Title: Jill Gioia
dfleminator - July 4, 2006 01:17 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (rockstar.msn.com) |
| God bless Jill Gioia. Not only is she an extraordinarily gifted singer and songwriter, she also inspired a smashing pair of high-heeled boots that are about as sexy as she is. No joke. Based on her total kick-ass-a-tude musical power, Jill was the winner of the first Steve Madden "Rock n' Sole Band Search Contest" resulting in the Jill Joy boot, named after, yes, Miss Jill. Your own pair of boots? How many people achieve that kind of honor? Well, Jill, namely. But there are miles more to Jill than a pair of extra cool boots. The gritty, pretty, super soulful rock singer from New York brings a biting edge to music that makes people sit up, take notice and leave with a smile on their face. Jill's impressive credits include numerous radio and TV appearances, back up and opening work for illustrious artists ranging from B-52's to Dee Snider to 98 Degrees to Berlin, and on major television shows like "The Late Show with David Letterman," where she performed with the band Third Eye Blind. She also executed some skillful, memorable belt-outs of one of the hardest songs to sing--The National Anthem--and more than once. She even filled Madison Square Garden singing the complicated, patriotic ode, opening up a NY Liberty game with smashing aplomb. And her formidable pipes continued to shine in performances at Manhattan Center with INXS, Jeffrey Gaines and Gloria Gaynor as part of the Bali Benefit Concert. Taking her even further, Jill's song "Don't Make Me Wait," went gold in Spain. She's already appeared in Newsday, Glamour and Billboard, and for sure, will appear in a lot more media to come. But her successes have not kept Jill from remembering her roots, as the immensely likable woman remains steadfastly down to earth and quick to smile. And living in the nifty situation of being married to a musician whom she performs and tours the country with, Jill has plenty reason to smile. She certainly makes us smile. |
beforeiforget - August 1, 2006 02:29 PM (GMT)
Much has been written to date in your other threads about that poor Jill. I wholeheartedly am in the JILL IS A PSYCHO cab [tm FO&B]--- and I'm afraid she doesn't have sufficient change for the gratuity, let alone the fare.
I am compelled to post this on her lowly site before it's too late --- because tomorrow assuredly WILL be too late for her candidacy to be relevant in this contest. And like a death gone unobserved, regardless of one's views for the deceased, there is a certain sadness that I'll hope to alleviate by placing a small token post for Jilly in her Big Yellow Taxi here.
She unfortunately confirmed our worst sentiments during the mansion episode last evening. I'm afraid she can't even get self-deprecation right vis-a-vis her "I am my own harshest critic" spiel. Disingenuous and gratuitous, and nothing more than her concocted preamble for a nonsensical spew of verbal ear-hurts. STOP! NOW!
To the producers and SN band members: please, I importune you to take pity, and euthanize her at an early convenience. She was so clearly squirming during Jason's review of her inappropriate performance with Gilby --- albeit, it remains unclear whether her discomfort was for precisely the right reasons, but I'll give her a slight nod pro tem, because even spiders have sensitivities, we're told.
My genuine challenge is with Jason: in his mildest mansion-voiced moments, he absolutely could not contain his contempt. He apparently is well-suited to his assigned role as the BAND MEMBER WHO WOULD KILL SPIDERS --- he'd show HER how to "crush it", alright. She's his errant sidewalk dandelion: out of place in his world and that of Monk Gilby and his mates; she's in their way, an eyesore and unwelcome bully, best not underfoot, inconvenient and ideally to be uprooted. I find my heart can still ache for the sincerest of lost causes. Jason was a nasty, discourteous weed-wacker.
The boys' clique, in a foreshadowing of the schoolyard antics (and spliff-induced ineptitude!) they displayed to conclude the episode, summed up Jill's chances best during her chemical spraying from Jason at the "stagecraft clinic": tic tac toe, out you go. SKIP TO MY LOO!
I am compelled to post this on her lowly site before it's too late --- because tomorrow assuredly WILL be too late for her candidacy to be relevant in this contest. And like a death gone unobserved, regardless of one's views for the deceased, there is a certain sadness that I'll hope to alleviate by placing a small token post for Jilly in her Big Yellow Taxi here.
She unfortunately confirmed our worst sentiments during the mansion episode last evening. I'm afraid she can't even get self-deprecation right vis-a-vis her "I am my own harshest critic" spiel. Disingenuous and gratuitous, and nothing more than her concocted preamble for a nonsensical spew of verbal ear-hurts. STOP! NOW!
To the producers and SN band members: please, I importune you to take pity, and euthanize her at an early convenience. She was so clearly squirming during Jason's review of her inappropriate performance with Gilby --- albeit, it remains unclear whether her discomfort was for precisely the right reasons, but I'll give her a slight nod pro tem, because even spiders have sensitivities, we're told.
My genuine challenge is with Jason: in his mildest mansion-voiced moments, he absolutely could not contain his contempt. He apparently is well-suited to his assigned role as the BAND MEMBER WHO WOULD KILL SPIDERS --- he'd show HER how to "crush it", alright. She's his errant sidewalk dandelion: out of place in his world and that of Monk Gilby and his mates; she's in their way, an eyesore and unwelcome bully, best not underfoot, inconvenient and ideally to be uprooted. I find my heart can still ache for the sincerest of lost causes. Jason was a nasty, discourteous weed-wacker.
The boys' clique, in a foreshadowing of the schoolyard antics (and spliff-induced ineptitude!) they displayed to conclude the episode, summed up Jill's chances best during her chemical spraying from Jason at the "stagecraft clinic": tic tac toe, out you go. SKIP TO MY LOO!
FatOld&Bald - August 1, 2006 02:42 PM (GMT)
OK, there was a lot in that post that made me smile, but the Monk Gilby image is gonna stick with me all day. My thanks.
dfleminator - August 1, 2006 09:50 PM (GMT)
beforeiforget, you certainly do have a way with words. I'm curious to know what you do for a living? I completely agree with you about the Jill is a psycho, and I will hop in that cab as well. It's unfortunate, cause she has one heck of a voice, but she's a few bricks short of a load.