From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V8 #287 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 Thursday, December 18 2003 Volume 08 : Number 287 Today's Subjects: ----------------- peculiar pic [JNe9027355@aol.com] the advocate on toal [fingerpuppets ] Re: peculiar pic [Cyndi S Crawford ] Re: peculiar pic [Richard Handal ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 07:44:25 EST From: JNe9027355@aol.com Subject: peculiar pic http://www.celebrities-eating.com/view.php?id=68 "Let the world know what you think, before the world lets you know what to think." Care About What You Consume? Know This Before You Buy Anything Credible Answers for a Cruelty-Free World ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:51:41 -0500 From: fingerpuppets Subject: the advocate on toal Twelve discs for giving Special holiday gift guide edition: breaking down a dozen of the season's new greatest hits compilations By Rob Chin An Advocate.com exclusive posted December 15, 2003 Tori Amos o Tales of a Librarian: A Tori Amos Collection (Atlantic) www.toriamos.com www.atlantic-records.com What is it? A "musical autobiography" that retraces Myra Ellen Amos's solo career with a twist: She went back and freshened up the songs specifically for this project. One disc, 20 tracks, plus a DVD. What does it have? Half of her seminal debut, Little Earthquakes, interspersed with one to three selections from each of her subsequent four albums. The remixes of these songs aren't drastic, merely adding melodic flourishes, slightly relayered arrangements, and new vocals (a spoken line in "God," a short coda appended to "Way Down") to bring extra color to the original outlines without redrawing them. After all, why fix what isn't broken? Amos's work has always drawn uniquely devoted fans who will be delighted that such beloved album tracks as "Tear in Your Hand" and "Mr. Zebra" earned a place beside trademark singles "Silent All These Years" and "Cornflake Girl." And tampering with the harrowing a cappella "Me and a Gun" would've been, in a word, sacrilege. What's missing? Since it's not about the hits per se, Tales really can't be judged by that standard. That said, a bucketload of singles was jettisoned, including "China," "Hey Jupiter," "Raspberry Swirl," and "1000 Oceans." Covers album Strange Little Girls is ignored, presumably because those songs aren't part of Tori's own story. Last year's Scarlet's Walk was released on another label, so that's out as well, and anyone who asks about the Y Kant Tori Read material is just trying to be funny. Anything special? Two new songs, "Angels" and "Snow Cherries From France," plus two early B-sides that were fully rerecorded, "Mary" and "Sweet Dreams." Armand van Helden's techno remix of "Professional Widow" stands in for the original. DVD notes: Sound-check footage shows Amos rehearsing three songs not on the audio disc ("Pretty Good Year," "Honey," "Northern Lad"); a fourth ("Putting the Damage On") and "Mr. Zebra" get montage clips. Bottom line: The best of both worlds--musically approachable for newbies, while longtimers who analyze her every word are offered a fresh perspective through this carefully assembled dissertation. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:23:54 GMT From: Cyndi S Crawford Subject: Re: peculiar pic haaaaaa.. bananas. suddenly I'm hungry for bananas.. :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 - -- JNe9027355@aol.com wrote: http://www.celebrities-eating.com/view.php?id=68 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:23:43 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Handal Subject: Re: peculiar pic AJ posted: > http://www.celebrities-eating.com/view.php?id=68 Why did you send that to PT, AJ? You don't believe it's Tori, do you? It seems to me it's Michelle Branch at an inopportune moment on a bad hair day, but I'm not certain. For those who care about Matt Chamberlain, he's going to be in Liz Phair's band tonight on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and on tour with her early next year: . Be seeing you, Richard Handal, H.G. ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V8 #287 *************************************