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Alanis, Ballard In No Hurry

July 2 [Updated 10:00 EDT] -- Alanis Morissette hasn't started recording her new CD yet, and while it looks like she'll be teaming up with producer/co-writer Glen Ballard again sometime in the next two or three months, neither appear to be in any hurry.

[article id="1438979"]"I write all the time and when it' s time to do a record I will wake up one morning and it will be done. No pressure. It'll happen when it's supposed to happen," [1MB QuickTime][/article] Morissette told MTV News.

I'm very inspired right now. So I'm not worried.

While Morissette fans bide their time waiting for new material, they can take solace in the 90-minute home video, "jagged little pill, Live" on sale today.

The video includes performances of all the cuts on the CD of the same name, many of them with multiple renditions, plus two new songs. In addition to the regular stage shows, there's special appearances including the MTV Video Awards, plus interviews and backstage

footage of Morissette and her then-band.

If the video isn't enough, there's two new 200+ page books on the market. Now out in Morissette's home country of Canada and due for release in the U.S. later this year is "You Oughta Know," by Paul Cantin. Currently on sale in both countries is "Ironic" by Barry Grills.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Glen Ballard confirms the producer's been meeting with the singer but say the pair is still a ways away from recording. Neither party appear to be chomping at the bit as Ballard's people say he has a full plate of his own right now. Ballard has just started a new record label partnered with Capitol, he's building new offices as well as a recording studio. The label, Java Records, has already signed at least two artists including Terrance Trent D'Arby and Brendan Lynch, and he has a fulltime A&R rep, Amos Newman, out looking for new talent.

Ballard is also working with fellow producer David Foster and Pacific Northwest

communications magnate John McCaw (who also owns the NHL Canucks and NBA Grizzlies) on a movie production company developing a film tentatively called "King of Clubs.

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