From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V3 #657 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Wednesday, November 25 1998 Volume 03 : Number 657 * If you ever 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: ----------------- Re: Spirit goes plat...er...ummm...gold!!! :-) [Mike Connell ] Tiny Lights Tour Book? ["Scott Evans" ] SJC-Did anyone see Mondays Today Show?(was that Nedra?) [DSARN@aol.com] Review of Jewel on Boston.sidewalk.com... ["Kevin Pease" ] Spirit Review / SonicNet [Paul Schreiber ] Re: Jewel coming to Canada... Much Music at least! [] Jewels' Spirit debuts at #3 on Billboards' Hot 200 Albums chart! [Mike C] Want the Jewel on KISS FM interview? [bpodeszw@stu.blanchet.k12.wa.us] Jewel album sales in Canada the first week... [Allan Subject: Re: Spirit goes plat...er...ummm...gold!!! :-) Last night, I stated: >>Word from Jewel's management tonight is that if Spirit didn't go platinum >>on Tuesday, it will on Wednesday! It's right on the brink of 1 million CDs >>sold :-) DIRECTOR: CUT!!!!!! MIKE: Wha??? Wha'd I do? DIRECTOR: Mike, it's gold....half-a-million....GOLD! Got it? DIRECTOR (thinking): ::::: man, where'd they find this turkey? I asked for an ACTOR! :::: MIKE: Geez, sorry ma'am......I'll nail it this time....you can count on me. DIRECTOR: Uh huh, yeah......OK....is everyone ready? Mike? EVERYONE: Ready! MIKE: Ready AB! DIRECTOR: OK....."Spirit Goes Gold", take two....cameras are rolling....ACTION!!! MIKE: Word from Jewel's management tonight is that if Spirit didn't go gold on Tuesday, it will on Wednesday! It's right on the brink of half a million CDs sold :-) DIRECTOR: CUT! That's a wrap! EVERYONE: (applause) :::: fade to Mike's den ::::: Yeah, I goofed...sorry.....I got a "correction email" from Bibi overnight....Spirit goes gold sometime today. Half a million in sales! :-) Which only means that, especially with this weekend's kickoff of the holiday season sales, Spirit has a good crack at going platinum mid next week!! :-) DIRECTOR: Don't get your hopes up Mr Brando, we already have that one cast.....some DiCaprio dude will be doin' the bit....now pick up your check and get out of here. MIKE: OK...OK.... Again, sorry for the confusion, Mike "I'll never work in this town again" Connell :-) * If you are new to the Jewel list and need a helping hand, * or have a burning question about Jewel and/or the list, * The Jewel/EveryDay Angels List Homepage & Guide is at: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup * Many basic/common Jewel and list questions can be answered there :-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:26:41 PST From: "Sonora Maki" Subject: hi there everyone! Hi there, everyone! I just would like to introduce myself to the whole list, as I am new, but am planning to be an active part of conversations. For starters my name is Sonora, I'm thirteen years old and I live in Santa Clara, California, USA. Anyway, enough with me, I'd just like to say I FINALLY got "Spirit" today, and walked seven miles just to get it. I got some funds for the day to entertain myself, since I have this week off for Thanksgiving, and walked down to Blockbuster Music (I took a scenic route, to visually stimulate myself while on my little trip, and so it would take my mind off of how much farther I had to walk) but anyway, as soon as I got back home I dashed as fast as I could to my boombox upstairs, threw (ok, not literally, because who would want to jeoprodize the condition of such a wonderful peice of art as this cd is!) in "Spirit" and have been rockin out to it ever since, which has been wow.. six hours and thirty minutes. Welll, guess I should be goin now, don't want to bore you poor people to death! Talk to ya guys later! - --Sonora ***"I've learned that not all poetry lends itself to music - some ***thoughts need to be sung ***only against the silence. There are softer and less tangible parts ***of our selves that are so essential to peace, to openhearted ness, ***to unfolding the vision and the spiritual realm of our lives, to ***exposing our souls." -Jewel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:38:08 PST From: "Scott Evans" Subject: Tiny Lights Tour Book? Does anyone have/know where I can find the Tiny Lights Tour book...I know it was only given out during the TLT (that's a no-brainer), but does anyone have one they don't want? Scott ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:29:18 EST From: DSARN@aol.com Subject: SJC-Did anyone see Mondays Today Show?(was that Nedra?) Did Anyone out there catch the TODAY SHOW on Monday? Barry Manilow was musical guest that day. As they scanned the audience outside I swear I saw Jewels mom Nedra in the Audience. It was a very quick scan of the crowd so you had to look close. Can any one confirm if this was Nedra or not? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:02:20 -0500 From: "Kevin Pease" Subject: Review of Jewel on Boston.sidewalk.com... Hi all... I haven't seen this review posted, but there's a review of Spirit on boston.sidewalk.com... it's short, and it probably shouldn't be read by the faint of heart, as it's not incredibly flattering to Jewel (they give it 1/2 star out of a possible 5)... but, in the interests of freedom of information, here's where you can read it if you're so inclined... :) http://boston.sidewalk.com/detail/70167 Don't kill the messenger. :) Kevin - ---------- Kevin Pease kbpease@boston.crosswinds.net ICQ UIN: 3106063 AOL IM: kbpease http://www.crosswinds.net/boston/~kbpease/ "Today my heart is big and sore / Trying to push right through my skin / Won't see you any more / I guess that's finally sinking in / 'Cause you can't make somebody see / With the simple words you say / All the beauty from within / Sometimes they just look away..." ---(patty griffin, "goodbye")--- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:00:02 +0100 From: Jesse Houwing Subject: A not so great Jewel album review on SonicNet http://www.sonicnet.com/albums/rev.jhtml;$sessionid$LKFEI2QAABSQFUID1AKCFEQ That's all I have to say about it... And I don't agree with this guy, but hey, that's my prerogative.... Jesse - -- ICQ #12001754 Jewel - foolish games: http://home.student.utwente.nl/j.houwing/ - --------------------------------------------------- Spirit, is the force within and around us that moves us to the highest expression of our nature as human beings. -- Jewel - --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:27:57 PST From: "Scott Evans" Subject: Jewel Merchandise There are two Jewel items at the Ticketmaster store: the Pop Culture Presents book and the Launch CD-ROM...Thought somebody might like to know.. I'm getting the Launch sometime, hopefully.. Well, here's the URL: http://www.tm-mall.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/;execmacro/src_etg1.d2w/report?spoc k=Jewel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:49:56 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Schreiber Subject: Spirit Review / SonicNet Not for the faint of heart. http://www.sonicnet.com/albums/rev.jhtml?_DARGS=%2Falbums%2Fmain.jhtml Paul shad 96c / 3A CS / mac activist / eda / fumbler fan of / jewel / sophie b. hawkins / sarah slean / steve poltz / / x-files / buffy / dawson's creek / habs / bills / 49ers / t h i n k d i f f e r e n t. Jewel's Pearls Of (Gee)Whiz-dom There are moments that recall the fragile ardor of Janis Ian when she was a young folkie. But nothing here has singer-songwriter Ian's insight. By Michael Snyder Her success was like kittens. Cute and sweet. Jewel, the pleasant, young singer-songwriter with the comely, flute-like voice, had a hit album on her first try. Awww... When her debut recording, Pieces of You, was released in 1995, Jewel came off as eager, earnest and callow. Just out of her teens, she carried herself like a hippie nymphet turned subway busker with a guitar over her shoulder and a jaunty cap shading her eyes. In early concert appearances, she was casually rumpled, wary and vulnerable. "Who Will Save Your Soul" -- a plaintive sermon of a single from the album - -- was followed up the charts by the sing-songy love ballad, "You Were Meant For Me." (Not since His "Rocky Mountain High"-ness John Denver sang "Annie's Song" were romantic platitudes so benign and teary.) This kid from Alaska was a re-invention of a folk-music stereotype -- the innocent, strumming poetess who feels things deeply. You could imagine her raised on a commune, sitting in a college dorm room bleating about her pain as she essayed a minor chord progession, etc., etc. But Jewel's album would eventually sell over 10 million copies world-wide. By the time a third hit single -- the ache-o-matic "Foolish Games" -- had been milked from Pieces of You, Jewel herself had saturated the media: radio play, magazine covers, TV appearances. And Li'l Scruffy was getting more and more glamorous with each passing day. Sleek. Fashionable. Makeover City, man. Thus, the big machine turned an ambitious folkie wannabe into a star. Years go by. No new album comes out. Jewel, with no acting credits to her name, is signed for a role in a major feature film. Jewel appears on "The Tonight Show" yet again. A tedious book of her schoolgirl poetry is released and makes the best-seller lists. Rumors of the long-awaited second album filter out into the press. How long could it possibly take to crank out another set of heartfelt audio fluff? Is there nothing left to the poor thing after showbiz assimilation? Well, Jewel's Spirit is finally among us, and it's even lamer than the uncomplicated, unvarnished banalities of her first album. The hit singles from Pieces of You were at least catchy. Spirit is a poofy-sounding collection of naive truisms ("The more I live, the more I know") and humanitarian homilies ("In the end, only kindness matters") attached to airy, insubstantial melodies with pretty basic instrumentation. It's well-played by deft studio hands and a few ringers, such as bassist Flea from the punky funk-rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's produced with delicacy by Patrick Leonard, who has hacked out plenty of radio and club fodder for Madonna. There are girlish love songs, such as "What's Simple Is True" and "Kiss The Flame," and enough New Age babble -- the single, "Hands," and the self-actualizing "Deep Water" -- to make hug-meister/therapist Leo Buscaglia rise from his grave and throw his arms around our dulcet thrush. (Jewel longs to be held ... well, she says so a few times over the course of the album.) "Down So Long" is Jewel's version of angst, shot through with longing and set to a bluesy acoustic guitar arrangement lifted from one of Neil Young's folk-rock musings. Our emotional pilgrim is trying to learn to love herself in "Barcelona," but -- darn it! -- it's hard. ("I hold myself hostage in the mirror," she tells us.) "Fat Boy" is an ill-considered bit of bathos masquerading as empathy and social consciousness. "Jupiter" is an attempt at fanciful romantic revery in the manner of Jewel's more cerebral contemporary, Tori Amos. (They are each capable of invoking the swooping soprano gymnastics of the far-more-sophisticated folk diva, Joni Mitchell -- an inspiration to both). "Hands" and "Absence of Fear" have some shred of the pop-wise balladry that made Pieces of You move off the shelves. There are moments that recall the fragile ardor of Janis Ian when she was a young folkie. But nothing here has singer-songwriter Ian's insight. It's hard to doubt Jewel's sincerity. But her decent, honest sentiments don't make this great art. In fact, there should be a warning on the package. The cliches (i.e. "Ooh, fragile flame," "There's a warmth in my heart -- it haunts me when you're gone") and the syrupy music might induce sugar shock. What's simple may be true. It can be trite and boring, too. [Wed., November 25, 12:01 AM EST] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:31:17 -1000 From: Brent Masao Anbe Subject: Re: Jewel Background at MTV Online Hi all. I guess MTV just updated their page, right after my post. I did save it though. It is 52KB if anyone wants me to email it to them. Brent ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:55:22 -0500 () From: Subject: Re: Jewel coming to Canada... Much Music at least! Hey all you Toronto EDA's.........does this mean Jewel is peforming as well? Perhaps a concert at nearby vicinity? If anyone knows please post!! I missed her last performance at the Danforth Music Hall and I eas really pissed...oh well, can't repeat the same mistake twice!!! Bevan The Primordial Angel On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Allan wrote: > MuchMusic (MM) VideoFlow . > > interview with Jewel (12/03) > > > http://www.rockontv.com/coming.html > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:05:31 From: *esmerelda98 Subject: Marital Carnival + Spirit Hey Everyone! SO I just heard Marital Carnivore on a recording that I have and I am so in love with this song!!! Does anyone have the chords to it? (preferably for piano) I want to learn to play it! It's just so great! :) Can someone send me the lyrics, too, please? ALSO, I just got Spirit over the weekend and I LOVE it! My fave songs have to be Jupiter, Down So Long, Innocence Maintained, Absence of Fear, Deep Water, and of course, Hands. Does anyone know if there's a songbook coming out for this album? Love always, Lyn :) ~ the butterfly angel ~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~kroberts@connect.ab.ca~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~ IM: LeMoNaDe5 ICQ: 9539307 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Cabaret/1279/ http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Cabaret/1279/Bootlegs.html Send me an email with 'subscribe liquid diamonds' in the subject line! ~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>spark_girl98@yahoo.com<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 16:05:25 -0500 From: Mike Connell Subject: Jewels' Spirit debuts at #3 on Billboards' Hot 200 Albums chart! Hey folks :-) Just wanted to mention that Jewels' Spirit has debuted at #3 on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart, finishing behind #1 Garth Brooks' new double live CD (which DID go platinum in one week....honest) and #2 Method Man's Tical 2000: Judgement Day CD. The chart can be seen at http://www.billboard.com/charts/bb200.html It's an extrmemely volatile chart, as Alanis' new CD went from last weeks' #1 and dropped all the way to #8 in one week. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 11:46:10 -0800 From: bpodeszw@stu.blanchet.k12.wa.us Subject: Want the Jewel on KISS FM interview? Hey, Okay. I do have the WHOLE KISS INTERVIEW. Tell me if I am wrong, but I do believe I am the only one in Seattle that does have it. It is between 15-20 minutes of pure Jewel interview. I am willing to trade. I am also working on version of tape tree. Anyone willing to make five copies of the tape for others, email me and I will get a master copy to you at no cost. Be sure to include your name and addy. The transcript is coming out on Monday, I have only 1/3 of it done because it is very long. If you have any questions or want to trade or tape tree, email me and I will get back to you around next week. Take care, Jewel's Angel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:21:55 -0500 From: Allan Subject: Jewel album sales in Canada the first week... http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusic/nov25_charts.html Following at Nos. 5 and 6 were the sophomore releases by Method Man (25,912 copies sold) and Jewel (23,910). ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 22:04:34 EST From: EDAkate@aol.com Subject: Re: Jewel on TODAY show among other TV appearances << Jewel To Serenade The TODAY Show, Friday, Nov. 27th >> hi kaite here, Are any EDAs going to this? I know I am, and would love to stand near other EDAs an' schtuff, I know some of ya (wont mention any names, well, cuz I cant remember 'em ::JOKE::) anyway, I'll be there most likely in my plaid/tie dye attire and I'm planning to make an nice blue poster that sez "EDAs" and of course, y'all can egg my car or whatever cuz It'll have a blue ribbion tied on the side view mirror =) I'm actually kinda looking foward to maybe seeing some EDAs from BV'98...duckman? steeve? peetie? tammy? dennis? hehe ::joke again:: we all LOVE dennis..angst!! ok, ok, im bein' mean, we DO love ya dennis =) i havent gotten very much excersize since those lazer warz =) time for me to go back to lurkdom... drumroll please stinky.. badadadadadada ^i^ kaite ^i^ the introspective angel who paints watercolored roses ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V3 #657 ***************************