From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V6 #231 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 21 2001 Volume 06 : Number 231 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Dallas Show [ToriLiscious@cs.com] Re: it's your funeral [Brian K Tanaka ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 01:38:05 EST From: ToriLiscious@cs.com Subject: Dallas Show DragonGirl remarks: What I want to know is, where did the stories and inbetween-songs banter go? I really miss that aspect of Tori shows. ): I haven't posted yet about the show I went to (dallas) but here I go. totally impressed with the setlist. loved it. but, she only talked to us twice, and one time was only because someone yelled a question about her harpsichord to her during silence between songs. I have seen Tori at least once (i'm not a tori tour follower), on every tour she's gone on since 92. The thing i love most about her shows, of course, besides the music, is how personal she is with the audience. she always talks to us, and makes us feel at home. i love that about her. but what was up with this tour? Like i said, loved the setlist, but the show didn't even give me the chills. (usually, along with the chills, i'll cry at least once, i'm a big emotional wuss like that.) I was wholeheartedly disappointed. I understand she has got to be way tired on this tour, seeing how she's got Tash, and hello? i'm sure all her energy goes to her. I don't expect any of my musicians to get on stage and do anything more than play music. but when every single show i've ever seen of tori has, at least 1/4 of the time, audience participation conversation, yeah, I guess i do kinda expect it. and when i don't get it, i feel hurt. I know i know- i should be happy to see her. I don't know her, i shouldn't epect all this.. but jeez- this is the most expensive tori show i've ever been to, and with the hype that she was solo touring, i was like, hell yeah, this is going to be the shit.. and then.. no... can i also bitch that before the show, at the dallas venue we were all in line in front of the theatre waiting to get in. we got there way early, we were there for the meet and greet and stayed there until the show started. we were still more than halfway back from the beginning of the line. the line didn't start moving until 8pm. the show was supposed to begin at 8. i was thinking, ok, maybe there was a delay.. we got to our seats at 8:35, and rufus was already on stage. i was thinking, wow, this is shitty. not only is he already playing, but it was all loud because there were so many people coming in trying to find their seats, etc.. making me stand up so they could get past me and all that bullshit.. couldn't even pay attention. and then we only caught 3 of rufus's songs, so i can't even imagine that he had played his entire set with people being loud and the RUDENESS of the venue, putting the artist on stage when they hadn't even let the people in yet!!!! Can i say how stoked i was that tori played Love Song by cure? sweeeeet! the guy sitting next to me kept asking people around him (including me) DURING TORI if anyone had any blow, special k, or he would even buy crank if we had it! And not only that, but he was singing throughout the WHOLE SHOW! To top that off, HE WAS FREAKING TONE DEAF!! now, i don't really mind if girls sing along, as long as they can hold a note. i can usually tune them out. but guys- DO NOT SING ALONG. YOU DO NOT SOUND LIKE A WOMAN. I'M SORRY. STOP. so anyway... I loved seeing tori, but this was the worst show I've ever seen of her. Granted, all her shows are awesome, so I could never say that any of her shows are bad, or even mediocre. But, compared to every other show of hers that I have seen, this easily takes last place. Bronco Bowl was an awesome setting, but I don't know how the hell they get by booking major acts, because they really fucked up, and, well, they suck. really bad, big time. sorry for yelling. please don't yell back. Stuff, micah maranda ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 23:53:44 -0800 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Re: it's your funeral On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 10:47:33AM -0500, strange little woj wrote: > tori was featured in the daily mail's night & day column "it's your > funeral" this past weekend: ... lots of stuff omitted ... > "I don't want to sit on the sidelines and not value the gift of being here. > Instead of the idea of time ticking away, the grains of sand running out, I > try to think of time as giving me another grain of sand, another gift. So > time passing is an accumulation, rather than a diminishing." This whole piece was very interesting and chock full of stuff to think on, but this last paragraph in particular really hit me. What a beautiful way of looking at time. Thanks for posting this. - -bt ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V6 #231 *************************************