From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V8 #332 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Friday, July 25 2003 Volume 08 : Number 332 * 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 "calendar" * . * 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 V8 #___ gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] An opportunity to see Jewel in the UK ["Chris Groves" ] [EDA] how to measure [Minh Duong ] RE: [EDA] how to measure ["Philip Nelson" ] [EDA] new 0304 theory!! ["Fabio" ] [EDA] FWD: JeweLink: July 25, 2003 [Mike Connell ] [EDA] Take a bullet for Jewel? How about take a frisbee? [Mike Connell Subject: [EDA] An opportunity to see Jewel in the UK Jewel will be appearing on Channel Five's Terry and Gaby Show on Thursday 14th August. Tickets are free and can be obtained be emailing terryandgabyaudience@umtv.tv or ringing Daniel on 020 7843 9512. The show goes out live from between 11am and midday (audience need to arrive at 10am). Chris. http://www.jewelfan.co.uk : Jewel - Pieces Of UK http://pub70.ezboard.com/fmusicpromosdiscussionfrm14 : Official UK Jewel Forum ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:53:37 -0230 From: "Mark Austin" Subject: [EDA] European Cover Wow, I hope that's the European cover! I like it much better than what we North Americans got, because frankly, the pic kind of made Jewel look like a porcelain doll to me :P. And the pose was unnatural. I still thought it was okay, but I like the European cover much better! I almost feel like importing it from Europe when it comes out. It will probably have bonus tracks anyways. And way to go for Jewel for topping VH1!!! Peace, Mark _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:49:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Minh Duong Subject: [EDA] how to measure Well, being an engineer, whatever measure you choose, you would have to use meaningful statistics: standard deviation, % confidence, etc. Personally my favorite measure would be like # of bullets taken for Jewel. Since no one has ever shot at her (at least not that I know of) the distribution would not be normal, but it would be uniform. So the first EDA to take a bullet would automatically be the "most loyal fan" as she or he would be in the upper echelon. - ---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:46:12 +0200 From: "Ummelen, Marcel - Voridian" Subject: [EDA] how to measure... >>I have been the most loyal fan of jewel mmmmm, does something like a "most loyal fan" exist? How do we measure loyality? Does it have a unit like Amps for power? Just wondering. Marcel. (This engineer likes to measure.... ;-) ) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:53:26 -0500 From: "Philip Nelson" Subject: RE: [EDA] how to measure " So the first EDA to take a bullet would automatically be the "most loyal fan" as she or he would be in the upper echelon." LOL!! Philip Nelson Glowco, Inc Vice-President Sales/Marketing PO Box 4510 Monroe, LA 71211 318.537.3243 - Phone 318.345.3339 - Fax http://www.glowco.us ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:58:37 -0300 From: "Fabio" Subject: [EDA] new 0304 theory!! Wow! I just found a review that stated that 0304 stands for the average lenght of the songs, you know, 3/4 minutes! The funny thing was that the guy said as if it was the absolute truth, hehe... Very amusing. Fabio - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:23:42 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: [EDA] FWD: JeweLink: July 25, 2003 Here is the latest issue of JeweLink, directly from Jewel's "people", if you want to get a copy of this directly as each issue comes out, you can sub- scribe to it by sending a blank email to join-jewelink@list.jeweljk.com ******************************************** JeweLink - The Official Jewel Communications List ******************************************** In this edition of JeweLink: ***JEWEL: MORE INTERNATIONAL UPDATES ***SOUL CITY CAFE UPDATE AND THANK YOU! ***"PEPSI SMASH" STUDIO AUDIENCE REGISTRATION ***NOTES FROM MrBB ******************************************** ***JEWEL: MORE INTERNATIONAL UPDATES The "Intuition" single and video continues to gain momentum internationally. The video recently hit #1 on Canada's MuchMoreMusic channel and its just been added to MTV Germany! The single has been certified Gold in Australia and is now Top Ten on the SouthEast Asia airplay charts! Thank you to everyone who is helping this happen by requesting "Intuition." Jewel appreciates all your support! Keep it going! As you know, Jewel recently spent a few weeks in Europe preparing for the upcoming European release of "0304," by conducting many media and press interviews. Some of these interviews and articles will begin surfacing in European media and press over the course of the next few months. Most of Europe will see "0304" released on September 8, although The United Kingdom and Benelux countries get it one week earlier on September 1. The European "Intuition" single, featuring bonus track remixes, is releasing throughout Europe in August. (See the www.jeweljk.com calendar for the various specific European single release dates - some have been updated.) To coincide with these releases, plans are in the works to return to Europe, where promo will continue, with a few TV and radio appearances possible. More as plans become finalized. In the meantime, several UK newspaper articles are in the works, including a cover feature in the August 9 Saturday Telegraph. Jewel will also grace the pages of the August 10 Observer Review and the Aug 22 editions of The Independent and The Times. The August edition of "Interview" magazine, which is out now globally, features an exclusive new Jewel interview conducted by legendary Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin. Additionally, featured Jewel articles and/or interviews are scheduled to be published in various magazines including European editions of Esquire, Attitude, Uncut, Cosmo, InStyle, Company and Word, among others. ******************************************** ***SOUL CITY CAFE UPDATE AND THANK YOU! Jewel and her team wish to thank all the talented artists who have participated and all of you for your commitment to Soul City Cafe. With the Music Quest contest now concluded, Soul City Cafe is being reevaluated and will be on hiatus. We especially wish to extend our gratitude to the many Insiders it took to build this community. Your hard work and dedication are sincerely appreciated. You can catch the wonderful 2003 Music Quest winners, Anne Heaton and the Susan Greenbaum Band opening Jewel concert dates this fall! We'll keep you posted on those tour dates and openers as Jewel's concert schedule becomes finalized. You can always find the latest details on the www.jeweljk.com calendar. ******************************************** ***"PEPSI SMASH" STUDIO AUDIENCE REGISTRATION There's still time for those of you in the Los Angeles area to register to attend Jewel's "Pepsi Smash" taping. If you are between the ages of 16 and 25, live in the L.A. area and would enjoy attending the August 5 taping, you'll find the studio audience registration form at: http://www.1iota.com/1iotaproductions/event.asp?eid=323&s.x=46&s.y=17 This lengthy URL takes you directly to the August 5 show registration page. Once there, click "sign up" located under the words "SMASH Filmed In Los Angeles." Then follow the simple instructions. If you have any difficulty with the above direct URL, you can also visit www.1iota.com, choose PEPSI SMASH and then navigate to the August 5 registration from the pull-down menu of upcoming show dates. Don't delay as space is extremely limited! For those of you unable to attend, Jewel's "Pepsi Smash" performance airs the following night, August 6, at 9:00 PM Eastern/8:00 PM Central. Also on August 6, Jewel will be performing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, which airs on NBC at 11:35 PM. Europeans can catch The Tonight Show the following night, August 7, on FTN. Check local FTN listings for time in your area. ******************************************** ***NOTES FROM MrBB Hi All, We get many interesting questions around here, as you no doubt know, but every once in a while I get one sent my way that is particularly intriguing to me. Just such a question arrived from Bill K who asks: "The recording of Jewel's voice never sounded so rich or dynamic as it does on many of the new album tracks. I was wondering if there was anything radically different done to achieve that in the studio and what vocal microphone was used?" Well, Bill and anyone else interested in such minutia, that's a good question and a fine ear you have! Credit is certainly due to Lester and his very talented engineer for capturing Jewel's remarkable voice so well on the latest album, but some of the credit also goes to the microphone. It so happens that Jewel is the proud owner of an extremely rare vintage microphone and it was used for the first time on the "0304" sessions. For you sound tech-heads out there, like me, Jewel's vocal mic was a limited edition Neumann U-60 and these are extremely difficult to find. It's a large diaphragm tube mic and only about 40 of them were ever made back around 1960. Jewel has #22, by the way. That's it for today. We'll be back to you next week. Have an enjoyable weekend everybody! MrBB Now Playing: The Rugburns - "Taking The World By Donkey" ******************************************** Jewel performance information, release dates and media broadcast updates available 24 hours a day at: http://www.jeweljk.com/?QS=calendar.asp ******************************************** New content now posted in Jewel: Unedited: **Jewel's handwritten note to you from Germany in "Grab Bag!" **"Love Me Just Leave Me Alone" audio recorded live on the 1997 Lilith Fair Tour! **Never-before-seen photos of Jewel's return to Homer, Alaska - summer 2000. Coming soon! **More video and audio clips from The Archive! **More Pre-sale tickets for dates on Jewel's upcoming Fall Tour! Need technical assistance with Jewel: Unedited? Just drop us a line at customerservice@jeweljk.com. ******************************************** - --- You can help a friend subscribe by having them send a blank email to join-jewelink@list.jeweljk.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:07:49 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: [EDA] Take a bullet for Jewel? How about take a frisbee? Minh Duong wrote: >Well, being an engineer, whatever measure you choose, >you would have to use meaningful statistics: standard >deviation, % confidence, etc. Personally my favorite >measure would be like # of bullets taken for Jewel. >Since no one has ever shot at her (at least not that I >know of) the distribution would not be normal, but it >would be uniform. So the first EDA to take a bullet >would automatically be the "most loyal fan" as she or >he would be in the upper echelon. Would taking a frisbee for Jewel do? Many, many, many moons ago, 85 moons as a matter of fact, the EDA list recruited and enlisted a Frisbee Guard protection unit for Jewel for the JewelStock shows. In June of 1996, about a week before the announcement of what was to become JewelStock was announced, a then much unknown Jewel was performing her second or third song of her gig at a multi-artist festival in the Washington DC/Baltimore area, when, suddenly, without warning and very silently, a frisbee whoosed upon the stage and whacked Jewel...it was either a glancing blow off a shoulder or arm or upper torso, I forgot which. Well, as a matter of fact, let me bring to you the first mention of this on the list from June 1, 1996 and our on-site reporter David Mocko: "I saw Jewel peek out behind the black curtain, so I knew she was gonna be next. 5 minutes later, "Big Blue" came out, and it was quickly tuned. Jewel walked out to decent applause, commenting that she couldn't believe she was playing to that many people. She strummed her guitar a couple times, then sang "Behind the Wall". It held most people's attention in my area. She next began to sing "Pieces of You". People quickly lost interest, and few even began chanting for Cracker. Two lines into the third verse of PoY, a frisbee thrown out of the crowd hit Jewel moderately hard in the left forearm and chest as she sang. She seemed to take a second to decide what to do, then stopped, unplugged her guitar, and walked right off the stage. I was in such shock, I can't remember if she said anything, she probably muttered a quick "goodbye". She waited on the side of the stage long enough for her guitar to be packed away, then she was gone." Commentary from Mike: Now, before anyone slams Jewel for walking off the stage after that, there were some extenuating circumstances that came to light later, including the fact that many felt Jewel was scheduled on the wrong stage in front of the wrong crowd, as there were two or three stages at that festival and Jewel was on the stage where the fans of the other acts really would not be too interested in an acoustic gig from a blonde folksinger. This was the kind of crowd that burns merchandising booths at Woodstock 99 etc. Another stage/crowd saw the more subtle acts that Jewel really belonged with... Anyway, once JewelStock was announced the following Thursday and the list having to plan everything (at least at first), people were concerned that if Jewel got smacked with a frisbee at JewelStock we could not live with ourselves knowing we did not provide the best security. Thus was born the Jewel Frisbee Guard Duty. Discussion began on the list and MANY people started volunteering for the Frisbee Guard Duty so the JewelStock organizing committee decided to step it up a notch and get the very best people by holding tryouts. The tryouts were announced in a list post by yours truly as so: _______________________________________________ From: Mike Connell Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 17:05:28 -0400 Subject: Re: various postings, All Jewel related Schoon@thor.pla-net.net wrote: > I would like to be deputized for Frisbee Guard Duty during the show. I too > have been practicing. The organizers consider JewelStock Frisbee Guard Duty to be a serious task, perhaps the most important task for the whole event. We have spared no expense here. We've got two $330,000 Frisbee Detectors (rented for $2000), but they only pick up most Wham-o Frisbees. Eight inch red Wham-os and cheap plastic imitations get through. That is where the Frisbee guard comes in. We need 6 guards and 2 alternates. The alternates will man the rented Frisbee Detectors. Tryouts for JewelStock Frisbee Guard Duty will be will be held at 4 venues. Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, The Astrodome in Houston, The O-rena in Orlando and Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC. The tryouts will be this Saturday, at 10:00am local at all four venues. The top two at each venue will be the 6 guards and 2 alternates, the six guards to be decided on the day of the show. The competition is open to men and women. All points are determined by a panel of 5 judges. Grading is from four categories. Agility, speed, style, and quietness (Guards must not disturb the music) Elimination events include: 1) Jumping off a 15 foot lighting scaffolding placed 12 feet from the target, to catch TWO frisbees thrown at a "Jewel" target two seconds apart. You must catch one in each hand. [20 possible points] 2) Running 45 feet (the first 24 feet backwards) to CATCH, not deflect, a frisbee thrown at the target at a height of 1.15 feet. [20 points] . You get 10 bonus points if you catch the frisbee with your teeth. 3) Running 26 feet to DEFLECT, not catch, a Frisbee thrown at a the target. You must deflect the Frisbee with the targets' guitar, which you must take from the target, all the while NOT disturbing ANY of the 15 Mercury switch/relay sensors placed strategically on the target's limbs or torso . [20 points] 4) Teamwork relay. Four-person teams must complete the above three scenarios simultaneously, and then relay the frisbees (four Frisbees total, the first event has two frisbees remember) to the fourth team member, who must then run the frisbees to the backstage forensics lab. Teams will be randomly drawn. [20 points for each member of the winning team] 5) Two Essay Questions: #5-1)You will have to explain in 100 words or less, why you would take a Frisbee in the chest to save the JewelStock show. [5 points] #5-2) Question not revealed (we can't hint you on everything) [15 points] Sincerely, Mike Connell - JewelStock Frisbee Guard Chairman ________________________________________________ Let it be known not even one Frisbee got through the door either night of the show, so none of the brave 8 had to take a frisbee for Jewel :-) Mike ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V8 #332 ***************************