From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V8 #56 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 Monday, March 3 2003 Volume 08 : Number 056 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fw: albany ["cdrv" ] RE: Tori in SPIN Magazine . ["h." ] Re: Tori in SPIN Magazine . [Cyndi S Crawford ] syracuse post-standard review [noam tchotchke ] Re: syracuse post-standard review [Richard Handal ] Re: Tori in SPIN Magazine . [Cyndi S Crawford ] more Strange Little Girls posters on ebay ["Jon Haverman" ] Re: Tori Magazines? [Brian K Tanaka ] Re: syracuse post-standard review [Brian K Tanaka ] Re: albany [Brian K Tanaka ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 14:40:58 -0300 From: "cdrv" Subject: Fw: albany AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! That Shows must have been a killer! I "NEED" a bootleg of that One LOL :) Later :) Daniel ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 11:50:14 -0800 From: "h." Subject: RE: Tori in SPIN Magazine . > Old Ladies Who Are Still Sexy To Rock Boys > > 9. Patti Smith > 8. Tina Turner > 7. Stevie Nicks > 6. Courtney Love > 5. Chrissie Hynde > 4. TORI AMOS > 3. Marianne Faithful > 2. Deborah Harry > 1. Madonna i saw this too.... i'm outraged! tori is NOT an old lady! jeez.... some of the others on that list are definitely getting up there, but tori? ;) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 21:50:24 -0500 From: Cyndi S Crawford Subject: Re: Tori in SPIN Magazine . Tori is also on the last page of that issue.. she did the story thing that they turned into a comic strip. *JOY!* I object, however, to them calling her an old lady. SHE IS NOT OLD!!! :P Sincerely, Cyndi S. Crawford http://www.platinumcomplication.com/cyndi/ -- http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/368/ciara_blaze.html -- http://learntothink0.tripod.com/learntothinkagain/ -- http://www.geocities.com/keyyooo/ -- http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/store.aspx?storeid=kittitude Tori Amos' response when asked to describe herself in five words: "I. Do. Not. Describe. Myself." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 11:45:59 -0500 From: noam tchotchke Subject: syracuse post-standard review Tori Amos' spirited offerings rock fans She puts passion into her lyrics and piano style during Landmark appearance. March 02, 2003 By Mark Bialczak Staff writer Two hours of totally Tori was just what the packed crowd at the Landmark Theatre shouted for Saturday night. "I love you Tori," screamed one woman in the audience the moment Amos took the stage. Yes, Amos' high-pitched, breathy voice is an acquired taste. And it obviously was a taste that her fans had acquired long ago and keep on the top shelf of their disc collection. The singer and piano player from North Carolina sang and played piano in her trademark, unique styles. At the microphone, Amos delivers every line with passion. Sometimes her emotional delivery obscures the lyrics, but that didn't matter to her very happy fans. As much as she goes all out with her vocals, Amos sometimes goes only halfway with the piano. That is, she's half-on, half-off the piano bench as she shimmies her way toward the crowd. She also does a great job simultaneously playing the keyboards with her right hand and the piano with her left. With the accompaniment of a bass player and drummer, Amos thundered home her personal style. She's no doubt a forerunner in the increasingly popular vocals-and-piano style, but she's definitely not from the funky Alicia Keys, jazzy Diana Krall or soothing Norah Jones schools of pop music. Instead, Amos isn't afraid to rock hard, and perches on the cusp of New Age with her spirited work. The crowd was extremely pleased with hits from her earlier work, particularly "Cornflake Girl" from her disc "Under the Pink," and "Crucify" from her disc "Little Earthquakes. The Native American-influenced work from her new disc, "Scarlet's Walk," was received well, too. For the perfectly placed cover song, Amos chose Fleetwood Mac's classic "Landslide." Amos definitely was more Stevie Nicks-Christine McVie than Dixie Chicks as she pounded the piano and enchantingly caressed the lyrics. One fan danced her way up the center aisle, until a male usher gently urged her back to her seat. In fact, the whole concert, it seemed like Amos' many female fans connected with her music and messages more easily than the men in the crowd. Amos didn't talk directly to the fans between songs much. She made a point of telling about her walk around Syracuse earlier in the day, when she happened to spy a T-shirt that called her name. So she bought the message "A Woman's Place Is in the Dome." "That seemed right to me," Amos said. "They might not like it when I wear it around Georgetown. But that doesn't matter to me." Opener Jeffrey Gaines obviously was somewhat in awe of his surroundings. He loved the Landmark Theatre. "I hope you looked at the crazy lobby," Gaines said. "It's on drugs, this place! You've got a cool ... place to party. It's great." With his gritty voice and acoustic guitar, Gaines won over the crowd. The fans who got there on time lustily cheered every song of his half-hour set. The singer-songwriter served up deep work from his disc "Toward the Sun." "Falling Apart" certainly had it all together. (C) 2003 The Post-Standard. Used with permission. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:11:10 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Handal Subject: Re: syracuse post-standard review woj posted the Syracuse concert review: > Tori Amos' spirited offerings rock fans Thanks for that. Pretty good overall. You do an amazing job sending us all these things, woj. I want to bring up one beef, though: One fan danced her way up the center aisle, until a male usher gently urged her back to her seat. In fact, the whole concert, it seemed like Amos' many female fans connected with her music and messages more easily than the men in the crowd. I really resent being at the business end of this kind of pointless generalization. At least he didn't say most of the males had been dragged there by their girlfriends. I've seen that multiple times and find that one particularly offensive on more than one level. I can see making an attempt to convey the atmosphere of a concert in a newspaper review, but how about we leave the mind-reading to the self-proclaimed psychics, shall we? Just had to vent. I feel better now. :-) And here's a URL for the spiffo printable version of the article on their website: http://www.syracuse.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-7/1046597745207310.xml Not sure how long that may work. Be seeing you, Richard Handal, H.G. A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. --Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet, recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature (1861-1941) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 13:04:53 -0500 From: Cyndi S Crawford Subject: Re: Tori in SPIN Magazine . >i saw this too.... i'm outraged! tori is NOT an old lady! jeez.... some of the others on that list are definitely getting up there, but tori?< That's what I said! rofl.. I don't think Courtney Love qualifies either! I don't think anybody below 55 qualifies, period! :P ESPECIALLY not Tori. :P Sincerely, Cyndi S. Crawford ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:18:48 -0500 From: "Jon Haverman" Subject: more Strange Little Girls posters on ebay I am selling a two sided Strange Little Girls poster on ebay...best part of the deal. You get two of the posters if you win the auction. Thus, you always get to see both sides. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2512897307&ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:US:1 haves ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:29:03 -0500 From: "Megan Harris" Subject: Tori Magazines? Could someone tell me the list of available magazines (via snail mail) on Tori (or tori related stuff) that are available - or direct me to a website that lists them? Thanx! ~meg ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 19:32:04 -0800 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Re: Tori Magazines? On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:29:03PM -0500, Megan Harris boldly wrote: > > Could someone tell me the list of available magazines (via snail mail) on > Tori (or tori related stuff) that are available - or direct me to a website > that lists them? Thanx! ~meg The one that leaps to mind is Little Blue World (http://www.little-blue-world.org/) If there are others, I'd love to hear about them too. - -- - - Brian Tanaka - - Thunder Wishes, Fire Thought: http://www.well.com/~btanaka/tori ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:39:49 -0800 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Re: syracuse post-standard review On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:11:10PM -0500, Richard Handal boldly wrote: [from the review] > One fan danced her way up the center aisle, until a male usher gently > urged her back to her seat. In fact, the whole concert, it seemed like > Amos' many female fans connected with her music and messages more > easily than the men in the crowd. > > I really resent being at the business end of this kind of pointless > generalization. Hear! Hear! I feel the same way. I feel strongly enough about it, in fact, that I originally intended to compose a scathing yet insightful commentary here. But now that I sit down to type, I find I'd rather simply say this: Grrr. Oh, and this topic reminded me of a Tori quote from 2/9/96: Audience Member: Most of your songs seem to be written for women. Are you going to write any songs maybe more for men? Tori: I don't think they're written for women. I think, because last time I checked I was one, I do have a certain perspective. But when you're going and crawling behind the heart... You know: where you hid that plate of spaghetti seven years ago? You don't have to be a girl to do that. Do you see? We all have hidden things behind the heart. So I don't think it's just for women. ... Women have been encouraged to be more emotional. So that's why you think sometimes it's more for women but it's not. - -- - - Brian Tanaka - - Thunder Wishes, Fire Thought: http://www.well.com/~btanaka/tori ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:01:46 -0800 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Re: albany On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 10:57:19AM -0500, noam tchotchke boldly wrote: > i was also disappointed to hear, yet > again, the same set of songs from _scarlet's walk_. it's not that i'm > sick of them, it's that it would be nice to mix in more songs from the > new record other than the upbeat ones. Any SW songs in particular you're hoping for, woj? - -- - - Brian Tanaka - - Thunder Wishes, Fire Thought: http://www.well.com/~btanaka/tori ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V8 #56 ************************************