From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V7 #220 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, September 24 2002 Volume 07 : Number 220 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: complete ann powers audio [Richard Handal ] tampa bay on ticketmaster [guapo stick ] mtv news article [guapo stick ] lowell show on clear channel [guapo stick ] Atlanta PreSale on Wednesday! [Beth Winegarner ] Fwd: FIRST LOOK - Ticket Pre-Sales! [guapo stick ] bell centre press release [guapo stick ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 05:37:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Richard Handal Subject: Re: complete ann powers audio woj said: > i finally got off my duff and finished up the audio recording of the new > york times critics' choice interview with ann powers. for a number of > reasons, the quality is not good, even after some tweaking to make it > somewhat listenable. I think it's better than you give it credit for being. At least 98% of it can be understood, probably more than 99%. Good deal. And there's notable stuff in there, too. Great finally having this available. Many thanks. Be seeing you, Richard Handal, H.G. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:54:20 -0400 From: guapo stick Subject: tampa bay on ticketmaster thanks to kristopher for noting that the tampa bay show is now being listing on ticketmaster: https://ticketing.ticketmaster.com/cgi/purchasePage.asp?event_id=D00353775E745FA TORI AMOS Ticket Information Tampa Bay Perf Arts Ctr Morsani Hall Tampa, FL Thursday, November 07, 2002 7:30PM $32.50 - $42.50 Charge by Phone: 813-287-8844 Seating Chart Ticket Sale Date(s): Internet Public Sale: Sat Sep 28, 12:00PM ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:31:09 -0400 From: guapo stick Subject: mtv news article kudos to penrenkin for noticing this! Tori Amos Writes Scarlet Letters, Draws Tour Map 09.23.2002 Tori Amos Photo: MTV News "The road trip is part of my life, and the songs started coming."  Tori Amos After walking in borrowed shoes on her last album, Strange Little Girls, Tori Amos has returned to wearing the pair that fits best on Scarlet's Walk. Amos' seventh album, due October 29, follows last year's covers LP with an introspective journey set along a cross-country road trip. The notion for such self-discovery sprouted while touring for Strange Little Girls in the weeks following September 11. "After the Twins went down, it was a time the masks were down for people, and people were asking questions that they haven't asked in a while," Amos said. "I was asking questions. So we hit the road, it was the most logical thing for us to do; I've been doing it for so long, it's where I find some of my answers. So we went out, and the road trip is part of my life, and the songs started coming." Amos sings from the perspective of Scarlet, and her trademark fiery mane leaves little doubt as to her protagonist's inspiration. Scarlet's Walk loosely traces Scarlet's path as she travels 3,000 miles to come to the aid of a friend, an aging porn star named Amber Waves. Her name is a metaphor for America, complete with its myths, misconception and sub-surface beauty. "There's nothing that I can seem to do to make Amber see herself how I see her," Amos explained, using the first person to refer to the album's character. "She's lost pieces of herself that she can't seem to reclaim. So the story takes off from there, and I meet people along the way. Events happen that make me question what I believe in and make me question what my country has been up to, and I start searching out answers: Who are the good guys? Because it doesn't seem like the ones that are calling themselves the good guys are doing the things I thought they were in the country's name." Beginning with her solo debut, 1992's Little Earthquakes, and continuing through her last album of original material, 1999's To Venus and Back, Amos has always been poetically confessional, never wavering from floating emotions, personal tragedy or romantic disasters atop her delicate yet progressive piano melodies. Covering the 12 tunes that comprise Strange Little Girls  which ranged from Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" to Slayer's "Raining Blood" to Eminem's "97' Bonnie & Clyde," in which Amos portrays the doomed wife locked in the trunk  gave her a fresh perspective on her own work. "It's like when you're an architect looking at another architect's plan," she said, "and you see how people solve problems that you might not solve in that way. That fascinates me. It was the same with sonic structure, crawling inside these songs, finding their secrets and how chord structures would resolve themselves. In a way, without knowing it, it rubs off on you. It was a fascinating experience for me, getting to know other people's girls." The first single from Scarlet's Walk, "A Sorta Fairytale," has surfaced on radio and a video, directed by Sanji (Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill) and featuring a cameo from actor Adrien Brody ("Liberty Heights," "Oxygen"), is expected in mid-October. The song appears early in the album's sequencing and provides proof that, unfortunately, we eventually awake from even the most pleasant dreams. "[Scarlet's] in love at that point," she explained, "and [the couple is] taking that classic trip up [Highway] 101 and [Highway] 1 on their way to San Francisco, and they cut off because they are having the trip of their life, and they go out West to the Southwest. And that's where the masks come down for them. Who they thought each other was is not who they really are. "It's one of those things where it's not about not having enough love for each other, it's just that you don't know why you can't make it work. You don't know how you are losing each other and you're sitting right in front of each other in plain view, but you can't seem to make it work. And that's why it's a 'sort of' fairy tale, because she wasn't a princess." Amos will begin a six-week tour, named On Scarlet's Walk, in support of the album. Singer/songwriter Howie Day, on the back of his debut album, Australia, will serve as opener. On Scarlet's Walk Tour dates, according to Epic Records: * 11/7 - Tampa, FL @ Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center * 11/9 - Melbourne, FL @ Maxwell C. King Center * 11/10 - Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Civic Center Theatre * 11/12 - Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center * 11/13 - New York, NY @ TBA * 11/15 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront * 11/16 - Wallingford, CT @ Careerbuilder.com Oakdale Theatre * 11/17 - Providence, RI @ Providence Performing Arts Center * 11/19 - Lowell, MA @ Paul E. Tsongas Arena * 11/20 - Montreal, QC @ Molson Centre * 11/22 - Toronto, ON @ Sears Theatre at the Air Canada Centre * 11/23 - Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre * 11/24 - Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills * 11/26 - Cleveland, OH @ State Theatre * 11/27 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre * 11/30 - Minneapolis, MN @ Northrop Auditorium * 12/1 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre * 12/3 - St. Louis, MO @ Fox Theatre * 12/5 - Denver, CO @ Magness Arena * 12/7 - West Valley, UT @ E Center Ford Theatre * 12/9 - Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre * 12/10 - Seattle, WA @ KeyArena at Seattle Center * 12/11 - Portland, OR @ Earle Chiles Center * 12/13 - La Jolla, CA @ RIMAC Arena * 12/14 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint * 12/16 - Tempe, AZ @ Gammage Auditorium * 12/17 - Universal City, CA @ Universal Ampitheatre * 12/21 - San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Joe D'Angelo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:23:15 -0400 From: guapo stick Subject: lowell show on clear channel Tori Amos Tsongas Arena Lowell, MA November 19, 2002 - 7:30PM Eastern Doors open 6:30PM On sale September 27, 2002 - 10:00AM Reserved : $ 30.00 Reserved : $ 40.00 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:34:46 -0700 From: Beth Winegarner Subject: Atlanta PreSale on Wednesday! Kristopher Kelly wrote: > Ticketmaster.com now lists the Atlanta show and a PRESALE on Wednesday at > 10am!! More info is here: https://ticketing.ticketmaster.com/cgi/purchasePage.asp?event_id=E003537F7EC4B3E&artistid=749136&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 Internet Presale Begins: Wed Sep 25, 10:00AM Internet Presale Ends: Thu Sep 26, 5:00PM Internet Public Sale: Fri Sep 27, 10:00AM ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 19:58:55 -0400 From: guapo stick Subject: Re: Atlanta PreSale on Wednesday! Kristopher Kelly wrote: > Ticketmaster.com now lists the Atlanta show and a PRESALE on Wednesday at > 10am!! toriamos.com was updated again this afternoon. it's another one of those insubstantial updates, encouraging people to sign up for the offical mailing list. however, with the appearance of a pre-sale date on ticketmaster for this wednesday, it's very likely that we'll be hearing official word about the first round of pre-sales very shortly. so perhaps the update was not as insubstantial as i might think. the link, again, to get on the official mailing list is http://toriamos.com/email.html . anything sent out to their mailing list will, of course, be sent on to here, the other mailing lists and the forum...but it certainly wouldn't hurt to make sure you're subscribed to get the freshest info first. woj ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:04:33 -0400 From: guapo stick Subject: Fwd: FIRST LOOK - Ticket Pre-Sales! just to reiterate and emphasize what i posted a little while ago...see the below note from the tori amos street team. the release of the presale information is imminent. >From: "Tori Amos Team" >Subject: FIRST LOOK - Ticket Pre-Sales! >Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 17:35:09 -0700 > >| www.toriamos.com | | >A Fanscape Streetteam | | >Tori's World | > >| 9.23.02 | > >Hello aaron, > >You are the first to hear this news... > >Ticket pre-sales for Tori's North American tour are coming this week!! > >VERY IMPORTANT: Be sure that you are on the main >Tori Mailing >List as that is the only way to receive your pre-sale password and info. >Not sure? Sign up again, and your profile will be updated with your >current information, but you will not be signed up to receive e-mails twice. > >Pre-sale tickets are limited, so act fast when you receive your password >email. > >Sara >Tori Team Leader > >Sign up for the Tori Amos Mailing List: >http://www.toriamos.com/email.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:27:10 -0400 From: guapo stick Subject: bell centre press release the bell centre (formerly the molson centre) has posted a press release about tori's upcoming performance there. thanks to kudra from the forum for noting this! TORI AMOS - Wednesday, November 20, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montreal (23/09/2002) Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos) was one of several female singer/songwriters who combined the stark lyrical attack of alternative rock with a distinctly '70s musical approach. Her music falls between the orchestrated meditations of Kate Bush and the stripped-down poetics of Joni Mitchell. In addition to reviving the singer/songwriter traditions of the '70s, Amos revived the piano as a rock & roll instrument. Little Earthquakes first album as a singer/songwriter, was released in late 1991 and sold well in both the U.S. and the U.K. In 1992, she released the Crucify EP, which featured three covers, including Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and Led Zeppelin's Thank You. Delivered in early 1994, Under the Pink, the full-length follow-up to Little Earthquakes, was a bigger hit, selling over a million copies and launching the minor hit singles God and Cornflake Girl. Two years later, Amos delivered her third album, Boys for Pele, her most ambitious and difficult record to date. The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. Her fourth album, From the Choirgirl Hotel, was released in the spring of 1998. The two-disc To Venus and Back followed in 1999 to coincide with a tour with Alanis Morissette. In 2001, Amos returned with the covers album Strange Little Girls, which also marked her last release for Atlantic. Her next album "Scarlet's Walk" will be released on October 29, 2002 on Epic. Her last visit to Montreal was on July 26th 1998 at the Molson Centre Theatre. - -30- For more information: Telephone orders: (514) 790-1245 or 1-800-361-4595 Online orders: www.admission.com Notes: TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT NOON!!! POINTS OF SALE: All Admission outlets and at the Bell Centre box office TICKETS: $49.50 + service charge ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V7 #220 *************************************