RDTRN Archive - RDT Right Now #1754

RDT Right Now #1754

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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 16:01:27 -0800
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Do not hit reply to unsubscribe. To unsub, send a message to: <rdtrn-request@torithoughts.org> with "unsubscribe" in the subject and body. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o Really Deep Thoughts Right Now Volume 02 : Issue #1754 . o - O - O - O - O - O - O - O - o . o o . o o O "Thoughts right now... O o What will become of me, o o Become of her, become of we?" o . o o . O O O - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - O o . o o o Tori Amos, "Thoughts" In this issue: o-o-o-o-o-o-o Re: RDT Right Now #1751 [ Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@ju ] Re: RDT Right Now #1749 [ Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@ju ] yummy gummy. swahili roo... [ Kerri R Klein <kklein21@student.sca ] Gabriela [ Beth Winegarner <echoes@atlantic.de ] Tori 92-98 DVD... [ "Dalsh 327" <dalsh327@hotmail.com> ] Mother/Juarez = Carbon (musically) [ Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@ju ] thankyou, thankyouverymuch [ Brian Cooper <byteme@smartchat.net. ] previous [ "ms. jessica parsons" <fullblownlif ] i love the way you dream [ "Matt Smith" <mattsmith76@ukonline. ] Tori at the Palace [ "Victoria McCabe" <victoria@muruch. ] St. Louis Ticket for Sale [ "Tim Ponce" <tponce@coin.org> ] a dog with no name [ "Simon Booth" <sbooth1@satx.rr.com> ] Re: RDT Right Now #1749 [ BABADEER1@aol.com ] [ =======================> In RDT History <======================= ] day off To read more about these items, visit the list archives. [ ================================================================== ] Today's fuzzy ferret assistant: Missed a digest? Pick up a copy at the RDTRN archives: http://www.torithoughts.org/rdtrn/archives -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 16:34:37 -0500 From: Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@juno.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Re: RDT Right Now #1751 heh heh heh.. everybody download "Dope Hat". it's really bouncy and catchy and ouch my head. lol... on with the replies. :) congrats to Jim on the engagement. YAY!!! :) Daniel said: "I agree greatly with your statement that if you are a virgin and promoting marriage, you just don't have to gife up your sexual nature." that's how I feel about it, generally speaking. Glad I made sense with my comment on it. you can be wild and crazy, but #1, know when to stop, and #2, don't wreck your life by being way TOO wild. Beth said: "Now I'm thinking of the Statue of Liberty as a big honkin representation of the Hermit.." now THAT is a wild idea there.. rofl.. very very interesting. :D Kahlil said: "i am glad to see several people that i remember from the olden days, *nodding towards beth, cyndi and andrea*." I've been here since um... oh.. April of this year.. so I'm still very much a newbie, I think.. but I like welcoming everybody (newbie and oldie) to the list. :D Linda replied to Arija and talked about Tori's progression from pain pain pain to happiness.. VERY interesting stuff to say. I actually have to agree with a lot of it. :) Linda said: "I can't even begin to explain how many times I listened to Hey Jupiter and Putting the Damage On after the love of my life walked out the door forever. And then I shaved every place where he'd been. ;-)" ROFL!! lol.. I didn't see that one coming.. rofl.. Beth, that's quite awesome that Joel still knows who you are by name.. very wild. :) Beth then said: "Those of you who know how: curse John (Jack) Denofa with anything you can (preferably something that will make his prick fall off)." I would if I could, even tho he did get the guilty verdict. lol believe me! Brian and the balloon: "I'm glad you haven't used the word "flaccid" in any of this." flaccid. flaccid.. FLACCID!!!!! I have now, and it's ALL YOUR FAULT! Brian in reply to my "you aren't doing it to me!" in reference to the deflated balloon: "You mean you don't want to blow it up again and make balloon animals? You're no fun! What were you thinking of?" rofl! no I don't! it was already a sword while it was inflated at its biggest and I don't wanna do that again! rofl.. I've been TRAUMATIZED!!! Brian then said: "And here I was hoping at least you'd be lounging around in some scanty lingerie at least. Let me guess... your pj's are blue?" nope to the lingerie bit.. I hate lace.. and I hate silk. :D and nope to the blue bit.. er.. well the little dogs that are printed on my pajamas are blue but that's about it.. lol.. I'd like some solid royal blue-colored jammies tho.. but they CANNOT BE SILK!! lol.. speaking of pajamas and the like.. Hugh Hefner.. being that he is a man who wears his jammies nearly 24/7.. has anyone ever seen him in a real bonafide tie-and-suit getup? if you have.. did it look odd to you? lol.. Brian then said: "I swear I read that as "on with the reptiles"." hee hee!!! ON WITH THE REPTILES!!! :D John explained to me what cutups are.. interesting. :) could you perhaps do that with a RDTRN digest and cut up our comments and replies? :D THAT is something I wanna see. :) Julie, good luck with your chance to meet Tori! WHEE!! :) Jessica said: "cyndi....tell my roommate and i to stop watching G&S! it's terribly addictive." I need that url again, speaking of which.. lol.. Mark said in reply to my question regarding IKEA: "Not having seen _Fight Club_, I wouldn't know." ACK!!! GO SEE IT NOW!!! now now now now now now now now!!!!! As for Toni Braxton.. I know who she is. I just didn't know she was having legal problems.. hmm.. not good. Jessica asked what the Darth Vader habit is.. well, watch the Star Wars movies (the first 3) and listen to Darth's overly breathiness. you'll see what everyone's talking about then. Bethany said: "Cyndi axed about IKEA. i think the furniture in Fight Club was actually a spoof on IKEA, you know, the slightly ridiculous names and the modern design." hmmmm! okay. :) kewl. :D Megan: who sings "If I Were Gay"?? Ade: that Dildoll was deliciously frightening. rofl.. Gabriel: I loooooved your poem.. LOVED it.. wonderful. :) and on that note.. ciao! :D Sincerely, Cyndi S. Crawford http://www.platinumcomplication.com/cyndi/ -- http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/368/ciara_blaze.html -- http://learntothink0.tripod.com/learntothinkagain/ -- http://www.geocities.com/keyyooo/ -- http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/store.aspx?storeid=kittitude Tori Amos' response when asked to describe herself in five words: "I. Do. Not. Describe. Myself." ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:23:03 -0500 From: Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@juno.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Re: RDT Right Now #1749 AAAAACK!! I FORGOT A COUPLE OF DIGESTS!!! *passes out* ... ... ... *comes to* on with the replies! :D First things first.. the only similarity that I noticed with Happiness is a Warm Gun and I Can't See New York would be some of the piano riffs.. :D lol I just noticed that Thursday night when I was trekking home from school.. I loooove that song.. particularly when the drum sounds change.. ohhhh LAWDY! it's hard to dance in a car, did you know that?? ESPECIALLY if you're the one driving it! NuttyBakerGirl said: "I didn't mean to send a recipe for a chiffon cake to the list. I was meaning to send it to myself, but must of hit the wrong address in my address book." so what? you're spreading the joy! yum yum! :) Lavs said: "Oh, and there was something along the lines of holding back a hurricane, that made me think of holding back a glacier." um, she said "we both know you could deflate a 7 hurricane" just for clarification's sake.. that's a funny mental image.. popping a hurricane with a needle.. har har.. :D Winterlion's day at the Feast of Immortality concert sounded very very interesting.. I wonder if I'd have enjoyed it? :) Andrea said: "oh my. no tori content in this one. it should probably be a private email. hrm..." no Tori content.. that's a bad thing? I know it's not a good thing, but it's a bad thing?? o_O your concert experience sounds QUITE awesome btw. :) okay.. on THAT note.. I'm done, cya! Sincerely, Cyndi S. Crawford http://www.platinumcomplication.com/cyndi/ -- http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/368/ciara_blaze.html -- http://learntothink0.tripod.com/learntothinkagain/ -- http://www.geocities.com/keyyooo/ -- http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/store.aspx?storeid=kittitude Tori Amos' response when asked to describe herself in five words: "I. Do. Not. Describe. Myself." ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:30:36 -0500 From: Kerri R Klein <kklein21@student.scad.edu> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: yummy gummy. swahili roo... and other nonsense, too. anyway, thank all of you dear dear people for the birthday wishes, i have been in the midst of art school insanity mixed together with various other job related nonsense that has kept me in a perpetual mode of phreakishness for the past ten weeks. i do not have the tori cd yet, although i like her single. i really wanted to see her in atlanta, but alas, the time and money were just not there. i just haven't had time to do much of anything, really. but she's calling to me, a patient little tree, saying, when you're ready dear, we'll break out the tea and you can have your little lumps and everything will shape up and become shiny again. also, in new news, my sig other is moving here next week, he rocks, sometimes you just win the lottery, and you didn't even know you were holding a ticket. etc. etc. finally reading american gods, yummy so far, i want to get coraline, looks like it'll have to be the library though since i'm flat broke. yadda yadda and just the other day themba(the boy) made me a tree. so there. (i am out of my element here in georgia, my birthday had no piles of leaves, no fall smells, but it's ok, she's just hiding, we'll meet again) mmm. sweaters and smoky bonfires for cold hands. (sigh) kerri renee, the autumn girl with sprouts of snow around her eyelids. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 16:44:15 -0800 From: Beth Winegarner <echoes@atlantic.devin.com> To: RDT Right Now <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Gabriela Welcome back, Gabriela! I was just thinking of you. :) Beth -- "This country has a deep fear and mistrust of strong, smart, accomplished, outspoken women unless they are sexy 22-year-olds killing vampires on television." -- Dennis Miller _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ music reviews + stories + poetry + photography + collage + Watchers livejournal + selkies + esoterica + links = http://echoes.devin.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:24:26 -0800 From: "Dalsh 327" <dalsh327@hotmail.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Tori 92-98 DVD... Was there a reason why they stopped the DVD?? I was going to get a copy but I guess it's been out of print for a while. I'm hoping that there will be something coming out to have the newer videos. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 22:16:07 -0500 From: Cyndi S Crawford <cyndi.crawford@juno.com> To: precious-things@smoe.org, rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Mother/Juarez = Carbon (musically) I'm gonna jump into the discussions we're having with Scarlet's Walk. wheeeee... :D I won't say much, tho.. I'm just getting this part started. :) To me, Carbon sounds like the spawn of a drunken Juarez (inebriated on, appropriately, tequila) stumbling over to Mother (feeling bored and lonely perhaps) and slurring "hey baby, wanna get it on?" (hee hee.. forgive me..) and Mother saying "okay!".. musically, that is. What do you guys think? :D Sincerely, Cyndi S. Crawford http://www.platinumcomplication.com/cyndi/ -- http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/368/ciara_blaze.html -- http://learntothink0.tripod.com/learntothinkagain/ -- http://www.geocities.com/keyyooo/ -- http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/store.aspx?storeid=kittitude Tori Amos' response when asked to describe herself in five words: "I. Do. Not. Describe. Myself." ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:01:48 +1100 From: Brian Cooper <byteme@smartchat.net.au> To: Really Deep Thrusts Right Now <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: thankyou, thankyouverymuch I saw Elvis the other day as I was leaving work. He was just walking down the street in his Vegas suit, minding his own business, which was probably to hit the nearest Mc Donalds for a Cheeseburger. Going from the surreal to the just plain odd, I see that Veruca Salt are releasing their "latest" album down here which has been out in the US for two and a half years now. Liz Phair's last album took six months to be released. But after years, why bother unless there's another album in the works and a tour planned, even though everyone's forgotten who they are and don't recognize the band in its current form? To the sublime, I'd like to give my congratulations to young Jim on his engagement and give brownie points for the imagination of his proposal. I don't think I've heard anything as sweet around here since Scotch's long distance love affair story. In #1752, Arija wrote: >it's true; being at this show in particular reminded me of a time when >tori's music was REALLY important to me, as in defining parts of myself. >while i don't feel that way about her anymore, as in i dont depend on tori >the way i did when i was in high school or in my "formative years" And they said you were something then... what happened? ;-) I've always found there's nothing better than a live show to connect, or reconnect with an artist's work. Seeing her last year gave me a greater appreciation of some of the songs on SLG, which until then I'd had a little trouble getting into. While I'm yet to have that experience with SW (and I'm not expecting it to happen), seeing/hearing songs from a new album by other artists in the past has reminded me of what I liked about them originally and opened up new understanding of their current work. I'm certainly not in the same place emotionally/mentally that I was when I first heard and came to love Tori's music, but neither is Tori for that matter and for that I'm glad. As Roxanne states later in the same digest, people can't keep living in anger for the rest of their lives. It either eats them alive or stops them growing as people. While there are songs that fans will always want to hear from earlier periods in an artist's career, the fans shouldn't be disappointed either if that artist no longer wishes to play them because of the feelings the songs resurrect. Somewhat on the same subject, John wrote: > And I remember Liz Phair's second album, where it always sounded like > the curse words were stuck in because they were expected, not because > they belonged there. Do you really think so? While I'll agree the use of the "f" word is overdone, a song like Chopsticks wouldn't work without it and it fits seamlessly in Supernova. Any profanity is well out of place on her third album. What was so shocking about Exile In Guyville wasn't the use of profanity, but the issues Liz raised. We could also draw parallels between Tori's an Liz's albums if you take them at a rate of 3 to 1. The original albums were angry and explicit, the next set more mellow but still could have a cutting edge and to complete the trilogy, a more polished work but lacking the angst of the beginning of their careers. Going by this logic, Tori will put out to more albums that sound very much like SW. >Secondly, it is also a very good observation that, in general, Tori's >songs have slowly become more concerned with the outer world than the inner. Which can also be said of writers, is that in their first book, the main character is an extension of themselves while in later books they find how to create characters with less of the author's characteristics. Lavs informed us in 1753: >Thankfully Jessica mentioned Ron Jeremy in her post and reminded me I was >going to mention that he'll be on Rove Live next week... Kinda scary him >poping up like that. He must be a hit here too. I've also heard that he's doing a public appearance in Pitt St. mall early next week. I think Tuesday is the day. Fancy a trip to Sydney to meet your hero? ;-) How are they going to introduce him on the show? It's not like they can show some of his best "work". Brian -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 01:56:35 -0800 From: "ms. jessica parsons" <fullblownlife@hotmail.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: previous i mentioned in #1752 about the civil war which was held today. yeah, we kicked ass in the afternoon and took names in the evening based on the score of 45-24. if anyone besides me gives a monkey's ball about college football, fucking rock on. thank GOD we kicked oregon's little white asses and sent the ducks back to mother fucking eugene. oooh, a former member of this list just got the most GLOATING email from me. >:) -jessica does it all come down to the thing one girl fears in the night is another girl's paradise agp--tori amos _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:45:56 -0000 From: "Matt Smith" <mattsmith76@ukonline.co.uk> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: i love the way you dream Hi everyone Sorry I've been quiet lately; I have something like a dozen unread rdtrns in my inbox right now and my lack of time combined with a slowly haemhorraging macula lutea in my right eye are keeping me from reading (and therefore writing) as often as i would like. anyway coops wrote (in 1744): "How about the cricket?" if i have my dates worked out right, you asked that question even before the first test. well, given the disgraceful capitulations by england in the second innings at brisbane and again at adelaide this weekend, i can honestly say i'm embarrassed. i thought we had a glimmer of a chance this time around - i mean, we can't bowl for toffee, and why the heck we bothered taking darren gough with us is beyond me - but i was upbeat, especially after the first innings at brisbane. my only consolation (albeit very small) is that we're awful against the best side in the world, so it doesn't feel quite as terrible as it might. moving on to safer ground - wanna talk rugby?! ;-) i saw "magnolia" this weekend. remarkable. and one of those movies which will continue to get better and better each time i watch it, i think (which will be often). continuing the weekend's retail splurge, i bought three new albums: "and she closed here eyes" by stina nordenstam, "deadringer" by rjd2 and "1 giant leap" by 1 giant leap. strangely, and despite a glowing recommendation by a colleague, my first stina nordenstam experience is leaving me rather cold. i mean, she has the most astonishing, child-like voice, but somehow the music's just not doing it for me yet. "deadringer" might easily be a dj shadow album, and in parts it's as good as anything the great man himself has created. it can't touch "endtroducing" or "the private press" though, as it's simply not *consistently* good enough. the biggest and most pleasant surprise is the "1 giant leap" project. i guess world music purists might dismiss it as yet another pop-world crossover worthy only to be sneered at. however, i'm an afro-celt sound system admirer and "mali music" fan, so you'll get none of that down-the-nose stuff from me. 1 giant leap involves duncan bridgeman and jamie catto (of faithless fame) collaborating with a shedload of artists as they travel round the world - everyone from robbie williams and michael stipe to horace andy, baaba maal and asha bhosle. and the result is an atmospheric collection of songs - with some particularly great percussion at times - that really work together, rather than the directionless mish-mash it might so easily have become. check it out if you get the chance - you can visit www.1giantleap.tv as a first port of call. megan's "Totally Sick Joke of the Day" in 1745 is an established schoolyard classic, one of a series of unforgiveable-but-hilarious "baby jokes" that did the rounds of my primary school some 15 years ago. it would be reprehensible of me to repeat any of them here... simon wrote: "matt- congrats on the new apartment and the new job." thanks a lot. i feel like it's going pretty well, despite the fact that in the four weeks since i started, i still haven't done ANY WORK AT ALL. oh, and my manager's moving to a new post in january - way to create a stable settling-in period! however, the feeling of serving the national interest - and of course the paycheck - make up for these minor drawbacks. cyndi asked (in 1746): "What was YOUR first concert experience of Tori like? What happened?" she sang "me and a gun". i cried. alongside that, my other memories of nottingham royal centre in 1994 seem very pale indeed - although i remember loving the combination of "home on the range", "smells like teen spirit" and "american pie" at the very start of the show. i'm looking forward to more of the same next january. beth w said: "I like how when she sings about "whether you listen to John or Paul," it makes me think of the Beatles" yeah i had the same reaction. "Anyone know who Gemma is?" no. and what i'm wondering is, who's laura mars, and alfie? probably a ref erence i should have got, but i'm afraid not - anyone care to enlighten me? linda said: "I'm in the middle of reading _American Gods_" good for you! is this the first time you've read it? i love that book, i must read it again some time - but i've decided to re-read "memory, sorrow and thorn" and i'm only 2/3 into "the dragonbone chair", so i've got quite a ways to go... ;-) this has been said by other people before, but i'm beginning to get a little tired of the full text of articles being posted to the list. nothing personal woj (and others), but can you just post a link and leave it at that? juan (wow, been a while!) wrote (in 1748): "madonna has perfectly crafted pop tracks which are impeccable for what they're meant to be." a fellow brit (steve?) said this many months ago, but i think madonna is being outdone in this area by none other than kylie - i mean, has there ever been a catchier pop hook than "can't get you out of my head"? kahlil, i was on RDT (as was) in 94-95 while i was studying in lancaster - i don't recall your name i'm afraid, but welcome back. coops again (in 1750): "what really annoys me is when people treat the list as their own personal on-line journal ... I don't need to know if people have cleaned the lint out of their belly buttons or not that day." this echoes some of my own feelings recently. i realise i might be stepping onto unstable ground with what-should-and-what-shouldn't-be-posted comments, but it's just that i seem to find myself scrolling a lot more in recent weeks. andrea wrote (about "strange"): "most of this song is more coherent and lyrically straightforward than just about anything else tori's done. the entire album is like that. it's refreshing." i tend to agree. bethey wrote (in 1751): "I already know our justice system sucks" as billy bragg wrote: "the judge said, 'this isn't a court of justice son, this is a court of law'." but it looks like your man got what he deserved, so maybe there's room for optimism. whew, that was something of a marathon, but my inbox is now cleared of digests!. hope this hasn't bored you guys too much. take care everyone, matt ----- "you liberated a boy i never rated, and now he's throwing discus for liverpool and widnes" (belle & sebastian, "the stars of track and field") -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:34:00 -0500 From: "Victoria McCabe" <victoria@muruch.net> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Tori at the Palace We saw Tori Amos perform at the beautiful Palace Theatre in Columbus, Ohio last night. It was the best concert I have ever been to!!! This post will contain a lot of gushing, be warned. Yes, it's mostly because I am an obsessive fan of Tori (and have been for the past 11 years). But she really did give an amazing performance last night. I saw her in 1999 during her 5 1/2 Weeks tour with Alanis and I was very disappointed with that concert. Her vocals and piano playing could not be heard above the band and she just seemed miserable up there. But last night she was electrifying and lovely. The venue was excellent. The Palace Theatre is the type of setting you would see an opera or a play in. Red velvet curtains, big staircases, intricate carvings on the walls and ceilings, box seats, and a huge balcony. I was relieved that instead of all the glittery fairy winged teenyboppers that had been on the Venus tour, this tour has attracted a more mature audience that is there more for Tori and her music than the faerie goddess image she has. Howie Day was the opening act and fuck he is delicious. Definitely a pocket person. Unfortunately it was hard to concentrate on his performance due to some drunken audience members. I do wish they would stop serving alcohol at concerts. But he did very well. He was so cute and his voice is so much better live than recorded. Especially when he launched into a verse from U2's One during one of his own songs. Better than Bono, I tell ya. At one point he looked up at the box seats and said 'if I was sitting up there I'd feel like the guys from the Muppet Show'. *crush* Tori's part of the concert started with a huge curtain with orange lights and the leafy haired chick that is on the back of the Scarlet's Walk album was projected onto the curtain. Tori sang Wampum Prayer from behind the curtain. It was a great way to excite those of us that were already in our seats and it calmed down those that were not. I missed Tori's entrance since everyone stood up before I did. I was a bit slow after being beaten in the back of the head by the drunk girl in the row behind me. But after that, everything settled down and it was great. Tori wore a sparkling silver kimono and a red rose in her hair and she seemed very happy and relaxed. So much more animated than the last time I saw her. Motherhood seems to agree with her very much. She danced, she laughed, she joked, she humped the piano bench and yum when she leaned back against the piano and did a slinky belly dance! She was awesome. I can't say for sure since I have only seen her in concert twice, but I would say both her voice and her piano playing are better and stronger than ever. The backdrop to the stage was the same leafy hair chick picture, with the mountains that are on her website along the bottom. I think this concert had the best lighting effects I've seen. Except for a few blaring lights when she hit high notes, the lights mostly complimented her music. A lot of orange and red and blue and special things for certain songs. Amber Waves featured green star shaped lights. I Can't See New York had some beautiful white lights that made clouds appear all over the concert hall, and there was a very chilling effect of falling down through clouds as she sang the chorus. Spring Haze was accompanied by white swirls and I think it was Take to the Sky that had the kaleidoscope lights. Very nice production. Thanks to The Dent, I have the set list and I'll put it at the end of my post. It's hard to really pick the highlights of her concert because there were no weak performances. I do wish she had chatted more, because she's so adorable and quirky when she talks. But she gave every song her best and it was all good anyway. Little Earthquakes was a great surprise and she rocked the house with it. But I think the best of the best was Cornflake Girl, closely followed by Wednesday and Precious Things. On all three, her piano playing was supernatural, as was her voice. All three songs just vibrated off the walls and the audience went wild. Wednesday is quickly becoming one of my favourite songs of hers. It's a bouncy rollercoaster of a tune, the kind that would be good if anyone sang it but is brilliant as Tori does. Her solo performance of China was so beautiful and heartbreaking that Brendan said the guy next to him started crying. And Matt Chamberlain really beat the hell out of his drums on Spacedog. Wow. She did not sing any of my favourite favourite songs (which are Purple People, Northern Lad, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, iiieee, Caught a Lite Sneeze & Butterfly), but I may have fainted from ecstasy if she had so perhaps it is for the best. I could go on and on....it truly was the best concert of my life so far. It was not the epiphany that I had hoped it would be for Brendan, but even he seemed to enjoy. He's a big fan of Wednesday now, and of course he got a kick out of seeing me smiling and dancing. It was wonderful to share that experience with him. When I saw Tori in '99, I felt very lonely and longing and empty. Last night I felt so alive and complete and happy. Possibly the best night of my life yet. And now the set list. It and a good review of last night's concert are at: http://thedent.com/scarlet13.html The Set List: [With Band] Wampum Prayer a sorta fairytale Little Earthquakes Pancake Space Dog Sweet Sangria Sugar Black-Dove (January) Wednesday [Band leaves] China Never Seen Blue Twinkle [Band returns] Honey Cornflake Girl Don't Make Me Come To Vegas Amber Waves Precious Things I Can't See New York Spring Haze [1st Encore] Taxi Ride Take To The Sky Horses [2nd Encore] Tear In Your Hand Victoria ps. hi! http://muruch.net -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:24:10 -0800 From: "Tim Ponce" <tponce@coin.org> To: <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: St. Louis Ticket for Sale hello there. i'm new to the list... actually, i just joined this list in an attempt to sell this extra ticket i have. it's a 5th row seat for the st. louis show on december 3rd. to be specific, it's seat 23 in row E in the VIP2 section. here's the seating chart for the fox theater: http://www.fabulousfox.com/fox-seating.asp i'm selling it for $45, so if anyone's interested, please let me know at tponce@coin.org thanks! tim http://clean.vapid.org love will always love you -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:19:40 -0600 From: "Simon Booth" <sbooth1@satx.rr.com> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: a dog with no name ...which is so far the current status of the dog I adopted over the weekend- a small brown and black mix, looks a little like a corgy (sp?). She was a stray that my mom found down the road from my place, and after getting her from the vet after getting treated and cleaned up, my mom brought her to my place on Saturday. She's adjusting fine, but I need to call her somethig else besides "hey little dog". :) I've got a few possible names picked out but I was wondering if you all here might have some input. I'm going for something sort of unique. these have a nice ring to them IMHO: Alice Allison Celeste Holly Juno Mercedes Vega of course anything is better than "hey you come here" ;) Simon contact me at: AOL IM: PhoenyxxS MSN: phoenyxx ICQ: 155394538 Yahoo: phoenyxx2002 My friend Joe's animation site: http://home.satx.rr.com/lonebannana/ (there's some new material there!) -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 03:17:32 -0500 From: BABADEER1@aol.com To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Re: RDT Right Now #1749 Hey was anyone else at the show on the 19th all the set lists I've seen only list 2 encores and Tori did three. Wolves & love keith PS GreyEars rule since we are the old majority. o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o *** Always A Pallbearer, Never A Corpse... digest *** To POST messages to this list: <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Can't figure out how to SUB, UNSUB, or CHANGE ADDRESSES? 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