From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V3 #108 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Friday, February 13 1998 Volume 03 : Number 108 * If you wish to unsubscribe, send an email to jewel-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Jewel tour dates, go to: * http://jewel.zoonation.com and click on "TOUR" * OR * go to the OFFICIAL Jewel home page at http://www.jeweljk.com * and go to the "What, When, Where" section * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: jewel-digest V3 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: a new thread [Love1612@aol.com] Re: a new thread [Richard Dixon ] SJC:vote and V-day [QTPYSK8R2@aol.com] Steve Poltz LRT please consider [Joshua Baummer ] Steve Poltz -- The Livingroom Tour ["Larry S. Greenfield" ] re: new thread [Laurie Boddy Drafting ] aussie action [Laurie Boddy Drafting ] My Steve Poltz (long) Concert Review & Original Jewel Photo [Joel Siegfri] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:24:14 EST From: Love1612@aol.com Subject: Re: a new thread In a message dated 98-02-12 22:17:46 EST, you write: << Where did your favorite performance by Jewel take place (live or on TV) and why? >> I loved the WWSYS video and that's when I got started on Jewel but I didn't know who it was at first until I saw her on MTV Live or something. The I'm just like wow! that's it. *Natasha* ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:50:43 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Dixon Subject: Re: a new thread > Where did your favorite performance by Jewel take place (live or on TV) and > why? I haven't seen Jewel in concert yet either. I wasn't as huge a fan as I am now until a month or two ago. Next time she's in Atlanta or San Antonio, I won'd miss it for the world, though. ;) From what I have seen, my favorite performance was Angel Standing By during MTV Unplugged. I had never *really* listened to that song before, and I was overwhelmed by it's beauty. Richard Dixon "The Geeky Angel" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:22:15 EST From: QTPYSK8R2@aol.com Subject: SJC:vote and V-day hi angels~ first off i just wanted to wish you all a happy Valentines day and i hope you all spend it with loved ones =o) and if you dont have no fear theres always next year (hey that rymed...im so easily amused) on a second note i wanted to tell y'all that VH1 online is holding this online grammy voting thing and our beatiful JeWeL is in there so go vote 4 her guys!! =o)hehehe thats all so bye~jamie p.s i was thinking of holding another poetry contest but i need some feedback write me at QTPY SK8R2@aol.com p.s.s until saturday i will be taking LAST requests for the poetry list after that it will be deleted and never to be seen again!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:52:05 -0500 From: Joshua Baummer Subject: Steve Poltz LRT please consider Hello all, As the subject says Steve Poltz is having a living room tour. I just got off the phone with Robert Duffey (Steve's managment) and they are only taking reqests for only 2 more weeks. So please if you can. Please consider having one. If you do it is ONLY a $5.00 fee for every person so steve can get a hotel and a MINIMUME of 30 people. So if you are the least bit intrested please privetely email me so I can take a count. - Josh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:49:49 -0800 From: "Larry S. Greenfield" Subject: Steve Poltz -- The Livingroom Tour boundary="------------94D1BB7EA12EEA5BF24BCEDE" content-length: 3289 Sender: owner-jewel@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Hi, all! I was speaking with Steve Poltz's management and label team on Friday night (2/6) at his sold-out solo show at Java Joe's. I have been asked to let y'all know that it is confirmed that the "One Left Shoe" tour is now being arranged, and that a Livingroom Tour schedule is to be part of that. The final tour arrangements will depend in significant part on who is willing and able to have a Livingroom Tour show. I agreed to help collect this information and pass it along to the appropriate sources. If you are interested and able to host a Livingroom Tour show starring Steve Poltz, please email me with your full name, age, address, telephone number(s), a description of your "livingroom" facilities (e.g., capacity, directions, proximity to nearby cities, etc.), the number of people you believe you are reasonably sure would attend, and a brief description of any other factor that may make a Livingroom Tour show especially compelling at your location. This will be a wonderful opportunity for Steve's fans to spread the experience of his music in the best possible way! BTW, Jewel appeared at Steve's show Friday, joining him on "Silver Lining," "Old Lover's House," and "I Thought I Saw You Last Night." (It was, IMHO, the best rendition of "Old Lover's House" I have heard.) Seeya! - -=-Larry S. Greenfield-=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 04:48:10 EST From: Cbat000@aol.com Subject: jewel pictures please, anyone with crisp clear pictures of jewel that you are willing to send to me please do ! you can e-mail me at cbat000@aol.com thank you ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:22:09 -0800 (PST) From: Kallie Subject: my very first post!!! as the subject says, this is my very first post so i guess i should tell a bit about myself. i live in california, in the bay area, where i guess i'm a pretty "typical" teenager. i first got into jewel about a year ago, when i saw YWMFM on VH1 and couldnt get it out of my head. i kept singing it and knew i had to get the cd. my wonderful mummy bought me POY and i became obsessed. jewel's music inspires me, and fills me with joy, even on my worst days. does anyone know if they are ever planing to release jewel unplugged on cd? i saw it once on MTV and would *love* to have it.i especially loved "boy needs a bike" and "sattelite"...well, nothing left to say. take care all and have a good valentines day!!! "i'm half alive but i feel mostly dead" kallie, the saddest, valentine-less angel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 23:45:01 +1100 (EST) From: Laurie Boddy Drafting Subject: re: new thread G'day EDA's, Me again! Just wanted to share with you my fav performances by Jewel. Its not hard to pick really since I have only seen her on SNL and Letterman (Fooolish Games). I'd have to say its both of them. I really loved them. WWSYS was unbelievable on SNL. I didn't care that she fluffed one of the verses but I was more impressed with the way she kept on going. The Letterman performance was truly inspiring to say the least. I'd love to see the other Letterman performances as well as the gigs on Conan, Leno and Rosie...can anybody help out with those at all? Btw, the qualities that struck me first about jewel....come on thats a bits hard, it has to be everything. The whole personality and charisma, the voice, the looks, the smile, the "crooked" teeth, the licks, the honesty, the fantasy. I wanted to travel to Vegas to see the New Years Gig, it was going to cost about $3000 but I was so keen. In the end, I couldn't make it. I was so depressed for days. Can anyone tell me about it(apart from the drunken crowd). I'm sure it would've been the greatest new years ever. Please e-mail me. Take care angels Bodhi, Angel Down Under ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 23:44:29 +1100 (EST) From: Laurie Boddy Drafting Subject: aussie action G'day Eda's This is my second post, I think my first got lost in the mail or something!!! Anyway, I joined a few weeks ago and have so far been surprised, bemused but basically overwhelmed by the messages I have had the pleasure to read. I love Jewel for one reason or another like many of you and I wish I had the chance to see her live or even meet her personally. She seems very intriguing. I wrote for a number of reasons. Firstly, i wanted to find out if Jewel is planning on touring Australia in the near future. There are so many people waiting in total anticipation. She's only been here once I think and that was just a promo tour. I'm trying to get copies of the shows she did while here : "Hey Hey It's Saturday" and "Recovery" so if anyone could help me out, I'd be totally stoked. We don't get to see her much down here but I think that the people that do see her so often get these expectations of her. There seemed to be these ongoing shitfights when I joined up about how selfish Jewel was Etc...Maybe some people get spoilt for indulging themselves in such talent that they forget that Even Jewel is human and she needs a rest/break from her normal day to day routine. Just be cool disillusioned EDA's, She's already given us so much. Compared to everyone else, I have not seen much of her at all, but what she has shared thus far probably has had one of the biggest impacts on my life. I hope everyone can respect that...I don't mean to flame people and I don't want to get flamed. I joined up not only to get much needed news but to make friends with this common interest in Jewel. Please, anyone at all, feel the need to e-mail me whenever you can. Are there many Aussie EDA's about? Take care Bodhi, Angel Down Under ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 07:35:03 -0800 From: Joel Siegfried Subject: My Steve Poltz (long) Concert Review & Original Jewel Photo Dear EDAs, Sender: owner-jewel@smoe.org Precedence: bulk I have written a large review of Steve's recent (Feb. 6th) San Diego concert at Java Joe's in which Jewel dropped by and appeared on stage with Steve for 2-3 songs. For a formatted version with original digital photographs and links, please point your browser to: http://members.home.net/ecto/steve2.html I would also like to hear from others who were at this concert. The two of them also appeared this week (Jewel by telephone, Steve in Studio) on XHRM-FM (92-five) and did a live version of "You Were Meant For Me" together. Jewel has been working very hard to help Steve in promoting his new album. There is also another article on my web site about an earlier Steve Poltz concert at Jave Joe's last summer. The URL for that review is: http://members.home.net/ecto/steve.html Cheers to all EDAs, Joel The article: Steve Poltz Stirs Up Big Waves In San Diego © 1998 by Joel Siegfried Venue: Java Joe's Place: Ocean Beach - San Diego, California Date: 06 February 1998 Last Friday, February 6th, I went to see Steve Poltz perform at Java Joe's, a San Diego coffee house one block away from the Pacific Ocean. It had rained heavily all day, part of an endless series of El Ninő effect storms that have been pounding California all winter. By late afternoon the showers had stopped, leaving behind rain scrubbed streets and moist, tropical air, which some suggest are easier on a singer's voice than drier conditions. The performance was being held just days before the scheduled release of an EP single, Silver Lining that was receiving heavy promotional air play on XHRM-FM and other local stations. A new album, One Left Shoe, was to follow by mid-March. Because of this, and a convention of record executives and radio programmers that was being held in San Diego all week long, there would be many in the audience who worked in the music industry, swelling the already expected packed house. Taking this into account, I arrived early and was fortunate to be invited to sit in on the sound check. Here I watched all the trivial but important details of preparing for a concert, from balancing the sound, to changing light bulbs, to displaying some new T-shirts at a back booth. After the rehersals, I returned outside and waited with a small line of faithful fans who had already gathered. Tickets for the 9 o'clock show didn't go on sale until after 7 p.m. There would be a second show at 11 p.m., but those in the hall would be allowed to remain without having to buy an additional ticket. Finally we were allowed inside to stake out a spot on the floor, where friends and I parked ourselves about five feet away from center stage. All the seats had be moved and angled off on the left side of the high ceiling room. Java Joe's could not to be mistaken for a friend's living room, unless you have friends who light their homes with 25-watt lamps covered with palm fronds, draw on the walls with pastel colored chalk, and apply brown, coffee-stained carpet to their floor. The venue more than offsets it's lack of kitschy elegance by drawing upon some of the finest acoustic talent, both locally and beyond, and having the most appreciative and savvy audiences I have seen anywhere. Ticket prices are also right, usually in the three to ten dollar range. Tonight's show was a whopping $12, still an outstanding value. I had seen Steve perform here last summer, forging out on his own after fronting for his band, the Rugburns, which also included electric guitar player Rob "Doc" Driscoll, drummer "Stinky" Bobcat Goldthwait and Gregory Page on bass and vocals. He had just signed a recording contract with Mercury Records, a division of Polygram, which is also the label for Lauren Christy, Joan Osborne, and Laura Love, and such superstars as Bon Jovi and INXS. Then it was announced that he was working on a new album to be released early in 1998. I came away from that concert experience knowing that I had seen an extraordinary performer who was on the brink of achieving more wide-reaching recognition. Tonight's performance only confirmed and strengthened that belief. Following Lisa Sanders, who opened for him, and is a fine, captivating performer in her own right, Steve took the stage and was greeted by thunderous applause and cheers from the packed house. He was dressed in a black suit, tie-less white shirt, and spit-shined black thick-soled brogues with the letters R and L taped in red to the top of each one. Casual, zany, irreverent, and playful were among my first impressions of him. But they were soon overshadowed by his stunning guitar work, masterful phrasing, vocal gymnastics, comforting honey-gravel voice, and lyrical talents that recalled the wit of Cole Porter and the biting, satirical deadpan humor of a Dorothy Parker or a Robert Benchley from another era. In fact, Poltz would have been right at home chilling out with the Algonquin Round Table, in his story-telling, rhyming brilliance, child-like innocence and curiosity, and overall charismatic charm. Here is a performer with the stage presence of a seasoned trouper, no doubt learned the hard way from playing Chicago South Side gigs and Midwest road houses from Joliet to Kalamazoo. He can stage chatter with the best of them, as witnessed when he led the audience down the primrose path in recounting his meeting up with Rush Limbaugh at a radio convention book signing. How can you not believe someone with such a sincere tone and straight delivery? But it is in his lyrics that he truly shines. From his Rugburns' repertoire which included Moma, Lockjaw and Tree Hugger, to the song he wrote with Jewel, You Were Meant For Me, to Rainbow which he composed with Lisa Sanders, to such newer output as Silver Lining, Kicking Distance of your Heart, Impala, I Thought I Saw You Last Night, and Broken Hearts & Painted Nails, all of which will appear on his new album, One Left Shoe which is due out on March 17th, his masterful use of language and rhyme are apparent. Such verses as "Don't want to hear about Kazinsky, no more about Lewinsky", or "I'm the boy in the bubble and you can't touch me" have a quality about them which transcends the topical flavor of the day, and distills out a deeper essence. Watching Steve perform leaves enduring memories. Adding to the evening's magic was a surprise appearance by Jewel near the end of Steve's first set. Wearing faded jeans, a soft, black leather jacket, black boots and a brown cowboy hat, and holding a lollipop stick in her right hand, she took the stage without being announced just after Steve had finished singing Tree Huggers. Together they sang a duet of I Thought I Saw You Last Night, pressed together by one mike, noses practically touching. Afterwards, she told the crowd of her awe in first meeting Steve at a coffee house in Poway, that Java Joe's owner then ran, and asking him for advice. "It was so good," she said, "that it helped my album go triple platinum, while Steve's last CD went double tin-foil." They must like to fight, I thought. Steve hurried over to the second open mike and bragged about being invited to sing the National Anthem at a local Pop Warner football league. Those in the packed house loved it. Later, Jewel would return to the stage with a bottle of mineral water to do another duet, Silver Lining. Then she left for good, mingled with and greeted some of the record label "suits" and radio programmers who were in town for the Gavin Convention, and finally worked her way through the crowds to exit by the front door. It was one of those bonuses to which San Diego audiences are sometimes treated. Backing Steve on stage were his two able sidemen, the Castro Brothers of Las Vegas, also known as the Two Apostles, John on bass and vocals and James on drums. They are both superb talents, who can hold their own with the best of them. Their subdued playing, back beat and harmonies were a joy to watch. If one looked closely, you could see the votive candles surrounding the stage reflected on the surface of the bass drum, blur each time it was stuck, and the membrane vibrated. It was clear that all the performers were enjoying themselves. Rolling his eyes, squinting, looking bemused, swaying with the do-op rhythms of Impala, at times seeming to be lost in inward reflections, Poltz pleased both the crowds and himself. After the show, he would tell me that he felt he was in a special groove and was very happy throughout both sets. It showed. Among the sweetest moments was when Steve invited former Rugburn Gregory Page up on stage. Together they sang Running In Circles and finished with an acappella version of It's a Sin to Tell a Lie. When the last applause finally ended and the lights came up, it was almost 1:30 a.m. Performances like these can make you forget about time, and leave floating on air. >From my notes and memory, here's a rough attempt to reconstruct a set list: First Set Mama Lockjaw Ninety-Eight Pounder You Were Meant For Me Tree Huggers I Thought I Saw You Last Night (with Jewel) Slippin' and Sliddin' Silver Lining (with Jewel) Everything About You Chasing Waterfalls (TLC cover) Second Set Rainbow (with Lisa Sanders) I'll Be There You're Leavin' Again Hawaiian Songs That Don't Sound Hawaiian Welcome Home If I Knew Then What I Know Now I Just Love Mystery Tonight It's A Beautiful Day Must Warn Others Impala Let's Crawl Back In Bed Nowhere Else To Go I Thought I Saw You Last Night Satan's Choir Little Red Corvette Runnin' In Circles (with Gregory Page) Cranium It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (with Gregory Page) -=End=- _______________________________________________________ Joel Siegfried San Diego, California Email: mailto:ecto@home.com Voice Mail: (619)222-9236 Web Home Page: http://members.home.net/ecto/index.html _______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V3 #108 ***************************