From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V10 #193 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Saturday, August 13 2005 Volume 10 : Number 193 * 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 V9 #___ gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] New MTV Artical ["Matt Sullivan" ] [EDA] Re: Happy Late Birthday Mat, sorry it be sucking! [Deb Hall ] [EDA] SJC: "the next Jewel" [Jennifer Adams ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:16:26 -0500 From: "Matt Sullivan" Subject: [EDA] New MTV Artical Jewel Has A Hard Time Explaining The Songs She Hasn't Lost 08.11.2005 8:10 PM EDT Jewel's nearly finished recording her most personal and autobiographical record so far  and yet none of what she reveals will be immediately apparent to the listener. Happy to be cryptic, the singer/songwriter is in no hurry to explain her new songs, nor to put them out. "It's hard to talk about songs," she said. "You try to say things in a specific and general way at the same time, so that [your audience] can sift the words inside and see themselves as experiencing it. You try to write lyrics that will be suggestive enough that they'll conjure up their own experiences." Still, she road-tested a few of them on her recent summer tour, and based on fan reaction, she's got a pretty good idea of which songs cloak her stories the best. She's currently deciding on the final 12; likely to be among them are "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland," "Good Day" and "Again and Again," as well as older, retooled tunes such as "Stephenville, Texas," "Passing Time," "1,000 Miles Away" and 0304's "Fragile Heart" ("because it deserved a shot"). Working with Rob Cavallo (see "Jewel Says Her Cowboy Makes Her Art Seem Less Important")  with whom she's co-producing the still-untitled album  Jewel said she's been taking breaks from the studio because she's wanted to figure out ways to make some of the songs sound rawer. "I didn't want a click track, I just wanted me and my guitar," she said. "So the band would kind of play around me, and it would be this ambient swell. No rhythm track. It was almost like if you saw me live." Jewel was originally looking for a co-producer who would have more of an "old-school recording style, someone who would be elegant and great at arrangements." But when she couldn't find anyone that fit the bill, she decided she would just do it herself  until she talked to Cavallo. Though he's more known for working with rock bands like Green Day and Goo Goo Dolls, Jewel credits him as being "very steeped in music" and having a firm grasp of folk-rock and Americana. "I think he has an intuitive sense of the emotion behind music," she said. "I think he is the guy who fights to keep that emotion from being too covered up. He's actually been able to help me sound honest." After three sessions together, "I'd say we're about 99 percent done," she said. "We just need to finish the background vocals, get some harmonies on there, get it cooked." She anticipates the album will come out in February. Of the songs making the cut, Jewel said "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland" is probably the most personal song she's ever written, even though at first glance it seems to be more about fairy tales and American culture. In it, she muses about a child's loss of innocence from discovering the truth about the way the world really works. "When fables go away, does it make the world less magical? How do you keep looking for the truth without being cynical? How do you learn to see something for what it really is? It's not an easy thing to sum up," she said. "Children are told these fairy tales, and yes, they stimulate the imagination, but they also create a desire for escapism that isn't necessarily healthy." That doesn't sound personal on the surface, but "I don't know how to say it better," she said, except through the song itself. Same with "Good Day," which is told in waltz time, "because you can get a lot more lyrics and syllables in than in 4/4 time," she said. The song takes place as she stands at the fridge in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, and captures her thoughts as she thinks out loud. "It follows a pattern of looking at life, pop culture, reality TV," she said, starting to recite a few lyrics. " 'So why I am I awake again at 2 ... Staring, such a sight/ Fluorescent light/ Nice to see people not as stuck as me/ It's going to be a good day.' " The hardest thing about deciding on which songs to include, she said, is that she's got too many (about 400 or 500) that she's only played live and hasn't recorded, and she can't remember them all. She's actually paying an archivist  whom she met online when she was trying to track down her own bootlegs  several hundred dollars a month just to organize her tunes and catalog them. "I've lost a lot of songs over the years," she laughed.  Jennifer Vineyard _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar  get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:12:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Deb Hall Subject: [EDA] Re: Happy Late Birthday Mat, sorry it be sucking! Happy Late Birthday Mat, sorry it be sucking! - Mat I am truly sorry you had a bad birthday and sometimes the deck of cards we are handed just plain sucks. But If you send me your address I will send you some Jewel junk to put a smile on your face for your sucky birthday. Reply to me personal please at Deb_Hall52@yahoo.com to chat about making your birthday not suck so bad. I am a long time EDA, who lurks around every day and reads my favoirte email from jewel@smoe.org. I havn't got to see our girl this year and I miss her so. But I am waiting for that new CD thats coming one of these days and that will make the wait so much better. EDA love Deb Hall "HIgher Elevations Angel" Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:41:26 -0500 From: "Matt Sullivan" Subject: [EDA] NJC: The Worst Birthday Well I turned 21 today and with my great luck I lost my id and i live in the pathetic city of Milwaukee where there is nothing to do but go to the bar after 10. So here i sit home alone, can't go to the fucking party at a club that all my friends threw for me. Sure I can go get a new id tomorrow but no one has off to go clubbin with. my birthday offical has sucked and been the worst ever and i'm on the verge of tears cause i must have done something really bad to someone at some point in my life that i deserve to never have a good birthday. good night. matt _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ - ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V10 #192 **************************** Deb Hall Webmaster for www.higherelevations.com "I have changed one persons mind, and thats how we change the world, one mind at a time." Anti-Death Penalty ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:29:25 EDT From: JewelArchive@aol.com Subject: [EDA] July setlists updated at jeweljk.com Hi All, I sent all the accurate July setlists to the jeweljk.com folks and they should be up by the time you get this. They can be found by clicking "past shows" at the calendar page. Quite a few remarkable shows in the July run. I thought the Waukegan show was one of the best solo acoustic performances of the past few years. Alan NP: Final mixes of next Joy Eden Harrison album, "Blue Venus." Quite amazing! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:38:49 -0400 From: "Kerri E. Ketcham" Subject: [EDA] Jewel article on MTV.com The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Shortcut to: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1507440/20050811/index.jhtml?headlines=true Jewel Has A Hard Time Explaining The Songs She Hasn't Lost 08.11.2005 8:10 PM EDT Cryptic singer says she's 'about 99 percent done' with her most personal album yet. Jewel (file) Photo: Peter Kramer / Getty Images Jewel's nearly finished recording her most personal and autobiographical record so far  and yet none of what she reveals will be immediately apparent to the listener. Happy to be cryptic, the singer/songwriter is in no hurry to explain her new songs, nor to put them out. "It's hard to talk about songs," she said. "You try to say things in a specific and general way at the same time, so that [your audience] can sift the words inside and see themselves as experiencing it. You try to write lyrics that will be suggestive enough that they'll conjure up their own experiences." Still, she road-tested a few of them on her recent summer tour, and based on fan reaction, she's got a pretty good idea of which songs cloak her stories the best. She's currently deciding on the final 12; likely to be among them are "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland," "Good Day" and "Again and Again," as well as older, retooled tunes such as "Stephenville, Texas," "Passing Time," "1,000 Miles Away" and 0304's "Fragile Heart" ("because it deserved a shot"). Working with Rob Cavallo (see "Jewel Says Her Cowboy Makes Her Art Seem Less Important")  with whom she's co-producing the still-untitled album  Jewel said she's been taking breaks from the studio because she's wanted to figure out ways to make some of the songs sound rawer. "I didn't want a click track, I just wanted me and my guitar," she said. "So the band would kind of play around me, and it would be this ambient swell. No rhythm track. It was almost like if you saw me live." Jewel was originally looking for a co-producer who would have more of an "old-school recording style, someone who would be elegant and great at arrangements." But when she couldn't find anyone that fit the bill, she decided she would just do it herself  until she talked to Cavallo. Though he's more known for working with rock bands like Green Day and Goo Goo Dolls, Jewel credits him as being "very steeped in music" and having a firm grasp of folk-rock and Americana. "I think he has an intuitive sense of the emotion behind music," she said. "I think he is the guy who fights to keep that emotion from being too covered up. He's actually been able to help me sound honest." After three sessions together, "I'd say we're about 99 percent done," she said. "We just need to finish the background vocals, get some harmonies on there, get it cooked." She anticipates the album will come out in February. Of the songs making the cut, Jewel said "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland" is probably the most personal song she's ever written, even though at first glance it seems to be more about fairy tales and American culture. In it, she muses about a child's loss of innocence from discovering the truth about the way the world really works. "When fables go away, does it make the world less magical? How do you keep looking for the truth without being cynical? How do you learn to see something for what it really is? It's not an easy thing to sum up," she said. "Children are told these fairy tales, and yes, they stimulate the imagination, but they also create a desire for escapism that isn't necessarily healthy." That doesn't sound personal on the surface, but "I don't know how to say it better," she said, except through the song itself. Same with "Good Day," which is told in waltz time, "because you can get a lot more lyrics and syllables in than in 4/4 time," she said. The song takes place as she stands at the fridge in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, and captures her thoughts as she thinks out loud. "It follows a pattern of looking at life, pop culture, reality TV," she said, starting to recite a few lyrics. " 'So why I am I awake again at 2 ... Staring, such a sight/ Fluorescent light/ Nice to see people not as stuck as me/ It's going to be a good day.' " The hardest thing about deciding on which songs to include, she said, is that she's got too many (about 400 or 500) that she's only played live and hasn't recorded, and she can't remember them all. She's actually paying an archivist  whom she met online when she was trying to track down her own bootlegs  several hundred dollars a month just to organize her tunes and catalog them. "I've lost a lot of songs over the years," she laughed.  Jennifer Vineyard - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.7/70 - Release Date: 8/11/2005 [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of index.url] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:31:28 -0500 From: "Matt Sullivan" Subject: [EDA] Intuition at Cleveland show? I know someone had posted the audio of Intuition from the concert with the cleveland pops orchestra, but my computer wouldn't let me download becuase of how it was saved and the type of file it was. Has anyone reworked that file so it would play for them. If so can ya send me a copy? thanks _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:55:48 -0400 From: Jennifer Adams Subject: [EDA] SJC: "the next Jewel" > People magazine reviews Tristan Prettyman's album stating "this San > Diego singer-songwriter is poised to be the next Jewel". I went to > her website to hear her single. She reminded me of a female Jason > Mraz, who is her boyfriend. Has anyone else listened to her? What do > you think? www.tristanprettyman.com Jen ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V10 #193 ****************************