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There's an article in today's London Evening Standard criticizing the lack of British stars featured on the cover of November's issue of Vanity Fair. The journalist, Zoe Williams, takes each of the stars (Jewel, Beyonce Knowles, Beck, David "officially an alien" Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Maxwell, Emmylou Harris, Gwen Stefani, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott and Chris Cornell) and gives British alternatives.
This is what she has to say about Jewel...
"You probably already know Jewel writes poetry - to find out how awesomely bad it really is, go into Google and do a search on 'Jewel', 'Poetry', and 'My breasts'. You will be astonished. But if she's there just as a singer-songstress, there are other women in the world. There is Beth Orton. There is Kathryn Williams. They do not taint the poetic medium with verses about their twin orbs. They make good music"
She continues...
"I'm not (although I sound like I am) saying the whole list should be English. I'd like to see Eminem on it
(with or without Dido). I'm simply saying that music, more so even than trainers is a global business - and
America, at the moment, is a bus-ride away from its epicentre."
See also Vanity Fair November 2001
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