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September 18th 2001. Alanis in October's Rolling Stone.
Monthly magazine Rolling Stone in the issue of October reports an interview to Alanis Morissette in which our favourite singer talks about her new album and her brand new role as producer!!!
Here you are the article by David Wild:

Two years ago, in the movie Dogma, Alanis Morissette played God. On her forthcoming album - delayed for months due to tense contract negotiations with her label, Maverick – she takes on a bigger role: producer.
“Playing God didn’t require much,” Morissette, 27, says while taking a break from recording at Doghouse Studios, in West Los Angeles owned by Eagles’ Glenn Frey. “There’s a lot more to producing a record, but I was up for the experience.”
It’s a big step for Morissette, whose last two albums, Jagged Little Pill and Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, were handled by Glen Ballard, the songwriter and producer for hit records by Dave Matthews, Aerosmith and others. “I listen to my gut about what the next chapter in my life is going to be,” she says. “Ever since I was nine, I knew at some point I would produce my own records – it’s a natural step.”

Morisette composed most of her best-known material with Ballard, but for this album she wrote on her own. “ My purpose was to get back to my truths again, and there’s no better way for me to do it than writing songs,” she says. “My songs always change my life – if I’m not all off my proverbial path, as soon as I start to write songs, it gently pushes me back on. I’m afraid of it sometimes.”

The lyrics move away from intimate revelations of earlier work toward more universal topics. “I always thought there were my issues, and there were global issues,” she says. “Now I realize they’re the same.”

Not that Morissette has abandoned the edgy confessionals that charged Jagged Little Pill. The song tentatively titled, “Narcissus” opens with the line, “Dear mama’s boy, I know you’re had your butt licked by your mother.” And the standout track, “21 Things I Want In A Lover,” is a want ad detailing what a potential paramour should be.

For the record, Morissette is looking for someone who’s masculine and feminine, is politically aware and uninhibited in bed. “I exactly mean it,” she says. “If somebody said, ‘Hey, I’m twenty-one of these things, let’s go to lunch,’ I’d be excited. I get very specific about what I choose.”

Asked whether she’s prepared for an onslaught of applications from wanna-be lovers, she laughs. “Sure,” she says. “Just get on my Web page. But people have to be really honest,” And is she the grand prize in this contest? “Yeah, for dinner,” she adds. “But we’ll stop at dinner, OK?”

In the studio – which she has personalized with Indian statues, scarves and The Big Book of Filth: 6,500 Sex Slang Words and Phrases (“required reading,” she says.) – Morissette is easygoing with the musicians. “I’m a nurturing person,” she says. “I know how it feels to be on the other side of the glass.”

Though she remains a major international artist, Morissette saw a big decline in sales from Jagged Little Pill, which sold a staggering 16 million copies, to her most recent album, which sold 3 million. But she says that she values personal satisfaction over commercial success. “Finishing the record, that’s my goal,” she says. “Once I finish it and hold it in my hand, I consider it a success.”

Morissette admits to being out of touch with current pop tastes. When she’s asked how many members of the Backstreet Boys she can name, she draws a blank. “You got me there,” she says. She may be older than some folks on the radio, but she doesn’t feel ready to be put out to pasture. “I’m an elder on some levels,” she says, smiling, “but I still feel like a little bit of a junior.”

September 17th 2001. Ironic could be banned from American radio.
Yes, it's not a joke! The company Clear Channel owns 1 out of 10 radio stations in America (over 100 million peopleof audience) released a list of songs that they recommend should be banned as a result of the US terrorist attack of September 11th. In these songs (totally 150), there is included Ironic, because of:
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
Ok, we all are in shock for the tragedy in the United States, but it's correct to censor Ironic just because of those lines?!? I don't think so...!

September 16th 2001. Alanis' new album launch on November 13th: now it's almost official!
After "NY Daily News" affirmed that alanis will release her new album on November 13th, now Warner Music Canada is also confirmed it! On their main page, they report November 13th as Alanis' new album launch!!!

September 10th 2001. Benefit concert postponed.
Benefit concert "Voters 4 Choice" has been postponed at a date "to be announced" (maybe in January). The show was cancelled due to the fact that there might be many protestors...!

August 31th 2001. Alanis in Washington.
Alanis Morissette will sing to benefit Voters for Choice at Washington' Constitution Hall on September 25th. Tickets go on sale next week.

August 27th 2001. Alanis' new CD out on November 13th, 2001!!!
After many and many rumors, dates confirmed and denied, now is official (...and I really really hope so...): Alanis' new CD will be released on November 13th, 2001! The NY Daily News confirmed it yesterday, in an article talking about new releases comking this fall... The album hasn't a title yet, but who does it matter?!
...So come on Alanis...we can't wait anymore!!!!! :)

August 25th 2001. Alanis Morissette will be performing at John Lennon Tribute.
Alanis will play for John Lennon at New York's Radio City Music Hall on September 22th at the tribute event hosting by TNT called "The Come Together Tribute: A Night for John Lennon"! Alanis will perform with other artists as Beck, Marc Anthony, Moby and Nelly Furtado and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) will be the musical director. The concert will be broadcasted on TV October 9th at 8pm (ET) an the TNT Network.
For informations about tickets, visit ticketmaster.com!

August 19th 2001. Alanis at "Mixfest Festival"!
Alanis Morissette will be performing at "Mixfest Festival" in Foxboro, Massachussetts. She will play on September 22th at "Foxboro Stadium".

August 10th 2001. Alanis in Seattle for F.A.O.'s "Groundwork 2001".
Alanis Morissette will play in Seattle during the week of concerts organized by F.A.O. (Food and Agricolture Organization) in Seattle in October for "Groundwork 2001"! The target of "Groundwork 2001" is to get money to fight world hunger.
Alanis will perform on October 22 at "Key Arena" in Seattle alongside REM and Pearl Jam and the show will be beamed across the world on satellite and (obviously) on Internet...
To get more information, please visit the web-site http://www.groundwork2001.org/

August 7th 2001. "21 Things I Want In A Lover" will be the first single!?!
"21 Things I Want In A Lover" will be the first single extracted from Alanis' next new album! The doubt was between this song and "Narcissus" (another unreleased song, played in the last Under Rug Swept tour), but Alanis herself during an interview on Croatian TV said that "21 Things I Want In A Lover" will be the first single!!! ...Should we believe her...? ;-P

July 26th 2001. Alanis at Plug.In Festival.
In New York at the beginning of this week (july 23th), Alanis Morissette spoke at the Plug.In Festival conference about digital music.

Click here to read Alanis' speech at Plug.In Festival

July 20th 2001. "MuchMusic" USA: exclusive contests with Alanis Morissette called "Class Dismissed"!!!
If you live in the United States of America, you can join a contest organaized by  "MuchMusic" USA...what you can win??? Well, hear this:  "The winner of the national contest will be dismissed from class for a personal visit with Alanis and attend an intimate performance by the recording artist at their high school."!!! The contest will run from July 25th until August 17th...more info on MuchMusicUSA's web site. GOOD LUCK!!!

July 18th 2001. Alanis against US President Bush's Energy Plan.
Alanis attacks US President Bush's Energy Plan and write a letter to her fans to join her to oppose it too!
Click HERE to read Alanis letter, click HERE to support her!!!

June 22th 2001. The new album will be released in October?!
According to BillBoard, Alanis' new album will be published in October this year (probably on October 2nd and it will be called "Under Rug Swept", as the summer mini-tour she's doing now)...: all we can do is wait and hope this is the real date! I can't wait any more!!!

June 12th 2001. New song number twelve in Paris!
Yesterday Alanis performed in Paris a new song called "Precious Illusions".

June 9th 2001. Another new song in Austria!
Yesterday Alanis performed in Innsbrook (Austria) a new song called "Clean Hands".

June 8th 2001. Alanis & Tricky recording tracks together.
Tricky said: "So I have the tracks ready and my bits done. I never seriously thought she was coming. Then one day she walks in the studio with a pen and paper and I thought it was amazing - I've more trouble with people who sell 10,000 records. She just came in, introduced herself to everyone and she says, 'Can I hear the track?'. I played her the track, she said 'Let's go in the other room', and she did three vocals in about an hour-and-a-half. But they only let me use one of them." Tricky added: "We've talked about working together, about doing an album. When we did the track, we were hanging out and she was really into it. So she's just like, 'We should go to India and do an album'.

June 7th 2001. New song in Belgium!
Yesterday Alanis performed in Belgium a new song called "Utopia". This was the SetList of the concert: Concert intro, Unprodigal Daughter, 21 things, All I Really Want, Narcissus, Hand in my Pocket, Flinch, You Learn, Bent 4 U, Forgiven, She introduced the Band (can you name them?), Fear of Bliss, UTOPIA, A man, You Oughta Know, Uninvited (with piano intro), First encore: Thank U and Not the Doctor, Second encore: Head Over Feet and Ironic

June 6th 2001. New song in Holland!
Yesterday Alanis performed in Utrecht (Holland) a new song called "So Unsexy".

June 4th 2001. Alanis Morissette has resolved her issues with Maverick.
From MadonnaLand.com: "Madonna broke off from rehearsals for her upcoming Drowned Tour this week to meet with Alanis Morissette and try to persuade the Canadian singer to stay with Maverick Records, the company formed by Madonna to promote new talent. Morissette is said to be furious with Maverick over its handling of promoting her second album 'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie' and had threatened to leave. On Thursday Madonna cancelled rehearsals for her tour and held what sources say was a 'heated meeting' with Morissette in Los Angeles. One source said: 'Madonna's problem is that Alanis is the only act that makes money for Maverick.' Morissette is reportedly being offered multi million contracts by other record labels. Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's spokeswoman says: 'There were some issues regarding Alanis and her relationship with Maverick but everyone including Madonna are thrilled everything has been worked out and all look forward to Alanis' album release this fall."

June 3rd 2001. Alanis will appear in New York July 23rd-24th for the Plug.In Festival.
From RollingStone: ""Alanis Morissette has agreed to speak at a digital music conference in New York on the same issues. Morissette was tapped for the Plug.In Festival, which runs from July 23rd to the 24th. The festival will feature reps from Napster, Aimster, record company execs and other music industry insiders and professionals speaking on issues affecting the burgeoning digital music market."

June 2nd 2001. Alanis is in Germany...
Alanis performed in Germany yesterday at Rock-am-ring Festival (tonight she will be at Rock-im-park Festival)! This is the ListSet of the show: Unprodigal Daughter, All I Really Want, Fear of Bliss, Hand in my Pocket, You Learn, Bent 4 U, Forgiven, Narcissist, A Man, You Oughta Know, Uninvited. For encore she did Thank U and Ironic. 13 songs for 1 hour of exibition (more or less)...probably this is her ListSet for the Festivals.

Click Here to see some pics from this concert!!!

May 26th 2001. Some new songs' titles...
Yesterday, Alanis Morissette performed in Los Angeles (tonight the second show),officially  starting the new world tour. The SetList of the concert included many unreleased songs which probably will be included in the next album...these are the titles: Unprodigal Daughter, 21 Things (I Want In A Lover), Fear Of Bliss, Flinch, Bent 4 U, Narcissus, Purgatorying, A Man.
Maybe "Flinch" could be Alanis' next single: the fans had to buy the tickets for the shows in L.A. OnLine through tickmaster.com, but to do it, they needed a password posted on alanismorissette.com...what do you think the password was?!? "Flinch", obviously...!!!

May 17th 2001. "Jay and Silent Bob strike back" pushed back.
The release of "Jay and Silent Bob strike back", the sequel of "Dogma", was pushed back from August 10th to August 24th, 2001. Maybe Alanis will play again the role of God, but there aren't confirmed voices about this!!!

May 12th 2001. Alanis saves a  Brodway Play.
Alanis Morissette, pitching in 150.000$, "saved" a Brodway Play called "Jane Eyre"! Alanis is a friend of show's composer Paul Gordon, and thanks to her the show (that was set to end on May 20th) will go on in Brodway!

May 5th 2001. Two more Italian dates for Alanis' european tour!
Confirmed Alanis' european tour this summer: added two dates in Italy. In Brescia (Piazza del Duomo) on July 12th and in Palermo on July 13th!
(Thanx to Davide for this new!!!)

May 4th 2001. Alanis Morissette WORLDWIDE TOUR PLANNED?!
Alanis Morissette has extend her concerts out of the continent of Europe, and is now going to the United States. Confirmed a tour date of July 31st in Anchorage, Alaska!

May 3rd 2001. New concert dates have been confirmed for Alanis Morissette in Europe! 
Alanis will be traveling to Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria on top of her Germany, Switzerland and Japan dates! Check out the "Tour 2001" section for more details!

April 30th 2001. Alanis adds two more concert dates this summer! 
Alanis will be doing two more concert dates this summer on her own! Album or not! They will be in Switzerland at the Montreux Jazz festival (alongside Tricky, who's album she appears on thats coming out later this summer) and then going up to london in her first fully alone concert! To see the summary of the dates fixed by now, check out the new section "Tour 2001".

April 23th 2001. Another concert, but in Austria?
"I live in Austria and I´ve read in a newspaper that a concert is planned to be on July 15th! It´s not official yet but I thought that you´d be interested in it. I guess, that means that Alanis will be touring this summer, besides playing at festivals! :)" This little note was sent to AMNET by Jutta Brosch from Vienna, Austria. Do we smell an actual tour? 

April 22th 2001. Alanis in TIME.
There is an article in the April 16, 2001 week's edition of TIME Magazine concerning Napster and Alanis's testimony, along with a small picture of her with Don Henley. All on page 43. (Titled "More Pain for Napster")

April 21th 2001. Alanis shoots her role in J&SB.
On Wednesday, it was Day #43 for the shooting of the upcoming movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," which is like a continuation to DOGMA. If you're out of the loop, Alanis Morissette played a tiny (no pun intended) role in the movie DOGMA, as no one other than the role of almighty God. Yet again, Kevin Smith, the director, will not reveal Alanis Morissette's role in the film! It's doubtful she will reprise the role as God, but still possible. She shot her scene(s) in one day. It is unclear if there was only one or many, but one of them is referred to as the "Martini Scene". The movie is slated to be released August 10th, this year.

April 20th 2001. Alanis buys apartment in Ottawa!
Alanis bought an apartment in an exclusive highrise just off Sussex Drive, steps from the Byward Market. Sussex Drive is the same street where the Prime Minister of Canad's residence is, by the way. Alanis paid a total sum of $575,000 (which is US$368,000) for the 11th floor apartment.

April 19th 2001. Alanis in LiveChat on MSN.com!

Missed it? Click here to read Alanis' answers to her fans' questions!!!

April 12th 2001. Alanis in LiveChat on MSN.com!
Alanis Morissette will be the special guest of the next live event presented by MSN.com. Meet her on Thursday, April 19 at 8pm ET/5pm PT!!!

April 9th 2001. Alanis' dad, guides future stars to fame!
Alan Morissette, Alanis' dad, is holding a conference at the University of Ottawa from June 1st to June 3rd called "What do I do now?" helping and guiding artists on how to manage their road to fame, and warn them about the bumps ahead!

April 7th 2001. Banned from Napster, even if she's for it...!
You have probably already noticed, since 85% of Alanis fans use Napster, Alanis Morissette has been banned from Napster. If you try to do a search for Alanis on Napster, you will find nothing! Even though Alanis doesn't disagree with the service, probably her record company does. But dn't worry, soon you will have a better alternative!

April 3rd 2001. Alanis testifies in front of USA Senate!
Today, April 3rd, at 10am, Alanis Morissette testifies in front of a USA Senate Judiciary Committee headed by Orrin Hatch. The hearing, "Online Entertainment and Copyright Law: Coming Soon To A Digital Device Near You," will address issues of copyright and royalties in the online world.

Read Alanis' Speech to the USA Senate

March 30th 2001. Alanis again in Italy (and album expectations rise)!
Now it looks more and more like Alanis will be definitely touring this summer. Just got news that Alanis will be performing in Italy on June 16th, at HEINEKEN JAMMIN' FESTIVAL!
Will Maverick release her new album on June 12, 2001? ...We hope so!!!

March 26th 2001. According to French-entertainment website actustar.com, Alanis Morissette will be doing her third soundtrack single this year, with Axl Rose from Guns 'N' Roses! The two will record a track together for a NEW Trilogy coming out, called "Lord of the Rings". It was reported it would be recorded during their European Tour this summer, and that recording will probably happen in Germany since Alanis Morissette and Guns N Roses will be performing at Rock AM Ring together...!

March 18th 2001. Alanis Morissette calls Courtney Love! 
Alanis Morissette called Courtney Love to discuss artist's rights, and how they get fucked from record companies. Here is a letter received by Prince from Courtney Love:

"Dear Fellow Recording Artists, 

I'm writing to ask you to join the chorus of recording artists who want us all to get a fair deal from the record companies. R.E.M., the Dixie Chicks, U2, Alanis Morrissette, Bush, Prince and Q-Tip have called me with their support and we need your participation as well. 

There are 3 basic facts to all recording artists should know: 

1. No one has ever represented the rights and interests of recording artists AS A GROUP in negotiations with record companies 

2. Recording artists don't have access to quality health care and pension plans like the ones made available to actors and athletes through their unions. 

3. Recording artists are paid royalties that represent a tiny fraction of the money their work earns. 

As I was working with my manager and my new attorneys on my lawsuit with the Universal Music Group, we realized that the most unfair clauses in my contract applied to ALL recording artists. Most importantly, no one was representing artists in an attempt to change the system. 

Recording artists need to form a new organization that will represent their interests in Washington and negotiate fair contract terms with record companies. 

Here's what you should know: 

THERE IS NO ONE WHO REPRESENTS RECORDING ARTISTS
Recording artists don't have a single union that looks out for their interests. AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) has a contract with major labels for vocalists and the AFM (American Federation of Musicians) has a contract for non-singing musicians and session players. 

If you're in a band, your singer is represented by a different union (AFTRA) than the rest of your group (who are represented by the AFM). AFTRA negotiates contracts for TV and Radio performers. They don't pay very much attention to the recording business; it's not their priority. The AFM acts like band members are sidemen and session players because that's mostly who the union represents. 

Record companies like this system because neither union represents all artists. AFTRA and AFM only negotiate session fees and other minor issues for the singers or the "sidemen." 

Who looks after our interests in Washington? Until very recently, Congress believed that the RIAA spoke for recording artists. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is a trade group that is paid for by record companies to represent their interests. The Napster hearings last summer and a few other issues have let Washington know that NO ONE speaks for recording artists right now. We have their attention and must act quickly to make sure artists have a voice. 

RECORDING ARTISTS DON'T HAVE A SAFTEY NET
Compare yourself to actors and baseball players. Like the music business, the film and the sports industries generate billions of dollars in income each year, but those industries offer far better benefits to the men and women who create their wealth. 

The Screen Actors Guild offers a fantastic health care plan to its members. That health plan is paid for by the contracts that SAG has negotiated with film studios. The baseball player's union has negotiated a pension plan that ensures that NO major league player ever finds himself without an income. 

Why shouldn't recording artists get the same benefits? 

RECORDING ARTISTS DON'T GET PAID
Record companies have a 5% success rate. That means that 5% of all records released by major labels go gold or platinum. How do record companies get away with a 95% failure rate that would be totally unacceptable in any other business? 

Record companies keep almost all the profits. Recording artists get paid a tiny fraction of the money earned by their music. That allows record executives to be incredibly sloppy in running their companies and still create enormous amounts for cash for the corporations that own them. 

The royalty rates granted in every recording contract are very low to start with and then companies charge back every conceivable cost to an artist's royalty account. Artists pay for recording costs, video production costs, tour support, radio promotion, sales and marketing costs, packaging costs and any other cost the record company can subtract from their royalties. 

Record companies also reduce royalties by "forgetting" to report sales figure, miscalculating royalties and by preventing artists from auditing record company books. 

Recording contracts are unfair and a single artist negotiating an individual deal doesn't have the leverage to change the system. Artists will finally get paid what they deserve when they band together and force the recording industry to negotiate with them AS A GROUP. 

Thousands of successful artists who sold hundreds of millions of records and generated billions of dollars in profits for record companies find themselves broke and forgotten by the industry they made wealthy. 

Here a just a few examples of what we're talking about: 

Multiplatinum artists like TLC ("Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg," "Waterfalls" and "No Scrubs") and Toni Braxton ("Unbreak My Heart" and "Breathe Again") have been forced to declare bankruptcy because their recording contracts didn't pay them enough to survive. 

Corrupt recording agreements forced the heirs of Jimi Hendrix ("Purple Haze," "All Along the Watchtower" and "Stone Free") to work menial jobs while his catalog generated millions of dollars each year for Universal Music. 

Florence Ballard from the Supremes ("Where Did Our Love Go," "Stop in the Name of Love" and "You Keep Me Hangin' On" are just 3 of the 10 #1 hits she sang on) was on welfare when she died. 

Collective Soul earned almost no money from "Shine," one of the biggest alternative rock hits of the 90s when Atlantic paid almost all of their royalties to an outside production company. 

Merle Haggard ("I Threw Away the Rose," "Sing Me Back Home" and "Today I Started Loving You Again") enjoyed a string of 37 top-ten country singles (including 23 #1 hits) in the 60s and 70s. Yet he never received a record royalty check until last year when he released an album on the indie punk-rock label Epitaph. 

Even Elvis Presley, the biggest-selling artist of all time, died with an estate valued at not even $3 million. 

Think of it this way: recording artists are often the writers, directors and producers of their own records. They write the songs, choose the producers and engineers who record their music, hire and oversee the photographers and designers who create their CD artwork and oversee all parts of video production, from concept to director to final edit. 

Record companies advance money for recording costs and provide limited marketing services for the music that artists conceive and create. In exchange, they keep almost all of the money and 100% of the copyrights. 

Even the most successful recording artists in history (The Beatles, The Eagles, Nirvana, Eminem) have been paid a fraction of the money they deserved from sales of their records. 

This is a very big and very important project and we're in the early days. Here's what we're looking for: 

1. Artists who are willing to speak to the media to publicly lend their support to the idea that recording artists need an organization that represents our interests in Washinton and with the record companies. We also would like you tell your managers and attorneys that you support this cause and that you expect them, as your representatives and employees to do the same. 

2. Anyone who can tell us specific stories about how artists have been ripped off by record companies like the ones I told above. We're going to have to educate the public and the media and Congress and the only way we'll do that is by giving them examples they can relate to. 

NOW is the time for action. 

Artists like Garbage and N*SYNC have have joined me in questioning bad contracts and have also gone to court to change the system. 

Record companies have merged and re-merged to the point where they can no longer relate to their artists. 

Digital distribution will change the music industry forever; artists must make sure they finally get their fair share of the money their music earns. 

We need to come together quickly and present a united front to the industry. Your managers and attorneys will probably tell you not to rock the boat and not to risk your "relationship" with your record company by taking a stand. 

Most attorneys and managers are conflicted. Almost all entertainment law firms represent both artists and record companies. Lawyers can't take a stand against record companies because that's where they get most of their business. Even the best managers often have business relationships with labels and depend on record companies to refer new clients. 

Think about Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam's stand against TicketMaster. Everyone knew he was right and yet no other artist took a public stand against a company that we all knew was hurting our business because our managers and attorneys told us it would be a bad idea. 

Attorneys and managers are your employees. Make sure they know how you feel and that you want them to publicly support the idea that the terms of recording contracts are unfair and cover too long a time period. You also want them to supportan organization that will negotiate health and pension benefits for all recording artists. 

Artists have all the power. They create the music that makes the money that funds the business. No one has ever harnessed that power for artists' collective good. 

And remember something equally important: Actors had to fight to end the studio system that forced actors to work for one employer and baseball players had to strike to end the reserve clause that tied a player to one team for his entire career. Even though "experts" predicted economic disaster once actors and athletes gained their freedom, both the film business and baseball have enjoyed their greatest financial success once their talent was given its freedom. 

Join us now in taking a public stand. Your name will help get the attention that artists rights deserve. If you're willing to speak to the media or testify before Congress, you can help make our goals a reality. 

Do it for yourself, for your children and do it for the artists who inspired you to make music in the first place. 

Email us at: 

Artists@theredceiling.com 

Or send a fax to 323-934-2265 

Give us your stories and your support. Tell us we can add your name to the list of artists who support this organization. And let us know how to contact you directly as we move forward on this project. 

If you're interested in learning more about my case with Universal, visit my manager's website: 

www.theredceiling.com 

You can download a copy of our cross-complaint and press releases that describe the issues we're taking to court. 

Thanks in advance for your support. 

Best regards, 

Courtney Love"

March 8th 2001. Alanis is back, this JUNE!!!
Even though Maverick change their info and decided to say Alanis' album will be released "by the end of the year" instead of June 12th, well, maybe it isn't true! Maybe June 12th, or around it, is the official album release still! Why? Because Alanis will perform at the ROCK AM RING festival (by MTV) June 2nd!!! She will be performing with Guns N Roses, Tool, Radiohead, Manic Street Preachers and many many many more bands! This is probably to preview her NEW album, so if you live in Germany or AROUND germany, you will probably one of the first to hear Alanis Morissette's new songs from her new album!

March 6th 2001. Maverick in financial troubles...
As relied on many american newspapers Maverick Records, Madonna's label and Alanis Morissette's record company, would be in hard financial troubles and would risk to go bankrupt! Maybe this is one of the reasons that had delayed the release of Alanis' new CD, at first scheduled to be released on June 12, 2001 and then deferred by the end of the year!!!

March 1st 2001. Alanis wrote...
This might interest you! Searching through books related with Alanis, I found a book out that's called "Jay and Silent Bob: Chasing Dogma". Written by Kevin Smith it talks about the movie DOGMA and the whole Jay and Silent Bob story. The unexpected thing is that taking a closer look at the information on the book, you can read: Introduction by Alanis Morissette. So, apparently Alanis Morissette wrote the introduction to this book! Wow! ...stay connected for more news about it...

February 22th 2001. Alanis lost... 
Alanis lost her grammy nomination for "Best Rock Female Vocal Performance" to Sheryl Crow! Wait until Grammys 2002, she's gonna kick BUTT!

February 20th 2001. Oh What a Feeling (II). 
This news is mostly for Canadians, but surely everyone would like to read. Today, in Canada, "Oh What a Feeling II" is being released. It's a 4-cd box set promoting Canadian music to benefit Canadian Charities. Alanis' "Thank U" will appear on one of those 4 CD's. It's available for 30$CDN from HMV.

February 17th 2001. Tibetan Freedom Concert 2001
Yet again, this year, there will be a Tibetan Freedom Concert! This year it will be in England! If Alanis Morissette will release an album this summer, the chances of her being there are 50/50. On one side she would go to promote her new album and help out the cause; on the other hand new album means promotional appearances (news conferences, tv shows, etc) and wouldnt be able to go because of that. In this page, you'll find uploads to this new.

February 10th 2001. Alanis on Tricky's new album?!
From Billboard.com: "Tricky, previously signed to Island/Def Jam, has inked a new deal with Hollywood Records, Billboard Bulletin reports. Guests on his as-yet-untitled July label debut include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alanis Morissette, and Live's Ed Kowalczyk..."

January 30th 2001. Today, on Maverick Records' official site is appeared the deny of the new that gave Alanis' new album to be released on June 12, 2001. As Maverick Records says, her new album will be released by the end of the year! For all Alanis Morissette's fans: be patience, be very patience...!

January 24th 2001. Now is official: Alanis' new album is scheduled to be released on June 12, 2001! This time, she has written, produced and arranged her brand new release to have a harder more edgier sound. This is an official new from Maverick Records itself!!!

January 17th 2001. Alanis Morissette is recording her new album, right now! Unknown the date of release...maybe, next summer.

January 13th 2001. Alanis Morissette's 1995 album Jagged Little Pill was the best seller of the '90s. At 2nd place, Shania Twain's Come On Over.

January 3rd 2001. Alanis has first nomination of the millenium. Alanis Morissette is nominated for "Best Female Solo Rock Performance" for So Pure from Woodstock '99 CD! She is against Fionna Apple's "Paper Bag", Sheryl Crow's "There goes the Neighborhood", Melissa Ethridge's "Enough of Me" and Patti Smith's "Glitter in their Eyes"... does anyone smell another grammy for Alanis? They will be broadcasted on February 21st, 2001.