From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V11 #114 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Thursday, May 4 2006 Volume 11 : Number 114 * 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] AllMusic review [Fjjordao ] [EDA] Re: jewel on ellen/tavis [Theresa Bolger Gubrud ] Re: [EDA] my mini review of GAIW [Kiera OToole ] [EDA] Jewel: Stripped [] Re: [EDA] Jewel: Stripped [lumkinsc98@aol.com] [EDA] Re: words get in the way?/Setlists ["Dine :o\)" ] [EDA] The Thank Yous [James Brogdon ] Re: [EDA] looking for an instantlive [samantha ] [EDA] FIRST AND LAST REAL MANAGER [StuartnDee@aol.com] RE: [EDA] half a$$ed review :) [HMN333@aol.com] [EDA] Re: Target Exclusive DVD [Barry Howarth ] [EDA] anyone still need GAIW??? ["D R" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 14:24:21 -0300 From: Fjjordao Subject: [EDA] AllMusic review All Music gave this 4 1/2 stars, out of 5. The picked Again and Again, Goodbye Alice In Wonderland, Only One Too and Words Get In The Way as best songs. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=a...3C54915839B213A7D9CDB7B674BE78ACF52FA34A6FAE&sql=10:lnxuak2kdm3b Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine The last time listeners encountered Jewel, the famously sensitive singer/songwriter had just performed an extreme makeover on herself, refashioning herself as a dance-pop diva on 2003's 0304. Artistically, it worked against all odds, and it did pretty well on the charts too, debuting at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, but her fans didn't necessarily warm to it, and three years later, Jewel is running away from the album she proclaimed as her "first record I enjoy listening to" ("It's fun!"), and back to safe territory with 2006's Goodbye Alice in Wonderland. Like 0304, this album comes with an explanation/apology from its auteur: "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland is the story of my life and is the most autobiographical album I have made since Pieces of You...By the end of the 13th song, if you have listened closely, you will have heard the story of the sirens song that seduced me, of a path I both followed and led, of bizarre twists and turns that opened my eyes, forcing me to find solutions so that discovering the truth would not lead to a loss of hope." And, yes, the album is indeed a song cycle, tracing her crisis of the soul in the wake of her dance-pop move, which might make Goodbye Alice in Wonderland sound pompous and self-absorbed, which it kind of is on one level; after all, albums that find an artist examining the fallout of a commercial success that they were a willing participant in are kind of narcissistic. But even if Goodbye is a bit of an unwitting star-trip  Jewel may be trying to run from stardom, but the issues she explores here are too autobiographical, too much like diary entries to resonate deeply on a larger scale  it doesn't mean the album doesn't work. In fact, as a piece of music and as a coherent set of songs, it's Jewel's strongest yet. Assisted by producer Rob Cavallo  who has produced records for Michelle Branch and the Goo Goo Dolls, along with every Green Day album since 1995's Nimrod  Jewel has created her most sonically appealing record, one that has plenty of different shades and textures. This keeps her ceaseless introspection from sounding like excessive navel-gazing, but it also helps draw out the variety within the songs themselves, which range from the meandering ballad of the title track to the ruminative, moody "Last Dance Rodeo" to the blatantly Dylanesque phrasing of "Stephenville, TX" to a trio of her best pop songs in "Again and Again," "Only One Too," and "Words Get in the Way." True, Jewel still has a tendency to spin out lyrics that are embarrassingly precious, but as a writer she's never been stronger, particularly in terms of the construction of the songs; these are tight, sturdy, melodic songs that are among her most memorable. And not only are the individual moments strong, but they add up to a cohesive, satisfying whole. In that sense, it's not altogether dissimilar to 0304, which she may be apologizing for now, but prior to this album, it was the only one of her records that held together from beginning to end. Goodbye Alice in Wonderland may have an entirely different feel and intent than its glitzy predecessor, but like 0304, it is proof that even if Jewel doesn't have as high a profile, or perhaps as large an audience, as she did in 1996, she's a better songwriter and record-maker than she was at the outset of her career. ________________________________________________ WNET - www.wnetrj.com.br ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 12:18:17 -0500 From: Theresa Bolger Gubrud Subject: [EDA] Re: jewel on ellen/tavis Missed the AM show of Ellen and I went to the website to see what guests she was having on this week and although Unedited says today she's on Ellen, she's not listed at the Ellen website. So did anyone see if she was? Also, does anyone know if the Oxygen Ellen at night is a replay of that day's network version? In other words, if I missed it this AM and Jewel was on, can I catch her tonight on Oxygen? thanks, T PS Did anyone catch that she will be on Tavis Smiley PBS today/tonight sometime too? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 12:58:36 -0400 From: Scott Subject: [EDA] Second single should be ONLY ONE TOO Jewel is making a big mistake if she thinks "Good Day" will be a successful single. Sure, it's a good song, I like it, but for radio? I think she should have released "Only One Too" first and then "Again and Again" maybe...but it's not too late! "Only One Too" campaign anyone?? - -- Scott http://www.scottanthony.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 18:39:20 +0100 (BST) From: Kiera OToole Subject: Re: [EDA] my mini review of GAIW Technically, only Fragile Heart has been on an album before. The other 2 were live b-sides. They have been redone in a studio and fully produced. I do see where you are coming from though and can understand your frustration. However, I still adore these songs and love the new studio versions so I am happy. D R wrote: um...if i really wanted to get into it, it'd probably take a million pages. but...i listened to the cd for about 3 and a half hrs straight because i have a driving job and i just listened to it throughout my route and i just have to say that i was extremely annoyed about the fact that she released "a long slow slide," "fragile heart," and "stephenville, tx" on this album when they were already released on a previous one. that was just a complete waste of cd space. then....she completely ruined satellite!!! now i understand what some of you were talking about. we were all excited that people were finally gonna hear these songs but now im kinda disappointed that they're gonna hear it like this and not at its truest (if thats a word). the only songs i like are the ones i've never heard before... or heard live yet. that totals like 6 songs out of 13. thats kinda sad. i love Jewel but this album wasn't that great. my fav song would have to be "good day"... and the rest of the 6 i liked are equally as good as eachother IMO. anyway.... thats about it i guess.... D.R. www.myspace.com/dr_rockerchic - ------------------------ Want to know more Jewel? Come join our forum @ www.jewelkilcherforum.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 11:09:56 -0500 From: Subject: [EDA] Jewel: Stripped Hi all, So, when I first started watching this, I didn't think I'd post it here... just cuz I don't post anymore. But then, it was quite an interesting version of WWSYS. Even the old fogies who have seen/heard all versions of WWSYS should check it out. Very interesting scat section at the end. I liked it. So click on the link. It's called Jewel: Stripped and it's a clear-channel production just for online viewers. Enjoy. http://www.961theriver.com/cc-common/stripped/jewel/ - -'Cilla ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 14:13:47 EDT From: lumkinsc98@aol.com Subject: Re: [EDA] Jewel: Stripped Or you could just go to: _http://www.strippedmusic.com/_ (http://www.strippedmusic.com/) I downloaded the entire set, including the interview and Q&A, in both audio and video formats. I might try to upload all of it so you guys can download it that way if you can't figure out how to do so otherwise. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 14:49:29 -0300 From: "Dine :o\)" Subject: [EDA] Re: words get in the way?/Setlists Jewel said: " "Words get in the Way" was a song I wrote when I was in the studio because I felt like that tempo and beat would be missing and just sort of a certain kind of whimsical type love song." http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/feature/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002425491 Dine :o) - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "miranda schwandt" > Subject: [EDA] words get in the way?/Setlists > > Anyone know the history of "WORDS GET IN THE WAY"? I swear I've heard > that song before... I can see Jewel singing the oh oh oh part in my head, > she must have performed it sometime... > mandy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 12:47:05 -0700 From: "E N" Subject: Re: [EDA] Second single should be ONLY ONE TOO I totally agree with Scott. I like Good Day too and even the album version is growing on me, but I can't see it doing well. My friends all think "Good Day" is a weird song and it's described to be as jerky and jarring. I like Only One Too as well. Hmm ... should we bombard them with postcards? Haha... Elizabeth P.S. Does anyone think the horse's eye in the picture behind the cd looks really strange? On 5/3/06, Scott wrote: > > Jewel is making a big mistake if she thinks "Good Day" will be a > successful single. Sure, it's a good song, I like it, but for radio? I > think she should have released "Only One Too" first and then "Again > and Again" maybe...but it's not too late! "Only One Too" campaign > anyone?? > > -- > > Scott > http://www.scottanthony.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 16:14:04 EDT From: lumkinsc98@aol.com Subject: Re: [EDA] Jewel: Stripped Alrighty. I'm uploading the videos and the audio files (both in WAV and MP3 format) to MegaUpload as a single RAR file. I'll reply to this topic once again once the upload is complete. ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 13:34:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn F Subject: Re: [EDA] Second single should be ONLY ONE TOO Hate to say but the way this album seeems to be planned out is "Good Day" is 2nd and then possibly "Fragile Heart" At least that's the vibe I am getting for the 3rd single only becuas ein one of the recent interviews. Not sure which one there has been so many that she said something about wanting "Fragile Heart" to possibly make it on the radio. So unless she plans on releasing a 4th single maybe I could be wrong about Fragile so dont kill me yet E N wrote: I totally agree with Scott. I like Good Day too and even the album version is growing on me, but I can't see it doing well. My friends all think "Good Day" is a weird song and it's described to be as jerky and jarring. I like Only One Too as well. Hmm ... should we bombard them with postcards? Haha... Elizabeth P.S. Does anyone think the horse's eye in the picture behind the cd looks really strange? On 5/3/06, Scott wrote: > > Jewel is making a big mistake if she thinks "Good Day" will be a > successful single. Sure, it's a good song, I like it, but for radio? I > think she should have released "Only One Too" first and then "Again > and Again" maybe...but it's not too late! "Only One Too" campaign > anyone?? > > -- > > Scott > http://www.scottanthony.org/ - --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 13:54:39 -0700 From: "E N" Subject: [EDA] re: thank you / liner notes It does suck, but you know what? she didn't thank her mom either? haha ... just some perspective =D Perhaps since it's her "last" album, she's just throwing in all the people she didn't thank before. Did anyone feel sad reading them? I did ... like, "this is the end." Elizabeth P.S. I apologize for posting so much these days. I think it's my excitement combined with my desire to put off studying for my finals. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 13:04:23 -0700 (PDT) From: James Brogdon Subject: [EDA] The Thank Yous I wanted to throw out there that I do NOT expect Jewel to still be thanking me after 10 years of listening to her music. Given what we know about her personality, if anything, each of us individually makes her uncomfortable :) My clients usually thank me when I am able to help them individually or some specific way, but generally speaking they don't tell me thanks *every* time I have a meeting with them. ;) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 16:10:48 -0500 From: samantha Subject: Re: [EDA] looking for an instantlive okay, so i'm an idiot. that is a show that i Have. i'm actually looking for this show: Britt Festivals @ Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville, OR, 2004-06-19. sorry! On 5/3/06, mel@everythingbreaks.com wrote: > > I do. you can download it from my website in my gray matter section: > > http://www.everythingbreaks.com/Milwk_2004.html > > > > *samantha * wrote: > > hey guys, > i was just wondering if anyone has the instantlive from "Summerfest > Grounds, > Milwaukee, WI, 2004-07-10". if anyone does and would be willing to trade > with me, that would be great. i've been looking for it for awhile now. > thanks, > samantha ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 18:11:17 EDT From: StuartnDee@aol.com Subject: [EDA] FIRST AND LAST REAL MANAGER In a message dated 5/3/06 5:05:18 PM, porkch0p131@gmail.com writes: >It does suck, but you know what? she didn't thank her mom either? Worst than that she thanks Irving Azzof as her FIRST AND LAST REAL MANAGER. How cold is that to to her mom? Dee ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 19:17:13 EDT From: HMN333@aol.com Subject: RE: [EDA] half a$$ed review :) I certainly don't think there's a quota to be filled on times you thank your fans. I just noticed that in almost 99% of the CDs I own, there's at least a mention. I don't know 'bout anyone else, but I'll still manage to sleep tonight, lol.. :) Heather In a message dated 5/3/2006 11:41:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org writes: Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 08:07:59 -0700 From: "Alisa Solovyeva" Subject: RE: [EDA] half a$$ed review :) You think that maybe she didnt thank the fans because in the big scheme of things, we're "fiction" and she's leaving that world - isn't that what good bye alice in wonderland all about---- children growin fat on fantasy--- all about greed for love and acceptance? I see this cd as a thank you to the fans- and then, personal thank yous to the people she knows personally- those are the people that are real to her. We've been there since the beginning, haven't we been thanked enough? In all of her other cds? alisa. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 09:59:16 +1000 From: Barry Howarth Subject: [EDA] Re: Target Exclusive DVD Hi Angels, I want to thank all the wonderful people who have offered to help me get a copy of the DVD. It's just great to be a part of this EDA community. You're all OK. Thanks all. Take care, Barry Howarth ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 21:31:54 -0700 From: "D R" Subject: [EDA] anyone still need GAIW??? well... i ended up getting wayyyyy too many copies of this cd, lol... 1st, i pre-ordered it and it didn't come on the day it was released so i went out and bought it. THEN i found out about the target one so i got a copy of that one. and i ordered it for my friend and bought another one for her too. so i have.......3 cds to get rid of. they are regular, dvd-less. but also... if anyone wants a copy of the one w/ the dvd, let me know. Target is right by where i work, i can pick up a few copies for people. its a limited edition (as far as the sign said)...so let me know while 'supplies last' lol... D.R. www.myspace.com/dr_rockerchic ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V11 #114 ****************************