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Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] MTV article on Jewel in animated series ["Mike Connell" ] Re: [EDA] Upcoming TV [Jessica Boyd ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:31:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike Connell" Subject: [EDA] MTV article on Jewel in animated series From: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536485/20060717/jewel_pop_.jhtml?headlines=true at the link there are some other Jewel features that cannot be posted in this email. ____________________________________________________ Jewel's Yodel Is A Superpower In New Animated Series Jewel's yodel isn't just some vocal-gymnastic thing she does to show off  it's a secret power. Her rebel yell can shake people out of their complacency. At least, that's according to her upcoming animated series "Punk Rock Angel Girl," in which the singer/songwriter moonlights as a superhero  kind of. "Punk Rock Angel Girl, or PRAG, she's just a teenager," Jewel explained. "She's a punk rocker, but what I call punk rock is getting angry with a cause. A lot of the show is about anger as a transformational, useful tool. There's a difference between pent-up aggression that's randomly expressed  that's just confrontational with no thought behind it  versus positive anger, thinking for yourself and making tough decisions." Jewel created the concept, wrote the first episode and drew the title character  whom she also voices  for the Nickelodeon series, set to debut this fall. The former art major thought the cartoon would be a fun way to use parables and satire "in an unassuming way," unlike, say, her "Intuition" video, which depicted her becoming an overly sexualized, overly commercialized pop star. It was meant to be ironic, but not everyone got the joke. With "Punk Rock Angel Girl," she hopes she can do something sophisticated and simple at the same time. "I really enjoy the medium," Jewel said. "It's so much fun creating this whole world, but it's so hard to get everything I want in." It's still a work in progress, so Jewel's got time to cram all her ideas into the series, which currently exists as two-minute stand-alone shorts. In the first, called "Tough Choices," PRAG discovers that a big, faceless corporation called Megacorp is trying to brainwash the youth of America to buy things that nobody would ever need. Megacorp's minions are disguised as celebrities  but underneath, they're actually robots, and if revealed as such, they attack. "It's a faceless network conspiracy to make people stupid," Jewel said. In "Tough Choices," one of Megacorp's robots pretends to be the pop idol Francoise, who picked PRAG's band to open up for him on tour. But instead of coming out to sing, he exhorts the crowd to buy a ton of products. In another episode, one of Megacorp's robots pretends to be Barbara Walters, who's supposed to be reporting on a protest at Central Park where a group wants to replace the ugly animals with pretty ones. "Normally, PRAG is pretty cynical, but this level of stupidity is just shocking to her," Jewel said. "This robot impersonating Barbara Walters is saying these dumb and absurd things: 'Worms deserve to die.' 'Cows are ugly.' Stuff like that. And while she'd normally walk away and not get involved, she's starting to get upset and angry." To top it off, Punk Rock Angel Girl gets a strange sensation when she gets angry, a feeling like she needs to throw up, which becomes a yodel as a lightning bolt comes out of her. These "Yellow Yodel Bolts of Energy" help PRAG tap into her inner reserves of power  but she also discovers that everyone has this power within them; it's just a matter of finding out what triggers it. For PRAG, it's being around stupidity, and for Jewel, that means there's an abundance of inspiration for future shorts. "There's going to be tons of pop-culture tie-ins," she promised. "When Matthew McConaughey plays the bongos naked, when Janet Jackson's boob pops out, it turns out they were just one of the brainwashed zombies. And it's up to PRAG to save them."  Jennifer Vineyard ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:25:19 -0700 From: "E N" Subject: Re: [EDA] MTV article on Jewel in animated series Wow, this cartoon actually looks pretty cool! I would totally watch it ;-) When she said she drew the character, I was thinking of her typical weird drawings, which I think would be hard to sell to Nick. Haha. I hope it does well. And the PRAG has little angel wings! Hmm ... a blonde yodeler ... sounds familiar ;-) In regards to her social commentary through cartoons ... hmm, it's so crazy, it might just work! Elizabeth On 7/18/06, Mike Connell wrote: > > From: > > http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536485/20060717/jewel_pop_.jhtml?headlines= true > > at the link there are some other Jewel features that cannot be posted in > this email. > ____________________________________________________ > > Jewel's Yodel Is A Superpower In New Animated Series > > Jewel's yodel isn't just some vocal-gymnastic thing she does to show off  > it's a secret power. Her rebel > yell can shake people out of their complacency. > > At least, that's according to her upcoming animated series "Punk Rock > Angel Girl," > in which the singer/songwriter moonlights as a superhero  kind of. > > "Punk Rock Angel Girl, or PRAG, she's just a teenager," Jewel explained. > "She's a punk rocker, but what I > call punk rock is getting angry with a cause. A lot of the show is about > anger as a transformational, useful > tool. There's a difference between pent-up aggression that's randomly > expressed  that's just > confrontational with no thought behind it  versus positive anger, > thinking for yourself and making tough > decisions." > > Jewel created the concept, wrote the first episode and drew the title > character  whom she also voices  for > the Nickelodeon series, set to debut this fall. The former art major > thought the cartoon would be a fun way > to use parables and satire "in an unassuming way," unlike, say, her > "Intuition" video, which depicted her > becoming an overly sexualized, overly commercialized pop star. It was > meant to be ironic, but not everyone > got the joke. With "Punk Rock Angel Girl," she hopes she can do something > sophisticated and simple at the > same time. > > "I really enjoy the medium," Jewel said. "It's so much fun creating this > whole world, but it's so hard to > get everything I want in." > > It's still a work in progress, so Jewel's got time to cram all her ideas > into the series, which currently > exists as two-minute stand-alone shorts. In the first, called "Tough > Choices," PRAG discovers that a big, > faceless corporation called Megacorp is trying to brainwash the youth of > America to buy things that nobody > would ever need. Megacorp's minions are disguised as celebrities  but > underneath, they're actually robots, > and if revealed as such, they attack. > > "It's a faceless network conspiracy to make people stupid," Jewel said. > > In "Tough Choices," one of Megacorp's robots pretends to be the pop idol > Francoise, who picked PRAG's band > to open up for him on tour. But instead of coming out to sing, he exhorts > the crowd to buy a ton of > products. > > In another episode, one of Megacorp's robots pretends to be Barbara > Walters, who's supposed to be reporting > on a protest at Central Park where a group wants to replace the ugly > animals with pretty ones. > > "Normally, PRAG is pretty cynical, but this level of stupidity is just > shocking to her," Jewel said. "This > robot impersonating Barbara Walters is saying these dumb and absurd > things: 'Worms deserve to die.' 'Cows > are ugly.' Stuff like that. And while she'd normally walk away and not get > involved, she's starting to get > upset and angry." > > To top it off, Punk Rock Angel Girl gets a strange sensation when she gets > angry, a feeling like she needs > to throw up, which becomes a yodel as a lightning bolt comes out of her. > These "Yellow Yodel Bolts of > Energy" help PRAG tap into her inner reserves of power  but she also > discovers that everyone has this power > within them; it's just a matter of finding out what triggers it. For PRAG, > it's being around stupidity, and > for Jewel, that means there's an abundance of inspiration for future > shorts. > > "There's going to be tons of pop-culture tie-ins," she promised. "When > Matthew McConaughey plays the bongos > naked, when Janet Jackson's boob pops out, it turns out they were just one > of the brainwashed zombies. And > it's up to PRAG to save them." > >  Jennifer Vineyard ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:27:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike Connell" Subject: [EDA] Repeat of Jewel on Craig Ferguson on Friday I don't recall this being mentioned here yet. Jewel's recent (July 6th) appearance on the Craig Furguson show is being repeated this Friday night/Saturday morning. Airtime in the Eastern time zone is 12:35am Saturday the 22nd. Check your local listings in other time zones. I missed the first airing and recall the postings here about the performance (Good Day) and interview were VERY positive. I ain't missing it this time. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:24:39 EDT From: PinkChanel@aol.com Subject: [EDA] "Ellen" She was on "Ellen" briefly this morning...was that a rerun? (I guess it was.....she said her album just came out "yesterday" and that she just dropped by cos she was in the neighbourhood.) My mum thought she looked pregnant in her poufy blouse. And I see that she wasn't even in the TV listings..... ====================== The Ellen DeGeneres Show NBC Jul 18 10:00am Series/Talk, 60 Mins. Episode #3152. ``American Idol'' host Ryan Seacrest; producer Merv Griffin; child inventors; 84-year-old jackpot winner Josephine Crawford. Original Airdate: May 3, 2006. ======================= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:31:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Simpelo Subject: [EDA] Jewel airplay on XM / Sirius satellite radio Here's the channels on XM and Sirius satellite radio that recently played Jewel: XM Channel 9 - The 90's (Hits of the 1990s) Foolish Games, Hands, Who Will Save Your Soul, You Were Meant For Me Channel 22 - Mix (Adult Hits) Again and Again, Hands, Intuition, Standing Still, Who Will Save Your Soul, You Were Meant For Me Channel 23 - The Heart (Love Songs) Foolish Games, You Were Meant For Me Channel 25 - The Blend (Soft Adult Contemporary) You Were Meant For Me Channel 26 - Flight 26 (Hot Adult Contemporary) Again and Again, Drive To You, Foolish Games, Fragile Heart, Good Day, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland, Intuition, Last Dance Rodeo, Long Slow Slide, Only One Too, Satellite, Standing Still, Where You Are, Who Will Save Your Soul, Words Get In The Way, You Were Meant For Me Channel 45 - XM Cafe (Adult Album Rock) Again and Again, Break Me, Chime Bells, Cold Song, Drive To You, Everybody Needs Someone Sometime, Foolish Games, Good Day, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland, Hands, I'm Sensitive, Jesus Loves You, Kermit Intro, Last Dance Rodeo, Life Uncommon, Long Slow Slide, Love Me Just Leave Me Alone, Morning Song, Near You Always, Only One Too, Satellite, Serve The Ego, Standing Still, The New Wild West, Who Will Save Your Soul, Words Get In The Way, You Were Meant For Me Channel 50 - The Loft (Acoustic Rock) Morning Song, Pieces Of You, Who Will Save Your Soul, You Were Meant For Me Channel 75 - Hear Music (The Voice of Music at Starbucks) Foolish Games, Good Day, Hands, Standing Still, Who Will Save Your Soul, You Were Meant For Me Channel 81 - BPM (Club Hits) Intuition Channel 116 - XM Kids (Children's) You Were Meant For Me Source: XM Music Library Search http://www.xmmonitor.com/played/search SIRIUS Channel 2 - StarLite (Adult Contemporary) Foolish Games, You Were Meant For Me Channel 9 - The Pulse (Hits of the '90s and Today) Again and Again, Foolish Games, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland, Hands, Intuition, Standing Still, Who Will Save Your Soul, Words Get In The Way, You Were Meant For Me Channel 18 - The Spectrum (Adult Album Alternative) Who Will Save Your Soul Channel 30 - The Coffee House (Singer-Songwriters and Acoustic Rock) Again and Again, Foolish Games, Hands, I'm Sensitive, Morning Song, Near You Always, Standing Still, Who Will Save Your Soul, You Were Meant For Me Source: Sirius Backstage Song Seek http://www.siriusbackstage.com/songseek.php Ben Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:12:14 -0230 From: "Mark Austin" Subject: [EDA] Upcoming TV Well, it looks like they're really going to push Good Day. I think it has much more potential than A&A, personally. Too bad it wasn't the first single. Anyways, here are upcoming tv spots: July 21 - Craig Ferguson (Re-run, Good Day) July 28 - VH1 July 31 - Regis and Kelly August 1- Jimmy Kimmel August 3 - Bill Maher August 9 - Carson Daly Also, Good Day is also up at jeweljk.com for those of you having trouble with the aol video. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:18:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Jessica Boyd Subject: Re: [EDA] Upcoming TV That's good news that she'll be on Carson Daly, since Joe Firstman is his sidekick. It'd be awesome if they would do "Everything Reminds Me of You" for old times' sake. I'm sure they won't but a girl can dream, ya know? :) Mark Austin wrote: Well, it looks like they're really going to push Good Day. I think it has much more potential than A&A, personally. Too bad it wasn't the first single. Anyways, here are upcoming tv spots: July 21 - Craig Ferguson (Re-run, Good Day) July 28 - VH1 July 31 - Regis and Kelly August 1- Jimmy Kimmel August 3 - Bill Maher August 9 - Carson Daly Also, Good Day is also up at jeweljk.com for those of you having trouble with the aol video. Mark www.myspace.com/jessicaboyd - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2"/min or less. ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V11 #189 ****************************