From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V3 #724 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Wednesday, December 30 1998 Volume 03 : Number 724 * If you ever 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: ----------------- Jewelsplanation of songs [Robby VanSciver ] EDAF: Stories of EveryDay Angels, Part 2... [EDAFinfo@aol.com] Article about Jewel in Billboard Magazne--Dec. 19, 1998 [Thoffroy@aol.co] Re: Jewel in SFChronicle [Paul Schreiber ] Re: An angel with a question-Please read [Paul Schreiber ] Jewel Photo in Sweater magazine, Jewel & Marilyn Manson [Guru4u13@aol.co] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:03:04 -0500 From: Robby VanSciver Subject: Jewelsplanation of songs Hey, I was wondering if anyone had the pictures of Jewel's explanations of her songs? Umm...Lemme help: It's in her writing, and has little drawings and stuff in it that she did. Parts of it were issued in the Tiny Lights Tour book (just for "Who Will Save Your Soul" and "You Were Meant for Me"). I remember seeing it somewhere on the web a while back, and if it was on the web then, then it's out there now, I just can't find it! Anyway, if you find it, -please- e-mail me! ^_^ Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:15:50 EST From: EDAFinfo@aol.com Subject: EDAF: Stories of EveryDay Angels, Part 2... Our second "everyday angels in action" column brings us the following posts from EDAs working to make the world a better place for us all... *** HILARY LANGFORD (IryshJewel@aol.com) wrote from Virginia to report more good will for EDAs everywhere: "I sent in a monetary donation to the Christmas Mother Fund here in Richmond in honor of Jewel on behalf of the EDAs. The organization assists local families in need of clothing, food, etc. during the season," explained Hilary. "The Richmond Times Dispatch lists who all makes donations, thus allowing all of Virginia to see that Jewel's EDAs are an active force in making this a better place in which to live :-) Awwwwwh." *** BARB HUDSON (barbhudson@hotmail.co) is another EDA making a difference in Canada: "I live in Toronto where the winters are quite cold. Every Saturday night I volunteer at an Out Of The Cold Program. From 7-11 pm I socialize with homeless people, serve snacks and generally just be an ear for someone who needs it," she writes. "This is my second year doing this and I look forward to each Saturday night. It is the most rewarding thing I have done in my entire life and makes others feel good about themselves." "There are lots of regulars at the shelter, some who were there last year, they know my name and often seek me out to hang out with," Barb says. "Anyway, I think that everyone should volunteer -- it is the most unselfish way to feel good about yourself." *** SCOTT SYKES (sesykes@juno.com) shared what he has done this year: "First off, as my yearly efforts continue, I helped build three houses with Habitat for Humanity. And, of course, I gave blood." Scott wrote. "I tried to center my efforts on the homeless this year. So me and several friends planned and opperated a massive feast for over 3000 homeless families, with help from some local families, of course." "It was about all I had time for this year but it put a smile on my face, so I'm happy!" *** STEPHANIE (poetchyck@yahoo.com) is another EDA who understands the importance of connecting with people on a personal level: . "Whenever I am out, there are all these homeless people, whether they be homeless-homeless or travellers who wound up broke along the way. When I have some change I try to transfer it from my pockets to their baseball hats or containers or whatever, but it feels so sad to see them ignored by everyone who walks past...the people living on the streets never get hugged, almost never get people to even smile or look at them." "I try to just chit-chat with these people whenever they are willing. I've heard some interesting stories along the way," writes Stehanie, "I am sure these homeless people spend a lot of time feeling disheartened, because it seems like no one will even look at them. So at the very least it's a few minutes where someone else can smile." *** DENNIS HARRIS (harrisbros@aol.com) volunteered at the Capital Area Food Bank in Austin while visting family over the holidays, and reports that they have a VERY "volunteer newbie-friendly" program for you EDAs in central Texas. E-mail him for details, or use the following URL to find your own local area Second Harvest network affiliate to volunteer with: http://www.secondharvest.org/websecha/f_getouc.htm Keep those e-mails coming in! If you are currently involved in any humanitarian effort, please drop us a note at EDAF@smoe.org and inspire your fellow EDAs to do something equally as rewarding. Large or small, ALL EFFORTS ARE SIGNIFICANT to us. What are YOU doing? We want to know! Best Wishes for a Wonderful New Year, Amy, Dennis and Tom for The EveryDay Angels Foundation ********************************************************* The EveryDay Angels Foundation is a non-profit public benefit corporation whose mission is to promote grassroots volunteerism and community involvement. The EDAF is online at www.EveryDayAngels.org and can be contacted via email at EDAFinfo@aol.com or by writing to The EveryDay Angels Foundation, PO Box 123, East Petersburg, PA 17520. ********************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:11:11 EST From: Thoffroy@aol.com Subject: Article about Jewel in Billboard Magazne--Dec. 19, 1998 Greetings from the land of the cold. The other day I posted about an article about Jewel in Billboard magazine. I tried finding the article online, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I decided to make it available to all of you, but since I don't have a scanner I am going to type it out, so here it goes: Spiritually Minded Jewel Introduces New Body of Work With Wide-Reaching "Hands" written by Chuck Taylor Put your hands together: You've got to hand it to Jewel. The first radio single from her sophomore album certainly has legs. In it's ninth week, the song of faith and devotion, "Hands," has already scored top ten airplay on mainstream top 40, adult top 40, and modern adult radio, according to Airplay Monitor; and it's now galloping up the adult contemporary and modern rock charts. On the Billboard Hot 100 this issue, it ranks at number 16 (though it would almost certainly be number 1 if Atlantic chose to release a commercial single). Few other artists in the pop world have had such consistent cross-format play in a time when no artist is guaranteed a hit based on name alone. Those artists who still score two and three hits on one album after another are now rare, except for Madonna and perhaps Alanis Morissette and Mariah Carey. "Jewel really has become a staple artist for us," says Chuck Tisa, PD at modern adult WXXM (Max 95.7) Philadelphia. "When you start getting multiple cuts from her and see the diversity of formats she's able to reach, it really helps you believe in the artist. I think it's important that she's not exclusive to one format. That's good for her career and good for our format." Certainly, hitting every possible radio outlet was the mission for Atlantic, Jewel's label. Says executive VP/GM Ron Shapiro, "the magic of this album is that it's for everybody, for those spiritually minded, intellectuals, people who just want their heart touched, or those who enjoy hearing a love song. It was a natural decision to take this song to all radio formats." For Jewel's part, she says she just hopes to allow people of all ages to open their minds and explore possibilities. "I just want them to live thoughtfully, and from there, everything's OK," she says. "Once you become conscious and awake, then you have the power to make decisions that you believe in, that will effect change." That's the theme behind the delicate, piano-ushered "Hands," a thoughtful reflection on how every effort to take a stand can make a difference, no matter how small it first appears. In fact, the song--written by Jewel with producer Patrick Leonard--was among the last to be written and recorded for the album, because Jewel had a specific message to deliver that she didn't think she'd expressed fully on the other tracks. "I had 12 songs done and all sorts of flavors, with different phases of depression, hopefulness, love. I didn't have one like I wanted "Hands" to do," she says. "I knew if I could tell the world, my hands are so little, how can they have impact on the world? They seem like tiny little weapons. I can't fight with despair, thoughtlessness. They're not the solution, but they are the first step forward." "Hands was chosen as the first single because it really is fitting of the overall theme of the album," says Shapiro. "And given that the song was coming out around Thanksgiving, we thought it was appropriate to alert the world to what the album was trying to say as a whole." "She does seem to have an emotional lyrical connection that people identify with, along with good melodies. Those are the key ingredients to a successful song," says Bill Richards Radio Consulting, based in Orlando, Fla. "I would say that the success of this single means she's over the (sophomore) hump. And I think there's some other material on the album that would be solid to continue her growth." Certainly, "Spirit" has effectively helped spread the word since its release Nov. 17; it debuted on The Billboard 200 at number 3 in the Dec. 5 issue. To maintain the strength of the albums launch, Atlantic is planning veritable Jewel blitz over the next few months to keep the artist in the front of consumers' minds. She appeared Dec. 2 on NBC's nationwide special for the lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. She's on the current cover of Rolling Stone and will soon appear on the front of Vogue. During Christmas, she'll perform at the Vatican for a potential TV audience of some 15 million; then, into the new year, she'll partner with Vogue and perform a limited series of concerts in support of her charity, Higher Ground. Then comes a TV concert for VH1 in Aspen, CO., and an Australian tour. Then, beginning February or March, she hits the road again for a major U.S. tour, with additional stops in Southeast Asia and Europe. Later in 1999 comes the release of her first movie, director Ang Lee's "Ride With The Devil," co-starring Skeet Ulrich and Tobey Maguire. Atlantic, meanwhile, will keep the single churning to radio. "We will absolutely do four singles, though I think there are seven viable singles on the album," Shapiro says. Jewel admits that the cycle required for her 1995 debut, "Pieces of You"--essentially five years on the road being groomed, performing, and promoting--took its toll eventually. "I was really ready for a change," she readily admits. But she also says that the time out and about exposed her to new sights and inspiring experiences, ultimately leading her forward. "The more I travel, the more interesting people I observe," she says. "In Philadelphia, I saw this woman in a beat-up tank of a car with a black eye; she couldn't have been more than 17. I thought, "Why doesn't she just keep driving?" These things are good for songwriting. I can speak honestly" about the world's trials. Adds Val Azzoli, co-chairman/co CEO of the Atlantic Group, "Jewel has really grown much more--inwardly and spiritually--over the past year. Every day, she writes a better song that the one she did the day before. She's much more at peace with herself and the world. She's been around the world now and has a totally different outlook on life." Jewel agrees. "I used to write like an addiction, constantly. The bulk of my catalog come from the first four years of writing," she says. "I write much less now, but I write better. I went through this phase where all I could think was, "Will people like it? Will it get on the radio?" Now the reason I write is because it allows you to be curious, and then it starts becoming fun. I write for kids and for myself, and that's honest and gives me a lot of pleasure and fulfillment." She's also trying to work in a minute or two while off the road to enjoy her good fortune and recognize the payoff of her tenacity. "I feel pretty damn good," she says. "I've gotten really clear about what I want to do. I'm more confident, and I've realized that (Atlantic) allows me to remain who I am. They support my creativity." It's a good thing, too, considering what Jewel confides she has in mind for the future. "I have such a tendency toward country, it's rediculous," she says. "For my fourth record, I want my own dance line. I want the whole nine yards." ahhhhhhhhhhh......finally done. I need to get better at typing. Have a great day everyone. Troy 8-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:55:22 -0500 From: Paul Schreiber Subject: Re: Jewel in SFChronicle CHERuBUG2@aol.com,Internet writes: >Jewel makes her much-anticipated movie debut in April with Ang Lee's Civil War >drama "Ride With the Devil." That would be September, actually, as Alan pointed out recently. The author needs to brush up on their facts. Paul ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:53:43 -0500 From: Paul Schreiber Subject: Re: An angel with a question-Please read > I have a question. For Christmas I got Jewel's biography, Heart Song. I >was wondering if that was the book Jewel was working on earlier b/c it says >she didn't take part in writing the book. Is there a different one she did >help write? Jewel didn't write any part of "Heart Song"; she did write a chapter in "Solo: Women Singer-Songwriters" (edited by Marc Woodworth, photos by Emma Dodge Hanson) in their own words. In my EDA newbie FAQ at http://paulschreiber.com/jewel/, there's a section with a list of books about Jewel. later, Paul shad 96c / 3A CS / mac activist / eda / fumbler fan of / jewel / sophie b. / sarah slean / steve poltz / emm gryner / / x-files / buffy / dawson's creek / habs / bills / 49ers / t h i n k d i f f e r e n t. "dont forget to get perfect moments stuck between your teeth." -- jewel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:41:56 -0500 From: "Michael K. Darling" Subject: Jewel, a fan of Marlyn Manson? I'm watching Conan O'Brian (12-30-98) and he said Jewel says she's a fan of Marilyn Manson. I was shocked, please, tell me it's not true. At Manson's last concert, he threw a golden retriever into the crowd and said he wouldn't start the concert until it was dead. They killed it. I can't believe Jewel would support this. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:31:07 -0500 From: Jonathan Robert Sager Subject: First post/vansciver This is my first post to the list. I have become a jewel fan from reading her poetry and being in a situation where the video and the song,"hands" seemed to be what i was facing. I came upon a car wreck and had to act with my head instead of my nerves, and all i kept hearing was the line, "in the end, only kindness matters." it was a tough situation but the song kept me thinking with my head. also, vansciver, are you from virginia beach, va? have you ever heard of franklin, va? that's where i'm from. well, anyways, laters. jonathan the hockey player-poet angel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:00:04 EST From: Guru4u13@aol.com Subject: Jewel Photo in Sweater magazine, Jewel & Marilyn Manson Hi Everyone, There is a photo of Jewel on page 91 in the October/November edition of Sweater Magazine. It's a small photo but I'm mentioning because the photo was actually taken by my Aunt's roommate who happens to be a freelance photographer. She took the photo during one of Jewel's ANWA signings in NYC. Sweater is a free club music/style magazine that I believe you can pick up in places like Tower or other music stores. Also, if any of you saw the Conan O'Brien show today, he mentions in his monologue that Jewel admitted she was a big fan of Marilyn Manson and hopes she can do a duet with him sometime. Did any of you hear of this?? Anyways, I am a huge fan of all music but I can't see how anyone can like that guy. I'm not exactly looking forward to any type of Jewel/Manson duet either. What do you guys think? Later, Ty FIFI STUDIOS - http://www.fifibear.com Whimsical Photography/New Wave Videos My Aunt's Page ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V3 #724 ***************************