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precious-things-digest Sunday, August 31 2003 Volume 08 : Number 202
Today's Subjects:
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Re: Fw: Drooling in Concert ["Cyndi S. Crawford" <cyndi.crawford@juno.com]
Re: Drooling in Concert ["Cyndi S. Crawford" <cyndi.crawford@juno.com>]
Re: Drooling in Concert [Richard Handal <handal@min.net>]
Re: Drooling in Concert [Violet <violet@torithoughts.org>]
final lottapianos meet'n'greet [ein kleines kinnemuzik <woj@smoe.org>]
Soundstage DVD / VHS Official Purchase Info & Link ["Johnny Endicott" <jh]
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:14:59 -0400
From: "Cyndi S. Crawford" <cyndi.crawford@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: Drooling in Concert
>..too much Datura!!! :-)<
hah! too much Datura indeed! ;) and too much water. :-D
Sincerely, Cyndi S. Crawford
"I know we're dying / and there's no sign of a parachute / we scream in
cathedrals / why can't it be beautiful / why does there gotta be a
sacrifice?" -- Tori Amos
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:34:02 -0400
From: "Cyndi S. Crawford" <cyndi.crawford@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Drooling in Concert
>Ah, how long will it be before we see Tori Amos Drool on eBay?
>http://www.ebay.com/itsajokeyousicklittlefucks/<
now that would be a sight to behold. rofl.. the question is.. WHO
WOULD BUY IT? and WHY WOULD THEY? :-D
Sincerely, Cyndi S. Crawford
"I know we're dying / and there's no sign of a parachute / we scream in
cathedrals / why can't it be beautiful / why does there gotta be a
sacrifice?" -- Tori Amos
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Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 04:52:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Richard Handal <handal@min.net>
Subject: Re: Drooling in Concert
Violet said:
> She seemed to start drooling around the time of Choirgirl.
It may have gotten worse around then--surely the tea and ginger situations
would exacerbate it and she was first hitting the tea in '98, I believe--
but I'll quote from my own review of the 21 August 1996 Charlotte concert,
as available on the Dent:
http://thedent.com/touraug.html#charlotte
It's always lovely to hear Past the Mission in concert, and this
night's rendering was especially delicate and moving. Gorgeous. As was
Little Earthquakes, in which a stream of drool slipped out of her mouth
toward the end of the long, continuous vocal part where she can't
control it and keep it in her mouth.
She's clearly made the decision to go for musical purity over sanitary
behavior, as surely to interrupt her long vocal phrasing would not give
us the shifting canvas for vocal expression she wants in such
instances. I expect she's somewhat embarrassed when it happens, but I
agree that not that many people notice the drool, whereas all of us
benefit from the musical decision to arrange to have those long,
seamless vocal passages.
There's some pretty intense stuff coming out of her mouth on the video of
the 20 October 1996 Ft. Meyers, Florida concert, too. One has to wonder
how much her piano tech needs to clean that stuff out from the keys. She's
spoken in a couple interviews about doing her best to let it casually run
out the side of her mouth that's away from the audience; clearly, though,
sometimes it's more conspicuous than others. But it's not like attending a
Gallagher show or something, where the people in the front rows know he's
gonna be smashing melons with sledgehammers and they bring clear plastic
sheets and wear raincoats. :-D It seems usually to just dribble out of
her mouth and down. I happen to have a screen capture from that Ft. Meyers
video: <http://www.min.net/~handal/19961020_precious_drool-04.jpg>. The
white steak coming down under the tip of the microphone and continuing
underneath her arms is a live gob in motion. Also note the visible lower
portion of the triangular projection screen behind her and the Virgin Mary
night light someone gave her sitting on the piano. Just another day at the
office in Toriville.
Do Fiona fans have conversations like this one? I doubt it.
> There are some TV appearances from around this time where you can
> clearly see it. (Once was on Regis & Kathie Lee, and I think it really
> freaked them out).
Yeah, that one was a riot. She let some fly right at the end, tried to act
nonchalant about it and hoped people wouldn't notice, but she knew she was
caught and looked directly into the camera as if to say, "Uh-oh" as she
casually touched her chin to the mic to let it run down it.
Here's a funny quote:
CNN Online September 29, 1999
http://www.yessaid.com/interviews/99-09-29CNNOnline.html
CNN: As far your end of the tour goes, were you eager to be back on the
road with a full band?
Amos: Wanting to play with these guys again was really a burning
desire. I enjoyed playing with them (on the last tour). That's not to
say there weren't rough spots. Because I have to play and sing at the
same time, when you play alone, you cheat a lot. You can stretch bars
and stuff. But when you're having to hit the marks as a player as well
as a singer, you try to drool, find your note, breathe and wiggle, all
at the same time. And not lose your lunch. That's a tall order for me.
Happy breakfast everyone. ;-)
Be seeing you,
Richard Handal, H.G.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I've made an
international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
--George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)
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Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:28:21 -0700
From: Violet <violet@torithoughts.org>
Subject: Re: Drooling in Concert
>Violet said:
>
>> She seemed to start drooling around the time of Choirgirl.
>
>It may have gotten worse around then--surely the tea and ginger situations
>would exacerbate it and she was first hitting the tea in '98, I believe--
>but I'll quote from my own review of the 21 August 1996 Charlotte concert,
>as available on the Dent:
There I go again, confusing Pele & Choirgirl again, as I so often do.
It was around *B4P* that people started noticing the profuse drooling.
In fact, IIRC, the song she drooled through during R & KL was one that she
was playing on the harmonium.
So, my bad.
V.
xoxox
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Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:30:49 -0400
From: ein kleines kinnemuzik <woj@smoe.org>
Subject: final lottapianos meet'n'greet
in case anyone hasn't caught this on the dent:
The last pre-show meet and greet of the Lottapianos tour
will be in N. Charleston, SC on Sunday, August 31, 2003!
Posted Fri, Aug 29, 2003 - 2:40pm ET | Tour
I have just received official word that there will be a pre-show meet
and greet in N. Charleston, SC at North Charleston Coliseum on Sunday,
August 31, 2003! This will be the final meet and greet of the
Lottapianos tour! For details about meet and greets in general, check
out the Dent's Tour FAQ (url: http://thedent.com/tourfaq03.html >.
woj
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Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:06:37 +0000
From: "Johnny Endicott" <jhardrocktoriamos@hotmail.com>
Subject: Soundstage DVD / VHS Official Purchase Info & Link
Hi Everyone,
There seems to be a lot of buzz on how to get a copy of the (OUTSTANDING!!!)
Tori Soundstage show. After checking this link (I forget who provided it -
props to you!!!)
http://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/merch.htm
I called this phone number
1-800-237-1100
and was told by the very helpful Dana that they are TAKING ORDERS for the
Tori Amos Soundstage show!!! She told me that they were taking credit card
numbers and names, but not charging anything to the cards yet, in
anticipation of the production being made available soon. This is not a
guarantee that it will be officially released, but she seemed to indicate
that this was a very good sign. YEAH!!!!!
The cost would be $24.95, INCLUDING SHIPPING via UPS (no PO Boxes...).
($19.95 + $5.00 shipping)
Of course I love the whole networking thingy of these lists (especially
Tori-Boot!!!), but it's been my understanding that something comercially
available should be sourced officially, right? Goddess Nadyne, please
correct me if I'm wrong on that... Anyway, it's public television after
all, your money would go toward MORE Soundstage shows and the like, and hey,
I'm pretty sure those guys have the equipment to make a perfect copy for us
all. I didn't ask about VHS, but it's one of the options when you call the
800 number.
So there you have it, let's all NAIL PBS AND DANA WITH ORDERS TODAY so they
know we're a force to be reckoned with! 1-800-237-1100
Have fun kiddies!
Johnny :)
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