February 17, 2003

Well that's one way to sell CDs

Well. Back when I saw unknown folk singer Jewel open for Peter Murphy (at the Cameo Theater in Miami Beach, sometime in the early 90s) she was just an innocent-looking little thing from Alaska or someplace. My, how we've grown. Now I see why her annoying songs are so popular.

(No really, she's pretty hot in this picture, and I am not the kind of girl who noticed such things.)

Posted by Andrea Harris at February 17, 2003 09:08 PM
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I don't remember her being so well-endowed, at least not in videos or past publicity shots. Not that I would ever stoop to suggest that someone bought herself Enhancements. That would not be PC. Actually, if you look at her official website, you will find photos that suggest she is indeed all natural.

Anyway, I would be surprised if she ever regained her brief popularity height. She came along at a time when all things Alaska were cool. Then she released her poetry. Well, we all know how far that got her.

Posted by: Jody at February 17, 2003 at 11:15 PM

Actually, as I remember she's always had a quality rack. (ooops, that's not very PC is it?)

Posted by: beaker at February 17, 2003 at 11:28 PM

those breasts are as real as her teeth which means they are completely real.

what god gave her in the chest, he took away from her teeth...it has always amazed me that, with all the bucks she pulls in, she's never had any work done on the ole pearly whites...

Posted by: mr. helpful at February 17, 2003 at 11:41 PM

These days, pop princesses have to be beautiful. It's an unspoken but ironclad occupational requirement. Doesn't bother me one little bit, as long as they can sing / play / compose as well. And if they can't... well, we still get to look at them, so that's not so bad either, is it?

From your unregenerately female-beauty-admiring Curmudgeon.

Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at February 18, 2003 at 06:33 AM

Nice picture. I've always been intrigued about why Jewel is never photographed smiling. I had assumed it was because she was playing up being Serious because she had been Homeless. (Which turns out to have meant that she and her Mom lived in a van or camper in San Diego for month. Heck, people do that for vacation sometimes.) Now it turns out that maybe she has bad teeth.

Posted by: Dave Himrich at February 18, 2003 at 01:30 PM

Hmmm, I've seen quite a few pictures from the "old days" where she would smile, bad teeth and all.

I still think she's hot.

As for why she doesn't get it fixed, I suppose it's a case of "I have what I want, so why bother?" It's not going to shorten her life, it's not unhealthy, and it gives her a quirky charm.

Posted by: andy at February 18, 2003 at 01:52 PM