From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V2 #139 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "jewel-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. jewel-digest Friday, February 28 1997 Volume 02 : Number 139 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: NJC:Gwen in No Doubt [JeLeNe ] Re: In Leann's Defense [Little Earthquake ] njc: i give up. [wdbartho@aldus.northnet.org] NrJC: Jewel's dress [chason@megsinet.net (Coty Weil)] Anti Chain Letter [amelie@juno.com (Amelie R Cabanas-Brown)] A nother Nasty Chain Letter. Real Nasty. [amelie@juno.com (Amelie R Caba] Angel Standing By [Matt Willcourt ] From this weeks' Boston Phoenix ["Smith, Jeffrey F." ] Re: From this weeks' Boston Phoenix [Albert Sze-Wei Wang ] Re: Anti Chain Letter [amelie@juno.com (Amelie R Cabanas-Brown)] Re: Happy Birthday to "Pieces Of You" ["Shaun" ] WOW [Chris Lewis ] NJC: No jewel content what-so-ever.. ["Anthony P. Pego" ] Looking for PITTSBURGH tickets! [asv@po.CWRU.edu (Amelia S. Vlah)] Boots and Glad to be a member [Jason Hecht ] FINALLY on the radio [Horter3@aol.com] SPAM! [asset.moo@mail.utexas.edu] YES-YES-YES! [Lisa Golmen ] Re: YES-YES-YES! [etrigan ] Full text: Jewel Shelves Second Album (2/28/97) [Mike Connell Subject: Re: NJC:Gwen in No Doubt Well from all the people that emailed me about Gwen being pregnant-it turns out that most people are saying that it IS just a rumor. Thanks everyone for replying so quickly, I appreciate it. - -Jelene :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:49:15 -0500 (EST) From: Little Earthquake Subject: Re: In Leann's Defense You know at first I was really pissed off about this whole Leann thing, but I realized how hypocritical I was being in my mind. I want to say that it's just child exploitatiom and that she's just releasing this this "Early Years" thing to make money, to sell albums...it's just a ploy to get people to buy her albums..."hey it's an 11 year old that sounds like Patsy Cline" (I know she's 14, but 11 early? come on....) Then I thought about Alanis (I know we've talked about the whole corporate issue before, but...) and how she got what she wanted:fame and money (I suppose...) So, here's this 14 year old chick who is doing the same thing. I mean, she does have an impressive voice and all, but...I don't know. My point is: I was jealous because she's been sucessful in the business that I want to go into. I should be proud that she is sucessful and not resent her. > it kinda makes me proud...or um...it makes me feel good that someone my age > can accomplish what she has. Shes gotten respect in the music industry from > people who are twice or even three times her age...now i mean thats pretty > damn cool! she has an incredible voice and well...you gotta like anyone who > can yodel ;) ...because i dont > know if this will sound crazy, but its kinda like shes showing people that > young people CAN do anything they put their minds to. and for the people > saying that she didnt work as hard as jewel...well i'm sure she had to work > harder I doubt it. My theory is that someone was looking for that image to market and she stumbled upon them and bam you have a 14 year okd country star. That's what the country music market is all about. The producers get these albums out together and whoever sings the stuff is an after thought. I'm nit saying that there are no country artists who don't feel a passion for what they do or do their own stuff, but this is the basic idea that I see in the country music world. > ...I mean do you know how hard it is to convince adults that you Are >good enough? Of course, but that's an entirely different topic for me to start on...being that I'll be 18 in 12 days, suporting myself and going to school all at the same time I know that it is hard. i mean kids usually get the short end of the stick...she started > when she was 11 right? so you try just walking into a store when your 11 and > see if you get treated the same as adults! you wont... That's because you aren't the same at 11, you aren't the same at 14 and you're still not the same when you're 17 or 18... > win the Best new artist award in the biggest Music ceremony of the >year the Grammy's are a crock....Do you know who votes on the winners? People who can prove that they have engineered three commerciallly released albums. That's in any genre. So, some of the people may never have heard the albums or artists that are up for the awards. Funny....seems that people should be a little more informed about hese things. "this means more to me than anything else in the world" It doesnt say anything about her being a bad person! i would have said the same thing I wouldn't have said that much, but I would have probably been happy to be recognized. KNowing what I do about the music industry I couldn't see it as the greatest accomplishment or anything. Damn....I wrote alot. Too bad I can write this much on this paper I'm working on (3 more pages to go and due in 1 hour) Jennifer (who's not flaming BTW and probably won't say much else about his subject)) #@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@#$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@ "I swear-by my life and my love of it-that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."- John Galt #@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@$&#@# ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 12:18:27 -0500 From: wdbartho@aldus.northnet.org Subject: njc: i give up. i'll quit trying to be funny. if any of you felt i was slandering miss rimes, that was not my intention. yes, i've heard her entire cd. i can honestly say that it follows the rest of today's country music which is written mostly by crafty professional songwriters and shopped around to whatever "artists" want to pick it up. and i'm not making fun of country music here. well...yes i am. *today's* country music at least. i'm 'old school' when i comes to country music. mearl haggard, willie nelson, waylon jennings, early alabama (the greatest), and "the man in black" johnny cash. back when they too, wrote all of their own music. granted, some of today's folks in any music genre can turn someone elses material into a hit, and make people feel good or sad or glad or mad or lovey-dovey. isn't that what music is all about...evoking a feeling, expressing emotion? i do believe however, that the younger generations (less than 35 yrs. old...ballpark figure) seem to gravitate toward those artists that are expressing their own feelings and emotions. one of the first things i look at when i go to buy a cd is who the producer is, or who wrote most of the songs. look at neil young...he's written nearly all of his own material over a span of nearly three decades. 30 years! and you can count the number of producers he's used with only two hands (not the case with *just one* of celine's cd's). all of metallica's albums that pre-date "the black album" were produced by metallica...by far their best efforts. did you ever hear of a metallica fan putting down "justice" or any of the others? no. did you hear metallica fans putting down "metallica," the fist time they used a producer? yes. i guess what i'm trying to say here is that i feel there is a growing majority of music listeners that can appreciate a singer/songwriter such as jewel, steve, or neil young (and just about every canadian band) much more than someone who walks into a studio, gets instructions from 14 different people (celine's own words), and then sings over music that was put together a few days ago. like i said, i'm not out to slander (or libel) anyone. i'm merely throwing my opinion into the mix. if you wanna ostracize (sp) me for doing this...do it privately. yo no voy, s.e.boy ps: i know how old he is. [relax derrick, i'm just trying to be funny...i'll stop :p ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:18:49 -0600 From: chason@megsinet.net (Coty Weil) Subject: NrJC: Jewel's dress No relevant Jewel Contenet gosh darnit, now you got me curious. I was working during the awards and just got glimpses of what's going on when i got ahead on my job (i did happen to see the new artist award part :P) has anyone put a couple pictures of her from the awards on their computer yet? or web page? if so could you please either email me a copy or let me know what page? :)) muchos gracias Coty/Clegg *the quiet lurker angel making his debute (kinda)* ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 12:18:57 -0500 From: amelie@juno.com (Amelie R Cabanas-Brown) Subject: Anti Chain Letter To Whom it may concern: This letter is being sent to you because recently, you were sent a chain letter, which you may or may not have passed on. This is an anti-chain letter. It originated at Portland State University. Its purpose is to put a stop to all of the silliness of chain letters and their complete lack of connection with luck, fortune, or anything else. If you receive this anti-chain letter, keep it until you receive a chain letter. Then instead of spreading the chain letter, send this letter back to whoever sent that obnoxious piece of junk mail to you. If you sent one recently, send this along to the same people. If we get lucky, maybe this will spread all over the world and eventually get back to those goobs who have nothing better to do than write meaningless letters that prey on people's superstitions. (How do they know how many times a letter has been "around the world" anyway?) If you don't, your car will not break down; a close relative is not going to die; and you won't lose all of your money. If you do, you probably won't win a million dollars, receive a promotion, or suddenly find true love. (We sincerely hope you do anyway.) However, you will feel much better about ignoring chain letters in the future. Thank you. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 12:16:17 -0500 From: amelie@juno.com (Amelie R Cabanas-Brown) Subject: A nother Nasty Chain Letter. Real Nasty. > >sORRY IT IS A CHAIN BUT PLEASE READ IT > > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20 > > *Warning* > > If you do not pass this > >on= > >, > >something as bad as these stories, or WORSE will happen to you. Take > >thes= > >e > >three cases: > > =20 > > CASE 1: Kelly Sedey had one wish, for her boyfriend of three > >yea= > >rs, > >David Marsden, to propose to her. Then one day when she was out to lunch > >David proposed! She accepted, but then had to leave because she had a > >maj= > >or > >meeting in 20 min. When she got to her office, she noticed on her > >compute= > >r > >she had e-mail. She checked it, the usual stuff from her friends, but > >the= > >n > >she saw one that she had never gotten before. It was this letter. She > >sim= > >ply > >deleted it without even reading it all. BIG MISTAKE! Later that evening, > >= > >she > >received a phone call from the police. It was about DAVID! He had been > >in= > > an > >acedent with a 18 wheeler. He didn't survive. If she would've sent the > >le= > >tter > >to 10 people, David wouldn't have died. > > =20 > > CASE 2: Take Katie Robbenson. She recieved this letter and > >being= > > the > >believer that she was, she sent it on to a few of her friends but didn't > >= > >have > >enough e-mail addresses to send out the full 10 that you must. Three days > >later, Katie went to a masquerade ball. Later that night when she left > >to= > > get > >her car to go home, she was killed on the spot by a hit-and-run drunk > >dri= > >ver. > >If she would have sent it to the right amount of people, she would still > >= > >be > >alive today.=20 > > =20 > > CASE 3: Richard S. Willis sent this letter out within 45 minutes > >= > >of > >reading it. Not even 4 hours later was he walking along the street to > >his= > > new > >job interveiw with a really big company, when he ran into Cythia Bell, > >hi= > >s > >secret love for 5 years. Cynthia came up to him and told him of her > >passionate crush on him that she had had on him for 2 years. Three days > >later, he proposed to her and they got married. Cythia and Richard are > >St= > >ill=20 > >married with three children, happy as ever! > > =20 > > This is the letter: > > You must send this on in 3 hours after reading this letter to 10 > >different people. If you do this, you will receive unbeleveably good > >luck= > > in > >love. The person that you are most attracted to will soon return your > >feelings. If you do not, bad luck will rear it's ugly head at you. THIS > >I= > >S > >NOT A JOKE! You have read the warnings, seen the cases, and the > >consiquen= > >ces. > >You MUST send this on or face dreadfuly bad luck. > > = > > =20 > > =20 > > *NOTE* The more people that you send this to, the better luck you > >= > >will > >have. > > =20 > > P.S. I did not make this up, someone sent it to me and I am passing > >i= > >t > >on! You Send it by clicking forward on the side, in case u don't know > >how= > > > > - --------- End forwarded message ---------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 09:46:43 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Willcourt Subject: Angel Standing By I was wondering if this was anyone else's favorite song from POY (Happy Birthday). I thought I was alone, but it seems from all of the setlists that Jewel is playing this a lot, which leads me to believe it is a popular song. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 13:43:00 -0500 From: "Smith, Jeffrey F." Subject: From this weeks' Boston Phoenix Here's a review of last week's Boston show from this week's Boston Phoenix. The reviewer gets some song titles and lyrics wrong, but she probably never heard a lot of this material before... Jeff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - --- Natural gem Jewel charms at the Orpheum by Joan Anderman Jewel is at that profoundly brief, luminous moment in life when the irrepressible blush of her youth and the emerging depth and breadth of her talent converge, and she throws a truly radiant light. What a surprise. Her debut CD, Pieces of You, released two years ago this week, was promising yet burdened with noodling folk tunes and navel-gazing adolescent poetry. But Jewel has found humor and wit and a new finesse with her sometimes stunning crazy quilt of a singing voice. Not to suggest that she's abandoned her coffeehouse roots for a slick stage show. At a sold-out Orpheum show last Friday (with openers Rugburns) she was loose and natural as ever, down to the flowing, flowered dress and bare, fresh-scrubbed face. Jewel has, simply, ripened. Surely the last two years spent opening for Bob Dylan, Neil Young (an early supporter whose Northern California studio she recorded in), the Ramones, goth-rocker Peter Murphy (an especially bizarre pairing), and Belly, among others, stirred her creative juices. A good half of her set at the Orpheum was devoted to new material, a wryly exuberant batch of songs that by comparison made the tunes from her album sound plodding and puerile. "I got to sing with Bob Dylan; I got to smell his garlic breath. That's how cool I am!" she reported (one of several outbursts celebrating her freshly minted star status) in introduction to the Dylan-inspired "Sometimes It Can Be That Way," an acerbic tome crammed with dry quips like "I'm sorry if Jesus died for my sins, I promise it'll never happen again." After seeing her in concert, I can understand why Jewel's record company (Atlantic) bucked industry protocol and stuck with her while Pieces of You languished for more than a year after its release (the wait has paid off; the album, now double-platinum, has been on the Billboard album charts for a year and is in the Top 10). She's a natural performer who turns on in direct proportion to turning on her audience. On a spare stage scattered with bunches of red roses and a massive cluster of white candles, Jewel opened with an a cappella rendering of "Near You Always," followed by "Morning Song" -- both lightweight folk ballads. She can gild the simple song, though, with low murmurs, throaty wails, girlish patter, and soaring soprano meanderings. There are shades of both Joans (Baez and Osborne), Emmylou Harris, and Rickie Lee Jones -- especially on her first single, "Who Will Save Your Soul, " which itself sounds uncomfortably similar to any number of Rickie Lee tunes. It's a winsome, jazzy piece that begs for improvisation, but Jewel's live performance rarely strayed from the recording's licks and melodies. She did let herself stretch on the new stuff, thrilled, I imagine, to be charting new territory. "Run, Tonto, Run" was an earnest blues-rocker. "It's Nothing Without Love" was a lovely blithe waltz. "I Love Boston" is a spontaneous(-sounding) recitation of her experiences at local landmarks -- T.T. the Bear's Place, the Middle East, Mama Kin, the Fenway, Harvard Square, etc. (Jewel loses big points if she revises this bit in every city). And then there was "My Own Private God's Gift to Women," a power-punk retort to an asshole who picked her up hitchhiking: "I've been saving myself my whole life for a slimeball like you/I'm so desperate I'll do your mom and you." Glorious strains of cello, a delicate smattering of percussion, and Jewel's acoustic guitar adorned the gentler songs; occasional backbone was supplied by members of the opening act, Rugburns, a local San Diego folk-pop trio whose singer/guitarist, Steve Poltz, is Jewel's good buddy and songwriting partner. Rugburns deserve a listen, and better still a look: three cute guys in a line, bouncing in unison and playing really smart Western-inflected folk rock on acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, and snare drum, and making more music than a lot of bigger, louder bands crank out. Tongues rammed in cheek, they investigated the twisted corners of love and heartache in songs like "Baby I'm Gonna Have To Give You Up for Lent," "The Impala of Love," and "Daddy, She's a Goddess (Can We Keep Her)," on which Jewel made an early appearance, a cowboy's dream in jeans and boots, dancing like a giddy kid and singing like an angel. There's the heart of Jewel's appeal: she's a 22-year-old Gen Xer who doesn't trade in anger and angst, and a polished, proficient vocalist who hits bad notes 'cause they feel right. She's a sweet girl who flips off obnoxious fans. She wrote a punk song and sang a lullaby. Jewel yodels, sexily. Now that's cool. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 13:56:33 -0500 From: Miguel Antonio Gonzalez Subject: Jewel in The New York Daily News, Thursday 2/27/97 Page 44, Hits From Backstage Jewel, a presenter and multi-loser, was asked about the very revealing dress she wore, which offered a near see-through top. "It's hard to realize that these things go out to millions of people," she said. "Tomorrow I'll be saying, `What was I thinking?'" NJC: Patty Griffin was wonderful in a much to short 25-minute set to open the Patty Griffin/Freedy Johnson/Shawn Colvin show at the Beacon Theatre, NYC. Shawn was fabulous as ever and had producer/co-writer/ex-boyfriend/husband of Rosanne Cash John Leventhal sitting in with her band and a pretty good backup singer named Lyle Lovett for a a few songs. She threw in a couple of new covers ranging from The Beatles to The Artist formerly Known as Prince. I highly recommend checking the show out when it comes to a venue near you. Mike Gonzalez speedygo@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 12:12:54 -0700 (MST) From: laura catherine taylor Subject: Re: Angel Standing By > I was wondering if this was anyone else's favorite song from POY (Happy > Birthday). I thought I was alone, but it seems from all of the setlists > that Jewel is playing this a lot, which leads me to believe it is a > popular song. > > my favorite songs from poy are angel standing by, amen, and foolish games. when i first got the album, angel standing by was my favorite. then foolish games. now amen. well, now all of them. i just love all of them. i never really liked who will save your soul. i have had the cd for almost a year and yet, it wasn't until yesterday night that i fell in love with that song. strange isn't it? lauralune ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 19:27:12 +0000 () From: Albert Sze-Wei Wang Subject: Re: From this weeks' Boston Phoenix On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Smith, Jeffrey F. wrote: > Here's a review of last week's Boston show from this week's Boston > Phoenix. The reviewer > gets some song titles and lyrics wrong, but she probably never heard a > lot of this material before... > > Jeff At times like these, I wish I had gotten on this list sooner. I completely missed that performance, in fact I didn't even know it was happening. :( Albert bahamude@user1.channel1.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:28:07 -0500 From: Crash Boy Subject: UPDATE: Crash Boy's EDA Page hi guy! i now have LizStock pictures up at my web page. they're only from my set of pictures. i'm still waiting for larry's pics. i'll see him at the beacon on monday, so maybe i'll get them then. just a disclaimer: all of my site uses jpegs, but this time, i decided to use indexed color gifs that used a special web color palette that takes all of the common basic colors used by pcs and macs and are also common on all browsers. this is so that everyone could view the pics decently without having to have a monitor that can display millions of colors, or thousands for that matter. of course, this is just an experiment. if the page looks like crap, just tell me. i think i'll eventually change it to jpgs anyway, but i thought i'd try this out. well, check my page at: http://members.aol.com/cbpage2/lizstock/ls1.htm or go the main page at the URL below. eric :) - -- Crash Boy's EDA Page --- http://members.aol.com/boycrash/crashboy.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:44:43 -0500 From: amelie@juno.com (Amelie R Cabanas-Brown) Subject: Re: Anti Chain Letter On Fri, 28 Feb 1997 13:03:26 -0500 (EST) KUNKEL@taurus.cs.lmco.com writes: >and the point of sending those TWO chain letters (yes, they're BOTH >chain >letters despite what you call them) to the list was what?!? > >Are you trying to see how many flames you can get or what? > > >Please don't send anything like that to the list again. >Thank you. I'm sorry... I didn't mean to send those to the list. Sorry guys... It won't happen again..... Amelie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:58:27 -0800 From: "Shaun" Subject: Re: Happy Birthday to "Pieces Of You" > PoY was released two years ago today. Wow, another amazing coincendence. I joined the list exactly one month ago today!!!! - -Shaun ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:59:24 -0800 (PST) From: Trent Smith Subject: Boston Phoenix review What a great review! I'm saving this one to show to people who still don't believe me that Jewel's the greatest thing since the proverbial sliced bread. I disagree, of course, with the reviewer's not-too-positive take on "Pieces of You," but all is forgiven because of everything else he said. And that is all I have to say. Trent Smith ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:05:16 -0600 From: Chris Lewis Subject: WOW It seems like the Signal-To-Noise ratio has dropped to an all time low. Please, don't belittle any of the artists who got awards just because Jewel didn't win. LeAnn Rimes winning Best New Artist actually was Grammy history. She was one of three Country musicians ever nominated for BNA, and THE FIRST TO WIN! You have to give her something for that. And she was 12 when she recorded "Blue". I'm impressed! Jewel will have her day. And anyway - how 'bout the Fugees! Chris - waiting for Chicago EDA gathering! Christopher G. Lewis Taylor Management Systems, Inc. 2800 River Road, Suite 425 Des Plaines, IL 60018 P:(847) 803-1500 - F:(847) 803-1509 Pager (800) 746-8204 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 15:26:32 -0600 From: "Anthony P. Pego" Subject: NJC: No jewel content what-so-ever.. And still I seem to survive things that are thrown my way.. and I call it good. Sorry for dropping out of the list so suddenly a long while back folks.. hard times hit, I'm sure you know all the sob stories of life.. they apply to me as well.. got kicked out of my house, hard to sell everything I owned (including computer of course) so I had no way of contacting you who might have cared to know why 'Pego' just upped and left. But all is getting better.. I was able to work my @ss off and get a place after a couple months and now I've achieved online-ness. Its great. Sooo.. I'm back, though not many would have noticed my absence. Hope I can still keep up with you guys.. hope to chat with you guys soon. - -Pego pmg@telepath.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 15:40:08, -0500 From: KPHQ23A@prodigy.com (MR TIMOTHY D CELMER) Subject: 1st Post From 1 Yr EDA (Apparently Shy) To: Subject: 1st Post From 1 Yr EDA (Apparently shy) I've carefully read over 1000 digests of this tremendous group and would like to thank all for the entertainment and information continuously provided... I'm prompted to write today w/ some questions I'd love to see addressed: 1) I live in LA. I plan to see Jewel at the Wiltern Theatre Apr 2nd and 3rd. I'll be buying the tickets from Ticketmaster tomorrow. They go on sale by phone at 9am. They go on sale at outlets at 10am. To get the best seats SHOULD I CALL IN? (They do not provide seating location nor do they mail tics until up to 48hrs before the show.) Will I get better tics by phone or should I be first in an outlet line for the 10 o'clock sale? (At least I'll have the tics in my eager hands and know where they are, though I'll find it hard to stomach the 9:00 to 10:00 wait knowing the theatre could be filling up). THOSE IN THE KNOW, WHAT SHOULD I DO?? 2) I'm curious, could someone please address why Jewel's never performed on Saturday Night Live? Anyone know? I'd love to have two contiguous "live" songs from Jewel recorded in one night! Perhaps she's never been invited as a guest... though it seems impossible to me. Someone meeting her or Leandra soon should throw out the question and post. It seems an interesting enough query to me. and finally... 3) Of course this is absolutely no business of mine or ours, but I am wondering in general, (and I know there are those like Dan Stark perhaps qualified to answer) Could our Jewel yet have become a millionaire w/ her success (nearly 3 million albums sold and constant touring)??? How much is she, a relatively "new-starting-from-nothing" artist likely to earn as royalties for each album sold?? Again its not my business but I'm willing to admit that at 30 I've not quite reached even 6 figure status. (Jewel mentioned that she never gets bumped to first class or anything on flights because of her "celebrity" status so she's flying coach like the rest of us). What would you venture Atlantic has done for her???? Any responses appreciated (to the list if deemed appropriate) or by private email. Thanks much, from a "two live performance veteran" going for two more. This is Timothy C. signing off with the late cry "Mira Sorvino for President"! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 15:33:09, -0500 From: KPHQ23A@prodigy.com (MR TIMOTHY D CELMER) Subject: 1st Post From 1 Yr EDA (Apparently shy) I've carefully read over 1000 digests of this tremendous group and would like to thank all for the entertainment and information continuously provided... I'm prompted to write today w/ some questions I'd love to see addressed: 1) I live in LA. I plan to see Jewel at the Wiltern Theatre Apr 2nd and 3rd. I'll be buying the tickets from Ticketmaster tomorrow. They go on sale by phone at 9am. They go on sale at outlets at 10am. To get the best seats SHOULD I CALL IN? (They do not provide seating location nor do they mail tics until up to 48hrs before the show.) Will I get better tics by phone or should I be first in an outlet line for the 10 o'clock sale? (At least I'll have the tics in my eager hands and know where they are, though I'll find it hard to stomach the 9:00 to 10:00 wait knowing the theatre could be filling up). THOSE IN THE KNOW, WHAT SHOULD I DO?? 2) I'm curious, could someone please address why Jewel's never performed on Saturday Night Live? Anyone know? I'd love to have two contiguous "live" songs from Jewel recorded in one night! Perhaps she's never been invited as a guest... though it seems impossible to me. Someone meeting her or Leandra soon should throw out the question and post. It seems an interesting enough query to me. and finally... 3) Of course this is absolutely no business of mine or ours, but I am wondering in general, (and I know there are those like Dan Stark perhaps qualified to answer) Could our Jewel yet have become a millionaire w/ her success (nearly 3 million albums sold and constant touring)??? How much is she, a relatively "new-starting-from-nothing" artist likely to earn as royalties for each album sold?? Again its not my business but I'm willing to admit that at 30 I've not quite reached even 6 figure status. (Jewel mentioned that she never gets bumped to first class or anything on flights because of her "celebrity" status so she's flying coach like the rest of us). What would you venture Atlantic has done for her???? Any responses appreciated (to the list if deemed appropriate) or by private email. Thanks much, from a "two live performance veteran" going for two more. This is Timothy C. signing off with the late cry "Mira Sorvino for President"! KPHQ23A@prodigy.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:53:29 -0500 From: chrissie Subject: Re: Re: nmjc, grammy results, my gripes about artists who don't write their material > This brings an interesting point to mind, why isn't there an award (or > awards) for the song writers, I mean, MTV does awards for the directors and > such, why shouldn't there be an award for the writing of songs - Just a > thought..... they do.. one of the two awards.. either record of the year or song of the year.. goes to the writers.. im thinking it's record... but im not sure... P.S. i loved jewel's dress :) chrissie "what's that say about you..." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:56:56 -0500 From: chrissie Subject: Re: Who cares anymore? > 10. I hate fuckin Valentines day > me too...i love this :) valentines day is an overcommercailized piece of plastic.. just like christmas..no longer is it about romance.. its about how many characher cards and candy hearts we can buy chrissie "what's that say about you..." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 17:12:41 -0500 (EST) From: asv@po.CWRU.edu (Amelia S. Vlah) Subject: Looking for PITTSBURGH tickets! yep, that's all.. read the subject. anyone got an extra or two? otherwise, I'll be the girl standing outside polumbo, waiting, waiting and waiting some more for turn ins and scalpers. thanks! :) Peace, Mia! ~~~~~ Vale et me ama, Amelia S. Vlah *turtle* asv@po.cwru.edu "If there aren't any shadows, there isn't enough light" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 97 17:14:50 EST From: Jason Hecht Subject: Boots and Glad to be a member This is my first day as a member of this list serv and I would like to commend you on the number of mail that you write. I have been a Jewel fan for a long time, but never thought about a serv until today. Ironic how it's the anniversary of Pieces of You (as someone pointed out earlier). Also, POY has me anxious to get my hands on some more of Jewel's work. Does anyone have or know of any bootlegs or other cd's that might be floating around. I hope you all saw here on Letterman a few weeks ago. WOW!! Might I also add that she was ripped off by not winning a Grammy. I can't stand LeAnn's music and the only reason she won is everybody thinks she the next superyoung Patsy Cline. Jewel is still the Best New Artist in my mind. Thanks and I look forward to being a part of this server for a long time. Jason Hecht ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 18:04:31 -0500 (EST) From: Horter3@aol.com Subject: FINALLY on the radio Welp...they JUST played YWMFM on one of the local stations that has already played spots for the upcoming BErkeley gig. Sheesh! At least the DJ didn;t rip on her or talk about her boobs. Which HAS been known to happen. Or so they say. More soon on a Berkeley gathering. Stay tuned. Tom "And I can reflect on the days when respect had nothing to do with behavior" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 17:46:08 -0600 From: asset.moo@mail.utexas.edu Subject: SPAM! Hmmm I am not much of a SPAM-eater (veggie), but I do think the idea is pure genious! Hey all of you SPAM fans out there... did you know that there is a SPAM-O-RAMA right here in my beautiful 9 months out of the year home... Austin Tx????? I hear it is really neat and I plan on attending just for laughs and out of interest! Ill keep any of you posted if you want to hear more (email me) and I will update you on the date of this lovely occation! 0:c ) Tessa ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 00:48:45 +0100 (MET) From: Lisa Golmen Subject: YES-YES-YES! A Norwegian cable-station is airing a re-run of the Grammy`s tomorrow! That means I`ll get to see *that dress* afterall! Mind you, it`s not often I get to see Jewel on TV.... Oh, and it`s my birthday on Sunday. ...I thought this was the best way og letting the world know... LisAngel. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 19:05:12 -0500 From: etrigan Subject: Re: YES-YES-YES! Lisa Golmen wrote: > > A Norwegian cable-station is airing a re-run of the Grammy`s tomorrow! > That means I`ll get to see *that dress* afterall! Mind you, it`s not often I > get to see Jewel on TV.... The looks smashing in the dress. On top of that she's on stage with Keyser Soze!@!@# ANYWAYZ...you can pretty much turn it off after that cuz no-more jewel will be seen. :( > Oh, and it`s my birthday on Sunday. ...I thought this was the best way og > letting the world know... Happy Birthday@! okby, kung fu mike ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 19:14:37 -0500 From: Mike Connell Subject: Full text: Jewel Shelves Second Album (2/28/97) Brenda wrote: > A small blurb in today's Ottawa Sun on Jewel. Taken from their on line version at: > http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusic/jewel_second.html Well, for the web-challenged, below is the full text of that article. (Complete with some errors, as usual) Mike Jewel has finished recording the follow-up to her double-platinum debut but has decided to put the album on hold 'til 1998. The singer-songwriter -- who, in her leave-nothing-to-the-imagination dress, was the talk of the Grammys, despite coming away from the awards empty-handed -- enlisted Rush/Queensryche collaborator Peter Collins to produce her second set. The album was actually completed in a whirlwind four-week session last fall, just before she hit the road as the opening act for Neil Young's tour. "I've kind of already outgrown a lot of what I've done on the (new) album, so I'm getting the chance to really think about what I'm doing," Jewel told Jam! Recently from Boston. "I hadn't really ever been in a studio before, because my first album was live, mostly. So it was really a brand new experience, and I was just kind of very wide-eyed the whole time. So some of the musicians, I didn't even get to take as much advantage of as I would now, to utilize them the way I would now." Does the next album sound much like the first one? "No, there's a lot more band stuff," she said. "I think my hands have caught up to my head. I'm able to do a lot more styles now. Before I could only play three chords on the guitar, so I was limited to a very certain kind of sound, which isn't really me." Given his work with Rush and Queensryche, Collins seems like an odd choice to produce, but Jewel had very specific reasons for choosing him. "The real neat thing about Peter is that he's not a producer in the typical sense that he brings something to you. Like Daniel Lanois, say, who I'm a big fan of, but at the same time, you're going to get a sound, you know what I mean? A lot of producers are that way. You work with them because you want a certain kind of sound, and I didn't want that. "My first album was really me. I basically got to produce it. Nobody told me this is what you have to edit, and this is what sound you need to make it cool, and this one was same way. Peter's real talent is making everybody sound like themselves." Despite that glowing testimonial, Jewel said some of the completed tracks "missed the mark" and plans to re-cut a few of the tracks. Will Collins be asked back? "I'm not sure. I haven't given it enough thought, to tell you the truth." In the meantime, Jewel will be on the road for at least the rest of 1997. "The first album is on its third single (the top 10 "You Were Meant For Me")," she said, "so it could be another year before the next album comes out" /\//\\///\\\////\\\\/////\\\\\//////\\\\\\/////\\\\\////\\\\///\\\//\\/\ \ New to the list and confused? Need to find a members' Email addy? / / This and more helpful info can be found in the "Jewel Mailing List \ \ Netiquette And New Member Guide" at http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup / / ducksoup@spectra.net /\ \/ /\ \/ /\ DuckOfPrey@AOL.com \ \/\\//\\\///\\\\////\\\\\/////\\\\\\//////\\\\\/////\\\\////\\\///\\//\/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 19:16:53 -0500 From: Mike Connell Subject: Full text: Jewel Shelves Second Album (2/28/97) Brenda wrote: > A small blurb in today's Ottawa Sun on Jewel. Taken from their on line version at: > http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusic/jewel_second.html Well, for the web-challenged, below is the full text of that article. (Complete with some reporting errors, as usual) Mike ____________ Jewel has finished recording the follow-up to her double-platinum debut but has decided to put the album on hold 'til 1998. The singer-songwriter -- who, in her leave-nothing-to-the-imagination dress, was the talk of the Grammys, despite coming away from the awards empty-handed -- enlisted Rush/Queensryche collaborator Peter Collins to produce her second set. The album was actually completed in a whirlwind four-week session last fall, just before she hit the road as the opening act for Neil Young's tour. "I've kind of already outgrown a lot of what I've done on the (new) album, so I'm getting the chance to really think about what I'm doing," Jewel told Jam! Recently from Boston. "I hadn't really ever been in a studio before, because my first album was live, mostly. So it was really a brand new experience, and I was just kind of very wide-eyed the whole time. So some of the musicians, I didn't even get to take as much advantage of as I would now, to utilize them the way I would now." Does the next album sound much like the first one? "No, there's a lot more band stuff," she said. "I think my hands have caught up to my head. I'm able to do a lot more styles now. Before I could only play three chords on the guitar, so I was limited to a very certain kind of sound, which isn't really me." Given his work with Rush and Queensryche, Collins seems like an odd choice to produce, but Jewel had very specific reasons for choosing him. "The real neat thing about Peter is that he's not a producer in the typical sense that he brings something to you. Like Daniel Lanois, say, who I'm a big fan of, but at the same time, you're going to get a sound, you know what I mean? A lot of producers are that way. You work with them because you want a certain kind of sound, and I didn't want that. "My first album was really me. I basically got to produce it. Nobody told me this is what you have to edit, and this is what sound you need to make it cool, and this one was same way. Peter's real talent is making everybody sound like themselves." Despite that glowing testimonial, Jewel said some of the completed tracks "missed the mark" and plans to re-cut a few of the tracks. Will Collins be asked back? "I'm not sure. I haven't given it enough thought, to tell you the truth." In the meantime, Jewel will be on the road for at least the rest of 1997. "The first album is on its third single (the top 10 "You Were Meant For Me")," she said, "so it could be another year before the next album comes out" /\//\\///\\\////\\\\/////\\\\\//////\\\\\\/////\\\\\////\\\\///\\\//\\/\ \ New to the list and confused? Need to find a members' Email addy? / / This and more helpful info can be found in the "Jewel Mailing List \ \ Netiquette And New Member Guide" at http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup / / ducksoup@spectra.net /\ \/ /\ \/ /\ DuckOfPrey@AOL.com \ \/\\//\\\///\\\\////\\\\\/////\\\\\\//////\\\\\/////\\\\////\\\///\\//\/ ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V2 #139 ***************************