From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V6 #199 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 Tuesday, October 16 2001 Volume 06 : Number 199 Today's Subjects: ----------------- extra ticket for detroit show on thursday [" Natalie Lockwood" ] tickets ["aleksandra bida" ] (no subject) [VenusPunk3@aol.com] Bonny & Clyde - versions ["Lauren DePhillips" ] upper darby (philly) show ["Jodi" ] Philly Show (long) ["Tom xxxxx" ] Wallingford was dangerous [Richard Handal ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 06:26:42 +0800 From: " Natalie Lockwood" Subject: extra ticket for detroit show on thursday Hi there, I have an extra ticket for the Detroit show at the Fox Theatre this Thursday. It's section F4 row C seat 405, so you'll have a great view. (Seating chart: http://www.jamestheticketman.com/seating/foxseat.html) I'm accepting offers starting with face value, which is $37. 50 + $6.45 S&H charges, and I'll donate all money beyond that amount to RAINN. If you're interested, just email me. Thanks. Natalie - -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 06:30:10 +0800 From: " Natalie Lockwood" Subject: meet & greet question Hi EWF, I thought I had sent this email before, but I never got it from the list...so here it is again (sorry if this is your second time reading it): I'm going to the Detroit show on Thursday and I was just wondering how the other meet & greets have been going so far this tour. How many people have been showing up? How early should I get there, and about what time has Tori been arriving? Any advice or comments or awesome stories? Please share. Thanks! Yours in Tori, Natalie - -- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 21:42:21 -0400 From: "aleksandra bida" Subject: tickets i was supposed to go to the toronto show with two of my best friends but now one can't go. we have second balcony seats (the first or second row) so we were hoping to be able to exchange the three for two better ones. should we just forget that and sell the third or would it be worth trying? thanks a. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 23:40:18 EDT From: VenusPunk3@aol.com Subject: (no subject) For those of you that have gone to show that starts at 7:30 (some of them started at 7:00 I think) about what time does it get over? Thanks Aimee ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 04:58:04 From: "Lauren DePhillips" Subject: Bonny & Clyde - versions A friend told me that she's sure that the version of Bonny &Clyde played at the opening of the show were different in DC, NY, and Philly. Has anyone else noticed this -- particularly someone who's been to the majority of shows. I think someone mentioned that they thought that it was live -- but I didn't think so -- at least not at the time, seeing as she would have to be doing it from a microphone offstage before she enters. Anyway, I thought that she probably recorded a slightly different versions and decided to put them to use. Anyone else have thoughts on this? --Lauren lauren15@hotmail.com ********************** "The way I see, I was really fortunate to get a serious head dunking when I was baptized. When you stay in the water a little longer with your head pushed down, you can begin to see what's on the bottom of the sea." *********************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 01:47:29 -0400 From: "Jodi" Subject: upper darby (philly) show hey toriphiles! does anybody have any boots/videos/etc of the philly show saturday night (october 13)? it was a really special show for me, and i would love to get my hands on any of that type of stuff. if you know of someone who could help me, please give me the info! i've never bought a boot before, but i definitely want to for this show!!!! - -All my heart- Jodi http://talk.to/jodequa - ---------------------------------- "I wouldn't have kept my eyes glued to the ground If I had've known my invisibility Would not make a difference I would've run around screaming proudly At the top of my voice" - -Alanis Morissette - ---------------------------------- - -----Original Message----- From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org] Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 1:20 AM To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V6 #198 precious-things-digest Monday, October 15 2001 Volume 06 : Number 198 Today's Subjects: ----------------- 3 Detroit tickets available THIS Thursday ["Matthew DeWaal" ] Cleveland Show [BeIlsforHer@aol.com] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 12:04:19 -0400 From: "Matthew DeWaal" Subject: 3 Detroit tickets available THIS Thursday Hi everyone.. I have 3 Fox Theatre Detroit, MI for this Thursday, October 18th. They're section F3 (center left) Row HH, seats 307, 308 and 309. I'm asking $80 CDN ($45 USD) for each or $200 CDN ($120 USD) for all 3. I'm not going due to unforeseen circumstances with transportation and border crossings and stuff that just CAN'T (trust me, I've tried) fit into my schedule. As the show is this Thursday if you're in Canada you can get them next day via Priority Courier, or I'll send them via FedEx for a US person. I'll pay the shipping charges to get them to you in Canada, but I need an extra $20 CDN for FedEx to US as it's pretty expensive. Let me know ASAP.. I have these tickets up for grabs anywhere, so act fast. Thanks for reading, Matthew DeWaal - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 14:43:20 -0400 From: Leif Subject: Re: strange little webcast I just finished listening to the webcast...but it seems they have the songs listed incorrectly... under "full concert" was icicle under "hey jupiter" was take to the sky under "take to the sky" was beauty queen/horses There was no hey jupiter...unless my computer was the only one giving me confusion?? Toodles ~ Leif At 11:15 PM 10/13/2001 -0400, strange little woj wrote: >icicle / take to the sky / hey jupiter / beauty queen/horses / time / >enjoy the silence > >in case anyone hasn't heard about this, the webcast can be viewed at: >http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/wblcs/concert.jsp?concert=tori_amos - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 16:29:13 EDT From: BeIlsforHer@aol.com Subject: Cleveland Show Does anyone have any info on a m&g for this show? If so, please let me know. Thanks! ~~~belle - ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V6 #198 ************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:03:46 +0000 From: "Tom xxxxx" Subject: Philly Show (long) Hi-ho. Just wanted to share my impressions of the Philly show. First, driving to the Tower is harrowing. I've been to bad sections of NYC, Trenton, Baltimore, and Newark, but that long stretch of Market Street in Upper Darby is the worst urban blight I've seen. I don't know if I'll ever go see anyone at the Tower again. The neighborhood just next door to it is that bad. The m&g was kinda cool and kinda not. For one thing, it was mobbed. For another, once again, some people don't care who is there before them, they are just going to muscle in no matter what. I didn't get to meet Tori, but I did see her close up. Wow! those eyes are awesome! She is so gracious with her time, it's awesome and inspiring. Rufus was cool. He's definitely grown on me. '97B&C: Still creepy and disturbing. The picture of Bonnie's mom fell down in the middle of this one, which made me and my cousin crack up. We couldn't help it. Tori emerges wearing bright red suit. Does her bow, and goes to the piano. Siren: so much better solo. you can hear the lyrics a lot more clearly. Rattlesnakes: beautiful. again, her vocals really soar. seemed longer than in NY. I think this is where she talks about how she thinks of Philly as the middle sister of NY and DC and how it's the spicy sister, which is why she wore red. Says next one is for somebody who asked her to play it. Butterfly: really intense, much more so than studio. Take to the Sky: great. love the piano slaps. Little Amsterdam: prefaced this with a long and cool improv about a little sister. She played and sang this really well, but if I was going to list my five least favorite Tori songs, this would be one of them. Mother: I jumped up and screamed. My friend was in the audience and this is her fave by Tori, so I was so excited for her. Also, this is just one of her best. Tori played this excellently and her voice was amazing. The whitish-bluish lighting radiating from behind Tori was perfect. Enjoy the Silence: nice, but not substantially different than the CD version. Tori says she knows that we know she did an album called Y Kant Tori Read and that some of those girls have been showing up lately. Etienne: Wow! first time I've heard this. It's a really beautiful song and she sang it so sweetly. played rhodes and bose. The lights made the silouhettes of flowers and plants appear on the backdrops. Tori moves over to the wurlitzer and sits down. Somebody screams "Cooling." She turns her head and says curtly and cutely, "No!" Playboy Mommy: gorgeous and effecting. The wurly makes it extra haunting. One of the songs I most wanted to hear. moves back to piano. Northern Lad: not a fave, but she sang it so well. terrific high notes. Me and a Gun: OK, Tori did this really well, but the performance was marred by some disruptions. First, people in the audience were chatting. Second, in the middle, a few people started clapping--what the hell was that about? Third, an explosion of laughter came from the lobby (there was no wall between the lobby and theater as the Tower is renovating. The clean up crew was working and laughing apparently). After seeing her in NY and having the audience go dead silent during this song, I expected the same and was sorely disappointed. Twinkle: very sweet and gentle. perfect lighting. - --------- China: beautiful, but not a fave. Philadelphia: this was played well, but I really would've rather heard Tori do one of her own great songs. - ---------- Josephine: an awesome surprise. My cousin gripped my arm and screamed. I'm so happy I got to hear this one. Sister Janet: nice, great piano playing. Baker Baker: played and sang well, but not a fave. This was a good show, but was not as excellent as the 1st NY show, IMO. I realize others will disagree, but for me, more of my faves got played at NY and the audience was more respectful of Tori, Rufus, and other audience members. Does anyone know why this set was only 18 songs and was the shortest show of the tour by about 10 minutes? My friend who had a better view of Tori said at some parts of the show she looked pretty pissed. Can anyone confirm? 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" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:25:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Richard Handal Subject: Wallingford was dangerous Hello, Folks: I'm starting to feel like an idiot when I talk about the concerts on this tour. I mean, I've seen lots of amazing shows since 1994, and as for public comments, I have always tended to discuss the better shows and to remain quiet about a concert unless it was either pretty damn good, or there was something special to mention. So, maybe I never left adequate room to describe shows that might acheive heights no show has before. Such is my current dilemma. This Wallingford concert was so far off the scale of any show I have ever seen that there is no possible way to not sound like a flaming lunatic when discussing it. I know it wasn't just my own distorted view of things, though. To a person--including friends who've seen twenty- or thirty-some concerts and one who, as myself, has seen a hundred-some--EVERYONE I saw afterwards was astonished at the sheer force of power and deep emotional expression of this concert. Folks were absolutely flipping out. There's nothing like the high of seeing a show where she has just hit one out of the park into the next county, and looking at the faces of friends as their jaws are dragging the ground in amazement. '97 Bonnie & Clyde was delivered with the most concentration of intensity of any night on this tour. Past the Mission began with huge, crashing chords on the lower register of the Boesey which were answered with supple, organlike tones from the Rhodes. Then it was time for the first appearance on this tour of Sugar. This was not the lovely, soaring version of Sugar from the Dew Drop Inn Tour. This was essentially a piano reduction of the band arrangement from the '98 and '99 tours--sledgehammer powerful still with "just" the piano and her muscular chest voice. Wow. How fantastic it's been when the old favorites have shown up on this tour for the first time! The (for me) long-awaited appearance last week of Little Earthquakes was a real breath-taking moment for me. By the time she was into Doughnut Song with its increasingly strong repeats of "you can tell me it's over," I was shaking in my seat. At this point I want to mention that this show had one of the neccessary ingredients for an astonishingly good show--a great audience. Folks were darned quiet during the songs but explosively enthusiastic after they ended. Without this there's no way she can do a truly top notch concert. My notes for Mother say "tons of rubato but it still seemed natural, appropriate, and enhanced the expression." I see I also noted how wonderful it was the way she had such wide-ranging dynamics, such as when she whispered "he's gonna change my name" during this Mother. If I'm ever gonna finish writing this I best skip to Imagine. She had supposedly told someone in New York that she would play it there, and of course last Tuesday was the anniversary of John Lennon's birth so why she skipped it there and brought it out in Wallingford I don't know, but the effect was staggering. She prefaced it by saying something like "If you could help me sing this it would be good." Perhaps eighty to a hundred folks streamed down to the stage area and formed a warm cocoon for the performance of what HAD to have been THE most overwhelmingly emotional version of this song--ever. I know this sounds like bloated hyperbole but I'm not kidding. Remarkable. She also slipped in a change once to make the line into "a brotherhood of man--and woman." The first version on this tour of Mary and then Twinkle, and we were done. The brother of a friend of mine had a ticket to this show but didn't attend because the last several shows had already taken their toll and he didn't think he could take anymore. He made a wise decision to skip this show, because surely, it would have at least put him into the hospital. So, if you're feeling none too stable these days and have tickets for a show yet to come, steel yourself before you go with a barrel-full of resolve at the very least. Yikes. I'm not even sure how much more of this *I* can take and I ought to be used to this by now. Be seeing you, Richard Handal, H.G. ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V6 #199 *************************************