From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V8 #212 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 16 2003 Volume 08 : Number 212 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Fw: Just wanted to let it out [cyndi.crawford@juno.com] Re: Get Taped Live With TORI In West Palm Beach! [Brian K Tanaka Subject: Re: Get Taped Live With TORI In West Palm Beach! On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 08:37:38AM -0400, Richard Handal boldly wrote: [... stuff about Boulder 96, Tori's obligations or lack thereof, possible reasons for the taping, etc deleted ...] In a frightening turn of events, I wrote a 1,786 word reply to your post, Richard. For the sake of everyone's sanity, I'm not posting it. You're welcome. > I trust you will report back to us on the concert, Brian. Enjoy. It'll be > wonderful if you let it. Here are some scattered thoughts on the show... After the WPB concert someone who I *knew* had missed Orlando walked by and said, "Good show," or something to that effect. Not wanting to blurt out something like, "Orlando was the real last show and was much better", I muttered something like, "Yeah, I liked it." Just then someone else approached me and said, "Did you just say you liked it?" to which I replied, if I remember correctly, "Muh?" When she said, "I just heard those words come out of your mouth," I, for some reason, couldn't even begin to explain why I had lied (or at least wildly stripped down the truth) as I had. I tell this tale to illustrate two points: 1) after a lifetime of diligent practice, I've raised being stupid to an art form, and 2) Orlando was the real last show and was much better. Which isn't to say that there weren't great moments in WPB. Looking over the setlist, I have these comments: Sugar was wonderful as was Cooling and I'll be very happy if both make it to the final edit. Virginia was lovely as always. It is officially a good thing that she did Crucify for the DVD. I don't know what she didn't like about the first Tombigbee, but it was fun to get it twice (even if it "cost" another song). I think I'd want Jupiter or Putting the Damage On as the last last song, and we got Jupiter so all is well. Note the conspicious lack of Tear. Oh, and has this been discussed already? During Muhammad it struck me that she probably dropped I Feel The Earth Move for the same reason there were no other covers: rights. Am I wrong? Is that really obvious? (Either my being wrong or the copyright issue; you choose.) I had mixed blessings with my seat location. At first I was behind the camera crane thing, which sucked. But then I was upgraded because of that to what was essentially the first row, stage right. That was an unexpected but very appreciated good thing. There was nothing and no one in my line of sight to Tori. Then, just so the blessing would be as mixed as possible, it turned out that the section I was in had eager representatives from just about every branch of the annoying audience tree: talking loudly, fighting over seats, standing while everyone else is sitting, singing along loudly and out of time and tune, leaving before the encores, screaming assorted annoying things, etc. The only thing really missing was a good vomit incident. At one point Joel had to come over and yell at people. The venue security spent a fair amount of time managing (or failing to manage, in my opinion) the situation too. During Ben Folds' set, Jon and Matt came out and played on two songs. Nice surprise. But, even given the moments of good, I liked Orlando better and it did have more of that "last show" flavor. Tori's voice was so strong that night. Overall, a wonderful show. The only thing that was a bit disappointing was the tepid PGY. Not sure what was going on there. But I was happy to hear her nonetheless because I only caught her twice this tour, the other time being the amazing version in New Orleans. Speaking of New Orleans, in my mind, I move that show forward through time and plunk it down in the 124th spot, chronologically speaking, so that it's the last show. I dunno. It works for me. [Note to Mikewhy: Although this looks like a review somewhat, it's not really a review, so please don't post it to the Dent. I'll get something to you separately. Thanks.] - -- - - Brian Tanaka - - LiveLists: http://livelists.dyndns.org - - Thunder Wishes, Fire Thought: http://www.well.com/~btanaka/tori "think of me as a librarian from a different dimension" -- Tori Amos ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V8 #212 *************************************