From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V5 #451 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Friday, December 15 2000 Volume 05 : Number 451 * 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: ----------------- [EDA] My Top Ten of the last decade [MrBB ] [EDA] Enter From The East ["cymbaline" ] [EDA] Carnivore [ChrissyPf1@aol.com] [EDA] Calories [JewelKGirl@aol.com] [EDA] Clearwater Donations [Wigglytooth523@aol.com] Re:[EDA] Enter From The East ["Nick Wong" ] [EDA] My opinion on Jewel's new songs! [=?iso-8859-1?q?Hotel=20Angel?= ] [EDA] Spirit needs editing ["Kris Tetzlaff" ] Re: [EDA] Enter From The East [Jason Quattrini ] [EDA] Jay and my Jewel album. [kevin maguire ] [EDA] EDA/HGH totals (Help if you forgot the "EDA" step) [MrBB Subject: [EDA] My Top Ten of the last decade Hi all, Since others are enjoying posting their top ten albums of the last decade, I thought I'd toss mine out there too. MrBB 1990: The Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmetic I was completely mesmerized with Harriet Wheeler's voice for a few years there. This played constantly and I was lucky enough to catch them live several times on this first tour. Admittedly, I had little comprehension of a lot of the lyrics but her vocals were so enjoyable, I didn't care! A few years later they published the lyrics and I was surprised when I finally read them. Still really enjoy this from time to time. 1990: Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly I loved the album "Happy Nightmare Baby" by Opal. This first Mazzy Star album was the next best thing. (It's all the same musicians, but with Hope Sandoval replacing Kendra Smith on vocals.) 1992: The Sundays - Blind Ditto to the first album. 1994: Sam Phillips - Martinis & Bikinis This album grabbed me faster than anything I've bought in the past 10 years. Loved every second of it immediately. She is something! I've said it before and I'll say it again: The best Beatles album since the breakup! 1994: Cindy Lee Berryhill - Garage Orchestra This is CLB's most rewarding album, in my opinion, and showcases everything she does best. There's particularly brilliant arranging of instruments and vocals and a melodic sense recalling Brian Wilson circa "Pet Sounds," that is totally infectious. 1996: Patty Griffin - Living With Ghosts Incredible songwriter and a haunting voice. That says enough, but also one of the most powerful acoustic guitar/vocal albums I've ever heard. By far, my favorite release that year. 1997: Ghostyhead - Rickie Lee Jones Vast majority of her fans didn't get it and the company pulled it after a very short run. I was knocked out by it for a month or so, obsessed with it for a year and now just plain love it. Lyrically her most intense album and musically, very experimental. I think some of the trip-hop elements turned a lot of people off, but I thought she uses these elements in such an organic way, that it worked really well. The concerts on this tour were incredible and this material was played much more aggressively. When more of her longtime fans eventually widen their musical perspectives, this will be looked back on as her lost masterpiece. 1998: High Llamas - Cold And Bouncy They totally captivated me with this release. I thought they found the perfect balance of melodic pop circa mid 60's with modern electronic playfulness. I've given this to many live sound engineers who play it as break music and get lots of response about it. Phenomenal recording, too. 1999: Joy Eden Harrison - Unspoken A giant leap forward from her 1st album. Her writing still evokes 1920s & 30's jazz, but this has a far greater range of expression and her evocative voice never sounded better. A heavy-handed producer would have been detrimental to these songs but these arrangements (by Cindy Lee Berryhill) are the perfect accompaniment to Joy's voice and guitar. An EDA listmember (Gerry L) put it best when he wrote "she displays a unique combination of vulnerability and sharpness of vision; a sensuality that is equally matched by her thought provoking clarity." 2000: Cowboy Junkies - Waltz Across America My current "heavy rotation" disc. Finally, a CJ's album that truly captures the live dynamics of this band. Margoth's voice continues to improve with age and excellent choices of material. Favorites performed better than the studio versions and truly pummeling versions of I Saw Your Shoes, Hunted and Blue Guitar. They're not known for blasting power but listen to this and you'll think again. Great live recording! That's my ten. I'd only add my favorite "posthumous release" of the last decade and that's "Bob Dylan Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall, London 1966," which was finally released 32 years after the fact. This is one of the most frighteningly intense performances of all time. Had it forever from a fan recording, but now it's out in all its glory. That moment in time, when all the folk traditionalists were pissed off that Dylan dared to play an electric guitar. During the electric set, when an audience member yells "Judas!" and many more applaud, Dylan tells the band to "PLAY FUCKING LOUD!" and rips into a pulverizing new song: "Like A Rolling Stone". ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:43:37 -0500 From: "cymbaline" Subject: [EDA] Enter From The East now that we seem to be analyzing songs, this has been bothering me ever since I heard Enter From the East for the first time. The lines: "there's no room inside this heart of mine, my heart has four empty rooms, three wait for lightning, and one waits for you." seem to be sort of contradicting themselves. first she's saying "i don't have room in my heart for you," then she says "there's a room in my heart thats waiting for you".... does anyone have any other thoughts to this that would make more sense to the lines? or are they really contradicting? cymbie tree hugger - -- when night falls it's dawn one must reach for. - -a. camus ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:12:44 EST From: ChrissyPf1@aol.com Subject: [EDA] Carnivore Maybe yellow could be representing her cowardice to not be her true self (lavendar) because that haunted him-- Yellow may represent happiness and friendship, but I'm sure we have all also heard it be used to describe someone as being a coward or a chicken- Who knows, just my two cents-- I am enjoying this discussion-- I think we should continue it and start a new one about some other lyrics-- any suggestions? - -- Chrissy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:25:54 EST From: JewelKGirl@aol.com Subject: [EDA] Calories I have noticed that Jewel looks particularily thin lately. She looks as though she has lost a considerable amount of weight. I also notcied that she mentioned about 2 or 3 times on the 'Rosie Show' that she mentioned eating too many calories over Thanksgiving. I hope that she's not obsessed with her weight. I thought she looked great with a little extra weight, actually. Maybe I'm just seeing things. Have a good day! Allena (The Musician Angel) "Penny for your thoughts? " ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:36:38 EST From: Wigglytooth523@aol.com Subject: [EDA] Clearwater Donations Hey Angels, I havent posted in forever, but im still a very active EDA. I read the posts everyday and have become really close with an EDA or two. I keep in contact with them as much as possible (we try for daily). I know a lot of EDAs dont have much(any) money. I am a college student- I do have quite alot of money, but thats only because Ive been trying to save up for my New years trip, Car insurance, and my future expenses once I transfer to a University. Ok enough with the Babble. Here's my idea. Why dont you pick a day like New Years or Valentines Day and make it a goal to save X dollars a day until then and donate what youve saved. It might be 1 dollar or less per day, but by new years or Valentines Day you'd be able to donate like $10 dollars or more and even that little bit will help Eliot ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:01:38 +1300 From: "Nick Wong" Subject: Re:[EDA] Enter From The East Well to take it literally, there are four chambers in the heart, and they are filled with the nice red liquidy stuff that keeps us alive, and you need lightning to jump start the heart again, and well one is however, left for the lover. That's my way of interpreting it, though I am most probably wrong. Nick "there's no room inside this heart of mine, my heart has four empty rooms, three wait for lightning, and one waits for you." seem to be sort of contradicting themselves. first she's saying "i don't have room in my heart for you," then she says "there's a room in my heart thats waiting for you".... does anyone have any other thoughts to this that would make more sense to the lines? or are they really contradicting? cymbie tree hugger ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:32:21 -0800 (PST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Hotel=20Angel?= Subject: [EDA] My opinion on Jewel's new songs! Hi Angels! I just wanted to share my opinion on Jewel's latest songs! I think they are beautiful. I've just heard a few days ago 'Lemondrops & Clover' and 'Rosie & Mick'... they are great songs and if you don't have them you should really really get them.. you won't regret yourself. I think 'Lemondrops & Clover' is so sweet :) and 'Rosie & Mick' is kinda sad, but also bittersweet... I like that... kinda, in some way, reminds me of Painters... I hope Jewel puts these songs on her new album... I see great future for 'Lemondrops & Clover' and 'Rosie & Mick'... they are one of my favourite all-time Jewel songs!!! :) And they would do great if released someday!!! SO... I was wondering if anyone had (or anyone knows where I could get) the lyrics of 'Lemondrops & Clover' and 'Rosie & Mick'?!?!? Can you give them to me or tell me where I could find them? PLEASE... About the Carnivore lyrics question... I agree with Jade. Jewel felt limited as if she only could do things that pleased the guy are that didn't "haunted" him (i.e. bother him or annoy him). Just my thoughts... Take care angels, Mirko *the peruvian smiling angel* Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:20:41 -0500 From: "Sandy" Subject: Re: [EDA] Enter From The East I don't see them as contradicting, because I took them to mean this: When she's saying there is no room left inside her heart, and then she said it has four empty rooms, three wait for lightning and one waiting for you, I took it to mean that that is why there is no room left inside her heart, because those four rooms are full. Just my interpretation! ~ Sandy - ----- Original Message ----- From: "cymbaline" To: "EDA" Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 8:43 AM Subject: [EDA] Enter From The East > now that we seem to be analyzing songs, this has been bothering me ever since > I heard Enter From the East for the first time. > > The lines: > > "there's no room inside this heart of mine, > my heart has four empty rooms, > three wait for lightning, and one waits for you." > > seem to be sort of contradicting themselves. first she's saying "i don't have > room in my heart for you," then she says "there's a room in my heart thats > waiting for you".... > > does anyone have any other thoughts to this that would make more sense to the > lines? > or are they really contradicting? > > > > cymbie > tree hugger > -- > when night falls > it's dawn one must reach for. > -a. camus ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:13:31 -0600 From: "Kris Tetzlaff" Subject: [EDA] Spirit needs editing I think it's safe to say that the following lyrics are contradictory: "...there's no room inside this heart of mine/my heart has four empty rooms/three wait for lightning/one waits for you..." which reminds me...Jewel uses the same exact metaphor in "Absence of Fear"... "Inside my heart, there's an empty room/it's waiting for lightning/it's waiting for you..." Somebody should've noticed this before the record was released. A lot of the same lyrics are used throughout the record too...like "don't worry, mother", "...my gravity", "fragile flame", etc. I realize Spirit sticks to one theme, but i find fault in redundancy (in regard to repeated metaphors and such). As much as i love the record, maybe Spirit isnt so immaculate after all. - -Kris _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 07:42:13 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Quattrini Subject: Re: [EDA] Enter From The East Well, you need to take the lines before that too. They are part of it. Blue? Is that you? Well, don't bother knocking on my door this time. Blue, go be true for someone else, there's no room iside this heart of mine... etc. So the waits for you part does not refer to blue/sadness, while the line before does. That clear it up? :P - --- cymbaline wrote: > now that we seem to be analyzing songs, this has been bothering me > ever since > I heard Enter From the East for the first time. > > The lines: > > "there's no room inside this heart of mine, > my heart has four empty rooms, > three wait for lightning, and one waits for you." > > seem to be sort of contradicting themselves. first she's saying "i > don't have > room in my heart for you," then she says "there's a room in my > heart thats > waiting for you".... > > does anyone have any other thoughts to this that would make more > sense to the > lines? > or are they really contradicting? > it's dawn one must reach for. > -a. camus ===== ]:o_ Jason Quattrini The Master Cow _o:[ |O = quattj@yahoo.com "I am a WERECOW! Moooooooo!!!!" = O| |_o= http://www.geocities.com/quattj/index.html =o_| Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:21:00 -0800 (PST) From: kevin maguire Subject: [EDA] Jay and my Jewel album. I watched Jewel on Rosie, Jay, and Shedaisy and she is just so awesome each time. She is the most wonderful thing there is! I love her christmas CD but mine is lost right now =( so i have to keep watching the shows i recorded. I love how jewel just smiles and Glows while she is singing, its like she is flirting with some one in the crowd. I kinda felt that when i was at her concert in SF back in 99, it seemed she looked my way, took off her sun glasses, then there was this sexy smile...but it probable wasnt meant for me, its nice to dream that it was though.... ok heres my perfect CD of Jewel (not in any order...) 1. Cold song 2. Love me just leave me alone 3. Nicotine Love 4. I got the blues more that you, BLUES 5. Love is a rose w/steve poltz ...and maybe with the ty murray verision, but its kinda rated R. 6. i though i saw you last night (ghost song Steves song) 7. flower 8. Sometimes it be that way (bob dylan story) 9. Carnivor 10. Gods gift to women 11. Boy needs a bike 12. WWSYS (woodstock were she skats with doug) 13. Grey Matter 14. Near you always 15. Satellite 16. Piece of your love machine 17. great big Mystery Show. Whoa sorry thats a long list, its a Big Bonus CD, maybe an 80 minute CD, but most Artics only put like 11-14 songs when they can do more. Also i would put some stuff from Spirit on there, and maybe a couple more rare songs. And most of the stuff is Live that i picked. Ok. well i have all those songs, so i dont need Atlantic to make one for me, but for the rest of the world!!! =) God bless! and remember the TRUE reason behind Christmas........... kevin...a heavenly angel. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:12:58 -0500 From: MrBB Subject: [EDA] EDA/HGH totals (Help if you forgot the "EDA" step) Hi all, After sending out this morning's edition, I'm on vacation from JeweLink, but I'm still hanging out for a few more days before signing off for several weeks. I'm primarily writing today because a few of you mentioned that you donated to Clearwater via their website donation form, but forgot to put "EDA" in the FAX field, so they could include you in EDA year end totals. If this applies to you, we can help you fix that. Please send an email to hgh@jeweljk.com simply telling them you are an EDA and forgot that step. Include your name and the amount you donated and they will match you to your donation and add your contribution to the EDA year-end total. For the convenience of new folks, a condensed repeat of the relevant info follows. Thanks and enjoy the weekend! MrBB ********************************************************** For new folks who were not here last year, many EDAs raised almost $5,000 for HGH/Clearwater as a Christmas gift to Jewel last winter. This money, combined with a $25,000 "Smooch For A Cure" grand prize, (which the EDAs helped Jewel win for Clearwater), led to a Clearwater site in Gualcea, Honduras. This water site was specifically funded from this $30,000 total and is officially dedicated to the EDAs. You can learn more about your water site at: www.clearwaterproject.org/cchonduras.html The funding for this water site is being implemented in two stages. The first stage cost $30,000, which was the money mentioned above, that initiated the Gualcea water site earlier this year. The second stage will cost approximately $45,000 and will be sent sometime this coming year. Many of you have indicated that you want to continue this effort, as this year's Christmas present to Jewel. Your contributions are very appreciated and along with HGH fundraising efforts, will help complete this project. Here's the instructions: You can either donate online or by mailing in a check or money order. In order to track the EDA donations, so that we can let you know how much youve raised, heres the scoop: If youd like to mail your contribution, please write EDA in the upper left hand corner of your check. Make it payable to Higher Ground for Humanity (or HGH) and indicate Clearwater in the memo. Mail your contribution to: HGH/Clearwater Project Attention: EDA PO Box 9002 Carlsbad, CA 92018 USA We also have a new online donation page! If you make your contribution online, PLEASE ENTER EDA IN THE FAX FIELD OF THE ONLINE ORDER FORM. The minimum amount you can donate online is $10, so if you prefer to send in less, please use the mail-in instructions. The web site page is at http://www.clearwaterproject.org/dodonations.html - it also has instructions and a form you can print out for mailing your check. (This form isnt necessary, however.) ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V5 #451 ***************************