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#40 by Simon on 14 Sep, 2015 04:49
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Managed to catch the Fox & Friends appearance just now. Jewel was only on for about 5-6 minutes, and they ran through the harrassment at aged 8, the motivations for the new album, and her family's show up in Alaska. They gave a quick plug for the CD and book, but it was pretty brief, all things considered.
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#41 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 07:46
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Thanks for the rundown, Simon!!
She's on Fox & Friends tomorrow morning! Hopefully there'll be video put up afterword.
Yeah, I'm not watching this tripe just to catch a five minute Jewel spot! Even I have my limits
I don't even know what this is, and as a result, I don't know if this is the right thread. Like, email questions or a live chat, or an actual appearance?
https://pulsd.com/new-york/celebrities/aol-inc/conversation-with-jewelQuoteConversation With Jewel
Join Jewel In NoHo For A Conversation On Her New Memoir & Album
Aol Inc | 57 followers
770 Broadway | tel:
Monday, September 14th, 2015
1:10PM - 2:10PM
Jewel has had many classic hits that you will never forget. Remember "Hands?" One of our all time favorites. Head to NoHo to hear her talk about her new memoir, "jewel - never broken" and new album "Picking up the Pieces." Make your Monday way better than it should be - Don't miss it!
Conversation With Jewel RSVP
RSVP is Required!
Read more: AOL Build
EDIT: The more I follow those links, the more I think this is a live appearance. Anyone who's going to be in NYC: You gotta RSVP; you can't just show up. Heads up!
Oh boy! Better get this on the calendar!
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#42 by Nobody on 14 Sep, 2015 07:56
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NoHo.
Real Nyers, reject this verbage.
GENTRIFICATION!
F---ing hipsters taking over the city (not, Jewel).
Okay, I'll stop
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#43 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 07:56
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Did any of you read the above article and then read the comments below it? Some Jewel disbelievers, that's for sure. Not saying they are right, (certainly not about her family being rich) but it makes for an interesting read, especially Paz Thibodeaux who claims to have gone to school with Jewel.
BUT
This Paz person isn't the first one to say that.Quote
6 Inspiring Rags to Riches Stories (That Are Bullshit)
#4. Jewel
The Rags to Riches Story:
Jewel lived in a van!
Jewel lived in a van!!
Jewel lived in a van!!!!!!
This line is shouted in every single story ever written about Jewel. And just in case that doesn't melt your frozen heart, the van story is almost always followed up with the fact that her family was so poor growing up that they didn't have running water.
Why it's a Load of Crap:
First, the stuff about her childhood. Her family didn't go without running water because they were poor. Jewel's father elected to drop out of society to live of the land, and settled in Alaska to do so. They were hippies, not hobos. Jewel's upbringing was unconventional, sure, but at least she didn't grow up in homeless shelters like true badasses such as KRS One, Tupac Shakur and ... Shania Twain.
Later, Jewel followed in her father's footsteps, choosing to quit work and live in a van to keep costs down and focus on her music. Ballsy? Sure, but all musicians live in their car for a while. Legally, you're not allowed to call yourself a musician unless you've got some sort of transient-living under your belt.
Again, we're not just talking about hard asses like Kurt Cobain, whose biography includes a spell camping out under a bridge. Creed lead "singer" Scott Stapp and Matchbox 20 front"man" Rob Thomas lived in their cars while pursuing the dream.
Don't take our word for it, take it from those celebrated rock and roll historians, Boston:
Well, we were just another band out of Boston
On the road to try to make ends meet
Playing all the bars, sleeping in our cars
And we practiced right on out in the street
Sleeping in a car is rock and roll! And she had a van; hell, that's a freaking mansion in the struggling musician world.
So common is the van in rock and roll, that there is a website dedicated to giving the van dwellers of rock an occasional couch to sleep on (at BetterThanTheVan.com).
So why don't we hear about Scott Stapp, Rob Thomas and Shania Twain's hard ass upbringings as much as Jewel's? Well, it would seem that Jewel's tale of unprecedented hardship might be part of a calculated PR strategy. For instance, if you're tired of the van story, her online bios will have you know that she also "washed her hair in public restrooms, subsisted on carrots and peanut butter, fell in with street gangs, dated older men and even shoplifted." Come on guys. This isn't high school, it's rock and roll. If you're going to be the bad girl, you're going to have to give us something a little worse than "dating older men," and a little less hilariously far-fetched than "gang involvement." Stevie Nix's PR team should have some suggestions. -
#44 by Nobody on 14 Sep, 2015 08:03
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HEY!!!!
Did Stevie Nicks do to this guy? 
Leave The Stevie alone.
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#45 by Garf on 14 Sep, 2015 08:11
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Thanks, now Shake It Off is in my head
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#46 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 08:19
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From that Big and Bubba Radio Show:
We were so mesmerized by @jeweljk this morning that we forgot to film her performance. This was all I got. pic.twitter.com/3T4CXzEtUX
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#47 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 08:20
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Someone gave Jenny McCarthy a radio show? God, save us!
On #DSF with @JennyMcCarthy now: the incredibly talented @jeweljk #NeverBroken
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#48 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 08:23
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More Radio:
Coming up on EWML @jeweljk talking about her new autobiography titled “Never Broken: Songs are only half the story.”
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#49 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 09:11
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Jewel's appearance on this AOL thing will be Here: http://www.aol.com/build/ .... in about an hour.
EDIT: Mary J Blige is on here and she's a goddess
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#50 by Angel Eyes on 14 Sep, 2015 10:17
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I tuned in to AOL Build just in time!
But it seems they're a little late. Figures.
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#51 by Angel Eyes on 14 Sep, 2015 10:30
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It's finally on!
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#52 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 10:31
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No guitar.
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#53 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 10:35
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There is no chorus in Love Used to Be? ummm.... p sure there is?
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#54 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 10:47
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P sure the guy who's there pitching his songwriting did the same thing to Mary J Blige before this.
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#55 by Angel Eyes on 14 Sep, 2015 10:59
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P sure the guy who's there pitching his songwriting did the same thing to Mary J Blige before this.
I wouldn't doubt it. Those people were probably meant to stay in the audience most of the time. But at least those questions were better than the typical ones you hear all the time, so there's that.
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#56 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 11:17
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Invalid Tweet ID
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#57 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 11:21
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Jewel will be on HuffPo live in about an hour, I think:
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/jewel-never-broken-book-memoir/55bbdb72fe34442ade0005a3 -
#58 by Angel Eyes on 14 Sep, 2015 11:38
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HuffPost Live starts at 2:59, so in about 21 minutes.
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/jewel-never-broken-book-memoir/55bbdb72fe34442ade0005a3 -
#59 by Jessica on 14 Sep, 2015 12:18
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Didn't Jewel once say that she took a bunch of advice from Poltz specifically to get discovered? Wasn't that the point of the weekly show at the Innerchange? Lately she's saying she never wanted to be discovered - it was just a happy accident.
See, I think this is another story shift...