did the potluck bbq thing, which I thought went really well - there was soooo much food, we had a hard time fitting the leftovers in the fridge!! :-) And I'm sure Tom's Spinach Salad was the highlight of the meal!! Not to mention the Spinach dip!!! lol In the evening it was off to FunTime America for lasertag. Everyone really seemed to have a great time with that. Now I just have to think of something just as fun for the August gathering :-) It was a great weekend and was really great to see everyone again and to meet some great new people :-) Wendy and Marissa even climbed into those boxes of frozen food when they got low enough that we couldn't reach in them - lol - talk about getting into your work - lol Hope to see even more new people at the next one!!!!! Tammy :-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 09:16:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevco Subject: JC: Addendum to previous post Again I don't know if this has been posted before but if you go here: http://www.tvgen.com/jewel/index.htm this is the TvGen Jewel poetry collection, there are about 10 poems with pictures some of the poems you can listen to, cool eh. Kev ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 08:56:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevco Subject: Reminder that Jewel is going to be chatting live on Yahoo! Chat :) I just thought that I'd post to remind eveyone that knows and well inform those that don't that Jewel will be on Yahoo! Chat live on Monday 8th June - 10pm ET/7pm PT. The text below is copied straight off the Yahoo! Chat "Upcoming event" page: http://chat.yahoo.com/chat/events/calendar.html "There are more facets to Jewel Kilcher than her multiplatinum smash, Pieces of You. The alluring singer-songwriter and budding film star has just published her first poetry collection, A Night Without Armor. And for those who can't get enough of Jewel's voice, an accompanying CD of the popster reading her poems aloud has just been released. TVGEN is proud to present a few selections from the book and the CD not to mention an entrancing collection of photos. If that's not enough, we're also offering you a chance to win by submitting your own poem to the Official Jewel Poetry contest. Join Jewel live on Mon., June 8, 10pET/7pPT." If you go to the page above you can click on the hypertext to find out about A Night Without Armor from the Harper Collins homepage. There is a good pic of her beside her details on the page and you can also enter the online Jewel TvGen poetry competition here. It's worth getting a Yahoo identity, its free and its really easy to get. Just visit http://chat.yahoo.com I checked out the transcipts from a previous live chat and there seems plenty opportunity to get a question asked. So come on all of you make the effort get along there and ask that question that has always been annoying you. I'm in the UK and I'll have to wait until 3 or 4 am and I'll be there. Thanks for taking the time to read Kev ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 14:19:45 EDT From: VampSlayr6@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC: Possible EDA Gatherings in NJ this summer? Actually, I was thinking the same. Maybe we could go to the Beach House in Seaside and being Jewel's largest fan club they would let us on tv. Or we could go to Great Adventure again. I think it would be fun. Beth The Wondering Angel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:36:01 -0400 From: Paul Schreiber Subject: Jewel on TV (CFPL) I was flipping channels after dinner and caught the end of a Jewel interview. She was talking about ANWA and how she didn't want't to be known for something she wasn't. Channel: CFPL (BBS) in London, Ontario Show: "First Look" Time I saw it: 5:30 pm Tuesday June 2 I don't know if it'll be rerun but just in case it is, there's the info. Perhaps our friend MrBB has more info on the interview. Paul ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 13:51:03 -0500 From: Winthrop Douglas Subject: Bad angelfood request Hello, I've been on the list for a while, and I don't have any angelfood. I was in the process of making arrangements for some when *zip* there goes my hard drive :( so I lost all the emails relating to this. So I'm going to make the standard plea...if you have any and you could stand to help me out, I would really appreciate it. :) Pat - -the angel who hasn't decided on an angel name yet angel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 13:58:56 -0500 From: Winthrop Douglas Subject: IRC chat hello, this is just a letter to "plug" our Dalnet IRC chat channel. We're starting to get some attendence, but "the more the merrier" as they say. All You need to do is get a chat client like mIRC or any of the others and jump onto any dal.net server and join #eda. If you want or need help with this, feel free to email me :) Pat Loucks - -the i haven't decided on an angel name yet angel ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V3 #303 ***************************