From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V6 #224 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 Wednesday, November 14 2001 Volume 06 : Number 224 Today's Subjects: ----------------- searching for Mark Harbott ["Tom xxxxx" ] boot of 11-11 oakland show ["*.sprouting.slowly.*" ] Re: Sessions At West 54th Tape? [strange little woj ] Re: boot of 11-11 oakland show [nadyne@mindspring.com] Oakland #2 concert review [nadyne@mindspring.com] singles! [strange little woj ] An extra LA ticket to the show on Thursday 11/15? [Cindy2Love@aol.com] Tori in Oakland [Richard Handal ] Re: Tori in Oakland ["K. Fischer" ] RE: Tori on the World Cafe [eresos@monmouth.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:18:51 +0000 From: "Tom xxxxx" Subject: searching for Mark Harbott Hi. I'm looking for Mark Harbott. I tried to reply to his email and I got a delivery failure notice. Mark, drop me a line if you are out there. Tom "All the carnage of my journeys makes it harder to be livin' He said, 'It's a long road to be forgiven." Amy Ray, "Chickenman" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 20:53:10 -0800 From: "*.sprouting.slowly.*" Subject: boot of 11-11 oakland show hey all. i unfortunately did NOT get to attend the sunday night oakland show, but i did see the setlist and nearly DIED. did anyone record this show?? i wantwantwant (really, i NEED it, but whatever) a bootleg of it... SOMEBODY had to have recorded it... *crosses fingers and does a magick dance with the faeries* email me and let me know if you can help me out. amanda. opheliadrowns@lycos.com ps - richard, daaaahling... email me and let me know how you have been... it has been far too long... life is beautiful these days... - a. - --- A creator will be a creator, now matter what her environment. She will create out of whatever material she finds about her. If she is denied happiness, she will make lovely shapes out of pain. :.*rolling*and*.unrolling.*coiling*:emerging:*running*+free+*.: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Pavilion/2910/rape.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:32:56 -0800 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Sessions At West 54th Tape? Pardon me if this is a faq, but does anyone happen to know if it's possible to buy a copy of the Sessions At West 54th with Tori (http://thedent.com/sessions54.html) from the Sessions At West 54th people? I prowled around their site and found no info about it, and, frustratingly, I found no contact info either (or I'd be writing this email to them directly). TIA... - -bt ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:15:12 -0500 From: strange little woj Subject: Re: Sessions At West 54th Tape? when we last left our heroes, Brian K Tanaka exclaimed: >Pardon me if this is a faq, but does anyone happen to know if it's >possible to buy a copy of the Sessions At West 54th with Tori >(http://thedent.com/sessions54.html) from the Sessions At West 54th >people? far as i know, they do not sell copies of any of the sessions broadcasts directly. in fact, i don't think the show is still being produced (note that the copyright on the sessions website is 1999) so i'd be surprised if you could contact them at all. however, a few of the appearances have been commercially released (ben folds, keb mo, john prine and neil finn on video and suzanne vega on audio) and there is a "best of sessions" audio and video series as well. i can't find a track listing for either vol.1 or vol.2, but i don't recall tori being on either disc. nor would i expect a commercial release of the performance (if it hasn't happened already, i doubt it'll happen at all). of course, i'm sure someone would be happy to make a vhs/vcd/dvd/whatever copy of the show for you if you ask. lots of folks recorded it and it's out there for the cost of a blank tape and postage. woj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:15:58 -0500 From: nadyne@mindspring.com Subject: Re: boot of 11-11 oakland show opheliadrowns@lycos.com wrote: > hey all. i unfortunately did NOT get to attend the sunday night > oakland show, but i did see the setlist and nearly DIED. > did anyone record this show?? i wantwantwant (really, i NEED it, > but whatever) a bootleg of it... All concerts thus far on the tour have been taped. It will take some time to get it in the hands of fans, though. There are people working to get all known recordings of the shows together, compare them, determine which one is the best, and master that to CD-R. With all of the shows on this tour, this is a pretty time-consuming process. Be patient, and you'll have a fabulous-quality recording. :) /nm {who had front row, three seats to the right of centre, seats for the Monday Oakland show -- thanks, RAINN! :) :) :) } ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:49:00 -0500 From: nadyne@mindspring.com Subject: Oakland #2 concert review I almost didn't go. I had the comp tickets, yes, but I was tired and feeling generally icky and not ready to handle the world. My deciding factor in going was that someone wanted to buy my extra pair of tickets, and we had to meet at the venue. So I picked up my roommate, and we drove up to Oakland. I had a pair of comp tickets from the fine folks at RAINN, as a result of the ToriCon RAINN auction. I picked them up from the box office, saw that they were in row X, and figured that meant I was in the 24th row. It was an upgrade from my existing seats, so I was pleased. The chick who said she wanted my tickets never showed. *grrrr* I waited outside the venue for a long long time, ran into Robert Kane (who taped both of the Oakland shows, woo!), chatted with him for a bit, missed Rufus' set. I finally sold my extra pair of tickets to a scalper for twenty bucks. I was kinda annoyed at it, but whatever. It paid for my gas back and forth to Oakland for the two shows, right? And it turned out to be inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. On the way in, I stopped by the box office to see if there were any untaken tickets. After all, if I was in the 24th row, why not see if I could do a bit better? The woman gave me a really weird look, which I interpreted as her being tired and probably pestered by Tori fans. Her look turned out to mean, "what, you want to be on the piano bench next to her?!". Inside. I showed my ticket to the usher at the door, who told me to go down to the front and we'd be seated by the usher there. Confused: why would we go all the way up to the front, passing our 24th row seats? It bloody well did not occur to me that my tickets were better than I thought. I even stopped to ask another usher on the way to the front. But then, then, then. We got to the usher, showed her our tickets, and were escorted to our seats. Front row, three seats to the right of centre. And, of course, Tori faces right most of the night. I nearly wet my pants. Rosser and I sat there in stunned silence for a minute, before we started bouncing at our absolutely incredible luck. The show. What an incredible show. I haven't sat this close since the DDI tour, when I had second row seats at the last Atlanta show. I had forgotten how much more you get out of the performance when you can see her facial expressions. Two nights, two shows, and only two repeated songs. Incredible, brilliant. "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" -- Up close, watching the play of lights off of the ripped curtain is an entirely different experience. I found myself watching the character picture on that screen almost the whole time, studying her clothing and eye makeup. Curtain dropped, Tori walked out. I thought to myself as she walked out that she looked really tired. I may have been right (more on that later), but the intensity of the night overwhelms that. "Little Amsterdam" -- She played both keyboards, including pedalling both of them again. I noticed that she did the same on "Concertina" the previous night and was impressed. Besides being technically difficult to work both keyboards like that, Tori was definitely into this performance. "Flying Dutchman" -- The intro, I recognised it, held my breath. During the ending, she sang that they can't see your heart. Again, Tori was definitely into this song. This was a sign of things to come, since Tori didn't let up the whole night. "China" -- Before the song, she told us that it was just a crappy day. At first, I thought she was just talking about the weather, since it had been absolutely pissing rain all day. But she talked about Tash getting strawberries and cream all over backstage, and then said that her mom had surgery earlier in the day but was holding on. Then she launched into China. "Black-Dove (January)" -- I was always ambivalent towards the album version of the song. It works much better live. Intense. "Take to the Sky" -- She played the intro and thumped the rhythm with her right hand on the Bosey. The audience clapped along, although they lost the rhythm. As my roommate pointed out later, it's hard to clap along with someone who plays with the rhythm as much as Tori does. My list of favourite Little Earthquakes songs is a constantly- changing entity, and has at one point or another had every song except "Precious Things" at the top. For right now, though, this girl is at the top. So full of energy. Watching Tori tip one eyebrow as she sings the chorus just adds to the flavour of the song. "Spring Haze" -- The only Venus girl of the night, and she led perfectly into ... "Little Earthquakes" -- There are no words to describe this. These two songs fit well together. "Rattlesnakes" -- The only other girl from the new album to make an appearance tonight. I wonder if she did this one because of the San Jose reference. "The Needle and the Damage Done" -- As she sat down at the Whurley, she said she was doing this song for someone for whom she had a lot of respect. It's a cover of Neil Young. Very very well done. "Me and a Gun" -- Another instance where being right up front is an entirely different experience than being further back. Watching her face throughout this song was just enthralling. I've always had mixed feelings about her doing this song so much, but not tonight. The audience was absolutely silent throughout. "Hey Jupiter" -- Both keyboards, both pedals. Very effective to play one keyboard, play both, then play the other. It adds such a dimension to this song. She added an extra chorus of "ooohs" after the first verse. Heart-felt. First encore: "Beulah Land" -- This is a bee-side that I never really got into. I spent this song watching her expression and just letting the music wash over me. I'll have to give this girl another go later on. "Frog on My Toe" -- Before singing this, she said that it was for someone who hasn't been with us for awhile, but that he was always right here (as she pointed to her right shoulder). Listening to it, I wondered how heavily her mom's surgery was weighing on her. The next song answered that question. "Jackie's Strength" -- The second Choirgirl of the night. This time around was intense, emotional. Again, Tori's facial expressions made this song. Although I realise Tori was thinking of her mother as she sang it, I couldn't help but think to my own life and hope for that same strength. This is one of the reasons I am so attracted to Tori's music: you do not have to be in the exact same situation as Tori to get meaning from it. Second encore: "Putting the Damage On" -- I spent this song, and the rest of the encore, literally on the edge of my seat. "Honey" -- Yesyesyes. An already fabulous night got just a little bit better, and Tori's little half-smile on certain lyrics ... oh yes. "Mother" -- This was the only closing song that Tori could have done tonight. Emotional, intense, fitting. Afterwards, standing there. Still caught up in the performance, caught up in the incredible luck of having such great seats, caught up in the experience. Over the course of the show, Tori took my heart, gave it a good wrenching, then carefully put it back in place and reminded me that any healing is something I have to do for myself. This show, the thirteenth Tori show I've seen (which, I realise, is nothing compared to some of y'all), was the best one I've seen so far. Amazing. I'm still processing it. /nm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:21:29 -0500 From: strange little woj Subject: singles! i was just down at my local cd shop and the owner tells me that, a couple weeks ago, someone dumped a load of old tori singles on him. unfortunately, most were already gone by the time i stopped by, but i did pick up the last two he had since, even though i don't need them, i thought that someone here might. they are the UK winter single (b-sides are the pool, take to the sky and sweet dreams) and the both parts of the UK past the mission single (b-sides are live versions of upside down, past the mission, icicle, flying dutchman, winter, the waitress, and here. in my head). i'll sell 'em to whoever wants 'em for the price that i paid: $7 for "winter" and $19 for the "past the mission" set. so as to be fair to the digest subscribers, it's not first-come first-served. assuming more than one person is interested, i'll pick someone at random from everyone who replies. so, drop me a note if you're interested in either item. woj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:37:09 EST From: Cindy2Love@aol.com Subject: An extra LA ticket to the show on Thursday 11/15? Hi everyone, I just found out I CAN go to the Los Angeles show on Thursday, November 15th. I didn't buy a ticket because I thought I couldn't go, but now I can. Does anybody by any chance have a spare ticket or they found out they can't go? Because I really want to buy a ticket - if anyone out there has an extra. I can meet you anywhere and exchange money for ticket (s). Or I'll pay a lot of money to have it fed exed overnight to me to insure it arrives by Thursday morning. I want to buy one off eBay but the seller I spoke with said it probably won't arrive until Thursday afternoon which is when my mail gets here (late afternoon) and I live in San Diego so I need more time than that ya know. Other than that.... Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might go about finding a ticket to this sold out event? Has anyone had any luck with ticketmaster on the day of or the day before the concert? Such as them releasing tickets again? I'm already going to see her Friday, Saturday and twice on Tuesday, but I would really like to go on Thursday too! If you can give me advice I would appreciate it :-) Or if you can sell me a ticket or tickets please write to me :-) Thanks and may the faeries be with you, ~~*Cindy*~ P.S. Was the hardcover tori amos lyrics book released? I'm out of the loop again. ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "I won't say goodbye only see you in the dreamtime" Tori Amos ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:04:51 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Handal Subject: Tori in Oakland Hi, All: So, having left the tour after the Cleveland show, I managed to find my way out to the west coast to pick up again in Oakland. The two shows here were top notch, with the main feature of the second one being that it was the most personal show I'd seen since Charlotte. After performing a highly dynamic version of Flying Dutchman, Tori spoke and said her mom had had surgery that day, and that she was "hanging in there." She tried to make it sound as if it wasn't playing heavily on her mind, but it clearly was. She squeezed more much out of China than I'd ever heard before, and Doughnut Song this second night in Oakland was *the* best version I've experienced: It was mega-expressive, with a long section of repeating "Come in, Houston," etc. I wish I had taken better notes so I could tell you more details about that. This she followed with Spring Haze, and I felt silly but found myself writing "best ever" next to it in my notes. But it *was* the best I'd ever seen--clearly. And that's the main feature of this tour. She's letting the songs have new voices, and many of them now feature sections which are distinctive in a manner I never heard before. Although she's always been fluid with tempo--even to the extreme--it tends to be more formalized now. These days the songs are performed with much deliberation, and she'll often allow the sections to be sharply separate, each with their own tempo and colorings in a manner that has, for me, allowed the sense of the lyrics to come across as never before. It's wonderful seeing these concerts, and this is one of the main reasons. Everything old is new again. At this second Oakland concert she spoke of her grandfather Poppa Copeland, said he was always with her on her shoulder, performed Frog On My Toe, and later ended with a deeply heartfelt Mother. My thoughts are with her wishing her a speedy recovery. Be seeing you, Richard Handal, H.G. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:49:25 -0800 (PST) From: "K. Fischer" Subject: Re: Tori in Oakland > After performing a highly dynamic version of > Flying Dutchman, Tori spoke and said her mom had had surgery > that day, and that she was "hanging in there." She tried to > make it sound as if it wasn't playing heavily on her mind, but > it clearly was. > When I saw Tori play in Vancouver last week she performed the song 'Mother', and I saw that she was close to tears during the last half of the song, so I wondered if something was going on. I guess what she said in Oakland answers my question. She must be very worried about her mother, because singing about her mother looked like it was really heart-wrenching for her. I hope her mom has a speedy and successful recovery! Alex fischera@u.washington.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:25:08 EST From: eresos@monmouth.com Subject: RE: Tori on the World Cafe > did anybody catch this? I saw the notice on the website, but i suppose they do > not archive... i was able fortunately :) to catch it!! she was wonderful--she started out with "purple people" then-"rattlesnakes", "i don't like mondays", then they played "97 bonnie & clyde" from the cd and she closed with "twinkle" in between there were good chats about the album and her work. i thought that the interviewer did a fairly decent job in terms of background understanding of tori and her music and he *didnt* ask her if she was "still the cornflake girl" like most idiots who dont know she never was one :) i did tape in on casette--not the highest quality ever if anyone really needs a copy give me an email but i shall warn thee--i am slow! ride on, - -ellen ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V6 #224 *************************************