From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V4 #350 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Saturday, June 26 1999 Volume 04 : Number 350 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe from this digest, 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 * the OFFICIAL Jewel web site at http://www.jeweljk.com * and click on "Presence" * OR * go to the Atlantic Records site at http://www.atlantic-records.com * and go to the "On Tour" 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 V4 #xxx or the like gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- * Excellent San Diego Seat available at cost ["Happy Ron Hill" ] * Bakersfield, CA concert [setlist, etc.] [Steve ] * jewel aol transcript ["Christine Diefenbach" ] * Jewel Has My Pen! (part 1 of 2) [MAXMOUZE@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:01:57 -0700 From: "Happy Ron Hill" Subject: * Excellent San Diego Seat available at cost Hi, i"m happyron, I have a seat for the san diego show available at cost for 44 bucks, excellent seat. Call me at 619-581-0341 first person tommorrow with message get seat. Seya all there. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:54:27 EDT From: MANDYGAL@aol.com Subject: * Kansas City Jewel Concerts On Sale Hello everybody! Jewel concert tix for August 17th go on sale SATURDAY morning! :) You can get them through ticketmaster..... Thought that may be helpful! Mandy :) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 03:44:36 EDT From: Jwlfan22@aol.com Subject: * NEW Jewel book If you go to http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1LDY93229K&ms cssid=7P50854J5TSH2NEN00JP42CB51JNBME4&pcount=0&srefer=&isbn=0061051403 or just go to barnesandnoble.com and type in Life Stories, you can order Jewel's new book. And it doesn't say anything about pre-order or anything. Does anyone know why? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 03:47:02 EDT From: Jwlfan22@aol.com Subject: * Jewel DSL single I already have one of the DSL singles, but I wanted the version with Amen on it. Does anyone know where it is imported from and what the number on the back is for ordering? Thanks, - -Joe ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 19:04:22 +1000 From: "Janadell" Subject: * Jewel likes Leonard Cohen!?! "Jewel atEA: Foolish Games, not really, I based that on a favorite song of mine by Leonard Cohen called the Famous Blue Raincoat"..... ohmygod! I can't believe it.....Leonard Cohen is one of my favourite artists! What a spin :o) janadell *^*^*^*the barefoot angel*^*^*^* ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 04:51:18 -0700 From: Steve Subject: * Bakersfield, CA concert [setlist, etc.] Hi EDAs! Just got back from the Bakersfield Jewel concert, first stop of the US tour. I guess this was the wrong year to move out of SoCal and away from two Jewel shows this weekend, including one in my hometown of Irvine. Anyway, arrived home at 2:30am (!) after driving 290 miles back to Sacramento. Here's the setlist, including some random notes and taping glitches, for tonight's (6/25) show.... Steve Poltz opened.... setlist for Jewel should be correct :) Near You Always Deep Water What's Simple is True Hands Jupiter (new version) - -announced the single is out tomorrow (6/26) and to call radio stations to get airplay- You Were Meant For Me Enter From the East - -Jewel asked the crowd to be quiet for this song, but the usual jerks just didn't shut up, Jewel had to wait for an extra minute or so before starting again- Morning Song Cold Song - -jokingly introed as a "very deep, very philosophical song.... to the tune of a polka"- Barcelona Life Uncommon Foolish Games Down So Long Do You - -doh!! I had to stop taping for most of this song cause the ushers actually looked at everyone's ticket in my row. Someone got displaced from their real seat and was none too happy about it. Anyone with this song and the next on tape, drop me a line.- I Will Take You There - -is this still the title?- Love Me Just Leave Me Alone Who Will Save Your Soul - -with a HUGE extended riff and banter between Jewel and guitarist Doug Pettibone, with Doug mimicing variations of Jewel's scat beats. This is by far the longest I have ever heard WWSYS played.- +Encore+ I believe this is Jewel solo Absence of Fear Angel Standing By - -again the wait for the audience to quiet down leads to the few hecklers to continue yelling and delay the start of this song for a minute or so.- Enjoy the shows this weekend, for all those attending!!! :) - -Steve (the DAT angel) Email: or Cafe Jewel: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/6262/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 19:42:03 +1000 From: "Christine Diefenbach" Subject: * jewel aol transcript ok just read the transcript and one of jewel's answers confused me. >Question: Anika28021: I read that you lived on a 800 acre farm, I want >to know have you walked or even seen all those acres? >Jewel atEA: Yes. they weren't mine, they were my grandfather's >Jewel atEA: I don't warm up my voice. I just walk on stage and sing. >Jewel atEA: Life Uncommon Why did she mention that she doesn't warm up her voice and why did she mention life uncommon? They don't seem to have anything to do with the question.... Christine ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 03:42:55 EDT From: MAXMOUZE@aol.com Subject: * Jewel Has My Pen! (part 1 of 2) If this was 1997, I would have died and gone to Heaven. That was the year when Jewel was so predominant in my life that I posted about 50 messages a month, obsessed over not only Jewel but about the EDAs and with good reason. It was a time of depression, self-doubt, and a need for some angel standing by. Zoom forward to June 25th, 1999. I have grown to banish obsessions, as I realize it's not healthy to live for someone else, but only to put that much emphasis in yourself. Another person can not fulfil what you lack. Nonetheless, I have tape racks full of Angelfood, have heard 130 of Jewel's songs, and have all of her promos and imports and samplers from the first album. I paid $120 for Phyllis Barnabee, which I needed to complete my collection. If I could meet any celebrity, it would be Jewel. That's what I always said. At San Diego, I wanted to give her a journal of my story so bad. I sobbed when I saw her, the woman I was so infatuated with, a few feet away from me. Yet I didn't get to catch her eye or shake her hand. Now, the only reason Jewel would be my top celebrity is so I could put closure to the obsession I once had. I no longer idolize her or even think of her as a favorite performer. I've lost base with my Everyday Angelship. I no longer play her songs repeatedly. I no longer sing along. Yet my friend is a popular (female) DJ in the city of Bakersfield, and when she announced on her program that Jewel was coming to town, I had to explain to her how excited that was. I knew she wouldn't be capable of getting backstage passes but I still wanted her to know. As a graduation gift, she bought me a ticket before they were even on sale (I was going to camp out or at least get to the venue early to get mine but I found out I was going out of town!). So months in planning, the concert finally comes. Then, on Tuesday of this week, (the concert is Friday), she comes online to tell me that she's working on getting us backstage. Wow. I wasn't even aware she was trying so I thanked her for the attempt, but I knew in my heart something would fall through. How many strings could she pull really? YET...when I went to the L.A. area on Wednesday (I was checking out my soon-to-be college campus -- Cal State Northridge), I made my mom drive me to Hollywood so I could see if they had any black-and-white photos of Jewel in case I could get her to sign one. I knew the owner of the store in Hollywood that sells eight-by-ten photographs of many celebrities, and he had told me the only shot was from a movie called "Ride With the Devil". Unfortunately, it was a three-shot which meant there were three people in the picture with her. I went to the store to purchase it in a final desperate attempt but still hoped another with just Jewel would pop up. But, in the end, I ended up purchasing the Ride with the Devil shot, and did not have time to drive around looking for a store that would provide another. This morning (Friday), I went to Michael's (an art store in case people aren't aware) to pick up a gold pen. I had seen people sign in gold before and it looked cool. I asked around and found that this store sells them. A friend of mine and I walked up and down the aisles looking for a pen. We finally found one for $3.50. And I wasn't even sure if I would be going backstage. When I got home, I went to the forgotten rack of magazines I had collected of Jewel. She was on the cover of some. In case I got to meet her, I could have at least some shots for her to sign. So I grabbed about six or seven magazines and put them in my car, along with my camera, tape recorder, and all those goodies. Oh yeah, and a black pen (along with my gold one). I got to the DJ (my friend's) house and her ten-year-old son tells me that they are going to try to get me backstage. I knew that I was getting my hopes up so I took it with a grain of salt. But, once we got to the venue, she lead us to the cafe in the middle of the exterior. There she was supposed to meet a friend who might get us backstage. I don't know what happened but before the friend arrived, she ended up getting a little pass for all of us. It said "JEWEL SPIRIT TOUR 1999" with a picture from the cover of Spirit, the date, and PRE SHOW. AFTER SHOW was crossed out. What is going on?! Am I actually going to meet Jewel? Then, the lady handing out the passes started handing out photos of Jewel. Black and white eight-by-tens of her in the same photo that graces the cover of her second album. All that searching for nothing. Yet I was told by the store owner in Hollywood that if I do get to meet her, she'll get a kick out of seeing the photo. So I kept that in mind... And got nervous when they told me we could only have one photo and one AUTOGRAPH! Forget the stinkin' magazines, I thought. I wished I hadn't brought them up. But I had two eight-by-tens and only one option. DUH...I'd have her sign the one of just her since a three-shot would be less cool signed since she's only 33.3% of the picture. So I still don't believe we are going to meet Jewel. By now, people are noticing my EDA shirt and I explain the list to everybody (and give a synopsis of Steve Poltz, the opening act nobody has heard of -- I say most people leave more impressed with him than with Jewel. Unfortunately, I had to miss the show to go to the preshow). It's funny 'cause I almost thought I shouldn't wear my EDA shirt. I wanted to dress classy instead. I don't look good in blue and that was the cover of the shirt. Anyway, we got to talking about Jewel and I told them how a guy who posted on the Internet (the Disneyland newsgroups) started harrassing me, saying Jewel wasn't a poet, just a fake. I said that I had quoted a line (and I recited it word by word; I didn't know I was capable): "Can you imagine how silent a plane crash would be if you were deaf? How unbearably loud a rape?". They all commented how deep and philosophical it was. I was reminded of how wise Jewel was when discussing her. So finally, 25 minutes later, we are ushered into this little area. We walk down the stairs; my group lags behind. This is good, because I don't want to strike up a conversation or such and have others be impatientaly eager for me to shut up. We venture down the stairs and I'm like "Oh my gosh, I'm backstage. I am finally going to meet Jewel." When teenybopper fans were getting Jewel's autograph in San Diego when I just wanted to give her my journal, a woman behind me noticed me. Of course, I was crying but that was out of sheer excitement of seeing my idol. She said "Don't worry, you'll meet her someday" and after I explained about my suicide attempt that she "saved me from", and after Jewel left, and after she walked me back to my hotel, she finished the conversation by repeating that one day I would meet her. When I didn't need Jewel as a crutch anymore, here she was. All that patience was finally coming to a conclusion. We got to a room finally and there are about 15 chairs and about five people were left standing, my group included. We were told that the one photo was of GROUPS, not individuals. So we had to decide who was getting their picture with whom. I wanted a picture alone so my friend's son was left taking one alone. I started getting situated. I decided I'd have her use the gold pen instead of the black. We sit and chat for about three minutes and then in walks Jewel. She's wearing these really cool shades, and she looks kind of like a hippie. I am standing closest to her since I am standing near the front of the room instead of sitting. She looks at the shirt with her on it that boldly states "EVERYDAY ANGELS". She stares at it while people are being told the rules, and grins at me. "Hey, man" she says, very casually. At about the same time, I confess: "Yeah, I'm an EDA". I wonder if she was flattered, surprised, or terrified. How often does a member of her fan club end up at the preshows (which I didn't know exist, but I'm sure she does every night). We start with pictures and my DJ friend gets her son up there, saying "Go ahead, Garrett". I think Jewel thought I was Garrett and she extended her arm, ready for someone to snuggle in for a shot. His picture got taken (by one of the ladies in authority, nonetheless; they didn't trust us with cameras, I suppose). Then, I was next. I put her arm around her and she me, and smiled. We got through the group pretty quickly and then it was autograph time. I was first up. I said "I want you to sign this [the one they gave me] but I wanted you to see this...I went all the way to Hollywood to get this." Then I pulled out the Ride with the Devil shot. She said "Wow, I want one." And most people would be like "Here, have mine" but I wasn't really in that mindframe at the moment. She goes "Is there a photocopy here?" to her assistant. "I want a copy" and then she turned and said "Can I borrow it to make a photocopy?". I said "You're Jewel, you can do whatever you want." She laughed and said "Not quite" and then signed the picture with the gold pen. It wasn't really big, and it had no inscription, just "Heart, Jewel" and the pen wasn't warmed up so it had a few streaks. Maybe I shouldn't have chosen gold. Then the DJ approached and I told Jewel that she could use the gold pen. She said "No, that's okay, I've got my own." She pulled out a black sharpee, like the one I had in my pocket. She signed an autograph for the radio station with it, and then she signed Garrett's with a gold pen, on his request. By now I was putting my autograph in a safe place and didn't realize that the pen was still in Jewel's custody. Everybody kept going up to get her autograph and she continued signing with the gold pen. I was still wondering if I should have chosen the black one over the gold one. Someone asked if she could borrow a pen, and my friend (the DJ) said "Oh, she has one, but he [me] has a gold one if you want to use that." And I felt in my pocket but my pen was nowhere to be found. "I don't know where it is," I said. I looked on the ground but it wasn't there. Then I saw it -- in Jewel's hand. Everyone's autograph was being signed by the pen I bought earlier. The one I thought was a waste of money because I probably wouldn't even get backstage. I'm going to take this time to point out how different backstage passes would be. I thought it would be like a theater, like a play, where backstage is in the wings. And you can sit there and just talk and talk with the actor/performer/singer, etc. and just talk about anything and then she can sign a lot of things while you're waiting. I had no idea it was so organized, so limited. It was very impersonal and that sort of made the entire experience seem artificial. Nonetheless, my goal was an autograph and a picture and I got both. Anyway, Jewel was finishing up and then I remembered I had the EDA Cover Tape 2 in my bag. It was the copy I was going to send to Mike Connell, but I never got around to the post office so I brought it just in case. I knew it was now or never so I said "Jewel, this is from the EDAs" and handed her the tape. She held her hands up and refused. "I can't receive gifts....it's the rules that I must abide by" or something like that, saying it with laughter and mockery of the system in her voice as she finished the line. Her assistant held out his hand and she said "You can give it to him though and he'll take it for me. Thanks, I appreciate it." So before I can say a word, Jewel is escorted out. It's at this point I realize she still has my pen in my hand, and so does Garrett. While he seems content in getting it back, I really was too absent-minded at this point to think about that. Right now, I was still kind of upset that the entire thing went by, with me not making much of myself as a person. continued in part 2 ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V4 #350 ***************************