From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V7 #274 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 Sunday, November 17 2002 Volume 07 : Number 274 Today's Subjects: ----------------- mtv review of the industry show [dances with virgos ] Re: TORI SCARLET QUOTE NEEDED. [Brian K Tanaka ] camden pictures.. [ALaro22912@aol.com] Re: camden reports? [eresos@monmouth.com] Re: camden reports? [Brian K Tanaka ] Re: Palace of auburn Hills question?? ["Becka" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:19:05 -0500 From: dances with virgos Subject: mtv review of the industry show Tori Amos Plays Fragile And Furious At NY Performance 11.15.2002 Tori Amos Photo: Sven Hoogerhuis/WireImage NEW YORK  "It's kind of like a living room," Tori Amos breathed into the microphone, referring to the intimacy that comes with over 100 of her diehard fans no more than six feet from her piano. "So you can see the spitting up close," she added, self-consciously glancing down at some spray that spewed from the last song, "which is really embarrassing." It's too early to know whether that will appear on "Scarlet's Sessions," Amos' forthcoming DVD that will contain footage from Thursday's performance at Sony Music Studios. The DVD, which may also feature an interview and glimpses from her current tour, is expected to be released early next year. There aren't many images in music as beautiful as Amos perched at a sleek black grand piano with her straight, vibrant tresses cascading over her shoulders. Clad in a pink and brown sheer dress, which billowed when a rare breeze swept through the studio, she reflected the delicate majesty of a rose as she delivered 20 selections from her decade-long career, spanning from her 1992 debut, Little Earthquakes, to her latest album, Scarlet's Walk, released last month (see "Tori Amos Writes Scarlet Letters, Draws Tour Map"). Surprisingly absent, however, was anything off last year's covers album, Strange Little Girls. Flanked by bassist Jon Evans and drummer Matt Chamberlain, whom she often turned her intense blue eyes toward between songs, Amos led the trio mostly through Scarlet's Walk songs, through early fan favorites such as "Crucify" and the signature "Cornflake Girl," which brought familiar joy to both artist and audience alike. On the whole the songs teetered between lovelorn fragility and driving fury, Amos' trademark dichotomy rendered so well on her records. Amos grooved to her heavy left hand on "Take to the Sky," from 1992's Winter [#1] EP, while slapping at the keys with her right and fostering a body rock that consumed much of the audience. There, as well as on "A Sorta Fairytale" and "Sweet Sangria," among others, she alternated between the grand piano before her and two upright electric pianos behind her, adding a dynamic element to the otherwise serene atmosphere. Amos and her band were set in wintry elegance. Suspended lighting fixtures dripped with crooked white shards resembling icicles and four shimmering silver drapes hung lazily in the corners. Images of Americana that evoke the travelogue vibe of Scarlet's Walk were intermittently projected on screens. During technical stoppages, she engaged the audience in capricious banter about, among other things, the 17 granola bars she had stashed in her bag, eating sushi after the show, and ruminations that arose while reapplying her make-up about how some boys could look cute in lipstick  or "lippy," as she referred to it. The nearly two-and-a-half hour set was close to seamless, save the revisions of "Pancake" and "A Sorta Fairytale," which actually sounded better the first time around. "Scarlet's Sessions" should do well to capture Amos' live performances, which, for those who have never experienced a show, are routinely rousing, lovely and deft no matter the setting or set list. "Scarlet's Sessions" set list: * "Wampum Prayer" * "A Sorta Fairytale" * "Take to the Sky" * "Pancake" * "Cornflake Girl" * "Mrs. Jesus" * "Crucify" * "Wednesday" * "China" * "Cooling" * "Leather" * "Strange" * "Amber Waves" * "Sweet Sangria" * "Bliss" * "I Can't See New York" * "Spring Haze" ENCORE: * "Taxi Ride" * "Tear in Your Hand" * "Hey Jupiter" For more sights and stories from concerts around the country, check out MTV News Tour Reports. Joe D'Angelo ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 22:53:01 -0800 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Re: TORI SCARLET QUOTE NEEDED. Ooops! Spot the typo! "Naive" should be "Native", but you knew that already. On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:25:52PM -0800, Brian K Tanaka boldly wrote: > > The CD's about America -- > It's a story that's also a journey, that begins in L.A. > and crosses the country, slowly heading east. > America's in there, and specific places and things, Naive American history > and pornography and a girl on a plane who'll never get to New York, > and Oliver Stone and Andrew Jackson and madness and a lot more. > Not to mention a girl called Scarlet who may be the land > and may be a person and may be a trail of blood. - -- - - Brian Tanaka - - - contact info (im etc.): http://www.well.com/~btanaka/info ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:53:31 EST From: ALaro22912@aol.com Subject: camden pictures.. hey all.. i got a whole roll of pictures from camden tonight(from 6th row!) along with a whole roll from fairfax, i was planning on scanning them and sending the good ones to mikewhy of the dent... lemme know if anyone wants a zip file of them also, and i will send... anne ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 02:31:06 EST From: eresos@monmouth.com Subject: Re: camden reports? any tori people! anyone see the set list yet ( and how about the original setlist, did she vary from the plan besides black swan and wheels on the bus?) i cant keep it straight so go to the dent for songs but here are my best impressions: ahhhhhhhhhhhh! another tori show. what can i say she is tori. it was great! but i was highly distracted by the bruhaha and the a-holes in front of me for the first half of the show. i feel the acoustics in the beginning of the show could have been better. and although the vocal affects were cool, and enhanced her over the band, it also created a less intimate feeling. i was very bummed about no hey jupiter but very thrilled with so many of the other songs. as usual, tori seemed to tap into my spirit and played me what i needed to hear rather than what i wanted. howie day is an interesting performing and worth seeing. BTW, no one seemed to be at the venue for his part of the show, and people still continued to arrive thoughout tori's performance. please, show up on time and don't distract from her performance by talking. go to a coffee house if you want to sit and chat with your friends. tori talked a lot more than i the past few tours i saw. and did a lot of playing around with new arrangements and little intro/improvs that i loved so much back in the dew drop inn days!! she showed a lot of pathos in every note especially when singing the "roadside cafe" solo track. BTW, i think the sign is not a good addition to her set. cannot wait to see her again in march! tori is the best :) she managed to melt away all my tension from the people around me in one song! toodles, e ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 03:11:54 -0800 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Re: camden reports? Hi Anne. Glad to hear you had such an incredible experience and I'm very much looking forward to hearing more about it! However, somehow in your exuberance and probably post-show tiredness you seem to have posted this to tori-boot instead of precious-things. (Or maybe I got us off on the wrong list. I'm pretty sure my original post went to the right list, but then again it's three in the morning here and I just finished eating way too many chocolate chip cookies and hanging out with a friend of mine so I'm not exactly sharp as a tack.) I'm cc'ing this back into precious-things in order to move it back over there. No big deal. Sorry for the spill-over, tori-boot folks. PT folks, below is Anne's nice post about camden. If you're going to reply, please take care to not cc tori-boot. Maybe a WOB tax is in order. I'll take the first two people who want a b&p of *one* show from my trading list and (and this is crucial) can get me their packets super fast. I'll be gone the last week of this month and then all of next month (on scarlet's walk!) so if you can't get something to me by wednesday or thursday at the latest, you'll be waiting until next year. http://www.well.com/~btanaka/tori/trades/index.html On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:49:58AM -0500, ALaro22912@aol.com boldly wrote: > Well I just got home, and ran to the computer.... > It was an awesome experience tonight.. i was at fairfax also, and tonight > was MUCH better! You can now tell tori was truly not feeling well at > fairfax.. > she was really into the crowd.. talking and dancing alot.. and when some guy > yelled "play cooling" she replied., "maybe , maybe not." and then went into > an improv on the wheels on the bus... > security was alot more evident, however we(marisa and I) were in the 6th row > and we managed to take a whole roll of pictures.. i will send them to mikewhy > of the dent along with the fairfax pictures we took from the 15th row.. > it was awesome.. i will write more later.. promise... > anne - -- - - Brian Tanaka - - - contact info (im etc.): http://www.well.com/~btanaka/info - - tori web site: http://www.well.com/~btanaka/tori - - random tori quote: http://btanaka.freeshell.org/toriquotes ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:23:24 -0500 From: "Becka" Subject: Re: Palace of auburn Hills question?? julie said over on toriboot: Does anyone have any clue how the meet and greet for the Palace show takes place?? I have never been to a meet and greet there?? Its a huge venue with a huge parking lot entrance that might be blocked off?? Please email me privately if you have any info. Thanks, Julie - ---------------I say this:) Hey Julie the palace of auburn hills is surrounded by a complete blocked in parking lot.. you pay to get in the lot. I'm not sure if they are going to charge to get in the lot that early or not, but then again they may assume you're gonna be hanging out in your car/lot all day and charge you full price. Expect a $10 fee. the meet and greets that i ahve seen(not tori's) happen usually on the "main entrance" side.. i THINK it's the west entrance, but i could be wrong.. you can't miss that side of the building though it has a huge glass door entrance and fancy roof thing. On that same side, there is the entrance to the underground portion of the building.. and that's where most of the meet and greet's have happened at concerts i've seen there. Did anyone go to the M&G in 98? That could give a low down of that? As well, what is the time estimate of the Palace Meet & Greet? If anyone knows about that :) ~~Cheers becka http://www.dreaminginreality.com Some General Palace Rules from their page on TicketBastard. Directions - ---------- Located in Auburn Hills off of I-75 North at Lapeer Road. Accessible from exits 79 through 81. box office numbers(hours)/will call - ---------------------------------- For information on events call (248) 377-0100.Monday through Friday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and on Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Closed on Sunday. On event days, opens at 10:00 AM. Will Call tickets can be picked up at the Main Box Office at the West entrance. Customers must have their Confirmation Number and Photo Identification. Special Seating - --------------- Customers needing Special Seating Arrangements should contact the Box Office prior to the event. Recording Media - ----------------- Cameras are allowed for Pistons and Shock games, but rarely for concerts. Recording devices are not allowed unless otherwise noted. Miscellaneous - -------------- The Palace announce increased security measures affecting fans will be implemented immediately. 1) There will be an increased security presence both inside and outside The Palace of Auburn Hills. 2) Briefcases and pocketbooks will be allowed in The Palace, but will be inspected at all entrance gates. 3) Large bags, coolers and large backpacks will not be allowed in The Palace. 4) Once they have exited, fans will not be allowed to re-enter The Palace for any reason. 5)All vehicles without proper identification must be parked at least 100 feet from The Palace, in arena-controlled parking areas. Effective 10/11/2001 ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V7 #274 *************************************