From: owner-jewel-digest To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V1 #553 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "jewel-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. jewel-digest Monday, 9 September 1996 Volume 01 : Number 553 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: NJC: Why so emotional? Re: feeling real good/musings on this list Re: NJC: Why so emotional? All Angels, PLEASE read this :) Re: All Angels, PLEASE read this :) Re: An article about Tori Amos Re: An article about Tori Amos - NJC minotaurs? tour dates? Re: NJC: Why so emotional? ENOUGH with Jewel vs Alanis!! Tour Dates here (JEWEL, No One Else) Short abscence. RE: MTV Awards Jewel singing in Clueless? Re: NJC: things that get to me Didnt mean to holler LA appearance No flame intended oh my deja vu! PS NJC Re: LA appearance RE:ENOUGH with Jewel vs. Alanis!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CornflkGl@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 20:17:35 -0400 Subject: Re: NJC: Why so emotional? <<>> I hereby motion for "capricious" to become the official adjective of the Everyday Angels. I'd also like to mention that I haven't read even ONE of the Jewel vs. Alanis posts, and I'm happy. Just like Crunch. So there. Thhbbt :P~~ . :) Rachel ------------------------------ From: Fuzzy & Piglet Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 20:23:46 +0600 Subject: Re: feeling real good/musings on this list At 08:07 PM 9/8/96 -0700, you wrote: >Oh good he's drunk. Now we can take advantage. >HEY RACHEL!! Selena > no way, a three way, all monkey love pile on yes way whooooooooooooo hooooooooo going for another bear, uh beer RObb "I'm gonna take you on" -- Republica Rant 'n Rage (9/4/96): http://www.vt.edu:10021/R/rleigh/robb.html rleigh@vt.edu ------------------------------ From: Dominic Jules DeVito Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 07:32:26 -0700 Subject: Re: NJC: Why so emotional? CornflkGl@aol.com wrote: > > <<>> > > I hereby motion for "capricious" to become the official adjective of the > Everyday Angels. > :) Rachel and i'd like to add that if we don't watch ourselves, we'll definitely have to use "effete" as the most accurate term to describe the list...it's getting a bit ridiculous around here (not that every other mailing list that i've been on hasn't had its problems either)... so, what's the word on the temple university show? tickets go on sale yet? if not, when? on a roll (3 posts in 1 day, wow), dominic ps i'm not talking about the connotation of effete meaning effeminate either.... ------------------------------ From: CornFlkG1@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 20:58:09 -0400 Subject: All Angels, PLEASE read this :) MAXIMIZE YER WINDOWS, YOU'LL THANK ME LATER !! Hi, everybody- In english class we had to write an essay due this Wednesday. For some strange reason , I decided my title was going to be capricious, and my subject was going to be us, the EDA's. So here it is. If anyone has any objections, please mail me- I might have gotten a few facts wrong, and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. i just thought you guys should read this , considering it's about each of you... enjoy :) CAPRICIOUS I'm an Everyday Angel. Sure, I'd like to say that this is because of my generosity, my kindness, or my unfaltering good will towards man. But that's just not true. I'm an Everyday Angel because I'm part of the email "fan club" for Jewel. Jewel is a relatively new singer. She grew up on a homestead in Homer, Alaska, where there were no TVs and the family used an outhouse. She went to Interlochen High School in Michigan, learned to play guitar, and started playing in coffee houses in San Diego. Jewel recorded an album on Atlantic Records, which just went platinum, and she's begun to headline her own tours. Jewel sings alterna-folksy music, with a lot of feeling and a bit of levity, so there's a certain type of people that are lured to her voice, and whom gradually become obsessed. I'm proud to say I'm one of them. An Email mailing list works kind of like hundreds of pen pals writing to each other all at once. When you write a letter to the list, it's called a post, and everyone on the list receives it. The purpose of these lists is mostly to unite those with the same interests, trade information about concerts and rare recordings, and talk about what performances we've seen. Our list has around 600 members, but only about 100 of us ever post anything- the rest are called "lurkers", an semi-affectionate insult. I joined the list around June of 1996. I had no idea what everyone was talking about, and I kind of just read my way through the mail. Eventually I learned that our list was formed by people on the Milla (another singer) list and started off very small. A woman named Hiranya , who works for Jewel, is on the list. Through Hiranya, Jewel writes us letters. Jewel was the one that named us Everyday Angels (EDA's for short) because of a line in one of her songs-- "Maybe if we are surrounded in beauty some day we will become what we see 'cause anyone can start a conflict it's harder yet to disregard it I'd rather see the world from another angle- we are everyday angels" At some point in late June, Hiranya announced that Jewel would put on a concert for the EDA's in the studio/theater where she was recording her next album. She let us pick the date, and her only request was that we didn't try to interrupt the recording session earlier that day. We decided to call the concert JewelStock, because it was right by Woodstock, New York. JewelStock was in Bearsville, the same studio where Bob Dylan used to record, and Jewel said she'd promised the owners that her fans would behave as "perfect angels". So. Pandemonium ensued. Everyone on the list was writing about car pooling, plane tickets, hotel reservations. Finally, on Thursday, July 17th, around 300 EDA's arrived in Bearsville and had the time of our lives. We got to her Jewel read us her poetry, sing for us, play for us, sign autographs for us, and take pictures with us. Jewel's mom even went onstage and sang us a lullaby. All of this was amazing. It was my first time seeing Jewel live, and I felt like I was in a dream. Now that I look back, though, the pest part wasn't the concert. It was getting to meet, know, and love the EDA's. They were no longer words on a screen, but people in the flesh, and some of the best friends I could ever ask for. When I almost got fired from my job, the EDA's were there to support me, and one of them even offered to bomb the store. Not the best offer, but I appreciated it. The week before JewelStock, my very serious boyfriend dumped me, and I went to stay in Boston with a friend for a few days. The EDA's got my friends email address and mailed me letters of consolation, comfort, and laughter, just what I needed. On my birthday, one of my closest friends , Robb,wrote a post to the list informing everyone, and I got around 50 happy birthday letters. The EDA's are who I told about my incredibly shitty first day at college The post , all one sentence, started with "why didn't you guys warn me that..." , the answer to which was "We figured we'd let you find out on your own." The list has a number of incredible people. There's Igor, a recovering alcoholic who owns a record store and is considered the dad of the list. Igor will be the first to stop a fight, put someone in their place, or praise you. There's Selena, who has the beauty of a goddess and the wit of a trucker. There's Dennis and Dean, the Harris brothers, who are complete opposites and actually made buttons that said "Pro Dean", "Pro Dennis" and "Pro Harris" for everyone to wear at JewelStock. There's Amy, a 31 year old who looks 18 and came to JewelStock despite some serious pain she's been suffering with from a hernia. There's Eric, who tried to drive home after JewelStock so he could work the next day. Eric was so tired, he fell asleep at the wheeland totaled his car, and is now affectionately called "Crash Boy" by the rest of us. And there are so many more. Sure, the list was started as a way to talk about Jewel, but we have evolved so much since then. We're a huge group of friends who will do anything for each other. At least once a week someone will say " you guy are great. I love you." We send each other poetry and stories we've written. There have even been few posts from people who say " without you guys I don't think I'd still be alive". We argue a lot ( the current argument being a very heated discussion of Jewel vs. Alanis Morrissette ) but even when we're fighting, most of us do it nicely. I set out to write this essay about just what the Everyday Angels mean to me. I thought I could polish it off in one or two pages, make a quick list of emotions, and be done. But this essay has become five hand scrawled pages in my otherwise clean, brand new notebook, and I'm finding that finishing this ask will be impossible. So. I'll stop now, and leave with this thought- I love the Everyday Angels, and I can't imagine how I would have made it this far without them. Thanks, guys. Love, Rachel :) ------------------------------ From: Fuzzy & Piglet Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 21:06:54 +0600 Subject: Re: All Angels, PLEASE read this :) awww, I feel so humbled by this letter/essay to the list in the words of that bad beer commercial "I love you (wo)man." hehe Robb "I'm gonna take you on" -- Republica Rant 'n Rage (9/4/96): http://www.vt.edu:10021/R/rleigh/robb.html rleigh@vt.edu ------------------------------ From: Jacqueline Fitzpatrick Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 01:10:47 +0000 Subject: Re: An article about Tori Amos > Five years from today, no one will remember her, her >music, or the pedantic slag of her pretentious intellect. And it's not just >Tori Amos, it's all these so-called "artists", the David Byrnes, the Peter >Gabriels, the Alanis Morrisetes, the whoever and whatevers, these >people are MUSICIANS! He said, PETER GABRIEL!!! Let me at him. Obviously, this person has not heard of the WITNESS program, started by PG & Reebok. This program stresses the importance of reporting the injustice of the world. Also, he has not heard of Tori Amos's program for rape victims. I apologize for not knowing the name. There is so many things to say about his opinion, but, it is very obvious that he is stubborn with his opinion. All I can say is, stick with Mariah Carey and stay away from the artists that are thought-provoking. My 2 cents. Ching-ching. Later Jackie ------------------------------ From: Terry Rogers Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:03:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: An article about Tori Amos - NJC > > Also, he has not heard of Tori Amos's program for rape victims. I apologize > for not knowing the name. > Just to get it on the board, it's called R.A.I.N.N. (the Rape, Abuse, and Inscest National Network) Rachel (Rogers) ------------------------------ From: Tolyatti@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:08:15 -0400 Subject: minotaurs? thanks for that post. im a new member and not like i have a voice or anything, but could you guys and gals please stop fighting? "anyone can start a conflict, but its harder to disregard it." im not sure if it does, but that _could_ apply to this. i know jewel isnt "christian rock" but she speaks a lot about God and angels. i just got back from mass and im in one of those happy moods. a real happy mood. anyway i think she is trying to preach about God. most mainstream artists only put Him in their music superficially for effect. Jewel sounds very serious when talking about Him. i read she was raised as a Mormon until 8 years. does anyone know what religion she is now? anyway does anyone have copies of those innerchange days and angel rarities tapes? im looking for copies. anyone wanna mail em to me? please? ps - did anyone else look at the black and white pic to the right of POY when she said "shes a pretty girl does she make you think nasty thoughts?" i couldnt help cause it was so funny. but i know shes not talking about herself. and lastly does anyone on here know her, has anyone met her, and does she respond to fan mail? (or email) id really like to know! and id love to hear any stories about her. jewel seems so nice, funny and lovable. im totally in love with her. thanks, ~dan the hoi polloi fan~ aka ~metal dan~ pps - can anyone think of a new nickname for me? those dont fit me here! and does she do the vocals when she says "if we robbed the cynics, {and took all their food}" i looked for other musicians but i couldnt find anyone else. any help? thanks again! dreams last so long ... even after youre gone ... does anyone have any jpeg files?? ------------------------------ From: Simbop@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:30:14 -0400 Subject: tour dates? Can someone tell me if there are any tour dates coming up or where i can find them? Also, can someone tell me when the new album is coming out? Thanks. Rob ------------------------------ From: SDFAngel@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:33:17 -0400 Subject: Re: NJC: Why so emotional? Dennis, in all fairness, fuck is one of Jewel's most commonly used adjectives. Or are we forgetting who brought us together in the first place. SuPeRdEfOrMeD aNgEl ------------------------------ From: Mike Connell Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 22:34:08 -0400 Subject: ENOUGH with Jewel vs Alanis!! EDA's OK OK!!! Enough of the friggin Jewel vs Alanis crap!! Jimminy Crickets!! I'd rather see another flare-up of the "Does Jewel smoke? I've seen photographic PROOF online!" horseshit thread than to read another Jewel/Alanis post. Mike "God, let's please chat about her music again!" Connell ------------------------------ From: Xenomorph Date: Sun, 08 Sep 96 22:56:00 -0500 Subject: Tour Dates here (JEWEL, No One Else) I've received and read on the list a few times, requests for tour dates. These are always available and updated on my website but here is the current itinerary for Jewel until the next album comes out. There will be a few radio fests/promotional shows when she returns to the US later in the year but they are not confirmed at this time. Tour Dates Date City Venue Sep 6 Australia Leave for Australia Promo Tour Sep ? New Zealand New Zealand - 3 days Sep 22 Puyallup, WA Puyallup Fairgrounds (on sale) Sep 24 Vancouver, BC Begin Two Week Canada Tour Sep 27 USA Unanounced College show Sep 28 Philadelphia, PA Temple Univ (on sale 9/19 if not a student sell out) Oct 5 Los Angeles, CA AIDS Benefit Oct 6 Los Angeles, CA HBO Rock the Vote Oct 8 Fresno, CA Fresno Fair Oct 12 Columbia, SC FarmAid (on sale now) Oct 13 Boston, MA Radio Fest Oct 15 Europe Begin European Tour Oct 19 FarmAid TNN Broadcast of FARM AID (6PM-12) Oct 30 Europe England, France, Germany Nov 11 USA Return to the US for rest until 1/21/97 Jan 21 New Album Release Adam Pieces of Jewel http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/xenomorph/jewelmn.htm ------------------------------ From: SDFAngel@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:58:40 -0400 Subject: Short abscence. Dear Angels, I just arrived in college today. It seems the phone lines are innaffective off campus so I won't be able to send or receive mail for a few days. Nor can I make out going calls. If you want boots send to: Jared Jacobus C.W. Post/L.I.U. Brookville 22 Brookville, NY 11548 if you have questions or want reach me:(516)299-1822 SuPeRdEfOrMeD aNgEl ------------------------------ From: Lacey9000@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:18:47 -0400 Subject: RE: MTV Awards How could the New Artist award go to Alanis? She's been popular for over a year and was included in last years awards. I don't think that's fair to the new artists. Lacey ------------------------------ From: Supreme Geek Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 22:17:32 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Jewel singing in Clueless? Did I see a message a while back that said that Jewel has a song in Clueless? There is one part of the movie that really sounds like it has her in the background, but she isn't mentioned in the credits at the end (but I think the post said that too). Thanks, Zach - -- Zachary X. Vonler ------------------------------ http://www.unt.edu/~zvonler Many Myths are based on truth -- Spock, "The Way to Eden", stardate 5832.3 ------------------------------ From: Hiranya@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:25:28 -0400 Subject: Re: NJC: things that get to me Oh, Oh. smuh. smuh. smuh. (those are little tiny kisses--I learned this from Jewel!) Kisses to help with the horror. Please dont carry it forever. Let something wonderful affect you for the rest of your life and change you forever. Something wonderful should come your way soon. Lots of something wonderfuls I hope! Sometimes the horror feels so near doesnt it? But there really is a lot of good out there too, we just dont hear about it and see it as much. Hope that is changing. Hiranya ------------------------------ From: Hiranya@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:26:10 -0400 Subject: Didnt mean to holler Guess I better say a little more. I wasnt angry at anyone when I posted the 'Why judge' thing. Just passionate. Guess passion is easily mistaken for STUFF. Also, a friend tells me that CAPS mean hollering. Oh. I thought it was just emphasis. Seems the only way to emphasize. Im a little lost without my italic and underline and bold buttons. Guess I need to learn smiley and winky and such:) ;) All the opinions expressed make perfect sense to me. I share the same fears and all as well. I was trying on new thoughts for me too. Hope I didn't step on toes. Sorry. I know we are all sensitive and we'd like to stay that way! Just because Im sort of closer to Jewel I hope you dont take me anymore seriously when it come to opinion--its just me blabbing on.... Hiranya ------------------------------ From: Hiranya@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:26:15 -0400 Subject: LA appearance Jewel is not going to be appearing at this benefit. The guy in charge announced it without a verification. Hiranya ------------------------------ From: Hiranya@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:31:28 -0400 Subject: No flame intended To set the record straight: I wasnt flaming anybody with my 'Why judge' post. I didnt take exception to any posts that were of a different vein on the matter. I like it when people bring things up, we all think stuff after all. It makes me ponder my own outlook. Love ya' all. Hiranya ------------------------------ From: Crash Boy Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 03:26:29 +0000 Subject: oh my deja vu! hi guys! in regards to this whole jewel v. alanis deal (i've been away for a few days), this is highly reminiscent of the whole jewel v. tori deal from way back in january. (how many people can say they've been on here since january? :) needless to say, that whole incident was ugly, was drawn out for way too long, and was finally put to sleep without anyone actually winning. anyone get the picture? and in response to the fact that simple lyrics sell because people can relate to them. nuh duh! i'm sorry, but not everyone is "deep", but should that make them a lesser person? ernest hemingway wrote in a very simple way, without any big words or such, but it made reading his stories easier for the common man, and in turn, made him a more popular writer. i'm not equating ernest to alanis, but then again, we'll see in a few decades, eh? and speaking of deja vu, this happend in new hampshire but i haven't mentioned it to the list. i had my first experience of deja vu in 1988 when my french teacher taught us a lesson that i already knew, and since then i've had deja vu every few months, some stronger than others. well the strongest lately was in new hampshire. paul, rachel, lara, rich, and i were sitting at a table waiting for the show to start. rich was looking at some jewelstock pictures that someone took, and we were all just talking. then i shifted my chair a bit and looked over rich's shoulder as he looked at the pictures, and something hit me. this was all too familiar. then i started to look around my table and then around the venue. i suddenly remembered a dream i must have had about a year earlier. in that dream, i was looking over someone's shoulder as they were looking at some photographs of a very pretty girl. i had no idea who she was, but i knew she was pretty cool. then i looked around the table that i was sitting at and saw these people that i did not know, but i knew they were friends and wasn't afraid. i looked around the building i was in and just knew that we were waiting for something. end of dream. this all hit me so hard at new hampshire, i told everyone at the table when it happened. it was just all so weird. but the really weird part is that the time between these deja vu experiences is becoming closer and subsequently a bit stronger. so i'm left wondering if eventually i'll be living a life i will already know about? hey, it might come in handy, so that i could win the lottery. but what if when these deja vu experiences and my reality collide, i cease to exist? oh well. i don't see it happening anytime soon, so i should be relatively safe, right? in other news, silverkat and i will be going up to penn state to visit rich melko and see tori amos! this is going to be so cool. we might even see lauren bond. who knows? if anyone's going to see tori at the state theater in new brunswick, nj, tell me. hey, if you even come up with an extra ticket, tell me. i'm gonna call up tomorrow and hope that tickets aren't sold out yet. wish me luck. 'bye! eric :) "I LIKE being a minor!" - Kim Littlejohn ------------------------------ From: Hiranya@aol.com Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:39:23 -0400 Subject: PS By the way: I guess many at Atlantic Records freaked at Jewel's change. Lots of flap about her image and needing to stay one way to "keep" fans etc. etc. Marketing manipulation. But there were lots who defended it too. Jewel just went on trying not to pay too much attention to either Lenedra said. - -H- ------------------------------ From: Sinjin@ecn.com Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 20:46:15 -0700 Subject: NJC Re: LA appearance Hiranya@aol.com wrote: > > Jewel is not going to be appearing at this benefit. The guy > in charge announced it without a verification. > Hirany Ya want us to smack him around a bit? >;) - -- Sinjin@ecn.com Lifeguard, Philosopher, Poet City of Angels JS96 ------------------------------ From: bill_mccormack@prodigy.com ( BILL MCCORMACK) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:27:10, -0500 Subject: RE:ENOUGH with Jewel vs. Alanis!! How about a new thread. ABershaw thankfully posted Jewel's poems from Jewelstock. (I'm still recovering from my depression of not being able to attend.) The last poem "As a child I walked..." deserves A LOT of discussion from EDA's. Jewel has always touched me with her innocence. I don't mean to say that she is totally innocent or naive. But rather that she understands the beauty of life and tries to stress it. However I think "As a child I walked..." indicates her inner conflict with the world she's been experiencing. AS A CHILD I WALKED... by Jewel Kilcher As a child I walked with noisy fingers Along the hemline of so many meadows back home Green fabric stretched out, shy earth, shock of sky I'd sit on logs like pulpits Listen to the sermons of sparrows And find God in simplicity There among the dandelions and thorn Now I frequent hotel lobbies Like a chain smoker having a bad day A nasty habit that breeds itself Delivering each day to the needy next Each with the promise of glitter and glory But now my tiny heart aches to return Like a daisy rooted in rot and rubbish Asked to grow in strange rooms Fed neon and cold pizza I fear I may wither with forgetfullness So I pull these pages close about my ears Tiny leafy limbs pale with impression My pen a single flame to keep me warm Like a beacon holding memory Until I am able to go back to my lovely mountains Or until I am strong enough to bring the essence to the rest of these hungry people Who long to remember the simplicity which lies beyond the cities inbred streets And the godliness that resides in us all Thank you Jewel Kilcher from one of the hungry people that you have touched deeply. Bill ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V1 #553 ***************************