From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V5 #117 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Sunday, April 16 2000 Volume 05 : Number 117 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe from this digest, send an email to * jewel-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY the word * unsubscribe in the BODY of the email * . * For the latest news on what Jewel is up to, go to * the OFFICIAL Jewel web site at http://www.jeweljk.com * and click on "what's new" * . * 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 V5 #xxx or the like gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- * Jewel list back up, but "news only" for 2 weeks (and a funny story) [M] * Jewel to be at the big O party. ;) [zanita@webtv.net (Susana Figueiredo] * RWTD article in FilmFinesse [Koos van Zyl ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:46:19 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: * Jewel list back up, but "news only" for 2 weeks (and a funny story) Hi folks :-) Before I get into details, I just want to mention that while I am now "turning the list back on", it will be in a "news only" mode for the rest of April. Starting Monday May 1st we will be back to normal. There are many reasons for this but the main one is simply to give everyone, including me, a small break. It is the perfect time to do this. There is not much going on at all with Jewel....well, nothing actually. Those of you who have been here a while will recall that we last did this in October of 1997, when the list was news only for that month. (The last time I myself had a small "list vacation") So, you might ask what does "news only" mean? Basically it means that for the next two weeks, the only posts that should be sent in (and the only ones that will be approved/sent on to the list) are ones that either contain some sort of news about Jewel, news about the EDAF (EveryDay Angels Foundation) or news about upcoming EDA gatherings. So, if you know of an upcoming new or repeat appearance of Jewel on TV, or a newspaper article/blurb, magazine article/mention/picture, radio broadcast etc....send it on in. If you are planning an EDA get-together/gathering in late April or May.....send on any posts coordinating the effort. (I believe there a TWO EDAF/EDA events in May) Again, starting Monday May 1st, we will be back to normal (whatever the heck that is :-) Also, depending on how this goes the next two weeks, I MIGHT do this again in June or August (a "news only" month), but only if it still appears that not much will be going on with Jewel (i.e. no tours/concerts, no round of TV/radio appearances to promote the upcoming book etc). Your list manager, Mike :-) P.S. I have a short humorous list-related story to tell you guys. It relates to the recent computer problems I have been having (my new computer is out for service, I am now using a rented computer). Anyway, you might recall that a week ago I announced the list would be down another week because the hard drive on my computer died, and since the list was moderated I had to keep the list down until I got it fixed. Those of you who have been here a while might also recall that about a year ago I had to briefly shut down the list when I announced one morning (from my work eddress), and I quote, "the list is going to be down a short while, as my monitor died this morning, and I am not sure how long it will take to get another one". Please note that I said my MONITOR died, and that I was not sure how long it would take to get ANOTHER one. As in a replacement. Well, when I got home from work that day, there was a message on my answering machine. It was from a good friend/EDA who I had not seen in about 18 months. It was a semi-long, warm, sincere, heartfelt message.....a serious one, very nice....relating how sorry he was to read about the death of my mother. While it was a very sweet and touching response, and certainly no laughing matter, I could not help but virtually fall down laughing. It's obvious the EDA, who shall remain nameless, quickly read my email and certainly misread it and did not read all of it ("how long it will take to get another one". It seriously took me a good five minutes or more to compose myself and call him on the phone and tell him the "good news". I emailed him last week after I posted about my hard drive having died to make sure there was no confusion :-) * If you are new to the Jewel list and need a helping hand, * or have a burning question about Jewel and/or the list, * The Jewel/EveryDay Angels List Homepage & Guide is at: * http://www.quackquack.net/jewel * Many basic/common Jewel and list questions can be answered there :-) * * Need some Angelfood? Try http://www.angelfoodbank.org * * DuckOfPrey or WhyADuck55 on AOL and/or AOL Instant Messenger ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:31:25 -0400 (EDT) From: zanita@webtv.net (Susana Figueiredo) Subject: * Jewel to be at the big O party. ;) Life of O Party Oprah Winfrey is leaving nothing to chance. Hoping to debut her new glossy, O: The Oprah Magazine, with the proper fanfare, the talk-show diva will be host at a launch party next Monday at the Manhattan Pavilion on W. 18th St. No fewer than 15,000 roses and 5,000 berries are being flown in to create a giant O that guests like Diane Sawyer, Bryant Gumbel, Jane Pauley, Walter Isaacson, Kurt Andersen and Faye Wattleton will walk through to get into the party. Jewel is expected there, too. The singer has written a piece for O's debut issue that is based on the diaries she's kept since childhood. "My journal has helped me stay in touch with who I am," Jewel says. "It's a prayer, a meditation." Sure sounds like Oprah's kind of stuff. http://www.mostnewyork.com:80/today/News_and_Views/Daily_Dish/a-62818.asp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 16:59:09 +0200 From: Koos van Zyl Subject: * RWTD article in FilmFinesse Hi! I recently went to see "Boys Don't Cry" at the art theatre in town, and picked up a copy of FilmFinesse, a free movie mag about upcoming films. On page three there is an article about RWTD. Quite positive (gee, the first one maybe? :þ), as you'll see below....enjoy! ============================ Ride With The Devil A complex and dicisive time in American History is painted in admirably expressive shades of grey in Ride With The Devil. Impressing audiences once again with the diversity of his choice of subject matter and milieu, director Ang Lee has made the brutal yet sensitive film about the fringes of the Civil War, and about the families and neighbuors who were divided among themselved along the Missouri-Kansas border. "As powerful a war movie as Saving Private Ryan. Dynamically directed by Ang Lee." - Graham Fuller, INTERVIEW With this, his sixth feature film, Lee has chosen to focus on the American Civil War. The quitessential turning point in America's History. And, as with THE ICE STORM (1997), he shows an astonishing ability to cut to the heart of the matter. This is not a political diatribe against slavery, but a carefull constructed exploration of the effects of a war that divided families and communities, and had men fighting out of loyalty even when they didn't believe in the cause. The four main characters Jake Roedel (Tobey Maguire), Jack Bull Chiles (Skeet Ulrich), George Lyde (Simon Baker-Denny), and Daniel Holt (Jeffret Wright) are members of the Missoui Irregulars, a poorly organised, rag-tag group that wages guerrilla warfare against Union loyalists. Like their jayhawker enemies, these bushwackers often attack without warning or mercy, killing men and burning whole villages with seeming impunity. The story develops over the course of a winter, where the four men hide out in a crudely built shelter on the property of a pro-Confederacy family, the Evanses. A youing widow in the household, Sue Lee Shelly (Jewel), becomes involved with Chiles, and Clyde spends much of visiting a local lady friend. This gives Roedel and Holt an opportunity to get to know one another and sets up the inevitable tragedy when combat occurs, and not all of the participants escape with their lives. After the Irregulars stage a bloody raid on Lawrence, Kansas (a Union stronghold), they are hunted down by Northern troops and cut to pieces. Injured survivors seek shelter with friendly families, and are forced to re-evalueate their participation in the war. As the film progresses, Lee increasingly stresses the pointlessness of the Irregulars' struggle. The only thing they are accomplishing is killing people. Nothing they do has any impact on the war. This truth occurs to everyone, beginning with Sue Lee and ending with Roedel, as disillusionment convinces each of them of the folly of continuing the fight. RIDE WITH THE DEVIL also illustrates the horrible excesses that some men go to in the name of cause. >From a technical perspective, RIDE WITH THE DEVIL is nearly perfect. The attention to detail invested by Lee and his crew shows. From costumes to props, everything has the unmistakable hallmark of authenticity. The perfomances are all top-notch and Lee continues to astound the film-going public with his amazing grasp of historical and cultural representatations in countries foreign to his Taiwanese background. "Another Ang Lee masterpiece. A vivid, poignant film that wil touch your heart. Brilliant performances from a terrific ensemble cast." - Bill Zwecker, NBC-TV (Chicago) ================================================= - -- Koos van Zyl >>>>>>> The Savage Angel <<<<<<< Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the hell alone. ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V5 #117 ***************************