From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V2 #410 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Tuesday, June 3 1997 Volume 02 : Number 410 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Jewel in Acoustic Guitar mag [dkaracos@marlin.utmb.edu (Derrick)] NJC:WE HAVE A WINNER! [Victor Igor Wasylczenko ] Jewel in my H.S. Yearbook ["The Bowman Family" ] Jewel's age/first songs [dkaracos@marlin.utmb.edu (Derrick)] Re: Acoustic Guitar/Guitar World Acoustic review [Albert Sze-Wei Wang ] JEWEL ON LETTERMAN [ELENI15@aol.com] Jewel on Letterman, HELP ME!!!!!!!!! [red_ranger@juno.com (Nick the Just)] concerned about Jewel`s health [pferland@rocler.qc.ca (L.a.e.a.)] Re: The "Dave" performance [Steve Garrett ] Re:"Homesteading" [YOEST4244@duq3.cc.duq.edu] NJC Bob Dylan's okay [sparksmark@juno.com (Sparks the Everyday Angel)] Re: Satellite Tabs [Sergio Faissol ] Jewel on letterman! [agalinanes@microjuris.com (Angel M. Galinanes)] Re: concerned about Jewel`s health [Angel ] NJC:RAFFLE WINNING NUMBERS [Victor Igor Wasylczenko ] Re: NJC: Something Tori said... [She Who Is ] Re: jewel-digest V2 #409 [kareng@ici.net (karen gannon)] Jewel on Letterman, some NJC [sparksmark@juno.com (Sparks the Everyday An] Re: The "Dave" performance [sparksmark@juno.com (Sparks the Everyday Ange] Absolutely NJC: Film Schools [kareng@ici.net (karen gannon)] Guitarless on Letterman [jnj@mail.better.net] the new angel on the block [FLASH51581@aol.com] Satellite Tabs [pwmielech@stthomas.edu] Re: concerned about Jewel`s health [Albert Sze-Wei Wang ] re: Guitarless on Letterman [HAlbans@dca.gov.au] Foolish Games Music Video [romarch@juno.com (Sharon Pham)] NJC: Ashley Brumback? ["Lucas" ] NJC [tom morales ] NJC: I haven't read my mail for *too* long [Hunter Eggink Subject: NJC:WE HAVE A WINNER! I am proud to announce the first winner of the raffle. Matt Willcourt He has won the Jewel personally autograghed t-shirt that was donated by Duff. Congratulations! Send me the address you want the prize sent to. Igor ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 16:03:02 -0400 From: "The Bowman Family" Subject: Jewel in my H.S. Yearbook Hey Everyone!! I hope everbody's doing o.k. Guess what?? I just got my H.S. yearbook last week and Jewel is in it. There's a section about music. Jewel isn't in the article, but there is a HUGE full page picture of her with a little blurb next to her. It says: Before hitting it big the 22-year-old performer, Jewel, from Alaska lived on carrots and peanut butter. Performing with her acoustic guitar, Jewel sings songs from her plantinum album "Pieces of You." Pretty cool, huh??? Well, my last day of High School is over. Thank God!!! I'm finally going to be a sophomore and not a freshman. Only 3 more years to go!!! ~Jennifer Bowman :-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 15:04:38 -0500 (CDT) From: dkaracos@marlin.utmb.edu (Derrick) Subject: Jewel's age/first songs Angelsndby@aol.com writes: - ---------------------------------------------------- >umm....she wrote some (songs) at 16 too. >i don't care!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------- Comments anyone? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 16:15:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Albert Sze-Wei Wang Subject: Re: Acoustic Guitar/Guitar World Acoustic review On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Larry G. wrote: > Albert Sze-Wei Wang wrote: > > A homestead has a little of everything, so... it seems to be > > more appropriate. > I think I remember from 6th grade geography that the U.S. government, > under the Homestead Act of something or other year, gave large parcels > of land in unsettled territories to people who would agree to live there > and use it. I always just assumed that's why the term applied to the > Kilcher land. *nod* Well, I don't know if it was homesteaded land by law, but the noun definition of homestead was simply a home and it's surrounding land occupied by a family. The verb homestead was created in 1872 in response to the exact act you mentioned. :) Henceforth, homestead became a verb as well. :) Of course, it is an interesting question whether the Kilcher estate was homesteaded in by law. ^_^ Albert Wang Dark Seraph bahamude@user1.channel1.com Jewel Quotes and QTs http://hugse1.harvard.edu/~wangal/jewel.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 15:09:10 -0500 (CDT) From: dkaracos@marlin.utmb.edu (Derrick) Subject: Correction I stated earlier that Jewel had been on Dave's show 4 times in the past couple years. Actually, it's ben 4 times in the past 13 months! Way to go Jewel! Is that a celebrity record..does anyone know? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 15:18:00 -0500 (CDT) From: asset.moo@mail.utexas.edu (TesSA) Subject: Re: jewel-digest V2 #406 >From: Garrett Fabian : >In a recent interview with USA Weekend, Ringo Starr challenged the writer >to do an article on him and his music without mentioning the Beatles, >saying something to the effect that that would be the mark of great >journalism. HOw true! I think that is a HUGE feat! Good for RIngo! I feel that same type of challenge should apply to people >writing about Jewel: if you can do an article on Jewel without mentioning >Alaska, that damn homestead, dumpster diving, and hands manifesting >thought, then you get the gold star for the day. I'm so tired of the same >old fluff on Jewel being rehased that I find myslef wondering why the only >thing my hands manifest are five dollar bills to read esentially the same >>interview again and again. True, but I think the reason that all of these articles are almost hte same is because now Jewel is being publisized (spelling?!), whether it is good for her career or not, and well, it is pretty interesting to find an artist who had a different upbringing... Not all people out there are as fortunate as us EDA's to have found Jewel and know so much about her... we are truely blessed =o) "We appreciate her artistic endeavors, but can you please ask >Jewel not to yodel in math class?" Hhahahahahhaa, I nearly fell out of this chair laughing! That is so cute! I think that if I could have yodeled back then, I would have yodelled in Math class! :c) By the way...why does >everyone keep calling it a "homestead"...you never hear "ranch" or "farm" >or "cabin". I don't know why that bothers me, it just does...like locks on >a 24-hour-a-day convienience store. Ummmm I may be wrong so dont flame me or anything, but I think that Homestead refers to a large mass of land owned... as is a ranch and a plantation, but I beleve those terms are used regionally. I know we have mostly ranches here in Texas and hte southwest, and plantaions cover the south, and I have heard of more homesteads in teh northern regions of this country. As I said I am prolly not all right, but heh... just trying to help :v) Well you all have a GREAT day! *HUgs* all of you wonderful EDA's Tessa the little "Harris" }}angel{{ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 16:21:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Emilia Garvey Subject: NJC:NOt Fair!! I have called in twice on two different days to this radio station for this one contest..and I was number 6 both times!! (as opposed to 7) not fair!! Emilia "The Jilted Angel" Garvey _____________________________________________________________________ "You were the only one, you were the censor, you'll never people me, I'm not defenseless." ----Bush "Insect Kin" "Ratotuille Strychinine, sometimes she's a friend of mine, with a gigantic whirlpool that will blow your mind.." -Tori Amos "Mr.Zebra" ______________________________________________________________ ************************ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <> Embrasse moi Paco!-E.G.<> *Don't you feel salty now?-G.M. * ************************ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 17:33:31 -0400 (EDT) From: ELENI15@aol.com Subject: JEWEL ON LETTERMAN I agree that Foolish games was a little rough, and her moving around all the time..... I think she may have been nervous or something, and I think that the reason why she was moving her hands so much is because she wasn't playing the guitar, so for once, she had "free hands." Don't get me wrong, I love Jewel and all, but I didn't think that her performance was the best she's done or anything. Alexis ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 17:33:19 -0700 From: red_ranger@juno.com (Nick the Just) Subject: Jewel on Letterman, HELP ME!!!!!!!!! Guess what, no, you gotta guess......fine. Getting cought up in finals and homework, I forgot to tape Jewel on Letterman. Don't bother e-mailing me and saying it was a repeat cause I haven't seen it yet. Was she good? Send me a copy. PLEASE!!!! Even people that hate Jewel (I don't see how this is possible) saw it. I need a copy! Nick the blured angel "I struggle with these words Because my words are divine I trip and fall over the letters But I fall gracefully." -ME, Nick the blured angel- PS- I have written SOME other poetry longer than this. I want to hear some poetry from other EDA's ,and would be glad if you asked me for some. It would make my day. =) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 17:58:52 -0400 From: pferland@rocler.qc.ca (L.a.e.a.) Subject: concerned about Jewel`s health Hail hail fellow Angels, i dont know if i am the only one like that,but last night`s appearence disturbed me.Not that i din`t like it,loved it,really loved it,it`s the little thing she said at the end six months of touring,and"yeah im exhausted",and i`ve read a past entry on the list who shared the same worry.Ami just paranoid or somehtin? L.a.e.a. Dont ever lose hope,it worx.-Jewel The color Angel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 16:53:23 -0500 From: Steve Garrett Subject: Re: The "Dave" performance Derrick wrote: > About some things she said...I thought she was 20 when she made POY. I know she > *wrote* some of the songs earlier than that, but she said she was 19 when > the CD came out...I don't think that's true. Maybe what she was thinking > and saying were 2 different things. If it came out in 2/95, that would make > her 20. well, to clear some things up; the CD came out in Feb of 1995, which would have made her 19, since she didn't turn 20 till may 23. Well, just wanted to clear that up. She did have a great peformance, didn't she? Jewel is always awesome. Later, Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 17:56:12 -0400 (EDT) From: YOEST4244@duq3.cc.duq.edu Subject: Re:"Homesteading" I hope that this isn't too irrelevant to the concept of this Jewel list, but, in many biographies and stories that are written about Jewel and her upbringing this is mentioned, and the word "Homestead" is always used, so, for the edification of all EDAs who may be interested: The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed any US citizen or citizens to get "for free" any parcel of land up to 400 acres owned by the US Federal Government provided that that person lived on that land and farmed it for at least five years. That land then became their property--not Uncle Sam's any longer. I believe that the purpose of this act was to try to encourage settlers to move West and to establish stable families, farms, and communities there. See, in the 1800's the US got all of this Western land previously owned by the French (the Louisiana Purchase), the Mexicans (most of the present-day Southwest and California), and of course the Native Americans (who, before Europeans came along, owned the whole entire continent, of course!). The gov't simply didn't know what to do with these huge tracts of land, and quite frankly I'm not so sure what I'd do with them either. They could've given it back to the original owners, of course, but that wasn't much in keeping with the spirit of the times, sooo, some people had the idea of "giving" it to people who would likely build stable communities and, oh yes by the way, feed the big cities back East, as farmers, farm families, and communities build around them likely would. *Some* of the great Western migration of the 19th century in the US involved farmers who were homesteading, although a lot more of it involved farmers who had to purchase their land from railroads, who had gotten/bribed Uncle Sam to give them the best of the Western lands so that they could build railroads on it (they'd sell off the land to the farmers to pay for the cost of building the railroads). If my memory serves me correctly, only about one-fifth of the farms west of the Mississippi River were homesteads, but this "romantic" legend of "the settling of the US West with simple, Jeffersonian farmers who homesteaded" kind of persists to this day. For EDAs who are less interested in the general facts of US history and more specifically interested in the Kilcher story, well...I don't know :) Or, more precisely, I don't know *exactly*--but from what I've written above and from what we've all read in the "Jewel FAQs" and on all of the Jewel web pages we can probably figure it out. All of these web pages and FAQs refer to the "800-acre family homestead founded by Jewel's grandfather, who immigrated to the US from Switzerland". Basically, it sounds to me as if Jewel's grandfather came to the US from Switzerland, became a US citizen or was in the process of doing so, knew how to farm, found out about homesteading, found a parcel of Federal land in Alaska that was eligible under the Homestead Act, and, along with his wife (400+400 acres=800), made it his own! [The Homestead Act is still officially in existence, but most Federal land is now either ineligible or is unfarmable--I know that most homesteading that does occur today is in Alaska.] That's kind of a neat story--I remember thinking of all this when I first read that Jewel was raised "on her family's 800-acre homestead, which was founded by her grandfather". Kinda cool to understand the story better when you read it, isn't it? Once again, I hope that this wasn't off-topic or *too* far off-topic for this Jewel list, but, we're all Netophiles and EDAs and we've all read all of the articles that we could find about Jewel and her family and her upbringing and all that. We all read about her singing with her parents from a young age, about her riding her horse to school and about Homer, AK helping her get to Interlochen...and about growing up on her family's >800 acre *homestead*<. I just thought that this "full story" might be helpful in explaining what exactly that means--hope it helped :) Take care :) Greg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 18:07:12 EDT From: sparksmark@juno.com (Sparks the Everyday Angel) Subject: NJC Bob Dylan's okay Bob Dylan was released from the hospital yesterday! Whohoo! And he's expected to make a full recovery! =) Mark - --- Inside my heart there's an empty room. It's waiting for lightning; it's waiting for you. - --Jewel "Absence of Fear" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 15:18:25 -0700 From: Sergio Faissol Subject: Re: Satellite Tabs Hey Bryan and All, I figured out the tabs for Satellite a while ago and I just never got around to typing it up. I'll tab it out for everyone and post to Angel Needs A Tab as soon as I have a chance. There is a song that I can't seem to figure out though. I really want to learn A Very Big Girl, so if anybody knows that, I appreciate it if you could post that, too. Thanks Dan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 18:27:12 -0400 From: agalinanes@microjuris.com (Angel M. Galinanes) Subject: Jewel on letterman! Hello there: well , I loved her version. I wouldn't need to give constructive criticism on her performance cause it would be useless . I remember one time a friend of ours video recorded a couple of Farce Ostrich's songs during a gig, and when I saw the video afterwards my only comment was " Boy, do we look like a bunch of morons". So I compare every performance with that one , and let me say that last nights Jewel performance scaled a 10 when compared with our control evidence. until then your auto cheap archangel : Rafa - - We're so creative , so much more we're high above but on the floor - K's Choice ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 18:41:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Angel Subject: Re: concerned about Jewel`s health On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, L.a.e.a. wrote: > Hail hail fellow Angels, > > i dont know if i am the only one like that,but last night`s appearence > disturbed me.Not that i din`t like it,loved it,really loved it,it`s the > little thing she said at the end > six months of touring,and"yeah im exhausted",and i`ve read a past entry on > the list who shared the same worry.Ami just paranoid or somehtin? > > L.a.e.a. Some people worry too much. If I was touring for 6 months I'd be exhausted too. How do you think she should feel. Different country/city every night does not guarentee a peppy person. Of course she's tired, after all she is normal. -katherine ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 15:41:05 -0700 From: Victor Igor Wasylczenko Subject: NJC:RAFFLE WINNING NUMBERS Prize Winning Number Prize #2 4341622 Color photo from American Music Awards #3 4343379 Color photo from Grammy Nominations #4 4342406 Color photo from Nickelodeon Awards #5 7295399 Color photo from Grammy Awards #6 4342364 Color photo from Moving Picture Ball #7 4342006 Color photo from Billboard Awards #8 4342883 Color photo from KROQ Pajama Party #9 4342027 8x10 Color photo from WIZARD OF OZ, autographed by Jewel If you think you are a winner, send me email with "I'm A Winner" in the subject. Please include the confirmation # and the address to ship the prize. The prizes won in this round have been donated by Bob Scott. He is the angel paparazzi how didn't take Jewel's picture at LAX when she asked him not to. He doesn't make money when he doesn't. She thought she looked terrible and he respected her request. I have seen samples of his work. The winners of these pictures are going to be very happy. Let me put in a blatent plug for Bob. He did not ask me to do this by the way. Buy pictures from him if he offers them. He really does quality work. Igor ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 18:49:08 -0400 (EDT) From: ABershaw@aol.com Subject: Jewel's age when POY was released Hi all, Although she was 19 when signed to Atlantic, Jewel was indeed 20 when POY was recorded & released. I'm happy to see my "Performance & Chronology Project" is getting a little use, lately! ;-) Alan (MrBB) For over 700 Jewel performances past, present & future as well as important dates in her career, take a little journey to: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/xenomorph/jchrono.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 18:49:46 EDT From: chandraj@juno.com (Chandra J Claycamp) Subject: SJC:Letterman &me ' Hey angels~ This post contains nothing important except me venting my problems so those trying to get through everything can feel free to delete it..if not, first things first: 1. I had my VCR set for taping letterman, when my parents decide to watch a movie and not tell me...i didn't discover until it was too late what had happened! 2. We just moved and everyone in my family has made "friends" except for me....my little sister (whom is 8) has a bigger social life than i do at the moment...she gets more phone calls and has people over. 3. My so-called "boyfriend" this one is just suckage!!! I met him on Wednesday and he and i went out for lunch on Thursday, well, he ended asking me to "go out" with him (like in 8th grade) and how he wants to spend all summer with me...i said it was cool as long as he understood that i am virgin and plan on staying that way for a while...he said it was totally cool and he was amazed at how awesome it was i was honest...i guess now i should mention that i'm 16 and he's 18....anyways i had to leave that night for a party in my old town and i called him to make arrangement to go to Six Flags the next day...well i call him in the morning and he can't go cause of his little sister...which was cool...what is not cool is that that was the last time that i've talked to him....i know he worked a double shift at Tia's on Saturday...but that's all i know..i've called once each day from Sat to Mon..but i refuse to call today...i'm starting to wonder if i just imagined all that happened on Thursday...... So I'm sorry to vent at all my angels but you've helped me out before by just being there and listening and i always get at least some advice...Thanks allot! ~Love~ Chandra (The eventual Angel) ChandraJ@juno.com ------------------------------ Date: 4 JUN 97 09:02:10 AST From: HAlbans@dca.gov.au Subject: Jewel/Elle on Letterman Well I stayed up late, nearly fell asleep but finally got to see it. Before i say anything about Jewel I want to congratulate Elle McPhereson for correcting Dave's pronunciation of her name. About time someone said it! However I am not a big fan of her. She kinda gets on my goat. Her accent is so bizarre. It probably sounds true blue aussie to all of you non-Aussies but it's such a hotch potch now!!!It was so nice to hear so much talk of my homeland on Letterman. And he knows his Australian geography!! And she told him the shrimp on the barbie thing is all untrue - as I have said many times before. They're PRAWNS!!! Not shrimps. I used to hear that and wonder what the hell Paul Hogan was going on about. What the hell is a shrimp?? We don't eat them! So I was proud of Elle and did have to quietly ask myself what really bothers me about her. She seemed so friendly and easy going. Anyway, I was totally happy to see Jewel perform without a guitar. I've seen her on TV three times, all with guitar in hand. Which is very nice - but I imagine I would be as happy to see Tori step out from behind the piano and just SING! It's a change. Jewel kind of expressed herself differently, didn't she? All that movement and body language and stuff. Lovely. I like the way it sounded a lot. She did justice to a GREAT song. Helen ------------------------------ Date: 4 JUN 97 09:23:13 AST From: HAlbans@dca.gov.au Subject: NJC: Something Tori said... (I posted this to the FTE list too because I'm really interested to see what people think so if you're on that list you'll probably have read/deleted this already.) I am troubled. Maybe it's just me but I thought I'd get some feedback on what other people think, Tori fans and non-Tori fans alike. I bought a CD yesterday called "The Interview" which is a 1996 release but an interview from 1992 and the interviewer sounds like the girl who talks to Tori on the LE video. The one with the little-girl voice. Anyway, most of it is totally enlightening. Very Tori. Sex. Religon. Gender. Blah blah.But she made a comment once about what being alive is all about. She said, and I'm only paraphrasing her words roughly: "Getting married. Getting a job. Getting a house. Maybe travelling a bit. That's not living. That's dead." Well the fact is Tori that it's what most of the planet does. Some of us will strive for greatness and get there. Some of us will try and not make it. Some of us will find living in the attempt. And some of us will do all those things she listed and have total fulfillment, find beauty in the little things. Sure you can do those things and feel nothing, think of nothing, just blunder along. But you can do those things and feel that they are the greatest achievements of your life too. (Note: So far I have only done the marrying bit so I'm only speculating but this isn't about me. I have my own dreams too as we all do.) I just felt this was a little short sighted. There is obviously something in Tori's makeup that makes her want to be known as something great and she obviously needs to put herself out there the way she does. but what about all her fans who will never make it to where she has? Anyway, these are just my thoughts and I wondered if anyone else gets a similar feeling from her words? Helen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 19:28:27 -0400 (EDT) From: FlaPanth21@aol.com Subject: SJC: Dave Letterman- PLEASE READ! Hello! I normally NEVER do this, but here goes: I missed the David Letterman where our angel sang FG. If anyone has a copy of the tape, I will be more than glad to pay for it, with postage or money to buy a VHS tape to copy it. Or if you know when it will be on a gain...thanks! Sebastian {/o\} /_\ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 19:17:00 -0400 From: "Thomas N. Miles" Subject: njc: StephStock Update For those of you who are coming or are thinking about coming to = StephStock: Pavilion #3 - Section A in Long's Park has been reserved for StephStock = on June 12, 1997 from 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Once again, if you are = not on the list of possible attendees and wish to be added, please email = me at tmiles@ptd.net and let me know. StephStock Homepage: http://home.ptd.net/~tmiles/stephstk.html Thanks, Tom :) - -- "I'm gonna take the time to show you I'm a friend" - Blessed Union of = Souls Thomas N. Miles mailto:tmiles@ptd.net http://home.ptd.net/~tmiles My EDA Page: http://home.ptd.net/~tmiles/jewel.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 19:46:56 -0400 (EDT) From: She Who Is Subject: Re: NJC: Something Tori said... > "Getting married. Getting a job. Getting a house. Maybe travelling a bit. > That's not living. That's dead." I don't see anything wrong with this quote at all, and I don't think Tori was short-sighted when she said it. Perhaps this is because I don't have it in context, or perhaps I just don't understand what she's trying to say. I admit that I may be wrong about what she meant. But remembering that communication requires a talker and a listener, or a writer and a reader, and that the person who receives also decodes, what *I* get from it is this: Too many people, in my mind. live life half-asleep, and what is the point of that? It's a lifetime wasted. I take this quote to mean MERELY getting married, getting a job, yadah, yadah, doing what everyone else does. I believe we need to get in touch with ourselves, and if, once we do, we find that this is the kind of life we're suited for, go for it! Live it, though, don't just go through the motions. But if your heart tells you to do something more, follow the voice. The heart knows better than the mind; while the mind thinks, the heart *knows*. We were put on this earth to lie, to follow our hearts, not to be zombies. Anything less (ie, zombie-like) is to be pitied with pureness of emotion. Bless and Be Blessed; spread the Love! Christina ^ ^ ( \ / ) (_ \*/ _) (_ O _) ( s| > < |s ) ( / \ ) (/ / \ \) /angel\ --------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 19:56:34 +0100 From: kareng@ici.net (karen gannon) Subject: Re: jewel-digest V2 #409 I know it's getting picky, but is anyone else becoming disillusioned with the whole tv appearance thing? She's still great, but I really think Jewel is meant to have a more "leisurely" set. Some bands you go to hear, others to see. Jewel is definitely one of the former. She puts so much feeling into the music, and I really think the cameras fail to catch that (Then again, you can't blame the cameramen for failing to do the impossible). And on tv, they take away the anecdotes, stories and crowd interaction she has mastered so well. I think you lose something when the camerawork gets complicated. Just drop somebody with a camcorder in the audience and set a SDB recording to that, and Jewel will blow everyone away. Am I babbling, or am I the only one who was disappointed with the recent tv stuff? Josh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 19:53:34 EDT From: sparksmark@juno.com (Sparks the Everyday Angel) Subject: Jewel on Letterman, some NJC I know this has been said millions of times already, but Jewel was awesome last night! She looked very loose, with a tanktop and no guitar. I love those hand motions, and the way she shook her hips. The mini-orchestra backed up her beautiful voice very well. I read some recommendations for Meridith Brooks, and yesterday I got her debut album, and it's very very good! I highly recommend it to everybody! Mark - --- Inside my heart there's an empty room. It's waiting for lightning; it's waiting for you. - --Jewel "Absence of Fear" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 19:53:35 EDT From: sparksmark@juno.com (Sparks the Everyday Angel) Subject: Re: The "Dave" performance dkaracos@marlin.utmb.edu (Derrick) wrote: >First, I think it's great Dave let her talk a little bit this time...I mean, >it's "only" her *4th* time on his show in about 2 years! I had a feeling >he would give her interview time when he cut the 2nd interview short (with >the guy from Jurassic Park). 4th time?!? Does anybody have the performances other than the recent one or the one where she sings WWSYS? I have stuff to trade. Thanks! =) Mark - --- Inside my heart there's an empty room. It's waiting for lightning; it's waiting for you. - --Jewel "Absence of Fear" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 20:11:09 +0100 From: kareng@ici.net (karen gannon) Subject: Absolutely NJC: Film Schools I apologize up front for this, but I'm hoping someone has info. If anyone on the list is in film school(esp NYU) I'd appreciate anything you could send me about what I need in H.S. for non- Art/Film. i.e whether or not I need to stay in sciences or other non-film stuff that keeps getting in the way schedule-wise. Thanks - --Josh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 20:25:09 +0000 From: jnj@mail.better.net Subject: Guitarless on Letterman So far, all I've heard is how great it was to see Jewel without a guitar in hand last night. Everyone makes it sound like singing AND playing is some kind of terrible burden. My point is, does no one notice how her rhythm suffers when she doesn't have a guitar in hand? I'm not saying that her sense of TIME is bad. Quite the contrary, she has a wonderful sense of when to slow down and when to speed up and when it's her alone deciding the tempo from moment to moment, it can be a moving experience. However, last night on Letterman, she went through a solid third of the song almost ignoring the beat, a definite no-no when playing with other musicians. Are my ears over-sensitive or did this irk anyone else? Now don't get me wrong, I thought it was a good performance overall. I'm just protesting this Jewel+session musicians trend that's taking place. Get rid of them and get that girl a guitar!!! (Preferably her Taylor 912-C). Nathan dogslife@bigfoot.com "Being a man leaves me cold: that's how it is." -Pablo Neruda ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 20:52:21 -0400 (EDT) From: FLASH51581@aol.com Subject: the new angel on the block Hi! I am a new member of the EDA but a proud fan of Miss Jewel...If anyone would like to show me the ropes I would be greatly appreciated... PS My darling boyfriend got my Lillith fair tickets for my 16th birthday....FOURTH ROW SEATS D AND F!!!!!! I am Near You (all) Always-Jewel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 20:43:16 -0600 (CST) From: pwmielech@stthomas.edu Subject: Satellite Tabs OK who wanted them I just learned to play and sing it. I don't know how she get her fingers to reach these chords. It starts out just D C G - -2 2 0 - -3 3 3 Babies on beach blankets - -2 3 3 - - - - - - C- There's a white wall that we can't see over now G- That OK were still learning back to D Then when she says Satelite Ahhh Ahhh Ohhh It's - -5 0 2 - -6 6 3 - -5 5 2 - - - - - - Then the Bidge is - -3 3 - -3 3 - -2 0 We understand a lot of things about blah blah - -3 2 - - 3 - - - - - - god I suck at transcribing. I hope that didn't confuse you that much. let me know if you need anything clarified or corrections. Whoever that was who asked for it Pete ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 21:43:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Albert Sze-Wei Wang Subject: Re: concerned about Jewel`s health On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Angel wrote: > Some people worry too much. If I was touring for 6 months I'd be > exhausted too. How do you think she should feel. Different country/city > every night does not guarentee a peppy person. Of course she's tired, > after all she is normal. I don't think that was the point of the question. I posed the first version of that question a few weeks back as to whether the rigorousness of Jewel's schedule without any sign of breaks was her's or the company's idea, this after Jewel got sick after seemingly regular intervals of lack of sleep- something which was not unique to this tour, but to her previous tour as well, where again she got sick. You would think a person touring for 6 months would at least take time off every few performance, or at least once a week for sight-seeing or something (maybe 1 day?). If you look at her schedule there weren't any clear signs of breaks at all. I suppose people could count travel days, but anyone who's travelled knows that travel days are NOT days off. They're typically pretty stressful in themselves. Getting sick and cancelling performances is the clearest sign that you're doing something wrong, especially if it was accompanied by extended periods of lack of sleep. The way the biology works, the more you push yourself, the weaker you become. The less your body rests, the more resources the body has to use to operate. You can compensate by increasing your energy input, but there is something built into the mammalian brain that requires all mammals, including humans to sleep to regenerate. During the Korean War, one of the most effective torture techniques used on US Prisoners by the Chinese was sleep deprivation. After 2 weeks, the GIs would sign anything just to sleep. More than 3-4 weeks you get organ failures and 5-6 weeks it becomes fatal. One of the earliest signs of exhaustion of the biological machinery is when the immune system becomes compromised. You get sick because the human body wasn't designed to put up with that kind of stress. Jewel's spirit may be indominable but her body isn't. It's a sobering reality too many of us take for granted and don't think about. Anyone who doesn't know what it feels like I would like to ask you to go 4 days with 3 hours of sleep or less each night with the idea that you'll have to perform the next day, then pack up and go to another city where you repeat the same process. The younger you are, the worse these effects. If you remember how crappy you feel, ask yourself if you could do that for weeks at a time. Some people couldn't function without a good night's sleep every night. Most couldn't function after 2 or 3 nights of sleep deprivation. And no one is near 70% of maximum efficiency for longer periods of time. If I were in that position, I would be screaming bloody murder at the person who planned that schedule. It is absolutely rigorous and if it were Jewel's idea, I would have to give her an award for courage, but I'd try to sit her down and discuss this with her. It's not healthy and you really don't have anything if you don't have your health. Ask any millionaire who's of frail health and they'll tell you the exact same thing. If you can't enjoy life, there IS no life, just a enduring existence of suffering. Albert Wang Dark Seraph bahamude@user1.channel1.com Jewel Quotes and QTs http://hugse1.harvard.edu/~wangal/jewel.html ------------------------------ Date: 4 JUN 97 11:55:56 AST From: HAlbans@dca.gov.au Subject: re: Guitarless on Letterman >So far, all I've heard is how great it was to see Jewel without a >guitar in hand last night. Everyone makes it sound like singing AND >playing is some kind of terrible burden. No no no. I didn't mean that at all. I just thought it was an interesting change. Especially for those of us who have never seen her live. It was just a different perspective on her, for me at least. Helen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 18:58:34 -0700 From: BOB Subject: "BATMAN & ROBIN" -- soundtrack review The following review appeared in USA TODAY 6/3/97: POP/ROCK: BATMAN & ROBIN (***l/2 out of four) The pairing of movie and soundtrack is rarely a harmonious match; more often, it's a marriage of convenience to benefit marketers on both sides. Such is the case with this compilation, out today. It adds nothing to the Batman saga but offers enough sizzling alternapop to thaw Mr. Freeze. The Smashing Pumpkins, Soul Coughing, R.E.M., and promising newcomer Lauren Christy contribute standouts on a themeless but uniformly fine collection. The 15 tracks vary dramatically, from the jaunty rap of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's LOOK INTO MY EYES and pop techno of Arkarna's HOUSE ON FIRE to the aching balladry of Jewel's FOOLISH GAMES and trippy electronica of Underworld's MOANER. ----------------- ------------------------------ Date: 4 JUN 97 11:55:56 AST From: HAlbans@dca.gov.au Subject: re: Guitarless on Letterman >So far, all I've heard is how great it was to see Jewel without a >guitar in hand last night. Everyone makes it sound like singing AND >playing is some kind of terrible burden. No no no. I didn't mean that at all. I just thought it was an interesting change. Especially for those of us who have never seen her live. It was just a different perspective on her, for me at least. Helen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 19:05:37 PST From: romarch@juno.com (Sharon Pham) Subject: Foolish Games Music Video Hi everyone, Is it just me or did Jewel _just_ record and release the Foolish Games music video? I saw it this morning for the first time and I saw that it was 1997. Was it released today? Love, Sharon the Lost Angel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 21:53:20 +0000 From: "Lucas" Subject: NJC: Ashley Brumback? Hi, Does anyone know what happened to Ashley Brumback? I sent her some money at around mid-May for Jewel tapes and still haven't received them. I've tried sending her e-mail many times, but I keep getting return messages for her address, raisingrrrl@juno.com. Lucas Lima ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 20:10:57 +0000 From: tom morales Subject: NJC Sorry to bother all of you with this but does anyone know Ellen Degeneres' (sp) birthday. If Nancy works her magic I'll fill you in on why I needed it. thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 23:22:46 -0400 From: Hunter Eggink Subject: NJC: I haven't read my mail for *too* long Hello EDA's- Well, most of you probably don't remember me, but I joined this list last summer while I was subscribed to compuserve. After a couple switches, I re-joined the list on this account, and perhaps now I will start reading my mail more consistently. What made me realize that I should? This, from a recently posted message concerning Selena, the late singer: >I know! Selena was wonderful. What is even more sad is that 'Dreaming of >You' went to #1 RIGHT after she died You see, when I saw this, I thought something had happened to Selena, the longtime listmember (is she still on?). "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go home and have a heart attack" - approximately quoted from Pulp Fiction Hunter ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V2 #410 ***************************