From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V4 #354 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Tuesday, June 29 1999 Volume 04 : Number 354 * 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: ----------------- * "Have A Little Faith In Me" [Ticer5@aol.com] * Happy for Mark [Jesse A McDonald ] * Irvine Concert 6/27/99 [Sharon Pham ] * NJC:Waterfalls [Jesse A McDonald ] * woodstock 99 on GERMAN tv [MRegen3721@aol.com] * NJC: icq page ["james" ] * The second dutch JeweL EDA tape has been finished ["michiel" ] * Irvine Meadows Concert!!! [EPhili2568@aol.com] * L.A. Times Misses The Point -- The Chula Vista Show ["Larry S. Greenf] * Question about the USA Jewel shows ["Karacostas, Derrick W." Subject: * Happy for Mark > From: MAXMOUZE@aol.com > Subject: * Jewel Has My Pen! (part 2 of 2) > > continued from part 1 > > A few seconds pass and then his assistant returns in the room, tape in hand. > He walks over to me, pointing at the cover where I listed the songs and EDAs > singing them. "Is this a compliation?". I said "Yeah, it's a tape of the > members of Jewel's fan club doing covers of her songs." He's all "Wow, are > you on it?". And I'm like "Yeah, my name's Mark Oxman and I did four songs." > I now point at all the times my name appears on the cover. "This is Memoirs > of an EDA, it's a parody of Memoirs of a Housewife". AGGGH, I didn't get to > ask Jewel if she still remembered "Memoirs of a Housewife", my favorite song > of hers. It was my only chance and I blew it. Oh well...I actually brought > it up because I assumed her assistant would be familiar with the song, but he > wasn't. "I also did Down So Long, Who Will Save Your Soul, and uh....Near > You Always". "Oh, neat" he said or something to that extent and he walked > off. I can't remember how he replied but I wish I did, because then I'd feel > better about having given the tape to him. I know Jewel never listened to > the first one so I doubted she would get around to listening to the second. > But, oh well... Sender: owner-jewel@smoe.org Precedence: bulk But... the guy was directed to give it to her, right? Hmm. It's too bad you didn't get to ask her about MOAHw, that is one of her best songs and maybe she would have said something about why she's so strenuously avoiding the past, because... > And what happened to the Jewel who made up her setlist as she went along? > Unfortunately, since she had a band now, she couldn't just improvise. The > entire show had to be rehearsed and down cold. How sad. That's totally not the case. Any musician who's worthwhile at ALL ought to be able to improvise and fake. I'm sure the gaggle of hired hands she currently surrounds herself with are competent enough to catch the key, timing and tempo of Memoirs or an even simpler tune like Hotel Angel. They could certainly be learned easily enough. I'm not a stellar drummer, but if you're playing WITH people, and you LISTEN to them... you catch a groove. You see where things are probably going. Steve is probably familiar with a lot of her obscure work anyway, he could warn the other players of upcoming chord changes and things... and that's even if it were totally, on-the-spot live... professional musicians shouldn't need much work to catch any Jewel song that I've ever heard... they should be staying out od her way, anyway... just play the damn changes, guys, she'll handle this... Anyhow, she WAS doing some solo work, wasn't she? She could have said "I'd like to slow it down for a second and break your hearts with some Housewife Memoirs..." and told the band to sit on their thumbs for a moment. It seems to me that, for some reason, she wishes to bury her past. She's performing POY material because it's expected of her, but no Fritz Creek material because no-one would miss it (EXCEPT FOR US, of coz)... ...really though, my point is just that a band doesn't have to be really rehearsed to play a song. My band could just go on a stage in any combination (or pairing) and make up hours of music from thin air, just bouncing off one another. And we... are not on tour with Jewel... right. > shocked the crowd by screaming and once she even did an alternative yelp (I > don't remember what song, either "Down" or "Love Me Just Leave Me Alone" I'm > guessing). ...what is an alternative yelp!? .end.transmission. | Jesse Dangerously | .10.04.good.buddy. | without justice | ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:53:03 -0700 From: Sharon Pham Subject: * Irvine Concert 6/27/99 Here is the setlist: Jewel Irvine Meadows Concert 6/27/99 Near You Always *Jewel on acoustic* Deep Water *Steve on guitar, Jewel with mic* What's Simple Is True *Steve on guitar, Jewel with mic* Hands *Jewel on electric with band* Jupiter *Jewel on electric with band* *story about how she met Steve, and their Mexico trip* You Were Meant For Me *Jewel with mic with band* Morning Song *Jewel on acoustic* *this is a song about breaking up, but i'm not bitter or anything* Sometimes It Be That Way *Jewel on acoustic* *i went to a modeling convention and played for them* Pieces Of You *Jewel on acoustic* Grey Matter *Jewel on acoustic* Barcelona *Jewel with mic with band* Life Uncommon *Jewel with mic with band* Foolish Games *Jewel with mic with piano* Down So Long *Jewel on electric with band* *this is for a certain cowboy* Do You *Jewel on electric with band* *tells everyone in the back to move up close to the stage* Down *Jewel on electric with band* Love Me Just Leave Me Alone *Jewel on electric with band* Who Will Save Your Soul *Jewel with mic with band* ENCORE Absence of Fear *Jewel with mic with piano* *one interview with an english reporter* Angel Standing By *Jewel with acoustic* Feel free to ask about certain details. :) And please, if anyone went to this concert and took decent pictures, PLEASE e-mail me because I'd DIE for copies! (Why do I have to be the type of person who NEVER gets away with anything?! How come the workers wouldn't let me bring MY camera inside, yet I saw billions of flashes go off during the concert ...? Pooey ...) - -- Love always, sha*RO*n "Maybe if we are surrounded in beauty, Someday we will become what we see, Cuz anyone can start a conflict, It's harder yet to disregard it, I'd rather see the world from another angle, We are Every Day Angels, So be careful with me Cuz I'd like to stay that way." - - "I'm Sensitive" by Jewel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 07:31:02 -0300 (ADT) From: Jesse A McDonald Subject: * NJC:Waterfalls > What a fantastic set of Steve his songs. Beautiful ABC's......Impala...Star > wars song...the CHAIR ( i suppose this was one was cool!!!!).....i know them > all...or the waterfalls song...did he rap the song like TLC ?? Just let me > know.. > When Steve kicks that rhyme near the end of Waterfalls... I don't know how/if he usually does it, but when he did it here in NS... apart from my not being certain whether to flip positively or feel personally mocked... it was a euphoric moment. At blazing speed, he cops lines from like DOZENS of mainstream raps, and he ends on this INSPIRED "INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE!" with his eyes crazy crossed and the small restaurant crowd EXPLODED... Is that the way he always does it? Or was he subconsciously inspired by Halifax's amazing independant hip hop scene, and/or whatever it is we have in the water? Someone yell back in my ear..? .end.transmission. | Jesse Dangerously | .10.04.good.buddy. | without justice | ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:13:26 EDT From: MRegen3721@aol.com Subject: * woodstock 99 on GERMAN tv just in case you did not read it in the newspaper: the entire woodstock 99 concert will be shown on premiere-digital pay-per-view, from july 23rd to 26th. bye michael ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:29:41 +0200 From: "james" Subject: * NJC: icq page H E L L O EDAs i would like to put a page on my site were EDAs can subscribe en see if other EDAs are online... i just need your name and UIN A dutch ICQ angel http://come.to/jewel.nl Dutch and English mirror ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:42:02 +0200 From: "michiel" Subject: * The second dutch JeweL EDA tape has been finished hello Jewelfans, This message is one for all of you that have shown interest in my first dutch Jewel eda tape..i recently have compiled volume 2, so anybody who hasn't sent the tapes can email me again for this request. This are the songs on the second volume of my dutch eda tapes Side A A life uncommon - Pinkpop festival Landgraaf 5/24/99 Grey matter - Corn Exchange Cambridge 5/6/99 Jupiter - Letterman CBS Studios New York 6/10/99 Foolish games - Zirkus Krone Munich 5/29/99 Love me just leave me alone - Pinkpop festival Landgraaf 5/24/99 Deep water - Capitol Offenbach 5/27/99 You were meant for me - Royal Albert Hall London 5/5/99 Morning song - Hochschule der kunste Berlin 5/16/99 Cowboy waltz - Royal Albert Hall London 5/22/99 What simple is true - Olympia theatre Dublin 5/2/99 Cold song - Olympia theatre Dublin 5/2/99 Side B : Down so long - Pinkpop festival Landgraaf 5/24/99 Do you want to play - Hochschule der kunste Berlin 5/16/99 Near you always - Royal Albert Hall London 5/5/99 Hands - Pinkpop festival Landgraaf 5/24/99 Barcelona - Corn Exchange Cambridge 5/6/99 Down - Pinkpop festival Landgraaf 5/24/99 Who will save your soul - Corn Exchange Cambridge 5/6/99 Absence of fear - Capitol Offenbach 5/27/99 Chime bells - Royal Albert Hall London 5/5/99 Angel standing by - Zirkus Krone Munich 5/29/99 all songs are from her european spirit tour... reply to me personally if you have interest in obtaining this tapes. take care you eda's of jewel... michiel founder of the dutch Jewel eda-tapes. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:23:46 EDT From: LuverMb20@aol.com Subject: * New song? Last night at the Jewel show, Jewel started a song and called it "new" yet, I was looking at my Jewelstock Tapes and realized the song she played, Grey Matter, must be pretty old, at least 3 years. Why would she say that? Ami ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:12:53 -0400 From: "Kelli Coppens" Subject: * summer of Jewel :) Hey guys! This is gonna be an exciting summer for me!! First of all, I was in front row at VH1 Storytellers a few wks ago :) **(by the way, I got a lot of responses to my post about Jewels picture so give me some time and I'll get back to ya all!) I'm planning on taking pictures also at the Today Show (featuring Jewel) on July 23rd! I'll be at the PNC Bank concert that night (7-23) in Holmdel, NJ ... anyone else?? AND ... I just got tickets for the Jones beach show in NY (july 24th) 2nd row center!!!!!! I am SOOO excited and I WILL see lots of you at Bearsville '99!!! Just wanted to share my excitement :-) - - Kelli *the city angel* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:35:05 EDT From: EPhili2568@aol.com Subject: * Irvine Meadows Concert!!! Oh my gosh! It was the best show ever.Before the show i saw Steve Poltz who came up to me and chated then signed my stuff.Then i saw Jewel and i was screaming at her but she wouldent turn around.Well getting into the concert. The very last few songs after Who will save your soul she was toching peoples hands. Well i was right next to her so she grabed my hand and held it the hole time she sang "Absence Of Fear" and she let go so i grabed her thigh.Then she grabed my hand again.Then let go and vice versa. She said hi then i screamed "I LOVE YOU JEWEL" and she said thank you .Then went on about something else but i couldent make it out. It was the best.!!! Well talk to you later. Bill The"Jewel"angel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:43:59 -0700 From: "Larry S. Greenfield (ICQ #23716126)" Subject: * L.A. Times Misses The Point -- The Chula Vista Show From today's (2/28/99) Los Angeles Times: Blond Ambition: A Multifaceted Jewel By ROBERT HILBURN, Times Pop Music Critic CHULA VISTA--When Jewel's debut album began sailing past the 8-million sales mark a few years ago, it was tempting to think that lots of people bought it as a parlor game. To win, all you had to do was play the CD for friends and see who could point to the most embarrassing or pretentious line in her mostly oh-so-sensitive songs. My favorite went, "You can be Henry Miller and I'll be Anais Nin/Except this time it'll be even better/We'll stay together in the end." Jewel was just 20 when she recorded that album, "Pieces of You," and she had written most of the songs years earlier--and the youthfulness showed. Even she gritted her teeth over some of the album's images and rhymes during interviews--and she promised to do better next time. She didn't keep the promise--either on the follow-up album, last year's "Spirit," or during Saturday's concert before an estimated 9,300 adoring young fans at the Coors Amphitheatre. The only revelation in the concert was Jewel's own restless ambition, one that raised even more questions about her artistic purpose and depth. Every generation needs its Joni Mitchell, someone who can help make sense of the mysteries of life and relationships--and millions of her fans feel they have found their personal guide in Jewel. In a commercial pop scene dominated these days by such hollow mega-sellers as Mariah Carey and Shania Twain, you can even understand their allegiance. At least Jewel, who is now 25, tries to address real issues. The problem is that she exhibits such limited imagination and insight as a writer that she reminds you more of another of Mitchell's contemporaries from the '60s and '70s: Melanie. Like Jewel, Melanie was a songwriter with impressive vocal skills, but with such a one-dimensional viewpoint that she became a flower-power caricature. Jewel is too driven to be typecast. Indeed, she seemed intent Saturday on broadening her sensitive, folk-singer image. She worked hard at injecting more aggressiveness into her vocals and she even strapped on an electric guitar at one point to show that she could rock hard. Unfortunately, Jewel, whose tour included a stop Sunday at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, didn't seem convincing in any of the roles in what was a homecoming show for the northern San Diego County resident. The plaintive wails in "Deep Water" felt like something she lifted from Janis Joplin, and the rock 'n' roll turn was void of genuine passion. And it didn't make it any easier to think of her as a serious artist when she punctuated so many of the songs with the sexy, camera-ready moves that have helped make Twain a star. Backed by a five-piece band that included singer-songwriter Steve Poltz on guitar (he was also the show's opening act), Jewel showed extraordinary vocal command, but it was a demonstration of technique rather than emotion. Listening to her sudden changes in vocal direction and pitch, you were reminded of the way a synthesizer player can go from, say, a drum sound to a cello sound by simply pushing a button. Perhaps stung by all the complaints about her lightweight music, Jewel tried to stretch one of her most popular numbers, "Who Will Save Your Soul," into a torturous, gimmick-filled marathon piece. Though designed to show growth, the result was merely indulgent. Ironically, Jewel was most convincing during a solo acoustic sequence when she stopped trying to impress us and, instead, tried to touch us with the delicate music that made her a star in the first place. But musical purity doesn't seem to be her main priority. The impression you got Saturday of Jewel, who has already written a book of poetry and branched into acting, was her overriding drive. Forget Joni Mitchell and Melanie, she may turn out to be the most ambitious pop figure since Madonna. Copyright 1999 Los Angeles Times. All Rights Reserved ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:14:33 -0500 From: "Karacostas, Derrick W." Subject: * Question about the USA Jewel shows Does anyone know if Jewel herself is allowing cameras and recorders into her shows this tour? I know in Bakersfield, they were allowed. Or is this still up to the venue, and Bakersfield allows this at all the shows. And if it is up to the venue, then how can we find out if Jewel is ok with it? If she is, then I can contact the venue here and tell them, to make signs saying it's ok, etc. Thanks, Derrick ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V4 #354 ***************************