From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V6 #208 Reply-To: precious-things@smoe.org Sender: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "precious-things-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. precious-things-digest Thursday, October 25 2001 Volume 06 : Number 208 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: sneakin in a recorder.....suggestions? [RedSpark18@aol.com] sneakin in a recorder.....suggestions? ["Ryan T. Engel" ] Re: rowdiness [strange little woj ] Re: neil gaiman's commentaries [strange little woj ] Re: tori and a rape [VioletLilith@aol.com] Re: precious-things-digest V6 #185 [VioletLilith@aol.com] Gaiman's stories... ["sheina kalinchak" ] Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 [Brian K Tanaka ] Re: Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 [nadyne@mindspring.com] Re: Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 [Brian K Tanaka ] Fw: Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 ["Daisy Dead Petals" ] Re: Fw: Re:molestation [VioletLilith@aol.com] Re: tori and a rape [strange little woj ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:35:57 EDT From: RedSpark18@aol.com Subject: Re: sneakin in a recorder.....suggestions? I attended the show at Massey Hall in Toronto on Friday Oct. 19th, they looked in my bag BARELY and then patted down the sides of the bag. I was never touched or searched. They asked if I had a cellphone and if I did I should turn it off. That is ALL the searching they did to me. My sister snuck in a camera down in her cleavage inside her bra. I'd imagine a recorder is around the same size or a lil larger. HTH! ~~carrie~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 01:39:16 -0500 From: "Ryan T. Engel" Subject: sneakin in a recorder.....suggestions? I attended (and taped) both the Minneapolis and Chicago shows (blah...I'm TIRED of driving, though the folks sitting behind me tonight were from Wisconsin Rapids. For those of you who don't know, that's a good 8 hour drive from Chicago.) Anyway, I've become a huge fan of suspending my recorder below the waist line in my pants. Of course, I didn't see anyone get patted down at either show; I walked right in for both. The only thing the security people seemed at all interested in was whether you had a camera. I don't know if this was a factor or not, but for both shows I arrived while Rufus was on stage. I'd heard that security was more lax once the opening act started playing. That, combined with not wanting to leave work too early meant that I skipped out on Rufus for both shows (sorry Rufus). Good luck. Ryan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 03:06:09 EDT From: JNe9027355@aol.com Subject: Re: precious-things-digest V6 #185 In a message dated 10/1/2001 10:22:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org writes: > A top > centerpiece at these shows is the previously rare Sweet Dreams, which we > can expect to hear a lot of, as Tori's put in much effort to the > arrangement The eurythmics song?? AJ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 08:48:00 -0400 From: strange little woj Subject: chicago setlist check out the setlist from the chicago show: '97 Bonnie & Clyde Real Men Hey Jupiter Devil In A Blue Dress improv Silent All These Years Flying Dutchman Not The Red Baron Rattlesnakes Little Earthquakes Doughnut Song Bachelorette Bells For Her Here. In My Head Me and a Gun Windows Of The World (Burt Bacharach cover) 1st Encore: Butterfly Pretty Good Year 2nd Encore: Tear In Your Hand Sister Janet Baker Baker geez! sure wish i could have been there last night -- "bells for her" and "pretty good year" are two songs she didn't play on my stint of shows and would have been fantastic to hear. anybody here make it? how was the show? (i mean, aside from the nice selection of tunes she played.) woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:26:01 -0400 From: strange little woj Subject: Re: rowdiness when we last left our heroes, Jodi exclaimed: >have you guys noticed that compared to the other tours when people were >complete assholes, everybody stood (on chairs even), and people screamed >during songs, that people (at every show i've heard about) have been >remarkably respectful, stayed seated, and just been very quiet and >mesmerized? i wouldn't say it's been all sweetness and light this tour, but you're right that people are more respectful and quiet than the last two tours. this tour reminds me a lot of the 1994 shows: enthusiastic crowds that cheer wildly at the appropriate times and yell out things like "i love you tori!" and song requests. pretty standard stuff as far as tori shows go. :) the only show of the five i saw where people have stood, aside from ovations when she took or left the stage, was at the oakdale in wallingford where the front rows of the theater surged to the stage when she beckoned for everyone to sing along during "imagine". (interestingly, everytime she's played the oakdale, the same thing has happened -- in 96, 98, 99 and 01.) there was one woman in the back of the center orchestra in boston who yelled a lot and at inappropriate times (in the middle of a song) but she has been an exception. so far. ;) >i feel like there's something about this tour that has just >compelled every audience she plays for to react in this completely different >way than they did for the last few tours. i'm pretty sure it's the lack of a band. with less groove happening and only one performer on stage who is relatively quiet, you can't really bounce around and make noise else you miss the point. when we last left our heroes, ToRiGLosS@aol.com exclaimed: >The change of attitude with this tour probably has to do with the sizes of >the venues.. yeah, that problably factors in here as well. here in new york, when you go to see a show at madison square garden (98) or jones beach (99), it's a completely different vibe from going to the beacon theater. like many of the places she played in 99, jones beach is an outdoor venue and has a party vibe. madison square garden doesn't have that exact thing, but it's a tin can arena and shows in that sort of place never really sound good or have a relaxed, pay-attention sort of thing happening. and, as you point out, those kinds of venues do attract a different kind of audience. then again, she's played the oakdale in connecticut every tour, so it's not a hard and fast rule either. woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:10:56 -0400 From: strange little woj Subject: Re: neil gaiman's commentaries when we last left our heroes, JNe9027355@aol.com exclaimed: >this guy is awesomely descriptive. How come all that extra commentary wasn;t >provided in album? dunno for sure but i would guess that they wanted something to make buying the tour program worthwhile. when we last left our heroes, ToRiGLosS@aol.com exclaimed: >Also, where does one find the little blurbs written by Neil about each of the >characters?? there are short blurbs in the album's jewel booklet. the expanded ones are in the tour program/calendar. i didn't buy one so i'm not sure if the album blurbs are excerpts from the longer pieces in the program. anyone know for sure? woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:50:29 EDT From: VioletLilith@aol.com Subject: Re: tori and a rape In a message dated 10/24/2001 12:27:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, shiseidored21@hotmail.com writes: << no she was held captive by a fan @ knifepoint and forced to sing. there's several interviews where she discusses her rape and you could prob. find them on the dent >> last time i check this was not concidered rape! why would she say she was raped if that is what happened? i'm confused! *still* *jennifer* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:51:41 EDT From: VioletLilith@aol.com Subject: Re: precious-things-digest V6 #185 In a message dated 10/24/2001 8:42:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, JNe9027355@aol.com writes: << The eurythmics song?? >> no....her own song. a beeside from the "little earthquakes" era. it is on the "winter" single. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:02:41 -0500 From: "sheina kalinchak" Subject: Gaiman's stories... Hello, Does anyone know where I can find the stories Neil Gaiman wrote on each of the 'strange little girls'? I didn't realize they were in the tour book when I went to the show, so I neglected to pick one up.... Thanks! - -marsanderson ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:26:18 -0700 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 Hi, EWFs! Just to satisfy my own curiosity, I tossed together a little Perl script that shows how many times each song has been played on this tour so far. I thought it'd be good to share so here's the current list up to the 10/21 show. The script does it's best to fix little variations in how the song titles are typed in by different folks, but, it doesn't catch everything so there are probably weird little inaccuracies. (In other words, don't take this as the ultimate super-duper accurate statistical analysis of the tour! ;-) Hope this is at least a little interesting to someone! - -bt ======================================================== Left column: # of times played Right column: Song title ======================================================== (Only up to 10/21/01 show) 19 me and a gun 18 '97 bonnie and clyde 14 rattlesnakes 12 leather 11 enjoy the silence 10 time 10 horses 10 crucify 10 beauty queen 9 take to the sky 8 concertina 7 winter 7 sweet dreams 7 past the mission 7 icicle 7 i don't like mondays 7 hey jupiter 7 1000 oceans 6 playboy mommy 6 over the rainbow 6 little amsterdam 6 cooling 6 cool on your island 5 upside down 5 this old man 5 talula 5 spring haze 5 siren 5 lust 5 doughnut song 5 china 5 baker baker 5 here. in my head 4 sugar 4 sister janet 4 silent all these years 4 raining blood 4 purple people 4 pandora's aquarium 4 not the red baron 4 northern lad 4 merman 4 josephine 4 jackie's strength 4 daniel 3 twinkle 3 never seen blue 3 mr. zebra 3 mother 3 little earthquakes 3 landslide 3 honey 3 flying dutchman 3 etienne 2 yes, anastasia 2 tear in your hand 2 mary 2 marianne 2 frog on my toe 2 famous blue raincoat 2 butterfly 2 beulah land 2 bachelorette 1 this old man/crucify 1 this old man / god 1 thank you 1 thank heaven for little boys / merman 1 thank heaven for little boys / 1 spring haze (first part) 1 spring haze (finished it) 1 space dog 1 putting the damage on 1 pretty good year 1 please come to boston 1 philadelphia (neil young cover!) 1 imagine 1 god 1 glory of the 80's 1 daisy dead petals 1 cloud on my tongue 1 carolina in my mind/crucify 1 black swan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:07:23 EDT From: Prntr66051@aol.com Subject: Re: Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 Hey Just out of curiosity, when has Tori played "Strange Fruit" live, if at all? Andy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:28:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Abbe J Cohen Subject: it's funny, the things that you find in the webcast I was watching the webcast and happened to notice that in Hey Jupiter, about 3 clicks into the song on my RealPlayer's progress bar, they zoom down to the floor of the stage and you can see a setlist, and to its right the Lyrics book with the cover by Herb Leonhard. I guess maybe Tori trusts the lyrics book to be accurate after all :) - --Abbe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:32:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Abbe J Cohen Subject: ok, so I'm an idiot. so, I hadn't watched the webcast in full yet, to see that it doesn't take such a careful eye to catch that detail, later on in hey jupiter... :) but I spotted it by the cover illustration, first. So there. - --Abbe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:02:41 -0400 From: nadyne@mindspring.com Subject: Re: Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 Prntr66051@aol.com wrote: > Just out of curiosity, when has Tori played "Strange Fruit" live, > if at all? Tori has never performed that song live. /nm ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:16:20 -0700 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Re: Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 03:07:23PM -0400, Prntr66051@aol.com wrote: > Hey > > Just out of curiosity, when has Tori played "Strange Fruit" live, if at all? > > Andy Here's a funny thing... I was catching up on the Dent today and I noticed a reference to the Tori Amos Setlist Database. So, I go check it out. Cool thing number one: I don't have to run my little song counting script any more! This site does that and way more. Yay! I get to be lazy. Cool thing number two: The "way more" I just mentioned! You can view all the songs filtered by tour (or all tours), what kind of show, and temporal position (that's the best way I can explain it; see the site). The results can then be sorted by title, album, ascending or descending count (putting my script to shame!), and all the dates for that song are listed. Click on a date and you get that setlist. And on. And on. So cool! Um, but to answer your question, I don't see that she's ever played Strange Fruit live. Here's the URL: http://toriset.dyndns.org/ Enjoy! - -bt - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Tanaka - btanaka@well.com - http://www.well.com/user/btanaka/ - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:26:00 EDT From: ToRiGLosS@aol.com Subject: Houston Tori It looks like I am going to have one extra ticket for Tori's Houston show on Halloween night.. I am willing to sell it for the price I paid, which is just under $50.00 US. The seat is pretty darn good, so if anyone is interested please contact me privately.. I am also willing to trade with anyone who wants seats farther back, if by some grace of god that ever happened.. Thanks :o) (:7.8((*7.8 8.7*()8.7:) +.707. AmY.707.; (8.7:(8.7(* *(7.8):7.8) time is the longest distance between two places - The Glass Menagerie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:40:49 -0500 From: "Daisy Dead Petals" Subject: Fw: Re:molestation > On the subject of Tori being molested as a child, I think this is the > interview you are referring to... The nightmares agonized me since my childhood. I am the > daughter of a Methodist preacher and as a child I was sexually abused by a > friend of the family. I think that the nightmares are telling me things > about me I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean. Maybe so I > can get to know something more about my soul." > [Die Zeit (German newspaper), November 11, 1999] > > Loves and *stuff*, > > Alana > Do you suppose this is the same incident that inspired "The Pool"? I remember her saying something about when she was young a girl pushing her down in a bathroom and it was " a bit violent and a bit sexual" or something like that. Does anyone know what I am talking about? Daisy Melanie loopgaroo@g2a.net "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - --Issac Asimov ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:51:47 -0500 From: "Daisy Dead Petals" Subject: Fw: Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 > 1 glory of the 80's > 1 daisy dead petals > 1 cloud on my tongue > 1 carolina in my mind/crucify > 1 black swan > She played Daisy Dead Petals???????!!! I have ALWAYS wnated to hear that live!!! Anybody got a boot? Daisy Melanie loopgaroo@g2a.net "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - --Issac Asimov ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:49:54 -0400 From: strange little woj Subject: Re: Fw: Number of Times Each Song Played Up To 10/21 when we last left our heroes, Daisy Dead Petals exclaimed: >She played Daisy Dead Petals???????!!! I have ALWAYS wnated to hear that >live!!! Anybody got a boot? the boston show (where she played "daisy dead petals" -- in response to someone's yelled request, no less) was recorded by several people and the best quality of the bunch will be made available soon (we're comparing notes ;) ). in the meantime, check out the mp3 i made from my recording at diagnosed sounds . woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:59:41 EDT From: VioletLilith@aol.com Subject: Re: Fw: Re:molestation In a message dated 10/24/2001 8:32:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, loopgaroo@g2a.net writes: << Do you suppose this is the same incident that inspired "The Pool"? I remember her saying something about when she was young a girl pushing her down in a bathroom and it was " a bit violent and a bit sexual" or something like that. Does anyone know what I am talking about? >> yes....i do remember reading that somewhere....i think on a website where someone questioned her sexuality. she said she had a bad homosexual experience as a child. she was very young, and so was the girl who did it, if i remember correctly. i do not think that girl would be the same thing she talked about in her interview (being molested by a friend of the family). i do not remember reading that "the pool" was about that experience (with the young girl)...and...i really hope it isn't because that song is so beautiful, and i like to think of it as two women having a positive sexual experience together. << I think that the nightmares are telling me things about me I need to know. And I try to understand what they mean. Maybe so can get to know something more about my soul.">> are you sure that the nightmares she was having about being molested weren't just that....nightmares? these last few lines seem like that could be all it is. or, was there more to the article that indicated she was definitely molested? *jen* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:42:33 From: "The Great Goddess Jolie" Subject: Re: tori and a rape I've stayed out of this up until now, but I really just can't be quiet anymore. If she says she was raped, then THAT is THAT. I mean, who are any of us to doubt her, or anyone's, story. Did anyone ever think of the possibilty that she just didn't tell the press? I've been raped, and I didn't take out a full page add in the New York Times about it. There are other things she has said that lead me to beleive a rape has occured. I can't remember the article right now, but if I find it I'll post it, where she describes how she readjusted to sex. Does anyone know what I'm talking about, or is my cold medicine making me loopy :) Jolie "You can call me Wicked Lady. Suits me, don't you think?" - -Chibi Usagi http://psychokitty.net/jolie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:50:07 EDT From: VioletLilith@aol.com Subject: Re: tori and a rape In a message dated 10/24/2001 2:42:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, get_offthe_cross@hotmail.com writes: << If she says she was raped, then THAT is THAT. >> and, i agree. if she says she was, okay. and i always thought that is what she claimed. but, if it was just something where someone made her sing at knifepoint...and she has admitted that....then THAT is NOT rape.....at least not to me.... i would never doubt a woman who says they were raped....unless i had proof that that was not the case. and, to me, saying it was just a forced "singing", if you will....well, that would be proof.... though i have never heard tori say that was all it was....nor read that. so, if anyone could lead me to where i could find that information i'd me most happy..... btw...just because someone claims they were raped doesn't mean they were. i am not related this to tori in any way...but, i do know someone who lied about it....and i know it was a lie because i was in the room when she willingly had sex with the person she claimed raped her. i think she was just in denial that she had just cheated on her boyfriend, so she made herself believe she had been raped.... people do lie...even to themselves.... *jen* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:11:53 -0500 From: "Daisy Dead Petals" Subject: Re: Fw: Re:molestation > << Do you suppose this is the same incident that inspired "The Pool"? I > remember her saying something about when she was young a girl pushing her > down in a bathroom and it was " a bit violent and a bit sexual" or something > like that. Does anyone know what I am talking about? > >> > > yes....i do remember reading that somewhere....i think on a website where > someone questioned her sexuality. she said she had a bad homosexual > experience as a child. she was very young, and so was the girl who did it, if > i remember correctly. i do not think that girl would be the same thing she > talked about in her interview (being molested by a friend of the family). i > do not remember reading that "the pool" was about that experience (with the > young girl)...and...i really hope it isn't because that song is so beautiful, > and i like to think of it as two women having a positive sexual experience > together. > I am almost sure that the incident in question was in connection with "the Pool". I am sorry I have no references to give you. I always thought that song was very eerie and disturbing--although beautiful. I am surprised that you thought it was positive. That is very interesting. I never thought of it that way. Daisy Melanie loopgaroo@g2a.net "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - --Issac Asimov ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:40:41 EDT From: VioletLilith@aol.com Subject: Re: Fw: Re:molestation In a message dated 10/24/2001 10:13:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, loopgaroo@g2a.net writes: << I am almost sure that the incident in question was in connection with "the Pool". I am sorry I have no references to give you. I always thought that song was very eerie and disturbing--although beautiful. I am surprised that you thought it was positive. That is very interesting. I never thought of it that way. >> i think it certainly can be looked at as positive. "one with her hands open... don't be afraid, she said... no one will know it... just you and me..... and when it's over... i'll go back" sounds like it could be a secret love affair between two married women, or something. it also reminds me of the first (and only) time i had sex with a woman. which, at the time, was beautiful.... *jennifer* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:57:58 -0400 From: strange little woj Subject: Re: tori and a rape when we last left our heroes, VioletLilith@aol.com exclaimed: >and, i agree. if she says she was, okay. and i always thought that is what >she claimed. but, if it was just something where someone made her sing at >knifepoint...and she has admitted that....then THAT is NOT rape.....at least >not to me.... okay, i think this topic has pretty run its course. it comes up periodically and the result is usually the same: no resolution! whether or not tori was raped is something that we probably won't ever know for sure one way or another. either way, the important thing is that "me and a gun" was a breakthrough for tori and many other women (and maybe even men) to deal with sexual assault and trauma. so, unless someone posts something factual about the matter, this subject is closed. woj ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V6 #208 *************************************