From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V9 #54 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Thursday, February 19 2004 Volume 09 : Number 054 * 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 V9 #___ gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] Report from Sydney show (19th feb.) = warning VERY LONG. ["Stephen ] [EDA] Jewel interview ["Fabio" ] [EDA] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cr=EDtica_de_um_show?= ["Fabio" Subject: [EDA] Report from Sydney show (19th feb.) = warning VERY LONG. The concert last night was FANTASTIC... probably the best concert I've ever been too, and definitely my favourite Jewel show ever. First of all, I had FANTASTIC seats... 2nd row, dead centre. I could see every move she made, every facial expression ... up close. During "Hands", her guitar cut out for most of the song (replaced by a weird buzzing) but I could still hear the guitar coming live, without amplification... that's how close I was. The most amazing thing about the night was probably the person I brought with me. This girl is a close friend who is a singer and a songwriter and has been recently "discovered" in a fairly major way. She's in the middle of writing and demoing all her material and I thought it would be very inspirational for her to see Jewel play solo acoustic live... Boy was I right! She literally cried throughout basically the entire concert... 2 hours... she was so moved. I've never seen anyone so incredibly touched by music before... it was so special. Anyway... here's the setlist with a little comment about each song...! Everything Breaks - I was surprised she opened with an unreleased track... beautiful. 1000 Miles Away - she played this without even getting a request... again surprised. New song - I have no idea about this song. I have never heard it before... it's somewhat about christmas and it's a sad love song... there's something about having a heart of gold in it. Does anyone know??? Near You Always - four songs in she finally picks an album track... got a big cheer on the intro. Passing Time - back to the unreleased stuff. She gave a little intro for this, saying it's about that period right after someone breaks up with you... when you're just trying to pass the time, hoping they'll realise nobody smells better than you... funny. :) Too Darn Hot - HUGE surprise! This song is amazing and she sounds amazing singing it... again, unrequested. I had a sense this was going to be a special show at this point cause she was pulling out some unusual stuff. Morning Song - she kept forgetting the words and in fact my friend reminded her of the words the first time (lots of people were yelling out but she looked directly at my friend and twigged onto the words)... and so the next time she forgot the words she looked at my friend again for guidance! haha. Carnivore - On request. Tons of people requested this, including myself. She said we're all dark and disturbed cause it's a sad song. Sometimes It Be That Way - proceeded by the Dylan story... very funny. Little Sister - nice. Life Uncommon - amazing... I love this song acoustic. It's so nice to hear it that way, instead of the crappy Spirit album version. Hands - This was when the guitar cutout halfway. After the song was over she asked the crowd if there was a weird buzzing for most of the song... which there was. THen she started making fun of the sound guy ... saying he'd be totally red-faced panicking right about now. Then some guy came out to fix it and she was like "what's your name?" and the guy didn't answer so she was like "what's your name DAMMIT!"... and it was Rob... this was all very funny. Stand - the acoustic arrangement of this song is AMAZING now. Really great. Prior to this song people were requesting... she said she didn't know any of them. She said she half new Emily and looked like she might play it for a second and then was like "I'm just gonna do whatever the hell I want anyway" Break Me - someone had requested this earlier... beautiful. Two Become One - again, great acoustic arrangement. Beautiful. Foolish Games - On request, I think. BEAUTIFUL. YWMFM - great, as always. Down So Long - this was my request. For those on this board who were also there... this is how you can identify me! lol. This was a highlight for me. She said she couldn't remember it and I was like "isn't that your lyric book onstage?" and she said something like "did you say...?"... I couldn't hear her exactly. And so I said "what did I say?"... and she laughed like... he can't even remember what he said! So then I repeated myself about the lyric book and she was like "it is my lyric book actually".. And then she was like "it's not the lyrics I can't remember, it's the chords"... so then she like hummed through half the song to figure it out and she played it beautiful... so afterwards I was like "Thanks!" and she looked at me and kinda was like "ok!"... it was cute. So that was my little interaction with Jewel for the night. Sweet Angel - this was on a "yodel for us!" request. Beautiful. WWSYS - told the kermit the frog story. encore: Intuition - I love this song... it's a great song. And it's fabulous acoustic. It made me realise what a great song it really is. Angel Standing By - gorgeous. And that was it! Another little tidbit was she said she'd had a photoshoot that morning in a studio for vogue magazine... and that's why her hair was crimped. She also talked about the false eyelashes although it wasn't the typical "i can't get them off" story... it was something about how you feel when you have false eyelashes... and she was making fun of photoshoots. It was a cute little story. Another cute thing was at one point she reached into her back pocket and was like "oh... my room key!" and threw it onto the table next to her. That was funny. Ok... that's it! Steve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 14:49:40 -0300 From: "Fabio" Subject: [EDA] Jewel interview Jewel was interviewed by radio station Nova: http://www.nova100.com.au/hkd.asp Could anyone please transcribe it? My computer doesn't read wma files... But I've read that she says that Stand was originally written for Beyonce. How bizarre! Fabio ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:06:25 -0300 From: "Fabio" Subject: [EDA] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cr=EDtica_de_um_show?= Um fc mandou muito bem em sua crmtica de um show recente da Jewel. Espero que vcs saibam ler em ingles :) The concert last night was FANTASTIC... probably the best concert I've ever been too, and definitely my favourite Jewel show ever. First of all, I had FANTASTIC seats... 2nd row, dead centre. I could see every move she made, every facial expression ... up close. During "Hands", her guitar cut out for most of the song (replaced by a weird buzzing) but I could still hear the guitar coming live, without amplification... that's how close I was. The most amazing thing about the night was probably the person I brought with me. This girl is a close friend who is a singer and a songwriter and has been recently "discovered" in a fairly major way. She's in the middle of writing and demoing all her material and I thought it would be very inspirational for her to see Jewel play solo acoustic live... Boy was I right! She literally cried throughout basically the entire concert... 2 hours... she was so moved. I've never seen anyone so incredibly touched by music before... it was so special. Anyway... here's the setlist with a little comment about each song...! Everything Breaks - I was surprised she opened with an unreleased track... beautiful. 1000 Miles Away - she played this without even getting a request... again surprised. New song - I have no idea about this song. I have never heard it before... it's somewhat about christmas and it's a sad love song... there's something about having a heart of gold in it. Does anyone know??? Near You Always - four songs in she finally picks an album track... got a big cheer on the intro. Passing Time - back to the unreleased stuff. She gave a little intro for this, saying it's about that period right after someone breaks up with you... when you're just trying to pass the time, hoping they'll realise nobody smells better than you... funny. :) Too Darn Hot - HUGE surprise! This song is amazing and she sounds amazing singing it... again, unrequested. I had a sense this was going to be a special show at this point cause she was pulling out some unusual stuff. Morning Song - she kept forgetting the words and in fact my friend reminded her of the words the first time (lots of people were yelling out but she looked directly at my friend and twigged onto the words)... and so the next time she forgot the words she looked at my friend again for guidance! haha. Carnivore - On request. Tons of people requested this, including myself. She said we're all dark and disturbed cause it's a sad song. Sometimes It Be That Way - proceeded by the Dylan story... very funny. Little Sister - nice. Life Uncommon - amazing... I love this song acoustic. It's so nice to hear it that way, instead of the crappy Spirit album version. Hands - This was when the guitar cutout halfway. After the song was over she asked the crowd if there was a weird buzzing for most of the song... which there was. THen she started making fun of the sound guy ... saying he'd be totally red-faced panicking right about now. Then some guy came out to fix it and she was like "what's your name?" and the guy didn't answer so she was like "what's your name DAMMIT!"... and it was Rob... this was all very funny. Stand - the acoustic arrangement of this song is AMAZING now. Really great. Prior to this song people were requesting... she said she didn't know any of them. She said she half new Emily and looked like she might play it for a second and then was like "I'm just gonna do whatever the hell I want anyway" Break Me - someone had requested this earlier... beautiful. Two Become One - again, great acoustic arrangement. Beautiful. Foolish Games - On request, I think. BEAUTIFUL. YWMFM - great, as always. Down So Long - this was my request. For those on this board who were also there... this is how you can identify me! lol. This was a highlight for me. She said she couldn't remember it and I was like "isn't that your lyric book onstage?" and she said something like "did you say...?"... I couldn't hear her exactly. And so I said "what did I say?"... and she laughed like... he can't even remember what he said! So then I repeated myself about the lyric book and she was like "it is my lyric book actually".. And then she was like "it's not the lyrics I can't remember, it's the chords"... so then she like hummed through half the song to figure it out and she played it beautiful... so afterwards I was like "Thanks!" and she looked at me and kinda was like "ok!"... it was cute. So that was my little interaction with Jewel for the night. Sweet Angel - this was on a "yodel for us!" request. Beautiful. WWSYS - told the kermit the frog story. encore: Intuition - I love this song... it's a great song. And it's fabulous acoustic. It made me realise what a great song it really is. Angel Standing By - gorgeous. And that was it! Another little tidbit was she said she'd had a photoshoot that morning in a studio for vogue magazine... and that's why her hair was crimped. She also talked about the false eyelashes although it wasn't the typical "i can't get them off" story... it was something about how you feel when you have false eyelashes... and she was making fun of photoshoots. It was a cute little story. Another cute thing was at one point she reached into her back pocket and was like "oh... my room key!" and threw it onto the table next to her. That was funny. Ok... that's it! Steve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:28:29 +1100 From: Jerry Hodgins Subject: [EDA] The Age Newspaper in Melbourne and Jewel's second show in Sydney. Hi Mike, The Age in melbourne is one of the oldest publications in Australia, and is owned by the fairfax network, which is owned by Kerry Packer, one of Australia's richest men. Its very well respected, which is why I was also surprised to see such a poorly written article in it. There's no accounting for bad taste I suppose :-) Jewel's second show in Sydney last night was fantastic as to be expected. I didnt write the setlist down, but it generally followed her setlists throughout Australia. Highlights for me where Break me, Stand, Passing Time and Carnivore (apparently every gig in Australia has requested Carnivore - we're very sad, sadistic people :-) Jewel was looking fabulous, sounding brilliant, and her little interjections of witty humour were very much appreciated by the audience. Cant wait to go again tonight.... Peace Angels. Jerry. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:11:21 +1100 From: Jerry Hodgins Subject: [EDA] Article from the Sydney Morning Herald - Jewel, Opera House. By Bernard Zuel Friday, February 20, 2004. Mark Trevorrow does this thing when he's being his all-acrylic crooner Bob Downe where he starts a song in a high register and then drops sharply into a deep, heavily enunciated lower register. A lot of drag club singers do the same. It mocks both the cabaret style of yore, where drama was far from subtly conveyed, and the famous self-celebrating singers who like to show off with the vocal equivalent of sequins and cleavage. Downe and friends are parodists, their object humour, even if affectionately delivered. But what are we to make of the fact that Jewel Kilcher does the same thing but with utmost seriousness, with a level of "look at me, look at me" histrionics that can beggar belief? Song after song begins with a light girlish voice, her pupils rolled up to further emphasise some kind of innocence, and then plunge into vibrato-heavy deeper tones, the now serious face and intense gaze offering thoughts presumably of the adult kind. Then she'll soar left or right - and sometimes attempt them simultaneously - stretching some notes, flattening others, adding what in some generous quarters could be called jazz colourings. (Late in the set she let loose with an extended scat that it may be best not to mention ever again.) It's not hard to see in Jewel someone who has studied Joni Mitchell. Any sensible female singer - and any sensible male singer, for that matter - has done that. It's also not hard to see someone who has missed the point of Joni Mitchell completely. Mitchell's mannerisms and style always served the song, not the singer. Mitchell didn't ask you to applaud her skill but to experience a new way to travel through or understand a song. What Jewel offers is technique not taste, posturing not passion. She says "look how clever I am", not "feel what this song is trying to tell you" and eventually you want to grab her and say, "for pity's sake, stop posing, just sing the bloody song". Maybe deep down she knows just how shallow her songs are and erects a bells-and-whistles technique around them to deflect closer inspection. Not overly burdened with melodic gems, Jewel's songs offer a simulacrum of the deep and meaningful that asks more of the lyrics than they can handle. Of course the intensity of the reaction from a near delirious audience, who laughed at her overlong stories and welled up at each clearly signposted emotional junction, suggests at least in this room I was in a tiny, tiny minority. Far be it for me to suggest they've been sold a (glossy, flashy and so very like real) pup. Jewel performs at the Opera House tonight. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:57:30 -0800 From: "EN" Subject: RE: [EDA] Article from the Sydney Morning Herald - Jewel, Opera House. Sorry for the one liner, but can we say, "ouch?" Geesh ... that's the harshest review I've ever read about Jewel. Damn. Okay, I also have a sidenote (so it's not a one-liner anymore). Have you guys received the latest JeweLink with the "0304 contest?" I just have to say that is ONE STUPID contest. To enter, you must either sign up on JeweLink, Unedited, or send a postcard. I would say that 95% of the people getting that email are SUBSCRIBED to the JeweLink. It's their attempt to get us to spam our friends and make them join, or what? But if they liked Jewel, they would already be subscribed. So what? Now to enter, you must send a postcard and spend money on postage? Grr ... I suppose we can unsubscribe and subscribe again, but ehhh. It makes sense, but not a whole lot of sense ... Second item: The new DVD ... why are there two separate "pre-order" things? Am I not paying attention, or are they exactly the same, except for one, you get free candles? Does anyone find that weird? Elizabeth - -----Original Message----- From: owner-jewel@smoe.org [mailto:owner-jewel@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Hodgins Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:11 PM To: 'jewel@smoe.org' Subject: [EDA] Article from the Sydney Morning Herald - Jewel, Opera House. By Bernard Zuel Friday, February 20, 2004. Mark Trevorrow does this thing when he's being his all-acrylic crooner Bob Downe where he starts a song in a high register and then drops sharply into a deep, heavily enunciated lower register. A lot of drag club singers do the same. It mocks both the cabaret style of yore, where drama was far from subtly conveyed, and the famous self-celebrating singers who like to show off with the vocal equivalent of sequins and cleavage. Downe and friends are parodists, their object humour, even if affectionately delivered. But what are we to make of the fact that Jewel Kilcher does the same thing but with utmost seriousness, with a level of "look at me, look at me" histrionics that can beggar belief? Song after song begins with a light girlish voice, her pupils rolled up to further emphasise some kind of innocence, and then plunge into vibrato-heavy deeper tones, the now serious face and intense gaze offering thoughts presumably of the adult kind. Then she'll soar left or right - and sometimes attempt them simultaneously - stretching some notes, flattening others, adding what in some generous quarters could be called jazz colourings. (Late in the set she let loose with an extended scat that it may be best not to mention ever again.) It's not hard to see in Jewel someone who has studied Joni Mitchell. Any sensible female singer - and any sensible male singer, for that matter - has done that. It's also not hard to see someone who has missed the point of Joni Mitchell completely. Mitchell's mannerisms and style always served the song, not the singer. Mitchell didn't ask you to applaud her skill but to experience a new way to travel through or understand a song. What Jewel offers is technique not taste, posturing not passion. She says "look how clever I am", not "feel what this song is trying to tell you" and eventually you want to grab her and say, "for pity's sake, stop posing, just sing the bloody song". Maybe deep down she knows just how shallow her songs are and erects a bells-and-whistles technique around them to deflect closer inspection. Not overly burdened with melodic gems, Jewel's songs offer a simulacrum of the deep and meaningful that asks more of the lyrics than they can handle. Of course the intensity of the reaction from a near delirious audience, who laughed at her overlong stories and welled up at each clearly signposted emotional junction, suggests at least in this room I was in a tiny, tiny minority. Far be it for me to suggest they've been sold a (glossy, flashy and so very like real) pup. Jewel performs at the Opera House tonight. ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V9 #54 **************************