From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V8 #278 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 Friday, December 5 2003 Volume 08 : Number 278 Today's Subjects: ----------------- no grammy nod for tori :( [e m ] Re: no grammy nod for tori :( ["dr. bunsen honeydew" ] Re: no grammy nod for tori :( [e m ] Re: no grammy nod for tori :( ["Lisa Zwick" ] Re: no grammy nod for tori :( ["Lisa Zwick" ] Re: Card Catalog [fingerpuppets ] Leno Taping and Tower In-Store [Brian K Tanaka ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:16:51 -0800 (PST) From: e m Subject: no grammy nod for tori :( i am a bit flabbergasted. no nomination for tori this year. i don't want to get to into the other nominations and how insanely idiotic i think they are, but i guess in a way its a good thing tori isn't among nominations like this year. even the flaming lips that i like, i just don't understand how their EP can be eligible for a best alternative album nomination... okay, i won't get too into it...just wanted to share my outrage. anyway, tori's box set was nominated. http://grammy.com/awards/grammy/46noms.aspx Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein, art directors (Miles Davis) [Columbia/Legacy Recordings] Family Tree Michael Amzalag, Mathias Augustinyak & Gabrmela Fridriksdottir, art directors (Bjvrk) [Elektra Entertainment Group] Furious Angels Kathleen Philpott & Mark Tappin, art directors (Rob Dougan) [Reprise Records] Scarlet's Walk Dave Bett & Sheri Lee, art directors (Tori Amos) [Epic Records] Sing The Sorrow Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (AFI) [DreamWorks/Nitro Records] Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:02:46 -0500 From: "dr. bunsen honeydew" Subject: Re: no grammy nod for tori :( yes, and apparently the timo "vegas" remix was nominated. (unless that was posted as a joke...) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:47:02 -0500 From: "Becka" Subject: Re: no grammy nod for tori :( yes it is nominated. Field 27 - Production, Non-Classical Category 90 - Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical Don't Make Me Come To Vegas (Timo On Tori) Martin Buttrich & Timo Maas, remixers (Tori Amos) [Epic Records] > > yes, and apparently the timo "vegas" remix was nominated. (unless that was > posted as a joke...) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:28:10 -0800 (PST) From: e m Subject: Re: no grammy nod for tori :( how did i miss it! thanks for the heads up. vegas is not a joke :) again, this is not for tori though :( this is such a snub. Category 90 Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical (A Remixer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.) Beautiful (Peter Rauhofer Mix) Peter Rauhofer, remixer (Christina Aguilera) [RCA Records] Crazy In Love (Maurice's Soul Mix) Maurice Joshua, remixer (Beyonci Featuring Jay-Z) [Columbia Records/Music World Music] Don't Make Me Come To Vegas (Timo On Tori) Martin Buttrich & Timo Maas, remixers (Tori Amos) [Epic Records] Get It Together (Bill Hamel Vocal Mix) Bill Hamel, remixer (Seal) [Warner Bros. Records] Lei Lo Lai (MAW Mix) Masters At Work, remixers (The Latin Project) [Electric Monkey Records] "dr. bunsen honeydew" wrote: yes, and apparently the timo "vegas" remix was nominated. (unless that was posted as a joke...) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "e m" To: ; ; Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:16 PM Subject: no grammy nod for tori :( > > i am a bit flabbergasted. no nomination for tori this year. i don't want to get to into the other nominations and how insanely idiotic i think they are, but i guess in a way its a good thing tori isn't among nominations like this year. even the flaming lips that i like, i just don't understand how their EP can be eligible for a best alternative album nomination... okay, i won't get too into it...just wanted to share my outrage. > > anyway, tori's box set was nominated. > > > http://grammy.com/awards/grammy/46noms.aspx > > > Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package > > The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions > Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein, art directors (Miles Davis) > [Columbia/Legacy Recordings] > > > Family Tree > Michael Amzalag, Mathias Augustinyak & Gabrmela Fridriksdottir, art directors > (Bjvrk) > [Elektra Entertainment Group] > > > Furious Angels > Kathleen Philpott & Mark Tappin, art directors (Rob Dougan) > [Reprise Records] > > > Scarlet's Walk > Dave Bett & Sheri Lee, art directors (Tori Amos) > [Epic Records] > > > Sing The Sorrow > Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (AFI) > [DreamWorks/Nitro Records] > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:04:36 -0500 From: "Lisa Zwick" Subject: Re: no grammy nod for tori :( That is kind of ironic. With sucha great album (my favorite of hers), it's the packaging that gets noticed. But with the list of all the artists that ARE nominated, I'm not surprised one bit. - -Lisa - ----- Original Message ----- From: "e m" To: ; ; Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:16 PM Subject: no grammy nod for tori :( > > i am a bit flabbergasted. no nomination for tori this year. i don't want to get to into the other nominations and how insanely idiotic i think they are, but i guess in a way its a good thing tori isn't among nominations like this year. even the flaming lips that i like, i just don't understand how their EP can be eligible for a best alternative album nomination... okay, i won't get too into it...just wanted to share my outrage. > > anyway, tori's box set was nominated. > > > http://grammy.com/awards/grammy/46noms.aspx > > > Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package > > The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions > Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein, art directors (Miles Davis) > [Columbia/Legacy Recordings] > > > Family Tree > Michael Amzalag, Mathias Augustinyak & Gabrmela Fridriksdottir, art directors > (Bjvrk) > [Elektra Entertainment Group] > > > Furious Angels > Kathleen Philpott & Mark Tappin, art directors (Rob Dougan) > [Reprise Records] > > > Scarlet's Walk > Dave Bett & Sheri Lee, art directors (Tori Amos) > [Epic Records] > > > Sing The Sorrow > Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (AFI) > [DreamWorks/Nitro Records] > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:53:54 -0500 From: "Lisa Zwick" Subject: Re: no grammy nod for tori :( Strange world we live in. - -Lisa - ----- Original Message ----- From: "e m" To: "dr. bunsen honeydew" ; ; ; Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:28 PM Subject: Re: no grammy nod for tori :( > how did i miss it! thanks for the heads up. vegas is not a joke :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:09:27 -0500 From: fingerpuppets Subject: Re: Card Catalog one time at band camp, Rose Donohoo (rosie82@neo.rr.com) said: >Any word on if Cards 4-6 will ever show up? if you go by the hint on card 3, card 4 should be somewhere on the fanscape.com site. i haven't gone looking for it though.... woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 20:19:57 -0800 From: Brian K Tanaka Subject: Leno Taping and Tower In-Store I went to the Leno taping and the Tower in-store this week and I thought I'd share a little about what each experience was like. The sun was just coming up as I got on the 101 heading for Burbank. I found an all day parking place on Bob Hope Drive and, bundled up against the cold, I made my way around the building to the ticket window. There were about thirty people ahead of me in line. The first few had been there at 1:00 AM, and since I was waltzing in after something approximating a full night's sleep plus breakfast and a shower I was psychologically prepared to not get a ticket should that misfortune come to pass. Luck was on my side though. At 8:00, when they opened the box office, I got a ticket and all was well. I walked back around the building, got in line at the front entrance, plunked myself down on the cement planter everyone uses as a bench, and waited the seven hours or so in the cold until the Leno staff began ushering people in. I won't go into detail about Tori's performance of Winter because it was, of course, broadcast on television and you've all no doubt seen it and have drawn your own conclusions. I will say though that it was, as always, a pleasure to see her play even if for so short and rushed a performance. Afterward, there was an impromptu meet & greet and Tori talked briefly with everyone. It was nice. The young girl who had been my neighbor in line all day got to meet Tori for the very first time and Tori signed her TOAL booklet. Judging by the look on her face, it was a magical experience. The next morning I drove down to Brea in Orange County for the in-store appearance at Tower Records. As far as the lining up process was concerned, there were some deviations from the announced plan. First, despite the warnings not to line up before noon, people were allowed to line up at 5:00 AM. Second, though 500 people were expected to be allowed in, on the day of the event the Brea fire marshall reduced that number to 300. On the up side, I felt that the Tower staff did a good job of organizing the event and managing the line. There was a reasonably sufficient amount of communication via announcements. They wristbanded the line at 12:30 or so and in the evening when the line re-formed, they sorted everyone into numeric order and there weren't any conflicts, at least as far as I know. Tori did a signing for at least 60 people -- 30 radio contest winners and 30 Tower Records contest winners, plus an unknown quantity of random others. The signing was held before the performance and when it was over, the staff allowed the wristband folks in. Inside there were about 75 people seated on the floor and everyone else stood behind them in a big semi-circle. There was no stage; the Boesendorfer sat flat on the floor. Presently, Tori appeared on the staircase and descended into a storm of thoroughly enthusiastic applause. The performance itself was much better than I was expecting. I was hoping, of course, that it would be wonderful, but I was keeping my expectations in check since I knew it was going to be very short. As it turned out, such cautiousness wasn't necessary. At all. The half hour set was simply amazing. Tori was totally engaged and engaging from the very first note. Her voice was gorgeous and she brought each song to life with that flowing precision we have come to know and adore. There was eye contact a-plenty. If you listened to the broadcast you already know how great she sounded, and you know she did Silent All These Years, Take To The Sky, Winter, Angels, and Seaside. I, personally, was thrilled with the song selection. After Seaside she bid us farewell in her Tori way and disappeared out the exit. A short and sweet performance. Just enough to make 2005 seem far away indeed. - -- - - Brian Tanaka - ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V8 #278 *************************************