From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V8 #232 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, October 13 2003 Volume 08 : Number 232 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: "you belong to me" [=?iso-8859-1?q?Tessa?= ] Tori in D.C. bar guide tabloid [Richard Handal ] tori songs in tori songs ["Aileen Sharkie" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:16:22 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Tessa?= Subject: Re: "you belong to me" Just a little FYI to help you remember that you probably already know this song. :::Enter the big green guy & his Mrs.::: "Written in 1952 by Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart and Chilton Price, it was first recorded by Pee Wee King. Later notables who've covered it include Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves. and even Bob Dylan. But the version which sticks in my head is from an animated film and is sung by the leader of a band of the new millenium. Among the delights (and wierdness) of the 'Shrek' soundtrack is a barely noticable acoustic tune, relegated to the background. Covered by Jason Wade of 'Lifehouse', whose tune 'Hanging by a Moment' was radio's most played tune in 2001, it's a simple arrangement for voice and acoustic guitar, and its very simplicity is breathtaking. Glorious mental imagery is inevitable from lines about 'the pyramids along the Nile', 'the marketplace in old Algiers', and 'the jungle when it's wet with rain'. The dear friend who first brought the song to my attention made a meaningful comment about it: 'belonging' can be possessive and smothering, or it can be comforting and emancipating. "You Belong to Me" is about a comforting kind of love; nothing possessive or restricting, just the simple statement that we belong together in an emotional sense, even when we're not together physically. Wade has an instantly recognizable voice, and uses it well to give emotional depth to these beautiful lyrics. This newest version of a gorgeous song makes me want to start practicing the guitar again . . . among other things." Link below to the site I garnered the info from. Includes a pic of the song's sheet music. Some may remember the song from the other sources listed but I prefer to remember the song from Shrek. Great movie, perfect setting for the song. I'm looking forward to hearing T's rendition. http://egbdf.info/index.asp?LogID=121 Ogres are like Onions Toodles ~ Tessa *** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 01:54:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Richard Handal Subject: Tori and India Times hickey story Hi, All: I could never make this one up. Wow. I don't know what hickey they have in mind so don't bother to ask me. Just plain bizarre. Be seeing you, Richard Handal, H.G. _____________________________________________________________________ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=228820 The Times of India Online Printed from timesofindia.indiatimes.com >Cities >Delhi Hickey, hickey, hurray! ANUBHA SAWHNEY TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2003 12:24:48 AM ] Brad Pitt's got one. His wife Jennifer Aniston's got one. And so has Believe singer Cher. We're talking about hickeys -- love bites left by pucker power at its most passionate -- and the latest style accessory sported by international celebs. Yes, tattoos and body-piercing are passe - -- the really hip crowd wears a hickey in just the 'right' place. So, gone with the wind are the days when hickeys needed to be hidden from the public eye. "Today, a hickey is planted where it can be seen by everyone," says psychiatrist Sanjay Chugh, MD, "With our consumerist culture, it has become increasingly difficult to display one's individuality through purchases. The psychology behind getting a hickey and flaunting it is that it gets you all the attention you need. In fact, a hickey is just a new way of attracting the spotlight." Although hickeys started as the exclusive symbol and domain of teenage angst and suburban rebellion, it now seems that everybody is interested. So, celeb such as Robert DeNiro and John Tesh, Dave Grohl and Tori Amos are now sporting hickeys. Not surprisingly, the Net is full of 'how to' websites on the process of planting a hickey on someone else. Beyond the virtual world, Jatin Daur, a final-year student at DU and a self-professed expert on hickeys, has his own set of instructions. "Put your mouth against the side of your partner's neck in a kissing shape. Leave your mouth slightly open in the middle, as if you're saying the letter 'O' and suck the skin into your mouth. When you suck hard enough, the blood vessels break and the affected spot turns bright red." Lucky lips are always kissing of course, but a hickey goes beyond the smooth smooch. While the dictionary describes a 'hickey' as 'an angry red mark on the neck caused by someone kissing (sucking) on it', insurance agent Pavan Kapoor has a more imaginative version: "A hickey is the result of having a vacuum-cleaner for a mate -- that's how guys in B-school define it." In medical-speak, though, a 'hickey' is actually broken blood vessels beneath the skin. By the way, if you're looking to hide that hickey, experts suggest you use ice or wear collared shirts. Or, better still, get your hickey planted in an intimate spot. But then, hiding a hickey would place you low down on the pecking order of kiss-met! (c) Bennett, Coleman and Co., Ltd. All rights reserved ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 02:16:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Richard Handal Subject: Tori in D.C. bar guide tabloid Hello: I picked up the October 2003 issue of On Tap and saw Tori listed in this article about D.C. musicians who made it big, and also in their D.C. music timeline. Funnily enough, I read this in my main Starbucks three blocks from Richard Montgomery High School. Here are links to these items on their website. FWIW, YMMV, etc.: http://www.ontaponline.com/articles/index.php?id=150 Break Out Bands Some of the most notable names in the music industry who have capital connections. Some say there's not a music scene in D.C., but maybe they aren't looking hard enough. This sidebar serves as a guide to some notable names in music with capital connections; artists who help make Washington one of the best music towns in the country. Tori Amos Tori Amos wasn't always the sultry siren of the piano, seducing audiences and holding court to her legions of obsessively dedicated fans. She used to be Myra Ellen Amos, child piano prodigy, youngest student ever at the renowned music conservatory the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. She grew up the daughter of a Methodist minister and a housewife in the Maryland suburbs. Either the circumstances of her religious household or expectations of a classical music career influenced her to play her own music, earning her expulsion from Peabody at the age of 11. Amos started playing DC and Baltimore clubs as a teenager, performing jazz and working the piano bar circuit. She left for California in the early '80s, tried her hand at punk with her band Y Kant Tori Read, but ultimately met success and a bigger audience with her solo debut album "Little Earthquakes" in 1992. Amos not only found her own melodies, but built a solid base of admirers that connected with her emotional material, personal (if esoteric) lyrics, hypnotic harmonies, and clearly talented musicianship. Six albums later she still draws a crowd at her piano; she's set to release a 2-disc collection of her work next month. ALICIA WALLACE [ . . . ] http://www.ontaponline.com/articles/index.php?id=151 [ . . . ] 1981 Influential D.C. punk band Black Flag forms. Henry Rollins moves to L.A. with band before forming Rollins Band in 1987. Ellen Amos graduates Richard Montgomery High as homecoming queen. A decade later, Tori Amos releases "Little Earthquakes." Rare Essence's first hit single, "Body Moves." With string of hits, group ascends as one of Washington's top go-go bands. Founder and drummer Quentin 'Footz' Davidson, a WAMA Hall of Famer, developed group from southwest Washington neighborhood to draw crowds to festivals at USAir Arena and other national and local venues. Birchmere moves to Alexandria, as home for bluegrass and acoustic music. With groups like Seldom Scene and Johnson Mountain Boys, Washington becomes known as "Bluegrass Capitol of the World." [ . . . ] Be seeing you, Richard Handal, H.G. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:46:30 +0000 From: "Aileen Sharkie" Subject: tori songs in tori songs you know how sometimes artists use parts of their own songs in new songs? like, for instance, pink floyd will use a guitar riff in a song, and then bring it back in a completely different song? if that makes any sense, i'm not sure. anyways, if it does, in fact, make sense to anyone, i was wondering if you can think of any songs in which tori revives an old song and puts part of it in a different song. whether it be a part of a melody, or a part of the lyrics, whatever. aileen ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V8 #232 *************************************