From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V7 #101 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Tuesday, March 12 2002 Volume 07 : Number 101 * 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 news on what Jewel is up to, go to * the OFFICIAL Jewel web site at http://www.jeweljk.com * and click on "calendar" * . * 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 V6 #xxx or the like gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] Artists Touring in Canada [Fredsteve@aol.com] [EDA] This Way - Album of the month on cdon.com! [maggan81@ngo.as] [EDA] RE: Jewels Tour [JimboUK999@aol.com] [EDA] guess it didn't go through [Jamiegrey1@aol.com] [EDA] Re: jewel-digest V7 #100 ["Joe Kunis" ] [EDA] European Chart Info [Fredsteve@aol.com] RE: [EDA] RE: Jewels Tour ["Kovacs, Mirinda" ] [EDA] FWD: JeweLink: March 12, 2002 [Mike Connell ] [EDA] Australian EDA's [Kristie Biggs ] [EDA] Michael Lipscombe ["FabioJJ" ] Re: [EDA] RE: Jewels Tour ["cymbaline" ] [EDA] Re: jewel mention on stern [Sokooletc@aol.com] [EDA] NJC:LRCs in the New York Times [rawhite78@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 01:33:19 EST From: Fredsteve@aol.com Subject: [EDA] Artists Touring in Canada Hey Just thought I'd comment on the whole "frustrated with tour plans" thing. Most "famous" artists NEVER tour Canada. They include 1-3 Canadian dates at most. A stop in Toronto, Vancouver, or Montreal (mostly Toronto). It seems unfair - but there's reasons. It's mainly cause Canada is a similar size to the US but has a hell of a lot less people, and much fewer big cities. Therefore trekking across Canada is a lot harder than trekking across the US, cause there's not as many stops, but just as much road to cover... so it's costly and not as profitable. In fact the only artists that make full Canadian tours are Canadian artists, unknown artists (cause touring is the name of the game when you're unknown), and huge pop bands. I think Nsync and the Backstreet Boys have included several Canadian concerts in their tours... and I think Britney is doing more Canadian shows. But those tours are like 60 shows long. For the most part it's rare to find successful bands/artists doing more than 1 or 2 shows in Canada. I think basically we all know that Jewel is trying to tour less so she doesn't get burnt out like she did before. Therefore she's not gonna be coming to all the places she came to on the Spirit Tour. However - it's possible that she'll announce another set of dates for later on the summer. All the press releases did say it was the "first leg" of her summer tour. Maybe she's taking the bulk of August off and then doing more in September. Also, it's possible that more dates will be added soon. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm just thanking my lucky stars that I live in Toronto. Steve ------------------------------ Date: 12 Mar 2002 08:34:36 -0000 From: maggan81@ngo.as Subject: [EDA] This Way - Album of the month on cdon.com! Hi, Just wanna share this with you. This Way is 'Album Of The Month' on CDOn Sweden. http://www.cdon.com/main.phtml?nav=41&navroot=1&cat=music */Marcus Ngo, Sweden - -- Get your firstname@lastname email at http://Nameplanet.com/?su ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:04:42 EST From: JimboUK999@aol.com Subject: [EDA] RE: Jewels Tour Hi, I don't believe Nedra or Ty were in Europe for her short tour, she was here there and everywhere for the few days so i doubt she would have had anytime. I would think she'll want to take more people for the May gigs though. Did anyone else see them? ~Jim ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:42:46 EST From: Jamiegrey1@aol.com Subject: [EDA] guess it didn't go through just sending this again, cuz I don't think it went through Hey guys... I added a new feature to my Jewel tab site...if you click on the link that says real audio, it will open a real audio file of me playing that song on guitar--just guitar. I understand that there are a lot of people who don't have a guitar and who don't know how to play guitar, so for those who just wanna sing along, here ya go. They probably won't be perfect, and if I mess up while recording it, I probably won't go back and redo it everytime, but if there's too much wrong with one, email me or sign the guestbook and tell me. Also if you have any requests for ones to do next (tabs and music), just sign the guestbook or email me. I need to know if I should continue doing this or if I'm wasting my time...so far all I've done is Boy Needs A Bike and She Cries...enjoy, guys. =) You can get there through my site http://www.geocities.com/greyjamie or http://www.geocities.com/jeweltabs Jamie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:25:10 -0500 From: "Joe Kunis" Subject: [EDA] Re: jewel-digest V7 #100 Hi, I am looking for high quality video of Jewel from European tapers of her recent TV aappearances. Lots to trade! Please email me privately at vonjoustein00@hotmail.com Joe _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:49:53 EST From: Fredsteve@aol.com Subject: [EDA] European Chart Info This Way, fueled by some of the best airplay Jewel's had in Europe (with Standing Still) managed to make a bunch of fairly decent chart debuts this week and last week in a number of European countries. Here's the info: Ireland #12 Germany #13 Switzerland #14 Holland #21 - jumped to #15 in the second week Norway #29 Sweden #30 UK #34 France #41 Austria #57 - jumped to #35 in the second week Denmark #67 Italy #76 Not all the second week numbers are in yet, but as you can see she jumped significantly in Holland and Austria in the second week, and she only dropped 1 spot (to #14) in Germany. In the UK and Ireland things weren't so great... she dropped to #56 in England and #30 in Ireland... it seems that the great airplay she's getting in most of Europe hasn't translated to the UK... which is a shame. She also didn't hit the Top 40 in Spain or Belgium.. Spain and Italy are a shame, because she did a fair amount of promotion there... however we saw how she jumped in Holland and Austria, so the same thing could happen. Anyway... actual sales figures and certifications aren't known... as most of these sites don't announce them... but if the sales continue to be as good as they seem to be, I'm sure Atlantic will announce it at some point. Nonetheless, I think it goes without saying that this is far and away Jewel's most successful release in Europe (as far as the debut goes). Steve ps- check out jewel.warnermusic.it and jewel-jk.de two new subsites made by the German and Italian record companies. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:25:04 -0600 From: "Kovacs, Mirinda" Subject: RE: [EDA] RE: Jewels Tour For her Spirit tour I know her mom was at the Minneapolis date because I saw her. I don't know if she was with her for the whole tour or not. Chances are that if you are on a long tour you will take someone important with you. I know I would. I can imagine it would be lonely and boring if you don't have someone you love there with you. Just my thoughts. :) Mi Rinda ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 17:36:47 -0300 From: "FabioJJ" Subject: [EDA] Break Me It seems Break Me is already playing on Star 100,7. From: http://www.histar.com/music/music_main.shtml Here is some of the new music that is currently playing on Star: Flake - Jack Johnson Album: Brushfire Fairytales - in stores now ***Break Me - Jewel Album: This Way - in stores now Here Is Gone - Goo Goo Dolls Album: gutterflower - in stores April 9th You can already request it by e-mail. Fabio >> www.jewel.com.br <|> BRASIL <|> Fa-clube Jewel << >> www.geocities.com/fabiojj <|> BRASIL <|> Jewel+Sarah << >> www.jeweljk.com <|>JEWEL <|> official website << >> music <|> BREAK ME <|> Jewel <|> THIS WAY << >> http://www2.allaccess.com/sounds/jewelbre.ram << ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 16:38:05 -0500 From: Mike Connell Subject: [EDA] FWD: JeweLink: March 12, 2002 Here is the latest issue of JeweLink, directly from Jewel's "people", if you want to get a copy of this directly as each issue comes out, you can sub- scribe to it by sending a blank email to join-jewelink@list.jeweljk.com ******************************************** JeweLink - The Official Jewel Communications List ******************************************** In this edition of JeweLink: ***JEWEL'S NEW SINGLE AND NEXT VIDEO ***JEWEL ON TV: UPCOMING WEEK ***NOTES FROM MrBB ******************************************** ***JEWEL'S NEW SINGLE AND NEXT VIDEO Jewel's new radio single is a remix of "Break Me." The single was co-produced by Dann Huff and Jewel. It will begin getting airplay next week and is being simultaneously released to radio in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada and The United States. (For you collectors out there, the radio single's matrix number is Atlantic 300804 Promo CD.) A commercially released single will also be released in Australia within the next month. This will contain two bonus tracks recorded live at Jewel's concerts in San Diego last August. The bonus tracks will be live solo acoustic versions of "Break Me" and "The New Wild West." A companion video for "Break Me" is currently in production, with Michael Lipscombe directing. We'll let you know when it begins running on the music video networks. ******************************************** ***JEWEL ON TV: UPCOMING WEEK ***(tomorrow)Wednesday 13 VH1: Storytellers: Jewel (Jewel's June 9, 1999 performance at the Metropolis Studios in New York City, before an audience of online fans, will be rebroadcast at 11:00 AM EST.) 13 Comedy Central: Saturday Night Live (Rerun at 12:00 PM EST) ***Thursday 14 Comedy Central: Saturday Night Live (Rerun at 6:00 PM EST) 14 MuchMusic USA: Pantene Pro-Voice Concert (Rerun at 9:00 PM EST) 14 NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (New! Broadcasts at 11:35 PM EST) ***Friday 15 MuchMusic USA: Pantene Pro-Voice Concert (Rerun at 12:00 AM and 8:00 PM EST) ***Saturday 16 Black STARZ Cinema: Movie: Ride With The Devil (Ang Lee's Civil War movie starring Jewel as Sue Lee Shelly. Broadcast at 1:40 AM EST) ***Monday 18 VH1: Being Jewel (Sneak Preview) (This new program is in "a day in the life" format, from the artist's point of view, using a hidden camera at eye level. Jewel shot her episode during her recent visit to Madrid. Sneak preview at 1:00 AM EST.) 18 VH1: Jewel: The Video Collection (Back to back Jewel video clips with Jewel commentary. Rebroadcast at 2:00 AM EST.) 18 VH1: Being Jewel (Premiere!) (This new program is in "a day in the life" format, from the artist's point of view, using a hidden camera at eye level. Jewel shot her episode during her recent visit to Madrid. Premiere broadcast at 9:00 PM EST.) Jewel concert information, radio and TV scheduling updates available 24 hours a day at: http://jeweljk.com/low/calendar.html ******************************************** Hi all, Jewel had a great time in Europe last month and enjoyed the concerts in Germany, London and Amsterdam. The new band is really starting to jell now, and they're beginning to sink their teeth into the more challenging new material, like "The New Wild West." For everyone who has been wondering who these guys are, here is the band lineup: Jewel-vocals, guitar Mark Oakley-guitars (usually to the right of Jewel) Stuart Mathis-guitars (usually to the left of Jewel) Steve George-keyboards Terome "T-Bone" Hannon-bass George "Trey" Gray-drums Yesterday, I finished updating the setlist page at Jewel's website. The recent European performances are now all listed. The London and Amsterdam setlists have been corrected from the slightly mistaken fan reports and much of the European radio and TV promo performances are now included. If, like me, you enjoy this kind of minutiae, click "setlists" at the top of the calendar page for complete information. There will be a new 2002 version of our "Bites & Baubles" game, including more never-before-seen video prize downloads, coming to Jewel's website soon. We're also working on several exciting new projects that will be announced in the coming months. Stick around! MrBB - --- You can help a friend subscribe by having them send a blank email to join-jewelink@list.jeweljk.com To view selected back issues of JeweLink, please visit the JeweLink Archive at the www.jeweljk.com calendar page. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:40:48 -0600 From: Kristie Biggs Subject: [EDA] Australian EDA's Are there any EDA's in Australia that would be willin to send me the new single? I also still need the Standing Still single. I had someone send it to me, but it got lost somehow between here and there and I still really want it if it is still available. If I remember correctly it has Stephenville on it, which is my all time favorite Jewel song. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!! Thanks Again Kristie The "blue jean" angel until further notice! ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:16:34 -0300 From: "FabioJJ" Subject: [EDA] Michael Lipscombe The only thing I could find about Michael Lipscombe, who's directing the video for Break Me, is that he directed a Suede video: "The [video's] director, Michael Lipscombe, isn't really a music video director," Anderson admits. "He did do a video for Tricky, but I knew him from his ads on the telly." The video is set in an alley, with the band fading in and out, like images on a television. Any other information about this guy? I'm actually very happy Jewel is working with new directors. It's very interesting. I hope she NEVER works with Frances Lawrence. Man, this guy is the director of the moment but he sucks!! Fabio >> www.jewel.com.br <|> BRASIL <|> Fa-clube Jewel << >> www.geocities.com/fabiojj <|> BRASIL <|> Jewel+Sarah << >> www.jeweljk.com <|>JEWEL <|> official website << >> music <|> BREAK ME <|> Jewel <|> THIS WAY << >> http://www2.allaccess.com/sounds/jewelbre.ram << ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:33:39 -0500 From: "cymbaline" Subject: Re: [EDA] RE: Jewels Tour > For her Spirit tour I know her mom was at the Minneapolis date because I > saw her. When I saw Jewel in Tampa, Jewel's mom sat 2 rows behind me. (I was in the 5th row, menaing Nedra was in row 7). My brother was like "you'd think they'd give better seats to her own mother!" lol... cymbie "Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one is watching." - -Bono ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:07:38 EST From: Sokooletc@aol.com Subject: [EDA] Re: jewel mention on stern I happen to be a frequent listener of Stern, not that I'm hugely proud of it but I happen to think he's funny. Anyway, David Letterman was not actually a guest on Howard Sterns show. It sounds a lot like him, trust me, I was fooled the first time I heard him too. It's a character they created from a local New York comedian that they call "Evil David Letterman". He purposely says offensive things to make you think that David Letterman said it. They have another comedian named Craig Gas who does Sam Kinison, Al Pacino and Gene Simmons impressions that sound exactly like the actual people. So don't be alarmed, David Letterman doesn't have dreams of Jewel's breast, at least not that we know of. It was a harmless prank compliments of Howard Stern. Keith ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:03:58 EST From: rawhite78@aol.com Subject: [EDA] NJC:LRCs in the New York Times Hey everyone... Speaking again of LRCs, here is a pretty good artice about them from the New York Times.. The following article appeared on the FRONT PAGE of the November 8, 1999 edition of the NEW YORK TIMES: Acoustic Music, Live From the Living Room (These days, the best seat in the house may really be in the house.) By NEIL STRAUSS DURHAM, N.C., November 6, 1999 -- In more than 30 years of touring, the Texas singer Ray Wylie Hubbard had seen far more professional-looking spaces than the one he performed at on Wednesday evening. The stage lighting consisted of a single black desk lamp clamped to the top of a chipped window frame. And the backstage area was a small bedroom where guitars rested against the wall next to a vacuum cleaner. This was clearly no ordinary club: it was the home of Chris Elliott and Carolyn Maynard. And for two hours that night 80 music fans, most of them strangers who had bought $10 tickets to the sold-out performance, camped out in the couple's living room and ate their food. House concerts, as these events are known, have recently blossomed into a full-fledged national movement. From Seattle to Waco to Queens, more than 300 homeowners have become part-time concert promoters turning their living rooms into mild-mannered clubs for a night, and scores of performers are discovering that they can make good livings simply by touring these private residences. At a time when live performance outlets in many places are drying up because of hostility from the police and community groups, house concerts are becoming the most exciting and vital alternative-performance circuit around for acoustic musicians, with some shows selling out in just an hour or two. They are luring an audience that professional concert promoters have given up on: fans in their 30's and 40's, many of whom shun the impersonal, smoky, uncomfortable late-night club environment and prefer the familial intimacy of a living room concert. "Part of the reason for the boom of house concerts right now is people are so hungry for community but lacking in ways they can get together with other people in an intimate or friendly way that isn't commercialized," said Dave Nachmanoff, a singer-songwriter from Southern California who began performing house concerts a year and a half ago after finding out about them on the Internet. "That's why when people go to their first house concert, they're amazed that people can do something like this. I've done a lot of shows where by the end of the night I've known every person in the audience at least by their first name." The hosts of these concerts are generally ordinary people who like music and don't mind handprints on the wallpaper. By day Mr. Elliott, 44, works for a computer company and Ms. Maynard, 43, is a schoolteacher. But once a month, with the help of a local college radio disc jockey, they become music promoters, plastering the city with posters advertising concerts in their living room by relatively well-known singer-songwriters like Mr. Hubbard, writer of the honky-tonk shout-along "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother." And Mr. Elliott and Ms. Maynard are not alone in Durham. Steve and Celeste Gardner hold a concert series in their home nearby. Last month, in an effort to give the performances more legitimacy, the Gardners even turned their house into a nonprofit corporation, complete with a board of directors and an advisory committee. For the musicians, who range from up-and-comers who can't get a club date to some of acoustic music's most celebrated musicians, like Bela Fleck and David Wilcox, the cover charge at house concerts is generally higher than at clubs. Because most homeowners already have jobs and are happy just to have these performers in their living rooms, they usually give them all the door money. In addition, the audience is generally more attentive, more enthusiastic, and more willing to buy CD's after the show. But there is a dark side: house concerts stand on shaky legal ground. Rob Bookman, the counsel for the New York Nightlife Association, said that in most communities homes are zoned as residential areas, and when a homeowner charges people to enter a residence, the homeowner is running a business. In addition, Mr. Bookman said, "there are strict standards of safety for places with live entertainment, and most residences don't meet those standards." Many people who present house concerts remain unaware of local ordinances -- "I just put on my blinders," Mr. Gardner said -- and promoters and artists say they haven't heard of anyone who has had problems with the police, with lawsuits or even with complaining neighbors. "In our community, I wouldn't think anything like that would come up," said Glen Duckett, a computer programmer who runs a house concert series called "Flowers in the Desert" in Brenham, Texas, an hour outside of Houston. "The fire marshal has been in my home for a concert. I look at it this way: we're not any different than a Tupperware party. Someone is coming in to present wares and make money, and someone holding the party gets a few free dishes. In my case, I always get a free CD." Though house concerts seem like a throwback to a time before the rise of the nightclub and concert hall in America, their rejuvenation is largely a result of technology. The Internet has made it possible for those who run house concerts to promote the shows at no cost, keep in contact with one another and hunt down possible performers. "We have about 90 places around the country that hold house concerts listed on our Web site, and we believe that it's very possible that there are three or four times that many going on around the nation," said Mr. Duckett, .who runs the Web site www.houseconcerts.com. There may be even more house concerts than Mr. Duckett imagines, thanks to a new twist on the idea developed by Kimberli Ransom, a 30 year-old singer-songwriter known by fellow musicians as the queen of house concerts. Instead of performing in the established circuit of living rooms, Ms. Ransom schedules her own tours by talking fans -- and their friends and relatives -- who have never organized a house concert into letting her play. During each tour Ms. Ransom asks fans, when they add themselves to her mailing list, to indicate whether they are interested in being a host for one of her folk-rock concerts. Then, before her next tour, she calls those who expressed interest, explains how a house concert works and sends them a packet of information. Through this technique she has performed 150 house concerts in the last year and a half. She has even picked up a sponsor, Jim Beam Bourbon, which fronted her $2,200 for tour expenses, and she has written what may be the first book on the phenomenon, "House Concerts: A Guide for Musicians and Hosts." This word-of-mouth tour, as she calls it, germinated when she decided to release records on her own instead of through a small music label. "I wanted to go national," she said, "and I was willing to do what I had to: give up my house and my day job and live on the road. So I thought, 'How would it be possible to do this without a record label?' And the answer was obvious: my fans. So I'm playing in the homes of my fans. And not just that, their friends. They'll see on my itinerary that I'm going through somewhere and send my CD to a friend or relative who lives there. And 99 percent of the people who host me want to do it again. I now have a schedule that takes me through July." Besides being able to build a more loyal and far-flung fan base than is possible through club shows, house concert musicians like Ms. Ransom also enjoy being pampered by their hosts, who often feed them home-cooked meals and put them up comfortably for the night. As a general rule, house concert presenters are much more grateful hosts than club owners. "My wife and I just pinch ourselves that these people are in our living room sometimes," said Tim Blixt, a park superintendent who presents concerts in his log cabin in Wayne, N.J., by musicians like Cliff Eberhardt, Cheryl Wheeler and Jimmy LaFave. "I'm convinced that the people we present in our living room are the most talented people making music today." One could probably trace house concerts to any point in history, from recent research suggesting that Neanderthals were blowing flutes in caves to the classical recitals that continue to this day. In early America, the home was a cradle of music: there were soirees at antebellum plantations and dances at country cabins with local fiddlers. Before he found national fame as a blues musician, Muddy Waters became a local celebrity by turning his Mississippi Delta cabin into a raucous juke joint for music and moonshine. The modern house concert, however, emerged only a few years ago. Such shows had existed for decades, but only recently -- thanks in part to the success of slightly older houseconcert series like Rouse House in Austin and Urban Campfires in San Antonio -- have there been enough of them, linked via the Internet, to constitute an actual circuit and scene. Small towns, rural areas and suburbs with no clubs for acoustic music now regularly bring in touring performers. Most house performances follow the same format: the concerts are promoted through the Internet, fliers, word of mouth and sometimes local newspapers or college radio stations, all of which include the phone number but not the address of the home. Tickets range from $5 to $25, and the show begins between 7 and 8 p.m. Anywhere from 10 to 100 people might attend. Occasionally the show is preceded by a potluck dinner, a catered meal or, in the case of one series in an 18th-century farmhouse in Connecticut, carriage rides and stew. Living rooms are preferred to yards and porches because they are more intimate and the acoustics are better; smoking is generally forbidden, and the availability of alcohol varies. The concert begins with an introduction by the host, and then the performer plays two 45-minute sets, with a break for snacking, socializing and CD-selling. The only expenses for the host are optional ones -- renting folding chairs, buying refreshments, copying fliers and so on. Some houses are much nicer than others, and some hosts, like Jimmy Riddle, a 39-year-old psychiatrist in Columbia, S.C., take their concerts much more seriously than others. The night after his house concert in Durham, Mr. Hubbard drove to Columbia to perform at Mr. Riddle's beautiful turn-of-the-century home. As Mr. Riddle prepared for the show by removing his 18th-century vases from their pedestals and sitting in each of the 41 chairs he had arranged to make sure the legroom was ample and the sightlines were good, his mother, Nell, stood in the kitchen cooking sausages, making sandwiches and heating apple cider. "These cups are too small," she said, shaking her head. "That's what happens when you send Jimmy out to do something." With family photographs still on display on the coffee table, Mr. Riddle began greeting his guests, collecting $12.50 from each person. One was Garry Cockerill, 42, a dry-cleaning supply salesman who read about the concert in a newspaper and drove 45 minutes from Sumter, S.C., blasting Mr. Hubbard CD's out of his convertible the whole way. It was Mr. Cockerill's first house concert. "I couldn't believe my ears when he said it was going to be in his house," Mr. Cockerill said. "I kept laughing, 'You're telling me that you're going to have Ray Wylie Hubbard in your living room?' " But by the time he left the mesmerizing and often humorous two-hour show, Mr. Cockerill had been converted. "That was something else," he said, clutching a newly bought, freshly autographed CD by Mr. Hubbard. "I'll definitely be back for the next one." ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V7 #101 ***************************