RDTRN Archive - RDT Right Now #1995

RDT Right Now #1995

From: rdtrn@torithoughts.org
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:57:32 -0800
Subject: RDT Right Now #1995
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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 06 : Issue #1995 . 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 sit on my face and tell me that you [ "John Bragazzi" <utown@worldnet.att ] yet another toriamos.com newsletter [ wojizzle forizzle <woj@smoe.org> ] 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: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 23:38:01 -0500 From: "John Bragazzi" <utown@worldnet.att.net> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: sit on my face and tell me that you love me When an entire digest is composed of commercials and gibberish, it's time for drastic action. So, I'm going to post about whatever comes into my head. Well, I'll limit it to ten items. 1. Identity theft sucks. I speak from experience. 2. I'm watching "The Concert for George," which was a concert on the anniversary of George Harrison's death. I don't think I would have sought it out on my own, but a friend recommended it, and it's great. A bunch of famous musicians (Clapton, McCartney, Jeff Lynne, Ringo Starr, Anoushka Shankar) plus some personal faves of mine that it's nice to see (Jim Capaldi! Ray Cooper!), but all people who were friends of his, who played with him, who were involved in his life (not just a parade of famous people, in other words). The first half is Indian music (written by Ravi Shankar, and played and conducted by his daughter Anoushka, who is amazing), then there's a short Monty Python interlude (not as random as it sounds, since Harrison was a film producer, including "Life of Brian" and "Time Bandits"), then the big all-star band playing Harrison's songs. That part is a little up and down, but the high points are majestic. I'll just describe one. Paul McCartney says that when he went to visit George, sometimes after dinner they'd pull out their ukeleles and play some songs. One night he told George that there was one song he liked to play on the ukelele, and he starts a simple folky version of "Something" (a song I've never been crazy about), so he sings the first verse just with the ukelele, and then, after the second "you're asking me will my love grow, I don't know," all three drummers kick in and it cascades wonderfully into the original arrangement, strings and guitars and all. My friend (who urged me to check it out) did an evening of Harrison's music at the church where he is musical director. His thinking was that Harrison's music and life were very spiritually based (obviously), but in a wonderfully inclusive way, a way that brought east and west together, and that's a great thing to see in these days, when east and west are more and more being driven apart. And if the fundamentalists (on either side) don't like the "Hallelujah's" and the "Hari Krishna's" being mixed in together in "My Sweet Lord," they can stick it. 3. Netflix is cool. Cooler than identity theft. Cooler than digests full of commercials and gibberish. Cooler than gum surgery (though now I know the difference between "coronally" and "apically"). 4. Blog updates are usually Sunday night. Sometimes it's a character sketch, sometimes I answer readers' questions. It's at http://waldo.u-town.com. 5. Work proceeds on the third novel. I plotted out the next chapter today when lying in the bathtub (then quickly scurried to the computer to write it down). 6. It's funny how my Tori universe has narrowed down to the boots. Cyndi mentioned a song the other night when we were talking, and I wanted to ask which boot it was on. 7. There seems to be a track meet going on in the apartment upstairs (which would be odd, since these are not large apartments), which was puzzing until I remembered that the Super Bowl started an hour ago. Maybe they're acting out the plays, like their own version of instant replay. 8. I guess that organizing the concert was the least Eric Clapton could do for Harrison, since (once upon a time) he stole Harrison's wife (or least he wrote impassioned love songs about her, like "Layla," and then she eventually left Harrison for him). 9. When I die, I want somebody to sing, "Sit on My Face and Tell Me That You Love Me." 10. A friend said that my writing has lots of female characters changing sexual orientation apparently at the drop of a hat. I thought this wasn't really true, but I wanted to be fair, so I made a list. So, if you care, of my major female characters, eleven are straight, three are gay, ten are unknown (well, presumably they know, but the readers don't and in some cases I don't either) and two are bisexual. That didn't seem outlandish to me. 11. Have I mentioned that identity theft bites? That's it for now. As B/4, John -- http://waldo.u-town.com (a writing blog) where you can meet a sane woman, and visit a strange new town. -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, 6 Feb 2006 14:33:55 -0500 From: wojizzle forizzle <woj@smoe.org> To: torinews@smoe.org, fiercest clams <precious-things@smoe.org>, rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: yet another toriamos.com newsletter ----- Forwarded message from Tori Amos <ToriAmos@epicrecords.com> ----- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:29:18 -0500 (EST) From: Tori Amos <ToriAmos@epicrecords.com> To: woj@smoe.org Subject: Hear More Tori Amos Audio Commentary From Fade To Red DVD FADE TO RED: THE VIDEO COLLECTION! HEAR MORE NEW AUDIO COMMENTARY FROM TORI, ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF THE DVD, SHARE THE E-CARD AND MORE! As you know by now, FADE TO RED: THE VIDEO COLLECTION DVD will be released on February 14, featuring videos from 1991-2005 on 2 discs! 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